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FPL GW20 Predicted Lineups
Arsenal
Arsenal GW20 Predicted formation:
Arsenal GW20 Predicted lineup:
Raya
Timber – Saliba – Gabriel – Hincapie
Zubimendi – Odegaard – Eze
Saka – Gyokeres – Trossard
Notes/Injury Updates:
Declan Rice was unavailable in GW19 due to a knee injury. He is doubtful for Arsenal’s GW20 fixture against Bournemouth, with the swelling on his knee NOT reduced yet.
Arteta on Rice: “Not yet, and we have another session today, so let’s see how he comes in today and how that’s feeling, but [he Villa] game was too early for him.”
Rice update from Friday night: Declan Rice has travelled with the Arsenal squad for the game tomorrow. The England International pushed all day to play against Villa earlier this week but fell just short. Decision to be made tomorrow. via @HandsofArsenal
Arteta on whether any fresh injuries emerged after Tuesday’s 4-1 win over Aston Villa: “No, we haven’t trained yet, so today’s going to be the first training session with the players who started against Villa. We will know more this afternoon. “
Ben White returned to the squad for Arsenal’s 4-1 win over Aston Villa on New Year’s Eve.
Gabriel made his first start after a spell on the sidelines against Villa. He was withdrawn in the second half after going down on the pitch, and he seemed unable to continue. However, reports suggest that it was just a cramp and the Brazilian was taken off as a precautionary measure (via ESPN Brazil correspondent Joao Castelo-Branco), so he should be available for this gameweek.
Calafiori is out, Arteta confirmed, with the left-back unavailable for Arsenal’s last 2 fixtures with an unspecified injury.
Havertz was included in the squad against Villa as well, but he was an unused substitute.
Timber is now fit and available, having started the Villa fixture.
Mosquera is out.
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Aston Villa
Aston Villa GW20 Predicted formation:
Aston Villa GW20 Predicted Lineup:
Emi Martinez
Cash – Lindelof – Konsa – Maatsen
Kamara –Tielemans
McGinn – Rogers – Buendia
Watkins
Aston Villa Notes/Injury Updates:
Pau Torres, Mings, and Barkley are out.
Cash and Kamara have returned from suspension and should start.
Onana received medical attention in the first half against Arsenal but continued on until the break, when he was subbed off. He is ruled out.
Unai Emery says Pau Torres and Tyrone Mings are due back within the next fortnight, but Amadou Onana faces a longer spell on the sidelines.
Emery on team news in his pre-Forest presser: “Now we have some players injured. They are close to coming back, some of them, but still a lot of players are not available for tomorrow. But we have enough players to compete against Nottingham Forest.”
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Bournemouth
Bournemouth GW20 Predicted formation
Bournemouth GW20 Predicted lineup:
Petrovic
Jiminez – Senesi – Hill – Truffert
Scott – Tavernier
Brooks – Kluivert – Semenyo
Evanlison
Bournemouth Team News & Key Notes:
Tyler Adams, Akinmboni, Milosavljevic, Ryan Christie, and Ben Doak are out.
Semenyo is close to finalising a move to Manchester City in January, per multiple reports, causing speculation over his selection in the coming gameweeks. However, Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola has confirmed that Semenyo will definitely play against Arsenal in GW20.
Lewis Cook missed the Chelsea draw due to a neck issue. He is set for a late assessment ahead of the Arsenal game.
Iraola on Cook: “With Lewis, we are still waiting. It’s his neck and the pain that he feels. He will try to train today, and we will see. Hopefully, he will be available for tomorrow.”
Iraola on Ryan Christie: “With Ryan it is more difficult. Ryan still has some issues with his knee and he is definitely not going to be available.”
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Brighton
Brighton GW20 Predicted formation
Brighton GW20 Predicted lineup:
Verbruggen
Veltman – Van Hecke – Dunk – Kadioglu
Hinshelwood – Ayari
Gomez – Rutter – Mitoma
Welbeck
Brighton Team News and Key Notes:
Minteh was forced off in the second half against West Ham in GW19, but the attacker should be an option against Burnley because it was merely a dead leg.
