SATURDAY'S GAMES
FANTASY PICK: Ross Barkley
KEY STAT: Chelsea have shipped a total of eight goals in their last three away Premier League games, twice as many as they conceded in the seven games on the road before that.
- EVERTON
Everton manager Roberto Martinez will make a late decision on left-back Bryan Oviedo. The Costa Rica international pulled out of international duty with a knee problem and will be assessed hours before Saturday's match. Defender Brendan Galloway (knee) has returned to fitness and winger Aaron Lennon is set to be named in the squad after completing a deadline day move from Tottenham but midfielder Tom Cleverley (ankle) is out for six weeks.
Provisional squad: Howard, Coleman, Stones, Jagielka, Galloway, Barry, McCarthy, Barkley, Mirallas, Lukaku, Kone, Robles, Browning, Funes Mori, Besic, Osman, Lennon, Deulofeu, Naismith, McGeady, Rodriguez.
- CHELSEA
Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois requires knee surgery and will miss out. Asmir Begovic will deputise for Courtois, with Jamal Blackman coming on to the bench, while playmaker Oscar (knee) is still a few days away from full fitness. Captain John Terry is available after his one-match suspension and fellow defender Papy Djilobodji is in the squad after signing from Nantes.
Provisional squad: Begovic, Ivanovic, Fabregas, Zouma, Rahman, Ramires, Falcao, Hazard, Cuadrado, Mikel, Djilobodji, Traore, Pedro, Remy, Costa, Matic, Willian, Cahill, Terry, Blackman, Azpilicueta, Loftus-Cheek, Kenedy, Beeney.
FANTASY PICK: Theo Walcott
KEY STAT: The Gunners have won each of their seven home PL games against the Potters, their best 100 percent home record against any side in the Premier League.
- ARSENAL
Arsenal expect both central defenders Per Mertesacker (illness) and Laurent Koscielny (back) to be available. England midfielder Jack Wilshere has, though, suffered a setback in his recovery from a hairline fracture in his left fibula. Forward Danny Welbeck faces a long period of rehabiliation following knee surgery, while Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky (knee) is also sidelined after his operation.
Provisional squad: Cech, Monreal, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Bellerin, Coquelin, Cazorla, Ozil, Ramsey, Sanchez, Giroud, Ospina, Walcott, Campbell, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Debuchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Arteta.
- STOKE
Mark Hughes has confirmed Jonathan Walters will be in Stoke's squad. Walters was left out of the 18 when the Potters lost to West Brom last time around amid interest in his signature from Norwich but Hughes is now ready to usher him back into the fold in North London. Charlie Adam and Ibrahim Afellay are both suspended having being dismissed against the Baggies while Mame Diouf (hamstring), Marko Arnautovic (ankle) and Glen Johnson (groin) are all doubts for Hughes, who cannot call upon Peter Odemwingie (hamstring) and Ryan Shawcross (back).
Provisional squad: Butland, Given, Muniesa, Wilson, Wollscheid, Bardsley, Pieters, Johnson, Cameron, Whelan, Van Ginkel, Ireland, Sidwell, Arnautovic, Walters, Bojan, Shaqiri, Diouf, Crouch, Joselu.
FANTASY PICK: Raheem Sterling
KEY STAT: Manchester City have now won four away Premier League games in a row. They last won five away leagues games in a row in 1912.
- CRYSTAL PALACE
Crystal Palace will be without Joel Ward after the right-back was ruled out for up to a month with a knee injury. Connor Wickham is doubtful with a knock and fellow striker Marouane Chamakh has suffered an abductor injury so Chelsea loanee Patrick Bamford is set to start in attack. Midfielder Yohan Cabaye is available despite going off with a groin problem while playing for France, and goalkeeper Julian Speroni is fit after a hand injury to challenge Alex McCarthy.
Provisional squad: Speroni, Hennessey, A McCarthy, Mariappa, Hangeland, P McCarthy, Dann, Cabaye, Bamford, Sako, Zaha, Gayle, McArthur, Fryers, Mutch, Souare, Lee, Delaney, Ledley, Kelly, Puncheon, Wickham, Guedioura.
