Gianluca Scamacca celebrates his goal against Viborg

Team News: Scamacca, Cornet and Kehrer start against Viborg

Three of West Ham United’s summer signings start his evening’s UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round second leg at Viborg.

Gianluca Scamacca, who scored the Hammers’ opener in last week’s 3-1 first leg victory, leads the line again, with Maxwel Cornet in support, while fellow new boy Thilo Kehrer starts at the back.

In all, there are four changes to David Moyes’ team from the first leg, as Kehrer, Pablo Fornals, Aaron Cresswell - back from suspension - and Saïd Benrahma come into the starting XI.

Of the players who started a week ago, Jarrod Bowen and Conor Coventry are among the substitutes, while Vladimír Coufal sits out after suffering a concussion against Brighton & Hove Albion last weekend, while Harrison Ashby is absent too.

It means that Alphonse Areola continues in his customary role between the posts on European nights, with a back four of Ben Johnson, Angelo Ogbonna, Kehrer and captain Aaron Cresswell in front of him.

Tomáš Souček and Manuel Lanzini will likely anchor the midfield, with an attacking trio of Benrahma, Cornet and Pablo Fornals providing the firepower alongside Scamacca.

Moyes also has eleven substitutes to choose from, including the likes of Michail Antonio, Jarrod Bowen, Kurt Zouma and Flynn Downes, alongside youngsters Krisztián Hegyi, Armstrong Okoflex, Pierre Ekwah, Kamarai Swyer and Divin Mubama.

 

West Ham United: Areola, Johnson, Ogbonna, Kehrer, Cresswell ©, Fornals, Souček, Benrahma, Lanzini, Cornet, Scamacca
Subs: Randolph (GK), Hegyi (GK), Zouma, Ekwah, Coventry, Downes, Swyer, Bowen, Antonio, Okoflex, Mubama

Viborg FF: Lund, Gaaei, Burgy, Zaletel, Sørensen, Leemans, Grønning ©, Bonde, Lo,nwijk, Grot, Saïd
Subs: Killerich (GK), Lauritsen, Søndergaard, Mortimer, Jatta, Thorsen, Zambůrek, Berger

 

Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT)

 

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