The positioning of such an important fixture at the end of a two week international break plays havoc with training and squad preparation for both sides. Several players have huge journeys to undertake simply to get home. Leeds have the extra travelling day to get to the capital which as their manager has already disclosed, is playing on his mind.

For West Ham, several have had arduous weeks: Tomas Soucek playing 120 minutes on Tuesday night means he’ll be doing very little training ahead of Sunday’s game. Mateus Fernandes didn’t finish playing until the small hours of Wednesday but with just six minutes on debut the youngster will have been buzzing all the way back across the Atlantic.

Tired legs and arduous games means Nuno is likely to ring the changes

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For Aaron Wan Bissaka, however, the combination of a late finish and undoubted jubilation after 120 minutes and an extra time win that saw his Congo side beat Jamaica to qualify (and the Congolese PM declaring the Wednesday a public holiday as a result!), means his will be tired legs arriving back at Rush Green.

For that reason it...