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West Ham V Everton: Premier League – Live

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Team newsDavid Moyes makes two changes from the West Ham side that lost 4-1 at Villa Park last weekend. Aaron Cresswell and Mohammed Kudus replace Emerson Palmieri, who is suspended, and Tomas Soucek.

Just one change for Everton. Nathan Patterson covers for the suspended Ashley Young at right-back.

West Ham (possible 4-2-3-1) Areola; Coufal, Zouma, Aguerd, Cresswell; Ward-Prowse, Alvarez; Bowen, Kudus, Lucas Paqueta; Antonio.

Substitutes: Fabianski, Mavropanos, Ogbonna, Kehrer, Benrahma, Soucek, Fornals, Ings, Cornet.

Everton (possible 4-1-4-1) Pickford; Patterson, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Onana, Harrison, Garner, Doucoure, McNeil; Calvert-Lewin.

Subs: Virginia, Keane, Godfrey, Hunt, Gueye, Dobbin, Danjuma, Chermiti, Beto.

Referee Stuart Attwell.

PreambleHello and welcome to live coverage of West Ham v Everton at the London Stadium. It’s been a horrible week for Everton, with the death of their chairman Bill Kenwright and reports that they are facing a 12-point deduction.

If that happens they will need close to 50 points to avoid relegation, which puts a game like this in a different context. Under normal circumstances Everton could reasonably budget for a defeat away to West Ham. Not any more.

West Ham, by contrast, am bumbling along pretty happily under David Moyes. They lost their last two games, away to Aston Villa and Olympiakos, but they are top of their Europa League group and sit ninth in the Premier League – a good effort given they have already played four of the Big Seven plus Brighton and Aston Villa.

This is the start of a decent run of fixtures for West Ham, with seven of their next eight games against teams below them in the table. Being favourites represents a different challenge for a side who love to play on the counter-attack. Only Sheffield United and Luton have had less possession this season. We’ll soon find out whether Moyes intends to keep it that way.

Kick off 1pm.

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