West Ham v Arsenal lineups as Declan Rice decision made

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West Ham United and Arsenal are back in action this evening as they lock horns in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.

The Premier League takes a back seat tonight as the Carabao Cup becomes the focus.

Both West Ham and Arsenal will have dreams of winning this trophy but only one can progress tonight.

West Ham boss David Moyes has gone with a strong side but has brought former Arsenal stopper Lukasz Fabianski in for a start.

Vladimir Coufal and Emerson Palmieri are the full backs with Nayef Aguerd partnering ex-Arsenal defender Konstantinos Mavropanos at the back.

Edson Alvarez partners Tomas Soucek in midfield with Mohammed Kudus, Lucas Paqueta and Said Benrahama all starting further forward.

Jarrod Bowen leads the line tonight with both Michail Antonio and Danny Ings left on the bench.

They are joined by Alphonse Areola, Aaron Cresswell, Pablo Fornals, Maxwell Cornet, Angelo Ogbonna and Thilo Kehrer.

Arsenal go with Aaron Ramsdale in goal tonight as he comes in for David Raya.

Ben White, Jakub Kiwior, Gabriel Magalhaes and Oleksandr Zinchenko line up across the back four.

One of the big decisions for Mikel Arteta surrounded ex-West Ham midfielder Declan Rice.

Rice is only on the bench tonight though as Arteta goes with Jorginho, Kai Havertz and Fabio Vieira in midfield.

Eddie Nketiah starts up top with Reiss Nelson and Leandro Trossard on the flanks.

Karl Hein, Cedric Soares, Takehiro Tomiyasu, William Saliba, Mohamed Elneny, Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Martinelli join Rice on the bench.

West Ham United starting XI: Fabianski; Coufal, Mavropanos, Aguerd, Emerson; Alvarez, Soucek; Kudus, Paqueta, Benrahma; Bowen.

West Ham United substitutes: Areola, Cresswell, Ward-Prowse, Fornals, Antonio, Cornet, Ings, Ogbonna, Kehrer.

Arsenal starting XI: Ramsdale; White, Kiwior, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Jorginho, Havertz, Vieira; Nelson, Trossard, Nketiah.

Arsenal substitutes: Hein, Cedric, Tomiyasu, Saliba, Rice, Elneny, Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli.