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Get all the latest team news and information for the latest Premier League action. TUESDAY'S MATCHESPREDICTION: An easy home win, 3-0.
FANTASY PICK: Olivier Giroud
KEY STAT: The Gunners have won the last seven home Premier League matches against the Foxes in a run of 21 home matches in all competitions unbeaten (W15 D6 L0). Leicester City have won none of their last 18 matches in all competitions against Arsenal (W0 D8 L10). - ARSENAL Alexis Sanchez is expected to return from a hamstring problem. Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (groin) is still out. England international Jack Wilshere is scheduled to resume training following ankle surgery. Mikel Arterta (ankle), Abou Diaby (calf) and Mathieu Debuchy (shoulder) all also continue their rehabilitation. Provisional Squad: Ospina, Gibbs, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Bellerin, Coquelin, Cazorla, Ozil, Sanchez, Walcott, Giroud, Szczesny, Welbeck, Monreal, Chambers, Rosicky, Flamini, Akpom, Gabriel, Ramsey. - LEICESTER Robert Huth is in the Leicester squad and could make his Foxes debut at the Emirates. The defender, on loan from Stoke, has completed a two-game suspension after being banned by the Football Association for breaching its social media regulations. Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel (broken foot) remains an absentee and Chris Wood is still struggling with an ankle injury for the rock-bottom Foxes. Provisional squad: Schwarzer, Hamer, Simpson, De Laet, Moore, Huth, Konchesky, Upson, Morgan, Wasilewski, Schlupp, Cambiasso, James, King, Drinkwater, Mahrez, Albrighton, Vardy, Ulloa, Kramaric, Nugent. PREDICTION: No goals at the KC, 0-0.
FANTASY PICK: Allan McGregor
KEY STAT: Hull have conceded 20 goals in their last 13 home league games, managing just three clean sheets. Andreas Weimann has scored three goals in his last two matches against Hull. Hull have now scored in their last two games against Villa, having failed to find the net in any of their previous eight in all competitions. - HULL CITY Strikers Dame N'Doye and Nikica Jelavic are both in contention to start. New boy N'Doye played the last 14 minutes against Man City, having joined up with the Tigers squad on the morning of the game, while Jelavic sat out due to continuing concerns over his recovery from a knee injury. Influential midfielder Mohamed Diame is moving closer to full fitness after his long-term knee problem, but will not be ready to face Villa. Provisional squad: McGregor, Jakupovic, Harper, Davies, Maguire, McShane, Figueroa, Robertson, Bruce, Elmohamady, Livermore, Meyler, Brady, Quinn,Huddlestone, Jelavic, Hernandez, Aluko, Ramirez, Sagbo. - ASTON VILLA Christian Benteke could return after he was benched for Saturday's defeat to Chelsea. The striker has scored just three times this season and manager Paul Lambert dropped him after his run of poor form. Philippe Senderos (calf) and Libor Kozak (broken leg) remain Villa's only absentees after Ron Vlaar returned to the Villa squad at the weekend following a knee problem. Provisional squad: Guzan, Given, Hutton, Lowton, Okore, Vlaar, Clark, Cissokho, Delph, Westwood, Richardson, Cleverley, Gil, Sanchez, Sinclair, Bacuna, Grealish, Cole, Agbonlahor, Weimann, Benteke. PREDICTION: Sunderland to take the spoils, 2-0.
FANTASY PICK: Jermain Defoe
KEY STAT: Sunderland have netted just six goals in their last eight Premier League home games. QPR have become the first team to lose their first 11 away games of a top-flight season since Liverpool in 1953/54. Rangers have scored just six goals in their last 14 Premier League away matches. - SUNDERLAND Gus Poyet will welcome striker Connor Wickham back to the squad after he missed the last two games with a calf injury. However, midfielders Jack Rodwell (groin) and Emanuele Giaccherini (leg) are both likely to sit out along with Lee Cattermole (knee). Provisional squad: Pantilimon, Mannone, Reveillere, Jones, Van Aanholt, O'Shea, Brown, Vergini, Coates, Bridcutt, Gomez, Larsson, Johnson, Buckley, Alvarez, Agnew, Smith, Fletcher, Defoe, Wickham, Graham. - QPR QPR will be without leading scorer Charlie Austin due to a foot problem and he is expected to be out for around a fortnight. Nedum Onuoha (hamstring), Richard Dunne (knee) and Alejandro Faurlin (knee) are also unavailable. Sandro has recovered from a knee injury but the midfielder will regain fitness in friendlies and under-21 matches before being reintroduced to the first team. Provisional squad: Green, McCarthy, Isla, Caulker, Yun, Ferdinand, Hill, Traore, Kranjcar, Henry, Sandro, Barton, Fer, Phillips, Hoilett, Wright-Phillips, Taarabt, Vargas, Zamora, Zarate. PREDICTION: A close call, and a 1-1 draw.
