West Ham United face Brighton and Hove Albion on Friday night for their eighth Premier League game of the new campaign, and following recent impressive performances, the Hammers will be more than confident of leaving East Sussex with a great result.
However, manager Manuel Pellegrini’s side were dealt a huge injury blow two weeks ago after summer signing Carlos Sanchez picked up a knock to the knee – set to rule him out of action for at least four months.
With Jack Wilshere still sidelined by an ankle problem, West Ham are facing somewhat of a midfield injury crisis, with only the trio of Mark Noble, Pedro Obiang and Declan Rice available to start as a midfield three.