Team news from the Premier League
All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 7 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.
Saturday October 4 3pm
Sunderland head coach Gus Poyet will welcome defender Wes Brown back to the squad for Saturday’s home clash with Stoke.
Brown missed last weekend’s 0-0 Barclays Premier League draw with Swansea because of a calf problem, but has returned to training and is available once again.
However, loan signing Sebastian Coates is out with a thigh injury, while midfielder Emanuele Giaccherini remains a doubt with an ankle problem.
Provisional squad: Mannone, Pantilimon, Jones, Van Aanholt, Brown, O’Shea, Vergini, Roberge, Cattermole, Bridcutt, Rodwell, Gomez, Larsson, Johnson, Buckley, Giaccherini, Alvarez, Mavrias, Wickham, Altidore, Fletcher, Graham.
Mame Biram Diouf is set to miss Stoke City’s Barclays Premier League trip to Sunderland after limping off in the Monday night win over Newcastle.
But early indications suggest Diouf’s injury is not as bad as first feared and he will be fit to return following the international break.
Marko Arnautovic is set to come in to replace Diouf while Geoff Cameron could also figure in the squad as he returns from five weeks out with a hernia problem.
Provisional Squad: Begovic, Bardsley, Wilson, Shawcross, Pieters, Whelan, Walters, Krkic, Moses, Nzonzi, Crouch, Sorensen, Huth, Adam, Arnautovic, Assaidi, Muniesa, Ireland, Cameron.
Saturday October 4 3pm
Veteran goalkeeper Steve Harper returns to the Hull side for Saturday’s visit of Crystal Palace with Allan McGregor out for up to six weeks with a shoulder injury.
Manager Steve Bruce must also decide whether Hatem Ben Arfa or Gaston Ramirez are ready to make their first Barclays Premier League starts since arriving on transfer deadline day, while James Chester is in line for a recall if Bruce chooses to return to a 3-5-2 formation.
Robert Snodgrass (knee) remains a long-term absentee but David Meyler is set to return to the squad.
Provisional squad: Harper, Jakupovic, Davies, Dawson, Rosenior, Robertson, Chester, McShane, Elmohamady, Meyler, Diame, Huddlestone, Livermore, Ince, Brady, Ramirez, Jelavic, Aluko, Quinn, Hernandez, Ben Arfa.
Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock has a fully fit squad to choose from for his side’s trip to Hull in the Barclays Premier League.
Marouane Chamakh played 18 minutes against Leicester last weekend and the striker is considered fit enough to start after recovering from a hamstring problem.
The Eagles, who are currently ninth in the table, go to the KC Stadium gunning for their third straight league victory after recording back-to-back wins over Leicester and Everton. They also did the double over Hull last season.
Provisional Squad: Speroni, Hennessey, Mariappa, Kelly, Fryers, Ward, Delaney, Dann, Hangeland, Jedinak, McArthur, Bannan, Ledley, Williams, Bolasie, Thomas, Puncheon, Gayle, Campbell, Johnson, Doyle, Chamakh, Zaha.
Saturday October 4 3pm
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers will wait to see whether Daniel Sturridge is fit enough to be involved against West Brom.
The striker has missed six matches with a thigh strain and while he is edging closer to full fitness he has been left out of England’s 2016 qualifiers due to his lack of action.
Defenders Glen Johnson and Mamadou Sakho (both thigh), Jon Flanagan (knee), midfielders Joe Allen (knee) and Emre Can (ankle) are all unavailable.
Provisional squad: Mignolet, Manquillo, Skrtel, Lovren, Moreno, Gerrard, Henderson, Lallana, Markovic, Balotelli, Sterling, Jones, Toure, Enrique, Coutinho, Rossiter, Lucas, Lambert, Borini.
Silvestre Varela is out of West Brom’s trip to Liverpool as the club assess whether he needs hernia surgery.
The Baggies are liaising with the winger’s parent club Porto to see if Varela needs to go under the knife.
Strikers Brown Ideye (ankle) and Victor Anichebe (groin) are also sidelined meaning four-goal Saido Berahino will lead the line and Chris Baird is fit again after illness.
Provisional squad: Foster, Myhill, Pocognoli, Gamboa, Dawson, Lescott, McAuley, Olsson, Yacob, Davidson, Baird, Wisdom, Morrison, Mulumbu, Gardner, Dorrans, Brunt, Roofe, Blanco, Sessegnon, Samaras, Berahino.
Saturday October 4 3pm
Esteban Cambiasso and Ritchie De Laet are fit for Leicester after coming off in their 2-0 defeat at Crystal Palace last week.
Matt Upson is still sidelined with a foot injury, although he is making progress having not played for the Foxes since joining from Brighton in the summer.
Defender Zoumana Bakayogo, who was not listed in the squad at the start of the campaign, has had surgery on his anterior cruciate ligament injury and is expected to be out for the season.
