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Another nervy moment from Collins but Sunderland are unable to take advantage and that's half time. Fletcher's goal the difference so far.

Cole gets his head to a straight free kick from Noble but the ball just loops up nicely into the arms of Mignolet.

We will have two added minutes.

That was a tremendous stop to deny Nolan a deserved equaliser. West Ham will be incredibly frustrated if they do go into the break a goal down.

What a save! Superb from Mignolet as he throws out his left arm to palm away a Nolan scissor-kick following a cross from the right from Vaz Te.

West Ham have been the better side by some distance in the past few minutes but still the Sunderland goal goes unbreached.

Cattermole and Diame come together again as the midfield battle continues. Diame has been very influential so far.

It has been all West Ham for the past 20 minutes or so. Fletcher is the only man supplying quality for Sunderland in an attacking sense at present.

Colback, McClean and Cattermole swarm away Diame and the West Ham man wins the free kick. The ball is pumped into the box and when it drops for Nolan from the head of Cole, he attempts a rudimentary overhead kick that goes wide.

Stat from Opta: "Sunderland have won none of their last nine Premier League away games (W0 D5 L4)."

Diame with the ball in from the right and Cole gets up in front of John O'Shea. However, the ball catches the top of Cole's head and flies off target. He looks frustrated with that.

From the corner, Diame heads back across goal and Nolan tries to turn the ball on target with his toe, only to send it spinning away from goal.

The ball pops out to Demel following a high ball into the box but Danny Rose throws his body in the way of the shot to block.

James McClean is an absolute acres of space after being set free by Fletcher but with two men advancing on his right his attempt at a shot is woeful and curls harmlessly away. What a waste.

Noble rolls it off to Nolan and the midfielder strikes the wall with a low effort.

A messy challenge from Colback on Diame gives West Ham a free kick in a dangerous area...

There's nothing subtle about West Ham's approach here as Diame lifts a ball high into the air for Cole. Bramble is alert to deal with the danger though.

Stat from Opta: "Sam Allardyce has a record of three wins and just one defeat in five Premier League matches as a coach against Martin O’Neill."

The pressure continues from the home side as Diame skips away from a challenge and 25 yards out slices a shot wide of the post.

Huge chance for West Ham! Taylor pings in a deep cross to the back post and Vaz Te meets the ball with a downwards header that hits the turf and rises up over the bar. He really had to score that.

Taylor spots Nolan inside the box and curls a pass into the midfielder, who twists sharply and sees a goalbound shot blocked. Mark Noble follows up but fails to hit the target.