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Five changes for Arsenal

Boss David Moyes has made five changes to his Hammers team for the clash with Arsenal.

The Hammers go into this weekend’s game off the back of the 2-1 Europa League semi-final first leg defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt.

As ever, Lukasz Fabianski has replaced Alphonse Areola in goal, while the other changes come in the form of Vlad Coufal replacing Ben Johnson at right-back, Ryan Fredericks coming in at left-back, with Aaron Cresswell at centre-back, Mark Noble replacing Tomas Soucek, and Said Benrahma coming into the starting XI, with Mikey Antonio on the bench.

Of course, Craig Dawson is suspended, so Kurt Zouma is the only fit centre-back at the club.

The full team is as follows: Fabianski; Coufal, Zouma, Cresswell, Fredericks; Rice, Noble; Fornals, Lanzini, Benrahma; Bowen. Subs: Areola, Masuaku, Alese, Diop, Kral, Soucek, Vlasic, Yarmolenko, Antonio. 

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale; Tomiyasu, Holding, Gabriel, Tavares; Elneny, Xhaka; Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli; Nketiah. Subs: Leno, Cedric, Kirk, Swanson, Lokonga, Oulad M’Hand, Smith Rowe, Pepe, Lacazette.

 

About Dave Langton

A journalist with 10 years' experience of working on National newspapers, now chief reporter covering the club that I've loved since I was a boy. Upton Park remains the greatest football stadium ever built.

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