Provisional squad: Schmeichel, Hamer, De Laet, Konchesky, Wasilewski, Schlupp, Moore, Morgan, King, Hammond, Albrighton, Knockaert, Mahrez, Vardy, Taylor-Fletcher, Ulloa, Nugent, Wood, Drinkwater, Cambiasso, Simpson, Lawrence, Powell.
Nathaniel Chalobah is the latest injury casualty for Burnley as boss Sean Dyche prepares to take the Clarets to Leicester on Saturday.
Chalobah suffered a kick in the throat during an under-21 match on Tuesday night and will not be fit for the clash at the King Power Stadium.
Chalobah joins David Jones (thigh), Dean Marhey (hamstring) and Matthew Taylor (Achilles) on the sidelines as the problems continue to mount for Dyche’s men.
Provisional squad: Heaton, Trippier, Lafferty, Ward, Duff, Shackell, Mee, Wallace, Kightly, Cisak, Sordell, Reid, Jutkiewicz, Boyd, Gilks, Keane, Long, Barnes, Arfield.
Saturday October 4 3pm
Jazz Richards could make his first Barclays Premier League start for nearly three years with Swansea having problems at right-back for the visit of Newcastle on Saturday.
Angel Rangel serves a one-match suspension after his red card at Sunderland last weekend and Dutch understudy Dwight Tiendalli is nursing a groin injury which has sidelined him since the end of August, so Richards stands by for his first top-flight start since Swansea’s 1-1 draw with Tottenham in December 2011.
Wilfried Bony should return to lead the line with Bafetimbi Gomis dropping out from the goalless draw at Sunderland, but Jordi Amat (ankle) and Leon Britton (knee) are still absent.
Provisional squad: Fabianski, Richards, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor, Ki, Shelvey, Routledge, Dyer, Sigurdsson, Bony, Tremmel, Tiendalli, Bartley, Carroll, Emnes, Montero, Gomis, Fulton.
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew will assess striker Papiss Cisse’s match fitness ahead of Saturday’s Barclays Premier League trip to Swansea.
The Senegal international has been used as a substitute in each of the club’s last two league games following his return from a fractured kneecap, but with goals at a premium, his manager would dearly love to have him at his disposal from the start.
Pardew otherwise has no fresh injury problems and while Ryan Taylor (cruciate ligament) played in a behind-closed-doors friendly in midweek, he, fellow defender Davide Santon (knee) and midfielders Siem de Jong (thigh) and Rolando Aarons (hamstring) remain on the comeback trail.
Provisional squad: Krul, Elliot, Janmaat, Dummett, Haidara, Coloccini, Williamson, S. Taylor, Tiote, Anita, Sissoko, Colback, Cabella, Gouffran, Obertan, Ameobi, Riviere, Cisse, Perez, Armstrong.
Saturday October 4 5.30pm
Libor Kozak has suffered a setback as he returns for a broken leg and is expected to be missing for a number of weeks after an operation.
But Christian Benteke could return for Aston Villa against Manchester City after his recovery from a ruptured Achilles.
The striker has been out since April but played over an hour, and scored a penalty, in the under-21s’ 3-0 win over Bolton on Monday but captain Ron Vlaar is still sidelined with a calf injury.
Provisional squad: Guzan, Given, Hutton, Lowton, Senderos, Baker, Okore, Clark, Cissokho, Delph, Bacuna, Westwood, Cole, Richardson, Grealish, Sanchez, N’Zogbia, Cleverley, Weimann, Bent, Benteke, Agbonlahor.
Manchester City midfielder Fernando is back in contention for Saturday’s Barclays Premier League trip to Aston Villa.
The Brazilian, who made a positive immediate impact after his summer move from Porto, has missed the last six games with a groin injury.
His return leaves playmaker Samir Nasri, who recently underwent groin surgery, as manager Manuel Pellegrini’s only major absentee.
Provisional squad: Hart, Caballero, Zabaleta, Sagna, Kompany, Demichelis, Mangala, Boyata, Clichy, Kolarov, Silva, Navas, Milner, Lampard, Toure, Fernando, Fernandinho, Aguero, Jovetic, Dzeko.
Sunday October 5 12pm
Captain Wayne Rooney will miss Manchester United’s home game against former club Everton because of suspension.
Defender Tyler Blackett is back from his ban, but manager Louis van Gaal has said 19-year-old Paddy McNair will keep his place in the starting XI following his impressive debut against West Ham.
Jonny Evans (ankle), Chris Smalling (thigh), Phil Jones (hamstring), Ashley Young (groin), Michael Carrick (ankle), Jesse Lingard (knee), Ander Herrera (rib) and James Wilson (leg) are out, but there is a slim chance Marouane Fellaini could be on the bench after he recovered from an ankle problem.
Provisional squad: De Gea, Lindegaard, Amos, Johnstone, Rafael, Valencia, Shaw, Rojo, Blackett, McNair, Thorpe, Pereira, Blind, Fletcher, Fellaini, Anderson, Mata, Januzaj, Di Maria, Falcao, Van Persie, W Keane.
