Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action

Published on Jan 31, 2025

NOTTINGHAM FOREST v BRIGHTON

Saturday 12.30pm TNT Sports 1 Venue City Ground

Referee Simon Hooper This season G14 Y67 R2 4.93 cards/game

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Nottingham Forest v Brighton: probable starters, contenders in italics Photograph: Guardian Nottingham Forest

Subs from Miguel, Boly, Morato, Omobamidele, Toffolo, Moreno, Ward-Prowse, Yates, Sosa, Silva, Awoniyi, Sangaré

Doubtful Hudson-Odoi (groin)

Injured None

Suspended None

Form WWWDWL Leading scorer Wood 14

Brighton

Subs from Rushworth, Veltman, Webster, McConville, March, O’Riley, Gómez, Gruda, Adingra, Rutter, Estupiñán, Ferguson

Doubtful Estupiñán (muscular), March (knee), Ferguson (ankle)

Injured Igor (hamstring, Jun), Kadioglu (toe, unknown), Milner (hamstring, unknown), Steele (shoulder, unknown), Wieffer (thigh, unknown)

Suspended None

Form DDDWWL Leading scorer Welbeck 6

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BOURNEMOUTH v LIVERPOOL

Saturday 3pm Venue Vitality Stadium

Referee Darren England This season G10 Y41 R2 4.30 cards/game

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Bournemouth v Liverpool: probable starters, contenders in italics Bournemouth

Subs from Travers, McKenna, Akinmboni, Kinsey-Wellings, Silcott-Duberry, Winterburn, Adu-Adjei, Rees-Dottin, Jebbison

Doubtful None

Injured Senesi (thigh, 1 Apr), Evanilson (foot, unknown), Unal (knee, unknown), Smith (muscle, 15 Feb), Araujo (hamstring, unknown), Sinisterra (hamstring, 15 Feb), Scott (knee, 15 Feb), Hill (hamstring, 15 Feb)

Unavailable Soler (international duty, 22 Feb)

Suspended None

Form DDWDWW Leading scorer Kluivert 11

Liverpool

Subs from Kelleher, Jaros, Bradley, Quansah, Gomez, Tsimikas, Endo, McConnell, Elliott, Morton, Nyoni, Jota, Chiesa, Núñez, Danns

Doubtful Gomez (hamstring), Jota (muscle), Núñez (illness)

Injured Jones (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Form WWDDWW Leading scorer Salah 19

EVERTON v LEICESTER

Saturday 3pm Venue Goodison Park

Referee Darren Bond This season G9 Y44 R1 5.00 cards/game

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Everton v Leicester: probable starters, contenders in italics Everton

Subs from Virginia, Begovic, Young, Patterson, Dixon, Keane, Iroegbunam, Armstrong, Harrison, Sherif

Doubtful Iroegbunam (foot)

Injured Calvert-Lewin (hamstring, Mar), Mangala (knee, Aug), Broja (ankle, Mar), McNeil (knee, Mar), Coleman (unknown), Chermiti (thigh, 26 Feb)

Suspended None

Form DLLLWW Leading scorer Ndiaye 5

Leicester

Subs from Iversen, Ward, Coady, Okoli, Thomas, Coulibaly, Choudhury, Skipp, McAteer, Buonanotte, Daka, Édouard, Ndidi, Mavididi, Stolarczyk

Doubtful Hermansen (groin), Ndidi (hamstring)

Injured Pereira (hamstring, 1 Mar), Fatawu (knee, Jun)

Suspended None

Form LLLLLW Leading scorer Vardy 7

IPSWICH v SOUTHAMPTON

Saturday 3pm Venue Portman Road

Referee Michael Oliver This season G17 Y83 R3 5.06 cards/game

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Ipswich v Southampton: probable starters, contenders in italics Ipswich

Subs from Muric, Johnson, Woolfenden, H Clarke, Taylor, Luongo, Broadhead, J Clarke, Hirst, Al-Hamadi, Chaplin, Szmodics, Burns, Morsy, Godfrey, Burgess

Doubtful Chaplin (knee), Szmodics (ankle), Burns (knee)

Injured Ogbene (achilles, Jun)

Suspended None

Form LWDLLL Leading scorer Delap 8

Southampton

Subs from McCarthy, Bazunu, Lumley, Wood, Manning, Downes, Grønbæk, Smallbone, Wood, Fraser, Lallana, Stephens, Sulemana

Doubtful Ramsdale (knock), Stephens (knock), Sulemana (hamstring)

Injured Dibling (ankle, unknown), Stewart (muscle, unknown), Larios (unknown)

Suspended None

Form LLLLLL Leading scorer Archer, Aribo, Armstrong, Bednarek, Dibling 2

NEWCASTLE v FULHAM

Saturday 3pm Venue St James’ Park

Referee Chris Kavanagh This season G15 Y81 R4 5.67 cards/game

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Newcastle v Fulham: probable starters, contenders in italics Newcastle

Subs from Pope, Burn, Trippier, Kelly, Krafth, Targett, Longstaff, Willock, Miley, Osula

Doubtful None

Injured Barnes (muscular, 23 Fen), Wilson (hamstring, 15 Feb), Lascelles (knee, March)

Suspended None

Form WWWWLW Leading scorer Isak 17

Fulham

Subs from Benda, Cuenca, Sessegnon, Diop, Pereira, Cairney, Reed, King, Godo, Vinícius, Muniz, Wilson, Nelson

Doubtful Wilson (ankle), Nelson (hamstring)

Injured Tete (knee, Apr)

