Seven games on Sky Sports this weekend, including Everton vs Liverpool on Super Sunday
Sunday 21 June 2020 16:42, UK
Team news, key stats and predictions as the Premier League returns, including Aston Villa vs Chelsea and Everton vs Liverpool live on Sky Sports.
John McGinn will be assessed ahead of Aston Villa's clash with Chelsea on Sunday. The midfielder played 76 minutes of Wednesday's 0-0 draw with Sheffield United, his first game since December after recovering from a fractured ankle and boss Dean Smith is wary of overloading him.
Danny Drinkwater cannot feature under the terms of his loan from Chelsea, Bjorn Engels (Achilles), Wesley (knee) and Tom Heaton (knee) are out but Frederic Guilbert (knee) has returned to training.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek could make his first Chelsea appearance of the season at Villa Park. The England midfielder's campaign has been ravaged by the protracted recovery from a torn Achilles tendon, but he is now ready for Premier League action.
Fikayo Tomori will miss out with a muscle injury sustained in training, with Callum Hudson-Odoi also not ready for competitive action, but N'Golo Kante should be available.
Stat of the match: Aston Villa have lost nine of their last 10 Premier League games against Chelsea, winning the other at Villa Park in March 2014.
How to watch: Follow the match on Sky Sports Premier League without crowd noise and Sky Sports Main Event with crowd noise, from 4pm; kick-off at 4.15pm. Also keep up-to-date in our dedicated live blog with in-game clips, with highlights published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel shortly after full time.
Charlie predicts: 1-3 (11/1 with Sky Bet)
Everton will be without several big names for Sunday's Merseyside derby with Yerry Mina and Fabian Delph joining Jean-Philippe Gbamin and Theo Walcott on the sidelines.
Gbamin was close to a return from long-term injury before suffering an Achilles problem which will rule him out for a further four to five months, while Walcott is out for around four weeks after surgery on an abdominal problem. Mina and Delph have both suffered injuries since the return to training to rule them out of the first game back.
Jurgen Klopp has not ruled out Mohamed Salah or Andy Robertson despite neither playing in a behind-closed-doors friendly last week. Robertson has at least been pictured in training this week but Salah was not present in any of the images published by the club, although Klopp insists no one is yet unavailable for the game.
Alisson Becker will return in goal having been out with a hip injury immediately prior to the suspension of the season.
Stat of the match: Everton are winless in 18 Premier League meetings with Liverpool (D10 L8) since a 2-0 win back in October 2010 at Goodison Park.
How to watch: Follow the match on Sky Sports Premier League without crowd noise and Sky Sports Main Event with crowd noise, as well as Sky Pick, from 6.30pm; kick-off at 7pm. Also keep up-to-date in our dedicated live blog with in-game clips, with highlights published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel shortly after full time.
Charlie predicts: 2-2 (14/1 with Sky Bet)
Manchester City will be without Eric Garcia for the visit of Burnley on Monday night while fellow defender John Stones and goalkeeper Claudio Bravo are doubtful. Garcia suffered a concussion after a nasty accidental collision with team-mate Ederson in the closing stages of the 3-0 midweek win over Arsenal on Wednesday and protocol dictates he will be sidelined for at least a week.
Stones (ankle) and Bravo (hamstring) were absent at the Etihad Stadium after sustaining minor injuries in the build-up to the Premier League resumption and they are unlikely to be back for the Clarets visit.
Burnley boss Sean Dyche expects to have several players missing for Monday's trip as the Clarets resume their Premier League campaign. Johann Berg Gudmundsson (calf), Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood (both groin) will miss out with injuries, while Dyche remains unsure if he will be able to call on players whose contracts are due to expire at the end of the month, with no short-term extensions yet agreed.
Phil Bardsley, Aaron Lennon, Jeff Hendrick, Joe Hart and Adam Legzdins are all in the final fortnight of their deals, while Ben Gibson continues to train away from the club with his Burnley career seemingly over.
Stat of the match: Burnley are looking to become just the fourth team to win away at both Manchester clubs in a single Premier League season, after Liverpool in 2008-09, Middlesbrough in 2003-04 and Everton in 1992-93.
How to watch: Follow the match on Sky Sports Premier League without crowd noise and Sky Sports Main Event with crowd noise, as well as Sky Pick, from 7.30pm; kick-off at 8pm. Also keep up-to-date in our dedicated live blog with in-game clips, with highlights published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel shortly after full time.
Charlie predicts: 3-0 (13/2 with Sky Bet)
Sky Sports are broadcasting 64 live Premier League games for the 2019/20 season resumption. In addition to the 39 matches already scheduled to be broadcast exclusively live on Sky Sports before the coronavirus interruption, 25 more matches are being broadcast on both Sky Sports Premier League and Sky's free-to-air Pick channel, allowing the whole nation to be part of the return of live sport.
To celebrate the return of the Premier League, Sky Sports have also launched a host of innovative new features and updates to give fans an even more immersive experience and share the moments live with family and friends on virtual platforms.
