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Premier League weekend team news: Injuries and suspensions

SUNDAY'S GAMES

- BURNLEY

Burnley new boys Robbie Brady and Ashley Westwood are pushing to start against Chelsea after making their respective Clarets' debuts off the bench at Watford last week. Boss Sean Dyche is without midfielder Jeff Hendrick who starts the first of his three-game suspension after being sent off early in the defeat at Vicarage Road. Dyche does not expect any new concerns but Steven Defour is still out with a hamstring strain and Dean Marney has had an operation on his cruciate ligament injury.

Provisional squad: Heaton, Robinson, Lowton, Keane, Mee, Ward, Flanagan, Darikwa, Tarkowski, Brady, Barton, Boyd, Westwood, Gudmundsson, Arfield, Vokes, Gray, Barnes.

- CHELSEA

Cesc Fabregas and Willian could be rotated into the Chelsea starting lineup. Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte is wary of the Clarets' formidable home record, but knows the fine form of Fabregas and Willian gives him options. The Blues have no injury concerns, while defender David Luiz continues to play with pain in his knee sustained in a tackle by Manchester City's Sergio Aguero.

Provisional squad: Courtois, Begovic, Alonso, Fabregas, Zouma, Kante, Hazard, Loftus-Cheek, Moses, Pedro, Costa, Matic, Willian, Batshuayi, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Chalobah, Luiz, Eduardo, Aina, Ake.

- SWANSEA CITY

Jordan Ayew features in the Swansea squad for the first time. Ayew joined from Aston Villa last month, but the forward has been away with Ghana at the African Nations Cup and only met his new teammates this week. Ki Sung-yueng (knee) and Jefferson Montero (hamstring) are definitely ruled out, while Leon Britton might also be missing with a recurrence of a calf problem.

Provisional squad: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Mawson, Olsson, Cork, Carroll, Fer, Routledge, Sigurdsson, Llorente, Nordfeldt, Rangel, Kingsley, Amat, Van der Hoorn, Britton, Fulton, Dyer, Narsingh, Ayew, Borja.

- LEICESTER CITY

Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri is expected to make several changes against Swansea. With the trip to south Wales foremost in his mind, Ranieri swapped 10 players for the FA Cup replay with Derby in midweek. The likes of Kasper Schmeichel, Robert Huth, Wes Morgan, Danny Drinkwater, Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy should all return to the team. Winger Demarai Gray is pushing for a starting place after impressing on Wednesday night, while Islam Slimani (groin) is fit again and recent signing Molla Wague could be involved in the squad. However, Leonardo Ulloa (thigh) remains out.

Provisional squad: Schmeichel, Zieler, Simpson, Morgan, Huth, Wasilewski, Wague, Chilwell, Fuchs, Mahrez, Drinkwater, Kapustka, King, Ndidi, Mendy, Amartey, Albrighton, Gray, Vardy, Okazaki, Musa, Slimani.

MONDAY'S GAME

- BOURNEMOUTH

Bournemouth could be without the defensive trio of Simon Francis, Charlie Daniels and Adam Smith. Francis and Daniels are both battling hamstring issues while Smith is a doubt after missing last weekend's defeat at Everton. Striker Callum Wilson underwent surgery on Thursday and remains sidelined for the rest of the season with a long-term knee injury.

Provisional squad: Boruc, A Smith, S Cook, B Smith, Francis, Daniels, Stanislas, King, Wilshere, Fraser, Surman, Afobe, Ramsdale, Gosling, Pugh, Mings, Arter, Ibe, Mousset.

- MANCHESTER CITY

Sergio Aguero and Claudio Bravo could again be on the bench for City. The club's top scorer and senior goalkeeper have had to settle for places among the substitutes in recent games with Gabriel Jesus and Willy Caballero preferred in their respective positions. City have no new injury concerns with long-term injury victim Ilkay Gundogan (knee) the only absentee.

Provisional squad: Caballero, Bravo, Zabaleta, Sagna, Otamendi, Stones, Kompany, Kolarov, Clichy, Fernando, Fernandinho, Toure, Delph, Sane, Sterling, Navas, De Bruyne, Silva, Nolito, Aguero, Jesus, Iheanacho.


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