Here is how we predict West Ham United will line up against Cheltenham Town in the League Cup:
West Ham United have had a terrible start to the new season, but Slaven Bilic’s side have the chance to put their Premier League woes to one side for a few days and focus on their League Cup clash with Cheltenham Town.
The Hammers have lost 4-0 to Manchester United and 3-2 to Southampton so far this season. However there are some positives, not least the performances of new signing Javier Hernandez, who scored twice against the Saints before a late Charlie Austin penalty broke West Ham’s hearts.
While Bilic will want to get his first win of the domestic season under his belt, there are likely to be a few changes when West Ham travel to the League One club on Wednesday evening.
Many of the players who started Saturday’s game on the bench should kick off this fixture, including Pedro Obiang, Diafra Sakho, Sam Byram and Arthur Masuaku.
New addition Marko Arnautovic is suspended after his red card last time out while Manuel Lanzini, Cheikhou Kouyate and Andy Carroll are all recovering from injury.
Winston Reid has a 75 per cent chance of being fit but the New Zealand international is unlikely to be risked for this fixture, with much bigger clashes just around the corner.
With all that in mind here is how we expect West Ham to line up later this week as they bid to kick-start their season:
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