FPL Team News and Injuries

The player might miss the next match. FPL gives a chance of playing: 75% means a small knock, 25% means he is unlikely to make it. Out means he will not play.

Through the week, mostly after each club's pre-match press conference. This page refreshes from the official feed every day.

If he is out for more than a gameweek or two and you have no free cover on the bench, yes. A doubt is often worth waiting on until the deadline, when the press conferences have been and gone.