Four changes for the Hammers

Four changes for the Hammers

West Ham boss David Moyes makes four changes for the Hammers from the UEFA Europa League round of 16 first-leg defeat by SC Freiburg for today’s clash with Burnley.

Four changes for the Hammers

Alphonse Areola, Aaron Cresswell, Nayef Aguerd and Kalvin Phillips are all in the team, with Łukasz Fabiański, Emerson, Kurt Zouma and Edson Álvarez missing out.

Fabiański, Zouma and Álvarez are among the subs but Emerson is ruled out with the injury he suffered in Germany .

Cresswell will appear for the 288th time in the Premier League , second only to former captain Mark Noble.

Aguerd returns to the team aand will partner Dinos Mavropanos for the eighth time this season in all competitions. The pair’s last start together was the 2-0 win over Freiburg at London Stadium in December.

Phillips starts for the third time in the Premier League following his January loan move from Manchester City.

Jarrod Bowen needs two goals to equal Paolo Di Canio’s 25-year-old record of 16 goals in a Premier League season, which the Italian set in 1999/00. The England forward has 14 top-flight strikes to his name, and 17 in all competitions.

Former West Ham midfielder and Academy of Football graduate Josh Cullen captains visitors Burnley against the Club where he started his career.

West Ham United: Areola, Coufal, Mavropanos, Aguerd, Cresswell, Phillips, Souček ©, Ward-Prowse, Paquetá, Kudus, Bowen
Subs: Fabiański (GK), Johnson, Ogbonna, Zouma, Álvarez, Earthy, Ings, Antonio, Mubama

Burnley: Trafford, Assignon, O’Shea, Estève, Taylor, Berge, Cullen ©, Larsen, Vitinho, Odobert, Fofana
Subs: Muric (GK), Cork, Gudmundsson, Brownhill, Rodriguez, Manuel, Amdouni, Trésor, Delcroix

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