Manuel Pellegrini has been forced into a three changes this afternoon as West Ham take on Southampton in the final match at London Stadium this season.
Declan Rice, Felipe Anderson and Robert Snodgrass have all made way and have been replaced Pedro Obiang, Grady Diangana and Manuel Lanzini.
Snodgrass's absence is a result of his one-game suspension hanging over his head after being found guilty of using abusive language towards a UK anti-doping official at the Hammers training ground last February. Football.London understands that the club has reluctantly accepted the ban after considering appealing it.
The Scotsman also picked up his tenth yellow card of the season last weekend though the cut-off for the two game ban as a result is is Matchweek 32.
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The defence remains the same from the side that beat Spurs last weekend in north London as Ryan Fredericks, Issa Diop, Fabian Balbuena and Arthur Masuaku comprise the back four in front of Lukasz Fabianski.
Mark Noble remains as well from the team that beat Spurs when he was absolutely majestic in the middle of the park, while the front three is also unchanged after Anderson's passed his late fitness test. Michail Antonio will be looking to score for the third game in a row this afternoon while Marko Arnautovic is aiming for his first club goal since January.
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West Ham: Fabianski; Fredericks, Diop, Balbuena, Masuaku; Obiang; Noble, Lanzini; Diangana, Antonio, Arnautovic.
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