Football Injury Updates (2026)
Last updated: 5 November 2026, 8:30am (WAT)
Welcome to the standing football injury updates hub. We refresh this page regularly so Nigerian fans following the Premier League, LaLiga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and the UEFA Champions League can see which big-name absences shape each squad, without digging through ten club sites. It is educational and 18+; it is not medical advice and not a tip sheet.
Champions League Matchday 4 is finished. On Wednesday night Arsenal beat Slavia Praha 2-1, Real Madrid came from behind twice to win 3-2 at AEK Athens, Manchester City edged RB Leipzig 3-2 and Liverpool lost 3-2 at Fenerbahçe after leading twice (BBC Sport, Real Madrid, Sky Sports). Como equalled a Champions League scoring record with a 9-1 win at Lens, while Dortmund, Porto and Club Brugge also won (The Guardian, AFP). In the Premier League, Arsenal lead after winning 1-0 at Anfield on Sunday, and one more league round follows this weekend before the November international break. Treat every status below as a snapshot taken on the refresh date, and re-check club media, BBC Sport, ESPN or the competition’s official channels before you stake. For the domestic schedule, see today’s Premier League fixtures.
Kylian Mbappé: Fully fit and still scoring. He tapped in Real Madrid’s equaliser in the 78th minute at AEK Athens, his fourth Champions League goal in four games this season, and Madrid stay perfect on 12 points from four matches alongside Paris Saint-Germain (Real Madrid). Read our Real Madrid and Mbappé news for the wider picture.
Biggest injury and squad news today (5 November): Barcelona have confirmed that Rodri has a minor injury to his right hamstring (biceps femoris) after leaving the Villa game at half-time, and he will miss Sunday’s meeting with Atlético de Madrid; recovery time “will depend on how the injury develops” (FC Barcelona). William Saliba travelled and sat on Arsenal’s bench in Prague but did not play a minute as Arsenal won 2-1 through Noni Madueke and Viktor Gyökeres; Arteta took Ezri Konsa off with “some issues” after a heavy workload, and Bukayo Saka is still not expected to face Hull on Saturday (Arsenal, Evening Standard). Fede Valverde came off the bench at AEK and scored the stoppage-time winner that kept Real Madrid perfect, with Vinícius Júnior starting after his domestic ban and Thibaut Courtois in goal (Real Madrid). Liverpool’s first Champions League defeat of the season came without Ryan Gravenberch, who remains at home with a heel fracture; Andoni Iraola blamed three “cheap” set-piece goals (Liverpool FC, BBC Sport). Manchester United are still waiting on Carlos Baleba’s hamstring scans after Carrick said the injury “doesn’t look great”, and Matheus Cunha serves his Champions League ban next time out against Sporting (Manchester Evening News). Erling Haaland’s late tap-in earned City a 3-2 win at Leipzig, with Antoine Semenyo still the only senior absentee (Sky Sports, BBC Sport).

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Premier League injury news
The six Premier League clubs in the Champions League have finished Matchday 4, and one more league round follows this weekend before the November international break. Full fixtures are in our Premier League fixtures guide. Below is what managers, clubs and reputable reporting had confirmed by Thursday morning.
