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Before the latest round of Premier League fixtures, here is all the key injury news alongside essential Fantasy Premier League statistics.

The gameweek kicks off on Saturday with Aston Villa against Leeds United, Brentford against Brighton and Chelsea against Burnley (all 15:00 GMT) - here is the full fixture list.

This article will be updated as Premier League managers give their weekly news conferences.

For more FPL help, don't miss our regular Friday Q&A from 15:30 GMT live on the BBC Sport website, with one of our four experts answering your questions

Saturday

Aston Villa v Leeds United (15:00 GMT)

Aston Villa defender Matty Cash has returned to training following a knee problem.

Marco Bizot is suspended following his dismissal in the FA Cup defeat against Newcastle United last weekend.

Leeds United trio Pascal Struijk, Anton Stach and Daniel James have all returned to training and are available to travel to Villa Park.

Noah Okafor has been ruled out after sustaining a hamstring injury in the penalty shoot-out FA Cup win at Birmingham City last weekend.

Players out: Villa - McGinn, Kamara, Tielemans, Alysson, Elliott Leeds - Okafor

Doubts: Villa - Garcia

Key FPL notes:

  • In the past six gameweeks, no player has attempted more shots than Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers (£7.6m, 20).

  • Douglas Luiz (£4.9m) has started each of the past three gameweeks for Villa. In that time, only four midfielders have created more chances (eight).

  • Since gameweek 21, only three players have created more big chances than Leeds United full-back James Justin (£3.9m, four).

Brentford v Brighton (15:00 GMT)

Brentford are in a "good place" in terms of injuries, according to head coach Keith Andrews, with several first-team players set to return following the FA Cup win at Macclesfield on Monday.

The Bees made seven changes for the cup contest, with the likes of Igor Thiago rested altogether.

Kevin Schade is available following suspension.

Brighton head coach Fabian Hurzeler told Friday's press conference that Solly March may be involved on Saturday after training this week.

Yasin Ayari remains out but could be back in contention to face Nottingham Forest next weekend.

Players out: Brentford - Carvalho, Milambo Brighton - Tzimas, Webster, Ayari

Key FPL notes:

  • This season, Manchester City striker Erling Haaland (£14.9m) is the only player who has scored more goals (17) or registered more big chances (31) than Brentford forward Igor Thiago (£7.0m).

  • No player has created more big chances than Bees midfielder Mathias Jensen (£4.9m) over the past four gameweeks (four).

  • In the past four gameweeks, no player has produced more crosses than the 30 of Brighton's Pascal Gross (£5.5m), and only four have created more chances (11).

Chelsea v Burnley (15:00 GMT)

Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella could be sidelined for up to a month after sustaining a hamstring injury in the draw against Leeds United on 10 February.

Romeo Lavia is among five other Chelsea players still sidelined.

Burnley could be missing up to seven players for the trip to Stamford Bridge after Armando Broja was ruled out with an unspecified injury.

Axel Tuanzebe remains unavailable.

Players out:Chelsea - Colwill,Gittens, Cucurella, Jorgensen, Essugo, Lavia Burnley - Cullen, Roberts, Amdouni, Tuanzebe, Broja, Beyer, Tresor

Key FPL notes:

  • Since gameweek 22, no player has produced as many goals (five) as Chelsea midfielder Cole Palmer (£10.6m). Just one of those strikes has been from open play, however.

  • In gameweek 26, no player had more shots than Chelsea's Joao Pedro's seven (£7.7m). He is the most transferred-in player this week with over 225,000 buyers.

  • Jaidon Anthony's (£5.0m) goal in gameweek 26 took him to 84 points for the campaign, the most of any Burnley player.

West Ham United v Bournemouth (17:30 GMT)

West Ham United's only injury concern for the visit of Bournemouth is forward Pablo Felipe.

"We have to go day by day assessing him," head coach Nuno Espirito Santo told Thursday's press conference. "He's getting better each day, so hopefully he can join us soon."

Jean-Clair Todibo returns from suspension but Freddie Potts is banned.

Bournemouth have no new injury concerns for the trip to London Stadium.

Marcus Tavernier could be in contention after returning to training following injury.

Players out:West Ham - Potts Bournemouth - Soler, Gannon-Doak, Kluivert

Doubts:West Ham - Pablo Bournemouth - Tavernier

Key FPL notes:

  • West Ham forward Crysencio Summerville (£5.6m) has failed to score only once in the past five gameweeks.

  • Bournemouth striker Evanilson's (£7.0m) highest FPL score of 2024-25 came in this corresponding fixture, when he netted a brace of goals and claimed maximum bonus to earn 13 points.

  • Since arriving at Bournemouth, Rayan (£5.5m) has produced an attacking return in each of his three appearances, with two goals, one assist and 19 points.

Manchester City v Newcastle United (20:00 GMT)

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola nodded when asked if striker Erling Haaland is fully fit when speaking to media on Friday.

Savinho is also available but Jeremy Doku remains out.

Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe said on Friday that there are no updates on the fitness of Bruno Guimaraes, who is in Brazil recovering from a hamstring injury.

Yoane Wissa will not be available after picking up a "nasty knock" in training.

Tino Livramento and Lewis Miley remain out, but Sven Botman could feature.

Players out: Manchester City - Kovacic, Gvardiol, Doku Newcastle - Wissa, Livramento, Miley, Guimaraes, Krafth, Schar

Doubts: Newcastle - Botman

Key FPL notes:

  • Antoine Semenyo (£8.0m) has racked up four attacking returns in five appearances since joining Manchester City, amassing 33 points.

