WHZ View: Predicted West Ham starting XI v Watford
West Ham welcome Watford to the London Stadium tomorrow night (February 8) as Premier League action resumes after the winter break.
David Moyes will be looking to bring his key players back into the fold after a much-changed Hammers team squeezed past Kidderminster Harriers on Saturday (February 5).
A whopping eight changes are expected as the fringe players return to the bench to make way for the well-rested starters as the Irons look to keep up the pace in their fight for top four.
Michail Antonio will crucially slot straight back in as expected up front after being away with Jamaica over the break. Which will allow Jarrod Bowen to return to his favoured position in right wing leaving Andriy Yarmolenko on the bench.
Said Benrahma will be dropped down to the bench to allow Pablo Fornals to come in on the left wing.
After single handedly dragging the Irons to victory on the weekend Declan Rice will return with his formidable partner, Tomas Soucek with veteran Mark Noble and Alex Kral making way.
Kurt Zouma is the only defender to keep his place as he remains in a much-changed defence as he works his way back to full fitness.
Aaron Cresswell, Craig Dawson and Vladimir Coufal will start with Ben Johnson, Issa Diop and Ryan Fredericks all dropping to the bench.
The FA Cup turnover is complete with Alphonse Areola stepping aside for number one goalkeeper, Lucasz Fabianksi.
Here is how we expect West Ham to line up against Watford…
In other Hammers news, Steve Wilson and Dion Dublin slam West Ham keeper Alphonse Areola v Kidderminster.