Pardew keeping cards close to chest

Central defenders Fabricio Coloccini (calf) and Steven Taylor (knee), and midfielders Cheick Tiote (calf) and Rolando Aarons (hamstring) have returned to training, but Pardew is remaining coy over which, if any, of them could be fit for the trip to Upton Park.

Keeper Tim Krul is understood to have picked up a training ground knock and could be a doubt, while midfielder Mehdi Abeid is still out with a toe problem. Also missing are utility man Ryan Taylor, who faces up to four weeks out with the knee problem he sustained against QPR, full-back Davide Santon (also knee) and midfielders Siem de Jong and Gabriel Obertan (both thigh).

Provisional squad: Krul, Elliot, Alnwick, Janmaat, Dummett, Williamson, Coloccini, S. Taylor, Streete, Haidara, Tiote, Anita, Sissoko, Colback, Cabella, Gouffran, Ameobi, Riviere, Cisse, Perez, Armstrong, Ferreyra.