West Ham manager David Moyes has sprung some selection surprises for tonight's Carabao Cup quarter-final clash away at Liverpool.
Moyes has made Alphonse Areola his No1 in the Premier League this season, with Lukasz Fabianski instead starting the majority of cup matches.
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However, Areola’s wrist injury earlier this month opened the door for Fabianski, who has started the last four matches in all competitions, keeping clean sheets in each of the last two.
Moyes uses the trip to Liverpool to ease Areola - who was on the bench for Sunday’s win over Wolves - back into action.
Elsewhere, the Hammers have brought Angelo Ogbonna and Ben Johnson into the defence in a surprise double change, with Pablo Fornals and Said Benrahma also starting ahead of James Ward-Prowse and Lucas Paqueta further forward.
The likes of Kurt Zouma and Emerson are also only on the bench.
West Ham XI: Areola; Coufal, Ogbonna, Mavropanos, Johnson; Alvarez, Soucek, Fornals; Kudus, Bowen, Benrahma
Subs: Fabianski, Cresswell, Zouma, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta, Ings, Kehrer, Emerson, Mubama
Injuries: Antonio
Time and date: 8pm GMT on Wednesday 20 December, 2023
TV channel and live stream: Sky Sports
Venue: Anfield
