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Jonty Colman

Full West Ham squad available for FA Cup tie against Man United with three confirmed absent

West Ham United manager David Moyes will be without at least three first-team players for Wednesday night’s FA Cup fifth round clash with Manchester United.

The Hammers head into their meeting at Old Trafford off the back of their biggest win of the season on Saturday, scoring four goals in the final 20 minutes to earn a 4-0 win over Nottingham Forest, moving themselves up to 16th and two points clear of the bottom three.

Going into the game against Erik ten Hag’s side, who won the Carabao Cup final on Sunday, Moyes will be without at least three players for the tie.

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Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski is set for a spell on the sidelines after suffering a fractured cheekbone and eye-socket injury during Saturday’s win over Forest.

Right-back Vladimir Coufal was also forced off at half-time of that victory with a heel injury and is set to miss the trip to Old Trafford.

Striker Danny Ings, who scored the first two goals in the win over Forest on his full debut for the club, will not be involved against Ten Hag’s side. He is cup-tied, having played for former club Aston Villa in this season’s competition already against Stevenage.

Moyes will have late calls to make over winger Maxwel Cornet and centre-back Kurt Zouma, who both missed the win over Forest with respective calf and thigh issues, although both were pictured in training on Tuesday.

Cornet has missed exactly five months of matches and the last 23 games with a calf issue suffered on his Premier League debut. Meanwhile, Zouma has missed the last five games with a thigh injury sustained in the January win over Everton, his first game back after undergoing knee surgery in November.

Winger Armstrong Okoflex, who played in the Europa Conference League win away at Danish side Viborg in August, was pictured in training on Tuesday, despite playing 45 minutes for the under-21s on Monday night and could be involved. With numbers light in goal due to Fabianski’s injury, academy stopper Krisztian Hegyi, who has made a number of first-team benches this season, may be included in the travelling party.

Here is a look at who could feature for the Hammers against the Red Devils.

Full West Ham United squad available to face Manchester United

Goalkeepers : Alphonse Areola, Joseph Anang.

Defenders : Ben Johnson, Angelo Ogbonna, Thilo Kehrer, Nayef Aguerd, Kurt Zouma (doubt), Aaron Cresswell, Emerson.

Midfielders/wingers : Declan Rice, Tomas Soucek, Flynn Downes, Lucas Paqueta, Jarrod Bowen, Manuel Lanzini, Pablo Fornals, Said Benrahma, Maxwel Cornet (doubt).

Forwards : Michail Antonio, Gianluca Scamacca.

Potential academy players : Krizstian Hegyi, Armstrong Okoflex.

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