West Ham manager David Moyes has made two changes from the team that drew against Brighton on Wednesday evening for today's clash with Chelsea.
Aaron Cresswell has not been deemed fit to start following an injury picked up against Manchester City when he collided with the post after making an exceptional goalline clearance.
Vladimir Coufal came into the side for Cresswell against Brighton and has retained his place on the right with Ben Johnson switching to the left.
Craig Dawson and Kurt Zouma start once more with Moyes opting to switch formations and bring in Issa Diop to make it three centre-backs this afternoon.
Zouma will be facing his former team for the first time following his summer transfer across London. Lukasz Fabianski once again has got the nod ahead of Alphonse Areola in goal.
Ahead of the backline, Declan Rice and Tomas Soucek will team up as usual, with Rice the skipper. Club captain Mark Noble is named on the substitutes' bench alongside Alex Kral.
Rice is another to be coming up against a former team, albeit one he only represented at youth level. Usual starters Pablo Fornals and Said Benrahma have not made the team with Moyes opting to go to three at the back.
Manuel Lanzini comes into the side after impressing off the bench in recent weeks. Michail Antonio will once again lead the line as he aims to end his six-game West Ham goal drought having got just one in his last ten appearances.
Nikola Vlasic, Andriy Yarmolenko and Benrahma provide Moyes with attacking options off the bench should the manager require them. Harrison Ashby and Arthur Masuaku offer options in the wing-back roles should they be needed.
West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Zouma, Johnson, Rice ©, Soucek, Lanzini, Fornals, Bowen, Antonio
Subs: Areola, Masuaku, Ashby, Kral, Noble, Fornals, Benrahma, Yarmolenko, Vlasic
