Forward of the most recent spherical of Premier League fixtures, right here is all the important thing harm information alongside important Fantasy Premier League statistics.
The gameweek kicks off on Friday night time when Leeds host West Ham (20:00 BST) – right here is the
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FridayLeeds v West Ham (20:00 BST)
Leeds will assess 4 gamers who’re health doubts – Noah Okafor and Willy Gnonto have solely lately returned to coaching after accidents, whereas Ethan Ampadu and Pascal Struijk are in poor health.
West Ham defender Dinos Mavropanos has been dominated out of Friday’s recreation and has undergone a scan to assesses the extent of his harm sustained in opposition to Brentford on Monday.
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Ahead Niclas Füllkrug and midfielder George Earthy are nonetheless increase health after accidents however Tomas Souček may make his two hundredth Premier League look.
Gamers out: Leeds – Grey West Ham – Earthy, Füllkrug, Mavropanos
Doubts: Leeds – Ampadu, Gnonto, Okafor, Struijk
Key FPL notes:
Gabriel Gudmundsson (£4.0m) and Sean Longstaff (£4.9m) each created 4 possibilities – together with one Opta-defined ‘large probability’ every – for Leeds in opposition to Burnley final weekend. The pair may supply nice worth in opposition to a West Ham facet struggling at each ends of the pitch.
El Hadji Malick Diouf (£4.4m) was benched by Nuno Espirito Santo in Gameweek 8, probably resulting from his heavy involvement for Senegal over the worldwide break. He was introduced on at half-time, although, and has been one of many few brilliant sparks for the Hammers this season, registering seven possibilities created and 4 assists throughout his seven prior appearances.
So typically his staff’s saviour, Jarrod Bowen (£7.8m) didn’t ship what would have been a fourth aim in six Premier League video games final trip however remained the Hammers’ main attacking risk. Imminent outings in opposition to two promoted sides – Leeds this weekend, adopted by Burnley in Gameweek 11 – can be essential to the membership’s hopes of survival.
SaturdayChelsea v Sunderland (15:00 BST)
Chelsea don’t have any contemporary harm considerations however Malo Gusto is suspended because of his pink card in opposition to Nottingham Forest final Saturday.
Liam Delap is again in coaching and could possibly be concerned in subsequent week’s EFL Cup tie in opposition to Wolves.
Sunderland defender Omar Alderete will miss his first Premier League recreation of the season resulting from concussion.
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Left-back Reinildo is accessible for the Black Cats after finishing a three-match ban.
Gamers out: Chelsea – Badiashile, Colwill, Delap, Essugo, Gusto, Palmer, Mudryk Sunderland – Alderete, Alese, Cirkin, Diarra, Hjelde, Mundle
Key FPL notes:
Reece James (£5.4m) delivered a aim, help and clear sheet within the Blues’ defeat of Nottingham Forest after registering two different assists in his earlier three league matches.
One other participant who grabbed a aim and help for Enzo Maresca’s squad in Gameweek 8 was Pedro Neto (£7.5m), who netted a free-kick – his second aim of the marketing campaign – minutes after curling within the cross for his facet’s opener. The Portuguese has began each Premier League match to date this season, combining eight pictures within the field with a team-high 13 possibilities created.
Nordi Mukiele (£4.1m) produced a 17-point haul in Gameweek 8 because of a aim, clear sheet, defensive contribution (DefCon) factors and most bonus. Regardless of taking part in solely six of the Black Cats’ league video games to date (he joined after the season had begun), Mukiele ranks high amongst team-mates for tackles accomplished in addition to clearances and aerial duels gained.
Newcastle v Fulham (15:00 BST)
Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe says that Sandro Tonali remains to be “beneath the climate” and is a doubt to face Fulham.
Lewis Corridor is the closest to a return amongst Newcastle’s injured gamers and could possibly be concerned in opposition to Tottenham within the EFL Cup on Wednesday!
Fulham midfielders Saaa Lukic and Tom Cairney are each again in rivalry after recovering from accidents sustained in opposition to Bournemouth and Arsenal respectively.
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Nonetheless, Joachim Andersen misses out with with a muscle downside and Harry Wilson is nursing a minor harm and can be assessed.
Gamers out: Newcastle – Corridor, Livramento, Wissa Fulham – Andersen, Chukwueze, Muniz, Robinson
Doubts: Newcastle – Tonali Fulham – Wilson
Key FPL notes:
Nick Woltemade’s (£7.4m) comfort effort in opposition to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday was his fourth aim in 5 Premier League appearances for Newcastle. Solely three gamers have registered greater than his 5 Opta-defined ‘large possibilities’ since Gameweek 6.