Arsenal
- Bukayo Saka (quad): Still out, and no return date has been given. He has now missed four Arsenal games in a row. Before Anfield, Arteta said Saka “needed another scan to see how the amount of fluid that was there was resolving, whether the tendon is touched and how badly it is touched”. Arsenal have still not published a fresh return window, and the Evening Standard does not expect him to face Hull City on Saturday. Background: Arsenal transfer news. (Arsenal, Evening Standard)
- William Saliba (back): Named among the substitutes in Prague after travelling with the squad, but unused. Arteta had said pre-match that he “feels ready to go” after 45 minutes behind closed doors and that specialists chose conservative treatment instead of surgery. The Evening Standard lists Saturday’s Hull game as a possible first appearance, with selection still depending on what the team needs. Max Dowman’s three-match ban is domestic only; he came on late in Prague. (Arsenal, Evening Standard)
- Ezri Konsa: Started in Prague and was taken off after 62 minutes. Arteta: “He’s played a lot… He had some issues and we decided to take him off.” No diagnosis has been published; a further update is expected before Hull. Cristhian Mosquera replaced him. (Arsenal, Evening Standard)
- Declan Rice, Noni Madueke and Eberechi Eze: Rice played the full 90 minutes as captain. Madueke scored the opener after nine minutes and was replaced late by Dowman. Eze started on the left, as the Evening Standard had expected, and was replaced by Christos Tzolis after 62 minutes. Viktor Gyökeres scored the second and assisted Madueke. (Arsenal)
- Christos Tzolis: Back from a month out with a hamstring injury and available off the bench in Prague after starting on the left at Anfield. (Arsenal)
Chelsea
- Maxence Lacroix (hamstring): Out until after the international break. Alonso: “We expect that he will not be ready before the international break. So he will be a few weeks out.” BBC Sport sources say he could be out until January and miss up to ten matches. (BBC Sport, Chelsea FC)
- João Pedro (thigh): Still out. Alonso: “He has an injury on his thigh and he’s going to be out for a few weeks… not ready for the next games.” The Evening Standard’s estimate is Leeds on 21 November, after the break. (BBC Sport, Evening Standard)
- Jordan Henderson (illness) and Jorrel Hato (back): Henderson missed United with a fever. Alonso: “There’s no injury, but he was not feeling well.” Hato missed the game with a back problem. Both could return at Sunderland on Sunday 8 November. (Evening Standard)
- Emiliano Martínez (fractured jaw): Ahead of schedule. Alonso says there is “a chance” he plays before the break, probably in a protective mask, and Mike Penders keeps the gloves for now. Reece James (knee surgery, likely mid-January according to the Standard) and Jamie Gittens (ankle) remain out. (Evening Standard)
- Selection against United: Morgan Rogers scored a solo goal and Cole Palmer converted a penalty on his return from suspension. Moisés Caicedo started, and Levi Colwill came back into the side. More: Chelsea injury news and our Caicedo injury explainer. (Chelsea FC, Sky Sports)
Manchester United
- Matheus Cunha (red card) and Lisandro Martínez (suspension): Cunha scored twice against Roma and was then sent off in stoppage time for a second yellow card. He misses the next Champions League game against Sporting, and the Manchester Evening News says UEFA could add to that. Domestic bans and UEFA bans are separate, so Cunha can still face Aston Villa on Sunday. Lisandro Martínez serves his one-match Premier League ban in that Villa game. (UEFA.com, Manchester Evening News)
- Carlos Baleba (hamstring): Still no published scan result on Thursday morning. He pulled up early in the second half against Roma and left the pitch distressed. Carrick: “I haven’t got any more news on Carlos at this stage… Initially, it doesn’t look great. Timelines, I haven’t got much more to give you.” Carrick confirmed it is a hamstring problem; further imaging was still pending overnight. (Manchester Evening News)
- Luke Shaw and Marcus Rashford (hip): Both missed Roma. Carrick said Shaw “definitely won’t be around this week”, and the Manchester Evening News points to Liverpool on 22 November for his return. On Rashford, Carrick said “we will just have to see day-by-day”. (BBC Sport, Manchester Evening News)
- Patrick Dorgu (thigh): Back in training on Monday and left out against Roma, as Carrick had said. The Manchester Evening News sees Villa on Sunday as his earliest possible return. Leny Yoro “had a tendon issue that comes and goes” and has been managing it. (BBC Sport, Manchester Evening News)
- Long-term absentees: Benjamin Šeško (shin) is out “for a longer period of time”, and the Manchester Evening News expects January. Manuel Ugarte (knee) is not expected back until 2027. United host Aston Villa on Sunday 8 November. Follow Man Utd injury news. (UEFA.com, ESPN, Manchester Evening News)
Liverpool
