Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action
BOURNEMOUTH v TOTTENHAM Sports
Saturday 12.30pmTNT
1Venue Vitality Stadium
Referee Tim Robinson This season (Championship) G1 Y3 R0 3.00 cards/ game
Bournemouth
Subs from Radu, Randolph, Hill, Mepham, Kilkenny, Greenwood, Bevan, Christie, Moore, Smith, Cook
Doubtful Smith (knock), Cook (hip) Injured Scott (knee, Oct), Kelly (unknown), Tavernier (unknown), Fredericks (calf, unknown), Ouattara (ankle, 26 Aug), Adams (hamstring, 17 Sep), Marcondes (foot, 17 Sep)
Suspended None
Form DL Leading scorer Semenyo, Solanke 1
Tottenham
Subs from Austin, Davies, Højbjerg, Skipp, Solomon, Perisic, Reguilón, Dier, Ndombele, Emerson, Lo Celso, Sánchez Doubtful Maddison (knock)
Injured Bentancur (knee, 4 Nov), Gil (groin, unknown), Sessegnon (hamstring, unknown), Whiteman (ankle, unknown)
Suspended None
Form DW Leading scorer Emerson, Romero, Sarr 1
***
ARSENAL v FULHAM
Saturday 3pmVenue Emirates Stadium
Referee Paul Tierney Last season G30 Y115 R2 3.90 cards/game
Arsenal
Subs from Raya, Hein, Kiwior, Walters, Holding, Tierney, Partey, Jorginho, Vieira, Smith Rowe, Nelson, Trossard, Cozier-Duberry, Jesus
Doubtful Jesus (knee)
Injured Lokonga (muscular, unknown), Elneny (knee, unknown), Timber (knee, unknown)
Suspended Tomiyasu (one match) Form WW Leading scorer Nketiah, Ødegaard, Saka 1
Fulham
Subs from Rodak, Harris, Stansfield, Vinícius, Borto, Mbabu, Godo, DibleyDias, Cairney, Wilson, Willian
Doubtful Willian (knock)
Injured None
Suspended Ream (one match)
Form WL Leading scorer De Cordova-Reid 1
***
BRENTFORD v CRYSTAL PALACE
Saturday 3pmVenue Gtech Community Stadium
Referee Peter Bankes This season G2 Y10 R0 5.00 cards/game
Brentford
Subs from Strakosha, Roerslev, Jørgensen, Yarmolyuk, Bech, Collins, Lewis-Potter, Olakigbe, Damsgaard, Schade, Dasilva, Onyeka, Ajer
Doubtful None
Injured Mee (calf, 2 Sep), Baptiste (shoulder, 23 Sep), Dasilva (hamstring, 17 Sep)
Suspended Toney (Jan 2024)
Form DW Leading scorer Mbeumo 3
Crystal Palace
Subs from Whitworth, Matthews, Tomkins, Riedewald, Ahamada, RakSakyi, Mateta, O’Brien, Richards, Gordon, Clyne
Doubtful None
Injured Olise (hamstring, unknown), França (knock, unknown), Hughes (back, unknown), Ebiowei (knee, unknown)
Suspended None
Form WL Leading scorer Édouard 1 ***
EVERTON v WOLVES
Saturday 3pmVenue Goodison Park Referee Craig Pawson This season G1 Y6 R0 6.00 cards/game
Everton
Subs from Virgínia, Lonergan, Holgate, Branthwaite, Godfrey, Young, Onyango, Gomes, Gray, Cannon, Dobbin Doubtful Gomes (calf),
Injured Coleman (knee, unknown), Dele (hip, unknown), McNeil (ankle, 2 Sep), Harrison (hip, 16 Sep), CalvertLewin (cheekbone, unknown), Iwobi (hamstring, 16 Sep), Chermiti (fitness, 2 Sep)
Suspended None Form LL Leading scorer n/a Wolves
Subs from Bentley, King, Pond, Podence, Doherty, Toti Gomes, B Traoré, Hodge, Silva, Jonny, Kalajdzic, Bueno Doubtful None
Injured None
Suspended Nunes (one match) Form LL Leading scorer Hwang 1
***
MANCHESTER UTD FOREST
Saturday 3pmVenue Old Trafford Referee Stuart Attwell This season G1 Y2 R0 2.00 cards/game
Manchester United
Subs from Vitek, Pellistri, McTominay, Garnacho, Maguire, Van de Beek, Lindelöf, Martial, Henderson
Doubtful Vitek (knee)
Injured Højlund (back, 3 Sep), Mainoo (ankle, 16 Sep), Diallo (knee, Sep), Heaton (unknown, Oct), Malacia (unknown, 16 Sep), Amad (knee, 16 Sep), Mount (unknown, 16 Sep), Shaw (muscle, 23 Sep)
Suspended None
Form WL Leading scorer Varane 1
Nottingham Forest v NOTTINGHAM
Subs from Horvath, Shelvey, Freuler, Wood, Elanga, Kouyaté, Scarpa, Hwang, Bott, Montiel, Aina, Niakhaté, Santos
Doubtful Aina
(elbow)
Injured Felipe (knee, Sep), Hennessey (knee, 2 Sep), Richards (groin, unknown), Biancone (knee, unknown) Suspended None
Form LW Leading scorer Awoniyi 2 *** (groin), Niakhaté
BRIGHTON v WEST HAM Saturday 5.30pm
Sky Sports Premier
LeagueVenue Amex Stadium
Referee Anthony Taylor This season G2 Y13 R0 6.50 cards/game
Brighton
Subs from Verbruggen, Veltman, Lamptey, Igor, Lallana, Buonanotte, Welbeck, Zeqiri, Alzate, Dahoud, Adingra
Doubtful None
Injured Moder (knee, unknown), Enciso (knee, unknown)
Suspended None
Form WW Leading scorer March 2
West Ham
Subs from Fabianski, Anang, Johnson, Fornals, Cresswell, Coventry, Ings, Ogbonna, Mubama, Cornet, Álvarez Doubtful None
Injured Mavropanos (match fitness, 1 Sep)
Suspended Aguerd (one match) Form DW Leading scorer Aguerd, Antonio, Bowen, Paquetá 1
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BURNLEY v ASTON VILLA
