West Ham vs Wigan

Wigan have beaten West Ham at home two seasons in a row now and will be keen to bounce back from a 4-0 hammering at the weekend. Unfortunately for Paul Jewell Gary Teale and Antonio Valencia are still out with hamstring injuries so he will probably be forced to field the same starting eleven as featured in the loss against Liverpool.

On the other Pardew has options to change things around. Benayoun has apparently recovered from his injury and hopefully will start. Nigel Reo-Coker is the only West Ham player to have started all Premiership matches this season and there are many fans who believe he should be given a rest. Mascherano hasn't featured in the starting eleven recently and would give West Ham more strength defensively than Reo-Coker.

With Gabbidon, arguably our best defender, out with a hamstring injury a more combative defensive midfield might not be such a bad idea. West Ham dominated possession on Sunday but still conceded two goals. Arguably Reo-Coker gives us more options going forward than Mascherano but on present form that is debatable.