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On the back of an incredibly busy December and a very busy January, Hammers manager Manuel Pellegrini will be forced to 'shuffle his pack' ahead of this Saturday's early FA Cup tie against Championship high flyers Birmingham City at the London Stadium. The need to rest his squad will have to be delicately balanced between the need to progress in what realistically is the only trophy available to the club, a good FA Cup run can revitalise a club and it's fanbase.

West Ham: Fabianski, Zabaleta, Ogbonna, Diop, Cresswell, Snodgrass, Obiang, Rice, Anderson, Carroll, Arnautovic Subs: Adrian, Noble, Nasri, Masuaku, Perez, Antonio, Diangana
Brighton: Button, Duffy, Dunk, Montoya, Bernardo, Stephens, Gross, March, Propper, Murray, Locadia Subs: Steele, Bong, Kayal, Bissouma, Andone, Knockaert, Balogun

Fresh from topping the Premier League list for the most expensive 'mascot experience', Hammers are earning another unenviable top of the pile listing, namely as the team with the most injuries to their first team squad. Although Pablo Zabaleta and Robert Snodgrass stand a decent chance of making the match day squad, the rest of the players on the list have a ways to go before even being considered for inclusion in to the first team, Fabian Balbuena, Javier Hernandez, Jack Wilshere, Ryan Fredericks, Andrily Yarmolenko, Carlos Sanchez, Winston Reid and Manuel Lanzini.