Pat Nevin
Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

Pep Guardiola has an incredible squad, I was looking at both teams' form and the last five games for Arsenal they are winning 19-2, then Manchester City are 19-3!

It's absolutely incredible.They are both doing fantastically well scoring goals.

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham midfielder Giovani Lo Celso has overcome a calf problem and could play for the first time in eight weeks.

Steven Bergwijn, Cristian Romero and Ryan Sessegnon remain sidelined.

Today's game between Leicester City and Norwich City has been postponed due to a number of positive Covid cases as well as injuries within the visiting playing squad.

The Premier League Board said it accepted Norwich's request to postpone the fixture because they did not have enough players to fulfil the game.

Newcastle United's Premier League match away to Southampton on Sunday has also been postponed because of Covid-19 cases and injuries in the Magpies squad.

Newcastle's match at Everton was postponed on Thursday after the club asked for the game to be called off.

And Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is uncertain whether his side's match at Chelsea on Sunday will go ahead as the club await PCR test results.

Watford

Watford's leading scorer Emmanuel Dennis is available to face Tottenham, and throughout January, as he will not play in the Africa Cup of Nations.

Dennis is not being released by Watford because the Nigerian federation did not request him for the tournament in time.

Tom Cleverley has recovered from a hamstring strain but Kiko Femenia will miss out with a similar issue.

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Nice to see youngsters Luke Mbete and Kayky on the bench for Manchester City.

Mbete, 18, is a promising English defender, while Kayky is an 18-year-old Brazilian forward who joined from Fluminese in the summer.

Kayky was an unused substitute against Leicester on Boxing Day but this is Mbete's first time in a Premier League matchday squad for City.

Arsenal are unbeaten in 11 home games on New Year's Day since losing 2-1 to Tottenham in 1985 (W9, D2).

Their last defeat on 1 January was 2-0 at Southampton in 2015.

Manchester City begin 2022 eight points clear - all five of the previous sides who began the new year with a lead of eight points or more went on to win the Premier League.

They have won seven of their past eight Premier League games on New Year's Day, with the exception a 1-0 loss at Sunderland in 2012.

A whopping 304 players scored Premier League goals for their teams in 2021, but how many can you name?

Take our quiz and find out.

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Mikel Arteta, watching from home after testing positive for Covid-19, makes just one change to the Arsenal side that beat Norwich 5-0 on 26 December.

Takehiro Tomiyasu returns at right-back, meaning Rob Holding drops to the bench.

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tierney, Partey, Xhaka, Odegaard, Saka, Martinelli, Lacazette.

Subs: Leno, Smith Rowe, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Soares, Pepe, Tavares, Lokonga, Elneny.

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Joao Cancelo starts for Manchester City despite being injured in a robbery two days ago as the visitors make three changes to the side that beat Brentford.

Rodri comes in for Fernandinho in midfield, while Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez replace Jack Grealish and Phil Foden, who is not in the squad.

Kyle Walker also returns on the bench for City.

Man City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Dias, Laporte, Ake, Rodri, De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling, Mahrez, Jesus.

Subs: Steffen, Walker, Gundogan, Grealish, Fernandinho, Kayky, Mbete, Palmer, McAtee.

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Joao Cancelo starts for Manchester City just two days after being attacked in a robbery.

Full team news to follow.

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For football fans, 2022 could be a memorable year.

It is an action-packed 12 months, starting with the FA Cup third round and Africa Cup of Nations, Premier League and Women's Super League title races and then the delayed Women's European Championships in July - and ending with the men's World Cup in Qatar in November and December.

Here are some of the things you can look forward to...

Team news in five minutes!

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Both clubs have faced a difficult week.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is isolating after testing positive for Covid.

Assistants Albert Stuivenberg and and Steve Round will lead the team today.

It is the second time Arteta has had Covid, while Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard and Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira missed matches over the Christmas period following positive tests.

Arsenal trio Takehiro Tomiyasu, Cedric Soares and Callum Chambers also missed the win at Norwich because of positive tests.

Meanwhile, Joao Cancelo will be part of Manchester City's squad despite being injured in a robbery on Thursday.

The full-back suffered cuts to the face after attempting to fight off a gang of four intruders at his home.

An eventful 2021 is over - but how well do you remember what happened in football last year?

English teams, including the national side, played in the major three European finals in the summer and there were some supreme goalscoring exploits elsewhere.

Take our quiz of the year to test your knowledge.

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Arsenal v Man City (12:30 GMT)

Watford v Tottenham (15:00 GMT)

Crystal Palace v West Ham (17:30 GMT)

We're kicking off 2022 with three Premier League games and a nice juicy one between Arsenal and Manchester City is up first.

Can City extend their lead at the top? Can Arsenal consolidate their position in the top four? And can Watford pull away even further from the relegation zone when they face Tottenham later?

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