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Starting XI | Potter makes three changes for Toffees trip

Head Coach Graham Potter has made three changes to his West Ham United side for their last game at Goodison Park on Saturday.

The Hammers travel to Everton aiming to bounce back from Monday night’s narrow 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United, as they look to maintain their positive form away at the Toffees, which has seen them win three of their last four such matches.

A victory against David Moyes’ side would see the Irons leapfrog their opponents in the Premier League standings, with Potter’s team having the potential to climb three places in the table, and up to 13th, by the end of the day.

There are two changes to Potter’s backline for the trip to Merseyside, as Dinos Mavropanos and Emerson come in for Aaron Cresswell and Ollie Scarles, who are among the substitutes.

Elsewhere, Lucas Paquetá, who returned to the matchday squad at London Stadium on Monday night and came on as a 65th-minute substitute against the Magpies, starts from the off against Everton, replacing Edson Álvarez, who is also named on the bench.

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That means Alphonse Areola starts in between the sticks for the seventh successive league match, as he targets a third clean sheet in four games.

The France international will be supported by a back five consisting of Aaron Wan-Bissaka - who is set to start his 200th Premier League match - Mavropanos, Jean-Clair Todibo, Maximilian Kilman and Emerson.

Orchestrating the midfield will be James Ward-Prowse, Paquetá and Tomáš Souček. The latter will hope to replicate his stunning 91st-minute goal that helped the Hammers on their way to a 3-1 victory the last time the two teams faced off at Goodison Park.

The midfield will look to craft opportunities for West Ham’s front two of captain Jarrod Bowen and Mohammed Kudus.

On the bench for West Ham are Łukasz Fabiański, defenders Scarles and Cresswell, midfielders Guido Rodríguez, Carlos Soler and Álvarez, and forwards Evan Ferguson, Danny Ings and Luis Guilherme.

Michail Antonio, Vladimír Coufal, Niclas Füllkrug and Crysencio Summerville are all unavailable through injury.

 

Everton: Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski ©, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gueye, Garner, Alcaraz, Doucouré, Harrison, Beto
Subs: Virgínia (GK), Young, Keane, Coleman, Patterson, Iroegbunam, Lindstrøm, Chermiti, Broja


West Ham United: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Mavropanos, Emerson, Paquetá, Souček, Ward-Prowse, Bowen ©, Kudus
Subs: Fabiański (GK), Scarles, Cresswell, Álvarez, Soler, Rodríguez, Luis Guilherme, Ferguson, Ings

 

Referee: Darren Bond

 

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