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Diafra Sakho fit to make West Ham United return against Aston Villa

Diafra Sakho is in line to return to the West Ham United starting lineup after recovering from a shoulder injury.

West Ham United record-breaker Diafra Sakho is fit and ready to make his return from a shoulder injury in this weekend's Premier League match against Aston Villa.

The 24-year-old striker had to sit out Saturday's 2-2 draw at Stoke City after injuring himself in the previous weekend's 2-1 victory over Manchester City.

His goal in that game was a club-record seventh in seven starts and his return could give Sam Allardyce a selection headache as Andy Carroll is also closing in on a return to first-team action.

"Diafra ran individually on Monday at Chadwell Heath and will be available for the game," West Ham's head of medical and sports science Stijn Vandenbroucke told the club website.

"Andy Carroll trained and played in a behind-closed-doors match last week, which he came though, and will continue to train this week."

The Hammers will also be able to welcome Winston Reid back after he picked up a dead leg in the draw at Stoke.

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