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On the day football returns for the Hammers where they face QPR at the London Stadium at 20:00. West Ham United have been awarded two EFL monthly awards, becoming the first Championship side to do this since January 2026, when Middlesbrough were awarded the Player of the Month award to Alan Browne and the Manager of the Month award to Kim Hellberg.

West Ham have now achieved the latest double award at the second time of asking as Nuno Espírito Santo has won Manager of the Month and Konstantinos Mavropanos has won Player of the Month, scoring four goals across September.

Whilst the International break has taken over the first week of October, it certainly doesn’t change the fact that West Ham are set to face their hardest month in the Championship so far, with a set of challenging fixtures up ahead, but fortunately, with a rather kind schedule.

West Ham United’s run of injuries during the international break is suspected to have continued, with a first-team player rumoured to have suffered an injury.

Over the course of the 2026 World Cup, the Hammers suffered a long-term injury to Czech Republic international Tomas Soucek, who is only now finally returning to the squad, but Hammers fans will have to face the ‘one-in, one out’ curse as Manor Solomon is suspected to have picked up a back injury in Israel’s goalless draw against Kosovo.