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West Ham begin a potentially crucial month with an FA Cup tie against Southampton tonight, but David Moyes is without Aaron Cresswell at St Mary’s.
A run of six games in 19 days across the FA Cup, Premier League and Europa League begins at St Mary’s, with a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals at stake.
Moyes remains without Vladimir Coufal and Ryan Fredericks, while Angelo Ogbonna is a long-term absentee. Issa Diop is named at left-back of a strong XI - with Cresswell not in the squad.
Despite those losses, the Hammers boss is confident his squad has what it takes to navigate the weeks ahead.
“We know we are a little bit short of where we would like to be," said Moyes. “[But] the squad I have at the moment have done a brilliant job over the last two years and I have no reason to think they will not do a brilliant job in the coming three months between now and the end of the season."
West Ham XI: Areola; Johnson, Zouma, Dawson, Diop; Rice, Soucek; Bowen, Lanzini, Fornals; Antonio.
Subs: Randolph, Alese, Kral, Chesters, Okoflex, Ekwah, Perkins, Benrahma, Vlasic.
Date: Wednesday, March 2, 7.30pm GMT
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium
Referee: Andre Marriner
TV channel: BBC iPlayer
West Ham squad from: Fabianski, Martin, Randolph, Areola, Fredericks, Diop, Zouma, Dawson, Alese, Baptise, Ashby, Johnson, Cresswell, Noble, Rice, Soucek, Kral, Lanzini, Vlasic, Benrahma, Fornals, Bowen, Antonio, Perkins
Injured: Ogbonna (knee), Masuaku (knee), Coufal (hernia)
Doubt: Yarmolenko