Lukasz Fabianski out, five changes – West Ham predicted XI v Liverpool
Julen Lopetegui could make five changes to his West Ham starting line-up for their clash against Liverpool on Sunday.
The Spaniard will be forced to drop Lukasz Fabianski after he was taken off on a stretcher in the 1-0 win over Southampton on Boxing Day.
Max Kilman was also forced off the pitch after 19 minutes because of an injury which Lopetegui is not optimistic about [Ben Dinnery] with Carlos Soler also injured.
Meanwhile, Guido Rodriguez and Tomas Soucek are both suspended for picking up too many yellow cards at the London Stadium.
This means that Alphonse Areola, Jean-Clair Todibo, Crysencio Summerville, Lucas Paqueta and Edson Alvarez could all come into the starting XI for the game against Liverpool on 29 December.
Julen Lopetegui without Lukasz Fabianski against Liverpool
After a nasty-looking injury that meant Fabianski had to be stretchered off the field, Areola will have to come into the starting line-up to cover for him.
The defence could see one change with Todibo coming into the side for Kilman after his injury.
Meanwhile, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Konstantinos Mavropanos and Emerson Palmieri retain their places in the hope of working towards another clean sheet.
With Rodriguez and Soucek both unavailable due to serving yellow card suspensions, Alvarez could come into the side while Paqueta returns after he had to miss the Southampton game to serve his own suspension.
Jarrod Bowen keeps his place in the side as he has been an outstanding player for the Hammers this season, getting his fifth goal of the season on Boxing Day.
Soler is also unavailable for this game with injury meaning Summerville could come in from the start to add to the Hammers’ offensive aims.
Mohammed Kudus and Niclas Fullkrug support him at the top end of the pitch with some of these players really needing to show what they can do at The London Stadium.
It will surely be a tough game against the Champions so the Irons will need to be on top of their game to get anything out of this one.
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