  • In the past four gameweeks, only two defenders have produced more FPL points or attempted more shots than the 22 and seven respectively of City's Nico O'Reilly (£4.9m).

  • In gameweek 26, Newcastle United defender Malick Thiaw (£5.0m) netted his fourth goal of the season - no FPL defender has more.

Sunday

Crystal Palace v Wolves (14:00 GMT)

Crystal Palace are expected to rotate their squad after travelling to Bosnia and Herzegovina to face Zrinjski in the Europa Conference League on Thursday.

Maxence Lacroix sustained an adductor injury in midweek and is unlikely to feature.

Jean-Philippe Mateta and Jefferson Lerma remain out.

On-loan Wolves midfielder Angel Gomes is set to feature after being forced off during Wednesday's draw with Arsenal because of a back issue.

Toti Gomes could be involved but Hwang Hee-chan remains out.

Players out: Crystal Palace - Mateta, Lerma, Doucoure, Nketiah Wolves - Hwang

Doubts: Wolves - T Gomes

Key FPL notes:

  • Crystal Palace's Maxence Lacroix (£5.1m) has amassed 278 defensive contributions this season, the third-most of any FPL defender. He has notched 28 defensive contribution points as a result.

  • Since gameweek 23, no defender has created more chances than the Eagles' Daniel Munoz (£5.9m, 11). In that time, he ranks first for passes received in the penalty area (16) and fourth for final-third touches (88).

  • In the past four gameweeks, no defender has attempted as many shots on goal as the nine of Wolves' Yerson Mosquera (£4.3m). However, he has yet to score this season.

Nottingham Forest v Liverpool (14:00 GMT)

Nottingham Forest are likely to rotate their squad following Thursday's win at Fenerbahce in the Europa League play-offs.

Chris Wood remains out.

Liverpool defender Joe Gomez is expected to be available to start after he came off the bench in the FA Cup win against Brighton last weekend.

Jeremie Frimpong could return in time to face West Ham United next weekend but Wataru Endo will be sidelined for an extended period.

Alexander Isak is unlikely to return to training until the start of April.

Players out:Liverpool - Bradley, Leoni, Endo, Isak, Frimpong Forest - Wood, Boly, Victor

Doubts: Forest - Savona, Sels

Key FPL notes:

  • Morgan Gibbs-White (£7.3m) has scored three of his six goals this season - as well as supplying an assist - in Nottingham Forest's past seven matches.

  • In the past four gameweeks, no midfielder has produced more crosses than Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson's (£5.4m) 30. In 2025-26, no player has amassed more defensive contribution points (38).

  • Mohamed Salah (£14.0m) has started each of the past four league matches for Liverpool, assisting three times.

Sunderland v Fulham (14:00 GMT)

Fulham duo Sasa Lukic and Tom Cairney will be assessed after returning to training this week.

Winger Samuel Chukwueze remains out.

Sunderland welcome back captain Granit Xhaka after a month out.

However, defender Reinildo Mandava could miss up to four weeks because of injury.

Players out: Fulham - Chukwueze Sunderland - Mandava

Doubts: Fulham - Lukic, Cairney Sunderland - Traore

Key FPL notes:

  • In the past five gameweeks, no defender has produced as many assists (three) as Sunderland's Nordi Mukiele (£4.6m).

  • Black Cats defender Dan Ballard's (£4.6m) 10 home appearances in 2025-26 have produced three attacking returns, four clean sheets and 16 defensive contribution points.

  • Since gameweek 23, no FPL forward has higher expected goal (2.68) or expected goal involvement (2.72) figures than Fulham's Raul Jimenez (£6.1m).

Tottenham v Arsenal (16:30 GMT)

Tottenham forward Dominic Solanke is set to be involved after recovering from illness.

A raft of players remain missing for Spurs, including the suspended Cristian Romero.

Arsenal hope to welcome back Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard after they missed Wednesday's draw at Wolves.

Mikel Merino and Max Dowman are the visitor's only confirmed absentees.

Players out: Tottenham - Romero, Porro, Kudus, Richarlison, Bentancur, Odebert, Bergvall, Danso, Udogie, Davies, Kulu, Maddison Arsenal - Merino, Dowman

Key FPL notes:

  • Tottenham forward Xavi Simons (£6.5m) may have blanked in his past two matches, but he has perhaps been a bit unlucky, having racked up five shots and six chances created.

  • Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice (£7.6m) is FPL's top-scoring player in away matches this season, having averaged 6.8 points per start on the road.

  • Bukayo Saka (£9.8m) was back on the team sheet and the score sheet in Arsenal's 2-2 draw with Wolves in gameweek 26, having opened the scoring at Molineux. He also registered 18 defensive contributions, his best total in any match.

Monday

Everton v Manchester United (20:00 GMT)

Everton defender Jake O'Brien serves a one-match suspension after his sending off in the home defeat to Bournemouth on 10 February.

Club captain Seamus Coleman is available and could make a first appearance since lasting just nine minutes of the 1-0 win at Old Trafford in November.

Manchester United remain without the services of Matthijs de Ligt and Mason Mount with no timeframe put on the return of either player.

United's only other absentee is Patrick Dorgu.

Players out: Everton - O'Brien, Grealish Manchester United - Dorgu, De Ligt, Mount

Key FPL notes:

  • Thierno Barry (£5.7m) topped the xG underachievers list in gameweek 26 (-0.86). In the past four matches, only three forwards have had more shots in the box (nine) than the Everton striker.

  • Toffees midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (£4.9m) has an eye-catching nine attacking returns from only 18 starts in 2025-26.

  • In the past four away matches, no player has created as many chances (12) or big chances (five) as Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes (£9.8m).

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