West Ham vs Leeds: Premier League – LIVE!
West Ham play their closing house sport of the Premier League season in opposition to relegation-threatened Leeds at present. While David Moyes can be eager to complete their marketing campaign on the London Stadium on a excessive, little will be capable to match the euphoria of Thursday night time.
Horrific scenes might have marred the tip of their Europa Conference League win over AZ Alkmaar however the truth stays that the Hammers are in a European closing. They stand getting ready to historical past and Moyes might properly write himself into the membership’s folklore ought to they overcome Fiorentina in Prague subsequent month. As such, a rotated starting line-up is expected to be named for this game.
Leeds, with former Irons boss Sam Allardyce within the dugout, are preventing for his or her lives close to the underside of the desk. Follow West Ham vs Leeds LIVE with Standard Sport’s match weblog, with Malik Ouzia offering knowledgeable evaluation from the bottom!
Live updates
Your Leeds staff at present
Leeds XI: Robles; Ayling, Kristensen, Struijk, Wober; McKennie, Koch, Forshaw; Rodrigo, Bamford, Harrison.
Subs: Meslier, Cooper, Roca, Mullen, Greenwood, Summerville, Aaronson, Rutter, Gnonto.
How West Ham line up
West Ham XI: Fabianski; Coufal, Ogbonna, Zouma, Emerson; Rice, Soucek; Bowen, Paqueta, Fornals; Ings.
Subs: Areola, Mubama, Cornet, Antonio, Benrahma, Cresswell, Johnson, Kehrer, Lanzini.
Leeds are in the home
Behind the scenes footage right here of the guests arriving to London Stadium.
Team news is up subsequent!
Our man in east London
West Ham reporter Malik Ouzia is on the scene for at present’s sport, he’ll be firing in knowledgeable evaluation all through the 90 minutes with participant rankings and response to come back. Marc Mayo is on the play-by-play calls right here on the weblog.
David Moyes urges West Ham to unleash the handbrake
With relegation bother behind them and a spot within the Europa Conference League closing booked, David Moyes needs West Ham to play with freedom at present.
“This is a great opportunity when you have reached the final and hopefully the atmosphere inside the stadium on Sunday will give us a real chance to play without as much pressure as we have been under for a long time,” he stated.
“And maybe give the players the opportunity to show the levels they can reach.
“We have not been in this position all season and let’s show supporters in the last home game of the season what we can do.”
Sam Allardyce’s staff news replace
During the week, the Leeds boss confirmed Marc Roca’s absence for this sport.
“There’s only [Stuart] Dallas, [Tyler] Adams, [Luis] Sinisterra,” he stated.
“[Liam] Cooper is back in training and Roca has a tendon injury.
“We’ve been talking about who to play or perhaps changing the system. We have to pick a system to suit the team that’s available.”
West Ham vs Leeds: Match odds
West Ham: 17/10
Draw: 12/5
Leeds: 8/5
Odds by way of Betway and topic to vary.
Throwback: Leeds down Hammers in ‘97 with help from some lad called Haaland
Head-to-head record
Since the Whites’ return to the Premier League, their 5 conferences with West Ham have produced 17 targets – with the Hammers profitable three and dropping just one.
West Ham wins: 31
Draws: 30
Leeds wins: 49
West Ham vs Leeds: Countdown to kick-off
We’re anticipating staff news in round 40 minutes’ time forward of kick-off at 1.30pm BST in sunny east London.