Midfielder Steven Pienaar is on the verge of a return to the squad for the short trip to face Manchester United after a thigh injury which has sidelined him for a month.
Late fitness checks will be done on defender Seamus Coleman and James McCarthy, who both missed the Europa League match in Krasnodar.
Forward Kevin Mirallas is out with a hamstring injury, while midfielder Ross Barkley will behind training with the first team next week after a knee injury.
Provisional squad: Howard, Hibbert, Coleman, Jagielka, Stones, Barry, McCarthy, Besic, Gibson, Naismith, McGeady, Lukaku, Robles, Oviedo, Browning, Alcaraz, Atsu, Pienaar, Osman, Eto’o.
Sunday October 5 2.05pm
Tottenham will recall a number of players for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Southampton.
Hugo Lloris was the only player to start both last weekend’s derby clash with Arsenal and the Europa League tie against Besiktas on Thursday evening.
Jan Vertonghen, Danny Rose, Ryan Mason, Etienne Capoue, Christian Eriksen and Nacer Chadli all dropped out of the squad entirely against the Turkish side. Kyle Walker remains out after abdominal surgery.
Provisional squad: Lloris, Vorm, Naughton, Rose, Davies, Vertonghen, Chiriches, Dier, Kaboul, Fazio, Capoue, Stambouli, Paulinho, Dembele, Mason, Bentaleb, Eriksen, Lennon, Townsend, Chadli, Lamela, Soldado, Adebayor, Kane.
Southampton defender Florin Gardos will be assessed before Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash at Tottenham.
The Romanian international missed last weekend’s win against QPR with a calf complaint and has only just returned to training.
James Ward-Prowse (foot) and Jay Rodriguez (knee) are long-term absentees, while Maya Yoshida (ankle) is also out.
Provisional squad: Forster, Davis, Cropper, Clyne, Fonte, Gardos, Alderweireld, Bertrand, Targett, Schneiderlin, Davis, Wanyama, Reed, Cork, Tadic, McQueen, Mane, Long, Mayuka, Pelle, Gallagher.
Sunday October 5 2.05pm
Striker Diego Costa will start for Chelsea in Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Arsenal despite his temperamental hamstrings.
Didier Drogba (ankle), who has scored 13 goals in 14 games against Arsenal, finishing on the losing side once in that time, is out.
Midfielder Ramires (groin) is also absent once more as Chelsea play a third game in nine days.
Provisional squad: Courtois, Cech, Ivanovic, Luis, Fabregas, Zouma, Ake, Oscar, Hazard, Drogba, Mikel, Schurrle, Salah, Remy, Costa, Matic, Willian, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Boga, Baker, Schwarzer.
Arsenal could have defender Nacho Monreal (back) available for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League trip to leaders Chelsea.
Midfielders Aaron Ramsey (hamstring) and Mikel Arteta (calf) remain sidelined, while Abou Diaby is again likely to be rested following a hip problem.
Wingers Theo Walcott (knee) and Serge Gnabry (knee) are both in line to return after the international break, along with striker Yaya Sanogo (hamstring). Full-back Mathieu Debuchy (ankle) and French forward Olivier Giroud (fractured foot) are long-term absentees.
Provisional Squad: Szczesny, Chambers, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Flamini, Cazorla, Sanchez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil, Welbeck, Ospina, Wilshere, Rosicky, Podolski, Coquelin, Campbell, Bellerin, Monreal.
Sunday October 5 4.15pm
Guy Demel is the only fresh injury concern for West Ham boss Sam Allardyce as the Hammers host QPR in the Barclays Premier League.
Demel pulled out of training with a knock on Wednesday and may not recover in time for Sunday’s clash at Upton Park while Cheikhou Kouyate (groin), Joey O’Brien (knee), Mark Noble (calf) and Andy Carroll (ankle) are all still out.
James Tomkins was found guilty on Monday of assaulting a police officer in December but the defender is included in the squad and Matt Jarvis is close to returning from a thigh problem sustained in pre-season.
Provisional squad: Adrian, Jaaskelainen, Cresswell, Reid, Burke, Tomkins, Collins, Demel, Jenkinson, Song, Poyet, Amalfitano, Jarvis, Downing, Vaz Te, Cole, Zarate, Sakho, Valencia.
Joey Barton and Jordon Mutch will face late fitness tests in a bid to return after hamstring injuries for QPR’s Premier League trip to West Ham on Sunday.
Brazilian midfielder Sandro has been cleared to return after suffering a heavy blow to the head in last weekend’s 2-1 league defeat at Southampton.
Redknapp is expected to continue with a flat back four after starting the season favouring 3-5-2, which could leave loan recruit wing back Mauricio Isla again unlikely to start.
Provisional squad: Green, McCarthy, Murphy, Hill, Dunne, Ferdinand, Onuoha, Caulker, Yun, Traore, Isla, Henry, Barton, Mutch, Hoilett, Phillips, Austin, Zamora.
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