Premier League team news January 2-4: Squads revealed, injury updates and more ahead of the action
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The New Year fixtures are upon us - a sure-fire sign the Christmas period is all but over.
Festivities have brought more success for Chelsea as they extended their winning run to 12 games, a record they will be looking to preserve when they travel to White Hart Lane on Tuesday.
But there are six fixtures to get stuck into on Monday first, with Manchester City, Liverpool and Manchester United all in action.
Here is all the team news ahead of the top-flight fixtures...
January 2
Middlesbrough vs Leicester, 12.30pm
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Middlesbrough welcome back defender Antonio Barragan for the visit of Leicester.
The Spaniard was suspended for the defeat at Manchester United but should reclaim his place from Bernardo.
Boro boss Aitor Karanka will consider making changes after 90 intense minutes at Old Trafford, with Gaston Ramirez likely to be restored and Viktor Fischer (knee) still struggling.
Jamie Vardy serves the final game of his three-match ban and will sit out Leicester's trip to Middlesbrough.
Christian Fuchs could return for Ben Chilwell at left-back with Foxes manager Claudio Ranieri expected to shuffle his squad after Saturday's 1-0 win over West Ham.
Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani will play their final game before leaving for the African Nations Cup with Algeria while Daniel Amartey and Jeff Schlupp are due to link up with Ghana next week.
Middlesbrough squad: Valdes, Guzan, Chambers, Friend, Fabio, Gibson, Barragan, Ayala, Bernardo, De Roon, Clayton, Forshaw, Leadbitter, Downing, Ramirez, Stuani, Traore, Negredo, Nugent, Rhodes.
Leicester squad: Schmeichel, Zieler, Hamer, Simpson, Fuchs, Morgan, Huth, Hernandez, Wasilewski, Chilwell, Schlupp, Drinkwater, James, King, Mendy, Amartey, Mahrez, Albrighton, Musa, Gray, Ulloa, Okazaki, Slimani.
Manchester City vs Burnley, 3pm
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Manchester City have no fresh injury concerns as Burnley visit the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League on Monday.
Midfielder Leroy Sane remains a doubt after missing the last two games with an unspecified muscle injury.
Captain Vincent Kompany (knee) is not yet ready to return, while midfielder Fabian Delph (groin) has been out since August and Ilkay Gundogan (knee) is a long-term casualty.
Burnley will welcome back record signing Jeff Hendrick for the trip to Manchester City.
The midfielder was suspended for the win over Sunderland and could now slot in alongside Steven Defour, with the banned Dean Marney picking up his fifth caution of the campaign against the Black Cats just before the amnesty kicks in.
Right-back Jon Flanagan will be missing too due to a knee injury that Clarets boss Sean Dyche said he will have a scan for this week.
Manchester City squad: Bravo, Caballero, Zabaleta, Sagna, Stones, Otamendi, Kolarov, Adarabioyo, Clichy, Kolarov, Toure, Fernando, Fernandinho, Sterling, Navas, De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling, Nolito, Garcia, Aguero, Iheanacho.
Burnley squad: Heaton, Lowton, Keane, Mee, Darikwa, Ward, Arfield, Boyd, Hendrick, Vokes, Gray, Robinson, Pope, Barnes, Bamford, O'Neill, Kightly, Defour, Tarkowski, Gudmundsson.
West Brom vs Hull, 3pm
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Tony Pulis must weigh up whether to start Southampton match-winner Hal Robson-Kanu up front or recall leading scorer Salomon Rondon to face Hull.
West Brom will face the Tigers at The Hawthorns in Monday's Premier League clash, with manager Pulis ready to rotate his resources following Saturday's 2-1 win at St Mary's.
Allan Nyom could drop out of the defence after a sluggish showing on the south coast, but one that ended with Robson-Kanu sealing victory.
Hull pair Ahmed Elmohamady and Dieumerci Mbokani are both available for Monday's game at West Brom.
Midfielder Elmohamady has been allowed to arrive late for Egypt's training camp ahead of the African Nations Cup and striker Mbokani will join up with DR Congo's squad after the match.
Boss Mike Phelan has no new injury or suspension concerns, while midfield pair Tom Huddlestone and Sam Clucas are both pushing for recalls after starting on the bench in Friday night's home draw against Everton.
West Brom squad: Foster, Myhill, Palmer, Dawson, Evans, Nyom, Olsson, McAuley, Galloway, Brunt, Fletcher, Yacob, Gardner, Morrison, McClean, Chadli, Phillips, Field, Rondon, Leko, Robson-Kanu.
