28/10/2023 Football
28/10/2023 Football – Plenty of football is being played today. In the Premier League, there are games, including Chelsea v Brentford.
28/10/2023 Football – Premier League – Chelsea v Brentford
Team News
- Chelsea: Nicolas Jackson could be back in the starting line-up. Reece James to remain on the bench.
- Injuries: Players like Armando Broja, Carney Chukwuemeka, Ben Chilwell, Christopher Nkunku, Trevoh Chalobah, Romeo Lavia, and Wesley Fofana are unavailable.
- Brentford: Aaron Hickey is back after a one-game ban.
- Injuries: Rico Henry, Keane Lewis-Potter, Shandon Baptiste, Ivan Toney, Mikkel Damsgaard, Kevin Schade, and Josha Dasilva are out.
Match Facts
Chelsea
- Stamford Bridge: Struggling with only one win in their last 12 home league games.
- London Derbies: Only two wins in their last 12.
- Recent Form: Scored at least twice in three successive top-flight fixtures.
- Milestone: This will be Chelsea’s 1,200th Premier League match.
- Cole Palmer: Could become the second Chelsea player to score a penalty in three consecutive Premier League appearances.
Brentford
- Recent Victory: Ended a six-game winless streak by beating Burnley 3-0.
- London Derbies: Unbeaten in their last 12.
- Scoring: Opened the scoring in six top-flight matches this season.
- Points Dropped: Lost 11 points from winning positions, a joint high with Bournemouth.
- Bryan Mbeumo: Involved in 11 goals in his last 12 Premier League games.
28/10/2023 Football – Premier League – Wolves v Newcastle
Team News
- Newcastle: Sandro Tonali is ruled out due to a 10-month ban for breaching betting rules.
- Injuries: Alexander Isak and Jacob Murphy are out with groin and shoulder injuries, respectively. Elliot Anderson will miss eight weeks due to a back issue.
- Wolves: Mario Lemina and Nelson Semedo are back from suspension.
- Injuries: Jean-Ricner Bellegarde should return from a calf issue. Joe Hodge and Hugo Bueno are out due to shoulder and thigh injuries, respectively.
Match Facts
Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Head-to-Head: Only two wins in 16 Premier League meetings with Newcastle.
- Recent Form: Unbeaten in four Premier League fixtures.
- Improvement: Five points better off than at this stage last season.
- Scoring: Failed to score in only one of their 14 home games this year.
- Hwang Hee-chan: Aiming to become the first Wolves player to score six or more times in their opening 10 top-flight matches since 1973.
- Pedro Neto: Provided six assists, the joint-highest in the league.
Newcastle United
- Head-to-Head: Six of their eight games at Molineux have ended 1-1.
- Recent Form: Won four of their past five Premier League games.
- Scoring: 24 goals in nine Premier League matches this season.
- Milestone: Three points away from reaching 1,500 in the Premier League.
- Away Form: Just one victory in their last seven away fixtures.
- Callum Wilson: Averages one goal every 66 minutes this season.
28/10/2023 Football Gossip & News
- Liverpool and Chelsea: On high alert as contract talks between Napoli and Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen have stalled.
- Tammy Abraham: Keen on a Premier League return if Jose Mourinho leaves Roma. Chelsea, Aston Villa, and Brentford are already alerted.
- Newcastle and Tottenham: Monitoring Italian forward Enrico Chiesa from Juventus. A £52m bid could be in the works for next summer.
- Arsenal: Not willing to let Aaron Ramsdale go in January despite him becoming the second-choice goalkeeper.
- Chelsea and Brentford: Interested in Charlton’s English striker Miles Leaburn, who has scored six goals in 10 games this season.
- Newcastle: Considering Fred, the former Manchester United midfielder, as a short-term replacement for Sandro Tonali.
- West Ham: Ready to offer £35m for Juventus and Italy midfielder Manuel Locatelli.
- Feyenoord: Demanding around £87m for Mexico striker Santiago Gimenez, who has been linked with Real Madrid, Tottenham, Arsenal, and Chelsea.
- Arsenal: Entered the race for NK Kustosija’s 16-year-old striker Dino Klapija. Other interested parties include Manchester United, Chelsea, RB Leipzig, and Borussia Dortmund.
- Chelsea: Stepping up interest in Boca Juniors’ Argentine defender Valentin Barco, but face competition from Manchester City and Brighton.
- Brentford: Considering a January bid for Celtic’s England-born Denmark Under-21 midfielder Matt O’Riley.
- Arsenal: Unlikely to make a January move for Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz, planning to wait until the summer.
Saturday’s gossip: Osimhen, Chiesa, Ramsdale, Abraham, Fred, Locatelli, Leaburn – BBC Sport
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