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FPL Team News and Injury Round-up – Gameweek 37

Our Gameweek 37 team news round-up recaps the headline injury updates and manager quotes from the 20 pre-match press conferences to be held over the last 48 hours.

The Fantasy Premier League deadline is at 19:00 BST tonight.

Newcastle United v Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp only said “we will see” when asked if Roberto Firmino (groin) would be fit to start at St. James’ Park on Saturday evening.

The Brazilian striker missed the Gameweek 36 victory over Huddersfield but returned as a substitute at the Nou Camp on Wednesday.

Naby Keita picked up an injury in that defeat to Barcelona and will now be missing for the rest of the season.

Klopp said:

Bad news, yes. A high-grade adductor injury, the tendon is ruptured. Which keeps him out for at least, I would say, two months.

Asked if Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain could replace the Guinea international, Klopp replied:

It’s perfect that he’s back. He will be for sure in the squad then we have to make a decision who starts. We will use him, of course, it’s good.

Rafael Benitez said on Friday that Jamaal Lascelles (stomach illness) and Ayoze Perez (hip) are “fine”, with both players having returned to training ahead of Saturday’s match.

DeAndre Yedlin is out with a groin problem.

Manchester City v Leicester City

Kevin De Bruyne (muscle) remains out ahead of Monday’s match against Leicester, while Pep Guardiola said on Friday he “didn’t know” whether Fernandinho (knee) will be fit to feature against the Foxes. 

Asked if De Bruyne could return before the end of the season, Guardiola said:

I don’t know. Next Monday he is not available so I don’t know in the future.

On Fernandinho, the City boss added:

I don’t know. I didn’t speak the last days with the doctors because when they start to go the pitch to run, the first training sessions alone, after you realise he is coming back soon. But they are still in the gym.

Brendan Rodgers reported no injury concerns in his pre-match presser on Thursday.

Chelsea v Watford

There were no real injury updates from Maurizio Sarri after Thursday’s draw with Eintracht Frankfurt but the Chelsea boss said Ruben Loftus-Cheek had been suffering from cramp in that match.

Sarri said:

He is a very important player. He has improved a lot during the season. When he is at the top physically he is a very important player for us. It’s not easy for him to train with consistency because of his back, but in this match, he was really fit. Unfortunately, with ten minutes to go, he had cramp and asked for a substitution.

Asked why Eden Hazard was only among the substitutes, Sarri replied:

This match was number 59, I think, and Hazard also played eight matches in the national team. For a player, it’s impossible to play 70, 75 matches in a season. Sometimes Hazard, like all the other players, needs to not play for 90 minutes. This is the first reason.

The second is that Eden is usually able to change the match from the bench. For me, it was better to start with Willian and try in the last 30 minutes with Eden.

Javi Gracia revealed on Friday that Sebastian Prodl (knee) and Domingos Quina (shoulder) are sidelined, while Miguel Britos has a problem with his teeth.

Watford look likely to be without Etienne Capoue, too, with Gracia saying:

Etienne Capoue has a problem in his groin. He is not training with the team and I think he won’t be available.

Huddersfield Town v Manchester United

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer offered little in the way of helpful team news in his pre-match press conference, only ruling out Mason Greenwood (unspecified) and Eric Bailly (knee).

Sergio Romero has also “tweaked his knee” in training, so under-fire goalkeeper David de Gea will continue between the posts.

Solskjaer said of de Gea:

He will play. Sergio was injured yesterday so he didn’t train, he tweaked his knee, and David’s been training well this week.

There was, frustratingly, no specific update on Romelu Lukaku (hamstring), Marcus Rashford (shoulder), Phil Jones (unspecified), Chris Smalling (head), Jesse Lingard (swollen knee) or Antonio Valencia (unspecified) but Rashford, Jones and Valencia were pictured in training in midweek and could be in contention.

There are widespread reports suggesting Lukaku’s season is over, however.

Asked about United’s injury doubts (including Lukaku), Solskjaer said:

There’s a few. There’s no point in me giving you all the insights anyway, I reckon you get that from whoever you get it from!

Paul Pogba was conspicuous by his absence in the open training session on Wednesday, though there have been no other suggestions of an injury for the Frenchman.

