Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action
LEICESTER v CHELSEA
Saturday 12.30pm TNT Sports 1 Venue King Power Stadium
Referee Andy Madley This season G4 Y17 R1 4.5 cards/game
Leicester
Subs from Ward, Coady, Vestergaard, Thomas, Choudhury, Skipp, El Khannous, McAteer, Édouard
Doubtful Vardy (back), Ayew (knee), Decordova-Reid (leg)
Injured Stolarczyk (ankle, Jan), Pereira (hamstring, Mar), Fatawu (knee, Jun)
Suspended Buonanotte (one match)
Form LWWLDL Leading scorer Vardy 4
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Chelsea
Subs from Jorgensen, Bettinelli, Disasi, Tosin, Badiashile, Veiga, Dewsbury-Hall, Lavia, Chukwuemeka, Sancho, Guiu, Felix, George, Mudryk, Nkunku
Doubtful Fofana (knee), Palmer (knee), Lavia (hamstring), Fernández, Caicedo (jet lag), Colwill (knock)
Injured James (hamstring, unknown), Kellyman (thigh, unknown)
Suspended None
Form WDLWDD Leading scorer Palmer 7
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ARSENAL v NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Saturday 3pm Venue Emirates Stadium
Referee Simon Hooper This season G5 Y29 R1 6 cards/game
Arsenal
Subs from Neto, Setford, Porter, Heaven, Kacurri, Lewis-Skelly, Kiwior, Jorginho, Nwaneri, Jesus, Trossard, Calafiori, Merino
Doubtful Rice (toe), Calafiori (knee), Saka (knock), Trossard (knock)
Injured Tierney (hamstring, unknown), Tomiyasu (knee, unknown), White (knee, unknown)
Suspended None
Form WWLDLD Leading scorer Havertz 4
Nottingham Forest
Subs from Miguel, Hennessey, Morato, Boly, Omobamidele, Williams, Toffolo, Ward-Prowse, Sangaré, Anderson, Sosa, Silva, Awoniyi
Doubtful Sangaré (hamstring)
Injured Danilo (ankle, unknown)
Suspended None
Form LDWWWL Leading scorer Wood 8
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ASTON VILLA v CRYSTAL PALACE
Saturday 3pm Venue Villa Park
Referee Tim Robinson This season G5 Y30 R1 6.2 cards/game
Aston Villa
Subs from Olsen, Gauci, Mings, Nedeljkovic, Swinkels, Bogarde, Maatsen, Barkley, Buendía, Philogene, Durán
Doubtful Kamara (muscle), Ramsey (hamstring)
Injured Konsa (hip, 1 Dec), Onana (foot, 1 Dec)
Suspended None
Form DDWDLL Leading scorer Watkins 5
Crystal Palace
Subs from Turner, Matthews, Umeh, Clyne, Kporha, Rodney, Agbinone, Richards, Ward, Eze, Lerma
Doubtful Eze (hamstring), Lerma (hamstring), Umeh-Chibueze (hamstring)
Injured Wharton (groin, 30 Nov), França (groin, 4 Jan), Riad (knee, 15 Dec), Nketiah (hamstring, unknown)
Suspended Kamada (first of three)
Form LLLWDL Leading scorer Mateta 3
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BOURNEMOUTH v BRIGHTON
Saturday 3pm Venue Vitality Stadium
Referee Stuart Attwell This season G6 Y24 R1 4.17 cards/game
Bournemouth
Subs from Travers, Dennis, Huijsen, Aarons, Hill, Billing, Brooks, Ouattara, Unal
Doubtful Semenyo (knee), Ouattara (muscle)
Injured Araujo (hamstring, unknown), Sinisterra (hamstring, unknown), Scott (knee, unknown)
Suspended Christie (one match)
Form WLWDWL Leading scorer Evanilson, Semenyo 4
Brighton
Subs from Steele, Lamptey, Webster, Dunk, Kadioglu, Wieffer, Ayari, O’Riley, Gruda, Moder, Enciso, March, Adingra, João Pedro, Ferguson
Doubtful Hinshelwood (knee), Webster (hamstring), Kadioglu (toe), March (fitness), Lamptey (calf), Dunk (fitness)
Injured Milner (hamstring, unknown)
Suspended None
Form LWWDLW Leading scorer Welbeck 6
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EVERTON v BRENTFORD
Saturday 3pm Venue Goodison Park
Referee Chris Kavanagh This season G7 Y49 R3 7.43 cards/game
Everton
Subs from Virgínia, Begovic, Patterson, Dixon, Keane, O’Brien, Harrison, Mangala, Armstrong, Beto
Doubtful Branthwaite (groin), McNeil (knee)
Injured Coleman (hamstring, Dec), Iroegbunam (foot, Dec), Chermiti (foot, Dec), Broja (achilles, Dec), Garner (back, unknown)
Suspended None
Form WDWDLD Leading scorer McNeil 3
Brentford
Subs from Valdimarsson, Ajer, Mee, Henry, Meghoma, Maghoma, Jensen, Yarmolyuk, Trevitt, Konak, Carvalho, Schade, Nunes, Thiago
Doubtful Ajer (foot), Henry (fitness), Nunes (back), Thiago (knee)
