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Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action

Arne Slot prepares his Liverpool side for the visit of Chelsea to Anfield on Sunday.
Arne Slot prepares his Liverpool side for the visit of Chelsea to Anfield on Sunday. Photograph: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC/Getty Images

TOTTENHAM v WEST HAM

Saturday 12.30pm TNT Sports 1 Venue Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Referee Andy Madley This season G2 Y7 R0 3.50 cards/game

Tottenham

Subs from Austin, Forster, Dragusin, Spence, Davies, Bissouma, Gray, Sarr, Bergvall, Moore, Devine, Lankshear, Richarlison, Werner

Doubtful Bergvall (knock), Richarlison (calf), Son (hamstring)

Injured Odobert (thigh, unknown)

Suspended None

Form WLLWWL Leading scorer Johnson 3

West Ham

Subs from Fabianski, Cresswell, Coufal, Mavropanos, Soler, Irving, Guilherme, Summerville, Ings, Álvarez

Doubtful None

Injured Füllkrug (calf, 26 Oct)

Suspended None

Form WLDLDW Leading scorers Bowen, Soucek, Paquetá 2

***

FULHAM v ASTON VILLA

Saturday 3pm Venue Craven Cottage

Referee Darren England This season G2 Y9 R0 4.50 cards/game

Fulham

Subs from Benda, Diop, Castagne, Reed, Sessegnon, Cairney, Nelson, Wilson, Muniz, Lukic, Vinícius

Doubtful Lukic (shoulder), Andersen (unknown), Carlos Vinícius (calf)

Injured Cuenca (ankle, unknown)

Suspended None

Form WDDWWL Leading scorer Jiménez 3

Aston Villa

Subs from Olsen, Nedeljkovic, Bogarde, Maatsen, Ramsey, Durán, Konsa, Philogene-Bidace, Onana, Gauci, Young, Swinkels

Doubtful Konsa (hamstring), Onana (hamstring), Philogene-Bidace (groin), Ramsey (groin)

Injured McGinn (thigh, 26 Oct), Mings (knee, 26 Oct), Kamara (knee, 26 Oct)

Suspended None

Form LWWWDD Leading scorer Durán, Watkins 4

***

IPSWICH v EVERTON

Saturday 3pm Venue Portman Road

Referee Michael Oliver This season G6 Y36 R1 6.17 cards/game

Ipswich

Subs from Walton, Woolfenden, Edmundson, Townsend, H Clarke, Donacien, Luongo, Harness, Taylor, Chaplin, Szmodics, Ogbene, Hirst, Al-Hamadi, Broadhead, Cajuste

Doubtful Cajuste (knee), Al-Hamadi (knock), Donacien (unknown), Luongo (ankle)

Injured Tuanzebe (thumb, unknown)

Suspended None

Form LDDDDL Leading scorer Delap 4

Everton

Subs from Virgínia, Begovic, Coleman, Dixon, Keane, O’Brien, Lindstrom, Gueye, Armstrong, Beto

Doubtful Branthwaite (thigh)

Injured Iroegbunam (foot, Nov), Garner (back, unknown), Patterson (hamstring, unknown), Chermiti (foot, unknown), Broja (foot, unknown)

Suspended None

Form LLLDWD Leading scorer McNeil 3

***

MANCHESTER UNITED v BRENTFORD

Saturday 3pm Venue Old Trafford

Referee Sam Barrott This season G5 Y34 R0 6.80 cards/game

Manchester United

Subs from Heaton, Bayindir, Wheatley, Amass, Antony, Diallo, Zirkzee, Mount, Lindelöf, Wheatley, Casemiro, Evans

Doubtful Mount (head/muscle)

Injured Shaw (calf, 27 Oct), Malacia, (knee, 27 Oct), Yoro (foot, 2 Nov), Mainoo (knock, 27 Oct), Maguire (muscle, 10 Nov)

Suspended None

Form LLWDLD Leading scorer De Ligt, Diallo, Garnacho, Rashford, Zirkzee 1

Brentford

Subs from Valdimarsson, Cox, Mee, Kim, Trevitt, Yarmolyuk, Konak, Yogane, Carvalho, Wissa, Roerslev, Meghoma

Doubtful Wissa (ankle)

Injured Meghoma (ankle, 19 Oct), Jensen (calf, 26 Oct), Henry (fitness, 26 Oct), Thiago (knee, Dec), Dasilva (knee, unknown), Hickey (hamstring, unknown), Nunes (back, unknown)

Suspended None

Form LWLLDW Leading scorer Mbeumo 6

***

NEWCASTLE v BRIGHTON

Saturday 3pm Venue St James’ Park

Referee Peter Bankes This season G3 Y15 R0 5.00 cards/game

Newcastle

Subs from Dubravka, Vlachodimos, Krafth, Longstaff, Miley, Kelly, Willock, Barnes, Almirón, Wilson, Osula

Doubtful Wilson (hamstring)

Injured Botman (knee, Dec), Lascelles (knee, Jan), Trippier (hamstring, Nov)

Suspended None

Form DWWLDD Leading scorer Barnes 3

Brighton

Subs from Steele, Rushworth, Samuels, Igor, Barco, Lamptey, March, Moder, Sarmiento, Ayari, Gilmour, Enciso, O’Mahony, Ferguson, Baleba

Doubtful Baleba (knock), March (fitness)