Sunday 2pmVenue Turf Moor Referee Michael Salisbury Last season G15 Y66 R3 4.60 cards/game
Burnley
Subs from Muric, Delcroix, Cork, Gudmundsson, Brownhill, A Ramsey, Manuel, Redmond, Ekdal, Bruun Larsen, Odobert
Doubtful None
Injured Obafemi (hamstring, unknown)
Suspended Zaroury (first of three) Form L Leading scorer n/a
Aston Villa
Subs from Olsen, Zych, Diego Carlos, Chambers, Philogene, Archer, K Young, Revan, Kellyman, Durán, Zaniolo Doubtful Martínez (calf)
Injured Buendía (knee, Feb), J Ramsey (foot, 16 Sep), B Traoré (unknown, 3 Sep), Mings (knee, unknown), Coutinho (hamstring, Sep), Moreno (hamstring, Sep), Dendoncker (muscle, unknown)
Suspended None
Form LW Leading scorer Bailey, Diaby, Durán, McGinn, Douglas Luiz 1
***
SHEFFIELD UNITED v MANCHESTER CITY
Sunday 2pm Sky Sports Premier LeagueVenue Bramall Lane
Referee Jarred Gillett Last season G17 Y41 R1 2.47 cards/game
Sheffield United
Subs from Davies, Amissah, Trusty, Basham, Larouci, McBurnie, Seriki,
Marsh, Brooks, Jebbison, Bogle, Hackford, Baldock
Doubtful Baldock (calf), McBurnie (ankle), Jebbison (groin), Bogle (knee), Lowe (ankle)
Injured Fleck (ankle, Oct), Brewster (thigh, 16 Sep), Coulibaly (knee, 16 Sep), Norrington-Davies (thigh, 16 Sep), Doyle (knee, 16 Sep), Slimane (hamstring, 2 Sep)
Suspended None
Form LL Leading scorer Hamer 1
Manchester City
Subs from Phillips, Ortega, Gómez, Lewis, McAtee, Bobb, Perrone, Álvarez, Carson, Doku, Aké, Palmer
Doubtful Silva (illness)
Injured De Bruyne (hamstring, Jan), Stones (knock, Sep)
Suspended None
Form WW Leading scorer Haaland 2 ***
NEWCASTLE v LIVERPOOL Sky Sports Premier
Sunday 4.30pm
LeagueVenue St James’s Park
Referee John Brooks This season G2 Y9 R1 5.00 cards/game
Newcastle
Subs from Dubravka, Lascelles, Targett, Dummett, Livramento, Hall, Wilson, Longstaff, Miley, Barnes, Ritchie, Anderson, Murphy
Doubtful None
Injured Willock (hamstring, 17 Sep), Krafth (knee, 21 Oct), Manquillo (groin, Sep)
Suspended None
Form WL Leading scorer Isak 2
Liverpool
Subs from Kelleher, Adrián, Bradley, Gomez, Matip, Phillips, Tsimikas, Jones, Elliott, McConnell, Clark, Núñez, Doak, Bajcetic
Doubtful Konaté (muscle)
Injured Thiago (hip, 3 Sep), Jones (ankle, 3 Sep)
Suspended None
Form DW Leading scorer Díaz 2
rejected. Speaking in the buildup to Sunday’s Premier League trip to Newcastle, the Liverpool manager said: “It’s always a bit difficult to talk about media stories because there is nothing to talk about at the moment.
“We don’t have an offer, Mo Salah is still a Liverpool player, obviously for all the things we do, he’s essential and will be. There’s nothing there. If there would be something, the answer would be no.
“My life philosophy is I think about a problem when I have it. At the moment, there’s absolutely nothing. I said already if there is something, the answer would be no.”
Salah, who has scored 187 goals in 308 appearances since switching to Merseyside from Roma in 2017, is 12 months into a three-year deal which is the most lucrative contract in Liverpool’s history. It is barely two weeks since his agent, Ramy Abbas, insisted on Twitter Salah remains “fully committed” to Liverpool, and asked whether that remains the case, Klopp responded: “One hundred percent.”
A number of high-profile players have departed for the Saudi Pro League in recent months and adding to the angst of European clubs is the fact the Middle Eastern country’s summer window closes after theirs. The Premier League’s transfer deadline is on 1 September but, according to Fifa, Saudi
Arabia’s extends to 20 September, and Klopp urged Fifa to align these windows.
Klopp, who will be without Curtis Jones and Thiago Alcântara for the visit to St James’ Park this weekend, said: “There’s a next level, definitely, and it’s not great but this is part of the business. I’m not sure if you can change that but what makes it, from a specific moment, not possible to deal with is our transfer window closes and theirs stays open so how can we react?
“From that moment we play until 1 January and this is our squad. That is what everyone is used to. We had it in the past with Russia, they had a different transfer window but that was not completely crazy money. It is new, challenging for everybody and we have to learn to deal with it.
“The authorities should make clear that if you want to be part of the system then you do your business at the same time. I am pretty sure Fifa could do it [clicks his fingers] like this if they want to.”