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Bolton v West Ham United: team news and stats
These are the latest stats and the likely line-ups for the Premier League match between Bolton and West Ham United at the Reebok Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Head to Head
> Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United have met 51 times in the league. Bolton have won 25, West Ham 18 and there have been eight draws.
> Bolton are unbeaten in their last three PL matches against West Ham, winning their last two.
> West Ham's only win in their last nine PL matches against Bolton was 3-1 at home in May 2007.
> Bolton are unbeaten in their last six PL home matches against West Ham, winning the last five, since West Ham's 3-0 win at Burnden Park in November 1995. If Bolton win today it will be their best ever home winning run against another side in the Premier League.
Bolton Wanderers
> This will be Bolton's 50th PL meeting with London opposition at the Reebok Stadium. Since moving to the stadium in 1997 they have an excellent record against these sides, losing only 12 of their 49 matches and winning 23 times. They are unbeaten in a total of 15 PL matches against Tottenham and West Ham at the Reebok.
> Conceded in each of their last 13 PL matches since winning 1-0 at Hull on Nov 8. If they fail to keep a clean sheet today it will be their second worst ever run in the PL, and worst in over six years since a club record 15-match run from Sep to Dec 2002.
> Looking to win back-to-back PL home matches for the first time in 10 months since beating West Ham and Sunderland from April to May 2008.
> Kevin Davies has scored four goals in his last five PL matches against West Ham, including scoring in each of his last two matches against them.
Team News
Line up (4-5-1): Jaaskelainen; Steinsson, Cahill, Puygrenier, Samuel; K. Davies, Muamba, M. Davies, McCann, Taylor ;
Elmander
Subs from: Al Habsi, A. O'Brien, Shittu, Smolarek, Hunt, Gardner, Cohen, Bogdan, Riga, Basham, Obadeyi, Makukula,
Form: LLDWL
Leading scorer: Davies 8
Injured: J. O'Brien (thigh, two months), Vaz Te (knee, season)
Doubtful: M. Davies (thigh)
Suspended: None
Colours: White
West Ham United
> No win in their last nine PL visits to the North-west, losing six matches and scoring only three goals - their last PL win in the North-west was 1-0 at Blackburn in Dec 2007.
> Not lost back-to-back PL matches in four months since losing 2-0 at home against Arsenal (Oct 26) and 2-0 at Manchester Utd (Oct 29).
> Unbeaten in their last seven PL away matches. If they avoid defeat today it will equal their second longest unbeaten away run in a top flight season, since an eight-match run set 22 years ago from Aug to Nov 1986.
Team News
Line up (4-5-1): Green; Spector, Collins, Upson, Ilunga; Behrami, Parker, Kovac, Noble, Collison; Di Michele
Subs from: Lastuvka, Lopez, Tomkins, Sears, Savio, Tristan
Form: DWWDL
Leading scorer: Cole 8
Injured: Cole (ankle, two weeks), Boa Morte (groin, one month), Dyer (leg, ongoing), Gabbidon (stomach, ongoing), Ashton (ankle, season)
Doubtful: None
Suspended: Neill (one match)
Colours: Claret / Blue