West Ham have confirmed Andre Ayew and Aaron Cresswell are "progressing well" as they recover from respective thigh and knee injuries.
Slaven Bilic has had a huge injury list to contend with in the early stages of the season, which has contributed to the Hammers' poor start.
Cresswell suffered an injury during pre-season when he was on the receiving end of a late challenge while Ayew picked up a thigh problem just minutes into his Hammers debut last month.
The duo are expected to return in late November but have already started running as they step up their rehabilitation programmes.
Stijn Vandenbroucke, Head of Medical and Sports Science at West Ham, said: "Aaron Cresswell and Andre Ayew are both progressing very well and have both been running this week as they continue their recoveries from a knee and thigh injury respectively,"
West Ham are languishing in 17th place ahead of this week's trip to West Brom and several other key players are set to remain sidelined for the foreseeable future.
Andy Carroll is among their number and the England international is slowly making his way along the comeback trail one month after he was injured against Astra Giurgiu.
"Andy Carroll had a good week, during which he has made good progress and is also running on the pitch. He is working hard, but it will take time before he is ready to return to action," Vandenbroucke added.
Summer signing Alvaro Arbeloa is not fit to take part at the Hawthorns this weekend but is expected to make his debut when the Hammers host Accrington Stanley in the EFL Cup next week.
