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Sam Inkersole

Confirmed West Ham team vs Everton: Cresswell and Yarmolenko out, Masuaku and Fornals starts

Manuel Pellegrini has been forced into two changes to his starting lineup as he has named his West Ham side to take on Everton at Goodison Park.

Aaron Cresswell misses out at left back through injury so in comes Arthur Masuaku to take his place in the back four alongside Issa Diop, Angelo Ogbonna and Ryan Fredericks.

It's Masuaku's first Premier League start since he was sent off against Aston Villa in a 0-0 draw last month and the subsequent suspension saw him replaced by Cresswell, who went on to score twice in three games.

The other player making way from the starting line up is in-form Andriy Yarmolenko, who has scored three goals for the Hammers this season. Pablo Fornals comes in for the winger but Yarmolenko is on the bench.

Roberto starts his second Premier League game of the campaign in goal in place of the injured Lukasz Fabianski , who is ruled out until 2020 after undergoing hip surgery at the weekend.

West Ham winger Andriy Yarmolenko (IAN KINGTON/AFP/Getty Images)

Declan Rice has shaken off a virus which kept him out of England's Euro 2020 qualifying thumping of Bulgaria on Monday night to start on Mersesyside. He and Mark Noble make up the usual midfield duo and in the attacking third it's almost business as usual as Manuel Lanzini, Felipe Anderson, Sebastien Haller all start.

The Hammers are aiming to win outside of the M25 motorway since they beat Southampton at St Mary's on December 27 last year, though the team is currently unbeaten on the road so far this season winning at Watford and drawing at Brighton, Bournemouth and Aston Villa.

West Ham: Roberto; Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Masuaku; Rice, Noble, Lanzini, Anderson, Fornals; Haller.

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