On Huddersfield’s team news, Jan Siewert said:

[Aaron Mooy’s] back in training, so hopefully [he’s fit]. We’ll have to see how his body is reacting today. Zanka has a cold, had problems with it, it might be that he’s not available. But every other one is available from the squad, I would say.

Bournemouth v Tottenham Hotspur

Harry Kane (ankle), Serge Aurier (hamstring), Harry Winks (groin) and Erik Lamela (hamstring) remain sidelined for the trip to Bournemouth, while Jan Vertonghen (head) is also set to be unavailable.

Concussion tests on the Belgian defender proved negative but a “brief period of rehabilitation” was advised by medical staff and a neurologist on Thursday.

Asked about his team selection for Saturday’s match, Mauricio Pochettino said:

We’re assessing the players today. The most important thing is that we will decide the best team to try to win. On Saturday we’ll put the best players with the best energy to try to win.

Eddie Howe has doubts over David Brooks (ankle), Dan Gosling (calf), Adam Smith (knee) and Dominic Solanke (hamstring), meanwhile.

Arsenal v Brighton and Hove Albion

Aaron Ramsey (hamstring) and Denis Suarez (groin) are out for the season while Ainsley Maitland-Niles serves a one-match ban.

Sunday’s visit of Brighton will be Petr Cech‘s last home game at the club and Unai Emery was asked if the veteran goalkeeper will play a part, replying:

We are going to decide tomorrow. But our first objective is to win.

Asked if Laurent Koscielny was injured after his withdrawal in Thursday night’s win over Valencia, Emery said:

I hope that Koscielny is going to be okay for Sunday and the second leg away, but I don’t know.

Laurent was very tired and he ran back with the transitions in the second half 50 metres for a sprint, and it’s normal that he can be tired or struggling.

I prefer to change him to give this ten minutes to Nacho Monreal after his small injuries, to help us and to save minutes for Laurent Koscielny.

Davy Propper (hamstring) and Jose Izquierdo (knee) will miss out this weekend but Chris Hughton said he otherwise had a fully-fit squad to choose from.

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Fulham

Nuno Espirito Santo has no injury worries heading into Saturday’s match against Fulham.

Reports in midweek suggested Will Norris might be given pitch-time between now and the end of the season and Santo was asked again on Friday if the third-choice goalkeeper might be handed a start against Fulham.

Santo said:

We don’t know, it’s something that I still want to try and make it possible. No decision has been made yet. I think [it] will be fair, but let’s see and wait.

Denis Odoi (concussion) will miss the trip to Molineux on Saturday but Scott Parker said he otherwise had no other injury concerns.

West Ham United v Southampton

Manuel Pellegrini said on Thursday that Andy Carroll (ankle) and Andriy Yarmolenko (Achilles) were his only two unavailable players for the visit of Southampton, so Marko Arnautovic (muscle), Aaron Cresswell (knee), Samir Nasri (calf), Manuel Lanzini (groin) and Carlos Sanchez (match fitness) are expected to return to contention.

Ralph Hasenhuttl cleared up Southampton’s injury situation, saying:

Maya [Yoshida] is still not able to play. Jannik Vestergaard, the season is over because he has a small issue. The rest is normally OK, we have no injured players so far except for these two and Michael Obafemi.

Lemina is an option for the weekend, Armstrong couldn’t play from the beginning last game, he’s an option.

Asked if rotation was a possibility with Southampton now mathematically safe, Hasenhuttl replied:

It’s not necessary to rotate five or six players just because we are safe but for one or two, they will look at this match and the final game as a chance to get in the starting XI.

Goalkeeper Fraser Forster may get a start, if local media reports are to be believed.

Cardiff City v Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace look set to be without Christian Benteke (cheekbone) for Saturday’s trip to Cardiff.

Speaking on Thursday, Roy Hodgson said:

We’ve picked up one [injury]. Unfortunately, Christian Benteke took a nasty blow to the head ten or 15 minutes before the end of the game with Michael Keane so he’s suffering from that blow. We’ll see how it goes but he’s very unlikely for Saturday. We haven’t ruled him out for next week. He’s damaged his cheekbone which has needed treatment that has kept him out of training this week.

