West Ham United take on Fulham at the London Stadium on Friday night.
The Hammers have not won for five games but have earned respectable draws in their last two games against Crystal Palace and Liverpool.
That leaves the East Londoners in 10th place as the Premier League resumes this weekend.
Manuel Pellegrini has been nursing a league-worst injury list.
But things look to be improving ahead of the visit of the lowly Cottagers.
West Ham will be boosted by the return of key players from long-term injury for the game.
Bench boost
Manuel Lanzini and Fabian Balbuena are both expected to be in the squad.
But reports that Jack Wilshere – who is expected to miss the rest of the season – and Samir Nasri will also be in the squad are believed to be wide of the mark.
Lanzini and Balbuena will not be risked from the start after such a long time out.
They will boost Pellegrini’s options from the bench.
But the Chilean looks set to make two changes to the side which drew 1-1 at Palace last time out.
Zabaleta in for Fredericks
Ryan Fredericks seemed to finally find his feet against Liverpool in the last home game.
But his performance up against Wilfried Zaha in the next game raised doubts again. Pablo Zabaleta has enjoyed a long rest, something Pellegrini was keen to afford him.
And he will come back into the side for the London derby which could see the Hammers go ninth and just three points behind seventh-placed Wolves.
Arnautovic in for Hernandez
The big change Pellegrini has been pondering and after Hernandez’s ineffectual display he may be left with little other option.
Arnautovic was handed an improved deal last month. And it is about time he started earning it on the pitch.
The Austrian has barely featured since the China saga and has been poor when he has.
Hernandez does not offer enough to play the lone striker role and Arnautovic will come back in for this one from the start.
West Ham predicted XI for Fulham
Fabianski, Zabaleta, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Noble, Snodgrass, Antonio, Anderson, Arnautovic.
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