In this blog, we take a look at GW9 fixtures, presenting you with FPL GW9 Predicted Lineups, Injuries, and Press Conference updates.
Note: These lineups have been predicted based on Wednesday and Thursday’s press conferences so far. The final lineups will be updated after Friday’s press conferences conclude. Stay tuned!
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Arsenal
Arsenal GW9 Predicted formation:
Arsenal GW9 Predicted lineup:
Raya
Timber – Saliba – Gabriel – Calafiori
Zubimendi – Rice
Saka – Eze – Trossard
Gyokeres
Notes/Injury Updates:
Odegaard, Madueke, Havertz, and Jesus are out.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa GW9 Predicted formation:
Aston Villa GW9 Predicted Lineup:
Martinez
Cash – Torres – Konsa – Digne
Onana – Kamara
McGinn – Rogers – Guessand
Watkins
Aston Villa Notes/Injury Updates:
Digne has been ruled out for Aston Villa’s Europa League clash against Go Ahead Eagles tonight due to an injury he sustained against Spurs last weekend. He is doubtful for this weekend’s fixture against Man City.
Tielemans and Andres Garcia are most likely out as they remain injured.
Mings could return to contention as he continues his recovery from an ankle injury.
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Bournemouth
Bournemouth GW9 Predicted formation
Bournemouth GW9 Predicted lineup:
Petrovic
Jiminez – Senesi – Diakite – Truffert
Adams – Scott
Tavernier – Kluivert – Semenyo
E.J. Kroupi
Bournemouth Team News & Key Notes:
David Brooks is doubtful with a small muscle injury, having missed last weekend’s Palace clash.
Evanilson is most likely out too with a muscle injury. He was a surprise miss from last weekend’s 3-3 thriller against Palace. E.J. Kroupi should start in his place after an excellent display, including a brace, against Palace.
Iraola on Brooks and Evanlison last weekend after his side’s draw(via the Bournemouth Echo): “I wouldn’t say a few weeks. Right now, he’s [Evanilson] definitely out today. It’s going to be difficult for next one but it’s a small injury in the soleus.I hope he doesn’t lose a lot of games but I don’t know. I have no idea.”
“Both of them [with David Brooks’ issue that kept him out of the Palace trip] are small injuries, are muscle injuries.Brooks coming from the national team and Evanilson in training, small injuries. I don’t know how I cannot tell you if it’s one week, two weeks, three weeks. I don’t know.”
Adam Smith was included in the squad facing Palace last weekend. Although he was left an unused substitute, he should be available this weekend against Forest as well.
Enes Unal has made progress in his recovery, taking his first step in his return to fitness with a 45-minute appearance for Bournemouth’s development squad this week.
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Brighton
Brighton GW9 Predicted formation
Brighton GW9 Predicted lineup:
Verbruggen
Wieffer – Van Hecke – Dunk – Kadioglu
Baleba – Ayari
Minteh – Rutter – D. Gomez
Welbeck
Brighton Team News and Key Notes:
Diego Gomez is doubtful for this weekend’s fixture against Man United. He had been struggling with a hip injury but passed a late fitness test and started last weekend’s 2-1 win over Newcastle. However, he was forced off in the first half after sustaining a knock to the hip, causing concern over his fitness.
Hurzeler on Gomez’s injury after the Newcastle win (via Sussex World): “I don’t think it’s the same injury. I think it’s a hit on his hip. I can’t give any more information, but we have to wait for the scan.”
Gomez was spotted in training, though, ahead of their trip to Old Trafford, according to the aforementioned outlet.
Veltman, Mitoma, and Gruda are doubtful.
Adam Webster, Solly March, and Jack Hinshelwood are still out.
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Burnley
Burnley GW9 Predicted formation
Burnley GW9 Predicted lineup:
Dubravka
Walker – Tuanzebe – Esteve – Hartman
Cullen – Luis
Larsen – Ugochukwu – Anthony
Foster
Burnley Team News and Key Notes:
Foster missed last weekend’s 2-0 win over Leeds after enduring a dead leg on international duty. He should return to the starting lineup this weekend against Wolves.
Scott Parker switched to a 4-2-3-1 formation last weekend with Ugochukwu playing the No.10 role. The midfielder got on the scoresheet and is expected to start in a similar position this weekend.
Jordan Beyer, Connor Roberts, and Zeki Amdouni are out.
