West Ham defender Arthur Masuaku begins lengthy ban against Crystal Palace

Arthur Masuaku starts a six-match ban for spitting when West Ham host Crystal Palace.

Pedro Obiang is out after suffering knee-ligament damage to add to an injury list which also includes Andy Carroll, Manuel Lanzini, Marko Arnautovic, Andre Ayew, Cheikhou Kouyate, Jose Fonte, Winston Reid and Edimilson Fernandes.

But Michail Antonio (calf) and Mark Noble (foot) could return to the squad.

Crystal Palace have Mamadou Sakho, Yohan Cabaye and Joel Ward available for selection after their returns to fitness.

The Eagles remain, however, without Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Jeffrey Schlupp, both owing to ankle injuries, and Scott Dann, Jason Puncheon and Connor Wickham, who will all miss the remainder of the season because of major knee injuries.

Palace recently recruited defender Jaroslaw Jach and Erdal Rakip, but neither will travel to West Ham.