West Ham could end the day third in the Premier League should they win at the Britannia Stadium this afternoon.
After an excellent start to the campaign Sam Allardyce's side will be hoping to continue their rich vein of form by overcoming the challenge of Mark Hughes' Stoke City, who go into the game five points behind West Ham in 13th place.For those unable to attend the game in person, live updates will be provided throughout the afternoon on the official KUMB Forum match thread, which may be found here.
Meanwhile any live video streams will be listed in our 2014/15 season Live Streaming thread at kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=153907. As always, you use these at your own peril.
KUMB.com will, as always, bring you a match summary at the final whistle, with the thoughts of both Sam Allardyce and his opposite number Mark Hughes to follow later this evening.
Meanwhile why not join Preview Percy for all the facts, figures and truth bombs before the game, in his match preview at kumb.com/article.php?id=3498.
The teams line up as follows:
West Ham Utd: Adrian, Jenkinson, Collins, Reid, Cresswell, Song, Noble (c), Kouyate, Amalfitano, Downing, Valencia.
Subs: Jaaskelainen, O'Brien, Tomkins, Poyet, Zarate, Jarvis, Cole.
Stoke City: Begovic, Cameron, Shawcross (c), Wilson, Pieters, N'Zonzi, Sidwell, Moses, Walters, Bojan, Diouf.
Subs: Sorensen, Muniesa, Ireland, Arnautovic, Adam, Teixeira, Assaidi.
Referee: Chris Foy.
Assistants: M McDonough and C Hatzidakis.
Fourth Official: Neil Swarbrick.
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