West Ham manager David Moyes will have an almost fully fit squad to choose from when they play their London derby against Fulham on Saturday night.
Only Mark Noble (rib) and Michail Antonio (hamstring) are ruled out of the clash as the Hammers take on a side also in the bottom half of the table at kick off for just the second time this season.
Fulham come into the game off the back of their first win of the season after beating West Bromwich Albion 2-0 at Craven Cottage on Monday night. The Hammers meanwhile have come through a brutal run of fixtures with eight points, losing to Liverpool at Anfield 2-1 last time out.
Noble missed that game through injury and was expected to recover, however Moyes ruled him out on Friday morning at his pre-match press conference.
Aaron Cresswell needed treatment for a groin problem at Anfield but managed to complete the full 90 minutes and has been training all week without any issues so is available for selection.
Antonio sustained his hamstring injury against Man City and he is not available for this weekend though there is an outside chance he could return for the game at Sheffield United after the international break.
Moyes said of the striker’s progress on Friday: Micky Antonio is doing much better, we hope that he will be back shortly.
“I’m not sure if it’s ahead of schedule, we didn’t put a timescale on it whatsoever. He is doing really well, he’s on the grass at the moment so we are pleased.”
Antonio is out this weekend but Moyes will once again have some selection headaches thanks to the number of players available though he is very much set in his ways of not changing a side that is playing well.
Below is the squad that the manager has to choose from on Saturday:
Goalkeepers: Lukasz Fabianski, Darren Randolph, David Martin.
Defenders: Vladimir Coufal, Ryan Fredericks, Issa Diop, Fabian Balbuena, Angelo Ogbonna, Craig Dawson, Aaron Cresswell, Arthur Masuaku, Ben Johnson.
Midfielders: Declan Rice, Tomas Soucek, Manuel Lanzini, Pablo Fornals, Robert Snodgrass.
Forwards: Jarrod Bowen, Sebastien Haller, Said Benrahma, Andriy Yarmolenko.
