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West Ham v West Brom team news: Irons sweat over Bowen and Mavropanos fitness

West Ham and West Brom face-off at the London Stadium on Saturday afternoon, separated by a point in the play-off places.

The Irons were on a run of nine unbeaten in the league before being stopped in their tracks at home to Southampton last weekend. They sit third in the Championship, three points behind leaders Middlesbrough.

Nuno Espirito Santo's side have scored more than any other side in England's second tier, five more than second top scorers Boro, as they outline their credentials as potential champions.

As expected, Jarrod Bowen has been their talisman, with eleven goal contributions from their opening 12 games (6G and 5A).

The Baggies bounced back from defeats to Wolves and Birmingham City by beating Wrexham and Blackburn Rovers, only to draw with bottom side Preston North End last time out.

James Morrison's men are a bit of a surprise package thus far, spearheaded by the goals of Jimmy-Jay Morgan and Isaac Price, who also both top the squad's assist charts thanks to the partnership they have formed together.

With all that in mind, let's take a look at the team news and predicted lineups for both sides.

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West Ham team news

Speaking to club media on Friday, Nuno revealed a concern over the fitness of star man Jarrod Bowen, revealing he had "twisted his ankle in training".

However, the Portuguese coach added that "he had treatment for a couple of days, but he joined us today, and he seems okay".

Espirito Santo sounded more cautious around the knee issue surrounding key centre-half Konstantinos Mavropanos.

Whilst revealing that the injury is not as serious as anticipated and that recovery is going well, the former Wolves manager wouldn't be drawn into saying he would feature on Saturday afternoon.

Joel Veltman and Keiber Lamadrid are being "considered" after the former missed last weekend's loss to Southampton while the latter hasn't been seen since the 4-2 victory over Wolves on September 1st.

West Ham predicted lineup

Hermansen; Walker-Peters, Golambekis, Kilman, Scarles; Bowen, Mukasa, Engels, Solomon; Castellanos, Piroe.

West Brom team news

James Morrison remains short of options at right-back with Noah Galves's knee injury keeping him out for the remainder of the season.

Other than that, it appears to be a relatively clean bill of health for the Baggies, due to Morrison's smart rotation of the side throughout the campaign to date.

The feeling amongst the Hawthorns faithful is that Jimmy-Jay Morgan and Aune Heggebo could return to the lineup, potentially in place of Barney Stewart and Felix Horn Myhre.

West Brom predicted lineup

O'Leary; Pereira, Mepham, Campbell, Styles; Nzingoula, Molumby, Diakite, Price; Morgan, Heggebo

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