West Ham vs Chelsea LIVE: Andy Carroll scores brilliant header to give Hammers the lead against 10-man Blues
Jose Mourinho's defending champions travel across London to face rivals West Ham
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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to live coverage of the London derby at Upton Park.
• Kick-off: 3pm
• Slaven Bilic's West Ham are flying high in fourth place after leaving it late to beat Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park last week
• Jose Mourinho's Chelsea are still in the bottom half of the table but have shown improvement in the last week, beating Aston Villa and drawing with Dynamo Kiev
• West Ham are without centre-back Winston Reid because of a back injury, while loanee Victor Moses is unable to play against his parent club. Alex Song is still missing
• Enner Valencia could make his first start of the season for the Hammers
• Pedro and Loic Remy aren't close to return but not quite fit enough to appear for Chelsea
• Thibaut Courtois and Branislav Ivanovic remain longer injury concerns
• TEAMS:
West Ham: Adrian, Jenkinson, Tomkins, Collins, Cresswell, Noble, Kouyate, Zarate, Payet, Lanzini, Sakho
Subs: Randolph, Carroll, Valencia, Obiang, Ogbonna, Jelavic, Antonio
Chelsea: Begovic; Zouma, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta; Ramires, Matic; Willian, Fabregas, Hazard; Diego Costa.
Subs: Amelia, Baba, Oscar, Falcao, Mikel, Traore, Loftus-Cheek
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