Premier League 2/1/2022
Premier League 2/1/2022. Two televised games today. At 14:00, is Brentford v Aston Villa. The 16:30 is Chelsea v Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.
Premier League 2/1/2022 – Brentford v Aston Villa
- Dominic Thompson was forced off injured late on against Manchester City on Wednesday but could make this one.
- Rico Henry is expected to miss Brentford’s next two matches but Thomas Frank has confirmed he hopes to have Bryan Mbeumo back this weekend.
- Sergi Canos should earn a recall for Brentford and may even have to play on the left with Henry out and doubts over Thompson.
- Christian Norgaard will return in midfield for Brentford after missing their 1-0 defeat to City through suspension. Vitaly Janelt could return from COVID.
- Kristoffer Ajer is back working with the group but a return in the FA Cup next week is more realistic for the defender.
- Tyrone Mings is suspended for Aston Villa owing to an accumulation of yellow cards in the Premier League. Axel Tuanzebe or Kortney Hause will deputise.
- Steven Gerrard will hope to have Ashley Young back though he is still dealing with a fractured toe.
- Morgan Sanson will hope to have done enough to keep his place in the side from the 3-1 defeat to Chelsea last time Villa played.
- However, John McGinn is back available for Villa after missing the defeat to Chelsea on Boxing Day.
- Gerrard’s experiment with a 4-3-1-2 formation to pair Danny Ings and Ollie Watkins up front didn’t exactly go to plan against Chelsea and the former may drop out here.
Brentford-Aston Villa – Premier League 2021/2022 Statistical Preview (whoscored.com)
Premier League 2/1/2022 – Chelsea v Liverpool
- Reece James is out for around eight weeks with a hamstring injury suffered on Wednesday night. Cesar Azpilicueta may be required at right wing-back.
- Andreas Christensen is still struggling with a back injury that forced him off at half-time against Brighton in midweek but Thiago Silva is back in training ahead of Sunday.
- There were fears N’Golo Kante faced another spell on the sidelines with a knee injury but he came off the bench against Brighton.
- It will be interesting to see whether Romelu Lukaku starts after his comments in the week about his future.
- Timo Werner and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are unlikely to make Sunday’s welcome of Liverpool.
- Sadio Mane, Mo Salah and Naby Keita all jet off to AFCON after Liverpool’s trip to Chelsea.
- Andy Robertson is still suspended so Kostas Tsimikas will continue at left-back here.
- Ibrahima Konate or Joe Gomez are on standby if Joel Matip rotates out the side.
- Thiago has been ruled out with Takumi Minamino, though the latter wouldn’t have started.
- Jurgen Klopp has confirmed a couple of new positive COVID cases but it’s unclear who.
Chelsea-Liverpool – Premier League 2021/2022 Statistical Preview (whoscored.com)
Premier League 2/1/2022 – Games Not on UK TV
EFL / iFollow – available on multiple services (3pm kickoff unless stated)
CHAMPIONSHIP
EFL17: Bristol City v Millwall (1pm)
EFL18: Birmingham v QPR (2pm)
EFL19: Blackburn v Huddersfield (2pm)
EFL20: West Brom v Cardiff (2pm)
LEAGUE ONE
EFL21: Morecambe v Doncaster
EFL22: Shrewsbury v Sheffield Wednesday
Premier League 2/1/2022 – Other Games
OTHER FOOTBALL – SUNDAY 2 JANUARY
1:00pm SPANISH LA LIGA SMARTBANK – Almeria v Cartagena
UK – LiveScore
1:00pm SPANISH LA LIGA SMARTBANK – Real Valladolid v Leganes
UK – LiveScore
2:00pm INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE – Kerala Blasters v Goa
UK – OneFootball
India – Star Sports 1
3:00pm SPANISH LA LIGA SMARTBANK – Sporting Gijon v Lugo
UK – LiveScore
4:00pm INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE – Jamshedpur v Chennaiyin
UK – OneFootball
India – Star Sports 1
5:15pm SPANISH LA LIGA SMARTBANK – Mirandes v Real Zaragoza
UK – LiveScore
5:15pm SPANISH LA LIGA SMARTBANK – SD Huesca v Girona
UK – LiveScore
8:00pm SPANISH LA LIGA SMARTBANK – Fuenlabrada v UD Ibiza
UK – LiveScore
8:30pm SPANISH LA LIGA SMARTBANK – Tenerife v Las Palmas
UK – LiveScore
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