**West Ham take on newly promoted Sunderland today to kick off our 2025/26 Premier League campaign.**
Graham Potters side take on the newly promoted Black Cats, in what is expected to be an intense atmosphere at the Stadium of Light, as West Ham look to kick off the season in a positive manner.
The only players not available through injury are George Earthy and Crysencio Summerville, with the latter now very close to being back amongst the squad.
Callum Marshall has serving the last of a suspension he picked up whilst at Huddersfield last season, so therefore he misses out today.
There will be four new signings in Mads Hermansen, Mallick Diouf, Kyle Walker-Peters and Callum Wilson looking to feature although from preseason it seems only Diouf looks likely to.
The manager does have a real dilemma with the keeper situation on whether he brings in Hermansen having arrived last Saturday to “compete” with Areola or whether he goes straight to the new signing.
A number of young players have travelled including Ollie Scarles, Freddie Potts and Lewis Orford.