Potter names unchanged team for visit of LOSC Lille

West Ham United v LOSC Lille

Pre-Season Cup, London Stadium, Saturday 9 August 2025, 3pm BST

Head Coach Graham Potter has named an unchanged West Ham United team from the Premier League Summer Series win over AFC Bournemouth in Atlanta last weekend for Saturday’s Pre-Season Cup meeting with French club LOSC Lille at London Stadium.

With just a week to go until the Hammers kick-off the 2025/26 Premier League campaign at newly promoted Sunderland, Potter has potentially given a strong indication of the starting XI he will pick at the Stadium of Light.

France international Alphonse Areola starts in goal, having kept a clean sheet against Bournemouth at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

In front of him, Potter names the same back five as he did against the Cherries.

Hammer of the Year Aaron Wan-Bissaka and summer arrival El Hadji Malick Diouf, the Senegal international signed from Slavia Prague, will fill the wing-back positions.

The trio of Jean-Clair Todibo, Maximilian Kilman and Nayef Aguerd will play in the centre of defence, from right to left. Last season’s ever-present Kilman and Morocco international Aguerd will be wearing their new squad numbers, No3 and No5 respectively.

Academy of Football graduate Freddie Potts starts for the third pre-season match in a row, having caught the eye anchoring the midfield as a substitute against Manchester United, then from kick-off against Everton and Bournemouth.

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