With the Magpies in any other case struggling in assault, Eddie Howe has been pressured to depend on some stern defensive performances to date in 2025/26. Serving to the Toon obtain a joint league-high 5 shut-outs to this point is Dan Burn (£5.1m), who picked up his fourth set of DefCon factors throughout Gameweek 8’s loss to Brighton.
Funds midfielder Joshua King (£4.5m) has began each league match for
Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion (17:30 BST)
Group information on Manchester United will seem right here afterward Friday.
Brighton trio Brajan Gruda, Kaoru Mitoma and Joel Veltman all missed final weekend’s win over Newcastle however head coach Fabian Hurzeler is hopeful at the least “one or two of them is likely to be accessible” on Saturday.
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Diego Gomez has overcome the hip problem that pressured him off in the course of the first half in opposition to Newcastle.
Gamers out: Man Utd – Martinez Brighton – Hinshelwood, March, Webster
Doubts: Brighton – Gruda, Mitoma, Veltman
Key FPL notes:
Bruno Fernandes (£8.9m) bossed the midfield battle throughout Man Utd’s assertion Gameweek 8 win at Anfield, creating three possibilities – he stays the Premier League’s chief for that statistic general, with 22.
Bryan Mbeumo (£8.0m) seems to be to be constructing a robust partnership down the proper flank with Amad (£6.3m), who assisted him on Sunday. With 20 pictures (9 of them on track) to date this season, Mbeumo has been one of many Premier League’s largest aim threats since his arrival at Outdated Trafford.
Danny Welbeck (£6.3m), in the meantime, has scored in opposition to his former membership United in every of the final two Premier League seasons, and comes into this encounter having discovered the again of the web with every of his final 4 pictures within the Premier League. That included a brace in opposition to Newcastle on the weekend, a recreation by which he additionally created a joint game-high three possibilities for his team-mates.
Brentford v Liverpool (20:00 BST)
Group information will seem right here afterward Friday.
Gamers out: Brentford – Maghoma, Milambo Liverpool – Alisson, Frimpong, Leoni
Key FPL notes:
Igor Thiago’s (£6.1m) winner in opposition to West Ham took him to joint-second within the FPL forwards’ targets leaderboard, with 5. The Brazilian is now joint-third amongst strikers for pictures (18) as nicely after his six makes an attempt – one in every of which got here off the woodwork – in that match, having additionally seen a second aim chalked off for offside on Monday night. Gameweek 9 opponents Liverpool needs to be more durable to beat than the Hammers, though the Reds have appeared notably weak defensively this season, too.
That is one thing full-back Michael Kayode (£4.5m) may additionally assist the Bees capitalise on, having created seven possibilities in Gameweek 8 alone. Able to taking part in on both flank and with a penchant for chaos-causing lengthy throw-ins, Kayode – who has 5 bonus factors already and has began each Premier League match this season – seems to be to be an more and more vital cog in Keith Andrews’ transitional staff.
Cody Gakpo (£7.5m) has stepped as much as carry a lot of the attacking workload for Liverpool this season, scoring in back-to-back matches, throughout which period he’s joint-top within the division for penalty field touches (18). The influential Dutchman has additionally created 17 possibilities this season and has had extra aim makes an attempt (21) than all however two Premier League gamers.
SundayArsenal v Crystal Palace (14:00 BST)
Group information will seem right here.
Key FPL notes:
Bukayo Saka (£10.0m) created six possibilities in Arsenal’s win over Fulham on Saturday, practically registering an help on quite a few events in addition to coming near scoring himself. The fit-again Englishman even claimed two bonus factors regardless of his Gameweek 8 clean, having been the one Gunners participant to achieve the DefCon threshold.
Eleven pictures in final weekend’s thrilling draw in opposition to AFC Bournemouth by Palace’s hat-trick hero Jean-Philippe Mateta (£7.6m) is a tally overwhelmed simply twice in a single recreation in the course of the Premier League period. The France worldwide striker racked up six large possibilities in Gameweek 8 and registered a staggering 3.67 Anticipated Targets (xG) by himself.
One other risk to the Gunners’ world-class backline is Daniel Munoz (£5.6m). In addition to posting extra DefCon factors than some other Premier League full-back/wing-back, Munoz additionally boasts essentially the most attacking returns (4) and highest anticipated aim involvement (xGI, 2.62) to date amongst FPL defenders.
Aston Villa v Manchester Metropolis (14:00 BST)
Group information will seem right here.
