West Ham United vs Fulham - prediction, team news, lineups

West Ham United volition invited acquainted opponents Fulham to the London Stadium connected Tuesday, for a showdown successful the 3rd circular of the EFL Cup.

The Irons are looking for a 5th consecutive triumph successful midweek, portion the Cottagers are hoping to physique connected their gully past clip out.

Match preview

Nuno Espirito Santo's West Ham whitethorn person been relegated from the Premier League past season, but they travel into this clash successful fantabulous form, and volition beryllium assured up against their superior rivals.

The Irons thrashed Wrexham 6-0 connected Friday, a 4th triumph successful a enactment that has the nine sat astatine the apical of the Championship table, bolstering fans' expectations of an contiguous bounce backmost to the apical flight.

Nuno's broadside volition beryllium optimistic astir translating that league occurrence into the EFL Cup, particularly considering they person scored an awesome 16 goals crossed their past 4 outings.

In the cup's 2nd round, West Ham thoroughly bushed Southampton 4-1 astatine St Mary's connected August 25, courtesy of a brace from 19-year-old Joshua Ajala, arsenic good arsenic precocious sealers from Taty Castellanos and talisman Jarrod Bowen.

Led by the latter, Tuesday's hosts volition beryllium excited by the imaginable of facing Premier League absorption erstwhile again, buoyed by the information they are undefeated since their past EFL Cup clash and person been connected the losing broadside conscionable erstwhile truthful acold successful 2026-27.

Meanwhile, Alvaro Arbeloa has endured a hard commencement to beingness arsenic Fulham manager, collecting conscionable a azygous constituent successful the Premier League to date.

However, that constituent was earned successful their astir caller outing, and the Spanish boss' lone erstwhile triumph this word has came successful this competition's 2nd round.

Arbeloa's broadside held Liverpool to a 0-0 draw astatine Anfield connected Saturday, and could person walked distant with a commendable triumph had Reds centre-back Jeremy Jacquet not made a important goal-line clearance.

Despite failing to score, that show volition springiness the squad immoderate hope, a feeling boosted by their comfortable 3-0 triumph implicit AFC Wimbledon past clip retired successful the EFL Cup.

That being said, Fulham's goalless gully connected Merseyside means the visitors person failed to find the backmost of the nett connected the roadworthy this season, a information that volition measurement connected the minds of those travelling to the London Stadium successful midweek.

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Team News

West Ham volition beryllium without right-back Joel Veltman, who is dealing with a musculus injury, though Kyle Walker-Peters should beryllium connected manus to commencement alongside Airidas Golambeckis and Max Kilman astatine the bosom of Nuno's defence.

Elsewhere, midfielder Tomas Soucek is sidelined erstwhile again arsenic helium recovers from an ankle injury, truthful expect to spot Lewis Orford and Mohamadou Kante run successful the centre of the park, conscionable arsenic they did against Southampton successful the erstwhile round.

As for Fulham, Tom Cairney is acceptable to beryllium retired until adjacent period aft undergoing genu surgery, and Arbeloa is apt to commencement Shea Charles and Harrison Reed successful his treble pivot, with Emile Smith Rowe successful the fig 10 role.

Backup goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte made the XI against Wimbledon, and could beryllium trusted betwixt the sticks erstwhile again, protected by centre-backs Joachim Andersen and Jorge Cuenca.

At the other extremity of the pitch, Rodrigo Muniz whitethorn pb the enactment connected Tuesday, supported from retired wide by Kevin and Oscar Bobb.

West Ham United imaginable starting lineup:

Herrick; Walker-Peters, Golambeckis, Kilman, Mayers; Bowen, Orford, Kante, Ajala; Mukasa; Piroe

Fulham imaginable starting lineup:

Lecomte; Tete, Andersen, Cuenca, Sessegnon; Charles, Reed; Bobb, Smith Rowe, Kevin; Muniz

We say: West Ham United 2-1 Fulham

West Ham person been successful awesome signifier this season, and their caller goalscoring grounds suggests they could find immoderate joyousness going forward, contempt their lower-division status.

Fulham person struggled truthful acold successful 2026-27, and a tricky distant crippled against the Irons could spot them eliminated successful a choky clash.

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