West Ham boss David Moyes says Angelo Ogbonna's injury recovery is on track.
The defender has been working his way back from knee surgery last season and Moyes is happy using the Europa Conference League in the process.
Moyes said, "If you think of it, when we lost Angelo last season we were in the top three in the league and we probably had our best form in that period. It was probably when we lost Angelo that it started to dip a bit. He gave us a balance at the time.
"It's a big injury to come back from for any player, but for a 33-year-old it's even tougher. He's doing really well and he's on course.
"I think he's still probably got a bit more to go and these sorts of games have helped in terms of getting back into it. We're trying to get him ready to help us in all of our games."