Gamers out: Aston Villa – Garcia, Tielemans Manchester Metropolis – Khusanov, Rodri
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Doubts: Aston Villa – Digne Manchester Metropolis – Gonzalez
Key FPL notes:
Morgan Rogers (£6.8m) and Emiliano Buendia (£5.3m) – who every netted glorious efforts in opposition to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday – have helped put Villa’s sluggish begin to the season behind them, registering three aim involvements every (one aim and two assists for the previous, two targets and an help for the latter) previously three Premier League matchdays to change into Unai Emery’s joint-leading attacking contributors. Much more impressively for Buendia, all three of these returns have come as an alternative.
Nico O’Reilly (£4.9m) has been a mainstay in Man Metropolis’s XI since his first begin of the season in Gameweek 4 and showcased his risk going ahead with three pictures and a well-weighted help to interrupt the impasse in opposition to Everton final weekend.
Erling Haaland (£14.7m) is having fun with his best-ever begin to a Premier League season in the case of a number of underlying statistics, together with pictures within the field (33), xG (8.69) and an Anticipated Objective Involvement (xGI) of 9.44 after his first eight appearances.
Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest (14:00 BST)
Group information will seem right here.
Key FPL notes:
Within the calf injury-enforced Gameweek 8 absence of Bournemouth team-mate Evanilson (£7.0m), Eli Kroupi Jr (£4.5m) bagged a brace on his first-ever Premier League begin. Cherries head coach Andoni Iraola values the general recreation of the previous, however spoke extremely of {the teenager} at full-time and will hand this potential FPL price range gem one other probability to shine in opposition to Forest.
Nonetheless, it stays exhausting to look previous Antoine Semenyo (£8.1m) in the case of Bournemouth’s most influential participant this season. The Ghanaian attacker registered an help final weekend, taking his tally of direct aim involvements within the Premier League this season to 10 (six targets, 4 assists), and he nonetheless has had extra pictures within the field (17) and on track (10) than some other FPL midfielder.
Forest playmaker Morgan Gibbs-White (£7.3m) is but to attain within the Premier League this season, however not for an absence of making an attempt, having racked up 18 pictures to date – a tally bettered by simply 5 gamers within the division – together with two that whistled huge final weekend.
Wolves v Burnley (14:00 BST)
Group information will seem right here.
Key FPL notes:
Whereas Hugo Bueno (£4.4m) is among the main FPL defenders for possibilities created (11), it is his defensive team-mate Ladislav Krejci (£4.5m) who has emerged as maybe the best all-around attacking risk from Wolves’ backline. Since his first Premier League begin in Gameweek 4, the Czech Republic worldwide and Girona loanee has mixed 5 pictures (together with two versus Sunderland final weekend), with 4 possibilities created.
Burnley’s Josh Cullen (£5.0m), in the meantime, has earned DefCon factors in 5 of his eight appearances to date, but it surely’s his midfield team-mate Luis Florentino (£5.0m) – who made his debut in Gameweek 4 and hasn’t left the beginning line-up since Gameweek 5 – that’s presently averaging extra clearances, blocks, interceptions, recoveries and tackles (CBIRTs) per 90 minutes than some other FPL midfielder with a couple of begin to their identify in 2025-26.
Elsewhere for the Clarets, discount decide Axel Tuanzebe (£3.9m) began forward of Hjalmar Ekdal (£4.0m) in Scott Parker’s defence for the second straight match in Gameweek 8, duly registering a clear sheet plus DefCon factors.
Everton v Tottenham (16:30 BST)
Group information will seem right here.
Key FPL notes:
Everton’s penalty-taking midfielder Iliman Ndiaye (£6.5m) registered their solely shot on track in opposition to Man Metropolis final weekend and likewise created a team-high two possibilities, at the least one in every of which ought to have resulted in an opener. Ndiaye additionally racked up a match-high 17 DefCons that afternoon, furthering his standing as a real FPL all-rounder.
Regardless of letting slip their result in lose at house, Spurs restricted Gameweek 8 opponents Aston Villa to only two pictures on track and 0.37 xG. That is a marked enchancment on nearly all of their different performances this season, when goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario (£5.1m) – save-less on this event – has been referred to as into motion on a complete of 24 events (essentially the most of any top-six staff).
Mohammed Kudus (£6.8m) has touched the ball extra occasions within the remaining third of the pitch (253) than any Premier League participant this season. He has additionally tried (62) and accomplished (30) extra take-ons and boasts extra attacking returns – six, a aim and a league-high tally of 5 assists – than anybody besides Haaland and Semenyo.