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Sunderland defender Dan Ballard was nan apical FPL scorer past play pinch 17 points

Ahead of nan latest information of Premier League fixtures, present is each nan cardinal wounded news alongside basal Fantasy Premier League statistics.

The gameweek kicks disconnected pinch West Ham astatine location to Chelsea connected Friday nighttime (20:00 BST) - present is nan full fixture list.

This article will beryllium updated arsenic Premier League managers springiness their play news conferences.

For much FPL help, don't miss our regular Friday Q&A from 15:30 BST unrecorded connected nan BBC Sport website, pinch 1 of our 4 experts answering your questions

Friday

West Ham v Chelsea (20:00 BST)

West Ham midfielder George Earthy is disposable to look Chelsea aft recovering from an ankle wounded sustained successful early July.

Luis Guilherme remains retired pinch a enarthrosis problem, while Edson Alvarez is improbable to beryllium considered arsenic he nears a move to Fenerbahce.

Chelsea defenders Tosin Adarabioyo and Wesley Fofana are some fresh to return to nan matchday squad but Romeo Lavia and Benoit Badiashile stay sidelined.

Head coach Enzo Maresca confirmed that Nicolas Jackson, who was suspended for nan opening weekend, and Christopher Nkunku will not beryllium portion of nan squad arsenic they activity moves to different clubs.

Players out: West Ham - Guilherme, Summerville Chelsea - Badiashile, Colwill, Jackson, Lavia, Nkunku

Key FPL notes:

  • West Ham's caller left-back El Hadji Malick Diouf (£4.5m) led nan Hammers for expected extremity engagement successful their season-opening nonaccomplishment astatine Sunderland, combining 3 shots - 1 of which forced a goal-line clearance - pinch 2 chances created.

  • Cole Palmer (£10.5m) is now without a extremity from unfastened play successful 17 Premier League games pursuing past weekend's blank against Crystal Palace. However, Chelsea's talisman did people connected his astir caller sojourn to nan London Stadium past September.

  • Liam Delap (£6.5m) besides scored erstwhile he past visited West Ham, and will beryllium hoping to beryllium fixed a chance to do truthful again from nan starting line-up aft positional rival Joao Pedro's quiet show versus Palace.

Saturday

Manchester City v Tottenham (12:30 BST)

Manchester City duo Phil Foden and Rodri should some beryllium progressive successful nan squad aft missing past weekend's triumph astatine Wolves.

Goalkeeper Ederson is disposable aft unwellness but James Trafford is expected to support his spot aft a cleanable expanse connected Saturday.

There is small alteration connected nan wounded beforehand for Tottenham who stay without Yves Bissouma and Destiny Udogie.

The second is adjacent to a return but is lacking nan basal lucifer fittingness for this weekend.

Players out: Manchester City - Gvardiol, Kovacic, Phillips, Savio Tottenham - Bissouma, Dragusin, Kulusevski, Maddison, Udogie

Key FPL notes:

  • Tijjani Reijnders (£5.6m) starred for Manchester City past weekend, becoming only nan 2nd Sky Blue successful history - alongside Sergio Aguero - to registry a extremity and assistance connected his Premier League debut. He's now City's most-owned outfielder successful Fantasy, pinch a spot successful much FPL squads than immoderate midfielder barroom Cole Palmer and Mohamed Salah.

  • Erling Haaland (£14.0m) scored doubly against Wolves successful Gameweek 1 to registry a 3rd opening play brace successful 4 seasons.

  • Five chances created successful Gameweek 1 by Mohammed Kudus (£6.5m) - who besides registered 2 assists - was nan joint-most of immoderate Premier League subordinate past weekend.

Bournemouth v Wolves (15:00 BST)

Bournemouth midfielder Ryan Christie has recovered from a groin wounded and should feature.

Justin Kluivert has taken portion successful immoderate training but is little apt to beryllium involved.

Wolves signed defender Jackson Tchatchoua connected Tuesday, but a determination connected his engagement will beryllium made tomorrow.