- MAN CITY
Manchester City playmaker David Silva has been ruled out with an ankle injury. The Spaniard is expected to be fit for Tuesday's Champions League clash against Juventus but midfielder Fabian Delph (hamstring) faces a month out with the injury suffered on international duty. Bacary Sagna is fit after an ankle scare but fellow full-backs Pablo Zabaleta (knee) and Gael Clichy (ankle) remain sidelined. New signings Kevin de Bruyne and Nicolas Otamendi are in contention to make debuts.
Provisional squad: Hart, Caballero, Sagna, Kompany, Mangala, Otamendi, Demichelis, Kolarov, Maffeo, Nasri, De Bruyne, Navas, Toure, Fernandinho, Fernando, Aguero, Sterling, Bony, Iheanacho, Roberts.
Norwich City
FANTASY PICK: Wes Hoolahan
KEY STAT: Norwich have lost just one of their last five league meetings with Bournemouth, although three of those games have ended in a draw (W1).
- NORWICH
Norwich will be without suspended full-back Steven Whittaker. Congo forward Dieumerci Mbokani, signed on loan from Dynamo Kiev, could make his debut in English football, while winger Matt Jarvis -- a deadline day loan signing from West Ham -- should also feature. Sweden left-back Martin Olsson is fit after a shoulder injury having played during the international break, as did Northern Ireland forward Kyle Lafferty (knee) -- but striker Lewis Grabban is short on training and midfielder Youssouf Mulumbu (foot) is out.
Provisional squad: Ruddy, Wisdom, Martin, Bassong, Brady, Tettey, Dorrans, Howson, Hoolahan, Redmond, Jerome, Rudd, Hooper, R Bennett, O'Neil, Jarvis, Mbokani, Lafferty.
- BOURNEMOUTH
Glenn Murray is expected to make his Bournemouth debut after joining the club for £4 million from Crystal Palace. The striker goes straight into manager Eddie Howe's squad, alongside fellow new signing Joe Bennett, but, while midfielder Harry Arter is closer to a first-team return, he is not yet match fit. Howe remains without two other summer signings -- Tyrone Mings and Max Gradel -- both being long-term absentees, while the on-loan Christian Atsu is also expected to miss out again.
Provisional squad: Boruc, Federici, Allsop, Francis, Cook, Gosling, Elphick, Surman, Pugh, Rantie, Smith, Distin, Bennett, MacDonald, Stanislas, O'Kane, Ritchie, Wilson, King, Kermorgant, Tomlin, Murray.
FANTASY PICK: Bafetimbi Gomis
KEY STAT: Only Arsenal's Santi Cazorla (16) has created more goal-scoring chances in the PL this season than Swansea's Jonjo Shelvey (14).
- WATFORD
Watford boss Quique Sanchez Flores could hand debuts to two of his deadline day recruits. Midfielder Adlene Guedioura and striker Obbi Oulare are available but Flores has doubts over the overall fitness of the latter. Fellow deadline day signing Victor Ibarbo, who arrived on loan from Cagliari, is still awaiting a work permit whilse Miguel Britos is suspended and Joel Ekstrand (knee) is missing.
Provisional squad: Gomes, Nyom, Cathcart, Prodl, Paredes, Holebas, Behrami, Capoue, Watson, Ighalo, Jurado, Deeney, Guedioura, Anya, Angella, Vydra, Layun, Arlauskis, Gilmartin, Berghuis, Pudil, Abdi, Ake, Oulare, Diamanti.
- SWANSEA
Jefferson Montero has recovered from a thigh injury and is available. Montero missed the home victory over Manchester United before the international break and stayed behind in Swansea for treatment rather than join the Ecuador national team for their midweek friendly with Honduras. Swansea's players have all returned from international duty unscathed so manager Garry Monk has a fully-fit squad for the trip to Vicarage Road.
