West Ham vs Man City team news: Jose Fonte makes debut; Robert Snodgrass on bench; Claudio Bravo dropped

Tom Doyle1 February 2017

Jose Fonte has been handed his West Ham debut against Manchester City, with fellow January signing Robert Snoidgrass making the bench for tonight's London Stadium clash.

Slaven Bilic starts Fonte in defence with Angelo Ogbonna ruled out for the rest of the season, while Pep Guardiola has decided to drop Claudio Bravo following his poor form.

Willy Caballero takes the former Barcelona No.1's starting role, while Gabriel Jesus leads the line for City with Sergio Aguero on the bench.

TEAM NEWS

West Ham starting XI: Randolph; Byram, Reid, Fonte, Cresswell; Noble, Obiang; Feghouli, Lanzini, Antonio; Carroll
Substitutes: Adrian, Collins, Fernandes, Quina, Snodgrass, Fletcher, Calleri

Man City starting XI: Caballero, Sagna, Stones, Otamendi, Kolarov, Toure, Sane, De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling, Gabriel Jesus
Substitutes: Bravo, Kompany, Delph, Aguero, Zabaleta, Navas, Fernandinho

WHAT THEY SAID

Slaven Bilic: "The West Ham fans are angry with him now. But I think after some time, when they think about Payet, they will not think about what happened at the end.

"They will think about a great year, the great games and everything that happened the year before."

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