Slaven Bilic has said he will name his strongest side when West Ham face Astra Giurgiu in Thursday's Europa League play-off second leg at the London Stadium.

The tie is evenly poised at 1-1 ahead of Friday's group stage draw after Mark Noble's penalty was cancelled out by a late equaliser from Denis Alibec in last week's first leg.

"We are going to wait and see who will play tomorrow," Bilic said at a press conference on Wednesday. "We will put out the strongest possible side as we want to qualify. We got a good result in the first leg.

"If we want to qualify, we have to beat Astra at home and we should be confident. I expect us to win."

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Bilic is expected to continue resting Dimitri Payet against the Romanian champions.

The France midfielder is almost match-fit but is unlikely to be risked, although Bilic said either he or Manuel Lanzini (knee) may be on the bench with the tie firmly in the balance.

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Andy Carroll and Aaron Cresswell (both knee) are both missing for the hosts.

Andre Ayew (thigh)  does not need surgery on the thigh injury he sustained in the opening day defeat at Chelsea but is still absent alongside Diafra Sakho (back) and Sofiane Feghouli (hamstring).

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West Ham have won only one of their last six European games, all Europa League qualifiers (D2 L3).

Although Astra Giurgiu have lost five of their last seven away European games (W1 D1), their two unbeaten games were on British soil, winning 1-0 at Inverness and drawing 2-2 with West Ham in 2015.

The Hammers have won three of their last four Europa League home qualifiers (D1), although those games were all played at Upton Park.

Astra Giurgiu have only qualified for the Europa League once before, in 2014/15. They were eliminated in the group stage.

The Hammers' last participation in a European competition proper was in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup, when they were eliminated in the first round by Palermo.

Mark Noble has scored a penalty in two of West Ham's three Europa League qualifiers in 2016/17, including one in the first leg of this tie.

Astra Giurgiu have shipped 26 goals in their last 12 away European games, keeping only one clean sheet (1-0 v Inverness).

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