ARSENAL
Ruled out:
Aubameyang
Lacazette
Gabriel
Partey
Nketiah
ASTON VILLA
Ruled out:
Douglas Luiz
Might play:
Watkins (bruised knee)
Fit:
Buendia
Bailey
“We are not too sure about Ollie [Watkins] at the moment, if he’s pain-free today [Friday] then he will train. If not, then he won’t be involved.” – Dean Smith
BRENTFORD
Ruled out:
Jensen
Dasilva
Fit:
Toney
“Ivan will start, definitely” – Thomas Frank
BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION
Ruled out:
Lamptey
Burn
Welbeck
Might play:
Caicedo
Karbownik
Fit:
Bissouma
Tau
“Yves Bissouma [is] still here! He’s happy and he’s smiling and he wants to play…There has been interest from overseas [for Percy Tau], but nothing new to report. He is available for the game on Saturday.” – Graham Potter
BURNLEY
Ruled out:
Stephens
Long
Fit:
Wood
Lowton
“[Chris Wood is] fine. He’s ready and raring.” – Sean Dyche
CHELSEA
Ruled out:
Lukaku (quarantining)
Ziyech
Might play:
Kanté
Fit:
Abraham
“We have some issues with N’Golo Kanté from the [Super Cup] game… [Tammy Abraham] is our player. He’s in the squad for tomorrow. He has the chance to play and be decisive for Chelsea.” – Thomas Tuchel
CRYSTAL PALACE
Ruled out:
Eze
Ferguson
Olise
Gallagher (ineligible against parent club)
Milivojevic (personal)
Fit:
Andersen
EVERTON
Ruled out:
Rodriguez
Might play:
Gomes
Gbamin
Keane
Fit:
Calvert-Lewin
Richarlison
“We have some players who are in isolation now – with Covid around, we have to be careful and some have to stay at home. (James Rodriguez) is one of them… We have five players that are in isolation; two of them are these players [Gomes, Gbamin, Keane].” – Rafa Benitez
LEEDS UNITED
Ruled out:
Llorente
Might play:
Fit:
Firpo
Shackleton
“Firpo is available and Llorente isn’t. Llorente’s recovery is] subject to evolution, but one or two more weeks.” – Marcelo Bielsa
LEICESTER CITY
Ruled out:
Evans
Justin
Fofana
Might play:
Castagne
“…a final decision [on Timothy Castagne] tomorrow [Friday]” – Brendan Rodgers
LIVERPOOL
Ruled out:
Robertson
Jones
Might play:
van Dijk
Henderson
Thiago
“Virgil {van Dijk] was out for a long time, is now training with the team for 3.5 weeks… I am pretty sure he could have played 90 minutes, we just didn’t try to do it… Henderson and Thiago started late to train, so their pre-season started last week.” – Jurgen Klopp
MANCHESTER CITY
Ruled out:
Foden
Might play:
De Bruyne
MANCHESTER UNITED
Ruled out:
Varane (transfer not complete)
Cavani (quarantining)
Bailly (quarantining)
Diallo (quarantining)
Fit:
Sancho
“Jadon is going to be involved. He was ill after his holiday and we’ve lost out on a few days of training with him. But he’s gelled really well with the group. Can’t tell you if he’s going to start or not though!” – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
NEWCASTLE UNITED
Ruled out:
Darlow
Dubravka
Dummett
Might play:
Willock
“Martin Dubravka is not fit and [Karl Darlow] has been in hospital for over a week [with COVID], dropped a stone in weight and it’s knocked him around” – Steve Bruce
NORWICH CITY
Ruled out:
Placheta
Might play:
Pukki
Omobamidele
Fit:
Cantwell
“Our problem was the Covid-19 outbreak two weeks ago. Teemu missed a major part of pre-season and has had 10 days training.” – Daniel Farke
SOUTHAMPTON
Ruled out:
Vestergaard (transfer to Leicester ongoing)
Smallbone
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Ruled out:
Ndombele
Might play:
Kane
Tanganga
Romero
Gil
“He joined the group today, he trained, we had a talk… He is preparing himself. We still have the session of tomorrow to decide.” – Nuno Espirito Santo
WATFORD
Ruled out:
João Pedro
King
Chalobah
Fit:
Deeney
Foster
Masina
Quina
WEST HAM UNITED
Might play:
Ogbonna
Lanzini
“Ogbonna had a hamstring injury he suffered against Celtic. He’s back in some sort of training. Lanzini’s had a little bit of a groin problem so we’re hoping that he’ll be OK.” – David Moyes
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Fit:
Jiménez
“We worked [with Raúl Jiménez] for six weeks very well. Progression OK with the doctor. No problems. He is fit and ready to go.” – Bruno Lage
