The Hammers will be looking for a repeat of least year when they dumped Ipswich out the play-offs at this very stage and manager Alan Pardew is confident we can do it.
Pardew spoke to the official site this week and gave his thoughts on the crucial tie ahead. “For both clubs these are two massive games coming up.
“I've experienced the disappointment of finishing third and just missing out on automatic promotion. It'll be a psychological blow for them going into Saturday's game and they'll have to pick themselves up.
“They've got a great manager in Joe Royle and some excellent players, but we'll start on an even keel and it's a huge boost to have pretty much a full squad going into the game, with Teddy Sheringham being the only player who is unlikely to be available for either of the two legs.
“Our fans were terrific again at Watford and they'll have a huge part to play on Saturday.
“It's an early afternooon kick-off, but hopefully they'll take it easy on Friday night, get there early and really build the atmosphere up for us.
”They've got the influence to swing the game in our favour and their support is going to be crucial over the two legs.”