Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspurs
King Power Stadium, Leicestershire
Saturday, 21-09-2019 @2:30pm
Referee: Paul Tierney
Tottenham have won four of their last five Premier League games against Leicester, including each of the last three. Victory on Saturday would see Spurs win four consecutive top-flight matches against the Foxes for the first time. Leicester have scored 44 Premier League goals versus Tottenham, more than against any other side, while their tally of 10 wins is a joint-high.
Leicester full-back Ben Chilwell is expected to be available despite a minor fitness issue this week. Midfielder Matty James continues his recovery from Achilles surgery and is the Foxes’ only reported absentee.
Tottenham full-backs Serge Aurier and Danny Rose could return after being rested against Olympiakos, but Giovani Lo Celso and Ryan Sessegnon remain out. Son Heung-min is likely to start after beginning on the bench in midweek.
Spurs are winless in their last eight Premier League away games (D2, L6), their worst run since a 10-game streak in 2006. They won 11 of their opening 13 league matches on the road last season but lost the remaining six, and have drawn twice in the current campaign (at Manchester City and Arsenal). Tottenham have kept just one clean sheet in their last 11 away league games. Spurs could win back-to-back top-flight matches for the first time since April. This will be Mauricio Pochettino’s 250th Premier League match as a manager (W131, D58, L60). The Argentine will become the first non-European to reach this landmark. Harry Kane has scored 13 goals in 12 games in all competitions versus Leicester (including one goal while on loan at Millwall), more than against any other side.
Burnley vs Norwich City
Turf Moor, Burnley
Saturday, 21-09-2019 @5pm
Referee: David Coote
Burnley manager Sean Dyche will make a late decision on whether to include Johann Berg Gudmundsson after his calf injury. However, Danny Drinkwater is not yet fit enough to return from an ankle problem.
Norwich City head coach Daniel Farke is still without a host of players. Max Aarons, Ralf Fahrmann, Onel Hernandez, Timm Klose, Tom Trybull, Mario Vrancic and Christoph Zimmermann are on the sidelines.
This is their inaugural Premier League meeting and first in the top flight since 1976. The last time they met was in the third round of the FA Cup in January 2012 – Norwich won 4-1 at Carrow Road. Burnley have only lost one of their 17 home meetings with Norwich, a 5-3 defeat in April 2004.
Everton vs Sheffield United
Goodison Park, Liverpool
Saturday, 21-09-2019 @5pm
Referee: Simon Hooper
This is their first meeting since a League Cup second-round tie in 2011, which Everton won 3-1. Sheffield United won both of their matches against Everton during the inaugural Premier League season in 1992-93 but are winless in their four subsequent encounters in the division. After a run of three top-flight wins at Goodison Park, the Blades have lost on their past two visits in August 1993 and October 2006.
Everton midfielder Andre Gomes has again been ruled out due to the rib injury that also caused him to miss last weekend’s defeat to Bournemouth. Jean-Philippe Gbamin remains on the sidelines with a thigh problem.
Sheffield United will be without the suspended Billy Sharp, while Mo Besic is ineligible to face his parent club. Callum Robinson is fully recovered from the minor hamstring injury that prevented him from starting against Southampton last weekend.
Man City vs Watford
Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Saturday, 21-09-2019 @5pm
Referee: Mike Dean
Midfielder Fernandinho is expected to continue in central defence for Manchester City in the absence of injured pair John Stones and Aymeric Laporte. The Brazilian played at center-half in the 3-0 victory over Shakhter Donetsk in City’s mid-week Champions League fixture. Phil Foden could be back after missing the trip to play Shakhtar Donetsk because of illness.
Watford will again be without defender Craig Cathcart due to a thigh injury. Captain and striker Troy Deeney remains on the sidelines with a knee problem, while fellow striker Isaac Success is also unavailable.
Watford have lost 11 successive matches against Manchester City in all competitions, conceding 38 goals, and are winless in 16 since a 1-0 victory in the second tier back in March 1989. A 12th consecutive defeat would represent Watford’s worst run against any opponent, surpassing the 11 straight losses they had against Manchester United between 1987 to 2016. City have scored 25 times and conceded just three in their last six matches against the Hornets, including a 6-0 victory in last season’s FA Cup final.
City were behind for 72 minutes against Norwich last weekend – they only trailed for a total of 132 minutes in the whole of the 2018-19 Premier League season. Eight of the last 11 league goals they have conceded have been via set pieces. They are on a club Premier League record run of scoring in 27 consecutive fixtures. Sergio Aguero has scored 10 goals in seven appearances against Watford in all competitions, including hat-tricks in January 2014 in the FA Cup and September 2017 in the league. Aguero has scored in his last six Premier League appearances – the last player to score in seven in a row was Romelu Lukaku for Everton in December 2015. He is one goal short of becoming only the third player to have scored 100 Premier League goals in one stadium after Thierry Henry with 114 at Highbury and Wayne Rooney with 101 at Old Trafford.
Newcastle United vs Brighton and Hove Albion
St. James Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
Saturday, 21-09-2019 @7:30pm
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Andy Carroll is fit to make his first appearance for Newcastle since his summer return to the North East, and will likely be joined by Allan Saint-Maximin who has also shaken off a knock. Sean Longstaff is still a week away from recovery.
For Brighton, Marvin Montoya has recovered from an illness and will be ready to return to the line-up, with left-back Bernardo having an outside chance of joining him in the squad. Leon Balogun and Alireza Jahanbakhsh, who both returned from international duty nursing minor injuries, should be fit. Leandro Trossard remains injured.
After winning home and away against Brighton when both sides were promoted from the Championship in 2016-17, Newcastle haven’t won any of their Premier League meetings with the Seagulls (D2 L2). Only against West Ham (5) do Brighton have a better unbeaten record in the Premier League than they do against Newcastle. There have been just four goals scored in the four previous Premier League meetings between Newcastle and Brighton, with neither side scoring more than once in any match. Brighton have only lost two of their last 10 league games against Newcastle (W4 D4 L2), with both defeats coming in the 2016-17 Championship season, when the two sides were promoted to the Premier League. Brighton have won just one of their last 14 Premier League matches (W1 D5 L8), scoring just eight goals and drawing a blank on eight occasions in the process. After winning five consecutive home Premier League games between January and March, Newcastle have only mustered one win in their last five at St. James’ Park (W1 D1 L3). Newcastle have the lowest Expected Goals value in the Premier League this season (3.52), while only Crystal Palace (4) have recorded fewer ‘big chances’ than the Magpies (5). Steve Bruce is looking to avoid becoming only the second Newcastle manager to fail to win his opening three Premier League games at St. James’ Park after Steve McClaren.
Crystal Palace vs Wolves
Selhurst Park, London
Sunday, 22-09-2019 @4pm
Referee: Scot Attwell
Details to follow shortly
West Ham United vs Man United
London Stadium, London
Sunday, 22-09-2019 @6pm
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Details to follow shortly
Arsenal vs Aston Villa
Emirates Stadium, London
Sunday, 22-09-2019 @6:30pm
Referee: Jonathan Moss
Details to follow shortly
Chelsea vs Liverpool
Stamford Bridge, London
Sunday, 22-09-2019 @6:30pm
Referee: Michael Oliver
Details to follow shortly
