West Ham United will be looking to pick up two victories in less than 72 hours when they take on Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
The Hammers play host to Villa at the London Stadium on Sunday and go into the game off the back of a 2-0 win over AEK Larnaca on Thursday night in the first leg of their Europa Conference League round of 16 tie at the AEK Arena.
Ahead of the meeting with Villa, here is a look at West Ham’s current list of injury concerns.
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Vladimir Coufal (heel)
Right-back Vladimir Coufal has missed the last three matches due to a heel injury, which forced him off during last month’s 4-0 win over Nottingham Forest.
Coufal had been nursing the issue going into the win over the Tricky Trees, but the severity of it forced him off at half-time and has since seen him miss trips to Manchester United, Brighton and Hove Albion and AEK Larnaca.
Speaking ahead of flying out to Cyprus, Moyes said that Coufal would miss out after suffering with plantar fascia.
“He’s not with us because he’s got plantar fascia in his heel,” Moyes told football.london . “Look, time will help it but he’s not available for the game, no.”
Lukasz Fabianski (cheek/eye)
Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski is set to return to action next month after fracturing his cheekbone and eye-socket against Forest.
Fabianski was forced off midway through the second half after being caught by the knee of Forest defender Felipe after the Polish stopper innocuously went for the ball.
Speaking on it ahead of facing Brighton, Moyes confirmed that the goalkeeper has had an eye operation which will keep him out of action until after this month’s international break.
“My belief is he had an operation this week,” said Moyes. “He had a plate inserted in his eye I believe. I think he had it on Thursday. We think it would be after the international break before he would be available again.”
Fabianski was however pictured by West Ham’s club website back in training on Wednesday ahead of the squad flying to Cyprus for their first league win over Larnaca. However, he was not part of the travelling squad.
Michail Antonio (calf)
Striker Michail Antonio missed the heavy defeat at Brighton following a hamstring issue sustained during the FA Cup loss to United, but was back in the squad in Cyprus.
The 32-year-old scored both goals in his first brace since August 2021 but came off on the hour mark with concerns over a calf issue.
“He’s just come off with a calf there,” said Moyes after the win over Larnaca. “I was taking him off anyway, but he felt his calf so we’ll need to check it out."
Flynn Downes (ankle)
Midfielder Flynn Downes played the duration of the win over Larnaca but found himself booked in the second half, meaning he will miss next week’s second leg due to suspension.
The 24-year-old suffered an ankle injury in the second half, with Downes telling the media post-match that it felt a bit swollen.
Moyes said on the injury that Downes could have to have a couple of stitches in his ankle following the issue picked up in the game.
“He opened his ankle up a bit, he’s probably going to get a couple of stitches on his ankle, the bit when he went down,” Moyes told football.london .
“I could’ve taken him off, I was a bit worried when he got the booking so I thought I could make that change but they told me he was already suspended for next week so I thought I’d take my chances and hope he sees it out.”
Lucas Paqueta (calf)
Brazilian midfielder Lucas Paqueta only featured for the final portion of the game in Cyprus and should have scored, only to put a late chance straight at Larnaca goalkeeper Kenan Piric.
However, speaking after the match, Moyes said that Paqueta had been struggling with a calf issue.
“Paqueta also felt his calf when he went through on goal but hopefully he’ll be okay,” Moyes told West Ham’s club website .
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