**West Ham United face a tricky trip to Selhurst Park on Monday night as they look to distance themselves from the relegation zone even further.**
The Hammers are in 17th on 32 points, while Spurs are 18th on 30. A Tottenham loss and Hammers win would make it five points with five matches left, and it is very doable. Spurs face an in-form Champions League-chasing Brighton, while we play a Palace side with nothing to play for in the League.
It’s going to be tough; they will be full of confidence after the 3-0 first-leg win over Fiorentina in the Conference League, and I am sure they will secure their spot in the semi-finals tonight.
So, we need to make sure we put our best team out, and I think Nuno has to make one change from the team that beat Wolves 4-0 to do that.
I think the Portuguese manager should drop El Hadji Malick Diouf in favour of Aaron Wan-Bissaka out on the left side of defence. I think he will add an extra layer of defensive solidity, and he is better on the ball in possession, improving the build-up out on that side.
This may be an unpopular opinion, despite a poor first-half against Wolves, like a lot of our players, he did improve a lot in the second half, but I really think we could do with the reliability of AWB for this one, especially coming up against an Ismailia Sarr full of confidence.