Here is a breakdown of the rotation and minutes from Premier League Gameweek 27.
ASTON VILLA
Steven Gerrard made two changes following his side’s 1-0 loss to Watford. Ezri Konsa was back from suspension and Ollie Watkins was brought back in after his benching, replacing Calum Chambers and Emiliano Buendia respectively.
Emi Martinez, Matty Cash, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Jacob Ramsey, Danny Ings and Philippe Coutinho all kept their places in the eleven.
There was also a brief substitute appearance for youngster Tim Iroegbunam, coming on in the 86th minute to replace Coutinho.
The rolling average of changes made to Villa’s starting line-up per Premier League game stayed the same at 1.96 changes.
Breakdown of minutes for the past ten games can be found below:
BRENTFORD
Just the one change for Thomas Frank’s side following the 2-1 loss to Arsenal last weekend, with Vitaly Janelt coming in for Sergi Canos.
David Raya, Josh Dasilva, Kristoffer Ajer, Pontus Jansson, Ethan Pinnock, Rico Henry, Christian Norgaard, Mathias Jensen, Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa remained as starters.
Dasilva was sent off after 11 minutes.
The rolling average of changes made to Brentford’s starting line-up per Premier League game decreased from 1.88 to 1.85 changes.
Breakdown of minutes for the past ten games can be found below:
BRIGHTON
After the 3-0 loss to Burnley last weekend, Graham Potter made three changes. Captain Lewis Dunk was back from suspension to start alongside Solly March and Leandro Trossard, replacing Shane Duffy, Adam Lallana and Danny Welbeck.
Robert Sanchez, Tariq Lamptey, Joel Veltman, Marc Cucurella, Jakub Moder, Yves Bissouma, Alexis Mac Allister and Neal Maupay remained in the starting line-up.
The rolling average of changes made to Brighton’s starting line-up per Premier League game increased from 2.42 to 2.44 changes.
Breakdown of minutes for the past ten games can be found below:
BURNLEY
Sean Dyche decided to stick with the eleven that beat Tottenham 1-0 midweek. Nick Pope, Connor Roberts, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Erik Pieters, Aaron Lennon, Jack Cork, Josh Brownhill, Dwight McNeil, Wout Weghorst and Jay Rodriguez kept their places.
But with substitute appearances for Ashley Westwood and Charlie Taylor who are both coming back from illness and injury respectively, there could be some changes coming for Burnley’s next league match against Leicester City midweek.
The rolling average of changes made to Burnley’s starting line-up per Premier League game decreased from 1.77 to 1.70 changes.
Breakdown of minutes for the past ten games can be found below:
CRYSTAL PALACE
Three changes for Palace following their 4-1 win against Watford. Luka Milivojevic, James McArthur and Jeffrey Schlupp came in for Cheikhou Kouyate, Will Hughes and Jean-Philippe Mateta.
Jack Butland, Nathanial Clyne, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guehi, Tyrick Mitchell, Connor Gallagher, Michael Olise and Wilfried Zaha remained in the line-up.
The rolling average of changes made to Palace’s starting line-up per Premier League game increased from 2.00 to 2.04 changes.
Breakdown of minutes for the past ten games can be found below:
EVERTON
Frank Lampard made just the one change to his eleven despite losing 2-0 to Southampton last weekend and it was a forced one with Dominic Calvert-Lewin picking up an injury. He was replaced by Abdoulaye Doucoure.
It meant Jordan Pickford, Seamus Coleman, Mason Holgate, Michael Keane, Jonjoe Kenny, Allan, Alex Iwobi, Donny van de Beek, Anthony Gordon and Richarlison kept their starting places.
The rolling average of changes made to Everton’s starting line-up per Premier League game decreased from 2.68 to 2.61 changes.
Breakdown of minutes for the past ten games can be found below:
LEEDS
Marcelo Bielsa made two changes following the 6-0 loss to Liverpool midweek. Diego Llorente and Robin Koch returned to the side after recovering from their respective knocks to replace Mateusz Klich and Rodrigo.
Illan Meslier, Luke Ayling, Pascal Struijk, Junior Firpo, Raphinha, Stuart Dallas, Adam Forshaw, Jack Harrison and Daniel James kept their starting places.
The rolling average of changes made to Leeds’s starting line-up per Premier League game increased from 1.75 to 1.76 changes.
Breakdown of minutes for the past ten games can be found below:
MANCHESTER CITY
Despite the 3-2 loss to Tottenham, Pep Guardiola kept almost the same starting line-up, with the only change coming from John Stones replacing Kyle Walker at right-back.
It meant Ederson, Ruben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Joao Cancelo, Kevin de Bruyne, Rodri, Ilkay Gundogan, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva and Raheem Sterling remained in the eleven.