Injured João Pedro (ankle, unknown), O’Riley (ankle, unknown), Milner (hamstring, unknown), Webster (hamstring, unknown)

Suspended None

Form WDDDLW Leading scorer Welbeck 4

***

SOUTHAMPTON v LEICESTER

Saturday 3pm Venue St Mary’s

Referee Anthony Taylor This season G6 Y28 R0 4.67 cards/game

Southampton

Subs from McCarthy, Lumley, Amo-Ameyaw, Wood-Gordon, Walker-Peters, Bree, Edozie, Alcaraz, Armstrong, Fraser, Onuachu, Dibling, Manning

Doubtful None

Injured Bazunu (achilles, Feb), Stewart (muscle, unknown)

Suspended Stephens (last of five)

Form LLLDLL Leading scorer Archer, Dibling, Harwood-Bellis, Sugawara 1

Leicester

Subs from Ward, Iversen, Pereira, Coady, Vestergaard, Thomas, Soumaré, McAteer, El Khannous, Buonanotte, De Cordova-Reid, Fatawu, Édouard

Doubtful Vestergaard (ankle)

Injured Choudhury (shoulder, unknown), Daka (ankle, unknown), Stolarczyk (foot, unknown)

Suspended None

Form LLDDLW Leading scorer Buonanotte, Justin, Mavididi, Vardy 2

***

BOURNEMOUTH v ARSENAL

Saturday 5.30pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Vitality Stadium

Referee Rob Jones This season G5 Y28 R3 6.20 cards/game

Bournemouth

Subs from Travers, Dennis, Huijsen, Hill, Aarons, Araujo, Scott, Billing, Brooks, Kluivert, Unal, Ouattara

Doubtful Adams (back), Kerkez (knock)

Injured None

Suspended None

Form DWLLWL Leading scorer Semenyo 3

Arsenal

Subs from Porter, Heaven, Kacurri, Lewis-Skelly, Kiwior, Merino, Nwaneri, Partey, Jesus, Sterling, Butler-Oyedeji

Doubtful Saka (hamstring), Timber (muscular), White (groin), Zinchenko (calf)

Injured Ødegaard (ankle, 2 Nov), Setford (hip, unknown), Tierney (hamstring, unknown), Tomiyasu (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Ineligible Neto (parent club)

Form WDWDWW Leading scorer Havertz 4

***

WOLVES v MANCHESTER CITY

Sunday 2pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Molineux

Referee Chris Kavanagh This season G5 Y31 R3 6.80 cards/game

Wolves

Subs from Sá, King, Doherty, Dawson, Pond, Doyle, Cundle, Sarabia, R Gomes, Guedes, Forbs, Hwang, Meupiyou

Doubtful Hwang (ankle), Meupiyou (knock)

Injured Traoré (knee, Dec), Mosquera (knee, June), González (knee, unknown), Kalajdzic (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Form LDLLLL Leading scorer Cunha 3

Manchester City

Subs from Carson, Ortega, Lewis, Wilson-Ebrand, Nunes, McAtee, Perrone, Savinho, Doku, Stones

Doubtful None

Injured Bobb (broken leg, 14 Dec), Rodri (knee, Jun), De Bruyne (groin, 26 Oct), Aké (muscle, 26 Oct)

Suspended None

Form WWWDDW Leading scorer Haaland 10

***

LIVERPOOL v CHELSEA

Sunday 4.30pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Anfield

Referee John Brooks This season G1 Y5 R0 5.00 cards/game

Liverpool

Subs from Jaros, Bradley, Gomez, Quansah, Tsimikas, Endo, Jones, Nyoni, Gakpo, Núñez, Chiesa

Doubtful Tsimikas, Endo (both illness), Mac Allister (muscle)

Injured Alisson (hamstring, 24 Nov), Elliott (foot, 27 Oct)

Suspended None

Form WWLWWW Leading scorer Díaz 5

Chelsea

Subs from Jørgensen, Disasi, Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Chilwell, Lavia, Casadei, Chukwuemeka, Neto, Félix, Dewsbury-Hall, Mudryk, Nkunku, Guiu, George, James

Doubtful James (hamstring), Chukwuemeka (illness)

Injured None

Suspended Cucurella (one match), Fofana (one match)

Form WDWWWD Leading scorer Palmer 6

***

NOTTINGHAM FOREST v CRYSTAL PALACE

Monday 8pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue City Ground

Referee Tim Robinson This season G3 Y20 R0 6.67 cards/game

Nottingham Forest

Subs from Miguel, Boly, Omobamidele, Toffolo, Moreira, Williams, Morato, Domínguez, Anderson, Sosa, Awoniyi, Miguel

Doubtful Sels (groin)

Injured Sangaré (hamstring, 23 Nov), Danilo (ankle, unknown)

Suspended Ward-Prowse (one match), Gibbs-White (one match)

Form WDWDLD Leading scorer Wood 4

Crystal Palace

Subs from Turner, Matthews, Umeh, Ward, Clyne, Lerma, Sarr, Schlupp, Kamada, Agbinone, Nketiah

Doubtful Muñoz (abductor)

Injured França (groin, unknown), Riad (knee, unknown), Doucouré (ankle, next week)

Suspended None

Ineligible Turner (parent club)

Form LDDDLL Leading scorer Mateta 2

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