Pablo Felipe makes his first Premier League start for West Ham United in the London derby with Tottenham Hotspur but Lucas Paqueta is nowhere to be seen for Nuno Espirito Santo.
Nuno hoped to have Paqueta available for the trip to North London. However, with his move to Flamengo seemingly edging closer, West Ham United’s number ten is not even on the bench for Saturday’s 3pm kick-off.
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In his place comes Pablo Felipe. After two substitute appearances in league and cup, the £18 million signing from Gil Vicente makes his first start. Taty Castellanos is also in the XI, though it remains to be seen if Nuno has selected an old-school ‘front two’ or whether one will play off the other.
Mateus Fernandes and Konstantinos Mavropanos fit for West Ham United v Tottenham
Mateus Fernandes was an injury doubt after missing the 2-1 FA Cup win over QPR last week. He has been passed fit to start alongside Tomas Soucek, with Freddie Potts on the bench again. It was feared that Konstantinos Mavropanos would have a spell on the sidelines himself. He was stretchered off on Sunday.
The big Greek defender also passes a late fitness test.
In total, Nuno makes only two changes from the team which lost at home to Nottingham Forest in their most recent Premier League fixture.
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