With Fernandes not in the team, the central midfield positions will be filled by Andy Irving and Tomáš Souček.
The Czech, who is set to make his 200th Premier League appearance in West Yorkshire, is another player who has never lost against Leeds, with five wins and a draw from his six West Ham appearances against the Whites. Souček scored our equaliser from a Bowen assist in a 2-1 Premier League victory at Elland Road in December 2020.
Bowen and former Leeds winger Crysencio Summerville will man the flanks. Summerville played 89 times for the Yorkshire club, scoring 25 goals and assisting 13. He won the EFL Championship Player of the Season award while with Leeds in 2023/24.
Brazil international Lucas Paquetá will lead the forward line again on his 101st Premier League appearance for the Club.
Leeds United: Perri, Bogle, Rodon, Bijol, Gudmundsson, Ampadu ©, Longstaff, Tanaka, Aaronson, Okafor, Calvert-Lewin
Subs: Darlow (GK), Justin, Struijk, Harrison, Gruev, Stach, James, Nmecha, Piroe
West Ham United: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Scarles, Diouf, Irving, Souček, Bowen ©, Summerville, Paquetá
Subs: Hermansen (GK), Walker-Peters, Igor, Rodríguez, Potts, Magassa, Fernandes, Wilson, Marshall
Referee: Stuart Attwell
