Graham Potter tells us that Connolly felt his groin yesterday […], so he takes a rest, while Burn is there to add height against the aforementioned shtarkers. Moyes won’t confirm the reversion to a back five, but wants his players to play as they’ve been doing but to finish better.

So where is this game? For Brighton, it’s about trying to pick holes in the blanket of shtarkers West Ham string across the middle of the pitch; I daresay they’ll try and keep their three attackers fairly central, looking to cause trouble with weight of numbers.

West Ham, meanwhile, will be looking down the inside and outside of Brighton’s wing-backs, and seeking to take advantage of their numerical advantage in midfield. The more I look at this, the harder the match-up looks for the visitors.

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