David Moyes will make four West Ham changes for Newcastle United and faces a late decision on a fifth switch.
Newcastle United are the visitors to the London Stadium as West Ham gear up for the last Premier League game before the international break.
The Hammers are one point and one place above the Magpies in the table and could go level on points with fourth place if they win.
Both David Moyes and Eddie Howe have selection dilemmas and injury problems after superb results in Europe for both clubs this week.
Newcastle go into the game off the back of one of their best nights of the last 20 years when they beat PSG 4-1 in midweek.
Predicted: David Moyes makes four West Ham changes for Newcastle and faces late decision on fifth switch
But West Ham also have their tails up thanks to their own result in midweek when they beat Freiburg 2-1 in Germany to set a new English record of 17 games unbeaten in Europe.
Moyes went strong for Freiburg, where he was without striker Michail Antonio after he picked up an adductor injury in last weekend’s win over Sheffield United.
So the Scot will be making less changes than usual between his European and league teams as in-form Newcastle roll into London.
We predict Moyes makes four West Ham changes for Newcastle but faces a late decision on a fifth switch.
Fifth change hinges on late Antonio fitness test
Alphonse Areola, Kurt Zouma and Emerson will come back into the West Ham starting XI for the Magpies clash in place of Lukasz Fabianski, Konstantinos Mavropanos and Thilo Kehrer.
The only other change will see Tomas Soucek come back in for Pablo Fornals.
But there could be a late fifth change should Antonio pass a last gasp fitness test.
Moyes confirmed in his pre-match press conference that Antonio was facing a late test having not trained all week.
Should he pass then it is expected he will be a fifth change from the side which started the Freiburg clash, taking the place of Mohammed Kudus.
Predicted West Ham starting XI to face Newcastle if Antonio fails fitness test:
Areola, Coufal, Zouma, Aguerd, Emerson, Soucek, Alvarez, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta, Kudus, Bowen.
Predicted West Ham starting XI to face Newcastle if Antonio passes fitness test:
Areola, Coufal, Zouma, Aguerd, Emerson, Soucek, Alvarez, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta, Bowen, Antonio.
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