Jason Knight only joined in the summer from Derby County, but has established himself as a vital cog in the Bristol City attack.

Playing as a #10 just in behind Tommy Conway he has found the freedom to shoot and create, but it is his shooting that is of most interest here. He has almost double the number of shots of any other Bristol City player, albeit from many more minutes than his competition.

Indeed, Anis Mehmeti and Tommy Conway slightly shade Knight for shots per 90, but the Irish international is a bigger price than either of them in the market because of that, so it is worth sticking to Knight to add into a bet builder.

From a West Ham perspective, it depends on who Moyes decides to send into battle for him. There will be no Lucas Paqueta after his injury in the original tie turned out to be quite serious, and Mohammed Kudus is at the African Cup of Nations.

This leaves Danny Ings likely to be called upon to fill a central role. The experienced forward certainly knows where the goal is, but it is difficult to include him in bets when we can’t be sure of his selection or form.

Said Benrahma is West Ham’s highest shot per 90 merchant, but the bookmakers are fully aware of that and he is priced accordingly.

The value could lie with Pablo Fornals. The Spaniard is likely to line up as a wide forward but we know that he prefers to drift infield, and actually in limited minutes this season he has a 1.94 shots per 90 rate, which is useful for his price. The issue is that he is often replaced, but West Ham’s lack of depth in forward areas at the moment could ensure that Fornals gets longer than he usually might to fire those shots off.

Bristol City aren’t a strong corners side at home in general. They just about average more than their opponents at Ashton Gate, but it isn’t a significant margin.

However, West Ham, in the Premier League, concede almost double the number of corners that they manage away from home, and that concession total is the second highest in the Premier League.

West Ham probably back themselves to defend those situations for the most part with their strong average height and very strong individual defenders in the air.

However, the fact that Bristol City are the underdog for corners here may slightly underestimate the home team.

Bristol City have the second least number of cautions in the Championship, at only around 1.5 received per game. West Ham are also in the bottom half of the Premier League for yellow cards, and they were near the bottom of that particular tree last season as well.

From an individual perspective, Bristol City’s two highest-booked players actually would be the selections here. Cameron Pring will be up against it as whoever lines up against him, be it Fornals, or Benrahma, or even Jarrod Bowen, he will have a tough match, especially as a naturally attacking player. He has the highest foul total for City as well as the most cards.

Joe Williams is the other Robins selection. He has played fewer minutes than Pring, but his foul-per-minute ratio is actually slightly stronger. He has a history of yellow cards and is now up to five for the season in 15 90’s.

Tomas Soucek is probably the best bet on the West Ham side. He has only 2 bookings for 22 fouls, his teammate Vladimir Coufal is on exactly the same number of fouls at Coufal yet only has two yellows to his name.