West Ham XI vs Gent: Starting lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest for Conference League
Michail Antonio leads the line for West Ham in tonight’s Europa Conference League quarter-final against Gent.
David Moyes was largely free of injury concern heading into the game.
Italian striker Gianluca Scamacca is the only injury absentee after undergoing season-ending surgery on a knee issue on Saturday, while centre-back Angelo Ogbonna is suspended after his first-leg yellow card in Belgium last week.
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That game ended in a 1-1 draw, with Hugo Cuypers cancelling out Danny Ings’ opener, and there is all to play for at the London Stadium this evening, with a semi-final tie against either AZ Alkmaar or Anderlecht lying in wait.
Nayef Aguerd missed Sunday’s superb fightback to earn a 2-2 draw against Arsenal having picked up a minor heel problem against Gent but the Moroccan is back in training comes straight back into the lineup.
“We expect Nayef to be okay,” West Ham manager David Moyes said on Wednesday. “He had a foot injury which he got in the game against Gent over there and didn’t recover in time for Sunday, but he’s back training and we should have him available.”
Starting West Ham XI to face Gent (4-3-3): Areola; Coufal, Zouma, Aguerd, Emerson; Soucek, Rice, Paqueta; Bowen, Antonio, Benrahma.