Tonights BPL Fixtures: Wednesday, 26 March 2014 21:45 West Ham vs Hull City West Ham v Hull City Preview West Ham boss Sam Allardyce will give winger Matt Jarvis every chance to feature in Wednesdays Barclays Premier League clash with Hull. The 27-year-old suffered a thigh injury towards the end of Saturdays 2-0 defeat to Manchester United, but Allardyce is hopeful he will be fit for the visit of Steve Bruces Tigers. Joey OBrien (shoulder) and Marco Borriello (calf) remain absent for the Hammers while Allardyce also confirmed Ricardo Vaz Te is struggling for match fitness after returning to training. Hull City hope to be unchanged at Upton Park. Manager Steve Bruce is confident Republic of Ireland striker Shane Long will recover in time from a knee injury sustained in the 2-0 win over his old club West Brom on Saturday. Centre back Curtis Davies is also battling a knee injury in the hope that he can attempt to combat the threat of Hammers striker Andy Carroll. 22:00 Liverpool vs Sunderland Liverpool v Sunderland Preview Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers will select from the same squad for the visit of Sunderland to Anfield on Wednesday night (kick-off 8pm). With no new injuries to contend with the Reds boss has to decide whether to stick with the same side which beat Cardiff 6-3 on Saturday. Full-back Jose Enrique (knee) is the only first-team player ruled out of action. In the last three matches Philippe Coutinho and Raheem Sterling have interchanged places in the team with the Brazilian starting in south Wales. Sterling replaced Coutinho midway through the second half at Cardiff and will be hoping to start at Anfield. The Reds are chasing their seventh straight win in the Premier League. Sunderland head coach Gus Poyet has a fresh selection headache ahead of the trip to Liverpool. On-loan striker Fabio Borini is ineligible to play against his parent club and Connor Wickham has been recalled from Leeds as a result, while full-back Marcos Alonso is suspended following his red card in Saturdays 2-0 defeat at Norwich. Frontman Steven Fletcher is still waiting to discover the full extent of the ankle injury he suffered against Crystal Palace on March 15, but he will not be involved at Anfield and joins long-term absentee Keiren Westwood (shoulder) on the sidelines.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:08:39 +0000
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