David Moyes

David Moyes makes three changes

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West Ham have Kurt Zouma back from injury after missing the last three matches in all competitions as David Moyes makes three changes from midweek.

He is one of three changes from the midweek 1-0 win over the Greek Super League side and comes in for Konstantinos Mavropanos with Alphonse Areola starting between the sticks and Tomáš Souček replacing out of form Saïd Benrahma.

Beyond that Emerson Palmieri lines up alongside  Nayef Aguerd and Vladimír Coufal at the back with Edson Alvarez anchoring midfield.

West Ham United starting XI v Nottingham Forest

Souček comes back into the team in midfield with him and and James Ward-Prowse. Lucas Paqueta is of course included  whilst Mohammed Kudus starts his third successive Premier League match after scoring a brilliant volley last weekend away to Brentford. The Ghanaian has been in flying early-season form, with four goals in 14 West Ham showings.

Jarrod Bowen completes the Hammers starting XI this afternoon having scored  scored seven Premier League goals so far this season, with only three other players netting more in the competition this campaign.

On the bench are Michail Antonio, who was with Nottingham Forest before joining West Ham, and Danny Ings. The No18 scored twice in a 4-0 win over Forest for the Irons in February.

David Moyes makes three changes

The two attackers are joined by Mavropanos, Benrahma and Łukasz Fabiański, and they are joined by Aaron Cresswell, Thilo Kehrer, Angelo Ogbonna and Pablo Fornals.

West Ham United: Areola, Coufal, Zouma ©, Aguerd, Emerson, Álvarez, Souček, Ward-Prowse, Paquetá, Kudus, Bowen
Subs: Fabiański (GK), Cresswell, Mavropanos, Kehrer, Ogbonna, Fornals, Benrahma, Ings, Antonio

Nottingham Forest: Vlachodimos, Aina, Niakhaté, Murillo, Toffolo, Sangaré, Mangala, Domínguez, Gibbs-White ©, Awoniyi, Elanga
Subs: Turner (GK), Williams, Ayew, Wood, Yates, Aurier, Origi, Danilo, Boly

Referee: Michael Salisbury

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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1 comment

  • BlueLine says:

    I cannot remember when West Ham were as unwatchable as they are currently under Moyes. Utterly depressing football.

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