James Tomkins (groin), Mamadou Sakho (knee) and Jeffrey Schlupp (ankle) remain out.

Neil Warnock confirmed that Kenneth Zohore (thigh) was “alright” but was less positive on Harry Arter (calf), saying:

I don’t think he’ll make it. He’s done some training this week. Unless there’s quite an improvement today. We’ve got two or three little knocks and we’ll see how they are in general.

Everton v Burnley

Andre Gomes (suspended) is Marco Silva’s only confirmed absentee for the Friday evening kick-off.

Phil Bardsley (gashed leg), Peter Crouch (appendix) and Robbie Brady (personal reasons) are all back in contention ahead of Burnley’s trip to Goodison Park, meanwhile.


Our updated Team News tab contains detailed injury news from each club and predicted line-ups for this weekend’s fixtures.

Our video round-up of the Premier League pressers held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, meanwhile, can be viewed via this link or in the embed below:

972 Comments Post a Comment
  1. nikornla
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Best choice for triple captain:

    A) GW37
    B) GW38

    1) Mane (New-A, Wol-H)
    2) Salah (New-A, Wol-H)
    3) Aguero (Lei-H, Bha-A)
    4) Jimenez (Ful-H, Liv-A)
    5) Son (Bou-A, Eve-H)
    6) Fraser (Tot-H, Cry-A)
    7) Wilson (Tot-H, Cry-A)

    1. Lionel Ronaldo
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A3, A4 and B3 look good.

      1. nikornla
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Thanks

    2. Park the bus
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      last week was the one to do TC, cant understand why you didnt?

      1. nikornla
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Completely forgot about it...

  2. The Count of Monte Cristo
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Would you play JWP over Llorente?

    Bringing in Llorente / cheap ATT to fund Hazard, but if I’m gong to play JWP I’m thinking I may as well bring in a 4.0 and use funds next week?

    Good to one and all!

    1. scarlet
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yes

  3. Ray In Bruges.
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Fabianski / Patricio
    Robertson / TAA / Doherty / AWB / Bednarak
    Salah / Hazard / Son / Fraser / Stephens
    Vardy / Jimenez / Wilson

    2 FT, 1.6ITB, WC Intact

    I'm thinking: Fraser + Patricio > Jota + Leno

    save the WC for the final GW. I'm 11 pts back in my ML and my rival has the following front line:

    Son / Salah / Sane / Doucoure
    Gray / Lacazette / Vardy

    Open to all suggestions, cheers.

  4. Jam0sh
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hello guys. What would you do here?

    Foster
    Doherty, Duffy, Laporte
    Jota, Mane, Sterling, Son
    Jimenez, Aguero, Rashford

    subs: Ryan --- JWP, Valery, Dunk --- 1 FT, 2.1 ITB

    A) Duffy -> TAA
    B) Mane -> Hazard
    C) Mane & Duffy -> Hazard & TAA (-4)

    1. Maddamotha
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A

    2. PascalCygan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A. Lovely team

  5. Atimis
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Which one sounds best??

    1. Son Firm to Hazard (c) Rash/Zaha -4
    2. Firm to Rash
    3. Duffy to Shaw and play him over Firmino in 442
    4. Firm to Laca

  6. Waylander
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Eriksen, Duffy, Gray > Jota, TAA, Zaha (-4)?

    A) Yes
    B) No

    Thanks, lads.

    1. Krafty Werks
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Same 3 out for me and for a -4 but i'm bringing in Siggy, Shaw & Rashford.

  7. Redranger
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Worth doing Son to Pogba as a FT?

    1. Krafty Werks
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Not for me.

  8. The_FF_King
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Sterling or Aguero for captain!?!

    1. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I’m going Sterling as lower ownership and I want OR gains

  9. Maddamotha
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Which one?

    A) Sterling, Delu
    B) Bilva, Rashford

    1. scarlet
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A

  10. Drogba Legend
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Duffy/Dunk >

    - Kola
    - Digne
    - Shaw
    - Doh

    1. Maddamotha
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Shaw

    2. Krafty Werks
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Shaw

  11. makaveli123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Richarlison or Siggy? Cheers

    1. GinjaWhinja
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Siggy. Bonus is so important and Richarlison rarely gets any even if he scores.

