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The stakes are potentially high for manager Julen Lopetegui and Gary O’Neil’s team selections when West Ham host Wolves in the Premier League on Monday.
O’Neil was the bookies’ favorite to be the next managerial departure from the top flight before kick-off, having overseen back-to-back defeats for the second-bottom side.
Lopetegui was widely reported to have been handed a one-match suspension by the 14th-placed Hammers following heavy defeats to Arsenal and Leicester City.
Here are the confirmed lineups, starting sides and squad news for the final match of Round 15 of the 2024/25 Premier League.
Monday night football 🔜 pic.twitter.com/WoA4Wy9viy
— West Ham United (@WestHam) December 9, 2024
West Ham v Wolves lineup
West Ham announced on Sunday that Michail Antonio has undergone surgery for a broken lower limb following a car accident on Saturday. The players will show their support for the striker before the game.
Defender Jean-Clair Todibo suffered an adductor injury during the 3-1 defeat by Leicester. Full-back Emerson started in place of Vladimir Coufal in one of two substitutions for the hosts, with Crysencio Summerville replacing Danny Ings in attack.
West Ham starting XI: Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson, Soucek, Alvarez, Bowen, Soler, Kudus, Summerville
Subscriptions: Areola, Cresswell, Coufal, Paqueta, Fullkrug, Guilherme, Ings, Rodriguez, Todibo
How we start against Wolves tonight ⚒️ pic.twitter.com/8HMm8VS2x8
— West Ham United (@WestHam) December 9, 2024
Wolves vs West Ham line-up
Wolves defender Nelson Semedo returns from a one-game suspension and Pablo Sarabia is out with a calf problem.
Sam Johnstone replaces Jose Sa in goal, while Toti also comes on, with Craig Dawson and Goncalo Guedes dropping to the bench.
Defender Yerson Mosquera, midfielder Boubacar Traore and striker Saša Kalajdžić have been absent for a long time.
Wolves starting XI: Johnstone, Doherty, Bueno, Semedo, Ait Nouri, Andre, Lemina, J Gomes, Cunha, Larsen, Goncalo Guedes
Subscriptions: Bentley, Hwang, Dawson, R Gomes, Doyle, Forbes, Bellegarde, Guedes, Lima
3️⃣ Three changes from #EVEWOL
➡️ Johnstone, Semedo and Toti all in XIHow will we position ourselves? @WestHam.
— Vukovi (@Vukovi) December 9, 2024
The latest match West Ham vs Wolves
Only the sides in the relegation places – Ipswich Town, Wolves and bottom team Southampton – have worse home records than West Ham’s tally of seven points from a possible 21 this season.
West Ham are six points clear of the relegation zone and seven behind 10th-placed Fulham, but their performances under Lopetegui, who replaced David Moyes in May on a two-year contract with an option for an extra year, have put the Spaniard under pressure.
Wolves are four points behind the fourth-placed Crystal Palace, and one of their two wins in the league was achieved away at Molineux.
Those wins preceded a 4-2 home defeat against Bournemouth on November 30 and a 4-0 defeat at Everton on Wednesday, when Dawson scored two second-half own goals.
