{"id":430154,"date":"2026-01-24T11:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/430154\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T11:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:48:09","slug":"west-ham-predicted-xi-vs-sunderland-hammers-eye-three-consecutive-wins-for-the-first-time-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/430154\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham predicted XI vs Sunderland: Hammers eye three consecutive wins for the first time this season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"656\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/59cf3187bb7c5aa19e32b1b8389abbee.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>West Ham United return to the London Stadium on Saturday, aiming to build real momentum for the first time this season as they host Sunderland.<\/p>\n<p>The Hammes are now chasing back-to-back league victories after snapping a 10-game Premier League winless streak.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Sunderland arrive with confidence of their own after sealing a hard-fought win in their last outing.<\/p>\n<p>The stage is set for an enthralling clash between two teams with contrasting fortunes, and this battle should make for an entertaining Saturday kick-off.<\/p>\n<p>Match preview<\/p>\n<p>West Ham finally caught life in as they claimed a dramatic 2-1 derby win over Tottenham Hotspur last weekend, sealed by a last-gasp Callum Wilson strike.<\/p>\n<p>The victory eased the pressure on Hammers boss Nuno Espirito Santo and injected belief into a squad that had been drifting dangerously.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>That victory, coupled with a narrow FA Cup win over Queens Park Rangers, leaves West Ham on the brink of three consecutive wins in all competitions for the first time in 2025\/26.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham are still 18th in the table, but the gap to safety has been trimmed to five points, and the mood has shifted.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns persist defensively. West Ham have not kept a clean sheet in any of their 17 league games under Santo, and they remain vulnerable to set plays and crosses.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>However, the attacking pieces are starting to click, with <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsview.co.uk\/2026\/01\/tottenham-preparing-surprise-bid-for-west-hams-summerville\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Crysencio Summerville;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Crysencio Summerville<\/a> finding form and Jarrod Bowen driving the tempo.<\/p>\n<p>Sunderland sit far more comfortably in the table, but arrive with questions over their away form. Regis Le Bris\u2019 side have not won in six league games on the road.<\/p>\n<p>They have often struggled to impose themselves away from the Stadium of Light, despite their impressive home results.<\/p>\n<p>Match stats<\/p>\n<p>West Ham have lost just one of their last 12 league home games against Sunderland (W9, D2), going down 3-0 in May 2011, and will back themselves to extend that record.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>However, West Ham have not kept a clean sheet in 19 league matches, giving Sunderland hope of piling on the misery.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Cats are a resilient force, having won 16 points from losing positions this season, the most by a promoted side.<\/p>\n<p>They are looking to complete the Premier League double over West Ham for just the second time, having done so in 2010\/11, when the Hammers were relegated.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that West Ham have lost just one of their last 21 Premier League home games against promoted sides (W16, D4).<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>West Ham are unbeaten in 12 since a 2-1 loss to Brentford in October 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Team news<\/p>\n<p>West Ham came through the Tottenham win without fresh injury concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/infotbal.cz\/diouf-odehral-minutu-pak-utikal-na-letiste-vedeni-odvedlo-skvelou-praci-pochvaloval-si-trpisovsky\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:unbelievable;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">unbelievable<\/a>\u2018 El Hadji Malick Diouf returns from Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) duty and immediately enters the line-up.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Paqueta is pushing to return after a back issue, but Lukas Fabianski remains sidelined.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson\u2019s winner off the bench means Nuno has to make a big call up front, but new arrivals Pablo and Taty Castellanos are expected to keep their places.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>West Ham predicted XI (4-2-3-1)<\/p>\n<p>Alphonse Areola; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Jean-Clair Todibo, Konstantinos Mavropanos, El Hadji Malick Diouf; Mateus Fernandes, Tomas Soucek; Jarrod Bowen, Pablo, Crysencio Summerville; Taty Castellanos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Ham United return to the London Stadium on Saturday, aiming to build real momentum for the first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[161312,105269,6843,49,74212,48,74213,161313,77745,179294,91145,179293,91146,574,561,82,63434,179292,16999,8525],"class_list":["post-430154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-aaron-wan-bissaka","tag-alphonse-areola","tag-brentford","tag-ca","tag-callum-wilson","tag-canada","tag-crysencio-summerville","tag-el-hadji-malick-diouf","tag-jarrod-bowen","tag-jean-clair-todibo","tag-konstantinos-mavropanos","tag-mateus-fernandes","tag-nuno-espirito-santo","tag-premier-league","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-sunderland","tag-taty-castellanos","tag-tottenham-hotspur","tag-west-ham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}