Otherwise, Potter has selected the same eight players who started the draw at London Stadium eight days ago.

Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola will have Wan-Bissaka in front of him on the right hand side of defence, with Emerson on the opposite flank. Maximilian Kilman maintains his ever-present record in the West Ham starting XI, making his 33rd start of the season in East Sussex, while Jean-Clair Todibo and Mavropanos complete the central defensive partnership.

James Ward-Prowse is expected to be the holding anchor, extending his consecutive starts streak to nine games, with Souček operating in the crucial engine room. 

Ward-Prowse scored the first goal of an eventual 3-1 victory over Brighton in this fixture last season, which was our first and only Premier League win over Fabian Hürzeler’s Seagulls since their elevation to the top flight in 2017.

Further forward, Lucas Paquetá and Mohammed Kudus will provide the creativity and flair in the attacking third alongside captain Jarrod Bowen.

Ghana star Kudus scored the leveller against the Seagulls in the teams’ reverse meeting at London Stadium in December. Indeed, that was his last goal involvement for the Hammers, and he will be hoping to end that 15-game wait this afternoon. 

On the bench will be goalkeeper Łukasz Fabiański, defenders Vladimír Coufal, Aaron Cresswell, midfielders Carlos Soler, Guido Rodríguez, Andy Irving and Luis Guilherme and forwards Danny Ings and Niclas Füllkrug.

Brighton & Hove Albion: Verbruggen, Wieffer, Dunk ©, Baleba, Estupiñán, Ayari, Hinshelwood, March, O’Riley, Adingra, Welbeck

Subs: Steele (GK), Lamptey, Gruda, Cashin, Minteh, Mitoma, Gómez, Veltman, Tasker

West Ham United: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Todibo, Kilman, Emerson, Ward-Prowse, Souček, Paquetá, Kudus, Bowen ©

Subs: Fabiański (GK), Cresswell, Coufal, Soler, Rodríguez, Irving, Luis Guilherme, Ings, Füllkrug

Referee: Darren England