Relegation-battling West Ham host fellow strugglers Blackburn Rovers in their Premier League match at Upton Park with priceless points at stake.

Gabbidon stands his ground superbly with a firm challenge on Roberts, who is seeing an awful lot of the ball.

Da Costa makes an impeccable challenge to dispossess Roberts as he intervenes with a well-timed tackle.

Diouf goes down clutching his head following a challenge with Boa Morte, and the Hammers fans are understandably impatient.

Diouf tracks the run of Spector all the way as he makes a fine challenge to dispossess the American, and that's good back-tracking.

Blackburn are suddenly brimming with confidence following their goal, and the Hammers are being pegged firmly back.

STAT: Grant has just 10 victories from his last 55 Premier League games - not the best record.

Roberts is putting himself about superbly, and he's causing Da Costa and Gabbidon all sorts of problems.

Sears again nips down the left at pace, but his cross is very poor with Samba able to calmly clear upfield.

STAT: West Ham have conceded 63 PL goals – only Blackpool and West Brom have conceded more in the division this season.

Sears has lovely quick feet, and he jinks inside Olsson before whipping over a fine cross, but no Hammers player reads it.

The atmosphere has been effectively extinguished following that goal, and the home fans need lifting.

Bridge backtracks superbly to deny Diouf, who races down the right at pace and looks to cut inside but to no avail.

Da Costa continues to surge forward and look promising, but it was his shocking marking which enabled Roberts to tap home.

Avram Grant is a dejected presence on the touchline as he surveys what is going on in front of him.

Sears bursts down the right and into the penalty area, but again Robinson is lightning quick off his line to clear.

How will West Ham respond to going behind to such a regulation, simple goal? Dreadful defending.

GOAL!!!!! ROBERTS DOES IT AGAIN! The forward bundles the ball home from close range as he evades Da Costa's slack marking and converts from Emerton's cross! That's his sixth goal against the Hammers.

Blackburn are enjoying a good spell of possession now as they camp inside the West Ham half.

Hitzlsperger is implored to shoot as always by the West Ham faithful as he surges forward, but he opts to pass out to Boa Morte on this occasion.

STAT: Blackburn's last victory over a London club was 2-1 at home against Arsenal on May 3, 2010. They have not won in their last 11 PL visits to London, conceding a total of 32 goals, since a 2-1 victory at Fulham in March 2009.

Now it's Pedersen's turn to delivery a long throw into the box, but Green commands his box well to gather.