STALE, MATE
West Ham 0 Brighton 0
It’s still a result to achieve, West Ham beating Brighton home at London Stadium. They were once 3-1 ahead a few seasons ago, when David Moyes, in his first managerial stint at the club, chose to take off his two strikers and replace them with defenders to see the game out. In the event, Brighton scored twice in the last ten minutes to secure a point.
Fast forward a few years and Moyes finds himself about to possibly break that poor record with a home win that may well secure him a new two and a half year contract. But he has been cruelly deprived of the talents of Mohammed Kudus, Lucas Paquetá, Nayef Aguerd and an ailing Vladimir Coufal, so it may not prove the slam dunk that facing an injury-depleted Brighton side should offer.
23 Alphonse Areola, 2 Ben Johnson, 33 Emerson, 21 Angelo Ogbonna (captain), 19 Edson Álvarez, 15 Konstantinos Mavropanos, 7 James Ward-Prowse, 22 Saïd Benrahma, 28 Tomas Souček, 8 Pablo Fornals, 20 Jarrod Bowen
Substitutes: 45 Divin Mubama
