West Ham are in good form ahead of their Premier League match with Burnley on Saturday afternoon.
The Hammers are unbeaten in four matches across all competitions and have kept three consecutive clean sheets ahead of the clash.
David Moyes confirmed on Friday afternoon that he has only Arthur Masuaku out with injury and Fabian Balbuena in coronavirus isolation.
Lukasz Fabianski has missed the last two fixtures through injury and may be deemed fit for the game on Saturday.
Despite Darren Randolph's experience and solid performances in the previous two matches, we are picking Fabianski in our team.
Burnley are a team who like to get crosses into the box for their strikers Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood to challenge for and Fabianski is the better at dealing with high balls.
The XI we are picking is what we consider to be West Ham's strongest team.
After the busy festive period, West Ham had a good break before the Stockport match and should be raring to get back into league action.
The Hammers now have a run of seven matches in 21 days and we believe three points against Burnley is a vital way to start that run.
Out of those seven matches, only Liverpool (2nd) and Aston Villa (8th on goal-difference) are placed higher than West Ham (10th) in the league.
This is a great opportunity for the Hammers to pick up a number of points and look towards the European places rather than a mid-table finish come the end of the season.
Here is how we think the Hammers could line up at the London Stadium:
Fabianski; Coufal, Ogbonna, Dawson, Cresswell; Rice, Souček; Bowen, Fornals, Benrahama; Antonio
This is the strongest line-up in our opinion and assuming Fabianski is fit the only player we feel might consider himself unfortunate to be left out is Manuel Lanzini.
The Argentian did not have a good game against Stockport and we see no reason for him to be picked ahead of Pablo Fornals on Saturday.
The only change to the XI that started West Ham's last league win is Michail Antonio for Sebastien Haller. With the Ivorian now plying his trade in the Netherlands and Antonio with 90 minutes of cup action under his belt, this selection is a no-brainer.
The young Mipo Odubeko could make his league debut from the bench but unless Moyes goes a little funky with his selection and plays Said Benrahma as a false nine, Antonio is bound to lead the line. As he should.
With Issa Diop not deemed fit for cup action earlier in the week, Balbuena in isolation and Masuaku injured the back four almost picks itself. Vladimir Coufal, Craig Dawson, Angello Ogbonna and Aaron Cresswell.
Declan Rice and Tomas Souček are undroppable in the middle of the park, and Fornals can either play with them or slightly ahead of them depending on whether Moyes opts for a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-3-3- formation
That leaves Jarrod Bowen on the right, Benrahma on the left, and Antonio through the middle. Again the exact positions will depend on the formation, but a 4-2-3-1 is our prediction.
Antonio will have his work cut out against the excellent Ben Mee and James Tarkowski. However, if Benrahma, Fornals and Bowen can get forward to support him the Hammers should have enough to create the chances they need to take all three points.
