Haller replaces Anderson as Pellegrini goes two up

Sebastien Haller is replacing Felipe Anderson who is ill this weekend with stomach problems, vomiting and fever according to Manuel Pellegrini.

That is the only change in the West Ham team that were defeated by Arsenal on Monday.

Starting XI:  David Martin, Ryan Fredericks, Angelo Ogbonna,  Fabian Balbuena, Aaron Cresswell,  Declan Rice, Mark Noble, Robert Snodgrass, Pablo Fornals Michail Antonio and Sebastien Haller

The bench is Roberto, Pablo Zabaleta, Issa Diop, Arthur Masuaku, Carlos Sanchez, Yarmolenko and Albian Ajeti

Manuel Pellegrini has given up way on his 4-2-3-1 formation for this game to go two up front with Haller and Antonio with Fornals and Snodgrass out wide in a 4-4-2 formation that supporters’ have been craving for some time.

When the team does line up in that formation at the 5.30 pm kick-off it will be Pellegrini’s most drastic change of tactics since he joined the Hammers.

This is a must-win game for the 67-year-old Chilean and he seems to be throwing everything at it in his last roll of the dice!