Last updated on March 7th, 2025
ARSENAL
RULED OUT: Bukayo Saka (hamstring), Kai Havertz (hamstring), Gabriel Jesus (knee), Gabriel Martinelli (hamstring), Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee)
AVAILABLE: Myles Lewis-Skelly (back from suspension)
“I think it was quite clear that we had a liability there with the yellow card and then the next action. It wasn’t the moment to take any risks and we have learned from that experience of managing the game for so long, especially with how important this competition is. It’s a lesson to learn for him, for sure. We’ll support and help him, but the line is really thin in this sport and he needs to understand that.” – Mikel Arteta on Myles Lewis-Skelly
ASTON VILLA
RULED OUT: Ross Barkley (calf)
MIGHT PLAY: Amadou Onana (muscle)
AVAILABLE: Tyrone Mings (knee), Pau Torres (foot), Boubacar Kamara (hamstring)
“Barkley is out, not available for tomorrow, Onana is starting to work with the team and is close to being with us as well.” – Unai Emery
BOURNEMOUTH
RULED OUT: Illia Zabarnyi (suspended), Enes Unal (knee), Marcos Senesi (quad), Julian Araujo (hamstring), Adam Smith (hamstring + calf)
MIGHT PLAY: Ryan Christie (knock)
“He played well [against Wolves in the cup], he looked quite natural, and it’s very good news for us because obviously he’s very important and I hope he continues the same way. Now for sure he needs… I don’t know, these things need more time but he’s training normal, he’s playing normal, so let’s hope that continues like this.” – Andoni Iraola on Evanilson
BRENTFORD
RULED OUT: Sepp van den Berg (knee), Igor Thiago (infection), Aaron Hickey (hamstring), Josh Dasilva (knee), Gustavo Nunes (back)
MIGHT PLAY: Rico Henry (hamstring)
AVAILABLE: Christian Norgaard (concussion), Mathias Jensen (adductor)
BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION
RULED OUT: Tariq Lamptey (suspended), Lewis Dunk (ribs), Joel Veltman (foot), Ferdi Kadioglu (toe), Igor Julio (hamstring), James Milner (hamstring), Jason Steele (shoulder)
MIGHT PLAY: Matt O’Riley (knee)
AVAILABLE: Kaoru Mitoma (cramp)
“[Mitoma] just had a cramp so he will be an option for tomorrow. For the rest of the team, it’s the same. So, there are no new injuries or no new news, so the options will be the same. Lewis Dunk is closer but still not an option.” – Fabian Hurzeler
“We have different options. We played with Mats Wieffer the last time. We played two weeks before with Jack Hinshelwood. So, we have several options.” – Fabian Hurzeler on what he will do at right-back
CHELSEA
RULED OUT: Nicolas Jackson (hamstring), Noni Madueke (hamstring), Mykhailo Mudryk (ban), Marc Guiu (hamstring)
MIGHT PLAY: Malo Gusto (knock), Romeo Lavia (muscle)
AVAILABLE: Trevoh Chalobah (back), Benoit Badiashile (muscle)
“He’s okay, he’s better. They just said to me that probably he could be available for Sunday’s game, also, so hopefully we can have him for Sunday’s game.” – Enzo Maresca on Malo Gusto
“Wes [Fofana, who returned on the bench in Gameweek 27] is training with us already more than 10 days, so he is back. Benoit also is back. Romeo started to work with us, that is good news. He is still far from being fit 100% but he is starting to work with us.
“The rest are still out: Nicolas [Jackson], Marc [Guiu], Aaron [Anselmino] and Noni [Madueke]. [Jackson] is starting running outside, he has started to do something outside also. But I think the programme is still the same in terms of probably after the international break [before returning].” – Enzo Maresca
CRYSTAL PALACE
RULED OUT: Jean-Philippe Mateta (ear), Will Hughes (suspended), Cheick Doucoure (knee), Chadi Riad (knee), Joel Ward (unknown)
“Mateta is doing well. He is at home and his recovery is going well. He had no fractures or concussion. Healing from the huge wound is going as we expected.
