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Marc Mayo

West Ham XI vs Newcastle: Antonio starts - Starting lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest today

Michail Antonio starts for West Ham tonight with Danny Ings on the bench and Gianluca Scamacca injured for the visit of Newcastle.

The Italian striker was absent for the weekend win over Southampton and David Moyes has confirmed that he’ll need more time to recover from a knee injury, which should at least avoid an operation.

“It’s roughly the same squad as Sunday,” the manager told reporters. “The only news is that Gianluca Scamacca has two weeks of rehabilitation on his knee.

“We don’t think he needs surgery but we’ll see how the next two weeks go.”

The visit of high-flying Newcastle will test West Ham’s six-game unbeaten run at the London Stadium in all competitions.

Moyes has decided against bringing Vladimir Coufal back into his starting line-up at right-back following his return to the bench from a heel injury.

He continued: “I’ve got decisions in quite a few positions. We’ve got competition for places and I’m hoping that competition will add something to the players in the team.

“Let’s hope we can keep the squad as fit and healthy as we can as we struggled in the early part of the season with injuries.”

West Ham XI: Fabianski; Kehrer, Zouma, Aguerd, Emerson; Rice, Soucek; Bowen, Paqueta, Benrahma; Antonio.

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