Confirmed West Ham United starting XI v Fulham – Michail Antonio dropped
David Moyes has named a strong starting line-up as West Ham take on Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday (9 October) at the London Stadium.
The Hammers appear to have picked up the form after the international break, having secured two wins in a row in all competitions.
Fulham are in good form at the moment, and it expects to be a cracking London derby.
David Moyes made seven changes from the last game. The likes of Lukasz Fabianski, Thilo Kehrer, Kurt Zouma, Declan Rice, Tomas Soucek, Lucas Paqueta and Pablo Fornals have returned to the starting line-up, in place of Alphonse Areola, Ben Johnson, Vladimir Coufal, Angelo Ogbonna, Pablo Emerson, Manuel Lanzini, Flynn Downes and Michail Antonio.
Three points
After a poor start to the season, West Ham are giving the impression that they have found their mojo back.
David Moyes will demand consistency from his side, and a series of wins in the Premier League from here on will put them in a good position once again.
The Hammers boss will be pleased with the form of Gianluca Scamacca, who has now scored in back to back games.
The Italy striker, who joined in the summer transfer window from Sassuolo, scored his first Premier League goal against Wolves and followed it up with another against Anderlecht in the previous game.
Jarrod Bowen has struggled for form this season and Moyes will be hoping that he gets back to his best form once again that he showed last season.
Moyes has made several changes from the side that won against Anderlecht and it was expected.
Many had thought that Antonio would retain his place in the side, but he was dropped to the bench, with Scamacca now operating as a lone striker.