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Brentford
Brentford GW9 Predicted formation:
Brentford GW9 Predicted lineup:
Kelleher
Kayode – Collins – Van Den Berg – Ajer – Hickey
Yarmolyuk – Henderson – Damsgaard
Thiago – Schade
Brentford team news:
Maghoma and Antoni Milambo are out, with the latter set to miss the remainder of the season.
Aaron Hickey endured a knock on international duty and missed last weekend’s 2-0 win over West Ham. But he had already returned to training and should be back in the starting XI for a big game against Liverpool on Saturday night.
Chelsea
Chelsea GW9 Predicted formation:
Chelsea GW9 Predicted lineup:
Robert Sanchez
James – Acheampong – Chalobah – Cucurella
Caicedo – Lavia
Neto – Enzo Fernandez – Estevao
J. Pedro
Chelsea Team News and Notes:
Gusto is suspended for Saturday’s clash against Sunderland after picking up a red card against Nottingham Forest last weekend. He missed Chelsea’s midweek UCL win over Ajax as well due to illness.
Enzo Fernandez is back after missing the Forest win. He played against Ajax and should start against Sunderland as well.
Palmer, Colwill, Essguo, Badiashile, and Delap are out.
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Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace GW9 Predicted Formation
Crystal Palace GW9 Predicted lineup:
Henderson
Guehi – Lacroix – Richards
Munoz – Hughes – Wharton- Mitchell
Sarr – Pino
Mateta
Crystal Palace Notes/Injury Updates:
Glasner revealed in his pre-match press conference ahead of their Conference League clash against AEK Larnaca: “We’ve no injury concerns – all players are fit, all players look really good, and are in good shape, so we’re ready for our first home game in the Conference League.”
So stay tuned for updates after the game and after his pre-Arsenal press conference.
Caleb Kporha, Chadi Riad, and Cheick Doucouré are still out.
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Everton
Everton GW8 Predicted Formation
Everton GW9 Predicted lineup
Pickford
O’Brien – Tarkowski – Keane – Mykolenko
Gueye – Garner
Ndiaye – Dewsbury-Hall – Grealish
Beto
Everton Injury News/Updates:
Grealish will return to the starting XI after missing Everton’s 2-0 defeat to his parent club, Man City, due to a clause in his loan contract.
Bad news for Everton fans. Jarrad Branthwaite has suffered a major setback in his recovery. It was reported that he had returned to training but it has now been revealed that he will undergo surgery on his hamstring and is set for an extended time off.
Merlin Rohl made his return last weekend in a 20-minute appearance against Man City. He will be available.
Fulham
Fulham GW9 Predicted formation:
4-2-3-1
Fulham GW9 Predicted lineup:
Leno
Castagne – Cuenca – Diop – Sessegnon
Berge – Lukic
H.Wilson – King – Iwobi
Jiminez
Latest Updates:
Lukic picked up an injury against Bournemouth and missed their Arsenal clash last weekend, while Cairney endured an issue against Arsenal. Both players have returned to fitness and are in contention against Newcastle this weekend. Lukic has started all 7 fixtures he was available for, so he should return to the starting lineup.
Silva on Lukic and Cairney: “Tom Cairney, nothing special [with the injury] as we expected, is going to be in contention. Saša Lukić is going to be in contention. The response from him has been very good. Top professional, top guy. He takes care of himself in a top way. He trained today again, let’s see how he’s going to be tomorrow.”
Tete is back in contention after returning to the squad last weekend.
Silva on Tete: “Starting from the back, Kenny was already involved in the last game – not 100 per cent, but he was already on the bench. He has had a good week so far and he is going to be in contention for the game.”
Joachim Andersen sustained a muscle injury against Arsenal and is out for the Newcastle game, joining Muniz, Robinson, and Chukwueze on the sidelines.
Silva on their injuries: “Joachim Andersen, as we expected and as I mentioned after the match, has a muscle injury. It’s not so serious, but he is going to be out and not available for the Newcastle match, Antonee Robinson neither, as well. Chukwueze still out, Rodrigo out.”
Harry Wilson is doubtful. He started last weekend against Arsenal, but was apparently playing through a knock he sustained on international duty.
Silva on Wilson: “About Harry Wilson, he got a knock with the national team, a small issue. He made the squad to play against Arsenal, but let’s see if he’s going to be ready or not. Yesterday he was not in the condition, today he didn’t train as well. Let’s see tomorrow how he reacts. Nothing really serious, but let’s see how he is going to be tomorrow, and after I will take a decision.”
