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Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action

Leaders Liverpool seek to pull 11 points clear of Manchester City at Anfield by inflicting a fourth successive league defeat on the champions
  
  

Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland in relaxed mood in training for Manchester City’s trip to Liverpool
Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland in relaxed mood in training for Manchester City’s trip to Liverpool. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA

BRIGHTON v SOUTHAMPTON

Friday 8pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Amex Stadium

Referee Rob Jones This season G8 Y42 R2 5.5 cards/game

Brighton

Subs from Steele, Lamptey, Webster, Dunk, Kadioglu, Ayari, Gruda, Moder, Enciso, March, Adingra, Ferguson, Hinshelwood

Doubtful Hinshelwood (knee), Webster (hamstring), Kadioglu (toe), March (fitness)

Injured Milner (hamstring, unknown)

Suspended Baleba (one match)

Form WWDLWW Leading scorer Welbeck 6

Southampton

Subs from Lumley, Taylor, Bree, Wood, Ugochukwu, Fraser, Sulemana, Brereton Díaz, Onuachu, Amo-Ameyaw

Doubtful Onuachu (knock)

Injured Bazunu (achilles, 15 Feb), Smallbone (hamstring, unknown), Stewart (muscle, 16 Jan), Bednarek (knee, 7 Dec), Ramsdale (finger, 22 Dec), Lallana (hamstring, 15 Dec), Larios (unknown, 16 Jan)

Suspended None

Form LLLWLL Leading scorer Archer, Armstrong 2

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BRENTFORD v LEICESTER

Saturday 3pm Venue Gtech Community Stadium

Referee Michael Oliver This season G10 Y53 R1 5.4 cards/game

Brentford

Subs from Valdimarsson, Ajer, Mee, Henry, Meghoma, Maghoma, Yarmolyuk, Trevitt, Konak, Carvalho, Schade, Nunes, Thiago, Roerslev

Doubtful Henry (fitness), Nunes (back)

Injured Ajer (foot, unknown), Dasilva (knee, unknown), Hickey (hamstring, unknown)

Suspended None

Form WLWLWD Leading scorer Mbeumo 8

Leicester

Subs from Ward, Coady, Thomas, Choudhury, El Khannous, McAteer, Édouard, Okoli, Ayew.

Doubtful Winks (groin)

Injured Stolarczyk (ankle, Jan), Pereira (hamstring, Mar), Fatawu (knee, Jun)

Suspended None

Form WWLDLL Leading scorer Vardy 4

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CRYSTAL PALACE v NEWCASTLE

Saturday 3pm Venue Selhurst Park

Referee Darren England This season G4 Y21 R2 5.75 cards/game

Crystal Palace

Subs from Turner, Matthews, Umeh, Ward, Clyne, Schlupp, Nketiah, Kporha, Rodney, Agbinone, Kamada

Doubtful None

Injured Franca (groin, unknown); Riad (knee, unknown); Lerma (hamstring, 7 Dec); Wharton (groin, 7 Dec); Richards (hamstring, 15 Dec); Doucouré (toe, 15 Dec)

Suspended Kamada (second of three)

Form LLWDLD Leading scorer Mateta 3

Newcastle

Subs from Dubravka, Kelly, Trippier, Targett, Tonali, Murphy, Wilson, Barnes, Osulla

Doubtful Guimarães (glute), Willock (ankle)

Injured Botman (knee, 30 Dec), Lascelles (knee, 25 Jan), Krafth (collarbone, 25 Jan), Miley (fitness, 7 Dec)

Suspended None

Form DLLWWL Leading scorer Barnes, Isak 4

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NOTTINGHAM FOREST v IPSWICH

Saturday 3pm Venue City Ground

Referee Tony Harrington This season G6 Y20 R0 3.33 cards/game

Nottingham Forest

Subs from Miguel, Hennessey, Morato, Boly, Omobamidele, Williams, Toffolo, Ward-Prowse, Anderson, Sosa, Silva, Awoniyi, Elanga, Awoniyi

Doubtful Elanga (knock), Gibbs-White (ankle), Anderson (foot)

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

Suspended None

Form DWWWLL Leading scorer Wood 8

Ipswich

Subs from Walton, Slicker, H Clarke, Greaves, Woolfenden, Townsend, Donacien, Taylor Luongo, J Clarke, Burns, Chaplin, Al-Hamadi, Broadhead, Johnson, Phillips

Doubtful Johnson (knock), Phillips (knock), Greaves (fitness), Broadhead (groin)

Injured Ogbene (achilles, Jun), Hirst (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Form LLLDWD Leading scorer Delap 6

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WOLVES v BOURNEMOUTH

Saturday 3pm Venue Molineux

Referee Peter Bankes This season G6 Y23 R1 4 cards/game

Wolves

Subs from Johnstone, Doherty, Pond, Doyle, R Gomes, Guedes, Forbs, Hwang, Cundle, Bentley, Edozie

Doubtful Bueno (muscle), Sarabia (calf), Meupiyou (fitness)

Injured Mosquera (knee, Jun), Traoré (knee, unknown), González (knee, unknown), Kalajdzic (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Form LLDDWW Leading scorer Cunha 7

Bournemouth

Subs from Travers, Dennis, Huijsen, Aarons, Hill, Billing, Brooks, Ouattara, Unal, Kinsey

