West Ham Utd v Sunderland: live

West Ham are looking to win a fourth successive home match against Martin O'Neill's Sunderland today.

Sam Allardyce's side have thus far won all three of their home games this season - without conceding a single goal - and are hoping to extend that sequence this afternoon at the Boleyn Ground.

For those unable to attend the match in person, live updates from Upton Park will be provided throughout the afternoon on our forum match thread, which may be found here: www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=143169.

Meanwhile a number of unauthorised sources are likely to be provding a live video stream of the game across the web. As usual, you use these links at your own peril but any available video (or audio) feeds will be listed in our 2012/13 season streaming thread at www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=141602.

KUMB.com will, as always, bringing you match summaries at both half time and the final whistle, with the thoughts of both managers to follow this evening/tomorrow morning and those of the opposition fans thereafter.

Meanwhile, if you've not already done so why not check out Preview Percy's match preview which provides a humourous look at today's fixture plus all the vital facts and stats you'll need ahead of the game: www.kumb.com/article.php?id=3106.


Today's line-ups

West Ham Utd: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Reid, Collins, O'Brien, Noble, Diame, Nolan, Taylor, Vaz Te, Cole.
Subs: Henderson, Tomkins, Jarvis, Maiga, McCartney, Benayoun, O'Neil

Sunderland: Mignolet, Gardner, Bramble, O'Shea, Rose, Cattermole, Larsson, Colback, McClean, Sessegnon, Fletcher.

Subs: Westwood, Kilgallon, Vaughan, Meyler, Campbell, Wickham, Saha.

Referee: Lee Mason.

Assistants: M Mullarkey, S Beck.

Fourth Official: P Dowd.