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Leeds
Leeds GW9 Predicted formation
Leeds GW9 Predicted lineup:
Darlow
Bogle – Struijk – Rodon – Gudmundsson
Longstaff – Ampadu- Stach
Aaronson – Calvert Lewin – Okafor
Leeds team news:
Gnoto is likely out, while Okafor, who missed last weekend’s defeat to Burnley after a late injury, may or may not be available.
Farke on Okafor and Gnoto: “Obviously, we have a few problems in the offence in terms of availability. Noah Okafor and Willy Gnonto are making some good progress in their rehab but they were not able to complete the whole team training during this week so far.”
“We will definitely take some late decisions. Obviously, Noah was not out as long as Willy. Perhaps for him it is a bit more realistic to be involved but we will see.”
Ampadu and Struijk are doubtful as well, as they are ill.
Farke on Ampadu and Struijk: “Also, a few players are struggling with illnesses at the moment, like probably the whole country is doing at the moment. Also, Ethan Ampadu and Pascal Struijk missed team training today, so also question marks about their availability.”
Daniel James and Lucas Perri returned with appearances off the bench last weekend and are available
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Liverpool
Liverpool GW9 Predicted Formation:
4-2-3-1
Liverpool GW9 Predicted lineup:
Mamardashvili
Bradley – Konate – Van Dijk – Kerkez
Mac Allister – Szoboszlai
Salah – Wirtz – Gakpo
Ekitike
Liverpool Team News and Key Notes:
Frimpong and Isak are out after being forced off in Liverpool’s 5-1 win over Frankfurt this week. Frimpong was subbed off after just 20 minutes due to a hamstring injury, while Isak sustained a groin injury and was replaced at half-time.
Slot on Frimpong: “Jeremie is a hamstring issue. He came back from a hamstring injury a few weeks ago and played for the national team one game, came back to us and now unfortunately after 10, 15 minutes, I don’t know, he had to go off.”
Slot on Isak: “Alex had to go off at half-time and that’s the difficult balance we were having with him. When he came, he hardly had trained, so you bring him step by step forward and then you feel there must be a moment where he can play twice a week – he did it with Sweden as well. But the first time we tried he had to go off and let’s hope it is not that bad. He had to come off because he felt his groin. Many people told me they wanted me to play him more and we had to find the balance and unfortunately that balance didn’t work out for us today perfectly. Let’s hope for the best. Both of them did what I was hoping for, making runs in behind, making sure they were a big threat and both of them did well.”
“He did not come back [from the international break] with an injury. I said that he missed out [on] pre-season and didn’t train for a long time with the team. He came on the first of September, so we had to bring him towards once a week and now we try to bring him to twice a week, which he did for the national team. But he was perfectly fit when he came back from the national team and he was perfectly fit before the United game, and we were expecting him to be ready to play again today – which he did but he felt his groin, indeed, a little bit.”
Gravenberch is doubtful for this weekend. He picked up an ankle injury against Man United last weekend and missed the Frankfurt clash.
Slot on Gravenberch in his pre-Frankfurt press conference: “Yeah, I had to take him off during the weekend because he limped a little bit, as we could all see. So, unfortunately, he’s not ready to play tomorrow.”
“Ryan is not available for the Frankfurt game, hopefully he will be available at the weekend. But it’s an ankle injury, we have to wait and see, give him a bit of time and see where he is when we come back from Frankfurt.”
Endo is doubtful.
Alisson, Giovanni Leoni, Stefan Bajcetic, and Jayden Danns are out.
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Manchester City
Man City GW9 Predicted formation
Man City GW9 Predicted lineup:
Donnarumma
M.Nunes – Dias – Stones – Gvardiol
Silva – N.Gonzalez – Reijnders
Foden – Haaland – Doku
Man City Notes/Injury Update:
Rodri and Khusanov are doubtful
Ait Nouri and Marmoush should be in contention after returning to training and the squad against Villarreal in the UCL this week, with the latter making a brief appearance.
Nico Gonzalez is doubtful as well after enduring a minor knock to his foot against Villarreal.
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Manchester United
Man United GW9 Predicted formation:
Man United GW9 Predicted lineup:
Lammens
Maguire – De Ligt – Shaw
Diallo – Bruno Fernandes – Casemiro – Dalot
Mbeumo – Mount
Cunha
Man United Notes/Injury Update:
Lisandro Martinez is out.
Mazraoui returned to the squad against Liverpool last weekend.
Newcastle United
Newcastle United GW9 Predicted formation:
Newcastle United GW9 Predicted lineup:
Pope
Trippier – Thiaw – Botman – Burn
B.Guimaraes – Tonali – Joelinton
Elanga – Woltemade- Gordon
Newcastle United Injury News/Notes:
Tonali was unavailable for Newcastle’s midweek UCL clash against Benfica after missing their training this week due to illness. He should be back this weekend, though.
