It’s three and Eze for West Ham as David Moyes gets a huge Jarrod Bowen injury boost to add to Crystal Palace’s woes.
Crystal Palace have just one win in their last six games while West Ham are looking to make it three victories in a row this weekend.
The Hammers have a trip to Serbia in the Europa League on Thursday night before welcoming the Eagles to the London Stadium on Sunday.
West Ham boss David Moyes will be missing Michail Antonio for the game after the Scot said he will be out for two or three weeks.
And top scorer Jarrod Bowen has also been a doubt after missing the weekend win over Burnley with a knee injury of his own.
But it’s three and Eze for West Ham as Moyes gets a huge Bowen injury boost to add to Crystal Palace’s woes.
West Ham’s hopes of making it three Premier League wins on the bounce were boosted by news from Palace this week that star player and former Moyes target Eberechi Eze is out with an ankle injury.
And Roy Hodgson’s key midfielder Cheick Doucoure is also out as fears grow he could miss the rest of the season with an Achilles injury after being stretchered off in the defeat to Luton last time out.
To add to Palace’s misery, West Ham’s star forward Bowen looks set to return according to a source close to the club’s majority owner David Sullivan.
Hughie Southon of Claret and Hugh says he was told there are ‘high hopes Bowen will be available for Crystal Palace’.
“We were told this morning that whilst there is no chance of the leading goal scorer being available for the match in Serbia, and probably wouldn’t play even were he fully fit anyway, the club was now hopeful that he would take his place either in the starting line-up or on the bench for the Palace game,” the report states.
A third consecutive Premier League win for West Ham could lift the club up to eighth and just three points off Spurs in fifth – a Champions League place this season.
The game kicks off at 2pm on Sunday and is live on Sky Sports with coverage starting from 1pm.
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