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Confirmed West Ham line-up v Cheltenham Town: Rice starts, Haksabanovic on the bench

Slaven Bilic, Manager of West Ham United looks on prior to the Premier League match between Southampton and West Ham United at St Mary's Stadium on...
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West Ham United take on Cheltenham Town this evening.

West Ham United starting line-up: Adrian; Byram, Collins, Ogbonna, Masuaku; Rice, Noble, Obiang; Fernandes, Sakho, Ayew.

West Ham United substitutes: Hart, Fonte, Cresswell, Kouyate, Quina, Haksabanovic, Hernandez.

West Ham United are in Carabao Cup action this evening as they look to bounce back from a poor start to the new Premier League season.

4-0 and 3-2 defeats at Manchester United and Southampton respectively have given West Ham a nightmare start to the campaign, and they will be hoping for better this evening against League Two side Cheltenham Town.

Slaven Bilic has decided to rotate his side tonight, with Adrian coming in for Joe Hart in goal, whilst Sam Byram, James Collins, Angelo Ogbonna and Arthur Masuaku all feature across the back four.

Declan Rice joins Mark Noble and Pedro Obiang in the middle of the park, with Edimilson Fernandes and Andre Ayew seemingly called upon to provide width in the West Ham side.

Despite speculation over his future, Diafra Sakho leads the line for West Ham tonight, with Javier Hernandez dropped down to the bench after his two-goal display against Southampton on Saturday.

Hart and Hernandez are joined on the bench by Jose Fonte, Aaron Cresswell, Cheikhou Kouyate, Domingos Quina and new signing Sead Haksabanovic, who recently arrived from Halmstads.