West Ham United take on Swansea City in the Premier League this weekend.
West Ham United are back at the London Stadium again this weekend, as they take on Swansea City in a crucial game for manager Slaven Bilic.
The Hammers lost 3-2 at home to Tottenham Hotspur last weekend, in a game that has once again piled the pressure on Bilic, having struggled defensively yet again.
West Ham can’t afford to go 3-0 down at home again, but having conceded 13 goals in the first six games of the Premier League season, concerns at the back linger.
Bilic has big decisions to make for this weekend’s line-up, and whilst Manuel Lanzini and Michail Antonio are back, they may only be fit for the bench.
Joe Hart looks set to keep his place in goal, whilst Jose Fonte, Winston Reid and Angelo Ogbonna could form a back three, with Ogbonna maybe the man to drop out if Bilic goes to four at the back.
Pablo Zabaleta looks fairly safe at right wing back, whilst England’s Aaron Cresswell will have to beat off competition from Arthur Masuaku on the left hand side.
Mark Noble and Cheikhou Kouyate should start in midfield amid concerns over Pedro Obiang, with Bilic’s biggest call coming in attack.
Using Javier Hernandez out wide hasn’t been ideal, and with both Marko Arnautovic and Andre Ayew available, they could flank the Mexican in attack.
That could mean that Andy Carroll is only on the bench, alongside the likes of Adrian, Declan Rice, Masuaku, Lanzini, Antonio and Diafra Sakho.
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