Michail Antonio is set to make his first West Ham United appearance since November against Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon, as one of two changes made to the starting XI by manager David Moyes.
The 33-year-old replaces Ben Johnson in the line-up, having last featured in the reverse fixture against Forest at London Stadium, which yielded a 3-2 victory for the Irons thanks to Lucas Paquetá, Jarrod Bowen and Tomáš Souček goals.
Antonio, who scored 19 times in 54 games for the Reds between 2014-15, will be looking to add to his two strikes so far this season, alongside Mohammed Kudus and top scorer Bowen in attack.
Bowen has scored four times and notched two assists in ten outings against Forest during his career, and he will be confident of finding the net in the league for the first time since 23 December against a team who have conceded nine times in their previous four games.
Souček drops to the bench for this trip to the City Ground, with Kalvin Phillips coming in for his second Hammers start since his January loan arrival from Manchester City. He is joined in midfield by England teammate James Ward-Prowse, and Edson Álvarez, who has recovered from illness.
Skipper Kurt Zouma was withdrawn at half-time of last weekend’s home disappointment against Arsenal, but the Frenchman is fit to start in defence, with Vladimír Coufal, Nayef Aguerd and Emerson. Alphonse Areola starts in goal.
Along with Johnson and Souček, Łukasz Fabiański, Angelo Ogbonna, Dinos Mavropanos, Aaron Cresswell, Maxwel Cornet, Divin Mubama and Danny Ings will look to make an impact off the substitutes’ bench.
Nottingham Forest: Sels, Tavares, Williams, Awoniyi, Gibbs-White ©, Hudson-Odoi, Domínguez, Felipe, Elanga, Danilo, Murillo
Subs: Turner (GK), Kouyaté, Toffolo, Niakhaté, Reyna, Yates, Origi, Omobamidele, Ribeiro
West Ham United: Areola, Coufal, Zouma ©, Aguerd, Emerson, Phillips, Álvarez, Ward-Prowse, Kudus, Antonio, Bowen
Subs: Fabiański (GK), Johnson, Ogbonna, Mavropanos, Cresswell, Souček, Cornet, Mubama, Ings
Referee: Tom Bramall