“He will go to Marbella with us next week and be just training individually. If everything goes how we wish, he will be available versus Fulham [the FA Cup tie after the March international break, which precedes Gameweek 30].” – Oliver Glasner
EVERTON
RULED OUT: Iliman Ndiaye (knee), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (hamstring), Dwight McNeil (knee), Orel Mangala (knee), Armando Broja (ankle)
MIGHT PLAY: Seamus Coleman (muscle)
“The likes of Dwight [McNeil], Iliman [Ndiaye] and Dom [Calvert-Lewin] fall into our forward players who we’re needing back – our creative players as well. I don’t think any of those three, at the moment, are really close, but Ili is doing much better. He’s not running or anything yet but he’s certainly improving from his injury.” – David Moyes
FULHAM
RULED OUT: Sasa Lukic (suspended), Reiss Nelson (hamstring), Harry Wilson (foot), Kenny Tete (knee)
MIGHT PLAY: Adama Traore (ankle)
“We are going to have Sasa [Lukic] out definitely for the next two games. Adama [Traore] still a doubt and the other three they are they are in the same level of recovering. It’s nice to see Kenny [Tete] already on the pitch doing some individual work too but Kenny, Harry Wilson and Reiss Nelson they are going to be out, plus Sasa Lukic. Let’s see what is going to happen with Adama.” – Marco Silva
IPSWICH TOWN
RULED OUT: Axel Tuanzebe (hamstring + thumb), Wes Burns (knee), Ari Muric (shoulder), Sammie Szmodics (ankle), Conor Chaplin (knee), Chiedozie Ogbene (Achilles)
MIGHT PLAY: Julio Enciso (knee), Omari Hutchinson (knee), Cameron Burgess (calf), Kalvin Phillips (calf)
AVAILABLE: Christian Walton (groin)
“Julio [Enciso] and Omari [Hutchinson] are not too far away from the squad. There’s going to be a real decision as to whether there’s any involvement for them this weekend. Kalvin [Phillips] trained today. He’s in a better place. Again, we’ll make a judgement.
“Christian [Burgess] is going to be in the squad this weekend hopefully. Aro has had an injection in his shoulder, he’s done really well to be available for the team to be honest over the last couple of weeks, but it’s got to the point where it needed to be addressed.” – Kieran McKenna, quoted in the EADT
“Conor Chaplin is still working by himself. Sam Szmodics has gone for an ankle operation, unfortunately. So he’s going to be out for an extended period of time. He originally suffered the injury in a tackle in the Fulham game, then had a recurrence of it in the Coventry game, then he had a recurrence of it after the Man United game. I don’t know the exact timescale, but it’s going to be a good number of weeks and if we see him again this season it will be in the last couple of fixtures.” – Kieran McKenna, quoted in the EADT
LEICESTER CITY
RULED OUT: Abdul Fatawu (knee)
AVAILABLE: Woyo Coulibaly (unknown), Ricardo Pereira (hamstring)
LIVERPOOL
RULED OUT: Joe Gomez (hamstring), Conor Bradley (muscle), Tyler Morton (shoulder)
MIGHT PLAY: Cody Gakpo (ankle)
“For me, the one against Southampton is by far the most important – not only because it’s the first one we play but it is a very, very important one for us. So if, if, I make the choice to play other players, that is because I think that is the biggest chance to win the game tomorrow and not because I want to rest them for the game against Paris Saint-Germain.
