They are still waiting on Rashad Singleton to
make his first appearance of the season as well.
Burnley travel to the City Ground today to play Nottingham Forest in the Professional Development League with the significant news that two players will be
making their first appearances of the season as they come back from injury.
Not exact matches
Last campaign, Kompany was only capable
of making 13
appearances in all competitions
as Man City finished fourth in the Premier League in Guardiola's
first season in England.
The 18 - year - old midfielder is really starting to
make a name for himself in the Championship with Derby County, establishing himself
as a key part
of the
first team in the 2012/13
season,
making 35
appearances.
Still, the absence
of Gibbs could mean another star for Spanish youngster Hector Bellerin, who has
made a few unexpected
appearances in the
first - team this
season as a host
of big names have been out
of key fixtures.
Atsu spent the
first half
of the
season with new boys Bournemouth, but
made just two
appearances for the club in the League Cup, and there are fears that he won't play again at Stamford Bridge
as he has too much competition there.
The
first glaring observation is Walcott's lack
of games during the last two
seasons with Sterling
making almost three times
as many
appearances due to the Arsenal player's continued injury problems.
Poor Jack Wilshere was cast
as a superstar
of the future when he broke into Arsenal's
first team at the tender age
of 16, and finally became a
first - team regular at 18 years
of age and
made a massive 49
appearances on the 2010/11
season.
The Dutchman missed Southampton's
first four league games
of the
season as he recovered from a ligament injury he suffered in January but came on
as a substitute in the side's 1 - 0 win away at Crystal Palace to
make his
first appearance of the new campaign.
The 23 - year - old has struggled to establish himself in Luis Enrique's side this
season,
as although he's
made 44
appearances in all competitions, he hasn't been one
of the
first names on the team sheet and has managed just three goals and two assists in those outings.
Despite racking up 344
first - team
appearances for Liverpool, it was a different story for Lucas last
season as he
made just 12 league starts, while also being used
as a makeshift central defender in the event
of absentees in the backline.
Davies has
made over 350
appearances for the Trotters and notched up 74 goals in the process though this
season he has been in and out
of the
first team and hasn't started a Premier League match for over a month
as N'Gog looks to have become a more favoured choice for the Bolton boss.
The 24 - year - old is yet to
make an
appearance for United this
season as manager Louis van Gaal opted for summer signing Sergio Romero in between the sticks for the club's
first six games
of the new
season.
And that was just the beginning
of things to come, a week later Arsenal faced further humiliation at the hands
of Liverpool,
as they were battered 4 - 0 at Anfield, with Chilean star Alexis Sanchez
making his
first appearance of the
season.
He only
made 13
appearances in his
first season, even spending the second half
of the campaign at Chelsea and barely played
as Inter won the treble the following year.
The 21 year old who was rated the best defender on show for his team in their last weekend clash against Groningen has so far
made 26
appearances this
season with a goal to his name from his position
as a full back for ADO Deen Haag who ate struggling to remain in the
first division
of Dutch football League.
Peter Crouch
made 11 Premier League
appearances — only four
of which were
as a starter — for Stoke City last
season, and failed to score a league goal for the
first time in over a decade.
He
made his
first appearance of the
season for the U23s yesterday in their 1 - 4 loss to Everton, coming on
as a substitute in the 64th minute and twice almost reduced the deficit with efforts that brought out good saves from the Everton shot stopper.
Dutch goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen
made his
first appearance of the
season, while there were also starts for Barcelona B players Carles Alena and Jose Arnaiz
as well
as Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen, while Javier Mascherano captained the side.
Mourinho could throw a couple
of the youth players into the team, with Lewis Baker, Dominic Solanke and Isiah Brown mentioned at the start
of the
season as possibly
making a couple
of first team
appearances.
Fresh off winning the FA Youth Cup in his
first season as a scholar in 2015 - 16, he
made overtures to head out on loan with just a single Under - 21
appearance to his name, whilst still only 17 years
of age.
Gabby»
as Houllier likes to call him, because he struggles to pronounce his surname, has
made only a handful
of appearances for Villa this
season and his absence from the
first - team fold has been so noticeable.
Small, stocky and quite powerful for his size on the ball, he has already
made well over 100 senior
appearances over the last four
seasons and will be at the centre
of Markus Weinzierl's plans in his
first season in charge at the Veltins - Arena after having impressed
as manager
of Bundesliga overachievers Augsburg.
As Gov. Andrew Cuomo prepares to
make his
first campaign
appearance of the 2011
season at a GOTV rally for Democratic Suffolk County executive contender Steve Bellone this afternoon, his Republican predecessor, ex-Gov.
Brandon Routh
makes his
first appearance as Ray Palmer in the
Season 3 premiere
of Arrow on October 8.
Returning guest stars include Laurie Metcalf
as Sheldon's mother Mary and Courtney Henggeler
as his twin sister Missy, the latter
of whom is
making her
first appearance since
Season 1; John Ross Bowie
as Kripke and Brian Posehn
as Bert, the gang's CalTech coworkers; and Wil Wheaton
as himself, Sheldon's frenemy.
The game marked the peak
of what has been a historic
season for the Eagles,
as along with this being their
first time
making an
appearance in the State Finals, prior to this year they had never come out
as the victor in their region.