The rolling average of changes made to City’s starting line-up per Premier League game decreased from 2.88 to 2.81 changes.
Breakdown of minutes for the past ten games can be found below:
MANCHESTER UNITED
There were four changes for United this gameweek as Ralf Rangnick used the game to rest some of his starters. Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho all dropped to the bench to be replaced by Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Alex Telles, Nemanja Matic and Anthony Elanga.
David De Gea, Victor Lindelof, Raphael Varane, Fred, Paul Pogba, Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo kept their starting places.
The rolling average of changes made to United’s starting line-up per Premier League game increased from 2.56 to 2.65 changes.
Breakdown of minutes for the past ten games can be found below:
NEWCASTLE
The Magpies remained unchanged from the line-up that drew 1-1 with West Ham last weekend, with Martin Dubravka, Matt Targett, Dan Burn, Fabian Schar, Emile Krafth, Joe Willock, Jonjo Shelvey, Joelinton, Ryan Fraser, Chris Wood and Jacob Murphy all starting again.
The rolling average of changes made to Newcastle’s starting line-up per Premier League game decreased from 2.26 to 2.17 changes.
Breakdown of minutes for the past ten games can be found below:
NORWICH
Dean Smith also made no changes following their 3-1 loss to Liverpool in GW26 – Angus Gunn, Max Aarons, Grant Hanley, Ben Gibson, Brandon Williams, Billy Gilmour, Mathias Normann, Kenny McLean, Josh Sargent, Teemu Pukki and Milot Rashica kept their places.
The rolling average of changes made to Norwich’s starting line-up per Premier League game decreased from 2.58 to 2.48 changes.
Breakdown of minutes for the past ten games can be found below:
SOUTHAMPTON
Southampton were also unchanged from last weekend, when they beat Everton 2-0. Fraser Forster, Tino Livramento, Jan Bednarek, Mohammed Salisu, Kyle Walker-Peters, Stuart Armstrong, James Ward-Prowse, Oriol Romeu, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Che Adams and Armando Broja all remained.
The rolling average of changes made to Saint’s starting line-up per Premier League game decreased from 2.46 to 2.36 changes.
Breakdown of minutes for the past ten games can be found below:
TOTTENHAM
Despite losing 1-0 to Burnley midweek, Antonio Conte only made two changes. Emerson Royal was benched for Mat Doherty at full-back, while a leg injury to Rodrigo Bentancur gave way for Harry Winks to start.
Hugo Lloris, Cristian Romero, Eric Dier, Ben Davies, Ryan Sessegnon, Pierre-Emile Hojberg, Dejan Kulusevski, Son Heung-Min and Harry Kane all kept their places.
The rolling average of changes made to Spurs’ starting line-up per Premier League game decreased from 2.39 to 2.38 changes.
Breakdown of minutes for the past ten games can be found below:
WATFORD
Despite losing 4-1 to Crystal Palace, Roy Hodgson only felt the need to make one change with Jeremy Ngakia replacing the injured Kiko Femenia.
Ben Foster, Craig Cathcart, Samir, Hassane Kamara, Moussa Sissoko, Irman Louza, Tom Cleverley, Ismaila Sarr, Josh King and Emmanual Dennis avoided the chop.
The rolling average of changes made to Watford’s starting line-up per Premier League game decreased from 2.50 to 2.44 changes.
Breakdown of minutes for the past ten games can be found below:
WEST HAM
Two changes for West Ham. Ben Johnson replaced the injured Ryan Fredericks, while Said Benrahma dropped to the bench to make way for the returning Manual Lanzini.
Lukasz Fabianski, Craig Dawson, Kurt Zouma, Aaron Cresswell, Tomas Soucek, Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen, Pablo Fornals and Michail Antonio kept their places.
The rolling average of changes made to West Ham’s starting line-up per Premier League game increased from 1.32 to 1.35 changes.
Breakdown of minutes for the past ten games can be found below:
WOLVES
Wolves don’t rotate often but Bruno Lage made an exception for this gameweek, making five changes following the 2-1 midweek loss to Arsenal.
Ki-Jana Hoever, Marcal, Leander Dendoncker, Francisco Trincao and Fabio Silva replaced Nelson Semedo (injured), Rayan Ait Nouri, Joao Moutinho, Raul Jimenez and Daniel Podence.
Only Jose Sa, Max Kilman, Conor Coady, Romain Saiss, Ruben Neves and Hee-Chan Hwang remained.
The rolling average of changes made to Wolves’s starting line-up per Premier League game increased from 1.63 to 1.76 changes.
Breakdown of minutes for the past ten games can be found below:
Note1. This update does not include the midweek game between Burnley and Leicester City.
Note2. Arsenal, Chelsea, Leicester City and Liverpool did not play a Premier League game this weekend due to Chelsea and Liverpool’s involvement in the League Cup Final.
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