Preview: West Ham United vs. Queens Park Rangers

West Ham United host Queens Park Rangers on Sunday hoping to return to winning ways after last week's defeat at Manchester United.

Manager Sam Allardyce will take plenty of positives from the game at Old Trafford, but the match saw the Hammers continue their run of seven fixtures without a clean sheet.

On-loan defender Carl Jenkinson and midfielder Kevin Nolan, who both came off the bench last week, could start at Upton Park in place of Guy Demel and Diego Poyet.

QPR make the short trip to East London having registered just one win in seven games in all competitions, and boss Harry Redknapp will be keen for maximum points to take his team away from the relegation zone.

Redknapp has revealed that midfielder Sandro is available to play after recovering from his early withdrawal away at Southampton last weekend.

However, the QPR chief will wait until the last minute before deciding on Joey Barton and Jordan Mutch, while Junior Hoilett is in contention to replace Matt Phillips on the flank.

Recent form

West Ham United: DLDWL

Queens Park Rangers: LWLDL

Possible starting lineups

West Ham United: Adrian; Reid, Tomkins, Cresswell, Jenkinson; Amalfitano, Nolan, Downing, Song, Valencia; Sahko

Queens Park Rangers: Green; Ferdinand, Isla, Traore, Caulker; Hoilett, Sandro, Fer, Kranjcar; Vargas, Austin

Sports Mole says: 2-1