Teenage guardant Leon Chiwone is nan club's only semipermanent absentee.

Players out: Bournemouth - Cook, Unal Wolves - Chiwone

Key FPL notes:

  • Antoine Semenyo (£7.1m) scored doubly connected nan opening time travel to Anfield, and - alongside Evanilson, who equalled his tallies of 3 shots and 4 punishment container touches - is apt to beryllium Bournemouth's cardinal attacking outlet again versus a Wolves broadside that shipped 4 goals astatine home. In Gameweek 1, only Erling Haaland had much large chances (three) than Semenyo.

  • Marcus Tavernier (£5.5m) impressed successful a box-to-box domiciled versus Liverpool and racked up much protect contributions (20) than immoderate subordinate barroom Virgil van Dijk successful Gameweek 1.

  • Despite his side's dense conclusion against Man City, Wolves striker Jorgen Strand Larsen (£6.5m) still managed 4 shots from wrong nan punishment box.

Brentford v Aston Villa (15:00 BST)

Brentford midfielder Mikkel Damsgaard returns aft missing nan opening play owed to nan commencement of his child.

Head coach Keith Andrews has confirmed that Yunus Konak, Paris Maghoma and Ethan Pinnock are besides available.

Aston Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez is disposable aft serving a suspension.

Centre-back Ezri Konsa will miss retired aft his reddish paper past Saturday pinch Lamare Bogarde aliases Pau Torres imaginable replacements.

Players out: Brentford - Janelt, Nunes, Wissa Aston Villa - Barkley, Garcia, Konsa

Key FPL notes:

  • Brentford could manus a first commencement to caller nine grounds signing Dango Ouattara (£6.0m) - who delivered a reasonably businesslike 7 goals and 4 assists from 21 starts astatine Bournemouth past play - this weekend, while besides welcoming backmost playmaker Mikkel Damsgaard and chap winger Kevin Schade.

  • Emiliano Martinez (£5.0m) should beryllium backmost successful extremity for Aston Villa aft serving his one-match suspension past Saturday. He will beryllium aiming to build connected Villa's streak of 7 cleanable sheets successful their erstwhile 11 Premier League outings, a tally which started pinch a shut-out connected Brentford turf successful March.

  • After managing conscionable 1 changeable successful past weekend's goalless stalemate versus Newcastle, Ollie Watkins (£9.0m) will fancy his chances of getting disconnected nan people against his erstwhile side. The English striker has scored six goals and assisted 2 much successful 7 Premier League appearances against Brentford, pinch each but 1 of those returns coming successful nan past 2 seasons.

Burnley v Sunderland (15:00 BST)

Burnley head Scott Parker says caller striker Armando Broja could "possibly" beryllium progressive this weekend.

Defenders Bashir Humphreys and Axel Tuanzebe person besides returned to training.

Sunderland leader Regis Le Bris said Jenson Seelt is disposable contempt being forced disconnected injured during past week's 3-0 triumph complete West Ham.

Defender Nordi Mukiele is successful contention to make his debut astatine Burnley aft signing from Paris Saint-Germain past weekend, while Arthur Masuaku is disposable for action for nan first clip this season.

Players out: Burnley - Amdouni, Benson, Beyer, Roberts Sunderland - Alese, Cirkin, Hjelde, Mundle, O'Nien

Key FPL notes:

  • Burnley lacked a slayer touch up beforehand successful their season-opening nonaccomplishment to Spurs, pinch winger Jaidon Anthony (£5.5m) incapable to person immoderate of his 4 shots. There were immoderate promising signs of life from Scott Parker's side, though, including a joint-high 5 chances created by midfielder Josh Cullen.

  • Sunderland enjoyed a barnstorming return to nan Premier League pinch a 3-0 triumph complete West Ham and Dan Ballard (£4.5m) was nan stand-out performer. The Black Cats' centre-back bagged a extremity pinch 1 of his 3 full shots successful nan six-yard container and delivered plentifulness of protect contributions including a goal-line clearance that preserved his side's cleanable sheet.

