Barclays Premier League
Bolton Wanderers v West Ham United
Reebok Stadium
Tuesday 15 December
8pm
Referee: Andre Marriner
• West Ham United travel to Bolton Wanderers looking to return to winning ways after defeat at Birmingham City on Saturday - their first loss in three matches on the road. The Hammers had drawn 2-2 and 3-3 at Sunderland and Hull City respectively in their previous two away fixtures.
• A win could potentially move the club up to 15th in the table and within three points of 12th place. Bolton sit a point and a place below, with a minus 12 goal difference - five goals worse off than the Hammers.
• West Ham will be hoping for an improvement in their recent form against the Trotters. The Londoners have won just one of their previous six league meetings with Bolton - a home game back in May 2007. The Hammers' last win at Bolton came 14 years ago when they left Burnden Park with a 3-0 win.
• The two teams have already met once this season in the League Cup back in August, when Herita Ilunga's goal looked to have won it for West Ham, only for Kevin Davies to score in the 86th minute to take the game into extra time. Goals from Gary Cahill and Johan Elmander eventually saw Gary Megson's side through.
• Robert Green has not kept a clean sheet since the 0-0 draw at Blackburn Rovers on 29 August.
• West Ham and Bolton also met in the 1923 FA Cup final, the first final played at Wembley. Bolton ran out 2-0 winners in front of an estimated crowd of 200,000.
• This is the 53rd league meeting between the two sides. Bolton Wanderers have won 26, West Ham United have won 18 and there have been eight draws.
Last time out
Saturday 12 December
Barclays Premier League
Birmingham City 1-0 West Ham United
West Ham United: Green, Faubert, Tomkins, Gabbidon, Ilunga (Nouble 82), Kovac (Dyer 67), Parker, Noble, Diamanti, Stanislas (Collison 68), Franco
Subs not used: Kurucz, Spector, Da Costa, Payne
Saturday 12 December
Barclays Premier League
Bolton Wanderers 3-3 Manchester City
Bolton Wanderers: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Lee, Muamba (M Davies 80), Cohen, Taylor, K Davies, Klasnic (Elmander 72)
Subs not used: Al Habsi, Samuel, Ricketts, Basham, A O'Brien.
Goals: Klasnic 11, Cahill 43, Klasnic 53
Last meeting
The teams last met at the Reebok Stadium on 22 September, when the hosts ran out 3-1 winners after extra time to progress to the fourth round of the Carling Cup.
The teams that day were -
Bolton Wanderers: Jaaskelainen, Ricketts, Cahill, Knight, Samuel, Taylor, Muamba, McCann (Cohen 82), Gardner (Lee 69), K.Davies, Klasnic (Elmander 77)
Subs not used: Al Habsi, Steinsson, A.O'Brien, Davies
West Ham United: Green, Spector, Tomkins, Da Costa ('Gala 63), Ilunga, Noble, Parker, Kovac, Dyer (Cole 75), Diamanti, Hines (Faubert 88)
Subs not used: Kurucz, Payne, Edgar, Nouble
Head to head
Last six meetings (Premier League unless stated)
22 September 2009 Bolton Wanderers 3-1 West Ham United (League Cup)
21 February 2009 - Bolton Wanderers 2-1 West Ham United
5 October 2008 - West Ham United 1-3 Bolton Wanderers
12 April 2008 - Bolton Wanderers 1-0 West Ham United
4 November 2007 - West Ham United 1-1 Bolton Wanderers
5 May 2007 - West Ham United 3-1 Bolton Wanderers
Overall record v Bolton Wanderers (all competitions) W 22 D 10 L 31
Next up
• After two games on the road, West Ham United return to home soil with the visit of Chelsea on Sunday, which kicks-off at 4pm. Bolton have an away match at Wigan Athletic the following evening at 8pm.
Referee
• Tuesday's referee is Andre Marriner, who was in the man in the middle for the Barclays Asia Trophy defeat by Tottenham Hotspur in Beijing on 29 July. He also took charge of the 3-2 defeat by Liverpool on 19 September and the 2-2 draw with Sunderland on 31 October, when Radoslav Kovac and Kenwyne Jones were both sent off.
• Marriner began refereeing in 1992, progressing through the Birmingham Amateur Football League and Southern League to take his place as a Football League assistant referee in 2000.
