We predict David Moyes makes four West Ham changes for the huge Bournemouth clash as star Maxwel Cornet finally gets his second start.
West Ham make the trip to the south coast to take on Bournemouth knowing a win will be a massive step to safety.
Victory for Leicester and a draw for Everton leaves both clubs just three points behind West Ham.
But defeat for Leeds and Forest means West Ham were given major incentive to beat Bournemouth.
Because given the remaining fixtures – which sees the teams in the bottom five play one another several times – it would be almost impossible for three of the clubs below them to leapfrog West Ham in the run-in.
West Ham go into the match against former Hammer Gary O’Neil’s in-form side off the back of roaring comebacks against Arsenal and Gent.
David Moyes went strong for the Gent game and it paid off. But the Scot suggested he will make changes this weekend as he has ‘fresh players available’.
We predict Moyes makes four West Ham changes for the huge Bournemouth clash as star Maxwel Cornet finally gets a second start.
Cornet’s only previous Hammers start came way back in October – a game which saw him pick up a rare calf injury which then kept him out for five months.
Here’s how we see Moyes’ thinking for the Cherries.
Lukasz Fabianski will replace Alphonse Areola in goal in change number one.
Aaron Cresswell will come back in for Emerson at left-back in change two.
Predicted: David Moyes makes four West Ham changes for huge Bournemouth clash as star Maxwel Cornet finally gets second start
Evergreen Angelo Ogbonna will return to the starting XI to replace Nayef Aguerd.
And Cornet will finally get his second start as he replaces Said Benrahma.
Moyes does of course have the option of playing Cornet as a striker. But Michail Antonio has looked much more like his old self since he came on in the away match in Gent.
So it would be strange for Moyes to rest the striker for such an important match.
Predicted West Ham starting XI to face Bournemouth:
Fabianski, Coufal, Zouma, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Paqueta, Bowen, Cornet, Antonio.
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