West Ham United will take on Fulham at the London Stadium on Friday.
And the Hammers will need to get their focus back after a long and healthy rest.
West Ham currently sit 10th on the Premier League table with 33 points but in that half of the table, almost all the other teams are stuck to each other like glue. And three points for Manuel Pellegrini’s men must just help them peel away from the rest of the pack.
West Ham team news vs Fulham:
The Hammers have one of the longest injury lists out of all the other Premier League clubs but most of those injuries are long term which means they should be of much bother to the manager.
The likes of Yarmolenko, Carlos Sanchez and Jack Wilshere are all out for a significant amount of time whereas Manuel Lanzini is making his way back from an injury which he sustained before the 2018 World Cup.
Samir Nasri is recovering from a calf strain and the January signing will go through a late fitness test on Friday in order to determine his availability.
Manuel Pellegrini is not a many who makes too many changes to his first XI meaning we will basically see the same first XI which we have been seeing for some time now.
Javier Hernandez started in attack against Crystal Palace earlier this month but Marko Arnautovic is expected to take back his place in the first XI which means the Mexican will drop back to the bench.
Michael Antonio and Felipe Anderson will retain their places on the wings and the midfield area is also expected to remain unaltered from the one we saw against Palace.
Ryan Fredericks and Pablo Zabaleta have been fighting it out for the right-back role during the past couple of games but we feel that it will be Zabaleta who will get the nod against Fulham.
West Ham team news: Hammers’ predicted XI
First XI:Â Fabianski, Cresswell, Ogbonna, Diop, Zabaleta, Declan Rice, Mark Noble, Felipe Anderson, Snodgrass, Antonio, Marko Arnautovic.
