West Ham United will be looking for their second league win of the season when they travel to face Everton on Monday at 8pm.
The Hammers currently sit 19th in the Premier League with one win and four defeats from their opening five games.
West Ham predicted lineup vs Everton
West Ham (4-2-3-1): Areola; Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Kilman, Diouf; Fernandes, Ward-Prowse; Bowen, Paqueta, Summerville; Wilson.
The build up to this match has been completely changed, with Graham Potter sacked on Saturday morning. He was quickly replaced by Nuno Espirito Santo, who will be in charge for this game.
West Ham may take some heart from the fact that their only win of the season came in their last away game, beating Nottingham Forest 0-3 at the City Ground.
This game will be broadcast live in the UK on Sky Sports Premier League.
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West Ham team news vs Everton
After starting the season in a back three, West Ham turned to a four-man defence. And that looks likely to continue this weekend. Last week saw Alphonse Areola replace Mads Hermansen in goal for West Ham, which should also continue.
Hermansen has had a tough start to the campaign in goal for West Ham and has come under a lot pressure. Although West Ham still lost last week, it was only by one goal. And Areola may have the club’s confidence even with a new man in charge.
Niclas Fullkrug is another who seemed to have lost Potter’s patience, replaced by Callum Wilson last week. Wilson loves to play against Everton, scoring eight goals in his past seven games vs the Toffees. So he is likely to continue leading the line — with Espirito Santo needing more time to assess for himself.
We may not see any changes to West Ham’s starting XI from the defeat to Crystal Palace last weekend. The Hammers are really lacking strength in depth right now, outside of a few positions.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka is one potential change, missing the defeat last weekend with a minor injury. But he’s currently a doubt, so may only return to the bench if he is available.
Tomas Soucek remains suspended after his sending off in the defeat to Tottenham Hotspur two weeks ago.
The Premier League’s leakiest defence
West Ham have the worst defence in the Premier League this season. They’ve conceded 13 goals from their five games so far, more than any other Premier League side. But it’s more worrying than just that.
The Hammers have conceded their 13 goals from 7.83 Expected Goals against. So they’ve let in 5.17 goals more than they were expected to. It’s no surprise that that’s the worst record in the Premier League this season, with Wolverhampton Wanderers in second with -4.28.
West Ham do move up to third-worst for the difference between Expected Goals on Target conceded and goals conceded, with -2.33. So they’ve been hurt slightly by some good shot placement from their opponents. But they are still only one of three teams with a difference worse than -2.0.