West Ham United will look to keep their winning run intact as they take on Everton in their next match in the Premier League this weekend. The Hammers did well to win a hard-fought contest against Huddersfield Town by 4-3 as Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez scored a brace to get his side over the line.
Everton, on the other hand, dished out a clinical performance against Chelsea in their last match in the Premier League as they won the contest by 2-0, courtesy of goals from Gylfi Sigurdsson and Richarlison. Marco Silva’s side will look to keep their winning run intact when they take on West Ham in their next encounter.
Team News
West Ham United have a few injury concerns ahead of the crucial clash. Alongside the usual casualties like Andriy Yarmolenko, Jack Wilshere, Carlos Sanchez and Winston Reid; striker Andy Caroll is also out of the next match.
Fabian Balbuena has recovered from his long term injury problem and is expected to start in the backline, which comes as a huge boost for the Hammers ahead of the business end of the season.
Goalkeeper
Lukasz Fabianski has done a brilliant job for the Hammers between the goalposts so far this season and would start in the goal for the next match as well.
Defence
Fabian Balbuena, who is expected to return to the side for the next match after a long injury lay-off, would be the one to start in the backline alongside Issa Diop. It comes as a big boost for Manuel Pellegrini’s side who have been struggling with a lack of composure in the defence.
Pablo Zabaleta is expected to start in the right-back role ahead of Ryan Fredericks while Aaron Cresswell would put in a shift in the left back role.
Midfield
England international Declan Rice, who had a successful start to his career with the Three Lions in the Euro 2020 qualifiers, would start in the middle of the pitch as the defensive midfielder. Mark Noble and Samir Nasri would start ahead of him.
Felipe Anderson would start on the left-hand side of the midfield while Michail Antonio would put in a shift from the right-hand side ahead of Robert Snodgrass.
Attack
Marko Arnautovic is expected to lead the line for the Hammers once again in the next match. The hero of the last game, Chicharito, would start on the bench.
Predicted Formation (4-1-4-1)