Suspended None

Form WDDLWL Leading scorer Jiménez 8

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WOLVES v ASTON VILLA

Saturday 5.30pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Molineux

Referee Andy Madley This season G10 Y45 R1 4.60 cards/game

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Wolves v Aston Villa: probable starters, contenders in italics Wolves

Subs from Johnstone, Dawson, R Gomes, Lemina, Traoré, Forbs, Lima, Bellegarde, Guedes, Strand Larsen

Doubtful Borges (knee), Strand Larsen (muscle), Traoré (match fitness)

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

Suspended João Gomes (one match)

Form WDLLLL Leading scorer Cunha 10

Aston Villa

Subs from Olsen, Gauci, García, Nedeljkovic, Bogarde, Buendía, Durán, Jimoh, Barkley, Mings, Onana

Doubtful Barkley (calf), Mings (knee), Onana (hamstring)

Injured Torres (foot, Mar)

Suspended None

Form LDWWDD Leading scorer Watkins 10

BRENTFORD v TOTTENHAM

Sunday 2pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Gtech Community Stadium

Referee Jarred Gillett This season G5 Y28 R0 5.60 cards/game

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Brentford v Tottenham: probable starters, contenders in italics Brentford

Subs from Valdimarsson, Arthur, Ajer, Mee, Kim, Henry, Jensen, Maghoma, Trevitt, Konak, Onyeka, Yogane, Peart-Harris, Carvalho, Yarmolyuk

Doubtful Henry (hamstring), Nørgaard (knock), Schade (knock)

Injured Thiago (knee, unknown), Pinnock (hamstring, unknown), Nunes (back, unknown), Hickey (hamstring, unknown), Dasilva (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Form DLWDLW Leading scorer Mbeumo 14

Tottenham

Subs from Austin, Forster, Hardy, Sarr, Cassanova, Olusesi, Moore, Ajayi, Lankshear, Reguilón, Davies

Doubtful None

Injured Romero (muscle, 16 Feb), Udogie (hamstring, 16 Feb), Johnson (calf, 16 Feb), Werner (hamstring, 16 Feb), Vicario (ankle, 25 Feb), Solanke (knee, 8 Mar), Odobert (hamstring, unknown), Dragusin (knee, unknown), Maddison (calf, 16 Feb)

Suspended None

Form LDLLLL Leading scorer Maddison 8

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Tottenham’s Sergio Reguilón and Micky Van De Ven have some fun during a training session Photograph: Chloe Knott/Tottenham Hotspur FC/Shutterstock MANCHESTER UNITED v CRYSTAL PALACE

Sunday 2pm Venue Old Trafford

Referee John Brooks This season G11 Y63 R0 5.73 cards/game

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Manchester United v Crystal Palace: probable starters, contenders in italics Manchester United

Subs from Heaton, Bayindir, Wheatley, Lindelöf, Amass, Eriksen, Casemiro, Yoro, Malacia, Garnacho, Kukonki, Rashford, Collyer, Højlund

Doubtful None

Injured Shaw (match fitness, unknown), Mount (leg, unknown), Evans (muscle, unknown)

Suspended None

Form LLDWLW Leading scorer Diallo 6

Crystal Palace

Subs from Turner, Matthews, Umeh, Ward, Holding, Clyne, Lerma, Schlupp, Hughes, Nketiah, França, Wharton

Doubtful None

Injured Wharton (groin, 15 Feb), Riad (knee, unknown), Doucouré (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Form DWDWWL Leading scorer Mateta 8

ARSENAL v MANCHESTER CITY

Sunday 4.30pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Emirates Stadium

Referee Peter Bankes This season G14 Y59 R2 4.36 cards/game

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Arsenal v Manchester City: probable starters, contenders in italics Arsenal

Subs from Neto, Setford, Kacurri, Kiwior, Tierney, Zinchenko, Jorginho, Merino, Heaven, Kabia, Sterling, Trossard

Doubtful None

Injured White (knee, 15 Feb); Tomiyasu (knee; unknown) Saka (hamstring; unknown) Jesus (knee; unknown)

Suspended Lewis-Skelly (first of three)

Form WWDWDW Leading scorer Havertz 8

Manchester City

Subs from Carson, Wilson-Ebrand, McAtee, Perrone, Simpson-Pusey, O’Reilly, Ortega, Reis, Khusanov, Savinho, Lewis, Bobb, Grealish

Doubtful Bobb (match fitness)

Injured Rodri (knee, Jun), Dias (abductor, unknown), Doku (muscle, unknown), Aké (knock, unknown)

Suspended None

Form DWWDWW Leading scorer Haaland 18

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CHELSEA v WEST HAM

Monday 8pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Stamford Bridge

Referee Stuart Attwell This season G12 Y48 R2 4.17 cards/game

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Chelsea v West Ham: probable starters, contenders in italics Chelsea

Subs from Sánchez, Bettinelli, Disasi, Acheampong, Tosin, Gusto, Dewsbury-Hall, Chukwuemeka, Neto, George, Nkunku, Guiu, Félix

Doubtful None

Injured Badiashile (hamstring, 14 Feb) Fofana (hamstring, May), Lavia (thigh, 14 Feb), Kellyman (thigh, unknown)

Suspended Mudryk (indefinite)

Form LLDDWL Leading scorer Palmer 14

West Ham

Subs from Areola, Foderingham, Casey, Coufal, Irving, Ings, Orford, Guilherme, Summerville, Scarles, Rodríguez

Doubtful Bowen (foot), Summerville (hamstring), Paquetá (groin)

Injured Antonio (leg, unknown), Füllkrug (hamstring, unknown), Todibo (calf, 15 Feb)

Suspended None

Form WLLWLD Leading scorer Bowen, Soucek 5

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