West Ham United have handed 16-year-old Reece Oxford his first Premier League start for their trip to the Emirates to take on Arsenal in their opening fixture of the new season.

The teenager is included in Slaven Bilic's starting lineup for the manager's first league match in charge of the club, while summer signing Dimitri Payet also features.

For the home side, new goalkeeper Petr Cech makes his league debut for the Gunners after completing the move from Chelsea earlier this summer.

With Jack Wilshere out injured, Aaron Ramsey and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain both feature in midfield, while Olivier Giroud leads the attack.

Arsenal: Cech; Debuchy, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal; Coquelin, Ramsey, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil, Cazorla; Giroud
Subs: Ospina, Gibbs, Chambers, Gabriel, Arteta, Walcott, Sanchez

West Ham United: Adrian; Tomkins, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell; Oxford, Noble, Kouyate, Payet; Zarate, Sakho
Subs: Randolph, Collins, Poyet, Nolan, Jarvis, Lanzini, Maiga

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