- Ryan Gravenberch (heel): Left out of the 22-man squad for Fenerbahçe and did not travel. Head coach Andoni Iraola: “It’s a fracture of the heel. It’s about the pain… He hasn’t improved since then. But it’s going to be something that every day we ask him.” No new confirmation overnight that he will be fit for Crystal Palace on Sunday. Dominik Szoboszlai and Víctor Muñoz remain available after returning against Arsenal. (Liverpool FC, BBC Sport)
- Fenerbahçe 3-2: Trey Nyoni scored his first Liverpool goal and substitute Alexander Isak headed a second, but Mason Greenwood, Archie Brown and Vedat Muriqi completed a set-piece comeback. Iraola: the three goals conceded were “cheap” and “messy”. No new match injury was reported in the official post-match press conference. (Liverpool FC, BBC Sport)
- Other absentees: Jeremie Frimpong has a muscle issue, and the Liverpool Echo expects him back after the international break. Hugo Ekitike (Achilles), Conor Bradley (knee surgery) and Giovanni Leoni (ACL) are still recovering from long-term injuries. Federico Chiesa and Wataru Endo are not in the Champions League squad. Liverpool visit Crystal Palace on Sunday. Our weekly predictions page tracks the weekend games. (Liverpool FC, Liverpool Echo, UEFA.com)
Manchester City
- Antoine Semenyo (knee): Still the only senior absentee. City beat RB Leipzig 3-2 through a Castello Lukeba own goal, an Enzo Fernández header and Erling Haaland’s late tap-in (Sky Sports, BBC Sport). Maresca has targeted a Semenyo return “around December”. See Man City’s next game and City injury and charges news. (Manchester City, Manchester Evening News)
- Rotation and next game: Maresca called the Leipzig trip a “tough game” and said City must be careful on transitions. No new City injury was reported from Germany. City visit Nottingham Forest on Saturday evening (BBC Sport fixtures), not Sunday. Leipzig’s Max Finkgräfe (thigh) was already a pre-match doubt. (BBC Sport, Sky Sports)
Tottenham Hotspur
- James Maddison: Available but unused. He was named on the bench against Palace after De Zerbi declared him fit (BBC Sport).
- Pedro Porro and Destiny Udogie: De Zerbi says Porro “is ready” to start again after his hamstring injury. Udogie came off the bench after 77 minutes, and the coach hopes he can now train “many weeks in a row”. Archie Gray, who headed the opener, was taken off at half-time as a precaution because he was on a yellow card, not because of an injury. Teenager Luca Williams-Barnett made his Premier League debut. Spurs visit Leeds on Saturday lunchtime. (Tottenham Hotspur, Sky Sports)
Newcastle United 0-1 Everton
- Newcastle: Will Osula was fit to start after his ankle scare, and Anthony Elanga made his first start in almost two months. Joelinton also returned to the XI. Substitute Jacob Ramsey was sent off for a second yellow card in stoppage time, so he misses the trip to Fulham on Saturday. Newcastle are 13th and home fans booed at the final whistle. Our Newcastle vs Crystal Palace preview covers their recent form. (Newcastle United, BBC Sport, The Guardian)
- Everton: Jarrad Branthwaite started after completing concussion protocol. Jack Grealish was left out for a second game in a row after his breach of club discipline. Moyes: “He’s unavailable at the moment and we will make a decision with the club when we think that availability comes back.” Asked if there is a way back, he said: “Of course there is.” Everton host Coventry on Friday. (BBC Sport, The Guardian)
Aston Villa and Crystal Palace
- Aston Villa: Lost 3-0 at Barcelona, their first Champions League defeat of the season. BBC Sport says Emery fielded his strongest available team, and no new injury was reported. João Gomes’s pass led to Lamine Yamal’s opener, and Emery said: “I am not blaming him.” Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Matteo Ruggeri (both hamstring) were still out before the trip (Birmingham Live). Villa visit Manchester United on Sunday. (BBC Sport)
- Crystal Palace: Mateta was sent off for serious foul play after 13 minutes at Spurs, when VAR upgraded a yellow card for a studs-up challenge on Micky van de Ven. Sky Sports says the ban covers Palace’s next three league games: Liverpool, Coventry and Hull. Palace are now third from bottom and host Liverpool on Sunday. Ismaïla Sarr (groin) was “not able to play” when Pierre Sage last spoke. (Sky Sports, Crystal Palace)
Other Matchweek 9 results and team news: Bournemouth beat Leeds 2-0, Brentford beat Nottingham Forest 2-0, Coventry beat Sunderland 3-1 and Hull drew 2-2 with Ipswich (BBC Sport). Brentford’s Rico Henry and Fabio Carvalho are out until after the international break (BBC Sport). Bournemouth’s Alex Tóth (hamstring) is out for “some weeks”, according to head coach Rose, who has given no exact date (Bournemouth). Sunderland, now bottom, were again without Dan Ballard and Romaine Mundle (BBC Sport). We only list names when a recent reputable source attaches a clear status, because made-up return dates help nobody.

