West Ham go into their clash with eighth place West Brom this weekend having won three of their last four Premier League matches.

Despite being thumped 4-0 by Manchester City ten days ago, Slaven Bilic’s men bounced back with an impressive 3-1 victory at Southampton last weekend, with goals from Andy Carroll, Pedro Obiang, and Mark Noble cancelling out Manolo Gabbiadini’s opener for the Saints.

It means that the Hammers are in ninth ahead of Saturday’s clash, four points adrift of Tony Pulis’ Baggies, who also won last time out courtesy of a 1-0 success over his former employers Stoke.

Pulis’ side have won four of their last six league games, although have lost on both of their most recent visits to the capital, having gone down 4-0 at Tottenham last time out, and 1-0 at Arsenal on Boxing Day.

Nonetheless, West Brom will be a stern test for Bilic’s men who, if they still harbour ambitions of replicating last season’s seventh place finish in the league, could really do with all three points on Saturday.

Yet, the West Ham boss may decide to make a few changes to his starting eleven, so here are THREE players who deserve a chance against West Brom on Saturday…

Edimilson Fernandes

West Brom have been tricky to beat for much of this season, but have occasionally shown a vulnerability to pace.

Thus, one man Bilic could turn to is youngster Edimilson Fernandes, who hasn’t started a Premier League game since their 5-1 defeat to Arsenal on December 3.

However, since then the Swiss international has done well in substitute cameo roles against Hull and Swansea, and played the full 90 minutes against Manchester City in the FA Cup at the start of January.

It hasn’t quite taken off for Fernandes since he moved to the London Stadium last summer, yet the 20-year-old could be exactly what the Hammers need to break down Pulis’ Baggies on Saturday.

Jonathan Calleri

Since scoring his first Premier League goal in the 3-1 win over Middlesbrough, Jonathan Calleri has played just four minutes of football in a bid to add to that tally.

He came on as an injury-time substitution in the victory over Southampton last weekend, but other than that he hasn’t been able to build on his confidence-boosting strike at the Riverside Stadium.

However, he may get the chance on Saturday against West Brom, especially if Andy Carroll doesn’t recover from a groin injury which forced him off after 56 minutes against the Saints last time out.

With Diafra Sakho still out and Andre Ayew only just returning from African Cup of Nations duty, Calleri is the obvious replacement for Carroll, and could be given the chance on Saturday.

Manuel Lanzini

Manuel Lanzini lost his place in the starting eleven for the Southampton game after a below-par display against Manchester City last week, although in truth many West Ham players were far from great that night.

Nonetheless, the Argentine has scored once and laid on two assists in the Premier League in 2017, and Bilic may need his creative playmaker to open up the West Brom defence on Saturday.

With just four goals and two assists this term, Bilic may want more from the 23-year-old in the coming weeks, and with Dimitri Payet gone, Lanzini is their go-to man, with West Brom at home the sort of game where he needs to step up and orchestrate the Hammers’ attacking play.