• Marriner became a Football League referee in 2003, before taking charge of his first Premier League fixture, Charlton Athletic versus Norwich City, the following year.
• Still only 38, the official joined the Select Group of officials in 2005.
• Last season, Marriner took charge of two West Ham United fixtures, both away from home. He was the man in the middle for the 2-1 win at Fulham in Gianfranco Zola's third match as Hammers manager, as well as the 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough on 1 November.
• This season, Marriner has been invited to join the list of FIFA international referees.
West Ham United
• West Ham have never won at the Reebok Stadium in ten attempts. Since Bolton moved to their new home in 1998, the Hammers have drawn twice and lost eight times at the Reebok.
• Hanging on to leads is crucial if the club are to pick up their second away win of the campaign. Three times they have failed to convert a two-goal lead into a win so far this season.
• Despite sitting in 18th place, West Ham will no doubt have noted their position at Christmas last season when they were 17th. An impressive second-half run saw them climb the table to finish in ninth place.
• West Ham have scored 24 goals this season with ten different scorers registering. Carlton Cole leads the way (seven), with Guille Franco (three) next in line. Jack Collison (two), Matthew Upson (two), Alessandro Diamanti (two), Junior Stanislas (two), Manuel da Costa, Mark Noble, Luis Jimenez and Zavon Hines have also registered.
• Cole is West Ham's top scorer this season with seven goals in 13 league games. The England striker has scored 14 goals in 25 Premier League games since Boxing Day 2008.
• Noble played his 100th league game for the club on Saturday at St. Andrews.
• Only Robert Green has played in every league game for the club this season. He is on a run of 104 successive league appearances.
• Julien Faubert and Cole are each on four yellow cards this season.
• West Ham's last away win at Bolton came in the shape of a 3-0 victory at Burnden Park on 18 November 1995 - their record ever win in the fixture. West Ham's goals that day came courtesy of Ian Bishop, Tony Cottee and Danny Williamson.
Bolton Wanderers
• Bolton are the only side in the Premier League that have not kept a clean sheet this season. They will however be buoyed by their performance in front of goal in the enthralling 3-3 draw with Manchester City on Saturday.
• Gary Megson's side are on a six-match winless run - their last victory came in October when they beat Everton 3-2 at the Reebok Stadium.
• Bolton have picked up just two points in their last six games and the Everton result was their solitary home league win of the season.
• They will be hoping that striker Ivan Klasnic will be fit to face the Hammers as he has scored three goals in his last three games.
• Defender Paul Robinson was 31 on Monday.
• Bolton were the first team to hand Gianfranco Zola a defeat as West Ham manager. The Trotters left the Boleyn Ground with a 3-1 victory on Sunday 5 October thanks to goals from Kevin Davies, Gary Cahill and Matthew Taylor.
• Bolton's record home win against the Hammers was on 29 November 1924 when they recorded a 5-0 victory.
Team news
• Kieron Dyer is pushing for a place after impressing as a substitute against Birmingham City.
• Matthew Upson sat out the weekend's game at St. Andrews with a hamstring problem. Valon Behrami is targeting a return for the busy Christmas period after minor keyhole surgery on a knee cartilage problem.
• One player definitely missing is Mark Noble, who is suspended following his sending off on Saturday.
• Gianfranco Zola has lost Carlton Cole for a number of weeks with a knee injury. The extent of the problem was confirmed by the club last week after specialist advice. The England striker did not need surgery and has already undergone a week of rehab in the hope of returning early in the new year.
• Zavon Hines is also out with a knee problem with the club still assessing the extent of the injury. Luis Jimenez has been doing light training after a muscle problem and will hope to be in contention later in the week.
• The long-term absentees remain Calum Davenport (leg) and Luis Boa Morte (knee).
• Birmingham will be without Gavin McCann (ankle), Sean Davis and Joey O'Brien. Ivan Klasnic should be available despite limping off on Saturday with a hip problem.
Old boys
• Among those players who have represented both clubs are Frank Costello, George Eccles, Thomas Kinsell and William Yenson.
General information
• For directions to the Reebok Stadium, click here.
• Tuesday's weather forecast is for a chilly, clear night with a maximum temperature of 5C