West Ham United are set to take on Swansea City on Saturday at 15:00 where the Hammers will be searching for back-to-back wins to close the gap to the League leaders, Swansea themselves.
The home side currently head into Saturday’s fixture with four victories in a row and looking to make it five, but they’ll have to face Nuno’s confident team who put six past nine-man Lincoln City. Should West Ham secure victory tomorrow it will place Nuno’s side within a single point of Swansea and could boost ourselves up to second place depending on Middlesbrough’s result against Cardiff.
Regarding the team news, it appears that the Hammers have no new injuries and rotations will only occur due to wanting to preserve the team. It’s important to note that West Ham don’t play midweek for the remainder of October; therefore scheduling should be in our favour.
Nuno Espírito Santo opted to go for the 4-4-2 against Lincoln City, and it was simply superb. That of course was helped by the dismissal of two Lincoln players, however, the team worked well in the positions they could and certainly worked better in transition compared to the attempted 4-3-3 in previous results.
For Swansea, starting fullback, Filip Lissah is suspended due to accumulating five yellow cards and summer signing, Stephen Eustáquio is out with a shoulder injury and Joshua Key is also expected to be out.
In terms of the officials, the Hammers seem to have gotten away with the Kitchen antics midweek and this time will be officiated by Josh Smith. The Englishman officiated West Ham’s away outing in the first game of the season against Burnley.
Swansea City will be the first of three crucial fixtures in a row with the remaining two of the month both being at home and against West Brom and Southampton.
