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Injuries and Bans ahead of Gameweek 12

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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 11

Thomas Partey (Arsenal) – Missed the Watford game on 7/11 with a muscle injury

Danny Ings (Aston Villa) – Missed West Ham game on the 31/10 with a muscle injury.

Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) – Suffered a “high ankle sprain” in the match against West Ham on 31/10.

Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea) – Suffered a twisted ankle against Malmo on 20/10. Will be out for “some matches” according to his manager.

Timo Werner (Chelsea) – Suffered a hamstring injury against Malmo on 20/10. Will be out for “some matches” according to his manager.

Youri Tielemans (Leicester)  Requires a scan on a calf injury picked up against Leeds on 7/11

Naby Keita (Liverpool) – Suffered a hamstring injury against Brighton on 30/10 but his manager doesn’t yet know the severity of it.

Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) – Suffered a hamstring injury in the Champions League against Athletico Madrid

Bryan Gil (Spurs) – Missed Manchester United game on the 30/10 with a hamstring issue.

Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham)  – Taken off against Liverpool on 7/11 after needing stitches to an eye wound but his manager also revealed after full-time that he had taken a knock.

Potential FPL options with longer term injuries

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

David Raya (Brentford) – Ruled out for four to five months on 26/10 after sustaining a serious ligament injury in his left knee.

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

Abdoulaye Doucoure (Everton) Everton confirmed on 19/10 Doucoure has suffered a foot injury and will be assessed to determine the period of absence.

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

James Milner (Liverpool) – Substituted with a hamstring injury in the match against Manchester United on 24/10.

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

Robert Sanchez (Brighton)1 Match Ban  Banned for one match after being sent off for the denial of a goalscoring opportunity on 6/11.

Mason Holgate (Everton)3 Match Ban  Suspended for three matches after being sent off for serious foul play on 7/11.

Paul Pogba (Manchester United) – 1 match left of 3 Match Ban Sent off for serious foul play on 24/10 and will miss three matches.

Oliver Skipp (Spurs)1 Match Ban  Suspended for Gameweek 12 after collecting his fifth booking of the season on 7/11

Juraj Kucka (Watford)1 Match Ban  Suspended for one match after being sent off for two bookable offences on 7/11

4 Yellow Cards (1 from suspension)

Sambi Lokonga – Arsenal

Tyrone Mings – Aston Villa

John McGinn – Aston Villa

Shane Duffy – Brighton

Adam Lallana – Brighton

Joel Veltman – Brighton

Josh Brownhill – Burnley

James Tarkowski – Burnley

Ashley Westwood – Burnley

Richarlison – Everton

Rodrigo – Leeds

Fred – Manchester United

Paul Pogba – Manchester United

Luke Shaw – Manchester United

Matt Ritchie – Newcastle

Jamaal Lascelles – Newcastle

Mohammed Salisu – Southampton

Cristian Romero – Spurs

3 Yellow Cards (2 from suspension)

Christian Norgaard – Brentford

Sergi Canos – Brentford

Neale Maupay – Brighton

Joachim Anderson – Crystal Palace

Connor Gallagher – Crystal Palace

James McArthur – Crystal Palace

Joel Ward – Crystal Palace

Lucas Digne – Everton

Abdoulaye Doucoure – Everton

Liam Cooper – Leeds

Raphinha – Leeds

Aymeric Laporte – Man City

João Cancelo – Man City

Bruno Fernandes – Manchester United

Harry Maguire – Manchester United

Isaac Hayden – Newcastle

Pierre Lees-Melou – Norwich

Mattias Normann – Norwich

Max Aarons – Norwich

Moussa Djenepo – Southampton

Oriol Romeu – Southampton

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

Declan Rice – West Ham

Pablo Fornals – West Ham

Reuben Neves – Wolves

Roman Saiss – Wolves

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/