There are doubtlessly sky-high stakes concerned in managers Julen Lopetegui and Gary O’Neil’s crew choices when West Ham host Wolves within the Premier League on Monday.
O’Neil was the bookmakers’ favorite to be the subsequent top-flight managerial departure earlier than kick-off, having overseen consecutive defeats for the second-bottom facet.
Lopetegui is broadly reported to have been given a one-game keep of execution by the 14th-placed Hammers following heavy defeats towards Arsenal and Leicester Metropolis.
Listed here are the confirmed line-ups, beginning sides and crew information for the ultimate sport of the fifteenth spherical of matches within the 2024/25 Premier League.
Monday evening soccer 🔜 pic.twitter.com/WoA4Wy9viy
— West Ham United (@WestHam) December 9, 2024
West Ham lineup vs Wolves
West Ham introduced on Sunday that Michail Antonio has undergone surgical procedure on a decrease limb fracture following his automotive crash on Saturday. The gamers will probably be displaying their assist for the ahead earlier than the match.
Defender Jean-Clair Todibo suffered an adductor harm throughout the 3-1 defeat at Leicester. Full-back Emerson began rather than Vladimir Coufal in considered one of two adjustments for the hosts, with Crysencio Summerville changing Danny Ings in assault.
West Ham beginning XI: Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson, Soucek, Alvarez, Bowen, Soler, Kudus, Summerville
Subs: Areola, Cresswell, Coufal, Paqueta, Fullkrug, Guilherme, Ings, Rodriguez, Todibo
How we begin towards Wolves tonight ⚒️ pic.twitter.com/8HMm8VS2x8
— West Ham United (@WestHam) December 9, 2024
Wolves lineup vs West Ham
Wolves defender Nelson Semedo returns after a one-match suspension and Pablo Sarabia is out with a calf drawback.
Sam Johnstone supplants Jose Sa in objective, whereas Toti additionally is available in, with Craig Dawson and Goncalo Guedes dropping to the bench.
Defender Yerson Mosquera, midfielder Boubacar Traore and ahead Sasa Kalajdzic are long-term absentees.
Wolves beginning XI: Johnstone, Doherty, Bueno, Semedo, Ait Nouri, Andre, Lemina, J Gomes, Cunha, Larsen, Goncalo Guedes
Subs: Bentley, Hwang, Dawson, R Gomes, Doyle, Forbs, Bellegarde, Guedes, Lima
3️⃣ Three adjustments from #EVEWOL
➡️ Johnstone, Semedo and Toti all into the XIHow we line-up to tackle @WestHam.
— Wolves (@Wolves) December 9, 2024
West Ham vs Wolves newest
Solely the perimeters within the relegation locations – Ipswich City, Wolves and backside crew Southampton – have worse residence information than West Ham’s tally of seven factors from a doable 21 this season.
West Ham are six factors away from the drop zone and 7 behind Tenth-placed Fulham, however their performances underneath Lopetegui, who changed David Moyes in Could on a two-year take care of the choice of an additional yr, have put the Spaniard underneath stress.
Wolves are 4 factors behind fourth-bottom Crystal Palace, with considered one of their two league victories coming away from Molineux.
These wins preceded a 4-2 residence defeat towards Bournemouth on November 30 and a 4-0 thrashing at Everton on Wednesday, when Dawson scored two second-half personal targets.
