A place in the Premier League top-four is in West Ham’s sights as they play host to Tottenham in Sunday’s capital derby.
The Hammers finished above Spurs last season and were unbeaten in both London derbies, earning a point in a thrilling 3-3 draw before winning 2-1 at home.
Having returned from the international break with victory over Everton before comfortably beating Genk in Europe on Thursday night, another win over Nuno Espirito Santo’s side on Sunday would show the Hammers are well and truly over their sticky run of form.
The one lingering concern for David Moyes will be that their two defeats so far this season, at home to Manchester United and Brentford, have both followed Europa League nights and seen the Hammers concede late.
Moyes will be hoping that, while his counterpart in the Spurs dugout was able to leave his entire starting XI at home while a second-string team travelled for Europa Conference League duty, his side have enough in the tank to claim another famous derby win.
Michail Antonio was rested for the win over Genk on Thursday and returns here, although Vladimir Coufal misses out as he recovers from a groin injury.
West Ham XI: Fabianski; Johnson, Ogbonna, Zouma, Cresswell; Rice, Soucek; Bowen, Benrahma, Fornals; Antonio
Subs: Areola, Dawson, Diop, Masuaku, Ashby, Noble, Lanzini, Vlasic, Yarmolenko
Date: Sunday, October 24, 2pm BST
TV: Sky Sports Main Event / Premier League
Venue: London Stadium
Referee: Paul Tierney
Absent: Coufal (groin)
