Injuries and suspensions ahead of Dream Team Game Week 18 – Kevin De Bruyne set to miss FA Cup tie
Dream Team brings you all the latest injury news and suspension updates ahead of the FA Cup Fourth Round fixtures to help managers navigate Game Week 18.
Midfielder Kevin De Bruyne (£6.4m) is a serious doubt for Man City’s trip to League Two Cheltenham.
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The Belgian star was forced off in the 59th minute during Wednesday’s Premier League clash with Aston Villa clutching his leg. Defender Kyle Walker (£3.8m) also came off with a suspected injury.
Manager Pep Guardiola said: “I haven’t spoken to the doctor. Kevin put his hand on his leg, so I have the feeling it will be something muscular.”
Chelsea forward Olivier Giroud (£4m) is also a doubt for Sunday’s FA Cup fourth-round clash with Luton.
The French forward missed the midweek defeat to Leicester with an ankle injury and joins N’Golo Kante (£1.6m), who is nursing a hamstring injury, on the sidelines.
Arsenal, who are on a six-game unbeaten streak, travel to Premier League rivals Southampton for Saturday’s lunchtime kick off.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£4.4m) is likely to miss out having been taken off with a ‘stomach issue’ in the last ten minutes of their win over Newcastle. Dani Ceballos (£1.6m) is rated 50/50.
Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl has plenty of injuries to contend with the most notable being centre-forward Danny Ings (£4.4m).
The 28-year-old has returned to training having been in self-isolation since testing positive for Covid-19 but missed the last two outings against Leicester and Shrewsbury.
Both Man United and Liverpool are expected to field strong sides for their showdown at Old Trafford.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s only doubt is centre-back Victor Lindelof (£2.3m) who Wass left out of the squad for Wednesday’s trip to Fulham with back issues.
The champions are still without Diogo Jota (£2.8m), Naby Keita (£1.8m), Joe Gomez (£3.3m) and Virgil van Dijk (£5.1m) but defender Joel Matip (£3.6m) could make his much-anticipated return from an adductor injury.
Arsenal
Injured: Pablo Mari, Dani Ceballos
Suspended: None
Aston Villa
Injured: Wesley, Trezeguet, Kortney Hause
Suspended: None
Brighton
Injured: Florin Andone, Danny Welbeck, Aaron Connolly, Adam Lallana, Tariq Lamptey, Jose Izquierdo, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Jason Steele, Jakub Moder
Suspended: None
Burnley
Injured: Bailey Peacock-Farrell
Suspended: None
Chelsea
Injured: Olivier Giroud, N’Golo Kante
Suspended: None
Crystal Palace
Injured: Wilfried Zaha, Cheikhou Kouyate, Connor Wickham, Jeffrey Schlupp, Mamadou Sakho, Martin Kelly, Wayne Hennessey, Nathan Ferguson
Suspended: None
Everton
Injured: Allan, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Fabian Delph, Jean-Philippe Gbamin
Suspended: None
Fulham
Injured: Terence Kongolo, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Tom Cairney
Suspended: None
Leeds
Injured: Gaetano Berardi, Adam Forshaw, Illan Meslier, Robin Koch
Suspended: None
Leicester
Injured: Dennis Praet, Nampalys Mendy
Suspended: None
Liverpool
Injured: Konstantinos Tsimikas, Diogo Jota, Naby Keita, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk
Suspended: None
Man City
Injured: Aymeric Laporte, Nathan Ake, Sergio Aguero, Kyle Walker, Kevin De Bruyne
Suspended: None
Man United
Injured: Victor Lindelof, Marcos Rojo, Brandon Williams, Phil Jones
Suspended: None
Newcastle
Injured: Allan Saint-Maximin, Federico Fernandez
Suspended: None
Sheffield United
Injured: Sander Berge, Jack O’Connell, Oliver McBurnie, Jack Robinson, Ben Osborn, Lys Mousset
Suspended: None
Southampton
Injured: Jannik Vestergaard, Danny Ings, Nathan Redmond, Oriol Romeu, Moussa Djenepo, Michael Obafemi, Mohamed Salisu, William Smallbone
Suspended: None
Tottenham
Injured: Giovani Lo Celso
Suspended: None
West Brom
Injured: Conor Townsend, Matt Phillips, Karlan Ahearne-Grant, Grady Diangana
Suspended: None
West Ham
Injured: Arthur Masuaku
Suspended: None
Wolves
Injured: Fernando Marcal, Daniel Podence, Raul Jimenez, Jonny Castro Otto
Suspended: None
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