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Tom Clark

West Ham team confirmed vs Crystal Palace as Michail Antonio, Declan Rice and Tomas Soucek start

David Moyes has named an unchanged starting XI to take on Crystal Palace after his team's fantastic start to the season.

The Hammers went into the weekend's action top of the Premier League table after back-to-back wins over Newcastle United and Leicester City and are looking to make it three in a row this afternoon.

Arthur Masuaku is currently Moyes' only injury worry with the boss revealing the DR Congo defender is expected back in action after the September international break.

Moyes has elected to stick with current number one Lukasz Fabianski over new signing Alphonse Areola, who was named on the bench for both of the opening two league matches of the season.

Ahead of Fabianski, Moyes has gone with a back four made up of Aaron Cresswell, Angelo Ogbonna, Craig Dawson and Vladimir Coufal with Ryan Fredericks, Ben Johnson and youngster Jamal Baptise offering cover on the bench if required.

The Hammers are expected to line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation with Tomas Soucek and Declan Rice the screen in front of the back four and given the responsibility of driving the Hammers up the pitch.

With club captain Mark Noble named among the replacements, Rice will lead the Hammers out against Patrick Vieira's side.

Pablo Fornals played through the middle against Leicester City to great effect with Said Benrahma on the left and Jarrod Bowen the right.

The trio of attacking midfielders will line up behind lone striker Michail Antonio. The Hammers all-time top Premier League goalscorer will be aiming to notch his half-century of league goals in a West Ham shirt this afternoon after bagging three in the opening two matches.

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Benrahma Bowen, Antonio

Substitutes: Areola, Diop, Fredericks, Baptiste, Johnson, Noble, Coventry, Lanzini, Yarmolenko

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