Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend

Ralf Rangnick makes United bow, Nathan Aké needs to take his chance and Leeds wait on Patrick Bamford

Chelsea were far from their best in victory against Watford in midweek and Thomas Tuchel admitted his side were lucky to take all three points. The German was forced to rotate his squad heavily for the trip to Vicarage Road and will reshuffle his deck again before his team’s lunchtime appointment at West Ham after Trevoh Chalobah succumbed to a hamstring injury. The young central defender joins the key players Reece James, Mateo Kovacic, N’Golo Kanté and Ben Chilwell in the treatment room. In better news for Chelsea, Romelu Lukaku got 21 minutes under his belt on Wednesday while Jorginho should replace Saúl Ñiguez, who, not for the first time this season, was hooked at half-time and looks to have played his last game on loan at the club. BG

West Ham v Chelsea, Saturday 12.30pm (all times shown GMT)

Newcastle v Burnley, Saturday 3pm

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