Last updated on December 29th, 2024
ARSENAL
RULED OUT: Ben White (knee), Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee), Bukayo Saka (hamstring)
MIGHT PLAY: Raheem Sterling (knee)
“I would prefer to leave that to the doctor himself. But he had a procedure. Everything went well. But, unfortunately he will be out for many, many weeks.
“I said many weeks, so I think it will be more than two months. I don’t know exactly how much longer, I think it will depend, you know. How the scar tissue starts to heal the first week or so. The mobility of that. Let’s see. It’s very difficult to say.” – Mikel Arteta on Bukayo Saka
ASTON VILLA
RULED OUT: Matty Cash (suspended), Jhon Duran (suspended)
MIGHT PLAY: Jacob Ramsey (hamstring)
BOURNEMOUTH
RULED OUT: Marcos Senesi (thigh), Marcus Tavernier (hamstring), Alex Scott (knee), Luis Sinisterra (hamstring), Julian Araujo (hamstring), Adam Smith (muscle), Justin Kluivert (suspended)
BRENTFORD
RULED OUT: Ethan Pinnock (hamstring), Igor Thiago (infection), Rico Henry (knee), Aaron Hickey (hamstring), Josh Dasilva (knee), Gustavo Nunes (back), Kristoffer Ajer (ankle)
MIGHT PLAY: Sepp van den Berg (groin), Mathias Jensen (hamstring), Mark Flekken (muscle), Ben Mee (muscle)
“On both Flekken and Mee, we have no real update.
“We’ll know more tomorrow when we really assess them. Hopefully, the injuries aren’t too big.” – Thomas Frank
BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION
RULED OUT: Jack Hinshelwood (knee), Ferdi Kadioglu (toe), James Milner (hamstring), Danny Welbeck (ankle)
MIGHT PLAY: Adam Webster (hamstring), Mats Wieffer (quad)
CHELSEA
RULED OUT: Reece James (hamstring), Mykhailo Mudryk (ban), Benoit Badiashile (knock), Wesley Fofana (hamstring), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (unknown)
MIGHT PLAY: Romeo Lavia (hamstring)
“Now it’s also important to recover energy and to go again on Monday and then if we’re going to make one change or two changes or three changes, we see. Now it’s a bit early but for sure we are going to change something.” – Enzo Maresca on the trip to Ipswich Town
CRYSTAL PALACE
RULED OUT: Marc Guehi (suspended), Adam Wharton (groin), Matheus Franca (groin)
MIGHT PLAY: Chadi Riad (knee), Will Hughes (knee)
EVERTON
RULED OUT: James Garner (back), Tim Iroegbunam (foot)
MIGHT PLAY: Dwight McNeil (knee), Iliman Ndiaye (muscle), Seamus Coleman (muscle)
AVAILABLE: Ashley Young (back from suspension)
“We’ll have to wait and see. It’s still a touch-and-go scenario with these games coming thick and fast, so it’s a maybe at the moment as to whether Dwight makes it.” – Sean Dyche on Dwight McNeil
FULHAM
RULED OUT: Kenny Tete (knee), Reiss Nelson (hamstring), Harrison Reed (knee)
MIGHT PLAY: Sander Berge (ankle), Emile Smith Rowe (unknown)
“Emile is going to be or not in contention, we are going to decide tomorrow. All the other players they are going to be in the same situation, not fresh injury concerns.” – Marco Silva
IPSWICH TOWN
RULED OUT: Chiedozie Ogbene (Achilles), Axel Tuanzebe (hamstring), George Hirst (knee)
MIGHT PLAY: Massimo Luongo (illness)
AVAILABLE: Sam Morsy (back from suspension)
LEICESTER CITY
RULED OUT: Abdul Fatawu (knee), Wilfred Ndidi (hamstring), Ricardo Pereira (hamstring), Mads Hermansen (groin), Jordan Ayew (suspended), Kasey McAteer (unknown)
MIGHT PLAY: Jamie Vardy (knock), Wout Faes (unknown)
“Wout Faes… is doubtful. Jamie has a good chance, hopefully he can make it. Hermansen as I said before he’s going to need a bit longer to recover” – Ruud van Nistelrooy
LIVERPOOL
RULED OUT: Ibrahima Konate (knee), Conor Bradley (hamstring), Dominik Szoboszlai (suspended)
“They will not be back for West Ham United, but then there is a week in between [before the game against Manchester United] so let’s see how close they are then.
“It’s difficult for me to tell you at this moment because they don’t train with the group yet, but hopefully in the upcoming days they come closer to that situation. And then again, Ibou has been out then for five or six weeks maybe, Conor just as long I think, the same amount.
“And also for them, they are in competition with players that are completely fit and doing really well, so I have to make the right judgement the moment they are back with the team.” – Arne Slot on Conor Bradley and Ibrahima Konate
MANCHESTER CITY
RULED OUT: Ruben Dias (muscle), Nathan Ake (hamstring), Rodri (knee), Oscar Bobb (leg)
MIGHT PLAY: Ederson (leg), Kyle Walker (illness), Jack Grealish (muscle), John Stones (foot), Matheus Nunes (unknown)
MANCHESTER UNITED
RULED OUT: Luke Shaw (muscle), Mason Mount (knock), Victor Lindelof (muscle), Manuel Ugarte (suspended), Bruno Fernandes (suspended)
NEWCASTLE UNITED
RULED OUT: Nick Pope (knee), Callum Wilson (hamstring), Jamaal Lascelles (knee), Emil Krafth (collarbone)
MIGHT PLAY: Sven Botman (knee), Tino Livramento (illness), Kieran Trippier (fatigue)
NOTTINGHAM FOREST
RULED OUT: Danilo (ankle), Ibrahima Sangare (hamstring), Ryan Yates (suspended)
AVAILABLE: Nicolas Dominguez (back from suspension)
SOUTHAMPTON
RULED OUT: Jack Stephens (unknown), Ross Stewart (hamstring), Gavin Bazunu (Achilles), Juan Larios (unknown)
MIGHT PLAY: Will Smallbone (hamstring)
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
RULED OUT: Cristian Romero (hamstring), Micky van de Ven (hamstring), Djed Spence (suspended), Guglielmo Vicario (ankle), Richarlison (hamstring), Ben Davies (hamstring), Wilson Odobert (hamstring), Mikey Moore (virus)
MIGHT PLAY: Radu Dragusin (ankle)
“Bit early to tell, he obviously tweaked his ankle and felt like he couldn’t continue, we’ll just have to wait and see. Wait until he gets in today and then assess it from there.” – Ange Postecoglou on Radu Dragusin
WEST HAM UNITED
RULED OUT: Michail Antonio (leg), Tomas Soucek (suspended), Guido Rodriguez (suspended)
MIGHT PLAY: Carlos Soler (knee), Lukasz Fabianski (knee), Max Kilman (shoulder)
AVAILABLE: Lucas Paqueta (back from suspension)
“It’s too early to tell [if they are going to be fit for Gameweek 19]. We are talking about three days so I am not very optimistic about this but let’s see.” – Julen Lopetegui on Messrs Fabianski and Kilman
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
RULED OUT: Pablo Sarabia (calf), Yerson Mosquera (knee), Sasa Kalajdzic (knee), Boubacar Traore (knee), Enso Gonzalez (knee)
MIGHT PLAY: Mario Lemina (knock), Matheus Cunha (possible suspension)