Hurzeler on Minteh in his pre-match press conference: “Yankuba’s scan was fine. It was just a dead leg. Let’s see how training goes today [Friday], then we see if he can start or not.”
Wieffer missed the West Ham draw with a toe injury and he’s out for GW20 as well.
Hurzeler on Wieffer: “Mats Wieffer has a small issue with with his toe, so he won’t be available tomorrow but I hope it’s not a big issue.”
Welbeck started the West Ham game and should be fit and available.
Hurzeler on Welbeck and Milner: “I don’t think anything has changed [since the West Ham game]. James Milner and Danny Welbeck both looked fine after the game, so I think we will have the same availability again.”
Hurzeler on Mitoma: “Kaoru Mitoma can be an option from the start – he played well. He had an impact when he came on the pitch. We know he’s a quality player for us, so therefore we are happy that he’s back.”
Baleba is unavailable due to AFCON.
Adam Webster, Tzimas, and Solly March are out.
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Burnley
Burnley GW20 Predicted formation
Burnley GW20 Predicted lineup:
Dubravka
Laurent – Ekdal – Humphreys
Walker – Florentino Luis – Ugochukwu – Lucas Pires
Bruun Larsen – Broja – Edwards
Burnley Team News and Key Notes:
Maxime Esteve returned to the starting lineup against Newcastle on NYE after a spell on the sidelines. However, his return was short-lived as he was taken off just 15 minutes into the fixture after going down with an injury.
Parker on Esteve: “Max [Estève] won’t make the weekend. He’s done some work on the grass today but obviously with the dynamics of how things went the last game really, it’s probably too much to risk with such a short turnaround. We can’t afford the same situation in game to have to make changes that early. We’re siding on the air of caution. Pick him up, get some good work into him and hopefully he’ll be fit for Wednesday. We’re hoping for a speedy recovery.”
Parker on Joe Worall: “Joe Worrall’s moving in the right direction, the next two games may come a little bit quick for him.”
Paker on Flemming: “Again, Zian is similar to Joe. Maybe there’s an option there a little bit quicker.”
Parker on squad injuries: “We are where we are in terms of the injuries, we’re extremely stretched, we’ve hit a bit of a bad run with injuries, but nothing new. It seems a lot is not going our way in terms of that, so the squad is stretched.”
Cullen is out for a substantial period after sustaining an ACL injury against Everton last weekend (via The Independent).
Foster and Tuanzebe are away at AFCON.
Jordan Beyer, Mejbri, and Zeki Amdouni are out.
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Brentford
Brentford GW20 Predicted formation:
Brentford GW20 Predicted lineup:
Kelleher
Kayode – Collins – Ajer – Rico Henry
Yarmolyuk – Henderson –Janelt
Lewis-Potter – Thiago – Schade
Brentford team news:
Andrews on team news: “As usual with a game of that type [against Tottenham], there are a few little knocks as you’d expect. I’ll assess with the staff in the next hour or so. Touch wood, everyone seems okay.”
Mathias Jensen did not make the starting lineup against Spurs as he was ill, Andrews revealed.
Andrews on Jensen: “Mathi [Jensen] wasn’t right to start; he had a bit of a bug. Jordan [Henderson] came into the team, which was the only change from the Bournemouth game when we played really, really well.”
Andrews on Reiss Nelson: “Reiss [Nelson] has been training really well and he’s a natural wide player, so I felt he was the right player to come on during the game.
Van den Berg was an unused substitute against Spurs after his knock against Bournemouth the previous gameweek. We’re expecting him to make an appearance from the bench.
Josh Dasilva, Fábio Carvalho, and Antoni Milambo are long-term absentees.
Frank Onyeka and Dango Ouattara are away at AFCON.
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Chelsea
Chelsea GW20 Predicted formation:
Chelsea GW20 Predicted lineup:
Robert Sanchez
Gusto – Fofana – Chalobah – Cucurella
Enzo – James
Neto – Cole Palmer – Estevao
J. Pedro
Chelsea Team News and Notes:
Maresca has parted ways with Chelsea after reportedly falling out with the club’s hierarchy, so prepare for some major changes in the coming weeks. Calum McFarlane is the Blues’ interim boss.
