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Sunday November 5

Chelsea v Manchester United

• Kick-off time & date: Sunday November 5, 1630 GMT
• Venue: Stamford Bridge
• TV Channel: Sky Sports Premier League
• Sky Bet odds: Chelsea 7/5, Draw 21/10, Man United 21/10

Team news

Midfielder N'Golo Kante will be given every chance to return from a hamstring injury when Chelsea play Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday.

Kante could be joined in midfield by former Leicester team-mate Danny Drinkwater, who could make his first Premier League start for Chelsea.

Right wing-back Victor Moses (hamstring) is the only definite absentee, with captain Gary Cahill poised to start in defence despite his early tactical substitution in the loss at Roma.

Jose Mourinho does not expect to have any of his injured players back for Sunday's clash with Chelsea.

Manchester United were without five players for Tuesday's Champions League win over Benfica while Jesse Lingard picked up a back problem and was substituted at half-time.

Paul Pogba, Michael Carrick, Marouane Fellani, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo have all spent significant time on the sidelines.

Chelsea squad: Courtois, Caballero, Rudiger, Alonso, Fabregas, Drinkwater, Kante, Morata, Hazard, Pedro, Bakayoko, Kenedy, Musonda, Zappacosta, Willian, Batshuayi, Cahill, Christensen, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Clarke-Salter, Scott, Eduardo.

Manchester United squad: De Gea, Romero, Pereira, Valencia, Darmian, Tuanzebe, Bailly, Lindelof, Jones, Smalling, Blind, Shaw, Rojo, Young, Matic, Herrera, McTominay, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Lukaku, Rashford, Martial.

Opta Statistics

• Chelsea have lost just one of their last 15 home Premier League games against Manchester United (W9 D5), with that defeat coming in Alex Ferguson’s final season (2-3 in October 2012).
• Manchester United’s 2-0 victory in their last meeting with Chelsea ended a run of 12 games without a win against them in all competitions. They last won back-to-back meetings with the Blues in September 2011.
• Manchester United have lost more Premier League games (17) and conceded more Premier League goals (66) against Chelsea than they have against any other side in the competition.
• Antonio Conte’s side have already lost as many home Premier League games this season as they did in 2016-17 overall (2).
• Under Jose Mourinho, Manchester United have lost five of their eight away Premier League games immediately after playing in Europe (W3), including their last three against Arsenal and Spurs in May and Huddersfield last month.
• Jose Mourinho has lost three of his last four away games against sides he’s previously managed, but did win his last such encounter (1-0 vs Benfica in October).
• Antonio Conte has won 112 points as Chelsea manager in his 48 Premier League games in charge, 11 points fewer than Jose Mourinho had at this point of his Chelsea managerial career (123). Mourinho lost just one of his first 48 Premier League games in charge of the club (W38 D9 L1), but Conte has already lost eight times (W36 D4 L8).
• During their three Premier League games during October, Manchester United had an xG total of just 1.78 but have allowed their opponents to post a cumulative xG total of 3.87 – meaning they have allowed their opponents more than double the chance quality they that have created themselves.
• 21% of the total Premier League goals scored in the final 10 minutes of games this season (10/47) have been netted by Manchester United.
• Manchester United substitutes have scored seven goals and assisted four more (both league-high’s) this season so far – Anthony Martial has provided six of these 11 substitute goal involvements (four goals, two assists); more than any other player.
• Romelu Lukaku has scored 15 goals in 59 Premier League games against ‘big six’ opposition, averaging a goal every 295 minutes. His mins per goal ratio against non ‘big six’ opponents is 137 (77 goals in 137 apps).
• No goalkeeper has kept as many clean sheets in the ‘big five’ European leagues since the start of 2016-17 as Manchester United’s David De Gea (22).

Everton v Watford

• Kick-off time & date: Sunday November 5, 1630 GMT
• Venue: Goodison Park
• Sky Bet odds: Everton 21/20, Draw 12/5, Watford 13/5

Team news

Defender Michael Keane is expected to have recovered from a foot problem in time for Everton's clash with Watford on Sunday.

The Toffees will be without Cuco Martina, who has been given the all-clear after taking a bang to the head and neck during Everton's Europa League loss to Lyon but is expected to be sidelined for a couple of weeks as a precaution.

Wayne Rooney, Leighton Baines and Phil Jagielka all return to the squad after being rested for the trip to France as does Oumar Niasse, who is ineligible for European fixtures.

Watford captain Troy Deeney will miss out as he begins his three-match ban.

Deeney clashed with Joe Allen in the closing moments of Watford's 1-0 defeat against Stoke last weekend, and was dealt a retrospective suspension after admitting a charge of violent conduct.

Playmaker Roberto Pereyra misses out with a hamstring niggle, while defenders Sebastian Prodl (thigh) and Younes Kaboul (hamstring) are still sidelined, but boss Marco Silva hopes the duo, who have been out since early September, will return after the international break.

Everton squad: Pickford, Robles, Kenny, Williams, Holgate, Keane, Jagielka, Baines, Baningime, Besic, Davies, Gueye, Mirallas, Schneiderlin, Sigurdsson, Lennon, Lookman, Vlasic, Klaassen, Calvert-Lewin, Sandro, Rooney, Niasse.

Watford squad: Gomes, Kabasele, Gray, Britos, Kiko, Cleverley, Holebas, Mariappa, Doucoure, Richarlison, Pereyra, Karnezis, Janmaat, Wague, Watson, Carrillo, Capoue, Okaka.

Opta Statistics

• Everton have lost just one of their eight Premier League meetings with Watford (W5 D2), with that defeat coming at Vicarage Road last season.
• The Hornets have picked up just one point from their 10 previous league visits to Goodison Park (W0 D1 L9), with that solitary draw coming on the opening day of the 2015-16 season.
• The Toffees haven’t lost three consecutive Premier League games at Goodison Park since March 2016, under Roberto Martinez.
• Excluding own goals, no side has had fewer goalscorers in the Premier League this season than Everton (two - level with Crystal Palace), with only Wayne Rooney and Oumar Niasse netting for them.
• Watford have already won as many away Premier League games in five outings under Marco Silva, as they did in their 19 league games on the road under Walter Mazzarri last season (3).
• Watford have scored with 52% of their shots on target in the Premier League this season (15/29); the highest ratio in the competition.
• Players of 16 different nationalities have made a Premier League appearance for Watford this season; a wider spread than any other club in the competition.
• Everton have handed a Premier League appearance to six different teenagers since the start of last season, two more than any other club in this period (Ademola Lookman, Mason Holgate, Nikola Vlasic, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Tom Davies and Ben Baningime).
• Since scoring two goals from three shots on target versus Swansea City for Burnley in March 2017, Andre Gray has scored just two goals and attempted only three shots on target in his last 21 Premier League appearances combined, despite playing 1172 minutes overall in this period.
• Watford forward Richarlison has made more touches in the opposition box than any other Premier League player in the opening 10 games of the season (74).
• The Brazilian has been involved in more goals than any other Watford player this season (5), had the most shots (35) and shots on target (6) and no Hornets’ player has created more chances for the club (13).