Squads confirmed, full FA Cup quarter-final line-up with Summerville out and Calvert-Lewin on bench, TV channel, online streaming
West Ham and Leeds United have confirmed their teams will meet at the London Stadium in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup on Saturday.
The Hammers last progressed to the last eight in 2005/06, losing in the final to Liverpool on penalties in Cardiff.
The visitors reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 2002/03, last reaching the semi-finals with an extra-time defeat against Coventry City at Hillsborough in 1986/87.
101GreatGoals.com has team news and starting lineups as Leeds host West Ham in the FA Cup.
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West Ham confirmed squad vs Leeds United
Defenders Konstantinos Mavropanos (contusion) and Jean-Clair Todibo (calf) are injured for West Ham, who made five changes from their 2-0 defeat at Aston Villa on March 22.
Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola, defenders Kyle Walker-Peters and Max Kilman, defender or midfielder Soungoutou Magassa and winger Adamu Traore come in.
Tomas Soucek and Pablo went to the bench. Mavropanos, Mads Hermansen and Aaron Wan-Bissaka started against Villa but are not in the squad, while striker Callum Wilson, who came off the bench last week, is also not involved.
Midfielder Crysencio Summerville is out with a calf problem. Tomas Soucek, Walker-Peters, Taty Castellanos and Soungoutou Magassa were booked away from the FA Cup suspension.
West Ham United starting XI: Alphonse Areola, Kyle Walker-Peters, Maximilian Kilman, Axel Disasi, El Hadji Malick Diouf, Freddie Potts, Soungoutou Magassa, Mateus Fernandes, Jarrod Bowen, Adama Traore, Valentin Castellanos
West Ham instead: Finlay Herrick, Pablo, Keiber Lamadrid, Tomas Soucek, Ollie Scarles, Mohamadou Kante, Airidas Golambeckis, Ezra Mayers, Joshua Ajala
Full line-up for Leeds vs West Ham United
Leeds made three changes from their 0-0 draw at home to Brentford on March 21, bringing in goalkeeper Lucas Perri – the hero of their fourth-round Championship penalty shootout victory – and midfielders Ao Tanaka and Noah Okafor.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Brenden Aaronson and Karl Darlow go to the bench. Forward Calvert-Lewin and Okafor were doubtful with hamstring problems.
Left-back Gabriel Gudmundsson was thought to be in contention for a return from suspension but was ruled out by a knock during his time in Sweden.
Ethan Ampadu, Joe Rodon, Jayden Bogle, Wilfried Gnonto and Brenden Aaronson must avoid caution to be available for the semi-finals.
Leeds United starting XI: Lucas Perri, Jayden Bogle, James Justin, Pascal Struijk, Joe Rodon, Jaka Bijol, Ethan Ampadu, Anton Stach, Ao Tanaka, Noah Okafor, Lukas Nmecha
Leeds instead of: Karl Darlow, Sam Byram, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Sean Longstaff, Ilia Gruev, Brenden Aaronson, Wilfried Gnonto, Joel Piroe, Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Where to watch West Ham v Leeds: TV channel, live streaming online
Kick-off is on Sunday at 16:30 BST (11:30 ET / 08:30 PT). Live TV broadcasts in the UK on TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate and the HBO Max app.
TNT Sports costs £30.99 a month and is available on a wide range of devices including smart TVs and games consoles.
West Ham United v Leeds United statistics
- These teams have met three times in the FA Cup; the Whites won the first in 1923/24 after a replay, but the Hammers won the last, in 1929/30 and 2021/22.
- West Ham have been eliminated in eight of their last 10 FA Cup finals, the first time since they lost a replay against Manchester United in 2015/16.
- Hammers manager Nuno Espirito Santo has been involved in four domestic cup quarter-finals in his managerial career, seeing his sides progress consistently: 2013/14 Taca de Portugal with Rio Ave, 2018/19 FA Cup with Wolves, 2022/23 Saudi King Cup with Al-Ittihad 2020 FA Cup No22
- Bowen has eight straight goals in his last 11 FA Cup starts (7 goals, 1 assist) and eight in his first nine starts against Leeds in all competitions (5 goals, 3 assists), scoring in all three at the London Stadium.
- Each of West Ham’s last four home games have been drawn after 90 minutes, and they have won just one of their last six games in all competitions after normal time.
- Leeds have lost three of their last four away games at West Ham in all competitions (W1), and have lost just two of their last 18 (W10 D6).
- They have been eliminated in 16 of their last 18 FA Cup games against Premier League opposition, including the last seven in a row since a 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the fourth round of 2012/13.
- In the three quarter-finals since 1986/87, Leeds lost in 1995/96 to Liverpool, 1997/98 to Wolves and in 2002/03 to Sheffield United.
- All seven of Leeds’ FA Cup goals this season have been scored by different players, while only Manchester City (10) and Chelsea (9) have had different scorers (other than their own goals).
- In 1964/65 (9) and 1966/67 (8) Leeds had more goalscorers in the same FA Cup campaign.
