Fixture: Southampton vs West Ham
Competition: Premier League
Kick-off: 17:30 (UK time)
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has named his starting eleven and substitutes for his side’s Premier League clash against Southampton at St. Mary’s Stadium later this evening.
With the team in good form, the Croat has decided against making wholesale changes to the team that defeated Aston Villa in midweek to consolidate their position in the league table. He has named an unchanged back four, but the only change in the team from their win over Villa is Victor Moses in the place of Cheikhou Kouyate.
The onus will be on Enner Valencia and Michail Antonio to provide the width from the flanks and Dimitri Payet will continue to remain the creative hub of the team. Andy Carroll, who recovered from an injury, has been named on the bench, and he will also have winter signings Sam Byram and Emmanuel Emenike for company.
The Hammers are just a point below Manchester United in fifth, and could leapfrog the 20-time English champions for the time being in the table with an away win on the south coast.
West Ham Team vs Southampton
Adrian, Tomkins, Reid, Collins, Cresswell, Song, Moses, Noble (c), Payet, Antonio, Valencia
Substitutes: Randolph, Carroll, Obiang, O’Brien, Byram, Emenike, Oxford
