West Ham host Leeds on Sunday in a very tasty FA Cup quarterfinal between two teams scrapping to stay in the Premier League.
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For live updates and highlights throughout West Ham vs Leeds, check out PST’s live blog coverage below.
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How to watch West Ham vs Leeds live, stream link and start time
Kick off time: 11:30am ET Sunday (April 5)
Venue: London Stadium — East London
TV Channel/Streaming: ESPN 2, ESPN+
West Ham vs Leeds live updates, score: 0-0
Early chance for Leeds
Noah Okafor looks for the lower corner in the second minute, and it takes a good save from Alphonse Areola to keep a zero on the board.
West Ham lineup
Areola, Walker-Peters, Kilman, Disasi, Diouf, Potts, Magassa, Fernandes, Bowen, Traore, Castellanos
Leeds lineup
Perri, Bogle, Justin, Struijk, Rodon, Bijol, Ampadu, Stach, Tanaka, Okafor, Nmecha
West Ham vs Leeds preview — by Joe Prince-Wright
West Ham host Leeds on Sunday in a very tasty FA Cup quarterfinal between two teams scrapping to stay in the Premier League. But that relegation scrap will take a backseat for at least one weekend as a place in the FA Cup semifinal is on the line.
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Nuno Espirito Santo has done a really good job since taking over at West Ham but they are still in the relegation zone with seven games of the season to go and are one point from safety. The FA Cup has been a nice distraction for the Hammers and they last reached the semifinals when they were runners up back in 2006.
Leeds sit just four points above West Ham in the table as Daniel Farke’s side have become more solid but have struggled to secure wins in recent weeks as their excellent form around the festive season has dipped a little. Leeds haven’t reached the FA Cup semifinals since 1987, which is an extremely long time for a club of their size.
West Ham team news, focus
Jean-Clair Todibo and Crysensio Summerville both have late fitness tests and are key to West Ham. Especially the latter, with the Dutch winger crucial to their threat on the counter attack. Mateus Fernandes has been excellent in midfield and Jarrod Bowen remains West Ham’s talisman and sets the tone for their press and how they pounce and break quickly. A 3-4-3 formation seems to suit this West Ham squad extremely well.
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Leeds team news, focus
Dominic Calvert-Lewin is a doubt with a hamstring problem, which is a big blow for Leeds, and fellow forward Noah Okfaor is definitely out. Anton Stach should be fit and Gabriel Gudmundsson (fresh from playing a big role in Sweden’s World Cup qualification via the playoffs) is available after suspension. All of that means that Lukas Nmecha is likely to start up front with USMNT playmaker Brenden Aaronson supporting him in a 3-5-1-1 formation
West Ham vs Leeds prediction
This is going to be tight and tense and is very likely to go to extra time and penalty kicks. Leeds will edge it. West Ham 1-2 Leeds.
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