Final team news has been delivered for Leeds United’s final game of the Premier League season at West Ham - for which fresh blows have left six players out and three more doubtful but with a pair now expected back.
The Hammers and Whites are in very different situations going into Sunday’s final game of the season at the London Stadium which third-bottom West Ham quite simply must win to stand any chance of avoiding relegation.
Even then, because of the team’s inferior goal difference, the Irons would still be relegated if fourth-bottom Tottenham avoid defeat at home to Everton.
A West Ham win though coupled with an Everton win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium would seal a dramatic final day great escape.
Leeds, meanwhile, have been safe from the drop for two weeks, ever since Arsenal’s 1-0 win at West Ham which secured United’s Premier League survival with three games to play.
But boss Daniel Farke has regularly stated the importance in finishing the season as strongly as possible, his team now unbeaten in eight league games following last weekend’s last gasp 1-0 win at home to highflying Brighton.
Farke also had key men missing for the visit of the Seagulls and it will be the same again on Sunday although a Whites now are now seemingly expected back.
West Ham also have absentees or doubts and here we run through the final injury news from both camps following the updates at Friday’s pre-match press conference.
1. OUT: Noah Okafor
Whites winger Okafor has missed his side's last two games with a calf injury and boss Daniel Farke confirmed at Friday's pre-match press conference that Okafor remained out. | Getty Images
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2. OUT: Gabi Gudmundsson
Another Whites star confirmed as still being out at Friday's pre-match press conference, Gudmundsson sidelined since suffering a hamstring injury in the closing stages of the FA Cup semi-final defeat to Chelsea but named in Sweden's World Cup squad. | Getty Images
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3. OUT: Anton Stach
A big fresh blow but thankfully not a serious injury although Stach has ultimately not been named in Germany's World Cup squad. The Whites midfielder suffered a blow to his ankle in last weekend's 1-0 win at home to Brighton and was eventually stretchered off after initially attempting to continue. Farke confirmed on Friday that Stach was now out but revealed that the midfielder would have been available if the game was next week. Farke said: "Bad news that Anton is not available but it's not a major injury. If the game was next Wednesday he would be available." | Getty Images
4. OUT: Sean Longstaff
A fresh Leeds blow and another Whites player definitely out, boss Daniel Farke revealing at Friday's pre-match press conference that midfielder Longstaff had hernia surgery this week and is out. | Getty Images
5. OUT: Ilia Gruev
The Bulgarian international midfielder was the one Leeds player known as being definitely out even before Friday's pre-match press conference, Gruev suffering a meniscus knee injury in training which has ended his season. | Getty Images
6. OUT: Lukasz Fabianski
Veteran West Ham keeper Fabianski has not played for the first team all season due to a back injury and indeed his only outing of any kind came in an FEL Trophy clash for the under-21s against MK Dons back in September. | Getty Images