Danny Ings returns to the starting XI as one of two changes for West Ham United’s Premier League fixture at Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday afternoon.
The 30-year-old netted a brace on his full debut against Nottingham Forest last Saturday and makes consecutive league starts for his new Club, with Jarrod Bowen, who featured from the bench in Manchester, also returning to the starting XI.
Searching for a first Premier League win over Brighton at the 12th attempt, the changes in attack see Pablo Fornals drop to the bench, while Michail Antonio is not involved at the Amex Stadium.
Switches in attack aside, the Hammers are unchanged from the 3-1 defeat to Manchester United in the Emirates FA Cup fifth round last time out, although Kurt Zouma returns to the matchday squad for the first time since a 2-0 win over Everton in January.
With Łukasz Fabiański sidelined due to injury, Alphonse Areola retains his starting spot between the sticks. The French stopper is set to make his first Premier League start since the Irons’ 1-0 defeat to Manchester United in January 2022 in Sussex today
Ben Johnson, Nayef Aguerd, Angelo Ogbonna and Emerson line up in front of Areola, as the Irons aim to record a first away win against the Seagulls since an EFL Championship fixture in October 2011, where first-team assistant coach Kevin Nolan netted the winner.
Tomáš Souček, Paquetá and Declan Rice are retained in midfield, while Saïd Benrahma leads the support of recalled Ings and Bowen.
The Algerian will make his 115th Club appearance and has previously netted on his travels to Sussex, striking the equaliser in a 1-1 draw in 2020/21. Souček, meanwhile, seeks to net against the Seagulls for a third straight season, having struck in draws against Brighton in 2020/21 and 2021/22.
David Moyes has named a strong substitutes’ bench with full Internationals Aaron Cresswell, Pablo Fornals, Gianluca Scamacca and Manuel Lanzini named alongside Zouma.
Goalkeepers Joseph Anang and Krisztián Hegyi complete the matchday squad alongside Flynn Downes, who could make his second career appearance against the Seagulls having previously featured for Swansea City in the EFL Cup third round last season.
Brighton & Hove Albion: Steele, Lamptey, Dunk ©, Webster, Estupinan, Caicedo, Groß, March, Mac Allister, Mitoma, Ferguson
Subs: Sánchez (GK), Welbeck, Sarmiento, Enciso, Undav, Gilmour, van Hecke, Veltman, Buonanotte
West Ham United: Areola, Johnson, Aguerd, Ogbonna, Emerson, Rice ©, Souček, Paquetá, Bowen, Ings, Benrahma
Subs: Anang (GK), Hegyi (GK), Downes, Cresswell, Fornals, Zouma, Lanzini, Scamacca
Referee: Stuart Attwell
