Bournemouth’s manager Andoni Iraola has to serve a one match touchline ban so will be sitting about a mile away up in the nether regions of West Ham’s stadium: Whether it will impact on his side’s good run of form remains to be seen.
Bournemouth come into this crucial London Stadium encounter in a streak of good form that has seen them gather eleven points out of fifteen in their last five outings, one more than West Ham’s ten in five.
With twelve games to go Nuno is in need of a ‘maximum’ today if the Hammers are going to keep up the pressure on Nottingham Forest who take on Liverpool tomorrow. The 5.30 kick off will be televised live on Sky and the team news has just been released – West Ham’s starting eleven is:
West Ham United:
Hermansen, Wan-Bissaka, Disasi, Mavropanos, Diouf | Soucek, Fernandes, Magassa | Summerville, Taty, Bowen (c)
Which means that Callum Wilson starts on the bench and Soungoutou Magassa is recalled to bolster the Hammers’ midfield.
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It’s tight and so am I, a wee bit.
coyi
Pretty much what expected Bournmouthpack the midfield and will try to play through the middle. It was going to be Magassa or Todibo hopefully Nuno has got it right. Down to the players now to perform COYI
I would have preferred Todibo in along side Mavropanos and Disasi in as defense but also with option to go forward as he has indicated he would like to. As long as he comes back to help defense when needed. I think that would give a strong defense but also a strong midfield.