Doubtful None

Injured Araujo (hamstring, unknown), Sinisterra (hamstring, unknown), Scott (knee, unknown)

Suspended Semenyo (one match)

Form LWDWLL Leading scorer Evanilson, Semenyo 4

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WEST HAM v ARSENAL

Saturday 5.30pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue London Stadium

Referee Anthony Taylor This season G11 Y43 R1 4 cards/game

West Ham

Subs from Areola, Foderingham, Mavrapanos, Casey, Orford, Álvarez, Cresswell, Coufal, Irving, Ings, Guilherme, Rodríguez, Scarles

Doubtful Todibo (illness)

Injured Füllkrug (achilles, unknown)

Suspended Kudus (fifth of five)

Form WLWLDW Leading scorer Bowen, Soucek 3

Arsenal

Subs from Neto, Setford, Porter, Zinchenko, Heaven, Kacurri, Lewis-Skelly, Kiwior, Merino, Jorginho, Nwaneri, Jesus, Sterling, Trossard.

Doubtful Gabriel (knock)

Injured White (knee, unknown); (Tierney (hamstring, unknown), Tomiyasu (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Form WLDLDW Leading scorer Havertz, Saka 4

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CHELSEA v ASTON VILLA

Sunday 1.30pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Stamford Bridge

Referee Stuart Attwell This season G7 Y29 R2 4.43 cards/game

Chelsea

Subs from Jorgensen, Bettinelli, Disasi, Tosin, Badiashile, Veiga, Dewsbury-Hall, Lavia, Chukwuemeka, Sancho, Guiu, Neto, George, Mudryk, Nkunku

Doubtful None

Injured James (hamstring, unknown), Kellyman (thigh, unknown)

Suspended None

Form DLWDDW Leading scorer Jackson, Palmer 7

Aston Villa

Subs from Olsen, Gauci, Mings, Nedeljkovic, Swinkels, Bogarde, Maatsen, Barkley, Buendía, Philogene, Durán, Ramsey

Doubtful Onana (foot), Ramsey (hamstring)

Injured Konsa (hip, 1 Dec)

Suspended None

Form DWDLLD Leading scorer Watkins 6

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MANCHESTER UNITED v EVERTON

Sunday 1.30pm Venue Old Trafford

Referee John Brooks This season G5 Y26 R0 5.2 cards/game

Manchester United

Subs from Heaton, Bayindir, Wheatley, Amass, Zirkzee, Mount, Lindelöf, Eriksen, Antony, Casemiro, Malacia, Yoro, Maguire, Evans, Dalot, Mainoo

Doubtful Lindelöf (knock), Maguire (muscle), Yoro (fitness)

Injured None

Suspended None

Form DWLDWD Leading scorer Garnacho 3

Everton

Subs from Virginia, Begovic, Patterson, Dixon, Keane, O’Brien, Harrison, Mangala, Armstrong, Beto, Chermiti, Broja

Doubtful Broja (achilles), Chermiti (foot)

Injured Coleman (hamstring, 7 Dec), Iroegbunam (foot, unknown), Garner (back, unknown)

Suspended None

Form DWDLDD Leading scorer McNeil 3

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TOTTENHAM v FULHAM

Sunday 1.30pm Venue Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Referee Darren Bond This season G5 Y27 R0 5.4 cards/game

Tottenham

Subs from Austin, Gray, Spence, Bergvall, Werner, Moore, Bissouma, Austin, Lankshear, Romero, Olusesi, Johnson

Doubtful Romero (foot), Moore (illness)

Injured Van de Ven (hamstring, 15 Dec), Richarlison (hamstring, 4 Jan), Vicario (ankle, unknown), Odobert (hamstring, unknown)

Suspended Bentancur (second of seven)

Form LWLWLW Leading scorer Johnson, Maddison 5

Fulham

Subs from Benda, Cuenca, Diop, Sessegnon, Castagne, Lukic, Cairney, Nelson, Muniz, Vinícius, Andersen, Wilson, King

Doubtful Andersen (calf)

Injured Reed (knee, 5 Jan)

Suspended None

Form LLDWWL Leading scorer Jiménez 4

***

LIVERPOOL v MANCHESTER CITY

Sunday 4pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Anfield

Referee Chris Kavanagh This season G8 Y49 R4 6.63 cards/game

Liverpool

Subs from Jaros, Davies, Bradley, Gomez, Quansah, Endo, Elliott, Morton, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Nyoni

Doubtful Bradley (hamstring)

Injured Konaté (knee, unknown), Alisson (hamstring, 7 Dec), Jota (ribs, 7 Dec), Chiesa (muscle, 7 Dec), Tsimikas (ankle, unknown)

Suspended None

Form WWDWWW Leading scorer Salah 10

Manchester City

Subs from Carson, Ortega, Wilson-Ebrand, McAtee, Perrone, Savinho, O’Reilly, Gündogan, Simpson-Pusey, Nunes, Aké

Doubtful Stones (unknown), Doku (hamstring)

Injured Bobb (leg, 1 Jan), Rodri (knee, 1 Jun), Kovacic (unknown, 21 Dec)

Suspended None

Form WWWLLL Leading scorer Haaland 12

 

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