West Ham will tonight be without their entire first-choice forward line as they head to Bristol City for their FA Cup third round replay.
The Hammers were held to a 1-1 draw by the Championship side in the initial tie earlier this month on what turned into a costly afternoon for David Moyes as both Jarrod Bowen and Lucas Paqueta limped off injured.
Michail Antonio is already sidelined with a knee problem, while Mohammed Kudus is away at the Africa Cup of Nations.
"The game tomorrow, Lucas Paqueta is not available and the same for Jarrod Bowen," assistant boss Billy McKinlay said on Monday morning. "They got injuries in the last game and we'll determine their availability for future games after tomorrow.
"We're short a couple of players so we'll have to make some changes."
Centre-back Konstantinos Mavropanos was forced off with a rib problem in the same game but he is expected to be fit, while youngster Callum Marshall could be involved in Moyes’s first-team squad.
West Ham predicted XI: Fabianski; Coufal, Mavropanos, Ogbonna, Emerson; Ward-Prowse, Alvarez, Soucek; Fornals, Ings, Benrahma
Doubts: Mavropanos, Coufal
Injuries: Bowen, Antonio, Paqueta
Unavailable: Kudus, Aguerd (both AFCON)
Time and date: 7.45pm on Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Venue: Ashton Gate
TV channel: BBC One
