Pardew sticks with play-off team

West Ham manager Alan Pardew kept faith with the starting line-up which lost the Nationwide Division One play-off semi-final first leg 1-0 at Ipswich last weekend.

But defender Rufus Brevett was named among the substitutes after proving his fitness in the reserves following a nine-month lay-off with a serious foot injury.

Anton Ferdinand was the unlucky defender to drop out of the squad, while Don Hutchison failed to recover from a calf injury.

Ipswich manager Joe Royle was forced into one change because defender John McGreal failed to recover from a calf injury he suffered in the first leg.

Finnish international forward Shefki Kuqi earned a recall to the starting line-up, with Richard Naylor expected to fill in at the back for McGreal.

West Ham: Bywater, Repka, Melville, Dailly, Mullins, Harewood, Carrick, Lomas, Etherington, Connolly, Zamora.

Subs: Srnicek, Brevett, Reo-Coker, McAnuff, Deane.

Ipswich: Davis, Wilnis, Elliott, Naylor, Richards, Wright, Magilton, Miller, Westlake, Darren Bent, Kuqi.

Subs: Price, Diallo, Armstrong, Santos, Reuser.

Referee: N Barry (N Lincolnshire)