  • Fantasy managers will beryllium eager to spot whether inexpensive Chelsea loanee Marc Guiu (£4.5m) tin gain immoderate minutes up beforehand for Sunderland against their erstwhile Championship foes, particularly fixed nan goal-scoring exploits of nan teenager's main positional rivals Eliezer Mayenda and Wilson Isidor successful Gameweek 1.

Arsenal v Leeds (17:30 BST)

Arsenal guardant Kai Havertz will beryllium absent pinch a knee injury.

Defender Ben White is touch and spell for nan play while Christian Norgaard remains retired pinch a knock.

Leeds skipper Ethan Ampadu will miss astatine slightest nan adjacent fewer weeks pinch a knee problem.

Defender Jaka Bijol is backmost from suspension while forwards Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Noah Okafor could besides beryllium progressive for nan first time.

Players out: Arsenal - Havertz, Jesus, Norgaard Leeds - Ampadu, Bornauw

Key FPL notes:

  • Just nether a 4th of Arsenal's convention goals past play were either scored aliases assisted by Bukayo Saka (£10.0m - 17 retired of 69, aliases 24.6%), contempt nan England prima only starting 20 of a imaginable 38 matches owed to injury.

  • The Gunners' victor past play came from a corner. It was their 31st specified Premier League extremity since nan commencement of nan 2023-24 campaign, which is 11 much than immoderate different team. Their prowess from set-pieces creates a favourable mismatch against Leeds, who conceded 9 of their 30 goals past play from dead-ball situations, and could spell much joyousness for Arsenal's aerial threats including Gabriel (£6.0m) and their astir caller goal-scorer, Riccardo Calafiori (£5.5m).

  • Leeds' caller left-back Gabriel Gudmundsson (£4.0m) will apt person his hands afloat defensively, then, but nan Swede impressed astatine some ends of nan transportation successful his Premier League debut, combining 3 shots and 2 created chances pinch 8 protect contributions.

Sunday

Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest (14:00 BST)

Crystal Palace person nary caller wounded concerns aft their European debut connected Thursday night.

Midfielder Eberechi Eze has almost surely played his past crippled for nan nine arsenic he finalises a move to Arsenal.

Nottingham Forest midfielder Nicolas Dominguez is nan club's only semipermanent absentee.

The early of head coach Nuno Espirito Santo is uncertain aft caller comments astir his narration pinch proprietor Evangelos Marinakis.

Players out: Crystal Palace - Doucoure, Franca, Kamada, Kporha, Nketiah, Riad Nottingham Forest - Dominguez

Key FPL notes:

  • Crystal Palace will beryllium relying much heavy connected nan likes of Jean-Philippe Mateta (£7.5m) and Ismaila Sarr (£6.5m) for goals and creativity, pinch Eberechi Eze seemingly connected his measurement out. The brace some impressed during pre-season and will request to measurement up present if Oliver Glasner's broadside are to debar extending their winless streak against Forest to 10 matches.

  • Nottingham Forest put a lacklustre pre-season down them by nan clip Gameweek 1 rolled around, arsenic Chris Wood (£7.6m) emulated his beardown 2024-25 campaign-opening shape pinch a brace of goals versus Brentford. The Kiwi striker was astatine his objective champion past Sunday, uncovering nan backmost of nan nett pinch his only 2 shots against nan Bees.

  • Palace allowed Chelsea a full of 19 full shots past week, which could beryllium a interest fixed Forest will person plentifulness of attacking options astatine their disposal, specified arsenic Morgan Gibbs-White (£7.5m), Elliot Anderson (£5.5m) and past weekend's debut scorer Dan Ndoye (£6.0m).

Everton v Brighton (14:00 BST)

Everton stay without defenders Jarrad Branthwaite and Vitalii Mykolenko.

Full-back Nathan Patterson has besides been ruled retired by David Moyes.

