West Ham face Chelsea in a clash between two Champions League-chasing teams at the London Stadium this afternoon.
Hammers boss David Moyes goes into the crucial match with a number of injury worries added to the suspension of centre-back Craig Dawson, following his red card versus Newcastle last weekend.
A win for either side today will see the victors move three points clear of the defeated team and into pole position when it comes to next season's Champions League spots.
Thomas Tuchel's team have just the one player missing with Mateo Kocavic injured, but N'Golo Kante is fit to return to the team and will likely take the Serbian's place at the heart of Chelsea's midfield.
Angelo Ogbonna returned to the team at St James' Park and considering the injuries and suspension West Ham face his return could not have been timed any better for Moyes.
Jesse Lingard hobbled off the pitch in injury time against Newcastle but the boss confirmed it was just cramp, and his star player is ready and raring to go against the Blues.
West Ham will be without the injured Declan Rice and Michail Anotonio, with Aaron Cresswell and Arthur Masuaku also likely to join the duo on the sidelines.
With that in mind, here is the team we at football.london expect Moyes to pick to face Chelsea.
Predicted XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Balbuena, Diop, Ogbonna, Johnson, Noble, Soucek, Fornals, Lingard, Bowen
The enforced change of Balbuena in for Dawson is the only one we expect Moyes to make. With 11 goals scored in four matches, there is no reason for Moyes to alter his team going forward.
However, in the same time, the Hammers have conceded ten, so the Scot will be sure to hope the return of Obgonna, and keeping the full complement of players on the pitch, will tighten the backline against the Blues.
Said Benrahma is once again expected to feature only as a substitute with the Algerian having dropped down the pecking order in recent weeks.
Darren Randolph is expected to join Benrahams as a substitute following 90 minutes of action for the under-23 team on Monday afternoon as he steps up his recovery from injury.
Manuel Lanzini was also involved against Everton Under-23s and will provide Moyes with an atatcking option off the bench should he need it.
If either Cresswell or Masuaku are deemed fit to play then both would be expected to feature from the start with Ben Johnson and Balbuean's starts at risk if either can make a quicker than expected recovery.
