{"id":261721,"date":"2026-01-24T14:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T14:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/261721\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T14:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T14:15:11","slug":"west-ham-v-sunderland-team-news-xhaka-ruled-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/261721\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham v Sunderland team news: Xhaka ruled out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LazyFPL\/status\/2015014169246908810\" rel=\"nofollow\">rumoured bedlam<\/a> that will erupt with the release of the Manchester City teamsheet, we\u2019ve got a more low-key start to Gameweek 23.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham United v Sunderland gets us underway at 12.30pm GMT.<\/p>\n<p>TEAM NEWS<\/p>\n<p>The team news is fairly straightforward in east London, with West Ham unsurprisingly unchanged from their 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Paqueta\u2018s absence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk\/2026\/01\/22\/fpl-gameweek-23-team-news-thursdays-live-injury-updates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was confirmed by Nuno Espirito Santo<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Something that Regis Le Bris didn\u2019t do on the same day was divulge information about Granit Xhaka.<\/p>\n<p>The Swiss international, one of just four Fantasy midfielders who were ever-present starters this season, misses out through injury.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SunderlandAFC\/status\/2015021763042951441\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"556\" height=\"860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-388.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157992 webpexpress-processed\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eliezer Mayenda takes his place.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the only change from Gameweek 22.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Cats have two of their own returning AFCON representatives on the bench, namely Habib Diarra and Chemsdine Talbi.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>LINE-UPS<\/p>\n<p>West Ham XI:\u00a0Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Mavropanos, Scarles, Soucek, Fernandes, Bowen, Pablo, Summerville, Castellanos.<\/p>\n<p>Subs:\u00a0Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Kilman, Ward-Prowse, Wilson, Diouf, Magassa, Potts, Kante.<\/p>\n<p>Sunderland XI:\u00a0Roefs, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Reinildo, Hume, Sadiki, Le Fee, Mundle, Mayenda, Brobbey.<\/p>\n<p>Subs:\u00a0Patterson, O\u2019Nien, Geertruida, Cirkin, Rigg, Diarra, Adingra, Isidor, Talbi.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/FFScoutEditorial\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7-Day-Free-Trial-Graphic-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157778 webpexpress-processed\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before the rumoured bedlam that will erupt with the release of the Manchester City teamsheet, we\u2019ve got a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,129481,40,38,41,39,116374,129482],"class_list":["post-261721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sunderland-team-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-west-ham-team-news","tag-west-ham-v-sunderland-team-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}