West Ham United manager David Moyes will be without at least four players when the Hammers take on AEK Larnaca at the London Stadium on Thursday night.
The Hammers are in action against their Cyprus-based opponents for the second of two legs against Larnaca in the round of 16 of the Europa Conference League, having won the first leg 2-0 a week ago.
Ahead of the game, manager Moyes has confirmed that three players will be out of the squad due to existing injury problems, while another is serving a one-match suspension.
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Striker Michail Antonio scored both goals in the first leg but came off after an hour in Larnaca with a calf injury. Having missed the 1-1 draw in the Premier League with Aston Villa with the same issue, Antonio did not train on Wednesday and will not be involved for the second leg.
Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski will not be involved for the trip to Sussex after undergoing an eye operation earlier this month following a fractured eye socket and cheekbone injury sustained in the win over Nottingham Forest last month. Fabianski is back in training but is wearing a protective mask.
Right-back Vladimir Coufal is ruled out with a heel injury after being forced off in the win over Forest with it. Midfielder Flynn Downes will also miss out having picked up his third yellow card of the season in this competition during the first leg victory, further limiting the number of senior players who could feature.
With only a maximum of 19 senior players available, West Ham will either not fill their permitted 12-man bench, or include some academy players in their matchday squad.
Academy goalkeeper Krisztian Hegi, who recently earned a maiden call-up to Hungary’s senior squad, trained with the first-team on Wednesday, as did young centre-back Levi Laing and midfielder Freddie Potts.
Here is a look at who could feature for the Hammers against the Guardians.
Full West Ham United squad available to face AEK Larnaca
Goalkeepers: Alphonse Areola, Joseph Anang.
Defenders: Ben Johnson, Angelo Ogbonna, Thilo Kehrer, Nayef Aguerd, Kurt Zouma, Aaron Cresswell, Emerson.
Midfielders/wingers: Declan Rice, Tomas Soucek, Lucas Paqueta, Jarrod Bowen, Manuel Lanzini, Pablo Fornals, Said Benrahma, Maxwel Cornet.
Forwards: Danny Ings, Gianluca Scamacca.
Potential academy players: Krisztian Hegyi, Levi Laing, Freddie Potts.
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