London rivals West Ham and Fulham face off in Satruday’s late Premier League kick-off.
West Ham narrowly lost to champions Liverpool last weekend but have claimed fine results against Manchester City, Tottenham and Leicester in recent weeks.
Fulham, meanwhile, finally got their first win of the season on Monday night when they saw off West Brom 2-0.
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Both teams will want to build on their good form this weekend when they meet at the London Stadium.
They last met in February 2019 with West Ham claiming a convincing 3-1 victory.
Fulham not won in east London since an FA Cup success back in February 2004.
Who will come out on top in this London derby? talkSPORT will be in attendance to find out.
West Ham v Fulham: How to listen
This match will get under way at 8pm on Saturday, November 7.
Full coverage from the London Stadium will be live on talkSPORT 2, with our coverage starting at 7:30pm.
Alex Crook and David Connolly will be on commentary duty and to tune in, click the radio player below or HERE for the live stream.
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West Ham v Fulham: Team news
West Ham will be without Michail Antonio and Mark Noble for the visit of Fulham.
Antonio is ahead of schedule in his recovery from a hamstring problem but will not be fit in time, while captain Noble suffered a rib injury in training.
On-loan striker Said Benrahma, who scored a brace against Fulham for Brentford in the Carabao Cup last month, could make his full debut.
The Cottagers could be without new signing Mario Lemina as his side look to build on their first Premier League win of the season.
Lemina was substituted at half-time during their 2-0 victory over West Brom on Monday with a slight strain and it remains to be seen whether the midfielder will be fit enough.
The away side will be without the suspended Aboubakar Kamara but Neeskens Kebano has recovered from injury and could feature.
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West Ham v Fulham: Match stats and facts
- After losing their first Premier League home match against Fulham in November 2001 (0-2), West Ham are unbeaten in their last 10 at home against the Cottagers in the top-flight (W6 D4).
- Fulham haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last 15 Premier League meetings with West Ham (W3 D3 L9), shipping exactly three in each of their last three away games against them.
- West Ham have won 59% of their Premier League games against Fulham (13/22), their highest ratio against any opponent they’ve faced at least 10 times in the competition.
- West Ham have kept just two clean sheets in their 13 Premier League home games since David Moyes returned to the club (W5 D4 L4), with both of those shutouts coming in 4-0 victories (v Bournemouth in January and Wolves in September).
- Fulham are looking to secure back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time since April 2019. However, away from home the Cottagers have won just one of their last 24 Premier League matches (D3 L20).
- Fulham are winless in their last 16 Premier League London derbies (D1 L15), with their current run of 12 consecutive defeats in such matches a top-flight record.
- West Ham have lost eight of their last 12 Premier League London derby matches (W3 D1), though they did win their last such match at home (3-2 vs Chelsea in July).
- Since scoring with two consecutive efforts in January 2019 against Brighton, Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic has scored with just three of his last 74 shots in the Premier League. He hasn’t scored with any of his last 44 non-penalty shots with his right or left foot, since a goal against Huddersfield Town in December 2018.
- West Ham manager David Moyes has won 12 of his 13 Premier League home meetings with Fulham, with his only failure coming in a 2-2 draw in February 2014 as Manchester United boss.
- West Ham’s Manuel Lanzini has scored 10 goals in 26 Premier League London derbies, including the equaliser in the Hammers’ 3-3 draw with Spurs last month. Only Carlton Cole (14) and Paolo Di Canio (11) have scored more goals in Premier League London derbies for West Ham.
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