Confirmed West Ham team to face Leicester as big top four chance presents itself

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David Moyes has named his confirmed team to face Leicester at the King Power as big top four chance presents itself.

West Ham face a Leicester side somewhat in disarray when they visit the King Power on Sunday evening.

There appears to be a perfect storm brewing for Moyes and West Ham with the Foxes out of form and under pressure.

Brendan Rodgers’s side are struggling to defend set pieces, which is one of West Ham’s major strengths.

And the hosts have been rocked by the news their star player will not be signing a new contract and will have to be sold in the summer.

The Hammers face Leicester off the back of a narrow 1-0 win over Watford in midweek.

It was far from pretty against the Hornets.

But in the race for the European spots results are the only thing that matters at this stage of the season.

Moyes had a strong squad to choose from for the clash against Leicester.

Confirmed West Ham team to face Leicester as big top four chance presents itself

And he has named his team as a big top four chance presents itself for West Ham to consolidate their position with results going in their favour elsewhere.

There were concerns over star Manuel Lanzini before Watford when Moyes admitted he was struggling with an Achilles injury.

Lanzini was on the bench, though. And it is lucky he was because the little Argentine completely changed the game with his ability on the ball and passing through the lines.

It was Lanzini’s line-breaking pass for Jarrod Bowen which resulted in the winning goal. And Moyes said after the game that the playmaker was key to the result.

Said Benrahma was desperately poor again and he has been replaced in the starting XI by Lanzini at Leicester.

It is the one of two changes from the side that started against Watford.

Kurt Zouma was named in the original starting XI (as you can see below) but has been taken ill in the warm-up and is replaced by Issa Diop.

The Hammers have an excellent record against Leicester under Moyes and have won the last three games against them 4-1, 3-2 and 3-0.

Pundit Paul Merson believes West Ham are on the brink of a ‘massive result’ at Leicester in more ways than one.

Confirmed West Ham starting XI to face Leicester:

Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Diop, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Lanzini, Bowen, Antonio.