Following the disasterous start against Manchester City at the weekend, West Ham United look to bounce back against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday afternoon.
Brighton have been notorious for being a bogey team of late for the Hammers, with Glenn Murray becoming a familiar name on the scoresheet when these teams have met.
West Ham look to change the record on Saturday, with a squad that completely has the talent to upset the home team. However, Brighton’s physicality can be a deciding factor in the result, with their new formation allowing three centre-backs on set pieces.
West Ham have also been hit with injury worries on both Felipe Anderson and Sebastien Haller – the West Ham striker curse strikes again – so Pellegrini may be scraping the barrel just two games into the season.
Here is the starting XI I believe Pellegrini will select for the match on Saturday:
