West Ham v Sunderland team news: Xhaka ruled out

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Schade	BRE	7.1m	104.6%	Very Likely
João Pedro	CHE	7.1m	80.7%	Maybe
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.3m	66.5%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	89.7%	Unlikely
Mané	WOL	4.5m	76.4%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	75.7%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	78.3%	Unlikely
Brobbey	SUN	5.5m	69.4%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	49.0%	Unlikely
Collins	BRE	5.0m	70.3%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.4m	47.7%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	71.9%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.3m	65.0%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.2m	54.0%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.3m	66.2%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.4m	61.7%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	61.1%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	52.4%	Unlikely
Semenyo	MCI	7.7m	34.4%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	6.0m	55.4%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.6m	46.6%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	52.0%	Unlikely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.2m	21.8%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.1m	47.0%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	6.9m	29.4%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	46.0%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.3m	35.7%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.3m	33.7%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	42.8%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	42.8%	Unlikely
Tielemans	AVL	5.9m	42.4%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	41.3%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	43.2%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.8m	42.6%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.6m	27.9%	Unlikely
Wissa	NEW	7.3m	40.9%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	40.7%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	37.8%	Unlikely
Wilson	FUL	6.0m	13.1%	Unlikely
Xhaka	SUN	5.2m	42.8%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Alleyne	MCI	4.5m	174.6%	Very Likely
Foden	MCI	8.6m	207.1%	Very Likely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.5m	177.5%	Very Likely
Kamara	AVL	4.9m	137.5%	Very Likely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	125.1%	Very Likely
Gvardiol	MCI	6.0m	124.2%	Very Likely
Hincapie	ARS	5.2m	92.7%	Likely
Rogers	AVL	7.7m	91.6%	Maybe
Rees-Dottin	BOU	4.4m	96.6%	Maybe
Diakité	BOU	4.3m	95.9%	Maybe
G.Rodriguez	WHU	4.8m	93.8%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	94.3%	Unlikely
Richarlison	TOT	6.4m	90.7%	Unlikely
Arthur	BRE	3.9m	92.0%	Unlikely
Ward-Prowse	WHU	5.6m	92.3%	Unlikely
Anthony	BUR	5.1m	87.4%	Unlikely
Kovačić	MCI	5.9m	86.8%	Unlikely
R.Williams	LIV	3.8m	85.9%	Unlikely
Phillips	MCI	4.8m	88.4%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	85.4%	Unlikely
Møller Wolfe	WOL	4.3m	82.7%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	80.8%	Unlikely
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	84.9%	Unlikely
Meslier	LEE	4.2m	83.4%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	77.5%	Unlikely
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	81.0%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	82.6%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.2m	76.4%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	70.8%	Unlikely
Nichols	ARS	3.8m	80.5%	Unlikely
Buendía	AVL	5.3m	78.8%	Unlikely
Mamardashvili	LIV	4.2m	76.6%	Unlikely
Neil	SUN	4.8m	77.6%	Unlikely
Wood	NFO	7.2m	77.4%	Unlikely
Eze	ARS	7.3m	73.6%	Unlikely
Konsa	AVL	4.4m	74.5%	Unlikely
Bajcetic	LIV	4.3m	75.5%	Unlikely
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	70.5%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	71.9%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
Up	Sanchez	CHE	B, Vs
No Change	Pickford	EVE	A
No Change	Roefs	SUN	C
No Change	Henderson	CRY	C, Vs
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	C, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 24 Jan, 2026 12:46am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
No Change	Chalobah	CHE	B, Vs
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	A, £
No Change	Lacroix	CRY	C, Vs
No Change	Tarkowski	EVE	A
No Change	Cash	AVL	B, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B, Vs
No Change	Senesi	BOU	C
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Andersen	FUL	C

Last updated: 24 Jan, 2026 1:04am

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Down	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Fernández	CHE	A, Vs
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A, Inj
No Change	Wirtz	LIV	A
No Change	Wilson	FUL	B
Up	Ndiaye	EVE	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
Down	Mitoma	BHA	B, Vs

Last updated: 24 Jan, 2026 1:05am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	C
No Change	Watkins	AVL	B, Vs
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A
Down	Ekitiké	LIV	C
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	B, VsX
No Change	Bowen	WHU	C

Last updated: 24 Jan, 2026 1:03am

Before the rumoured bedlam that will erupt with the release of the Manchester City teamsheet, we’ve got a more low-key start to Gameweek 23.

West Ham United v Sunderland gets us underway at 12.30pm GMT.

TEAM NEWS

The team news is fairly straightforward in east London, with West Ham unsurprisingly unchanged from their 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur.

El Hadji Malick Diouf has returned from the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) but has to settle for a place on the bench. Ollie Scarles keeps his place at left-back.

Lucas Paqueta‘s absence was confirmed by Nuno Espirito Santo on Thursday.

Something that Regis Le Bris didn’t do on the same day was divulge information about Granit Xhaka.

The Swiss international, one of just four Fantasy midfielders who were ever-present starters this season, misses out through injury.

Eliezer Mayenda takes his place.

That’s the only change from Gameweek 22.

The Black Cats have two of their own returning AFCON representatives on the bench, namely Habib Diarra and Chemsdine Talbi.

The Gameweek 23 matches are a re-run of the opening weekend of the season. In the reverse fixture of this encounter, Sunderland beat West Ham 3-0 on Wearside.

LINE-UPS

West Ham XI: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Mavropanos, Scarles, Soucek, Fernandes, Bowen, Pablo, Summerville, Castellanos.

Subs: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Kilman, Ward-Prowse, Wilson, Diouf, Magassa, Potts, Kante.

Sunderland XI: Roefs, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Reinildo, Hume, Sadiki, Le Fee, Mundle, Mayenda, Brobbey.

Subs: Patterson, O’Nien, Geertruida, Cirkin, Rigg, Diarra, Adingra, Isidor, Talbi.

READ MORE: The Pre-Match Preamble – Gameweek 23

FPL Blow-In

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Feels strange looking at livefpl and seeing the FPL legend himself as a 198% differential

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martynteresa
3 hours, 18 mins ago
I take it you mean Salah. Already sold haaland this morning before finding out he is benched. In Ekitke. Then next FT is BrunoG to Salah
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1. FPL Blow-In
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  Yep
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