David Moyes has made four changes for tonight’s game bringing in Łukasz Fabiański, Kurt Zouma, Edson Álvarez and Michail Antonio
Moyes makes four changes
Antonio’s inclusion suggests he will start in the middle of a front three, between Mohammed Kudus and Jarrod Bowen.
Lucas Paquetá could be in afor a more central role than in the first leg alongside Álvarez and Tomáš Souček in midfield. Paquetá and Álvarez both got on the scoresheet against Freiburg during the group stage of this year’s competition.
Skipper Zouma comes back into the team to partner Dinos Mavropanos in the centre of defence, with the latter in line to make his fifth successive start in all competitions.
Aaron Cresswell retains his place at left-back, with Emerson missing his second game in a row due to a knock he picked up in the reverse fixture against Freiburg at the Stadion am Wolfswinkel, and Vladimír Coufal continues on the right.
Fabiański – – takes over from Areola between the sticks once again while Areola, Aguerd, Phillips and Ward-Prowse are joined on the bench by a number of young West Ham starlets, with 20-year-old goalkeeper Jacob Knightbridge rewarded for a string of fine performances at U21 level with a spot in the senior matchday squad for the first time.
George Earthy and Lewis Orford could make their first-team debuts if called upon by Moyes, while Ben Johnson, Angelo Ogbonna, Divin Mubama and Danny Ings – who scored the equaliser against Burnley at the weekend – will all be looking to make an impact and help seal progression to the quarter-finals.
West Ham United: Fabiański, Coufal, Zouma ©, Mavropanos, Cresswell, Álvarez, Souček, Paquetá, Kudus, Bowen, Antonio
Subs: Areola (GK), Knightbridge (GK), Johnson, Casey, Ogbonna, Aguerd, Phillips, Ward-Prowse, Earthy, Orford, Ings, Mubama