Everton get major injury boost for West Ham as Carlos Alcaraz starts in new role

Everton team news and full starting line-ups for the Premier League clash with West Ham United

Armando Broja has returned to the Everton squad after two months out injured. The striker was stretchered off in the final stages of the FA Cup win over Peterborough United - the last game before the return of David Moyes.

The Blues boss will now be able to call upon him for the first time following his recovery from ankle ligament damage. He had stepped up training last week and Moyes had revealed his hope the Albania international, on loan from Chelsea, would make the matchday squad against West Ham United.

Broja will be joined on the bench by Jesper Lindstrom, who falls out of the starting XI despite registering his first assist of the season against Wolverhampton Wanderers last weekend. Lindstrom is replaced by Carlos Alcaraz, the Flamengo loanee set for a role out wide as he continues to impress since his mid-season move.

This game moves him one step closer to triggering the performance clause in his contract that will mean Everton have to sign the 22-year-old on a permanent deal.

That is the only change for Everton, who for the second game running are able to name a bench filled with senior players - though this time they can do that with just one back-up goalkeeper as Asmir Begovic is dropped from the squad.

Starting XI: Pickford, Mykolenko, Branthwaite, Tarkowski, O'Brien; Alcaraz, Doucoure, Garner, Gueye, Harrison, Beto

Bench: Virginia, Coleman, Keane, Patterson, Lindstrom, Chermiti, Iroegbunam, Broja and Young