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Recently-signed duo Nicky Maynard and Ricardo Vaz Te will start up front for West Ham United this evening.
As a result, Carlton Cole has dropped down to the bench for the trip to Blackpool.
Matt Phillips has recovered from a hamstring injury to start for Blackpool, while loanee John Fleck will play in an attacking midfield role.
Blackpool: Gilks; Baptiste, Evatt, Cathcart, Crainey; Basham, Sylvestre, Ferguson; LuaLua, Fleck, M. Phillips
West Ham: Green; O'Brien, McCartney, Reid, Faye; Tomkins, Noble, Collison, Faubert; Vaz Te, Maynard
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Blackpool
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West Ham United
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