West Ham get key fitness update ahead of Fulham, Man City and Aston Villa clashes

West Ham are still without one of their key players as they prepare to take on Fulham on Wednesday night in another key clash in their battle for survival. The Hammers take on a Fulham side in good form at Crave Cottage, with Marco Silva’s side chasing Europe and within three points of seventh place.

The Cottagers beat Tottenham over the weekend and will be looking to keep the pressure on those above them with another big result at home on Wednesday evening.

West Ham have other ideas, and they come into this one on the back of an away defeat to Liverpool, but the damage was limited to goal difference due to the three sides above them all losing.

The Iron remain two points from safety, and while Fulham are a tough side to get the better of, Nuno Espirito Santo and his men may see this game as an opportunity. That’s because Nottingham Forest play Manchester City during the week, so a big result here could lift West Ham out of the bottom three.

But as the Iron go in search of a win in West London, they will still be without January signing Pablo Felipe, who was having a big impact with his energy behind the front line.

Pablo picked up an injury in February and has missed the last three games, witht he tally now set to reach at least four.

"Pablo is not ready yet,” Santo confirmed. “He has joined individual programmes as part of the session. We are assessing him day by day. It's always the same team news-wise, but hopefully everyone else [aside from the suspended Freddie Potts] is going to be available."

West Ham face Brentford in the FA Cup this weekend, they then face Man City and Aston Villa in the Premier League, and Santo will be sweating over Pablo’s potential return for those games, in particular.

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