West Ham vs Middlesbrough predicted line-ups
Championship · Tue 8 Dec
West Ham4-4-1-1 · Home
Middlesbrough4-3-3 · AwayStarting XI
Predicted XI · confirmed about 60 minutes before kick-off
West Ham
4-4-1-1Formation· Coach: Nuno Espírito Santo

Middlesbrough
4-3-3Formation· Coach: R. Edwards
- 31S. Brynn
- 12L. Ayling
- 3S. Byram
- 29A. Malanda
- 17M. Arfsten
- 2C. Brittain
- 30Neto Borges
- 18C. Barron
- 11A. Cozier-Duberry
- 22K. Joseph
- 7W. Lankshear
- 35E. Austbö
- 61L. Orford
- 7A. Engels
- 17M. Kanté
- 27S. Magassa
- 14D. Mukasa
- 58A. Golambeckis
- 3M. Kilman
- 63Ezra Mayers
- 5Morato
- 1M. Hermansen
Bench
- 30O. Scarles
- 28T. Souček
- 20J. Bowen
- 10M. Solomon
- 11V. Castellanos
- 9J. Piroe
- 49F. Herrick
Out
- M. Kante · Red Card
- J. Veltman · Muscle Injury
- A. Areola · Calf Injury
- T. Castellanos · Injury
- K. Mavropanos · Knee Injury
- Pablo · Health problems
- K. Lamadrid · Injury
- T. Soucek · Ankle Injury
Bench
- 1R. Vítek
- 6S. Berhalter
- 19Leo Castledine
- 8R. McGree
- 14M. Peart-Harris
- 33J. McLaughlin
- 25G. Edmundson
Out
- R. Pukstas · Injury
- A. Jones · Calf Injury
- J. Sarmiento · Inactive
- A. Phillips · Lacking Match Fitness
- D. Strelec · Injury
- A. Morris · Injury
- A. Bangura · Coach's decision
- T. Conway · Ankle Injury
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Line-up questions
When are the official West Ham vs Middlesbrough line-ups published?
Clubs in the Championship release the team sheet about 60 minutes before kick-off. This page refreshes every few minutes inside that window and swaps the predicted XI for the confirmed one.
How is the probable XI predicted?
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Does the line-up change the prediction?
Yes. Line-ups feed the prediction model: when a key starter is confirmed out, the win probabilities, expected goals and the projected score are regenerated.













