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West Ham pair Aaron Cresswell and James Tomkins were both substituted because of injuries against Aston Villa and now face fitness tests. Andy Carroll could return, but Manuel Lanzini, Victor Moses, Dimitri Payet, Winston Reid and Diafra Sakho are likely to miss out again. Southampton will again be without Graziano …

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger could make changes following the crushing defeat at Southampton. Substitutes Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Calum Chambers and Alex Iwobi all impressed Wenger during that game. Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe will make a late decision on whether to include Harry Arter, who was brought off at half-time on Boxing …

West Brom pair Salomon Rondon and James McClean continue to serve three-match suspensions. West Brom head coach Tony Pulis said he will rotate his squad and he could bring in striker Saido Berahino for his first start since October. Newcastle defender Jamaal Lascelles is back in training but is unlikely …

Norwich pair Wes Hoolahan and Gary O’Neil are both in contention to start against Aston Villa, having been rested for the Boxing Day defeat by Tottenham. Andre Wisdom is hoping to overcome a hamstring strain but Matt Jarvis will not be rushed back from a knee injury. Aston Villa midfielder …

Everton quintet Phil Jagielka, Steven Pienaar, James McCarthy, Steven Naismith and Bryan Oviedo are all in contention to return after injury. Gerard Deulofeu could come into the side, having only been used as a substitute on Boxing Day. Stoke forward Xherdan Shaqiri is expected to be fit despite suffering a …

Crystal Palace forwards Yannick Bolasie and Connor Wickham have been ruled out for at least the next month with respective hip/thigh and calf injuries. Patrick Bamford could return from injury but Lee Chung-yong is missing after becoming a father. Swansea caretaker manager Alan Curtis is expected to make changes due …

Watford’s Nathan Ake is available after being ineligible to face his parent club Chelsea on Boxing Day. Watford head coach Quique Sanchez Flores has no new injury worries to contend with. Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino will make a late decision on Mousa Dembele’s fitness after he suffered an ankle injury …

The Good Southampton. That’s how you end a streak of not winning in 5 matches by thumping Arsenal 4-0 at home, in fairness to The Saints it could have been 7 had Shane Long not had a goal ruled out and hit the post and not forgetting Virgil Van Dijk …

A comfortable win brings some Christmas cheer to White Hart Lane We managed to take full advantage of Manchester United slipping at Stoke and put some distance between us and them in the race for 4th First 20 minutes or so, nothing really happened and to be honest Norwich looked …

Boxing Day has been and gone and with that it brought us a full gameweek of Premier League action. Let’s see how the runners and riders did in the race for the Real Football Men FPL Title. The name at the top of table changes again as Nana Kofi Abiri …