Fantasy football injury news for gameweek 31+: Arsenal, Liverpool and Sheffield United face mounting problems

A round up of the club-by-club injuries across the Premier League

With the first full round in the bag since the Premier League’s resumption, a number of clubs are counting the cost of the lack of preparation.

Just one club will go into Gameweek 31 of the Fantasy Premier League without any injuries to worry about in the form of Wolverhampton Wanderers - a relief for Nuno Espirito Santo given the slender size of his squad - while the likes of Arsenal, Everton, Sheffield United and even league leaders Liverpool have mounting problems.

Arsenal look to have suffered the most from playing twice in the space of four days, while Sheffield United have come out of Sunday’s defeat by Newcastle badly with suspension adding to injuries to give Chris Wilder an unwanted headache in their pursuit of the Champions League.

Following last week’s bumper 12-match round, this week’s action returns to the normal 10-game fixture list, beginning with Leicester vs Brighton on Tuesday evening in the earlier kick-off, before the London derby between Spurs and West Ham takes centre stage later that night.

Five games take place on Wednesday night, but while Liverpool return to Anfield with a 20-point buffer at the top of the table, a victory over over Crystal Palace will not be enough to wrap up the title for good following Manchester City’s rout of Burnley on Monday night.

The gameweek wraps up on Thursday with three more games, with Arsenal looking to snap out of their rut on the road to Southampton, with the action wrapping up with a mouthwatering tie between Frank Lampard’s Chelsea and Pep Guardiola’s City in a match that could be to keep what’s left of the title race alive.

Here’s the latest club-by-club team and injury news.

Arsenal

Calum Chambers (knee) - unavailable

Lucas Torreira (ankle) - unavailable

Cedric Soares (nose) - unavailable

Sokratis (thigh) - unavailable

Granit Xhaka (ankle) - unavailable

Bernd Leno (knee) - doubtful

Pablo Mari (ankle/foot) - unavailable

Aston Villa

Wesley Moraes (knee) - unavailable

Tom Heaton (knee) - unavailable

Danny Drinkwater (knock) - doubtful

Frederic Guilbert ( knee) - possible

Bjorn Engels (Achilles) - doubtful

Bournemouth

David Brooks (thigh) - probable

Philip Billing (ankle) - possible

Ryan Fraser (not available) - unavailable

Josh King (ankle) - doubtful

Charlie Daniels (knee) - unavailable

Brighton and Hove Albion

Steven Alzate (groin) - possible

Jose Izquierdo (knee) - doubtful

Burnley

Johann Berg Gudmundsson (calf) - possible

Chris Wood (calf) - possible

Robbie Brady (muscular) - unavailable

Ben Gibson (not available) - unavailable

Ashley Barnes (groin) - unavailable

Chelsea

Fikayo Tomori (muscular) - unavailable

Callum Hudson-Odoi (ankle) - possible

Marco van Ginkel (knee) - unavailable

Crystal Palace

Martin Kelly (calf) - unavailable

Jeffrey Schlupp (knock) - unavailable

James Tomkins (thigh) - unavailable

Everton

Yerry Mina (thigh) - unavailable

Theo Walcott (abdominals) - unavailable

Djibril Sidibe (knock) - unavailable

Cenk Tosun (knee) - unavailable

Jean-Philippe Gbamin (Achilles) - unavailable

Fabian Delph (muscular) - unavailable

Leicester City

Dennis Praet (calf) - probable

Daniel Amartey (ankle) - unavailable

Ricardo Pereira (knee) - unavailable

Liverpool

Joel Matip (ankle/foot) - doubtful

Andrew Robertson (knock) - probable

Xherdan Shaqiri (calf) - unavailable

James Milner (hamstring) - unavailable

Nathaniel Clyne (knee) - unavailable

Manchester City

Claudio Bravo (hamstring) - doubtful

John Stones (ankle) - possible

Sergio Aguero (knee) - doubtful

Eric Garcia (head) - unavailable

Manchester United

Axel Tuanzebe (knock) - doubtful

Victor Lindelof (knock) - possible

Phil Jones (knock) - possible

Newcastle United

Matthew Longstaff (thigh) - doubtful

Sean Longstaff (knock) possible

Norwich City

Marco Stiepermann (illness) - possible

Grant Hanley (thigh) - unavailable

Christoph Zimmermann (thigh) - unavailable

Sam Byram (thigh) - unavailable

Sheffield United

John Egan (suspended) - unavailable

Dean Henderson (unavailable due to facing parent club) - unavailable

David McGoldrick (knee) - probable

Phil Jagielka (ankle) - probable

Jack O’Connell (knee) - possible

Southampton

Sean Long (muscular) - probable

Moussa Djenepo (suspended) - unavailable

Tottenham Hotspur

Lucas Moura (head) - probable

Juan Foyth (knee) - unavailable

Troy Parrott (knock) - unavailable

Japhet Tanganga (back) - unavailable

Watford

Isaac Success (Achilles) - unavailable

Gerard Deulofeu (knee) - unavailable

Daryl Janmaat (knee) - unavailable

West Ham

Pablo Zabaleta (knock) - possible

Arthur Masuaku (ankle) - possible

Angelo Ogbonna (thigh) - probable

Robert Snodgrass (back) - unavailable

Sebastien Haller (hip) - doubtful

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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