      1. makaveli123
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Siggy it is. Thanks mate

    2. Krafty Werks
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Siggy

  12. ooooo
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    For free?
    Son + Laporte to Hazard(C) + Kelly
    chasing 40 point lead and 1st has no haz.

    1. No Totti No Party
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I would not

    2. Ray In Bruges.
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Would be the right dice to roll under those circumstances imo.

  13. No Totti No Party
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Who would u start
    Eriksen or Wilson

    1. Maddamotha
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Eriksen

  14. UnitednationsXI
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Best potential for points here:

    A) Dann (gw37/38) + Jwp (gw38) + Rashford (gw38)
    B) Shaw (gw37/38) + Jwp (gw38) + Mitrovic/King (gw38)
    C) Jwp (gw37/38) + Taa (gw38) + Mitrovic/King(gw38)

    Basically debate between doing duffy >> Dann/Shaw this gw which impacts who i upgrade jimenez to next gw. Or

    Saving FT (and starting Jwp) and use 2FTs next gw to do Doherty/Jimmy >> TAA + Mitrovic/Wilson

  15. paza12
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Shaw or Digne for the last 2 games? Cheers!

    1. Could Have Ben Mee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Shaw

    2. Krafty Werks
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Shaw

  16. scarlet
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Anyone got any further news on Pogba?

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Very much doubt there'll be anything now before deadline.

  17. jdogg
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    13m for 1 def and 1 striker

    Any suggestions?x

  18. Blanka
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Anyone taking out Sterling for Haz?

    1. Maddamotha
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Hope not

    2. Saka Punch
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I wouldn't tbh. Could go either way

      1. Blanka
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Chasing tho, would be a differential. Would solve the Ageuro / Sterling captaincy dilemma as well!

    3. Hand of Dog
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Would be an odd one

  19. EMBOLOFAN
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    probability of a start for either:
    A) rashford
    B) eriksen

    thanks

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A) 85%
      B) 70%

    2. Krafty Werks
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      75%
      85%

  20. Guy Demel
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    A) Sterling
    B) Hazard

    Already have and will probably captain Aguero

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      B

  21. CHARLIE HULL
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Pogba or Jota in?

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Jota

  22. Miguel Sanchez
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Captain:

    A) Sterling (LEI)
    B) Hazard (WAT)

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I am tempted by Haz, however, I am a Chelsea fan. Sterling is not looking right lately all captains were blanks. He might finally turn the corner who knows

  23. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Sold Laporte so helps me, god. Hope Vardy and crew nick a one

  24. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Do you guys think Pogba will outscore Eriksen?
    Which one would you do? Chasing by 20pts.

    A. Eriksen > Pogba
    B. Eriksen + Dunk > Pogba + Shaw (-4pts)

    0.1 short of getting Zaha

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A

  25. pol
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Who would you play in GW38: (asking to decide who to transfer out)

    A- JWP (HUD)
    B- Deulofeu (WHU)

    1. Krafty Werks
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A

  26. The Red Devil
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Vertonghen Eriksen son
    To
    Robertson Hazard jota (-8)
    Or
    Vertonghen Eriksen
    To
    AWB Hazard (-4)
    Or
    Vertonghen Eriksen
    To
    Robbo Pogba (-4)

    Cheers!

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Robbo Pogba (-4)

  27. Mince n Tatties
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Which Wolves Defender would you bring in for Duffy

    A. Boly
    B. Jonny

    Cheers!

  28. Salarrivederci
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Gtg? 0 Fts - 0.9 ITB

    Leno
    Laporte - Lindelöf - van Dijk
    Sterling (C) - Salah - Mané - Son - Redmond
    Jiménez - Wilson

    (Ryan, Rondón, Duffy, Dunk)

  29. FPLGeezer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Have 2FT. Will Pogba and Shaw in total score more points the Hazard and Doherty this week and JWP next week? Quaner would come in for Gray to enable Hazard and would benched.

  30. Starky22
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Pogba
    Bilva
    ...
    ???