JAMES SHARPE AT THE LONDON STADIUM: West Ham fans will have to wait to see their first glimpse of Evan Ferguson on the pitch following his loan move from Brighton.
He’s only just returning from an ankle injury and is deemed not fit enough to start and has to take his place on the bench.
Instead it’s EastEnders star Jarrod Bowen up top in what looks like a 4-4-1-1 with Mo Kudus in behind.
James Ward-Prowse, back from his loan at Forest, is also on the bench.
West Ham XI: Areola, Emerson, Kilman, Mavropanos, Wan-Bissaka, Soler, Alvarez, Soucek, Paqueta, Kudus, Bowen
Subs: Fabianski, Cresswell, Ward-Prowse, Guilherme, Rodriguez, Todibo, Ferguson, Irving, Scarles
Brentford XI: Flekken, Van den Berg, Collins, Ajer, Lewis-Potter, Damsgaard, Norgaard, Schade, Janelt, Wissa, Mbeumo
Subs: Valdimarsson, Pinnock, Jensen, Carvalho, Mee, Yarmoliuk, Konak, Maghoma, Kayode
