It's important for fantasy football managers to stay on top of their squad's health and availability if they are to ensure they bring home the best possible points haul.
Players pick up injuries throughout the season and some big names are even missing the start of the new campaign, while others will undoubtedly be on the receiving end of suspensions.
It can be difficult to stay on top of who is injured and sometimes suspensions can even sneak up on you, so Goal has compiled a list of all the players who are unable or unlikely to play, either through injury or suspension.
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Note: Positions are based on those in the Fantasy Premier League game.
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1. Arsenal
2. Bournemouth
3. Brighton
4. Burnley
5. Chelsea
6. Crystal Palace
7. Everton
8. Huddersfield Town
9. Leicester City
10. Liverpool
11. Manchester City
12. Manchester United
13. Newcastle United
14. Southampton
15. Stoke City
16. Swansea City
17. Tottenham
18. Watford
19. West Brom
20. West Ham
ARSENAL
Injured:
| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defender | Calum Chambers | Groin strain | Sep 9 |
| Midfielder | Santi Cazorla | Ankle | Unknown |
| Forward | Alex Iwobi | Thigh strain | Sep 9 |
Suspended:
N/A
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Injured:
| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defender | Nathan Ake | Ankle | Sep 9 |
| Defender | Simon Francis | Hamstring | Sep 9 |
| Midfielder | Junior Stanislas | Hip | Sep 9 |
| Forward | Callum Wilson | Knee | Oct 10 |
Suspended:
N/A
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Injured:
| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defender | Gaetan Bong | Unknown | Unknown |
| Defender | Bruno Saltor | Back | Sep 9 |
| Midfielder | Beram Kayal | Calf | Oct 14 |
| Midfielder | Izzy Brown | Hamstring | Sep 15 |
| Midfielder | Steve Sidwell | Back | Unknown |
| Forward | Sam Baldock | Calf | Oct 1 |
| Forward | Tomer Hemed | Hamstring | Sep 9 |
| Forward | Glenn Murray | Ankle | Sep 9 |
Suspended:
N/A
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Injured:
| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midfielder | Dean Marney | Knee | Oct 7 |
| Midfielder | Jeff Hendrick | Thigh | Sep 10 |
| Forward | Nakhi Wells | Ankle | Sep 30 |
Suspended:
N/A
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Injured:
N/A
Suspended:
| Position | Player | Duration | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defender | Gary Cahill | Three games | Sep 17 |
CRYSTAL PALACE
Injured:
| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defender | Pape Souare | Broken leg & jaw | Unknown |
| Defender | James Tomkins | Groin | Sep 10 |
| Defender | Jairo Riedewald | Groin | Sep 10 |
| Midfielder | Ruben Loftus-Cheek | Groin | Sep 10 |
| Midfielder | Yohann Cabaye | Ankle | Sep 10 |
| Midfielder | Bakary Sako | Calf | Sep 11 |
| Midfielder | Wilfried Zaha | Knee | Unknown |
| Forward | Connor Wickham | Knee | Unknown |
Suspended:
N/A
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Injured:
| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defender | Seamus Coleman | Broken leg | Unknown |
| Defender | Ramiro Funes Mori | Knee | Unknown |
| Defender | Mason Holgate | Ankle | Sep 9 |
| Midfielder | Ross Barkley | Groin | Nov 18 |
| Midfielder | Yannick Bolasie | Knee | Unknown |
| Midfielder | Aaron Lennon | Unknown | Unknown |
| Midfielder | Davy Klaassen | Ankle | Sep 9 |
| Midfielder | James McCarthy | Knee | Sep 9 |
Suspended:
N/A
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Injured:
| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defender | Martin Cranie | Groin | Sep 16 |
| Defender | Jon Stankovic | Knee | Unknown |
| Midfielder | Jonathan Hogg | Ankle | Sep 16 |
| Forward | Collin Quaner | Knee | Sep 16 |
Suspended:
N/A
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Injured:
| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defender | Robert Huth | Ankle | Sep 9 |
| Midfielder | Vicente Iborra | Groin | Aug 26 |
Suspended:
