A striker ruled out an hour before kickoff changes the score you should be calling. Team news puts what is actually being reported — injuries, suspensions, doubts — in front of you, quoted from the source rather than summarised into mush, and linked back to it wherever we have a link.
Injuries, suspensions and doubts before kickoff — real quotes, linked to the source where we have one, kept on the page so you can see what was known.
Worth knowing
- When a piece of news clearly favours one side, the card says so.
- If we looked and there genuinely is no news, it says so. Silence isn't the same as nothing.
- We stop gathering team news once picks close, but it stays on the page. Once the match kicks off it's marked "Before kickoff", so you always know you're reading what was known beforehand, not something live.
- If key news lands after you've already picked, we'll notify you — so you can change your mind while there's still time. You can turn that off in your profile.