West Ham v Man Utd preview
Team news for Tuesday night's Carling Cup quarter-final between West Ham and Manchester United at Upton Park.
Sir Alex Ferguson is expected to make massive changes for the game against the Hammers.
Javier Hernandez, Chris Smalling and Wes Brown are amongst those who will hope to be involved, while a new goalkeeper is also expected as Edwin van der Sar stands down in favour of either Tomasz Kuszczak or Ben Amos.
Winners of the tournament for the past two seasons, United will expect a tough test against a Hammers side who recorded three successive wins over Sir Alex Ferguson's team prior to their present run of six victories on the trot.
Man United (from): Kuszczak, Amos, Rafael, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Smalling, Evra, Fabio, Morrison, Eikrem, Nani, Park, Carrick, Fletcher, Scholes, Anderson, Obertan, Giggs, Rooney, Hernandez, Macheda, Bebe.
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