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David Moyes boost as Wolves face being without four players for West Ham clash

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David Moyes has been handed a boost as Wolverhampton Wanderers face being without four players for the West Ham clash on Saturday.

West Ham are flying right now and will be hoping to continue their amazing momentum from before the international break at Wolves.

The Hammers beat Liverpool 3-2 last time out and are unbeaten in seven in all competitions.

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Wolves have found their feet under new boss Bruno Lage, though, and will be no pushovers.

Indeed Wolves are on some run themselves having won four of their last five games, drawing the other.

West Ham go into the game missing key defender Angelo Ogbonna who could miss the rest of the season with an ACL injury suffered in the win over Liverpool.

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Moyes boost as Wolves face without four for West Ham

Craig Dawson looks likely to replace him from the start against Wolves.

Other than that Moyes should have a near fully fit squad available to him should Declan Rice return as expected from a bout of flu.

Wolves on the other hand will be missing at least four players due to injury.

Full-back Jonny Otto and winger Pedro Neto have both been ruled out long-term with knee injuries.

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Colombian defender Yerson Mosquera will also be missing for the hosts having undergone hamstring surgery.

And central midfielder Bruno Jordao has returned to training after a knee injury but is not expected to be available on Saturday with the West Ham game coming too soon.

There were fears West Ham stars Tomas Soucek and Pablo Fornals may have picked up injuries on international duty with Czech Republic and Spain respectively.

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But West Ham insist Soucek was rested for Czech Republic’s World Cup qualifier against Estonia.

And the reason for Fornals’s shock omission from the Spain squad for the win over Sweden has been revealed after the Hammer welcomed his first child into the world.

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