Moyes makes three changes
Moyes makes three changes
We are about to find out a lot about West Ham tonight with David Moyes making three changes to the team for the game against Brighton -Ben Johnson, Pablo Fornals and Saïd Benrahma
We are without Vladimír Coufal, Kurt Zouma, Thilo Kehrer, Lucas Paquetá and Michail Antonio and of course while Nayef Aguerd and Mohammed Kudus have departed to join up with Morocco and Ghana for the CAF Africa Cup of Nations.
Zouma’s has a knee problem meaning Angelo Ogbonna again captains the sid partnered by Dinos Mavropanos at centre-back.
Alphonse Areola starts in goal, with Johnson deputising for the ill Coufal at right-back and making his first Premier League start since May last year in the process. Emerson continues at left-back.
James Ward-Prowse and Tomáš Souček aer in midfield with Edson Álvarez.
The absences of Paquetá (calf) and Kudus (AFCON) give opportunities to Fornals and Benrahma, with the two UEFA Europa Conference League heroes flanking Jarrod Bowen in attack.
The substitutes’ bench contains some unfamiliar names, with Academy prospects Kaelan Casey and Lewis Orford joining fellow FA Youth Cup winner Divin Mubama and young professional Levi Laing among the nine replacements. Casey and Laing are defenders, while Orford is a central midfield player.
Alongside them, Moyes has the experienced Łukasz Fabiański, Aaron Cresswell, Maxwel Cornet and Danny Ings to call upon, along with former Republic of Ireland U21 captain Conor Coventry.
West Ham United: Areola, Johnson, Mavropanos, Ogbonna ©, Emerson, Álvarez, Ward-Prowse, Souček, Fornals, Benrahma, Bowen
Subs: Fabiański, Cresswell, Casey, Laing, Coventry, Orford, Cornet, Ings, Mubama
Brighton & Hove Albion: Steele, Milner, Webster, van Hecke, Estupiñán, Groß ©, Hinshelwood, Buonanotte, Gilmour, Joâo Pedro, Welbeck
Subs: Verbruggen (GK), Kavanagh, Samuels, Moder, Dahoud, Baleba, Lallana, Baker-Boaitey, Ferguson