Norwich City v West Ham United: Latest team news

West Ham's injuries are piling up ahead of the Barclays Premier League trip to Norwich City.
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Winston Reid, Joey O’Brien (both hamstring) and Cheikhou Kouyate (concussion) were all injured during the FA Cup win against Liverpool in midweek and join James Tomkins (calf), Manuel Lanzini and Diafra Sakho (both thigh) on the sidelines.

But midfielder Alex Song is available having shaken off the knock which kept him out of the fourth-round replay and Sam Byram returns after being cup-tied.

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Provisional squad: Adrian, Randolph, Byram, Collins, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Oxford, Noble, Song, Obiang, Moses, Payet, Cullen, Valencia, Antonio, Carroll, Jelavic, Emenike.

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Norwich midfielder Alex Tettey serves out his two-match suspension for Saturday’s Barclays Premier League match against West Ham at Carrow Road.

Scotland midfielder Graham Dorrans missed the defeat at Aston Villa through illness but could return to the squad, while on-loan Chelsea forward striker Patrick Bamford is pressing for his first start.

Full-back Andre Wisdom, on loan from Liverpool, continues to recover from a knee problem.

Provisional squad: Rudd, Brady, Bassong, Klose, Martin, Mulumbu, O’Neil, Howson, Hoolahan, Naismith, Bamford, Ruddy, Jarvis, Redmond, Mbokani, Olsson, Pinto, Jerome, Dorrans.