An hour before send-off can entirely transfer the way a football game play off looks on paper.
A team that appeared likely to take up with its first-choice striker may on the spur of the moment name a younger send on. A manager expected to use a back four may swap to three rivet-backs. A creative midfielder may be unwearied after a stringent Wed mend, while a full-back returns and changes the balance on one side of the incline.
That is why confirmed lineups deserve more aid than almost any other late piece of pre-match selective information. Form, conference put across and existent results trace what teams have already done. The starting XI tells you who is actually available to shape the next XC transactions.