In exactly the same position even down to worrying about the same 2 players. Unfortunately I don't think there's much you can do to mitigate the risk as a couple of games recently have been cancelled with just a few hours notice. I've tried to put players on the bench that might play but even that's been pretty challenging tbh as didn't have much budget for the bench.
Such a shit situation isn't it? Leave them in, the game gets PP'd. Leave them out and they get pulled on child sex charges after smashing Villa's kids (with 20pts each to boot).
if they get bonus nonce points I'll be furious.