The Hammers will also be without Kieron Dyer - expected to be out for another three weeks - and Spanish striker Diego Tristan.

But Lee Bowyer and James Collins are both back in contention, with the former Leeds man in with a chance of starting in place of Noble.

Squad (from): Green, Faubert, Neill, Upson, Ilunga, Behrami, Parker, Di Michele, Bellamy, Etherington, Sears, Cole, Lastuvka, Lopez, Boa Morte, Mullins, Davenport, Bowyer, Collins.