Hall and Wissa are doubtful as they progress in their recovery.
Livramento is out.
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest GW9 Predicted formation:
Nottingham Forest GW9 Predicted lineup:
Sels
Milenkovic – Morato – Murillo
Williams – Luiz – Anderson – Zinchenko
Gibbs White – Wood – Ndoye
Forest team news:
Nottingham Forest sacked Ange Postecoglou after a spell of poor form that ended with their 3-0 defeat to Chelsea last weekend. Sean Dyche has been appointed. It remains to be seen how the Englishman lines up his new team.
Wood is doubtful as he is struggling with a knee issue. The striker played 15 minutes against Chelsea last weekend, but he is a doubt for Dyche’s first game in charge against Porto in the Europa League tonight.
Dyche on Wood (via Nottinghamshire Live): “Woody got a knock. We’re wondering whether it’s going to settle down – it’s probably touch and go at the moment, because it does need settling down. He’s been off the grass. We’re going to have to be touch and go and see how that one is. We will see how he is.”
Ola Aina is out.
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Sunderland
Sunderland GW9 Predicted formation
Sunderland GW9 Predicted lineup:
Roefs
Hume – Ballard – Mukiele – Masuaku
Xhaka – Sadiki
Traore – Rigg – Le Fee
Isidor
Sunderland team news:
Alderete will miss this weekend’s Chelsea clash as he nurses a concussion.
Le Bris on Alderete: “Omar is under concussion protocols with daily assessments, so we’ll keep monitoring his progress during the end of this week and next week to see if he’s able to be available to face Everton. For now, it is too early to tell.”
Reinildo has completed his suspension and will be available this weekend. He should start as LB, with Mukiele starting on the right.
Diarra, Romaine Mundle, Leo Hjelde, Dennis Cirkin, and Aji Alese are out.
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Spurs
Spurs GW9 Predicted formation:
Spurs GW9 Predicted lineup:
Vicario
Porro – Van der Ven – Danso – Spence
Bentancur – Palhinha
Kudus – Xavi Simmons – Odobert
Richarlison
Spurs team news:
Romero is doubtful after missing Spurs’ midweek UCL clash against Monaco and their defeat to Villa last weekend due to an adductor strain. Kevin Danso has started their last 2 fixtures in his place.
Frank on Romero in his pre-match press conference before Monaco: “It’s an adductor strain. We will assess it more this week before we come with any timeframe. No, I don’t think [it’s a cause for concern]. For me it’s an adductor strain. We’ll assess him this week and then we’ll know more.”
Udogie did not travel with the squad to Monaco and is a doubt for this weekend’s clash against Everton.
Frank on Udogie before the Monaco clash: “No. The latest is that he got that knee irritation after the international duty. That we are assessing and working very hard to get on top of. We’ll know more probably, you know, day by day, or in the next week.”
Odobert is doubtful too after being forced off due to some pain against Monaco.
Frank on Odobert after the Monaco draw: “Actually, I don’t know, but of course we subbed him off because there was some pain, but I don’t know the consequences of it.”
Maddison, Kulusevski, Solanke, Bissouma, and Dragusin are out.
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West Ham
West Ham GW9 Predicted formation:
West Ham GW9 Predicted lineup:
Areola
Walker Peters- Todibo – Kilman – Diouf
Soucek
Bowen – Paqueta – Fernandes – Summerville
Wilson
West Ham Team News and Notes:
Mavropanos is out for the Leeds clash after sustaining an injury against Brentford on Monday night and being forced off in the latter stages of the match despite coming on from the bench.
Nuno on Mavropanos: “Yeah, he (Mavropanos) is injured, he came off. Now he’s doing a scan to see the real injury that he has. I cannot answer exactly how long he’s going to be out. For sure, this game is not an option for us, unfortunately.”
Todibo should start in his place.
Fullkrug and George Earthy are out
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Wolves
Wolves GW9 Predicted formation:
Wolves GW9 Predicted lineup:
Johnstone
Doherty – L.Krejci – S.Bueno – H.Bueno
Andre – Joao Gomes – Munetsi
Arias – Larsen – R. Gomes
Wolves Team News and Notes:
It should be noted that Pereira has stated to the media before that Larsen, despite starting against Sunderland last weekend, is suffering from Achilles pain.
Hee Chan and Bellegarde are doubtful.
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