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Injuries and Bans

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For Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers, the availability of their players both in terms of injuries as well as bans is an important part of their Gameweek preparations.

Here’s a round-up of what we know so far in terms of injuries and bans.

INJURIES

Players to monitor after Gameweek 8

Matt Cash (Aston Villa) – Picked up a dead leg in the game against Wolves.

Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea) – Missed Gameweek 8 because of a back problem, no update on availability for Gameweek 9.

Vladimir Coufal (West Ham) – Missed the game at Everton as a result of a groin injury reoccurrence.

https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2021/October/17-October/TeamNewsDeclanRicecaptainBenJohnsonreturnsforWestHamUnitedatEverton

Potential FPL options with longer term injuries

Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) – Knee ligament damage picked up against Spurs (26th Sept), out for three months

Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) – Back in training following a muscle injury, still a “little way away”

Luke Ayling (Leeds) – Still halfway through his recovery from a knee problem

Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester) – Out for four-to-five weeks from 3rd Oct with a hamstring injury

James Justin (Leicester) – ACL injury from the 2020/21 season, expected back some time in October

Wesley Fofana (Leicester) – Broken leg in pre-season

Harvey Elliot (Liverpool) – Serious ankle injury vs Leeds (12th Sept) which required surgery

Ferran Torres (Man City) – Fractured foot, ruled out for two-to-three months from 15th Oct

Raphael Varane (Man United) – Ruled out on 12th Oct for a few weeks with a thigh injury

Jack Stephens (Southampton) – Picked up a knee injury on 18th Sept. Ruled out for 10-12 weeks

Christian Kabasele (Watford) – Out for more than three weeks (7th Oct) due to a hamstring injury

Francisco Sierralta (Watford) – Picked up a hamstring injury on 2nd Oct, expected to begin light training from 18th Oct

Johnny (Wolves) – ACL injury from the 2020/21 season, on course for “a return in the new year”

Pedro Neto (Wolves) – Knee injury from 2020/21, due to have a specialist review in October but no further timeframe

For more in-depth details, check out the Fantasy Football Scout website:

BANS

GW9 – James Ward-Prowse – Southampton

GW9 – Jonjo Shelvey – Newcastle

4 Yellow Cards (1 from suspension)

Emmanuel Dennis – Watford

Oliver Skipp – Tottenham

3 Yellow Cards (2 from suspension)

Christian Norgaard – Brentford

Joel Veltman – Brighton

Josh Brownhill – Burnley

James Tarkowski – Burnley

Abdoulaye Doucoure – Everton

Liam Cooper – Leeds

Paul Pogba – Man United

Moussa Djenepo – Southampton

Oghenekaro Peter Etebo – Watford (out through injury until Feb 2022)

Declan Rice – West Ham

The Fantasy Football Scout suspension tightrope will keep you up-to-date on which of your players are at risk of a ban:

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/category/suspensions/