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News and projected lineups for Saturday’s action Saturday 16th December 2023 BOURNEMOUTH v LUTON Bournemouth Luton CHELSEA v SHEFFIELD UNITED Chelsea Sheffield United Eberechi Eze could be the difference maker for Palace tonight MANCHESTER CITY v CRYSTAL PALACE Manchester City Crystal Palace NEWCASTLE v FULHAM Newcastle Fulham BURNLEY v EVERTON Burnley Everton

News and projected lineups for Saturday’s action

Saturday 16th December 2023

Bournemouth 15:00 Luton

Bournemouth is poised to climb up to 13 points from the relegation zone should they defeat Luton Saturday.

BOURNEMOUTH v LUTON

Saturday 3pm Venue Vitality Stadium

Referee Simon Hooper This season G10 Y56 R3 5.90 cards/game

Bournemouth v Luton: probable starters, contenders in italics

Bournemouth v Luton: likely lineups

Bournemouth

Subs from Radu, Randolph, Travers, Mepham, Kilkenny, Rothwell, Traorè, Marcondes, Brooks, Ouattara, Sinisterra, Semenyo, Moore

Doubtful Traorè (illness)

Injured Aarons (hamstring, 26 Dec), Scott (knee, Jan), Kelly (hamstring, unknown), Adams (hamstring, unknown), Fredericks (calf, unknown)

Suspended None

Form LWWDWW Leading scorer Solanke 8

Luton

Subs from Krul, Johnson, Andersen, Berry, Osho, Clark, Giles, Burke, Chong, Sambi Lokonga, Ogbene, Morris

Doubtful Burke (hamstring)

Injured Woodrow (calf, unknown), Potts (ankle, unknown)

Suspended Nakamba (one match)

Form DLWLLL Leading scorer Adebayo 4

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Chelsea 15:00 Sheff Utd

Rear enders Sheffield United visit Stamford Bridge to take on Chelsea, who actually lead Bournemouth by only goal advantage.

CHELSEA v SHEFFIELD UNITED

Saturday 3pm Venue Stamford Bridge

Referee Andy Madley This season G10 Y57 R2 5.90 cards/game

Chelsea v Sheffield United: probable starters, contenders in italics

Chelsea

Subs from Bergström, Beach, Gusto, Maatsen, Gilchrist, Mudryk, Lavia, Nkunku, Washington, Stutter, Matos

Doubtful Gusto (knee), Lavia (ankle)

Injured Madueke (knock, 19 Dec), Sánchez (leg, unknown), Cucurella (ankle, unknown), Chalobah (hamstring, unknown), James (hamstring, unknown), Chilwell (hamstring, unknown), Chukwuemeka (knee, unknown), Fofana (knee, unknown), Ugochukwu (muscular, unknown), Bettinelli (knock, unknown)

Suspended None

Form WDLWLL Leading scorer Jackson 6

Sheffield United

Subs from A Davies, Baldock, Osborn, Larouci, Slimane, Thomas, Fleck, Norwood, Amissah, McBurnie, Traoré, Peck

Doubtful None

Injured Norrington-Davies (thigh, unknown), Jebbison (illness, unknown), Brewster (thigh, unknown), Egan (achilles, Aug), Basham (ankle, Aug), T Davies (thigh, Aug)

Suspended Robinson (one match)

Form WDLLLW Leading scorer Archer, Hamer, McBurnie 2

Eberechi Eze could be the difference maker for Palace tonight

MANCHESTER CITY v CRYSTAL PALACE

Saturday 3pm Venue Etihad Stadium

Referee Paul Tierney This season G9 Y36 4.33 cards/game

Man City 15:00 Crystal Palace

Man City has drawn their last two Premier League games and the defending champions are in reset mode to retain the shield.

Manchester City v Crystal Palace: probable starters, contenders in italics

Manchester City

Subs from Ortega, Carson, Bobb, Lewis, Gómez, Akanji, Aké, Phillips, Nunes, Hamilton, Haaland

Doubtful Grealish (muscular), Haaland (foot)

Injured De Bruyne (hamstring, 27 Dec), Doku (muscular, 27 Dec)

Suspended None

Form WDDDLW Leading scorer Haaland 14

Crystal Palace

Subs from Whitworth, Clyne, Tomkins, Ahamada, Ozoh, Ebiowei, França

Doubtful None

Injured Johnstone (calf, unknown), Lerma (hamstring, unknown), Eze (ankle, unknown), Édouard (knee, unknown), Henderson (thigh, unknown), Rak-Sakyi (hamstring, unknown), Holding (ankle, Jan), Doucouré (achilles, May)

Suspended Ayew (one match)

Form WLLDLL Leading scorer Édouard 6

NEWCASTLE v FULHAM

Saturday 3pm Venue St James’ Park

Referee Sam Barrott This season G7 Y24 R0 3.43 cards/game

Newcastle 15:00 Fulham

Newcastle are going for a fourth back-to-back win over Fulham, but risk losing three consecutive league matches for the second time this season as they battle a free scoring Fulham side on Saturday.

Newcastle v Fulham: probable starters, contenders in italics

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Newcastle v Fulham: probable starters, contenders in italics

Newcastle

Subs from Karius, Gillespie, Dummett, Krafth, Hall, Ritchie, Longstaff, Isak, A Murphy, Diallo, Parkinson

Doubtful Gordon (hamstring)

Injured J Murphy (shoulder, Feb), Burn (back, unknown), Anderson (back, unknown), Willock (achilles, unknown), Botman (knee, unknown), Barnes (foot, unknown), Targett (hamstring, unknown), Manquillo (groin, unknown), Pope (shoulder, Apr)

Suspended Tonali (27 Aug), Trippier (one match)

Form WLWWLL Leading scorer Isak, Wilson 7

Fulham

Subs from Rodak, Tete, Ballo-Touré, Diop, De Fougerolles, Francois, Harris, Lukic, Reed, Wilson, Vinícius, Muniz, De Cordova-Reid

Doubtful None

Injured Ream (calf, Jan), Traoré (hamstring, unknown)

Suspended None

Form LLWLWW Leading scorer Willian, Jiménez 4

BURNLEY v EVERTON

Saturday 5.30pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Turf Moor

Referee Anthony Taylor This season G12 Y61 R2 5.25 cards/game

Burnley 17:30 Everton

	P	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	16	21	37
2	Arsenal	16	18	36
3	Aston Villa	16	15	35
4	Man City	16	20	33

5	Tottenham	17	12	33
6	Man Utd	16	-3	27

7	Newcastle	16	12	26

8	Brighton	16	5	26
9	West Ham	16	-4	24
10	Fulham	16	0	21
11	Brentford	16	1	19
12	Chelsea	16	0	19
13	Wolves	16	-5	19
14	Bournemouth	16	-9	19
15	Crystal Palace	16	-8	16
16	Nottm Forest	17	-13	14
17	Everton	16	0	13

18	Luton	16	-15	9
19	Burnley	16	-18	8
20	Sheff Utd	16	-29	8

Everton’s defensive stats are excellent this term, but the mainstay for the Toffees is having Dominic Calvert-Lewin healthy as a rampart the Toffeemen look to extend thier blistering form against an unpredictable Newcastle side.

Football: deuxième succès pour Amdouni et Burnley en Premier League - Blick Swiss international Zeki Amdouni, has the skills and wherewithal to sink the visitors on Saturday