Injuries & suspensions update ahead of Gameweek 27: Dejan Kulusevski and Lewis Hall among absentees

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Matheus Cunha, Tariq Lamptey and Anthony Gordon are all suspended having been shown red cards in what was an ill-tempered FA Cup fifth round.

The latter was among the most popular midfielders in the game but his ownership has plummeted this week as he’s set to miss Newcastle’s league fixtures against West Ham and Brentford as well as the Carabao Cup final.

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Gordon’s suspension is far from the only availability headache for Newcastle.

Lewis Hall has been ruled out for the remainder of the season and will be a big miss for the Magpies having registered seven assists from left-back this campaign.

Centre-back Sven Botman is also facing several weeks on the sidelines and may have to undergo further surgery on his troublesome knee.

In brighter news, Alexander Isak has been declared fit by Eddie Howe.

The Swedish striker, who is the third-most selected asset in his position, was considered a doubt following his withdrawal against Brighton last weekend but he’s since trained without complaint.

Kaoru Mitoma appeared in discomfort at St James’ Park last week too but Fabian Hurzeler confirmed that the Japanese winger merely had cramp.

The Seagulls have reported no new injuries.

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Dejan Kulusevski is expected to be unavailable until after the March international.

The Sweden international did not travel with Tottenham to AZ Alkmaar because of a foot injury.

Kulusevski is the most transferred-out player ahead of Gameweek 27 but at the time of writing he still appears in 12.3% of teams.

Dominic Solanke returned in the Europa League on Thursday but took a knock before full time.

Speaking about the Spurs target man, Ange Postecoglou said: “I think he got a knee into the backside so it’s probably a bit sore. It’s a knock so hopefully it settles down pretty quickly.”

First-choice centre-backs Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero are “in the mix” to face Bournemouth.

Ruben Amorim admitted he is unsure whether Harry Maguire or Manuel Ugarte will recover in time to face Arsenal on Sunday – the pair skipped Manchester United’s Europa League meeting with Real Sociedad.

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Cody Gakpo remains a doubt for Liverpool ahead of Southampton’s visit to Anfield.

The Netherlands international travelled to Paris in midweek but did not even make the bench against PSG and was unable to train on Thursday.

A late decision will be made on the 7.1%-owned forward.

Jean-Philippe Mateta will not feature for Crystal Palace against Ipswich this weekend.

The in-form striker suffered a nasty cut against Millwall in the FA Cup that required many stitches.

Pep Guardiola gave a timeline of ten to eleven weeks for Nathan Ake’s recovery following surgery on the Dutch defender’s foot.

ARSENAL

Injuries: Takehiro Tomiyasu, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz

Suspensions: None

ASTON VILLA

Injuries: Ross Barkley, (doubt), Amadou Onana (doubt)

Suspensions: None

BOURNEMOUTH

Injuries: Julian Araujo, Marcos Senesi, Adam Smith, Enes Unal, Ryan Christie (doubt)

Suspensions: Illia Zabarnyi

BRENTFORD

Injuries: Aaron Hickey, Josh Dasilva, Gustavo Nunes, Igor Thiago, Rico Henry, Sepp van den Berg

Suspensions: None

BRIGHTON

Injuries: James Milner, Ferdi Kadioglu, Jason Steele, Igor Julio, Lewis Dunk, Joel Veltman, Matt O’Riley (doubt)

Suspensions: Tariq Lamptey

CHELSEA

Injuries: Romeo Lavia, Nicolas Jackson, Marc Guiu, Noni Madueke

Suspensions: Mykhailo Mudryk

CRYSTAL PALACE

Injuries: Cheick Doucoure, Joel Ward, Chadi Riad, Jean-Philippe Mateta

Suspensions: Will Hughes

EVERTON

Injuries: Dwight McNeil, Armando Broja, Seamus Coleman (doubt), Orel Mangala, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Iliman Ndiaye

Suspensions: None

FULHAM

Injuries: Kenny Tete, Reiss Nelson, Harry Wilson, Adama Traore (doubt)

Suspensions: Sasa Lukic

IPSWICH

Injuries: Chiedozie Ogbene, Conor Chaplin (doubt), Wes Burns, Julio Enciso, Arijanet Muric, Sammie Szmodics, Axel Tuanzebe, Cameron Burgess (doubt), Omari Hutchinson

Suspensions: None

LEICESTER

Injuries: Abdul Fatawu

Suspensions: None

LIVERPOOL

Injuries: Joe Gomez, Conor Bradley, Cody Gakpo (doubt)

Suspensions: None

MANCHESTER CITY

Injuries: Oscar Bobb, Rodri, Manuel Akanji, John Stones, Nathan Ake

Suspensions: None

MANCHESTER UNITED

Injuries: Altay Bayindir, Tom Heaton, Luke Shaw, Mason Mount, Jonny Evans, Lisandro Martinez, Kobbie Mainoo, Amad Diallo, Manuel Ugarte (doubt), Harry Maguire (doubt)

Suspensions: Patrick Dorgu

NEWCASTLE

Injuries: Jamaal Lascelles, Sven Botman, Lewis Hall

Suspensions: Anthony Gordon

NOTTINGHAM FOREST

Injuries: Carlos Miguel

Suspensions: None

SOUTHAMPTON

Injuries: Ross Stewart (doubt), Ryan Fraser (doubt), Juan Larios (doubt), James Bree

Suspensions: None

TOTTENHAM

Injuries: Dominic Solanke (doubt), Radu Dragusin, Richarlison, Ben Davies (doubt), Dejan Kulusevski

Suspensions: None

WEST HAM

Injuries: Michail Antonio, Vladimir Coufal (doubt), Niclas Fullkrug, Crysencio Summerville, Lucas Paqueta (doubt)

Suspensions: None

WOLVES

Injuries: Sasa Kalajdzic, Enso Gonzalez, Yerson Mosquera, Leon Chiwone

Suspensions: Matheus Cunha

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