As always on a Monday afternoon, we scour the Premier League treatment rooms to assess the players who picked up injuries over the weekend action.
Arsenal
Mathieu Debuchy was forced off with an ankle injury in Saturday lunchtime’s draw with City. Arsene Wenger is set to address the press later today amid fears the Frenchman could be sidelined for months.
Burnley
The Clarets’ forward Danny Ings was subbed off with a hamstring problem in the weekend draw at Palace, while Matty Taylor missed out altogether due to injury, allowing George Boyd to make his debut on the left of midfield.
Chelsea
Didier Drogba missed the Blues’ home win over Swansea after injuring an ankle during training.
Crystal Palace
Neil Warnock confirmed Joe Ledley sustained a hip injury in the Palace dugout and was unable to take to the field against Burnley. The Palace boss also revealed Wilfried Zaha was lucky to make the match after picking up an ankle injury in training.
Everton
Sylvain Distin missed the Toffees’ win at West Brom due to a dead leg, though Roberto Martinez confirmed earlier today that the defender is on course to feature against Wolfsburg in the Europa League on Thursday.
Leicester
Foxes number one Kasper Schmeichel missed Saturday’s win at Stoke after sustaining a minor knee problem on international duty with Denmark.
Stoke
The Potters’ left-back Erik Pieters was forced off with an unspecified injury in the latter stages of Saturday’s home loss to Leicester.
Swansea
Jordi Amat is set for knee scans after picking up a problem in the weekend loss to Chelsea – the defender left Stamford Brigde with his leg in a brace.
Tottenham
Jan Vertonghen was omitted from the weekend trip to Sunderland after picking up a minor muscle injury.
West Brom
Stephane Sessegnon was ruled out of the weekend home loss to Everton after sustaining an eye injury in training.
9 years, 7 months agoJust did some basic research on a hunch (Hull defender substitutions)..
Number of "less-than-90-minute" appearances for defenders (FPL-defined) in 2013/14....
NEW - 47
LIV - 44
ARS - 41
WHU - 38
HUL - 38
It doesn't include Elmo for Hull as a mid, but suggests Chester could feature.
In terms of players...
For Hull, this was... Rosenior (14), Bruce (7), Figueroa (7), Chester (5), McShane (4) and Davies (1).
Others of note:
Monreal 14, Rafael 10, Kolarov 10, Flanagan 8, Gibbs 8, Dummett 8, Taylor 8, Clyne 8, Lowton 8, Haidara 8, Pieters 7, Stones 7, Santon 7, Demel 7, Smalling 6 and Jones 6.
Of note to show managers who enjoy rotation, and players who aren't nailed.
In terms of the teams, Everton and Chelsea are those most of interest at the bottom (best) end.