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Brighton and Hove Albion: Ryan, Bruno, Duffy, Dunk, Bong, Kayal, Propper, Jahanbakhsh, Knockaert, March, Murray. Subs: Button, Bernardo, Balogun, Izquierdo, Andone, Bissouma, Locadia.
West Ham United: Fabianski, Zabaleta, Balbuena, Diop, Masuaku, Rice, Noble, Obiang, Yarmolenko, Arnautovic, Anderson. Subs: Adrian, Fredericks, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Snodgrass, Antonio, Perez.

Who would have thought it? Nearly a quarter of the way in to the season and despite stumping up the best part of £100 Million and signing a World Class manager in Manuel Pellegrini, West Ham United's co-owners David Gold and David Sullivan have been conspicuous by their absence in the media. So rare have there been any comments from the two Davids that rumours persist as to whether the elderly duo have in fact been abducted by Aliens, it would seem the only logical way of explaining their silence.

Just when things were progressing swimmingly for the Hammers, a reminder of how fragile their precarious early progress is has arrived in the form of one Andrew Carroll being lined up for a potential return to the first team. A lot has happened since Carroll picked up his obligatory three to four month injury as the precursor to his and West Ham's season, is it going to be another Ground Hog Day?