Slav likely to rest players for Wembley cup match

Slaven Bilic is likely to make massive changes to the team which were defeated so embarrassingly at the London Stadium on Friday night partly to give others a chance to prove themselves to him but also to rest players for the Hammers crucial away game against Crystal Palace this weekend.

Bilic has already confirmed that Adrian will start in goal as his first choice cup keeper. He also explained that Michail Antonio suffered a knock to his ribs so is out as is James Collins and Diafra Sakho who only started training yesterday so are both unavailable for selection for tonight’s game.

Slav is expected to announce wholesale changes when the team is announced at 7pm this evening for the league cup tie against Spurs at Wembley.

My predicted team is: Adrian, Masuaku, Rice, Ogbonna, Byram, Noble, Obiang, Fernandes, Arnautovic, Ayew and Carroll