Injured Dasilva (knee, unknown), Hickey (hamstring, unknown)
Suspended None
Form DWLWLW Leading scorer Mbeumo 8
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FULHAM v WOLVES
Saturday 3pm Venue Craven Cottage
Referee Rob Jones This season G7 Y39 R2 5.86 cards/game
Fulham
Subs from Benda, Cuenca, Diop, Sessegnon, Castagne, Lukic, Reed, Cairney, Traoré, Nelson, Muniz, Vinícius
Doubtful Lukic (shoulder)
Injured None
Suspended None
Form WLLDWW Leading scorer Jiménez 4
Wolves
Subs from Johnstone, Doherty, Pond, André, Doyle, R Gomes, Bellegarde, Guedes, Forbs, Hwang
Doubtful Bueno (muscle), Sarabia (calf)
Injured Mosquera (knee, Jun), Traoré (knee, unknown), González (knee, unknown), Kalajdzic (knee, unknown)
Suspended None
Form LLLDDW Leading scorer Cunha 5
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MANCHESTER CITY v TOTTENHAM
Saturday 5.30pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Etihad Stadium
Referee John Brooks This season G4 Y20 R0 5 cards/game
Manchester City
Subs from Carson, Ortega, Wilson-Ebrand, McAtee, Perrone, Savinho, O’Reilly, Gündogan, Simpson-Pusey, Grealish, Silva, Aké
Doubtful Aké (hamstring), Doku (thigh), Foden (knock), Grealish (knock)
Injured Bobb (leg, 1 Jan), Rodri (knee, Jun), Dias (calf, 1 Dec), Kovacic (unknown, 3-4 weeks)
Suspended None
Form DWWWLL Leading scorer Haaland 12
Tottenham
Subs from Forster, Gray, Spence, Bergvall, Werner, Moore, Bissouma, Maddison, Austin, Lankshear
Doubtful Romero (foot), Moore (illness)
Injured Odobert (hamstring, unknown), Van de Ven (hamstring, 15 Dec), Richarlison (hamstring, unknown)
Suspended Bentancur (first of seven)
Form WLWLWL Leading scorer Johnson, Solanke 4
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SOUTHAMPTON v LIVERPOOL
Sunday 2pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue St Mary’s
Referee Sam Barrott This season G7 Y42 R0 6 cards/game
Southampton
Subs from Lumley, Taylor, Bree, Wood, Ugochukwu, Lallana, Fraser, Sulemana, Brereton Díaz, Onuachu, Amo-Ameyaw, Dibling
Doubtful None
Injured Bazunu (achilles, 15 Feb), Smallbone (hamstring, unknown), Stewart (muscle, unknown) Bednarek (knee, 7 Dec), Ramsdale (finger, 22 Dec)
Suspended None
Form LLLLWL Leading scorer Archer 2
Liverpool
Subs from Jaros, Davies, Gomez, Quansah, Tsimikas, Mac Allister, Endo, Elliott, Morton, Nyoni, Díaz
Doubtful Elliott (foot)
Injured Alexander-Arnold (hamstring, 27 Nov), Alisson (hamstring, 1 Dec), Jota (ribs, 1 Dec), Chiesa (muscle, 1 Dec)
Suspended None
Form WWWDWW Leading scorer Salah 8
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IPSWICH v MANCHESTER UNITED
Sunday 4.30pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Portman Road
Referee Anthony Taylor This season G10 Y43 R1 4.4 cards/game
Ipswich
Subs from Walton, Slicker, H Clarke, Greaves, Woolfenden, Townsend, Donacien, Taylor Luongo, J Clarke, Burns, Chaplin, Al-Hamadi, Broadhead, Hirst
Doubtful Greaves (hamstring), Taylor (hamstring)
Injured Ogbene (achilles, Jun)
Suspended None
Form DLLLDW Leading scorer Delap 6
Manchester United
Subs from Heaton, Bayindir, Wheatley, Amass, Zirkzee, Mount, Lindelöf, Eriksen, Antony, Højlund, Casemiro, Shaw, Malacia, Yoro
Doubtful Lindelöf (knock)
Injured Mainoo (muscle, 1 Dec), Maguire (muscle, 7 Dec)
Suspended None
Form LDWLDW Leading scorer Garnacho 3
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NEWCASTLE v WEST HAM
Monday 8pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue St James’ Park
Referee Craig Pawson This season G6 Y27 R1 4.67 cards/game
Newcastle
Subs from Dubravka, A Murphy, J Murphy, Trippier, Wilson, Tonali, Miley, Barnes, Osula, Almirón, Targett
Doubtful Wilson (hamstring), Trippier (hamstring)
Injured Krafth (broken collarbone, 15 Jan), Botman (knee, 26 Dec), Lascelles (knee, 1 Feb)
Suspended Burn (one match)
Form DDLLWW Leading scorer Barnes, Isak 4
West Ham
Subs from Areola, Foderingham, Mavrapanos, Casey, Orford, Álvarez, Cresswell, Coufal, Irving, Ings, Guilherme, Soler
Doubtful None
Injured Füllkrug (achilles, unknown)
Suspended Kudus (fourth of five)
Form DWLWLD Leading scorer Bowen 3