West Ham travel to Craven Cottage today for their away Premier League fixture and the team has just been announced. There is one change from the previous PL outing against Manchester City.
West Ham’s record against Fulham is 51 wins to Fulham’s 34, in addition to 24 draws, though Julen Lopetegui’s team will be looking to overturn a run of back-to-back defeats at the hands of the West London side. Last year the aggregate score was a pretty awful 0-7 so we are looking for considerable improvement this year!
The full starting eleven is:
Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson, Rodríguez, Álvarez, Souček, Bowen ©, Kudus, Antonio
Subs: Fabiański (GK), Coufal, Cresswell, Todibo, Soler, Irving, Paquetá, Summerville, Ings
Tomas Soucek returns, despite poor performances for the Czech Republic side side during the international break. Somewhat surprisingly, Mikel Antonio is in the starting eleven having only arrived back from Honduras on Thursday after a mammoth 15 hour flight. Let’s hope he’s been on the Red Bull!
No starting places as yet for Jean-Clair Todibo or Carlos Soler. interesting also to find Lucas Paqueta is on the bench. A thought-provoking selection!
Is there a point in keeping stale news on the site?
Soler and Summerville to come in plus …Paqueta or Ings?
Looks strong and with a strong bench is the big difference this season, no shortage of options. I fancy this, a narrow win 1-0 or 2-1
Good solid away lineup against a hard to beat Fulham team in front of their own crowd . My tip, Paquetá, Summerville, Ings to come off the bench second half and win us the game
Nothing solid about it. Was utter crap. No surprise that when Antonio and Soucek went off we looked a lot better. Just a shame we’re chasing the game at that point.
Might have won without those two in the starting eleven.
Bang on
Told yer. (Apart from winning the game)
This starting line up makes about as much sense as signing Fullkrug instead of Duran.
Lose this one Loppy and you’re rightly copping a load of flak for that starting eleven.
Loppy – the new Moysie?
I can stomach a good team selection not getting the desired result while those players work on becoming a team. Selecting a player that can’t play a passing game and pushing our best player into he’s least favoured position is going to lose my vote alarmingly quickly. I cannot see the point in the club spending to the point of the PSR limit and keeping so much talent on the bench. I’m not the fan that values 3 points more than entertainment.
Actually I’m absolutely livid. So many fans rejoice the return of Premier League football after an international break as I do. Not a ball kicked yet and that feeling has gone.
Let me guess- he’s starting Kudas in his most ineffective position on the left again & leaving the best left sided winger in the championship last season on the bench! Wow. Just wow.
Absolutely agree, it’s like there’s a rule somewhere that states you can’t play a left winger on the left!