Press Conferences – GW16

Arsenal

Ruled out: Sead Kolasinac (ankle).
Might play: Emile Smith Rowe (groin) and Bernd Leno (groin).
Fit: Gabriel Martinelli.

“He’s trained today and he’s feeling much better after we lost him for the last game. Hopefully, he will be available to play. The rest is OK.”
~ Mikel Arteta on (Smith Rowe)

Aston Villa

Ruled out: Leon Bailey (muscle) and Bertrand Traore (thigh).
Might play: Morgan Sanson (illness) and Trezeguet (match fitness),.
Fit: Danny Ings and Matt Targett.

“We have a couple of kicks from yesterday, but we think they’re all going to pull through. Morgan (Sanson) wasn’t feeling too well but we’ve had good news and he’ll be back in to train. Obviously, Bertrand (Traore) and Leon (Bailey) will be missing.”
~ Steven Gerrard

Brentford

Ruled out: Ivan Toney (Covid), Sergi Canos (suspended), David Raya (knee), Kristoffer Ajer (hamstring), Mathias Jorgensen (muscle) and Josh Dasilva (hip).

Burnley

Ruled out: Ashley Barnes (thigh).
Might play: Phil Bardsley (knock).
Fit: Phil Bardsley (knock), Ben Mee (shoulder), Maxwel Cornet (thigh) and Dale Stephens (Covid).

Chelsea

Ruled out: Ben Chilwell (knee), Mateo Kovacic (Covid), N’Golo Kante (knee) and Trevoh Chalobah (hamstring).
Might play: Jorginho (back).

“Trevoh (Chalobah), Mateo (Kovacic), N’Golo (Kante) and Ben (Chilwell) are out. (Jorginho) did the last two training sessions and I think he will do what he did the last games: play through pain and do what’s needed … Reecey will start as a wing-back and we’ll find another option in midfield.”
~ Thomas Tuchel

Crystal Palace

Ruled out: Nathan Ferguson (Achilles) and James McArthur (hamstring).
Might play: Joachim Andersen (hamstring).
Fit: Joel Ward (back from suspension).

Everton

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

“Dominic (Calvert-Lewin) is getting closer. Yerry (Mina) is not available. Salomon (Rondon) is available, has been training. (Allan) has done today half a training session. Tom (Davies), maybe next week he will start with the team.”
~ Rafael Benitez

Leeds Utd

Ruled out: Patrick Bamford (hamstring), Rodrigo (heel), Kalvin Phillips (hamstring) and Liam Cooper (hamstring).
Might play: Pascal Struijk (hip) and Robin Koch (pelvic/illness).

Leicester

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

“We’ve had some positive (COVID-19) cases, some are generally not well, so we haven’t taken the risk. We will have seven (players) unavailable. (Who they are is) something you’ll see in time … It’s been (over the) last few days really. In general, you’re starting to see a few more cases and, for us, it’s always about the health of our players.”
~ Brendan Rodgers

Liverpool

Ruled out: Nathaniel Phillips (cheekbone), Curtis Jones (eye) and Harvey Elliott (ankle).
Might play: Diogo Jota (knock), Roberto Firmino (hamstring).
Fit: Joe Gomez, Naby Keita.

“Diogo (Jota) felt something after the last Premier League game, didn’t train yet. We will see – maybe he can train today. Then he is an option. If not, then not.”
~ Jurgen Klopp on (Jota)

Man City

Ruled out: Ferran Torres (foot).
Fit: Phil Foden (ankle), Gabriel Jesus (knock) and Nathan Ake (back).

“He still has these niggles but every time he’s better and better. He will dictate and say how he feels after games. But in December, with this amount of games and knowing Phil, he will want to fight to be there. We will see how feels.”
~ Pep Guardiola on (Foden)

Man Utd

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

“We have Aaron (Wan-Bissaka), who received one or two knocks in midweek. Nemanja (Matic) has a bit of a cold. I wouldn’t call it flu, he is negative, tested for COVID, and I am still hoping he can be available but we have to wait.”
~ Ralf Rangnick

Newcastle

Ruled out: Paul Dummett (calf).
Might play: Ryan Fraser (hamstring) and Fabian Schar (ribs).
Fit: Ciaran Clark (back from suspension).

“We’re looking OK within the squad in the sense of COVID, we have testing today but a clean bill of health at the moment. A couple of knocks and niggles, Fabian (Schar) had a rib problem earlier in the week, he missed a bit of training, but hopefully will be OK.”
~ Eddie Howe

Norwich

Ruled out: Brandon Williams (can’t face parent club), Milot Rashica (groin), Christoph Zimmermann (ankle), Sam Byram (lack of match fitness) and Mathias Normann (pelvic).
Fit: Todd Cantwell.

“We have got a couple of players who have picked up knocks and we have got a couple of COVID-19 related issues as well, so while I can’t give you any names there are four players that were are waiting on news for.”
~ Dean Smith

Southampton

Ruled out: Oriol Romeu (suspension), Mohamed Salisu (suspension), Alex McCarthy (hamstring), Fraser Forster (hamstring) and Stuart Armstrong (calf).
Might play: Che Adams (muscle).
Fit: Jan Bednarek.

“Che (Adams) stopped in the session yesterday. We will have a look what is with him, if he can play or not, we will see. Jan (Bednarek) is back available. Stuey (Armstrong) at the moment is not part of the squad.”
~ Ralph Hasenhuttl

Watford

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

West Ham

Ruled out: Kurt Zouma (hamstring), Angelo Ogbonna (knee) and Ben Johnson (hamstring).
Might play: Aaron Cresswell (back).

Wolves

Ruled out: Yerson Mosquera (thigh), Jonny (knee) and Pedro Neto (knee).
Fit: Conor Coady, Willy Boly, Marcal, Rayan Ait Nouri.