Champions League / UCL squad news
Matchday 4 of the league phase ran from Tuesday 3 November to Wednesday 4 November and is now complete (UEFA.com). All times below are WAT, which is the same as CET in November.
- Tuesday 3 November: Galatasaray 2-0 Stuttgart, Shakhtar 0-1 Sporting, Manchester United 3-2 Roma, Barcelona 3-0 Aston Villa, Atlético de Madrid 0-2 Bayern, Feyenoord 0-3 Inter, LASK 4-0 Slovan Bratislava, Bodø/Glimt 0-0 Lille and Villarreal 0-6 PSG (UEFA.com, RTS).
- Wednesday 4 November: AEK Athens 2-3 Real Madrid, Fenerbahçe 3-2 Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Real Betis, Porto 4-1 Napoli, PSV 1-2 Club Brugge, RB Leipzig 2-3 Manchester City, Lens 1-9 Como, Slavia Praha 1-2 Arsenal and Viking 4-1 Sabah (BBC Sport, The Guardian, AFP, Real Madrid).
Kylian Mbappé injury update
- The injury: Real Madrid diagnosed a “hyperextension of the posterior capsule of his left knee” on 26 September 2026 after he hurt it playing for France against Türkiye. (Real Madrid, Al Jazeera/AFP)
- Comeback: Since returning against Villarreal on 10 October, he has scored at Roma, twice against Sevilla, once against RB Leipzig, twice in the Clásico, from the penalty spot at Racing on Sunday and again at AEK Athens on Wednesday. That is four Champions League goals in four games this season. (Real Madrid, UEFA.com)
- Squad around him: Courtois started at AEK after flu, Vinícius Júnior started after serving his domestic ban, and Fede Valverde came off the bench to score the stoppage-time winner. Aurélien Tchouaméni and Arda Güler were left out to rest (Real Madrid).
- Transfer angle: For contract and squad-planning news around him, see our Real Madrid transfer news hub. (photonfire)
- Next Champions League game: Real Madrid host PSV Eindhoven on Matchday 5 (Tuesday 24 November). Our UCL table and fixtures has the full round. (UEFA.com, NBC Sports schedule)
- Real Madrid: Fede Valverde: Back and decisive. He missed Sunday’s win at Racing with hamstring discomfort after the Clásico, returned to the 23-man squad for AEK, started on the bench and scored a long-range winner in the second minute of added time to make it 3-2 (Real Madrid). Jude Bellingham equalised with a backheel and Mbappé made it 2-2. Madrid visit Valencia on 7 November and sit on a perfect 12 points from four Champions League games.
- Barcelona: Beat Aston Villa 3-0 through Lamine Yamal and two goals from Raphinha on Tuesday (UEFA.com, BBC Sport). Official tests have now confirmed Rodri’s minor right-hamstring injury; he misses Atlético on Sunday and the club says recovery “will depend on how the injury develops” (FC Barcelona). Barça were already without Jules Koundé, Eric García, Andreas Christensen, Xavi Espart, Dani Olmo and Roony Bardghji, and Brian Fariñas started at right-back. Espart has a right-ankle syndesmosis injury (FC Barcelona), and Flick hopes to get players back after the break (FC Barcelona). See our Lamine Yamal profile and Real Betis vs Barcelona preview.
