Confirmed West Ham v Burnley lineups: Carroll starts, Ayew on the bench

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West Ham United take on Burnley at the London Stadium in the Premier League this evening…

The Hammers picked up a well-earned 2-2 draw at Liverpool on Sunday evening, with Slaven Bilic’s men providing a response to the dismal 5-1 home defeat at the hands of Arsenal.

Tonight, West Ham will be hoping to grab a vital win as they look to drag themselves away from the relegation zone, and Bilic has handed a start to striker Andy Carroll following his substitute appearance against Liverpool.

Elsewhere, Michail Antonio will revert to his wing back role in what appears to be a 3-4-2-1 system from Bilic, with Dimitri Payet and Manuel Lanzini supporting Carroll in attack.

That means that Havard Nordtveit and Andre Ayew drop to the bench, with Cheikhou Kouyate returnign to the starting line-up, whilst youngsters Edimilson Fernandes, Ashley Fletcher, Marcus Browne and Domingos Quina are all named as substitutes tonight.

Meanwhile, Burnley will be hoping to finally grab their first away win of the season, having picked up just one point and one goal on their travels so far this term.

The Clarets beat Bournemouth 3-2 at Turf Moor on Saturday afternoon, but need to start picking up points on the road if they are to guarantee survival in the Premier League.

It’s a familiar side for Sean Dyche’s men, as Tom Heaton starts in goal with a back four Matthew Lowton, Michael Keane, Ben Mee and Stephen Ward in front of him, whilst George Boyd and Scott Arfield will support strikers Sam Vokes and Andre Gray.

Steven Defour is only on the bench, with Dyche preferring to go with Dean Marney and Jeff Hendrick in the middle of the park, whilst Ashley Barnes, James Tarkowski, Jon Flanagan and Patrick Bamford are all named on the bench.