Team news: Captain Nigel Reo-Coker misses the trip to the Reebok Stadium after suffering with illness this week, while goalkeepers Roy Carroll and Jimmy Walker are the only other senior first-team members not available to Alan Pardew.
Squad: Hislop, Bywater, Scaloni, Dailly, Ferdinand, Gabbidon, Collins, Ward, Konchesky, Benayoun, Newton, Mullins, Etherington, Sheringham, Ashton, Harewood, Zamora, Katan.
Bolton, meanwhile, have defender Bruno N'Gotty back after an ankle injury, while striker Henrik Pedersen could also play. Nigerian midfielder Jay Jay Okocha is doubtful with a a thigh injury, and El-Hadji Diouf is out after a hernia operation.
Previous meetings: This is Hammers' third visit to the Reebok Stadium this season, following a 1-0 defeat in the Carling Cup third round back in October and the 0-0 draw in the FA Cup fifth round just three weeks ago.
We have yet to win a game at the Reebok Stadium - our last away
win at Bolton coming back in November 1995, when goals from Ian
Bishop, Tony Cottee and Danny Williamson gave us a 3-0 win at the
old Burnden Park ground.