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Sam Inkersole

Confirmed West Ham team vs Leciester: Vladimir Coufal handed debut against league leaders

Vladimir Coufal makes his West Ham debut just 48 hours after he was announced as a Hammers player as David Moyes has made one change to the side that beat Wolves in the Premier League.

Coufal who joined the club from Slavia Prague for a £6million fee, replaces the injured Ryan Fredericks who is out with a hamstring injury he sustained in last Saturday's victory.

The rest of the side remains the same as Moyes calls on the cavlary who sat out the midweek defeat to Everton in the Carabao Cup at Goodison Park.

Lukasz Fabianski returns in goal, Angelo Ogbonna and Arthur Masuaku are back in defence as Aaron Cresswell and Fabian Balbuena retain their places from midweek.

Declan Rice starts and is back in midfield having played at the back against Everton and he is partnered in the middle of the park by Tomas Soucek. Mark Noble is on the bench once again as Rice captains the side.

Jarrod Bowen and Pablo Fornals will occupy the flanks of the front three and Michail Antonio once again leads the line up front.

Andriy Yarmolenko, Felipe Anderson and Sebastien Haller are all named on the bench having started in midweek. Ben Johnson is also among the substitutes alongside Noble.

West Ham: Fabianski; Coufal, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Masuaku; Rice, Soucek; Fornals, Bowen, Antonio.

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