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Confirmed West Ham v Newcastle line-ups: Lanzini starts, Antonio on the bench

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West Ham United take on Newcastle United this evening.

West Ham United starting XI: Fabianski; Fredericks, Ogbonna, Diop, Cresswell; Rice, Noble; Snodgrass, Lanzini, Anderson; Hernandez.

West Ham United substitutes: Adrian, Masuaku, Obiang, Nasri, Antonio, Perez, Arnautovic.

Newcastle United starting XI: Dubravka; Manquillo, Schar, Lascelles, Lejeune, Ritchie; Hayden, Longstaff; Almiron, Perez; Rondon.

Newcastle United substitutes: Darlow, Yedlin, Dummett, Ki, Diame, Atsu, Muto.

West Ham go with Lukasz Fabianski in goal, behind a back four of Ryan Fredericks, Angelo Ogbonna, Issa Diop and Aaron Cresswell, with the left back returning.

Declan Rice and Mark Noble start in central midfield, whilst Manuel Lanzini starts alongside Robert Snodgrass and Felipe Anderson in supporting Javier Hernandez.

Michail Antonio is surprisingly left on the bench, alongside Adrian, Arthur Masuaku, Pedro Obiang, Samir Nasri, Lucas Perez and Marko Arnautovic.

Meanwhile, Newcastle are unchanged with Martin Dubravka in goal, whilst Javier Manquillo, Fabian Schar, Jamaal Lascelles, Florian Lejeune and Matt Ritchie form the back five.

Isaac Hayden and Sean Longstaff feature in midfield, with Miguel Almiron and Ayoze Perez operating behind lone striker Salomon Rondon.

That means Mohamed Diame is on the bench, alongside Karl Darlow, DeAndre Yedlin, Paul Dummett, Ki Sung-yueng, Christian Atsu and Yoshinori Muto.