Lukasz Fabianski

Team News: Fabiański and Cresswell return at Bournemouth

Łukasz Fabiański and Aaron Cresswell return to the West Ham United starting line-up for Sunday’s Premier League fixture at AFC Bournemouth.

The Hammers duo are selected by David Moyes after being named among the substitutes for Thursday’s UEFA Europa Conference League triumph over KAA Gent.

They are the only changes to the Irons side which swept the Belgian Cup holders aside, Alphonse Areola and Emerson the players making way.

West Ham will be looking to extend a run of only one defeat in nine matches when they take on the Cherries, with a number of players sure to be full of confidence following their displays in midweek and in the come-from-behind 2-2 draw against Arsenal last weekend.

After netting two goals against Gent – and drawing level as the Club’s record European goalscorer in the process – Michail Antonio continues up front at Vitality Stadium.

He will be supported in attack by Jarrod Bowen and Saïd Benrahma, who notched a penalty when these sides met at London Stadium in October.

Declan Rice skippers the side from midfield, flanked by Paquetá and Tomáš Souček, just as he was on Thursday.

The other scorer from our 2-0 home win over Bournemouth earlier this season, Kurt Zouma, starts in central defence alongside Nayef Aguerd. Vladimír Coufal and Aaron Cresswell are the starting full-backs.

One-time Cherries striker Danny Ings is among Moyes’ options on the bench, which also includes the likes of Maxwel Cornet, Pablo Fornals and Angelo Ogbonna, who is available for selection again after serving a European ban in midweek.

 

West Ham United: Fabiański, Coufal, Zouma, Aguerd, Cresswell, Souček, Rice ©, Paquetá, Bowen, Benrahma, Antonio
Subs: Areola (GK), Emerson, Kehrer, Ogbonna, Downes, Lanzini, Fornals, Cornet, Ings

 

AFC Bournemouth: Neto ©, Smith, Stephens, Mepham, Kelly, Tavernier, Lerma, Rothwell, Christie, Billing, Solanke
Subs: Travers (GK), Cook, Ouattara, Viña, Moore, Semenyo, Senesi, Zabarnyi, Anthony

 

Referee: Anthony Taylor