Hull squad: Marshall, Dawson, Maguire, Davies, Elmohamady, Robertson, Huddlestone, Clucas, Livermore, Meyler, Snodgrass, Mbokani, Diomande, Jakupovic, Mason, Maloney, Henriksen, Weir.
Sunderland vs Liverpool, 3pm
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Sunderland's injury problems are mounting up ahead of Liverpool's visit to the Stadium of Light after both Lamine Kone and Victor Anichebe were forced off against Burnley.
Kone collided with an advertising hoarding and was unable to continue while Anichebe appeared to pull his hamstring in the 4-1 loss at Turf Moor, a game in which Jason Denayer (hamstring) was not fit enough to feature.
Jordan Pickford (knee), Lee Cattermole (hip), Lynden Gooch (ankle), Paddy McNair and Duncan Watmore (both knee) are all long-term injuries for David Moyes.
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson is a doubt to face his former club Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.
The midfielder was forced off midway through the second half of Saturday's win over Manchester City with a heel problem, although it is not the same issue which has troubled the England international for the last 12 months.
Options for manager Jurgen Klopp include returning Adam Lallana to a deeper role and restoring Divock Origi to the starting line-up, or bringing in Lucas Leiva as the deep-lying midfielder.
Sunderland squad: Mannone, Mika, Jones, Manquillo, Van Aanholt, Love, Kone, O'Shea, Djilobodji, Denayer, Ndong, Pienaar, Rodwell, Larsson, Borini, Januzaj, Khazri, Honeyman, E Robson, Embleton, Defoe, Anichebe, Asoro.
Liverpool squad: Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Klavan, Milner, Can, Wijnaldum, Lallana, Mane, Origi, Firmino, Karius, Alexander-Arnold, Moreno, Lucas, Stewart, Ejaria, Sturridge, Woodburn, Ojo.
Everton vs Southampton, 3pm
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Everton manager Ronald Koeman is expected to choose from an unchanged squad for the home game against former club Southampton.
Koeman has no new injury or suspension worries following Friday's 2-2 draw at Hull, while goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenberg remains doubtful due to the dead leg that has kept him out of the last two matches.
Jose Fonte should slot in at centre-back to offset the loss of Virgil van Dijk to suspension as Southampton take on Everton at Goodison Park on Monday.
Dutch defender Van Dijk was sent off in Saturday's 2-1 home loss to West Brom, ruling him out of the Premier League trip to face the Toffees.
Nathan Redmond will return after suspension, while Ryan Bertrand should come back into the squad after being rested for the West Brom clash.
Everton squad : Robles, Williams, Coleman, Jagielka, Baines, Mirallas, Barkley, Barry, Valencia, Lukaku, Gueye, Calvert-Lewin, Funes Mori, Davies, Lennon, Cleverley, Holgate, Hewelt.
Southampton squad: Forster, Fonte, Bertrand, Soares, Martina, Ward-Prowse, Hojbjerg, Romeu, Taylor, Yoshida, Davis, McQueen, Reed, Long, Sims, Redmond, Rodriguez, Boufal, Tadic.
West Ham vs Manchester United, 5.15pm
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West Ham will check on Mark Noble after the midfielder came off against Leicester on Saturday.
The skipper was forced off after a strong tackle from Daniel Amartey and boss Slaven Bilic admitted he is likely to be a doubt for the visit of Manchester United.
Sam Byram started training last week after an ankle problem, but was not in the squad for the 1-0 defeat at Leicester, while Gokhan Tore (knee), Reece Oxford (ankle) and Simone Zaza (knee) are unavailable.
Manchester United will be without Eric Bailly against West Ham as he heads to the African Nations Cup.
United asked the Ivory Coast to allow the defender to join them 24 hours late but their appeal fell on deaf ears.
Michael Carrick has a chance of returning in midfield after missing the win over Middlesbrough with illness but Wayne Rooney is unlikely to be back from thigh trouble.
West Ham squad: Randolph, Adrian, Collins, Ogbonna, Reid, Kouyate, Masuaku, Antonio, Cresswell, Noble, Obiang, Quina, Fernandes, Nordtveit, Payet, Feghouli, Ayew, Carroll, Fletcher.
Manchester United squad: De Gea, Romero, Valencia, Fosu-Mensah, Jones, Smalling, Rojo, Darmian, Shaw, Blind, Young, Fellaini, Carrick, Herrera, Schweinsteiger, Pogba, Lingard, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Martial, Rashford, Ibrahimovic.
January 3
Bournemouth vs Arsenal, 7.45pm
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Stoke vs Watford, 8pm
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Crystal Palace vs Swansea, 8pm
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January 4
Tottenham vs Chelsea, 8pm
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