Our weekly early team news summary rounds up all the latest Gameweek 2 injury news ahead of the pre-match press conferences on Thursday and Friday.
ARSENAL
There’s good news for Viktor Gyokeres owners as Kai Havertz is reportedly set for a spell on the sidelines with a knee injury.
The assessment is still at an early stage, so it’s not yet clear how long he’ll be out – or if his absence will prompt the Gunners to swoop for another attacker in the transfer window.
Gabriel Jesus (knee) remains sidelined, too.
Those two were absent from Wednesday’s open training session – as were Ben White and Christian Norgaard. Norgaard had missed Sunday’s win at Old Trafford with a minor injury, while White was taken off after 71 minutes of that game.
The replacement for White in the event of an injury, Jurrien Timber, was present at this public session but didn’t take part in the training ground game.
ASTON VILLA
Emi Martinez is back from a one-match ban after missing the opening game of the season.
However, it’s one in and one out on the suspension front. Ezri Konsa misses this match, having been sent for the denial of a clear goalscoring opportunity in Gameweek 1.
On the injury front, Ross Barkley and Andres Garcia haven’t been seen since mid-July with supposedly minor issues and remain out.
BOURNEMOUTH
Lewis Cook (knee) is both injured and suspended for this weekend’s clash with Wolves, with the former keeping him out until after the international break.
Enes Unal, meanwhile, is still recovering from a knee injury sustained in January.
Justin Kluivert (calf) was still out as of last Friday, having missed a big chunk of pre-season, but was spotted back on the grass in a training video this week.
Ryan Christie (groin) had already returned to last week and while the Liverpool match came too soon for the midfielder, an extra week of fitness work could stand him in good stead for the Wolves game.
Luis Sinisterra (hamstring) is injury free but looks set for a move away so very likely won’t be involved.
BRENTFORD
It’ll be a huge surprise if the wantaway Yoane Wissa features for the Bees this weekend, with Newcastle United launching another bid for his services on Wednesday night.
As for injuries, Vitaly Janelt (heel), Gustavo Nunes (hamstring) and Paris Maghoma (unknown) remain out.
Mikkel Damsgaard should be back: he missed the defeat to Nottingham Forest to attend the birth of his child.
Ethan Pinnock may even return, too, as only a minor knock kept him out of Gameweek 1.
BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION
Adam Webster (knee), Solly March (knee) and Julio Enciso (knee) all remain out for Albion.
Jack Hinshelwood is apparently “fine”: he missed out in Gameweek 1 after sitting out the final two weekends of pre-season friendlies but was already back in training ahead of the Fulham draw and merely not risked.
BURNLEY
Zeki Amdouni (knee) and Bashir Humphreys (thigh) are on the sidelines for the Clarets.
Jordan Beyer, making his way back from a long-term knee injury, will still be a “few weeks”, too, after a small setback.
Elsewhere, new boy Armando Broja (match fitness) wasn’t included in the squad to face Tottenham Hotspur last weekend because he had “not had enough work”.
The likes of Connor Roberts and Axel Tuanzebe were also not present in Gameweek 1 after disrupted pre-seasons but Scott Parker said “mainly selection” when asked to explain why certain names were absent in north London.
CHELSEA
Nicolas Jackson is back from a ban but with his future likely elsewhere, it remains to be seen if he’ll feature. He is at least training with his teammates, unlike some other wantaway strikers.
Mykhailo Mudryk remains suspended, while Levi Colwill is out long term with a knee injury.
Benoit Badiashile and Romeo Lavia are still out, too. Neither player has featured since the FIFA Club World Cup.
Tosin Adarabioyo sat out the goalless draw with Palace with a “very minor” issue and, indeed, he has been pictured back in training on Wednesday.
CRYSTAL PALACE
Long-term absentees Chadi Riad and Cheick Doucoure remain out, as do Eddie Nketiah (hamstring), Matheus Franca (adductor) and Caleb Kporha (back).
Daichi Kamada picked up a knee injury in the Community Shield, missed Gameweek 1 and is still not back in training, so he looks set to sit out Thursday’s UEFA Conference League play-off first-leg tie against Fredrikstad.
Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi have trained all week with their teammates, amid speculation about their futures. Both are set to start in Europe.
