West Ham prediction

A very tough one to call this one, but following the win over Newcastle in midweek, I am far more confident but I have a suspicion that Sven may rest one or two players for this game - and it does seem that Nery Castillo may go straight into the line-up following his clearance arriving in time for the game.

West Ham have problems, with their seemingly never ending injury crisis continuing, and also rumours of a spat between Dean Ashton and Alan Curbishley, but they have played relatively well for the most part this season following our win over them on opening day.

When in doubt play safe I guess, and I'm going with a 1-1 draw as most likely to set up a replay back at the City of Manchester Stadium.