Confirmed West Ham team to play Freiburg; 3 changes as David Moyes goes strong

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The confirmed West Ham team to play Freiburg for a place in the last 16 has been named with three changes as David Moyes goes strong.

The official starting line-up is in for West Ham’s crunch Europa League Group A decider against Freiburg.

Old school David Moyes did not want to give too much away regarding West Ham team news in his pre-match press conference ahead of the visit of the Germans.

And that’s understandable given what’s at stake for the Hammers at the London Stadium.

Moyes names his boys to get the job done

A draw will be enough to ensure West Ham finish top of the group and advance straight to the last 16 of European football for the third consecutive season.

Despite a vastly superior goal difference, Freiburg can only finish above West Ham with a win due to West Ham’s superior head-to-head record following the 2-1 victory in the reverse fixture.

There was a huge boost as three big West Ham doubts were pictured training ahead of Freiburg.

So who are the Hammers men the boss has chosen to get the job done?

Confirmed West Ham team to play Freiburg; 3 changes as David Moyes goes strong

Fabianski, Emerson, Aguerd, Mavropanos, Coufal, Soucek, Ward-Prowse, Alvarez, Paqueta, Kudus, Bowen.

Bar Alphonse Areola, who is the Premier League goalkeeper, that is West Ham’s strongest side.

So there’s no messing about from Moyes.

There had been speculation Emerson might miss the game due to illness. So it is fantastic to see the Hammer of the Year contender in the side.

Fans will be keen to see a vastly improved performance after the ridiculous 5-0 drubbing at Fulham.

Many feel that defeat had been coming for some time. Freiburg are just as freescoring as the Cottagers of late. So West Ham will have to be at something like their best to get the victory.

Should West Ham lose, they will finish second and enter into a two-legged play-off round against one of the eight teams who finish third and drop out of the Champions League.

Those matches would be played on February 15th and 22nd 2024.

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