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Chelsea Team News vs Bournemouth: Palmer, James, Gittens, Caicedo, Pedro, Palestra

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The longer the international break, the longer our Team News preview articles become. That's because the three, instead of the usual two week FIFA window brought more injuries, recoveries and rehabilitations that we typically see during the internationals. And Chelsea, ahead of their visit from AFC Bournemouth, have a very long list of injury concerns, consisting of Reece … [Read more...] about Chelsea Team News vs Bournemouth: Palmer, James, Gittens, Caicedo, Pedro, Palestra

Aston Villa Team News vs Brentford: Maatsen, Madjo, Torres, Goretzka, Bizot

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With the international break being so much longer than usual, we're finding that our Team News preview articles are also becoming greater in length. That's because the three week FIFA window brought more injury, recovery and rehabilitation news than is typical for your usual September-October international break. Aston Villa has a long list, and it includes the likes of Ian … [Read more...] about Aston Villa Team News vs Brentford: Maatsen, Madjo, Torres, Goretzka, Bizot

Arsenal Team News vs Leeds United: Havertz, Tzolis, Konsa, Rice, White

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The longest international break in recent memory is now in the past, meaning it's time to get back to business with league fixtures. Arsenal hosts Leeds United in the Saturday lunchtime fixture which is actually more meaningful than it might first initially sound. Second place Arsenal have a long list of injury concerns as they prepare to host fifth place Leeds. Let's get you … [Read more...] about Arsenal Team News vs Leeds United: Havertz, Tzolis, Konsa, Rice, White

Barcelona Team News vs Getafe: Raphinha, Joan Garcia, Frenkie de Jong

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The longer the international break, the earlier we start previewing the next round of league fixtures. Because after all, what else is there to talk about right now? Well, the Manchester City thing, but we've covered that in previous posts and will continue covering it in other future posts. But for now we'll focus on FC Barcelona, table toppers in La Liga, and looking really … [Read more...] about Barcelona Team News vs Getafe: Raphinha, Joan Garcia, Frenkie de Jong

Real Madrid Team News vs Villarreal: Mbappe, Valverde, Konate, Militao, Ascencio

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Coming out of an international break, it is never too early to do a Team News match preview article. And since this was the longest international break in a very long time, we'll get started even earlier than usual. Real Madrid have a very long list of injury concerns, and that's the bad news here. The good news is a lot of theiur injuries are not severe, and thus, they'll have … [Read more...] about Real Madrid Team News vs Villarreal: Mbappe, Valverde, Konate, Militao, Ascencio

Borussia Dortmund Team News vs Werder Bremen: Schlotterbeck, Mane, Can

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It is already well into Tuesday, in the parts of the world where most of you will be reading this, so thus it is time to start previewing Borussia Dortmund vs Werder Bremen. Yes, you still have that last slate of international fixtures to come, later on today/tonight, but we'll just have to wait and see if any of these matches have consequence on the Dortmund injury/fitness … [Read more...] about Borussia Dortmund Team News vs Werder Bremen: Schlotterbeck, Mane, Can

Erling Haaland Injury Update Ahead of Massive Match at Liverpool

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Sunday will mark the first match for Manchester City since they were found guilty of all 115 charges of breaching the Premier League's financial rules. The club have since appealed the verdict, and publicly maintain that they are innocent. That will obviously be the main storyline when City travel to Liverpool FC this upcoming weekend, but the club have another major concern, … [Read more...] about Erling Haaland Injury Update Ahead of Massive Match at Liverpool

Real Madrid Injury Updates: Kylian Mbappe, Raul Ascencio, Ibrahima Konate

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Real Madrid superstar Kylian Mbappe missed out on France's UEFA Nations League clash with Italy today, due to a left knee injury. The forward picked up the injury (which Real Madrid later confirmed is a hyperextension of the posterior capsule) in 1-0 win over Türkiye last weekend He is not expected to feature again for France in this FIFA window. … [Read more...] about Real Madrid Injury Updates: Kylian Mbappe, Raul Ascencio, Ibrahima Konate

Arsenal Winger Christos Tzolis Suffers Hamstring Injury on International Duty

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Arsenal have a new injury concern in winger Christos Tzolis. The summer acquisition from Club Brugge suffered an injury, and had to subbed off, during Greece's 2-2 UEFA Nations League draw against the Netherlands on Thursday. It is reportedly a hamstring injury, and he's now set to leave the Greece camp, and return to Arsenal for further assessment. … [Read more...] about Arsenal Winger Christos Tzolis Suffers Hamstring Injury on International Duty