2022/23 Premier League Press Conferences – GW20

ARSENAL

 

RULED OUT: Gabriel Jesus (knee), Reiss Nelson (muscle)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Bukayo Saka (knock)

 

“I think he will be okay, yes.” – Mikel Arteta on Bukayo Saka

 

ASTON VILLA

 

RULED OUT: Diego Carlos (Achilles), John McGinn (hamstring), Leander Dendoncker (banned)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Matty Cash (groin), Ludwig Augustinsson (ankle)

 

BOURNEMOUTH

 

RULED OUT: Adam Smith (banned)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Neto (hamstring), David Brooks (hamstring), Marcus Tavernier (hamstring), Ryan Fredericks (“slight issue”), Junior Stanislas (“slight issue”)

 

BRENTFORD

 

RULED OUT: Aaron Hickey (match fitness), Frank Onyeka (hamstring), Pontus Jansson (hamstring), Shandon Baptiste (muscle)

 

AVAILABLE: Ivan Toney

 

“Ivan is fit and available and will start tomorrow, so I just named one out of 11.” – Thomas Frank on Ivan Toney

 

BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION

 

RULED OUT: Jakub Moder (knee), Leandro Trossard (personal reasons)

 

CHELSEA

 

RULED OUT: Reece James (knee), Ben Chilwell (hamstring), Wesley Fofana (knee), N’Golo Kante (hamstring), Armando Broja (knee), Joao Felix (banned), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (calf), Christian Pulisic (knee), Edouard Mendy (finger), Raheem Sterling (hamstring)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Denis Zakaria (knock)

 

CRYSTAL PALACE

 

RULED OUT: James McArthur (groin), Nathan Ferguson (match fitness)

 

AVAILABLE: Tyrick Mitchell (back from suspension)

 

EVERTON

 

RULED OUT: Andros Townsend (knee), James Garner (back), Michael Keane (knee), Nathan Patterson (knee)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Alex Iwobi (ankle)

 

AVAILABLE: Amadou Onana (back from suspension)

 

FULHAM

 

RULED OUT: Antonee Robinson (banned), Neeskens Kebano (Achilles)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Shane Duffy (illness)

 

AVAILABLE: Aleksandar Mitrovic (back from suspension)

 

LEEDS UNITED

 

RULED OUT: Luis Sinisterra (foot), Stuart Dallas (leg), Archie Gray (ankle), Crysensio Summerville (ankle)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Adam Forshaw (hip)

 

AVAILABLE: Patrick Bamford

 

LEICESTER CITY

 

RULED OUT: James Justin (Achilles), Ricardo Pereira (Achilles), Jonny Evans (calf), Ryan Bertrand (knee), James Maddison (knee), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (glute), Boubakary Soumare (hamstring)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Ayoze Perez (back), Dennis Praet (rib)

 

LIVERPOOL

 

RULED OUT: Roberto Firmino (calf), Virgil van Dijk (hamstring), Arthur Melo (muscle), Diogo Jota (hamstring), Luis Diaz (knee)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Darwin Nunez (minor injury)

 

“If he cannot train today, then yes, that would rule him out. So we are waiting for more information. It’s not a major one but it has still kept him out of training. So we have to wait for that.” – Jurgen Klopp on Darwin Nunez

 

MANCHESTER CITY

 

RULED OUT: Ruben Dias (hamstring), John Stones (will miss at least the first match of Man City’s Double Gameweek)

 

“He’s not ready. I think everyone [else] is fit.” – Pep Guardiola on John Stones

 

MANCHESTER UNITED

 

RULED OUT: Jadon Sancho (fitness), Diogo Dalot (muscle), Donny van de Beek (knee)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Anthony Martial (leg)

 

“I think Diogo Dalot is not available and Anthony Martial, he trained this morning so we have to wait to see how he recovers from this training and if he’s available. That will be decided tomorrow.

It is a small thing in his leg [with Martial] and, whether tomorrow or otherwise, he will be available for Wednesday [at Crystal Palace] I think.” – Erik ten Hag

 

NEWCASTLE UNITED

 

RULED OUT: Matt Targett (heel), Jonjo Shelvey (calf), Emil Krafth (knee)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Joelinton

 

AVAILABLE: Alexander Isak

 

“He’s responded very well physically – there’ve been no ill effects. He’s trained well this week off the back of that cameo [against Leicester on Tuesday]. I think we have to be very careful with him, just with the length of time he’d been out and the type of injury that he had.

He’s done all the work, he’s looked in good condition, he’s looked confident and he’s very keen to be involved. But I think we need him for the long term, and it’s great to have a very strong choice in the centre-forward unit at the moment.” – Eddie Howe on Alexander Isak

 

NOTTINGHAM FOREST

 

RULED OUT: Jesse Lingard (thigh), Giulian Biancone (knee), Omar Richards (leg), Moussa Niakhate (thigh), Cheikhou Kouyate (thigh)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Taiwo Awoniyi (muscle), Willy Boly (ankle), Neco Williams (facial injury)

 

SOUTHAMPTON

 

RULED OUT: Tino Livramento (knee), Juan Larios (muscle), Stuart Armstrong (groin), Armel Bella-Kotchap (knee)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Theo Walcott (calf), Alex McCarthy (ankle)

 

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

 

RULED OUT: Lucas Moura (tendon)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Richarlison (hamstring), Rodrigo Bentancur (groin)

 

AVAILABLE: Yves Bissouma (back from suspension), Dejan Kulusevski

 

“For sure, the situation is going to improve, especially for Deki, for Kulusevski. He had a training session in the last few days with us. I think he’s going to be ready to play.

About Richy and Rodrigo, both situations are improving. I think in this moment Deki is much more ready to play and especially don’t take risks. For us, it is very, very important to have patience, especially because we lost these important players for a long period, and then now to accelerate the process to recover, [we] risk losing them again for a long period.

We have another training session tomorrow to monitor it well, the situation with Rodrigo and Richy.” – Antonio Conte

 

WEST HAM UNITED

 

RULED OUT: Maxwel Cornet (calf), Kurt Zouma (knee)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Gianluca Scamacca (knee), Alphonse Areola (hip), Manuel Lanzini (groin), Vladimir Coufal (knock)

 

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS

 

RULED OUT: Pedro Neto (ankle), Sasa Kalajdzic (knee), Chiquinho (knee), Boubacar Traore (hamstring)

 

MIGHT PLAY: Diego Costa (minor issue)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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