Moyes will make changes to his side for Wednesday’s clash (Picture: Getty)
West Ham United will be without Łukasz Fabiański and Vladimír Coufal for their FA Cup showdown with Manchester United on Wednesday.
United head into their fifth round clash having picked up their first trophy in six years after a 2-0 win over Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday.
The Hammers also come into the tie on a high, however, having thrashed Nottingham Forest 4-0 to east their relegation fears.
David Moyes was forced to replace goalkeeper Fabianski after he was caught with an elbow by Felipe with Alphonse Areola coming onto replace him.
The Frenchman is set to keep his place in the side for the visit to Old Trafford with right-back Coufal also an absentee.
‘We’ve got a squad available and ready to go, but we’ve got a few injuries,’ Moyes told a press conference on Tuesday.
‘Łukasz Fabiański has got a fractured cheekbone and eye socket. We’ve not got everything decided in terms of whether it will be operated on, or if we allow it to heal itself, but that’s the update on Łukasz.
Fabianski was replaced by Areola in the win over Forest (Picture: Getty)
‘Vladimír Coufal has got a heel injury which will keep him out. I think that’s really the two injuries we had from the weekend and, apart from that, the squad is just about what it was.
‘We’re actually waiting on a couple of boys who have got knocks as well. It’s a very quick turnaround. If you look at our fixtures, it’s difficult when you have to go to Old Trafford at 8pm on a Wednesday and then we’re away to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday. This one getting fitted in makes it a little more awkward.’
Danny Ings scored twice on Saturday against Forst but the striker is cup-tied on Wednesday with Gianluca Scamacca still unavailable.
‘Danny Ings is cup-tied, obviously. It was great that Danny scored two goals on Saturday but Michail has got a lot of our goals this season, so it would be no surprise if he was involved.
‘We were short up front with the injury to Gianluca Scamacca so we brought Danny in to give us extra cover. To be fair, our goalscoring this season has been letting us down, so we wanted to get someone in who could get us goals and add to what we had.
‘It’s just the start for Danny. He got a couple of goals on his first full start which is great for us, and great for him too, so we’re hoping to really build on it and he can keep the goals coming.
‘But, for the team, it was great that Michail Antonio and Declan Rice also got goals. We hope everyone else will start chipping in with more goals.’
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The two sides meet at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