Provisional squad: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor, Cork, Shelvey, Montero, Ayew, Sigurdsson, Gomis, Nordfeldt, Rangel, Bartley, Amat, Tabanou, Ki, Fulton, Britton, Routledge, Emnes, Dyer, Eder, Grimes.
FANTASY PICK: Virgil van Dijk
KEY STAT: The Baggies have lost four of their last six Premier League games at the Hawthorns (W1 D1), conceding at least three goals in each of those defeats.
- WEST BROM
Saido Berahino could return for West Brom after he threatened never to play for the club again. The striker is in contention to face Southampton at The Hawthorns on Saturday after the Baggies rejected two deadline day bids from Tottenham, which sparked Berahino's apparent threat on Twitter. But boss Tony Pulis will consider him for selection after Salomon Rondon's trip to South America for international duty with Venezuela while Anders Lindegaard and Jonny Evans could make their debuts after signing from Manchester United.
Provisional squad: Myhill, Lindegaard, Chester, Evans, Dawson, Olsson, McAuley, Brunt, Gamboa, Fletcher, Morrison, McClean, Gnabry, Sessegnon, Gardner, Yacob, Lambert, Berahino, Rondon, Anichebe.
- SOUTHAMPTON
Victor Wanyama could feature after making peace with Southampton over being denied a transfer. Defender Cuco Martina and forward Sadio Mane were still en route back to Southampton after international duty on Thursday, so may not have enough preparation time to contest selection. Defender Virgil van Dijk could make his debut, while Jordy Clasie (ankle) is still not ready to return, with defender Ryan Bertrand (knee) missing out too -- but expected to return to full training on Monday.
Provisional squad: Stekelenburg, K Davis, Soares, Yoshida, Van Dijk, Fonte, Caulker, Targett, Martina, Wanyama, S Davis, Romeu, Reed, Ward-Prowse, Tadic, Juanmi, Mane, Long, Rodriguez, Pelle.
FANTASY PICK: Memphis Depay
KEY STAT: Manchester United have registered just one win in their last four top-flight games at Old Trafford (D2 L1), after winning six in a row prior to that.
- MANCHESTER UNITED
David De Gea looks set to return to the Manchester United squad for Saturday's game against Liverpool after signing a new contract with the club. The goalkeeper had been left out of the opening six matches because manager Louis van Gaal felt he could not focus properly, but with a proposed move to Real Madrid now dead in the water, De Gea is being considered for the home match against Brendan Rodgers' side. Midfielder Michael Carrick is available after he overcame a calf injury he suffered in international duty but centre-back Phil Jones (thrombosis) and forward Andreas Pereira (unspecified) are out.
Provisional squad: De Gea, Romero, Johnstone, Shaw, Rojo, Blind, McNair, Smalling, Darmian, Valencia, Carrick, Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Fellaini, Herrera, Mata, Depay, Young, Lingard, Rooney, Martial, Wilson
- LIVERPOOL
Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho is suspended for the trip to arch-rivals Manchester United. Winger Jordon Ibe or striker Danny Ings are in contention to replace the Brazilian. Midfielder Jordan Henderson (foot) and Adam Lallana (thigh) remain doubtful while striker Daniel Sturridge has returned to full training this week but is unlikely to feature having not played since April after a hip operation.
Provisional squad: Mignolet, Clyne, Skrtel, Lovren, Gomez, Can, Lucas, Milner, Firmino, Benteke, Ings, Bogdan, Toure, Sakho, Moreno, Rossiter, Ibe, Origi.
SUNDAY'S GAMES
FANTASY PICK: Nacer Chadli
KEY STAT: Tottenham have failed to score in half of their last eight Premier League away games and have netted just twice in their last four.
- SUNDERLAND
Fabio Borini is set to make his second Sunderland debut. The Italian -- who rejoined the Black Cats from Liverpool during the transfer window -- will be joined in Dick Advocaat's squad by fellow new boy Ola Toivonen. Jeremain Lens has shrugged off a recent knee problem to pronounce himself fit, but Sunderland are without DeAndre Yedlin, who is ineligible to play against his parent club, and injured trio Adam Johnson, Adam Matthews and Jordi Gomez.