- Bayern Munich: Won 2-0 at Atlético through Lennart Karl and Konrad Laimer, despite the absence of Jamal Musiala, Luis Díaz, Serge Gnabry and Ismael Saibari. Manuel Neuer kept a clean sheet on his 164th Champions League appearance, and Michael Olise started after getting the all-clear from the knee knock he picked up against Dortmund (UEFA.com, AFP). Atlético lost Cristian Romero to a matchday injury withdrawal (AFP). Saibari has had “successful surgery” on a partial ligament tear in his right ankle and Gnabry has a muscle injury in his left thigh, with no timeframe given (Bundesliga.com). Vincent Kompany is still unwell with a meningitis-related condition, and assistant Aaron Danks stays in charge. (AFP, Bundesliga.com)
- PSG: Won 6-0 at Villarreal and stay perfect after four games. Ousmane Dembélé (thigh, injured against Barcelona on 20 October), Marquinhos (thigh) and Nuno Mendes (thigh) were all missing, and PSG’s 21 October medical update said only that Dembélé “will remain in treatment over the coming weeks” (AS, PSG). Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is set to miss the rest of the season after ACL surgery (AS, ESPN). João Neves, Désiré Doué, Senny Mayulu and Fabián Ruiz scored the first four goals. (UEFA.com)
- English clubs on Wednesday: Arsenal won 2-1 in Prague with Saliba unused; City won 3-2 in Leipzig with Semenyo still out; Liverpool lost 3-2 in Istanbul without Gravenberch. United’s Baleba scan remains the big domestic midfield story (see our Man Utd injury news, Man City next game and Arsenal news pages). Our Champions League 2026/27 table and fixtures shows the standings.
- Galatasaray: Beat Stuttgart 2-0 with two early goals from Aleksey Batrakov. Victor Osimhen played the full 90 minutes and had six attempts without scoring (Türkiye Today, Anadolu Agency). He scored in Friday’s 4-0 win at Konyaspor (Galatasaray), and Okan Buruk had said before the game that Galatasaray were “close to a full squad”. More on the striker: Victor Osimhen net worth 2026.
Europa League and Conference League: Premier League clubs
- Bournemouth: Tóth’s hamstring injury should keep him out of Thursday’s European game. (Bournemouth, UEFA.com)
- Crystal Palace: Mateta’s ban is domestic, so he remains eligible in Europe on Thursday. Sarr is still working back from his groin injury. (Sky Sports, UEFA.com)
- Brighton and Sunderland: Brighton’s win at City came with no new injury reported. Sunderland’s absentees are listed above. (BBC Sport, UEFA.com)
Domestic bans and UEFA bans are separate. Lisandro Martínez and Mateta stay eligible in Europe, and Cunha’s Champions League red card does not stop him playing in the Premier League. Always cross-check official UEFA and club squad lists before European kick-off, and use our UCL table page to see who plays next.
Nations League updates
England have two League A games left (our England vs Spain preview sets the scene for the group). They host Croatia at Wembley on Thursday 12 November at 7.45pm GMT (8:45pm WAT) and finish against Spain at the Metropolitano in Madrid on Sunday 15 November at 5.30pm GMT (6:30pm WAT). The squad will be named on Friday 6 November at 10am GMT (11am WAT) (England Football). This week’s club news shapes that squad (our Premier League fixtures page shows the club games before the break):
- Bukayo Saka (Arsenal): has not played since the quad injury against Bayern, no fresh return window has been published overnight, and he is not expected to face Hull before the break (Evening Standard).
- Declan Rice and Noni Madueke (Arsenal): both played in Prague (Rice the full 90; Madueke scored), so there is no fresh fitness issue for now (Arsenal).
- Eberechi Eze (Arsenal): started in Prague and lasted just over an hour; no new issue was flagged post-match (Arsenal).
- William Saliba (Arsenal): unused in Prague but back in the matchday squad, which reopens his France case if he gets minutes against Hull (Arsenal, Evening Standard).
- Jack Grealish (Everton): missed a second game in a row for a breach of club discipline. Moyes said he is “unavailable at the moment” (BBC Sport).
- Morgan Rogers (Chelsea) and Cole Palmer (Chelsea): both scored against United and have no reported fitness issue (Sky Sports; more in our Chelsea news).
Elsewhere in League A, France play Italy and Türkiye on 12 and 15 November. Dembélé (thigh, still out for PSG) and Lacroix (hamstring) are both in doubt for France. Outside the Nations League, Alonso has said João Pedro is “not ready for the next games”, which makes Brazil duty in November unlikely, and Kvaratskhelia’s ACL surgery rules him out for Georgia. Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen is fit and played 90 minutes against Stuttgart. Clubs and national associations often disagree about “fit to travel”, so treat early withdrawal stories with care.
