Is this how West Ham will line up against Arsenal?
We should welcome Alex Song and Diafra Sakho to the starting line up after Sam Allardyce decided to leave them on the bench against Chelsea.
That could prove to be a hugely important decision, with Arsenal being a much easier proposition than a rampant Chelsea.
Kevin Nolan is failing to impress in midfield again and should be dropped, with Song coming in and then Stewart Downing returning to the middle of the park after being shoved back out to the wing on Boxing Day.
That said, there’s probably more chance of West Ham finishing in fourth than Allardyce dropping his love-child Nolan.
Carl Jenkinson isn’t allowed to play his parent club, so Guy Demel is expected to slot in for just his sixth appearance of the season.
So here’s how we think Allardyce could approach this game…
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13. Adrian
| Season | League Apps | League Clean Sheets | Cup Apps | Cup Clean Sheets | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Clean Sheets | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/2014 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | ||||
| 2014/2015 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 10 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 10 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | ||||
| 2018/2019 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Total: | 125 | 36 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 150 | 43 |
3. Aaron Cresswell
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/2015 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 37 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 2 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 24 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 35 (1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||||
| 2018/2019 | 18 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2019/2020 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Total: | 153 (5) | 6 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 182 | 6 |
2. Winston Reid
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010/2011 | 3 (4) | 0 | 4 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||||
| 2011/2012 | 30 (1) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 3 | ||||
| 2012/2013 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||||
| 2013/2014 | 18 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||||
| 2014/2015 | 29 (1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 23 | 1 | 5 (1) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 36 | 2 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 2018/2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2019/2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total: | 187 (10) | 9 | 23 (2) | 1 | 48 | 1 | 222 | 10 |
19. James Collins
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005/2006 | 13 (1) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||||
| 2006/2007 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2007/2008 | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2008/2009 | 17 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2009/2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2012/2013 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 2 | ||||
| 2013/2014 | 22 (2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||||
| 2014/2015 | 21 (6) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 1 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 16 (3) | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 19 (3) | 2 | 0 (2) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 12 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Total: | 171 (18) | 6 | 22 (4) | 3 | 43 | 3 | 214 | 9 |
20. Guy Demel
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011/2012 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2012/2013 | 28 (3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||||
| 2013/2014 | 30 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||||
| 2014/2015 | 3 (3) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total: | 71 (8) | 1 | 3 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 83 | 1 |
8. Cheikhou Kouayate
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/2015 | 30 (1) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 34 | 5 | 7 (1) | 0 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 5 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 4 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 32 (1) | 2 | 3 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||||
| Total: | 127 (2) | 12 | 16 (2) | 3 | 20 | 2 | 147 | 15 |
16. Mark Noble
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004/2005 | 10 (6) | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2005/2006 | 4 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2006/2007 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | ||||
| 2007/2008 | 25 (6) | 3 | 3 (2) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 3 | ||||
| 2008/2009 | 28 (1) | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 5 | ||||
| 2009/2010 | 25 (2) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 2 | ||||
| 2010/2011 | 25 (1) | 4 | 7 (2) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 5 | ||||
| 2011/2012 | 46 (2) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 8 | ||||
| 2012/2013 | 25 (3) | 4 | 1 (1) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 4 | ||||
| 2013/2014 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 3 | ||||
| 2014/2015 | 27 (1) | 2 | 4 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 2 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 37 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 46 | 7 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 29 (1) | 3 | 4 (1) | 2 | 11 | 0 | 35 | 5 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 28 (1) | 4 | 3 (1) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 4 | ||||
| 2018/2019 | 29 (2) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 5 | ||||
| 2019/2020 | 4 | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Total: | 390 (27) | 51 | 44 (11) | 6 | 98 | 5 | 472 | 57 |
30. Alex Song
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/2015* | 25 (3) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||||
| 2015/2016* | 8 (4) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Total: | 33 (7) | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
11. Stewart Downing
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/2014 | 29 (3) | 1 | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||||
| 2014/2015 | 36 | 6 | 4 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 6 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total: | 65 (3) | 7 | 6 (4) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 7 |
15. Diafra Sakho
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/2015 | 20 (3) | 10 | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 12 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 18 (3) | 5 | 2 (1) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 2 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 0 (14) | 2 | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | ||||
| Total: | 40 (22) | 18 | 6 (3) | 6 | 7 | 1 | 71 | 24 |
9. Andy Carroll
| Season | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals | Yellow Cards | Reds Cards | Total Apps | Total Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012/2013* | 22 (2) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 7 | ||||
| 2013/2014 | 12 (3) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | ||||
| 2014/2015 | 12 (2) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 13 (14) | 9 | 3 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 9 | ||||
| 2016/2017 | 15 (3) | 7 | 3 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | ||||
| 2017/2018 | 7 (9) | 3 | 1 (1) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 3 | ||||
| 2018/2019 | 3 (9) | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Total: | 84 (42) | 33 | 11 (5) | 1 | 21 | 2 | 142 | 34 |
