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One change for Hammers

West Ham boss David Moyes has made one change from the team that drew 0-0 with Burnley as they prepare to face Arsenal.

The Hammers take on the Gunners in a major game in the top-four battle, with Mikel Arteta’s side currently two points behind the Irons, who are fourth.

A win for Arsenal would see them leapfrog the Hammers into the top four, adding extra importance to tonight’s encounter at the Emirates.

The only change sees the Hammers bring Pablo Fornals into the side, with Said Benrahma dropping out of the XI.

It means that Lukasz Fabianski plays in goal, with a back four of Vlad Coufal, Craig Dawson, Issa Diop and Arthur Masuaku.

Declan Rice and Tomas Soucek are partnered in midfield, with Fornals, Manuel Lanzini, and Jarrod Bowen providing support to Mikey Antonio.

Armstrong Okoflex is picked on the bench.

Full West Ham XI: Fabianski; Coufal, Dawson, Diop, Masuaku; Rice, Soucek; Bowen, Fornals, Lanzini; Antonio. Subs: Areola, Ashby, Alese, Kral, Noble, Okoflex, Vlasic, Yarmolenko, Benrahma. 

Full Arsenal XI: Ramsdale; Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tierney; Partey, Xhaka; Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli; Lacazette. Subs: Okonkwo, Holding, Tavares, Elneny, Maitland-Niles, Lokonga, Smith Rowe, Pepe, Nketiah. 

 

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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