Other sports: NBA star watch
- LeBron James (Philadelphia 76ers): Made his Sixers preseason debut against the Nets on 8 October after the team managed his foot and back. The regular season is now under way, so check the Sixers’ official injury report before each game. (NBA.com/AP, ESPN)
How injuries affect betting markets
Injuries do not automatically mean you should “fade the favourite.” Markets usually reprice three things first:
- Starting XI probability: a forced change in goal (Penders for Emiliano Martínez at Chelsea), a missing first-choice defender (Lacroix, Koundé, Shaw, Wan-Bissaka, Nuno Mendes, Marquinhos, possibly Konsa if his Prague issue lingers), a midfield loss (Baleba at United, Gravenberch at Liverpool, Rodri at Barcelona) or a suspended player (Cunha in Europe, Lisandro Martínez against Villa, Mateta’s three-game ban at Palace) changes how a team builds attacks and defends set pieces.
- Goal expectancy: missing creators and forwards (Saka, João Pedro, Šeško, Semenyo, Dembélé, Kvaratskhelia, Musiala, Gnabry, Saibari) often move total-goals and anytime-scorer lines, and so do returning ones (Saliba available for Arsenal, Valverde and Vinícius available for Real Madrid, Olise at Bayern, Gyökeres in form for Arsenal).
- Live volatility: confirmed long absences (Lacroix until after the break, Šeško until January, Rodri out of Sunday’s Clásico-adjacent Atlético game) are usually priced in quickly. Late fitness news often moves prices more than the original injury: whether Saliba starts against Hull, Baleba’s scan result, Saka’s next update, and whether Gravenberch can train before Palace. A red card changes a match in real time, as Cunha showed in stoppage time against Roma, and set-piece collapses can rewrite a live total, as Fenerbahçe showed against Liverpool.
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Sources (2026)
Sources consulted for this refresh: UEFA.com (Matchday 4 Tuesday round-up and fixtures), BBC Sport (Fenerbahçe 3-2 Liverpool, City player ratings, Villa at Barcelona, Premier League November fixtures, Maddison), Real Madrid (AEK match report and starting XI), Arsenal (team news and Arteta post-Slavia Prague presser), FC Barcelona (Rodri injury news, Espart, Flick), Liverpool FC (Iraola post-match and pre-match squad news), Sky Sports (RB Leipzig 2-3 Manchester City report), The Guardian and AFP (Wednesday Champions League round-up, Como 9-1 Lens), Manchester Evening News (Baleba, Cunha, United injury list, City training), Evening Standard (Saka, Saliba, Konsa, Hull availability), Manchester City, Chelsea FC, Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United, Crystal Palace, PSG, Galatasaray, Bundesliga.com (Bayern absentees), England Football (Nations League squad announcement timing) and NBA.com/AP. Player photos: Wikimedia Commons (credits under the Premier League graphic). Statuses can change within hours, so check again before kick-off.
FAQ
How often is this football injury updates hub refreshed?
We overwrite this page around major Premier League weekends, Champions League and Europa League matchdays and international windows. The “Last updated” stamp at the top is the source of truth. After a weekend, we recommend a second check once clubs publish scan results and managers hold their midweek press conferences.
Where should I verify a rumour before betting?
Prefer club official sites, BBC Sport, ESPN, Reuters, Sky Sports and UEFA.com medical or squad releases. Fan blogs and unverified social posts are weak evidence, and a player who “went off with a knock” is not confirmed out until the club or manager says so.
Does a clear scan mean a player is ready for the next game?
Not always. Fede Valverde came off in the Clásico and was left out at Racing because the discomfort had not settled, even after reports that tests had ruled out a muscle tear. He only returned for AEK Athens, started on the bench and then scored the stoppage-time winner. Managers usually clarify availability in the press conference before the next league or Champions League fixture.
Is this page tips or medical advice?
Neither. It is an educational hub for sports fans aged 18+. Injury news is information, not a guarantee of any result. Betting involves risk, so please gamble responsibly and never stake money you cannot afford to lose.