If its the same leg then I can assure you it is related.

You not watching it?

A la Mateta you mean? He was practically out the door when he showed up in that cup game (if you believe wholly unreliable media reports).

Sounds sensible to me.

I would also think that a win vs PL opposition, following Brentford, would do no harm to morale/belief etc. even with a hiatus until next game.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Mateta will probably play ahead of Edouard, Schlupp replaces Ayew so with Olise injured, play him.

Well, if this extract from an Athletic article is anything to go by, França may well start tonight or at least get some decent minutes:

“He’s very bright,” added Hodgson. “He came in injured with a stress fracture, so he was in the hands of the medical department and sports science people for the first two months of the time he was here, and was released to us in small batches to do small things. It’s maybe the last two months where we’ve had him every day and he’s been fit to play.

“That’s two months I have had to work with him, see him and realise what a talented player (sporting director) Doug Freedman has found.

“We’re going to see plenty of him. The fans and the club will like him and appreciate his play. Doug told me about this signing and his decision to bring him to the club was made before they asked me to come back — (Freedman) said he’d need a bit of time to adjust, acclimatise and that’s been the case. But he has adjusted and acclimatised.
“Now we have to give him his opportunity and see what he can do.”