Here is how we predict West Ham United will line up against Bolton Wanderers this week:
West Ham United continue their EFL Cup campaign with a home match against Bolton Wanderers on Tuesday evening, and Hammers boss Slaven Bilic looks set to make a few changes to the starting line-up.
West Ham defeated Cheltenham Town 2-0 in the previous round and they will be quietly confident of continuing in the competition by overcoming the Championship club later this week.
That said, Bilic’s men have not had the best of starts to the current campaign and their 0-0 draw against West Bromwich Albion at the weekend showed just how far they still have to go.
If Bilic opts to play summer signing Javier Hernandez through the middle, rather than out wide, the Mexican international should be able to work his magic against Bolton, provided he gets the service from West Ham’;s midfielders.
In early team news, Bilic cannot call on Mark Noble, Edimilson Fernandes or Manuel Lanzini while James Collins is unlikely to be risked as he recovers from an ankle injury.
While West Ham have plenty of exciting young players on their books, the best they could hope for is a place on the bench with Bilic knowing he cannot afford to be on the wrong end of a giant-killing this week.
With all that in mind here is how we expect West Ham to line up against Bolton on Tuesday evening:
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