Team News: Bowen and Areola return for Liverpool clash F.C.

Ahead of Areola, captain Kurt Zouma will play his 100th West Ham game in the centre of defence, alongside experienced former Italy international Angelo Ogbonna. Zouma scored his first of six Irons goals against Liverpool in November 2021.

Elsewhere in defence, Vladimír Coufal and Emerson are set to start in the full-back positions, while Edson Álvarez, Tomáš Souček and Lucas Paquetá line up in midfield.

Bowen is joined in attack by Mohammed Kudus and Michail Antonio, the latter of whom has scored in back-to-back games, against Crystal Palace and Bayer Leverkusen, and has four goals in his last eight matches.

Aaron Cresswell and Ben Johnson both came on at half-time at Selhurst Park last Sunday, and are named as replacements here along with Fabiański, Ward-Prowse, Kaelan Casey, Kalvin Phillips, Maxwel Cornet, Divin Mubama and Danny Ings.

West Ham United: Areola, Coufal, Zouma ©, Ogbonna, Emerson, Álvarez, Souček, Paquetá, Kudus, Bowen, AntonioSubs: Fabiański (GK), Cresswell, Johnson, Casey, Phillips, Ward-Prowse, Cornet, Mubama, Ings

Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, van Dijk ©, Quansah, Robertson, Endō, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Díaz, Gakpo, ElliottSubs: Kelleher (GK), Tsimikas, Gomez, Konaté, Szoboszlai, Jones, Bajcetic, Núñez, Salah

Referee: Anthony Taylor