Provisional squad: Pantilimon, Mannone, Jones, Van Aanholt, Brown, O'Shea, Coates, Cattermole, M'Vila, Bridcutt, Lens, Rodwell, Buckley, Larsson, Defoe, Fletcher, Graham, Watmore, Toivonen, Borini.
- TOTTENHAM
Son Heung-min is in line to make his Tottenham debut. The South Korea forward has yet to feature for Spurs since his big-money move from Bayer Leverkusen but scored a hat-trick for his country against Laos and now looks set to start at the Stadium of Light. Head coach Mauricio Pochettino said the game could come too soon for fellow new recruit Clinton N'Jie while Christian Eriksen (knee) and Mousa Dembele (foot) are out.
Provisional squad: Lloris, Vorm, Rose, Davies, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Walker, Trippier, Dier, Mason, Bentaleb, Alli, Carroll, Chadli, Lamela, N'Jie, Townsend, Son, Kane.
FANTASY PICK: Riyah Mahrez
KEY STAT: Claudio Ranieri has averaged 1.43 points in his seven PL games against Aston Villa. Only against Man Utd, Charlton and Arsenal has he won fewer points on average (min 2 games).
- LEICESTER
Gokhan Inler could make his full debut. The Swiss midfielder impressed against England at Wembley this week and Foxes boss Claudio Ranieri thinks his big-name summer signing is now ready to start a league game. However, the best that recent arrival Nathan Dyer can hope for is a place on the bench. Leading scorer Riyad Mahrez was forced off against Bournemouth with a back injury but the winger proved his fitness by playing for Algeria during the international break.
Provisional squad: Schmeichel, Schwarzer, Morgan, De Laet, Huth, Wasilewski, Benalouane, Schlupp, Fuchs, Drinkwater, King, Inler, Kante, Hammond, Albrighton, Mahrez, Vardy, Kramaric, Ulloa, Okazaki, Dodoo, Dyer.
- ASTON VILLAIdrissa Gueye is a doubt after suffering a hamstring injury on international duty with Senegal. Jack Grealish is also struggling with an ankle problem but boss Tim Sherwood hopes he can shake it off before Sunday's game at the King Power Stadium while Adama Traore (ankle) is a doubt. Joleon Lescott could make his debut after joining from West Brom on transfer deadline day but new Liverpool loanee Tiago Ilori (lacking match fitness) and Jores Okore (knee) are out.
Provisional squad: Guzan, Bunn, Hutton, Bacuna, Clark, Lescott, Richards, Amavi, Crespo, Richardson, Westwood, Gueye, Cole, Grealish, Sinclair, Gil, Sanchez, N'Zogbia, Veretout, Agbonlahor, Traore, Kozak, Gestede, Ayew.
MONDAY'S GAMES
- WEST HAM
Slaven Bilic could hand debuts to a trio of deadline-day signings. Wingers Michail Antonio and Victor Moses are in contention as is striker Nikica Jelavic but Alex Song, who signed for a second successive loan spell, is absent with an ankle problem. Club-record signing Andy Carroll could make his first appearance of the season after recovering from a knee injury, with Mauro Zarate touch and go following a hamstring issue and Enner Valencia (knee) and Joey O'Brien (calf) absent.
Provisional squad: Adrian, Randolph, Tomkins, Collins, Ogbonna, Reid, Cresswell, Hendrie, Jenkinson, Oxford, Noble, Obiang, Kouyate, Payet, Antonio, Moses, Lanzini, Maiga, Zarate, Sakho, Carroll, Jelavic.
- NEWCASTLE
Newcastle head coach Steve McClaren will be without striker Aleksandar Mitrovic through suspension. The Serbia international serves the first leg of a three-match ban after being shown a straight red card for a foul on Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin. McClaren otherwise has no fresh selection problems, although defender Paul Dummett has suffered a setback in his recovery from a hamstring injury.
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