WHZ View: Antonio & Fabianski to start – West Ham predicted XI v Baggies
West Ham United welcome former boss Sam Allardyce to the London Stadium on Tuesday evening as they host West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League.
The Baggies will be confident travelling to East London after their thrilling 3-2 triumph in the black country derby at Molineux.
The home side aim to make it six unbeaten in all competitions and four wins on the bounce, including their 1-0 defeat of Burnley on Saturday.
Victory will take the Hammers to 32 points and keep them well in the chase for a European place finish come the end of the season.
Given our consistent run and few injury concerns, we expect no changes to David Moyes’ starting XI.
Lukasz Fabianski made it through the full 90 minutes against Burnley after two games out, so will remain in goal.
Having kept three Premier League clean sheets in a row, Moyes will name the same back four of Coufal, Dawson, Ogbonna and Cresswell.
The central midfield pairing of Captain Declan Rice and top goal-scorer Tomáš Souček will remain. They’ll sit behind the attacking trio of Jarrod Bowen, Said Benrahma and Pablo Fornals.
The latter had one of his best performances of the season in the win at home to Burnley. The Spaniard created the only goal of the game and worked tirelessly as we’ve come to expect.
Michail Antonio will lead the line of attack, looking to build on his four goals so far this campaign against the league’s worst defence.
The Englishman will be feeling confident after scoring the winner last time out as he continues to build up his match fitness. He’s featured just four times since October.
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