EVERTON
Jarrad Branthwaite (hamstring) is out, while we await an update on Vitalii Mykolenko and Adam Aznou. Mykolenko exited the final friendly against Roma after just 10 minutes and missed out against Leeds United on Monday, as did his understudy Aznou. David Moyes said afterwards that he “didn’t know” whether either would be back in Gameweek 2.
Nathan Patterson (hernia symptoms) has resumed light training, however, as per the usually reliable El Bobble.
FULHAM
Fulham were without both of their left-backs last weekend but it seems like they are both closing in on returns.
Ryan Sessegnon, who hobbled off in the first half of Fulham’s final pre-season friendly, was even in training before the draw with Brighton and Hove Albion but failed to prove his match-readiness.
Antonee Robinson (knee), who missed the whole of the summer, was “already involved in some things with the team”, too.
Andreas Pereira‘s omission from the squad was “tactical”.
LEEDS UNITED
Jaka Bijol returns from suspension this weekend so with Sebastiaan Bornauw and Jayden Bogle both recovering from injuries to make the Gameweek 1 squad, Leeds very briefly had no availability concerns.
Ethan Ampadu did come off against Everton, however, although Daniel Farke was hoping that it was “just a bruise”.
LIVERPOOL
Ryan Gravenberch is back from a one-match ban served in Gameweek 1.
Injury-wise, Conor Bradley (Achilles) remains a concern ahead of Monday’s trip to Newcastle United.
There was double the worry at right-back, indeed, with Jeremie Frimpong feeling his hamstring in the season-opener against Bournemouth.
Arne Slot’s post-match comments made it sound like it was a precautionary substitution so that injury would be avoided, but it’ll be interesting to hear what he has to say in Thursday’s pre-match presser.
MANCHESTER CITY
Savinho (unknown) and Mateo Kovacic (Achilles) will miss Gameweek 2 but an image has emerged on Wednesday of another opening-weekend absentee, Josko Gvardiol, doing some form of training.
Ederson, who sat out Gameweek 1 with a stomach bug, has also been spotted.
Phil Foden (ankle) and Rodri (groin/match fitness) travelled to Molineux on Saturday but weren’t included in the squad.
MANCHESTER UNITED
Lisandro Martinez (knee) and Noussair Mazraoui (unknown) are the only United absentees we know about for Gameweek 2.
NEWCASTLE UNITED
There seems to be a greater chance of Micky Quinn leading the line for Newcastle on Monday than Alexander Isak. Both player and club have taken potshots at the other in statements issued this week, with the Swede training alone as of Wednesday.
Isak aside, Eddie Howe the Magpies only have one known absentee for Gameweek 2. That’s Joe Willock, who suffered a calf injury in the match against K League on July 30 and was ruled out for 4-6 weeks.
NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Nicolas Dominguez will be out until the autumn after undergoing knee surgery over the summer. Other than that, though, we think Forest’s first team is injury-free.
SUNDERLAND
Aji Alese (shoulder), Luke O’Nien (shoulder), Dennis Cirkin (wrist) and Leo Hjelde (Achilles) will all be absent until Gameweek 4 at the earliest.
Romaine Mundle is currently sidelined with a hamstring issue until October, too.
Jensen Seelt is the newest concern from Gameweek 1 but Regis Le Bris hoped the injury that forced him off against West Ham United wasn’t serious.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Destiny Udogie (knee) was said to be “progressing” in his rehab last Friday but the Burnley game came too soon for him.
Manor Solomon (calf) was only just back in training last week after missing pre-season, meanwhile.
Dejan Kulusevski (knee), Koto Takai (foot), Radu Dragusin (knee) and long-term absentee James Maddison (knee) remain out.
Yves Bissouma apparently “got injured in training” before the win over the Clarets, having missed the previous game against Paris Saint-Germain due to ill discipline.
WEST HAM UNITED
Crysencio Summerville (hamstring) and George Earthy (ankle) remain out for the Hammers.
Luis Guilherme meanwhile reportedly missed the Sunderland loss due to a broken collarbone.
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Wolves have only one issue that we’re aware of: Leon Chiwome is still recovering from a knee injury sustained in January.
