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

The gameweek kicks off with Brentford at home to Manchester United at Saturday lunchtime (12:30 BST) – 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 BST live on the BBC Sport website, with one of our four experts answering your questions

Saturday

Brentford v Manchester United (12:30 BST)

Team news will appear here later on Friday.

Key FPL notes:

  • Damsgaard (£5.9m) scored his first goal of the season in Gameweek 5. He is Brentford’s highest chance creator (five), has delivered more crosses (27) than any teammate and takes corners and free-kicks for the Bees.

  • No player has created more chances (15) than Bruno Fernandes (£9.0m) this season, while only two midfielders have scored more goals (two) or had more shots (12). He also ranks joint-fourth among midfielders for defensive contribution (DefCon) points.

  • No midfielder has attempted more shots than the 15 of Bryan Mbeumo (£8.1m), while only four have had more penalty-area touches (30) and only seven have created more chances (nine).

Chelsea v Brighton (15:00 BST)

Team news will appear here later on Friday.

Key FPL notes:

  • João Pedro (£7.8m) is the second-highest scoring forward in FPL (35 points), thanks to two goals and three assists. No forward has created more big chances than the Brazilian (three).

  • Trevoh Chalobah (£5.2m) is not only Chelsea’s highest-scoring player (38 points), but he is also the highest-scoring defender in FPL. He has two goals and an assist, two clean sheets and only one defender has attempted more shots (eight).

  • Only one midfielder in FPL has had more penalty-area touches this season than the 36 of Yankuba Minteh (£5.9m), who scored in Gameweek 5, assisted in Gameweek 4 and is Brighton’s leading points scorer with 24.

Crystal Palace v Liverpool (15:00 BST)

Team news will appear here later on Friday.

Key FPL notes:

  • Marc Guéhi (£4.7m) has blanked only once in five matches. On top of a goal and an assist in the last three games, he has accrued three clean sheets and four goal attempts this season. He is the third-highest scoring defender overall (36 points).

  • Maxence Lacroix (£5.1m) has 30 FPL points thanks to three clean sheets and an assist. A nailed-on starter in a solid defence, he is also among the top 11 defenders for DefCon points with four.

  • Ryan Gravenberch (£5.6m) was involved in eight of Liverpool’s 27 chances against Burnley in Gameweek 4, having four shots of his own and creating a further four chances for his teammates. The Dutchman also scored and assisted in last week’s Merseyside derby.

Leeds United v Bournemouth (15:00 BST)

Leeds right-back Jayden Bogle has shaken off the foot injury he suffered against Wolves and is expected to be fit.

Daniel James is back in training and could also feature but fellow winger Wilfried Gnonto remains out with a calf injury.

Goalkeeper Lucas Perri remains sidelined so Karl Darlow will again deputise.

Team news for Bournemouth will appear here later on Friday.

Players out: Leeds – Lucas Perri

Doubts: Leeds – Daniel James

Key FPL notes:

  • Anton Stach (£5.0m) produced a free-kick goal and an assist in Gameweek 5. This season, only five midfielders have attempted more than his 11 shots, and only two have created more chances (12). He has also taken 12 corners.

  • Only one midfielder has attempted more shots than the 13 of Antoine Semenyo (£7.7m), who has three goals, two assists and is the second-highest points scorer in the game after Erling Haaland (£14.3m).

  • Marcos Senesi (£4.8m) is the second-highest scoring defender in Fantasy. He has three clean sheets and an assist, but what marks him out are his DefCon points. No defender has more than the Bournemouth man’s 10 this term.

Manchester City v Burnley (15:00 BST)

Burnley will give a late fitness test to Jacob Bruun Larsen, who has not played since picking up a heel injury on international duty for Denmark.

Head coach Scott Parker says new signing Armando Broja “needs more training” as he builds up match fitness.

Team news for Manchester City will appear here later on Friday.

Players out: Burnley – Jordan Beyer, Connor Roberts, Zeki Amdouni

Doubts: Burnley – Jacob Bruun Larsen

Key FPL notes:

  • After netting his sixth goal of the season in Gameweek 5, Erling Haaland (£14.3m) is the highest-scoring player in the game with 46 points. He is averaging 9.2 points per match, has struck six more shots (21) than his nearest rival, and the nearest player to his xG of 6.26 is Bruno Fernandes with 2.75.

