Angelo Ogbonna wears the captain’s armband for Saturday’s pre-season friendly at Bayer Leverkusen.
The experienced Italy defender leads the team into their final test of the summer ahead of next weekend’s big kick-off, with West Ham looking for a fourth victory of pre-season.
Ogbonna forms part of a back four alongside Germany international Thilo Kehrer, Kurt Zouma and left-back Emerson.
In front of him, Tomáš Souček, Flynn Downes and Paquetá fill the midfield positions, as the Brazilian builds his match minutes after making his pre-season return at Rennes a week ago.
Jarrod Bowen and Saïd Benrahma start in the wide forward positions, supporting Academy star Divin Mubama, who has already made an impact this summer with goals against Perth Glory, Tottenham Hotspur and Dagenham & Redbridge.
On the bench, Michail Antonio and Ben Johnson appear in a matchday squad for the first time since representing Jamaica and England U21 respectively deep into the summer.
They are joined by plenty of experienced options for boss David Moyes, with the likes of Alphonse Areola, Vladimïr Coufal, Nayef Aguerd, Pablo Fornals and Danny Ings all available.
West Ham United: Fabiański, Kehrer, Zouma, Ogbonna ©, Emerson, Souček, Downes, Paquetá, Benrahma, Bowen, Mubama
Subs: Areola (GK), Anang (GK), Johnson, Coufal, Aguerd, Coventry, Fornals, Cornet, Antonio, Ings
Bayer Leverkusen: Hrádecký ©, Frimpong, Tapsoda, Tah, Arthur, Palacios, Xhaka, Hofmann, Wirtz, Adli, Boniface
Subs not used: Lomb (GK), Pentz (GK), Kossounou, Mbamba, Fosu-Mensah, Monamay, Munz, Andrich, Puerta, Amiri, Aourir, Hložek