FANTASY PICK: Raheem Sterling
KEY STAT: The Reds have lost just one of their last 20 Premier League home matches against Spurs (W13 D6 L1). Spurs managed just one shot on target when they entertained Liverpool at White Hart Lane earlier in the season. - LIVERPOOL Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva is set for a spell on the sidelines with a thigh injury. However, forwards Raheem Sterling and Philippe Coutinho have recovered from knocks from the weekend Merseyside derby. Adam Lallana has also returned to the squad after missing Saturday's game while striker Daniel Sturridge is edging closer to his first start after two substitute appearances since returning from a long lay-off. Provisional squad: Mignolet, Can, Skrtel, Sakho, Markovic, Henderson, Gerrard, Moreno, Sterling, Sturridge, Coutinho, Ward, Johnson, Manquillo, Enrique, Allen, Ibe, Borini, Lambert. - TOTTENHAM Mauricio Pochettino has a full squad to choose from. Nacer Chadli could be recalled to the starting lineup after being eased back slowly following a family bereavement last month, but Pochettino has no injury concerns ahead of the trip to Anfield. Spurs recorded a 2-1 victory over Arsenal on Saturday but have lost all of their last four encounters against Liverpool, conceding 15 goals in the process. Provisional squad: Lloris, Vorm, Friedel, Walker, Yedlin, Rose, Davies, Dier, Fazio, Kaboul, Vertonghen, Chiriches, Stambouli, Capoue, Mason, Bentaleb, Dembele, Paulinho, Eriksen, Chadli, Lamela, Townsend, Soldado, Kane, Adebayor. WEDNESDAY'S MATCHESPREDICTION: Chelsea should march on with a 2-0 win
FANTASY PICK: Eden Hazard
KEY STAT: Chelsea have won just six of the last 16 Premier League games against Everton (W6 D6 L4). Steven Naismith has scored in three of his last four Premier League appearances against Chelsea. Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 19 Premier League home games against Everton W10 D9 L0). - CHELSEA Chelsea team news to follow... - EVERTON Everton team news to follow... PREDICTION: United to win again, but not classic again. 1-0
FANTASY PICK: Juan Mata
KEY STAT: Manchester United have kept six clean sheets in their last seven matches in all competitions against Burnley, conceding just once in the other match. Burnley have won just two of their 30 Premier League away games (W2 D5 L23) and kept just one clean sheet in that run. Manchester United have conceded only seven goals in their last 11 Premier League home games. - MANCHESTER UNITED Man United team news to follow... - BURNLEY Burnley team news to follow... PREDICTION: Honours even on the south coast. 1-1
FANTASY PICK: Stewart Downing
KEY STAT: Southampton have won only one of their last seven home Premier League matches where the opposition has scored. Mark Noble has scored more Premier League goals against Southampton (3) than versus any other opponent. Carlton Cole has netted four goals in his last five Premier League games against the Saints. - SOUTHAMPTON Southampton team news to follow... - WEST HAM West Ham team news to follow... PREDICTION: More woe for Man City? Stoke to win 2-1.
FANTASY PICK: Peter Crouch
KEY STAT: Stoke have scored just six goals in 13 Premier League meetings with Manchester City. In the six games they have scored, they have won two and drawn four. - STOKE CITY Stoke team news to follow... - MANCHESTER CITY Man City team news to follow... PREDICTION: Pardew rubs it in, 2-0 Palace
FANTASY PICK: Jordon Mutch
KEY STAT: This match sees Alan Pardew come up against his former side Newcastle with swapped Tyneside for London in December after he managed 155 Premier League games with a win % of 37% Crystal Palace have won more points in their four Premier League games under Alan Pardew (9) than they had in their previous 11 Premier League matches combined (8). - CRYSTAL PALACE Palace team news to follow... - NEWCASTLE Newcastle team news to follow... PREDICTION: The Baggies to win 2-1.
FANTASY PICK: Saido Berahino
KEY STAT: In West Brom's last 35 games at the Hawthorns, they have won all seven games where they have kept a clean sheet and none of the 28 matches where they have conceded (D14 L14). Wayne Routledge has scored more Premier League goals against West Bromwich Albion than he has managed against any other team (3). - WEST BROM West Brom team news to follow... - SWANSEA Swansea team news to follow...
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