David Moyes has made two changes to his West Ham United team for today’s potentially pivotal Premier League fixture at Leicester City.
Arthur Masuaku and Joao Mario return to the starting XI, with Patrice Evra and Edimilson Fernandes dropping to the substitutes’ bench. There, they are joined by Pedro Obiang, who returns to the matchday squad after three months out with a knee injury suffered in the Emirates FA Cup fourth-round tie at Wigan Athletic.
Nathan Trott will sit alongside Evra, Fernandes and Obiang as the England U20 goalkeeper replaces the ill Joe Hart among the replacements.
Hart’s absence means Adrian retains his place in goal, with Declan Rice, Angelo Ogbonna and Aaron Cresswell in central defence.
Pablo Zabaleta, who has now started all 19 Premier League away matches this season, and Masuaku will fill the wing-back roles, with captain Mark Noble and Cheikhou Kouyate in central midfield.
Portugal star Joao Mario and Manuel Lanzini will support Marko Arnautovic in attack.
Chicharito is absent with a knee injury suffered in training this week, and James Collins has not recovered sufficiently from his hamstring injury, meaning the bench will be filled by Trott, Evra, Fernandes, Obiang, Josh Cullen, Andy Carroll and Jordan Hugill.
Leicester boss Claude Puel has been true to his programme notes, in which he promises to give youngsters opportunities now the Foxes are safe.
Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel is injured and replaced by Ben Hamer, while Shinji Okazaki and Wilfried Ndidi are also sidelined and Marc Albrighton is suspended.
Fousseni Diabate is a Mali U23 midfielder signed from French side Ajaccio, and he will play alongside homegrown 20-year-old Hamza Choudhury.
Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy, who fired Leicester to the Premier League title two years ago, need no introduction, of course.
Leicester City: Hamer, Benalouane, Maguire, Morgan ©, Fuchs, Diabate, Iborra, Choudhury, Silva, Mahrez, Vardy
Subs: Jakupovic (GK), Dragovic, Gray, Iheanacho, Thomas, Barnes, Hughes
West Ham United: Adrian, Zabaleta, Rice, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Masuaku, Noble ©, Kouyate, Joao Mario, Lanzini, Arnautovic
Subs: Trott (GK), Evra, Fernandes, Obiang, Cullen, Carroll, Hugill