Press Conferences – GW15

Arsenal

Ruled out: Granit Xhaka (knee) and Sead Kolasinac (ankle).

Aston Villa

Ruled out: Leon Bailey (muscle), Trezeguet (knee) and Bertrand Traore (thigh).
Might play: Danny Ings (thigh) and Matt Targett (head).

“Unfortunately, Leon (Bailey) has had a scan and that’s confirmed that it’s a muscle injury in that quad area. It’s going to be quite a long one. He’ll be missing for a number of weeks. It’s difficult to put a date on that right now, but we won’t see him before Xmas.”
~ Steven Gerrard

Brentford

Ruled out: David Raya (knee), Kristoffer Ajer (hamstring), Mathias Jorgensen (muscle) and Josh Dasilva (hip).

Brighton

Ruled out: Adam Lallana (thigh), Adam Webster (calf), Jeremy Sarmiento (hamstring), Danny Welbeck (thigh) and Steven Alzate (ankle).

“It’s still early days in terms of assessing, but we will be without Jeremy (Sarmiento), Adam (Webster) and Adam (Lallana). We will find out the details of their injuries in the coming days.”
~ Graham Potter

Burnley

Ruled out: Ashley Barnes (thigh) and Dale Stephens (COVID-19).
Might play: Phil Bardsley (knock).
Fit: James Tarkowski and Ashley Westwood.

“It’s going to be weeks of recovery for Ashley, and we’re monitoring Dale (Stephens). Bardsley is also a niggly so it’s not likely that he will be in the squad for the weekend.”
~ Sean Dyche

Chelsea

Ruled out: Ben Chilwell (knee), Mateo Kovacic (hamstring), N’Golo Kante (knee) and Trevoh Chalobah (hamstring).
Fit: Reece James.

“We did not train today with Mateo (Kovacic), N’Golo (Kante), Ben (Chilwell) and Trevoh (Chalobah) – they are all out for tomorrow. Everybody else is available.”
~ Thomas Tuchel

Crystal Palace

Ruled out: Joel Ward (suspended), Nathan Ferguson (Achilles) and James McArthur (hamstring).
Might play: Joachim Andersen (hamstring).

Everton

Ruled out: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (thigh) and Tom Davies (knee).
Might play: Andre Gomes (calf), Yerry Mina (hamstring) and Salomon Rondon (hamstring).
Fit: Mason Holgate.

“Rondon is feeling better but we need to wait for the scan. Andre (Gomes) has been training, we are missing just Dominic (Calvert-Lewin) and Tom (Davies). The other players are available. Still a couple of weeks minimum for Calvert-Lewin. We have to be very careful with him.”
~ Rafael Benitez

Leeds Utd

Ruled out: Robin Koch (pelvic).
Might play: Pascal Struijk (hip), Patrick Bamford (match fitness) and Luke Ayling (match fitness).

“It’s likely that they’ll be available for the game on Sunday.”
~ Marcelo Bielsa on (Bamford and Ayling)

Leicester

Ruled out: Youri Tielemans (calf), Ricardo Pereira (thigh), James Justin (knee) and Wesley Fofana (leg).

“It might be too soon for the weekend.”
~ Brendan Rodgers on (Tielemans and Justin)

Liverpool

Ruled out: Roberto Firmino (hamstring), Joe Gomez (calf), Curtis Jones (eye), Harvey Elliott (ankle) and Naby Keita (hamstring).

“We didn’t let them do the full training session but they looked brilliant. They will use the next two to three days to do the stuff they have to do. I think from Sunday on wards, if nothing happens, they should be in contention.”
~ Jurgen Klopp on (Gomez and Keita)

Man City

Ruled out: Ferran Torres (foot).
Fit: Kyle Walker, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan, John Stones and Aymeric Laporte.

“Except Ferran (Torres), all are ready to travel to London. It’s better, I said before the game against Villa, you need everyone, much better to have everyone.”
~ Pep Guardiola

Man Utd

Ruled out: Paul Pogba (thigh) and Raphael Varane (hamstring).
Might play: Aaron Wan-Bissaka (hand), Luke Shaw (head), Edinson Cavani (tendon) and Nemanja Matic (hamstring).

Newcastle

Ruled out: Ciaran Clark (suspended) and Paul Dummett (calf).
Fit: Matt Ritchie and Jamaal Lascelles.

“He’s not close at the moment. He is back on the grass with the physios. He still has quite a bit to go through, but positive signs.”
~ Eddie Howe on (Dummett)

Norwich

Ruled out: Mathias Normann (pelvic), Milot Rashica (groin), Christoph Zimmermann (ankle) and Sam Byram (lack of match fitness).
Fit: Todd Cantwell.

“We felt Milot’s (Rashica) was just a slight groin issue, but it’s a bit more significant than that, so we expect him to be out for three or four weeks.”
~ Dean Smith

Southampton

Ruled out: Jan Bednarek (calf), Fraser Forster (knock) and Stuart Armstrong (calf).
Might play: Jack Stephens (knee).

Spurs

Ruled out: Cristian Romero (thigh) and Giovani Lo Celso (knock).

“He will be ready to start again training sessions with us.”
~ Antonio Conte on (Lo Celso)

Watford

Ruled out: Ben Foster (groin), Ismaila Sarr (knee), Nicolas Nkoulou (hamstring), Adam Masina (thigh), Peter Etebo (thigh), Francisco Sierralta (hamstring), Ken Sema (knee) and Kwadwo Baah (ankle).

West Ham

Ruled out: Angelo Ogbonna (knee).
Might play: Aaron Cresswell (back).

“Aaron (Cresswell) is back in training. He’s done a bit of light training so we’ll take a look at that. Otherwise, we’re okay, other than Angelo (Ogbonna) being out with his cruciate. In the main, we’ve got everybody fit though.”
~ David Moyes

Wolves

Ruled out: Willy Boly (muscle), Marcal (Covid), Yerson Mosquera (thigh), Jonny (knee) and Pedro Neto (knee).
Might play: Daniel Podence (COVID-19).

“We will have to wait and see if he can join us tomorrow.”
~ Bruno Lage on (Podence)