Match preview: West Ham v Norwich City

Norwich City travel back down to the capital this weekend searching for their first point in four games, as they take on West Ham United.

Norwich City travel back down to the capital this weekend searching for their first point in four games, as they take on West Ham United.

Our match preview gives a brief overview of the Irons’ season so far, the officials in charge of Saturday's game, and how fans can follow the action.

The opposition

West Ham currently sit in fourth place after a successful campaign so far this season, which includes wins against Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City.

Not only are the Hammers impressing in the Premier League, but they are also making waves in Europe, having made it to the last 16 of the Europa League. Before the end of this year, they will also compete in the quarter final of the Carabao Cup.

David Moyes’ side are currently going through an indifferent run of form, having only picked up five points from a possible 15, after Wednesday night’s 2-0 defeat at Arsenal.

Earlier this week, the Scotsman took charge of his 600th Premier League game, entering into the Hall of Fame with the likes of Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger.

Going into the weekend, West Ham don’t currently have any COVID cases to report and are only missing Angelo Ogbonna, Kurt Zouma and Ben Johnson through injury.

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Head-to-head

Since 1905, there has been 74 meetings between the two sides, resulting in 22 wins for Norwich, 30 wins for West Ham and 22 draws.

In the last six meetings between the two sides, City have only picked up five points from a possible 18, with West Ham winning three out of six of those games.

Ref watch

Simon Hooper will take charge of Saturday’s game against West Ham, Harry Lennard and Derek Eaton his assistants.

Lee Mason is on VAR with Stuart Burt as his assistant.

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How to follow

Away and junior members will have access to live audio commentary of Saturday’s game.

Please email supporterrelations@canaries.co.uk if you have any queries.

For our international fans, you can find out the broadcast schedules for the match here.

Live updates will also be provided by our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts, with a match report published on canaries.co.uk after the final whistle.