Brighton midfielder Jack Hinshelwood is disposable aft a return to training.

This crippled will apt travel excessively soon for Charalampos Kostoulas and Stefanos Tzimas pinch some lacking lucifer fitness.

Players out: Everton - Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Patterson Brighton - March, Webster

Key FPL notes:

  • Everton allowed Leeds to return 21 shots connected Monday night, but conscionable 3 of them were connected target - and nan Toffees' backline was yet breached by a arguable penalty. James Tarkowski (£5.5m), nan much-discussed king of protect contributions past season, was astatine slightest connected manus to notch 2 other Fantasy points acknowledgment to his 15 clearances, blocks, interceptions and tackles.

  • After handing a debut to Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall successful Gameweek 1, David Moyes mightiness now look to springiness chap summertime presence Jack Grealish (£6.5m) his first starting berth against Brighton aft nan Manchester City loanee had to settee for a spot connected nan chair past weekend.

  • Georginio Rutter (£6.0m) led nan statement for Brighton against Fulham successful Gameweek 1 and could proceed arsenic an out-of-position centre guardant - making nan Frenchman, who besides won nan punishment to springiness nan Seagulls nan lead, a imaginable hidden gem.

Fulham v Manchester United (16:30 BST)

Fulham could invited backmost some Antonee Robinson and Ryan Sessegnon if nan brace travel done Saturday's training convention unscathed.

Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana is disposable for action and whitethorn beryllium progressive aft Altay Bayindir's correction successful nan location nonaccomplishment to Arsenal.

Defenders Lisandro Martinez and Noussair Mazraoui stay sidelined pinch injuries.

Players out: Manchester United - Martinez, Mazraoui

Key FPL notes:

  • Fulham's Harry Wilson (£5.5m) continued his beardown pre-season shape - 5 goals and 1 assistance - by mounting up Rodrigo Muniz's last-gasp equaliser against Brighton past weekend. The Welshman looks to beryllium emerging arsenic a cardinal subordinate for nan Cottagers.

  • Bryan Mbeumo (£8.0m) and Matheus Cunha (£8.0m) fired disconnected a mixed 9 shots connected extremity - 5 of them connected target - against Arsenal successful Gameweek 1, pinch Manchester United totalling nan astir opening play shots (22) of immoderate Premier League club.

  • United's caller striker Benjamin Sesko (£7.5m) managed 2 shots and 4 touches successful nan container during his half-hour cameo against nan Gunners.

Monday

Newcastle v Liverpool (20:00 BST)

Newcastle striker Alexander Isak remains unavailable for selection.

Jacob Ramsey is apt to beryllium progressive aft his £39m transportation from Aston Villa while chap midfielder Joe Willock has returned to training this week.

Liverpool defender Jeremie Frimpong will beryllium sidelined for astatine slightest a period pinch a hamstring issue.

Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch is backmost aft serving a one-match suspension.

Players out: Newcastle – Isak Liverpool - Frimpong

Key FPL notes:

  • In Alexander Isak's continued absence, and Newcastle's ongoing struggles to motion a caller centre forward, it looks for illustration Anthony Gordon (£7.5m) will stay Eddie Howe's striker. The England world racked up a Gameweek 1-leading 7 shots past weekend, and was connected nan scoresheet successful nan corresponding fixture against Liverpool past play arsenic good arsenic successful nan anterior campaign.

  • A different centre-back has recovered nan nett for Newcastle successful 3 of their past 4 outings against Liverpool: Sven Botman (£5.0m) successful January 2024, Fabian Schar (£5.5m) successful December 2024, and Dan Burn (£5.0m) successful March's League Cup final.

  • Mohamed Salah (£14.5m) scored astatine St James' Park past season, and has netted 4 goals successful his past 3 Premier convention fixtures against nan Magpies. Two of those matches person ended successful a six-goal scoreline: nan 3-3 tie successful nan North East past December, and a 4-2 to nan Reds astatine Anfield past January.