Saturday, 11
August
Vs
West Ham v Man City - Channel: 22 -
10:00pm - (Live)
West Ham are without Lucas Neill and Scott Parker but their knee
injuries should only keep them out for one game.
Craig Bellamy and Freddie Ljungberg are in line to make their
debuts, but Julien Faubert, Nigel Quashie and Calum Davenport
(hernia) are sidelined.
Manchester City new signings Vedran Corluka and Valeri Bojinov will
not feature unless they receive international clearance in
time.
With keeper Andreas Isaksson injured, Joe Hart or Kasper Schmeichal
stand by.
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West Ham :
Green, Wright, Spector, Pantsil, Ferdinand, Upson, Collins,
Gabbidon, McCartney, Ljungberg, Bowyer, Noble, Boa Morte,
Etherington, Mullins, Ashton, Bellamy, Zamora, Cole.
Man City : Hart,
Schmeichel, Onuoha, Sun, Richards, Dunne, Corluka, Garrido, Ball,
Hamann, Geovanni, Fernandes, Elano, Ireland, Johnson, Petrov,
Bianchi, Vassell, Samaras, Bojinov, Corradi.
REFEREE
Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)
West Ham boss Alan Curbishley on continuing their winning
run from the end of last season:
"If we make a start like that I would be delighted. "West Ham is a
big club and we made the back pages for the wrong reasons too many
times last season. "The club needs a solid season after four
topsy-turvy years - we are looking for a top-ten finish."
Manchester City Sven-Goran Eriksson:
"There has been a bit of a revolution here. The biggest challenge
in bringing so many players in is to make them work together as
quickly as possible. "It will take time to find our best team but
we still need to make a quick start to the season."