  • Jérémy Doku (£6.4m) has the third-most FPL points (18) of any Man City teammate. Only three midfielders have attempted more take-ons this season than the Belgian’s 20, while only seven have created more than his nine chances.

  • Only Erling Haaland has scored more goals than Jaidon Anthony (£5.5m) in the Premier League this season. His three goals and one assist make Anthony the second-highest scoring midfielder in FPL with 34 points.

Nottingham Forest v Sunderland (17:30 BST)

Sunderland midfielder Habib Diarra is likely to be out until December after suffering a groin injury.

Left-back Reinildo is suspended but midfielder Luke O’Nien could be in contention to feature for the first time since suffering a shoulder injury in last season’s play-off final.

Team news for Nottingham Forest will appear here later on Friday.

Players out: Sunderland – Habib Diarra, Reinildo, Leo Hjelde, Romaine Mundle, Dennis Cirkin, Aji Alese

Doubts: Sunderland – Luke O’Nien

Key FPL notes:

  • Neco Williams (£5.0m) scored in Gameweek 5 and came close to a second. Only two teammates have had more shots than his five this season and only three have had more penalty-area touches (12).

  • On his Forest debut against Burnley in Gameweek 5, Oleksandr Zinchenko (£4.9m) had three shots on goal. No player had more in the match. He also led the way for successful passes in the final third (21).

  • Wilson Isidor (£5.5m) had more goal attempts (six) than any player in Gameweek 5. He is the joint-second highest scorer in the Premier League with three goals, and, among forwards, only Haaland has rattled off more than his 13 shots.

Tottenham v Wolves (20:00 BST)

Team news will appear here later on Friday.

Key FPL notes:

  • Only Wilson Isidor had more shots than Richarlison’s (£6.7m) five in Gameweek 5, while among forwards, only Erling Haaland has scored more goals or had more shots than his three and 13 respectively this season. The Brazilian is the fourth top-scoring forward in FPL (29 points).

  • Mohammed Kudus (£6.6m) produced two assists in Gameweek 5 to take his total for the season to four – no player has more. Kudus also leads the way among midfielders for crosses (39) and ranks second for corners taken (17).

  • In Gameweek 5, Hugo Bueno (£4.4m) came joint-top for chances created (three) and second for crosses delivered (14) – despite only coming on at half-time. He has created more chances (eight) and produced more crosses (30) than any Wolves player.

Sunday

Aston Villa v Fulham (14:00 BST)

Team news will appear here later on Friday.

Key FPL notes:

  • Matty Cash (£4.6m) scored Aston Villa’s first Premier League goal of the season in Gameweek 5. The defender is Villa’s leading points scorer with 25. He has also produced the most crosses of any teammate (24) and created the third-most chances (four).

  • Joachim Andersen (£4.5m) is Fulham’s second-highest scoring player. He ranks third among all players for DefCon points with eight.

  • Alex Iwobi (£6.5m) produced the third-most points of Gameweek 5 with 13, thanks to a goal and an assist. He is Fulham’s leading scorer with 26 points and the club’s second-leading shot taker with seven.

Newcastle v Arsenal (16:30 BST)

Team news will appear here later on Friday.

Key FPL notes:

  • Nick Pope (£5.0m) has kept four clean sheets in five matches. He leads the goalkeepers’ charts in Fantasy and is Newcastle’s joint-leading point scorer with 32.

  • Riccardo Calafiori (£5.7m) had more shots (three) and more penalty-area touches (seven) than any other player in Arsenal’s 1-1 draw with Man City. One goal, two assists and three clean sheets make him the sixth-highest scoring player in the game.

  • Jurrien Timber (£5.8m) is level on points with Calafiori. No defender has scored more goals (two) than the Dutchman, who also has an assist and two clean sheets. He is averaging 8.8 points per start.

Monday

Everton v West Ham (20:00 BST)

Team news will appear here later on Friday.

Key FPL notes:

  • Everton’s highest-scoring player, Iliman Ndiaye (£6.5m) has two goals and an assist for 28 points, making him the seventh-highest-scoring midfielder. He faces a West Ham side next with the worst defence in the division.

  • Jack Grealish (£6.8m) produced more crosses (five) and created more chances (three) than any other player in last week’s Merseyside derby.

  • Jarrod Bowen (£7.7m) has produced two goals in his last three matches. No forward has attempted as many take-ons as Bowen’s 18, and only three have had more goal attempts (12).

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