West Ham United boss David Moyes has named his side to face Brentford at the London Stadium.
The Hammers will look to return to winning ways on Friday night when they face London rivals Brentford, having not won a league match since beating Bournemouth in October.
As the Irons aim to return to pick up a vital win, Moyes has made three changes to face Brentford from the side that lost 3-1 to the Arsenal four days ago.
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Despite a below-par performance in goal against former club Arsenal on Boxing Day, Lukasz Fabianski keeps his place in goal ahead of Alphonse Areola.
In a surprise change of formation, Moyes appears to have switched to a three at the back formation. Emerson starts as a left wing-back, with Vladimir Coufal on the other side. Angelo Ogbonna joins Craig Dawson and Aaron Cresswell in the back three, with Thilo Kehrer and Tomas Soucek benched. For Ogbonna, it is his first league start since November 2021.
The formation change sees Declan Rice and Lucas Paqueta start next to each other as part of a midfield two. Up front, Gianluca Scamacca returns after missing the trip to Arsenal with an ankle injury, with Michail Antonio dropping to the bench.
Winger Maxwel Cornet (calf) is still out, having been forced off on his full league debut for the club against Wolverhampton Wanderers on October 1 and centre-back Kurt Zouma (knee) is still out after undergoing surgery last month but is closing in on a return to the squad.
Meanwhile, Brentford boss Thomas Frank has made one change from the side that drew 2-2 at home to Tottenham Hotspur on Boxing Day.
West Ham United starting XI: Lukasz Fabianski; Craig Dawson, Angelo Ogbonna, Aaron Cresswell; Vladimir Coufal, Declan Rice, Lucas Paqueta, Emerson; Jarrod Bowen, Said Benrahma; Gianluca Scamacca
Substitutes: Alphonse Areola, Ben Johnson, Thilo Kehrer, Tomas Soucek, Flynn Downes, Nayef Aguerd, Manuel Lanzini, Pablo Fornals, Michail Antonio
Brentford starting XI: David Raya; Mathias Jorgensen, Ethan Pinnock, Ben Mee; Mads Roerslev, Mathias Jensen, Christian Norgaard, Josh Dasilva, Rico Henry; Bryan Mbuemo, Ivan Toney
Substitutes: Matthew Cox, Ryan Trevitt, Pontus Jansson, Sergi Canos, Vitaly Janelt, Yoane Wissa, Mikel Damsgaard, Saman Ghoddos, Keane Lewis-Potter
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