“So, the only way I make a change is because it’s only two days in between, and then I might feel that playing someone else is a better option, because we have many players that are of equal quality.But that then only has to do with us getting a bigger chance of winning the game against Southampton than it has anything to do with the Paris Saint-Germain game.” – Arne Slot
“He didn’t train yesterday yet, so let’s see if he can train with us today. Again, close call it will probably be. It’s not a long-term injury but he still had a bit of pain yesterday so he was not able to train. Let’s see where he is today, so I can’t give you the answer yet.” – Arne Slot on Cody Gakpo
MANCHESTER CITY
RULED OUT: Nathan Ake (foot), John Stones (adductor), Manuel Akanji (groin), Rodri (knee), Oscar Bobb (leg + ankle)
“Ten weeks, 11 weeks [out], they said to me. When it’s surgery, it’s pretty serious. When you go to surgery, it is because something wrong happened. It’s important that it is done. He has struggled a lot this season with the problems in his feet. It happened.” – Pep Guardiola on Nathan Ake
MANCHESTER UNITED
RULED OUT: Patrick Dorgu (suspended), Amad Diallo (ankle), Luke Shaw (hamstring), Kobbie Mainoo (calf), Mason Mount (hamstring), Lisandro Martinez (knee), Jonny Evans (muscle), Altay Bayindir (knock), Tom Heaton (knock)
MIGHT PLAY: Harry Maguire (knock), Manuel Ugarte (knock)
AVAILABLE: Toby Collyer (knock)
“I don’t know [if anyone can return]. I don’t know. We need to survive Sunday. The team was so tired in the last 20 minutes [against Sociedad]. We have to prepare for Sunday and then think about this important game in our season on Thursday. But, in this moment, I don’t know” – Ruben Amorim
NEWCASTLE UNITED
RULED OUT: Lewis Hall (foot), Anthony Gordon (suspended), Sven Botman (knee), Jamaal Lascelles (knee)
AVAILABLE: Alexander Isak (groin), Kieran Trippier (back)
“Yeah, he’s fine. Sunday he came off, he was just feeling a bit fatigued I think towards the end of the game, a bit tight in his body, so we withdrew him. Just trying to think back to this week but I think he’s trained every day. Yeah, he’s good.” – Eddie Howe on Alexander Isak
“It’s a really minor operation but whenever you have an operation, there’s always a slight unknown. But we hope he’ll be back sort of eight weeks is a timeline so that should give him plenty of time to get some games in before the end of the season.” – Eddie Howe on Sven Botman
NOTTINGHAM FOREST
RULED OUT: Carlos Miguel (hamstring)
“We have a healthy squad and we’ve been able to keep our players healthy. This is very good for us in terms of options and solutions.” – Nuno Espirito Santo
SOUTHAMPTON
RULED OUT: James Bree (hamstring)
MIGHT PLAY: Ryan Fraser (calf), Ross Stewart (match fitness), Juan Larios (match fitness)
AVAILABLE: Lesley Ugochukwu (was ineligible to face parent club), Kyle Walker-Peters (knock), Adam Lallana (hamstring), Jan Bednarek (muscle)
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
RULED OUT: Dejan Kulusevski (foot), Richarlison (calf), Radu Dragusin (knee)
MIGHT PLAY: Dominic Solanke (back), Ben Davies (unknown)
“With Dom, I think he got a knee into the backside so it’s probably a bit sore. It’s a knock so hopefully it settles down pretty quickly.” – Ange Postecoglou on Dominic Solanke
“Yeah, they’ve a chance. When I saw the pitch the night before [the AZ game] I pretty much made up my mind that I wasn’t going to risk them. It wasn’t a great pitch, and it wasn’t steady underfoot. It wasn’t the sort of game I thought I needed to expose them. A couple of extra days’ training and recovery and hopefully both are in line to feature.” – Ange Postecoglou on whether Messrs van de Ven and Romero could feature on Sunday
WEST HAM UNITED
RULED OUT: Niclas Fullkrug (hamstring), Crysencio Summerville (hamstring), Michail Antonio (leg)
MIGHT PLAY: Lucas Paqueta (ankle), Vladimir Coufal (hamstring)
“No, he’s fine. Obviously he’s been disappointed because he’s missed a couple of games with his injury but he’s worked really hard to get back on the pitch. He’s done that well, he’s trained well this week. I’ve found him absolutely no problem whatsoever since we’ve been here. He’s always given his best in training and in games. The other stuff is out of my hands and out of my control.” – Graham Potter when asked if he had any reservations about selecting Lucas Paqueta because of a looming hearing into his alleged breach of betting rules
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
RULED OUT: Matheus Cunha (suspended), Yerson Mosquera (knee), Sasa Kalajdzic (knee), Enso Gonzalez (knee), Leon Chiwome (knee)
AVAILABLE: Emmanuel Agbadou (muscle), Rodrigo Gomes (pelvis), Goncalo Guedes (knee)
