West Ham boss Graham Potter has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Crystal Palace at London Stadium (kick-off 15:00 BST).

Aaron Wan-Bissaka is unavailable due to "a problem with his stomach". It is hoped that he will return to "light training" tomorrow or over the weekend.

Callum Wilson and Niclas Fullkrug have both had "a full week of training" so the rest of the squad is "pretty much as it was".

Academy graduate Freddie Potts has to "keep working hard with the other players and wait for his opportunity", after being included in the matchday squad but left on the bench last time out.

There should not be concern about their two home results this season, losing to Chelsea "who are Club World Cup champions" and Tottenham "who are competing in the Champions League".

However, Potter did admit that West Ham's home record has not been good enough "for a period of time", extending to before he joined the club in January 2025.

Asked about changes he would like to see on Saturday, he replied: "In the Premier League, it's difficult to control things for the whole 90 minutes, so sometimes you have to suffer and sometimes you need a bit of luck. Our challenge at home is to play better than we have. We've been affected by goals a little too much."

Defending set-pieces is "an area that has to be improved" and something the squad has been "working on all week". He added: "There's no point shying away from it. We have to own it and use it as an opportunity to make some progress because, at the moment, it is hurting us."

In relation to the club statement released on Wednesday night, external, he highlighted that "everybody is on the same page, in terms of how much we love the club and how much we want the club to do well".

He went further in his insistence that everyone at West Ham is united: "Everybody wants West Ham to do well, the fans, the players, me and my staff do and the board. We are all on the same page in terms of how much we love the club and how much we want them to do well. We are all hurting the same."

On the suggestion his role is to 'build and develop the first-team squad in line with the club's identity and objectives': "You have to do lots of things in this job. You have to build and develop, but you also have to win and it's fair to say we haven't done that as much as we would like. There's always pressure and negativity that comes with that."

FA Cup winners and Conference League debutants Crystal Palace "are clearly doing a lot right". Potter praised the club's board and manager Oliver Glasner for doing a "fantastic job building their current project".

He added on their London rivals: "They have lots of good players that clearly know what they are doing in and out of possession. They are solid in attack and defence but nobody is perfect, so we have to focus on making our game a problem for them as well."

Graham Potter press conference: West Ham United vs Crystal Palace