West Ham United’s Club record signing Lucas Paquetá is in the Hammers’ matchday squad for this evening’s Premier League clash with Tottenham Hotspur, while Declan Rice and Michail Antonio both hit significant milestones for the Club.
Brazilian Lucas Paquetá, who joined the Irons from Lyon on Monday, is named on the bench for David Moyes’ side for this evening’s London derby with Spurs.
The new No11 is one of nine substitute options available to manager Moyes, with two Hammers reaching notable milestones in the starting XI.
Antonio is one of three changes to the team that started the win over Aston Villa on Sunday, with the Irons No9 making his 200th Premier League appearance in Claret and Blue.
The forward comes into the side along with Saïd Benrahma and Vladimír Coufal, while Emerson drops to the bench.
Captain Declan Rice also hits an appearance milestone this evening, with the skipper making his 200th overall showing for West Ham United. The 23-year-old earned his first senior appearance as a late substitute in the win over Burnley in May 2017.
Łukasz Fabiański starts in goal again for the Irons while Coufal comes into the side in defence alongside Thilo Kehrer, Kurt Zouma and Aaron Cresswell.
Rice starts along with Tomáš Souček in midfield with Pablo Fornals, who scored the winning goal for the Hammers in Sunday's win at Villa.
Jarrod Bowen and Benrahma also feature in the starting XI with Antonio, who will be looking to continue his own excellent goalscoring form against today's opponents.
New signing Lucas Paquetá is joined on the bench by fellow summer arrivals Emerson, Maxwel Cornet and Flynn Downes. Goalkeepers Alphonse Areola and Darren Randolph are also included, as is Italian defender Angelo Ogbonna, midfielder Conor Coventry and Manuel Lanzini.
West Ham United: Fabiański, Coufal, Kehrer, Zouma, Cresswell, Rice (c), Souček, Bowen, Benrahma, Fornals, Antonio
Subs: Areola (GK), Randolph (GK), Ogbonna, Emerson, Downes, Coventry, Cornet, Lanzini, Lucas Paquetá
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris (c), Sánchez, Dier, Davies, Royal, Højbjerg, Bissouma, Perišíč, Kulusevski, Kane, Son
Subs: Forster (GK), Doherty, Lenglet, Tanganga, Spence, Sessegnon, Skipp, Sarr, Richarlison
Referee: Peter Bankes