West Ham United have been handed a doubtlessly big enhance forward of their Premier League assembly in opposition to Southampton this afternoon.
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Speaking in his pre-match press conference, David Moyes steered that, after being left out of the Hammers aspect which defeated Anderlecht in midweek, Kurt Zouma might now be again in competition for at the moment’s journey to St Mary’s, with the centre-back presently recovering from an sickness picked up within the week.
Regarding the situation of the 27-year-old, the Irons supervisor stated: “Kurt has got a little bit of the sniffles, so we will need to see how he is.”
According to Premier Injuries, the France worldwide has a 75% likelihood of being match to characteristic in opposition to the Saints, along with his anticipated return date presently listed as 16 October.
Huge enhance
Following the sooner news that Thilo Kehrer must also be again in competition to face Southampton after recovering from a slight knock, Moyes’ update on Zouma’s potential availability is undoubtedly an additional big enhance for West Ham forward of Sunday’s assembly in opposition to Ralph Hasenhuttl’s Saints.
Indeed, the £21.75m-rated centre-back has been an ever-present fixture within the Hammers’ nine Premier League outings to date this season, throughout which the Frenchman has extremely impressed. In addition to serving to the Irons to maintain two clear sheets, he has averaged 1.1 interceptions, 0.3 tackles, 5.8 clearances and three.3 duels (at a hit price of 71%) per sport.
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These returns have seen the £120k-per-week expertise common a really respectable SofaScore match score of 6.88, presently rating him as Moyes’ fifth-best performer within the prime flight.
As such, it’s clear to see that Zouma’s seemingly availability in opposition to Southampton is nice news for the 59-year-old West Ham supervisor and his aspect, because the presence of the 27-year-old within the Hammers’ backline will undoubtedly come as an enormous enhance to the membership’s probabilities of taking all three factors again to London later at the moment.
With West Ham presently on a run of four consecutive wins in all competitions, Moyes will definitely be hoping that his aspect can proceed their upward trajectory with one more victory at St Mary’s this afternoon.