EPL GW-18 Pre-Deadline and Live Chat

Erling Haaland scored twice in Manchester City's 3-1 win against Leeds to become the first player in Premier League history to score 20 goals in just 14 appearances. Haanand missed the World Cup.

West Ham United lost to Arsenal on Boxing Day. Brentford drew with Tottenham last time out.

Gianluca Scamacca is limited to match fitness now. Nayef Aguerd has returned from the World Cup with a virus so he won't be available. Kurt Zouma and Maxwel Cornet are still missing.

Kristoffer Ajer, Thomas Strakosha, Aaron Hickey, Shandon Baptiste and Shoniel Ajero remain out for Brentford.

Reds beat Aston Villa on Boxing Day. Leicester lost at home to Newcastle. James Maddison's injury will make life difficult for the Foxes.

Arthur Melo, Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota, Curtis Jones and Roberto Firmino remain out injured. James Milner is also expected to miss out.

Leicester are without James Justin, Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans, Ryan Bertrand and James Maddison. Dennis Praet is a doubt with a back issue.

Wolverhampton Wanderers take on Manchester United. Erik ten Hag's team won 3-0 against Forest. Lopetegui's Wolves won 1-6 against Everton thanks to a last-minute winner.

Wolves are without Boubacar Traore, Jonny, Daniel Podence, Chiquinho, Sasa Kalajdzic and Pedro Neto.

Victor Lindelof, Scott McTominay, Diogo Dalot and Jadon Sancho are injured. Lisandro Martinez is suspended. Mason Greenwood is also suspended, as is Axel Tuanzebe.

AFC Bournemouth play Crystal Palace. Cherries lost 2-0 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Eagles lost 3-1 to Fulham.

Bournemouth are without Junior Stanislas, Ryan Fredericks, Marcus Tavernier, Neto and David Brooks.

James Tomkins, Tyrick Mitchell, Sam Johnstone, James McArthur and Nathan Ferguson are injured.

Fulham grabbed a deserved three points against the Eagles thanks to the brilliant performance of the lethal striker Aleksandar Mitrovic. Marco Silva's team are eyeing the European qualification spots. Southampton are bottom of table and need to fix their structure.

Manor Solomon, Neeskens and Layvin Kurzawa are injured.

Romeo Lavia, Juan Larios, Livramento, Theo Walcott, Alex McCarthy and Armel Bella-Kotchap are injured for Southampton.

Manchester City are on a roll and are favorites for the title. Frank Lampard's team lost to Wolves last week and is now near the relegation zone. They play Everton this weekend.

Man City are without Ruben Dias, Kalvin Phillips and Julian Alvarez.

Everton are without Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Yerry Mina.

Newcastle United is looking for its seventh straight league win. Leeds made mistakes against the Citizens and were punished. Newcastle won 3-0 against Foxes on Boxing Day.

Jonjo Shelvey, Paul Dummett, Alexander Isak, Callum Wilson and Emile Krafth are injured.

Archie Gray, Stuart Dallas, Luis Sinisterra and Patrick Bamford are injured.

Arsenal are five points clear at the top of the table. They have won eight of their last nine matches. Brighton have three wins in four games, including a 3-1 victory over Southampton on Boxing Day.

Danny Welbeck is injured. Jakub Moder is out injured, Adam Webster is suspended and Moises Caicedo is unavailable. Alexis Mac Allister will be late back from the World Cup.

Emile Smith Rowe, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Reiss Nelson are injured. Gabriel Jesus is injured on the knee.

Tottenham are one point behind Manchester United in the Premier League table. They drew 2-2 with Brentford on New Year's Day. Aston Villa are a weak team. Emi Martinez is back in training after his celebrations in Argentina.

Lucas Moura, Richarlison, Djed Spence and Cristian Romero are injured.

Jacob Ramsey, Jed Steer and Diego Carlos are injured.

Chelsea beat Bournemouth 2-0. Forest lost to Manchester United on Boxing Day. Chelsea are fighting for the top four spot and Forest are struggling for survival.

Omar Richards, Giulian Biancone, Chiekhou Kouyate, Moussa Niakhate and Jesse Lingard are injured. Morgan Gibbs-White is injured too.

Reece James, Ben Chilwell, N’Golo Kante, Wesley Fofana, Armando Broja and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are injured for Chelsea.

The game-week of Premier League is on. The team that wins the game will be announced tomorrow.