West Ham could be without up to seven players when they make the trip to the south coast to play Southampton on Sunday (today).
The Hammers have started to turn their 2022/23 season around after a slow start as they have won their last four games in a row in all competitions.
The 2pm clash offers David Moyes' men the chance to launch an assault on the top half of the table, with the east London outfit currently sitting 13th in the Premier League and 17th-placed Saints have lost four straight games, too.
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Should they overcome Ralph Hasenhuttl's men, they may have to do so without any central defenders in what looks like a repeat of the start of the season.
Moyes' side began the campaign with Ben Johnson forced to play centrally due to Kurt Zouma, with Angelo Ogbonna, Craig Dawson, and summer signing Nayef Aguerd all injured.
And he may have to do so again with Aguerd still out and the aforementioned trio all doubts heading into the tie, including new addition Thilo Kehrer (knock). Zouma has recently suffered with an illness, while Ogbonna and Dawson were forced off against Anderlecht on Thursday night with respective hamstring and dead leg injuries.
All three defenders could however be in the squad, however, alongside Thursday night's match-winners Said Benrahma and Jarrod Bowen and strikers Gianluca Scamacca and Michal Antonio - Antonio is however a doubt due to illness.
Maxwel Cornet will miss out as he continues to recover from a calf injury he picked up three games ago, while Aguerd remains out with an ankle injury.
Full West Ham United squad to face Southampton
Goalkeepers: Lukasz Fabianski, Alphonse Areola, Darren Randolph
Defenders: Vladimir Coufal, Ben Johnson, Kurt Zouma (doubt), Angelo Ogbonna (doubt), Thilo Kehrer (doubt), Craig Dawson (doubt), Aaron Cresswell, Emerson
Midfielders/wingers: Declan Rice, Tomas Soucek, Flynn Downes, Conor Coventry, Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta, Manuel Lanzini, Pablo Fornals, Said Benrahma
Forwards: Gianluca Scamacca, Michail Antonio (doubt)
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