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LIVERPOOL
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Injured:
| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Adam Bogdan | Knee (ACL) | Unknown |
| Defender | Nathaniel Clyne | Hamstring | Unknown |
| Midfielder | Philippe Coutinho | Unknown | Unknown |
| Midfielder | Adam Lallana | Thigh | Unknown |
| Forward | Danny Ings | Knee | Unknown |
Suspended:
N/A
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Injured:
| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defender | Vincent Kompany | Calf | Sep 16 |
| Midfielder | Ilkay Gundogan | Knee | Sep 9 |
Suspended:
| Position | Player | Duration | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midfielder | Raheem Sterling | One game | Sep 16 |
MANCHESTER UNITED
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Injured:
| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defender | Marcos Rojo | Knee | Unknown |
| Forward | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Knee | Unknown |
Suspended:
N/A
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Injured:
| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Karl Darlow | Ankle | Sep 10 |
| Defender | DeAndre Yedlin | Thigh | Sep 10 |
| Defender | Florian Leujeune | Ankle | Sep 10 |
| Defender | Paul Dummett | Thigh | Unknown |
| Defender | Chancel Mbemba | Groin | Unknown |
| Forward | Dwight Gayle | Illness | Sep 10 |
Suspended:
| Position | Player | Duration | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | Aleksandar Mitrovic | Three games | Oct 1 |
SOUTHAMPTON
Injured:
N/A
Suspended:
N/A
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Injured:
| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defender | Kurt Zouma | Ankle | Sep 9 |
| Defender | Ryan Shawcross | Back | Unknown |
| Midfielder | Ibrahim Afellay | Knee | Unknown |
| Midfielder | Stephen Ireland | Broken leg | Unknown |
| Midfielder | Darren Fletcher | Knee | Sep 9 |
| Midfielder | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | Hamstring | Sep 9 |
| Forward | Julien Ngoy | Thigh | Sep 23 |
| Forward | Mame Biram Diouf | Knee | Sep 9 |
Suspended:
N/A
Return to topSWANSEA
Injured:
| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defender | Kyle Bartley | Knee | Unknown |
| Midfielder | Leon Britton | Back | Sep 10 |
| Midfielder | Ki Seung-Yueng | Knee | Sep 16 |
| Midfielder | Nathan Dyer | Calf | Sep 30 |
| Forward | Jordan Ayew | Illness | Sep 10 |
Suspended:
N/A
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Injured:
| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defender | Danny Rose | Knee | Sep 9 |
| Defender | Kieran Trippier | Ankle | Sep 9 |
| Midfielder | Erik Lamela | Hip | Oct 14 |
| Midfielder | Victor Wanyama | Knee | Sep 23 |
| Midfielder | Georges N'koudou | Ankle | Sep 16 |
Suspended:
N/A
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Injured:
tr>| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defender | Daryl Janmaat | Groin | Sep 9 |
| Defender | Younes Kaboul | Unknown | Sep 9 |
| Defender | Craig Cathcart | Knee | Unknown |
| Defender | Sebastian Prodl | Thigh | Sep 9 |
| Midfielder | Roberto Peyreyra | Groin | Sep 9 |
| Forward | Mauro Zarate | Knee | Sep 16 |
Suspended:
| Position | Player | Duration | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defender | Miguel Britos | Three games | Sep 30 |
WEST BROM
Injured:
| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defender | Gareth McAuley | Thigh | Sep 10 |
Suspended:
| Position | Player | Duration | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | Hal Robson-Kanu | Two games | Sep 16 |
WEST HAM
Injured:
| Position | Player | Injury | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defender | Winston Reid | Calf | Sep 11 |
| Midfielder | Manuel Lanzini | Knee | Sep 11 |
| Midfielder | Edmilson Fernandes | Ankle | Unknown |
| Forward | Andy Carroll | Groin | Sep 11 |
Suspended:
| Position | Player | Duration | Potential return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midfielder | Marko Arnautovic | Three games | Sep 16 |
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