Divin Mubama leads West Ham into tonight’s FA Youth Cup final with Arsenal.
The teenager bagged a hat-trick to send the Hammers through to tonight’s showpiece for the first time this century.
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Mubama scored his first senior goal last month in the Europa Conference League, and has impressed David Moyes with his displays.
“Every time Divin has come on, I tell you what he does, he runs and he does the work and he doesn’t think twice about his effort or anything he does,” Moyes said.
“Because of that, we’re growing to him all of the time. He’s done really well and I’m pleased.”
Gideon Kodua and Callum Marshall line up alongside Mubama in the front line, while U21 regulars Kaelan Casey and Regan Clayton also in the side once again.
For Arsenal, Amario Cozier-Duberry shone in the semi-final win over Manchester City and Jack Wilshere will be hoping he can once again rise to the occasion against West Ham at the Emirates.
“Amario is very exciting and Mikel [Arteta] likes him,” the Arsenal U18s boss told The Athletic.
“He reminds me of Bukayo Saka, plays in the same position as him, needs to get better with his decision-making like Bukayo did, but he’s definitely exciting. In some moments he’s unplayable.”
Omari Benjamin leads the line, with Michal Rosiak, who scored a brilliant free-kick against City, at right-back and Noah Cooper getting the nod over Alexei Rojas in goal.
Arsenal XI: Cooper, Rosiak, Robinson, Walters, Sousa, Ibrahim, Lewis-Skelly, Gower, Cozier-Duberry, Benjamin, Nwaneri
Subs: Rojas, Nichols, Kacurri, Brown, Oulad M’Hand, Ferdinand, Kamara
West Ham XI: Terry, Battrum, Scarles, Casey, Clayton, Orford, Earthy, Kelly, Marshall, Kodua, Mubama
Subs: Tarima, Herrick, Rigge, Fawunmi, Briggs, Mukasa, Jones
