Fabian Balbuena and Javier Hernandez have joined West Ham’s injury list ahead of the trip to Southampton.
Defender Balbuena suffered a knee injury against Watford on Saturday and striker Hernandez came off with back and hamstring problems.[phone]
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They join Lucas Perez, Marko Arnautovic, Jack Wilshere, Andriy Yarmolenko, Manuel Lanzini, Ryan Fredericks, Carlos Sanchez and Winston Reid on the sidelines.
Provisional squad: Fabianski, Zabaleta, Diop, Ogbonna, Masuaku, Rice, Noble, Snodgrass, Anderson, Antonio, Carroll, Adrian, Cresswell, Obiang, Diangana, Coventry, Silva, Powell.
Southampton will be without midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
Hojbjerg picked up his fifth yellow card of the season late on in Saturday’s 3-1 victory over Huddersfield and must serve a one-match suspension.
Boss Ralph Hasenhuttl is unlikely to make many other changes after seeing his side win two matches in a row.
Teenage striker Michael Obafemi will hope for more game time after becoming Southampton’s youngest ever Premier League scorer on Saturday.
Provisional squad: McCarthy, Gunn, Forster, Soares, Yoshida, Stephens, Vestergaard, Hoedt, Bednarek, Valery, Targett, Davis, Romeu, Lemina, Ward-Prowse, Armst.
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