Hato is doubtful.
Cucurella missed the 2-2 draw against Bournemouth with a hamstring injury. He has returned to training though and could be an option against City as his fitness will be assessed.
McFarlane on Cucurella: “With Marc it is positive [that he’s back training] and we will see with him. We’re undecided on that [whether he will play], I don’t have the full information on him as of yet. Otherwise we don’t have any other updates on players at the moment.”
Caicedo is suspended after accumulating 5 yellow cards.
Colwill, Essugo, and Lavia are out.
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace GW20 Predicted Formation
Crystal Palace GW20 Predicted lineup:
Henderson
Cannvot – Guehi – Lacroix
Clyne – Lerma – Wharton – Mitchell
Devenny – Pino
Mateta
Crystal Palace Notes/Injury Updates:
Will Hughes is doubtful after being forced off against Fulham midweek.
New signing Brennan Johnson should be on the bench this weekend.
Oliver Glasner on Brennan Johnson signing: “I’m really delighted that Brennan has joined the club. He arrives very early in the window, so credit to the club for making this happen so quickly.”
Glasner: “After Macclesfield (FA Cup) on the 10th of January, we have four regular weeks of training. We will give the players a little time off, but then I expect Chris Richards, Daniel Muñoz, and Ismaila Sarr back, and maybe we have one or two additions.”
Glasner on team news: “Of course, if Will [Hughes] is not available, we have 13, and three days after Newcastle, we play Villa at home. Both teams are on a great run, even though Villa lost at the Emirates. “It looks like [Eddie Nketiah] is also not available. It looks like nobody will come back for this game.”
Munoz, Kamada, Doucoure, Nketiah, and Kporha are out.
Sarr is away at AFCON.
Everton
Everton GW20 Predicted Formation
Everton GW20 Predicted lineup
Pickford
Patterson – Tarkowski – O’Brien – Mykolenko
Iroegbunam – Garner
McNeil – Rohl – Grealish
Barry
Everton Injury News/Updates:
Alcaraz and Michael Keane missed Everton’s 2-0 win over Forest.
Alcaraz is ruled out, while Michael Keane “has a chance” of being available, according to Moyes.
Grealish has returned to full training after missing out entirely against Burnley in GW18 due to a bit of a virus and being used as a 72nd-minute substitute against Nottingham Forest midweek.
Moyes on Grealish: “[Grealish] is much better, he looks much better, much fresher in the face and sharper. He had a really bad illness, and it affected him with sickness and all of the other stuff that comes with it. He’s looking a bit better now and is certainly back in training.”
Dewsbury-Hall, Branthwaite, and Coleman are out.
Ndiaye and Gueye are at AFCON.
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Fulham
Fulham GW20 Predicted formation:
4-2-3-1
Fulham GW20 Predicted lineup:
Leno
Castagne – Cuenca – Andersen – Robinson
Berge – Lukic
H.Wilson – Smith Rowe – Kevin
Jiminez
Latest Updates:
Tete and Josh King are being assessed, but Silva expects both to be ruled out for Sunday’s Liverpool clash.
Muniz and Sessegnon are out.
Silva is hopeful that Sessegnon will return before they face Chelsea next week.
Bassey, Chukwueze, and Alex Iwobi are out due to AFCON.
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Leeds
Leeds GW20 Predicted formation
Leeds GW20 Predicted lineup:
Perri
Struijk – Bijol – Bogle
Justin – Gruev – Tanaka – Stach – Gudmundsson
Calvert-Lewin – Okafor
Leeds team news:
Ethan Ampadu misses out due to suspension
Daniel Farke: “Sean Longstaff out, Joe Rodon out, Daniel James out, Ethan out,” the German explained in his press conference.
DCL was on the bench vs Liverpool, but should return to the lineup against Everton
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Liverpool
Liverpool GW20 Predicted Formation:
4-2-3-1
Liverpool GW20 Predicted lineup:
Alisson
Bradley – Konate – Van Dijk – Kerkez
Curtis Jones – Gravenberch
Szoboszlai – Mac Allister – Gakpo
Ekitike
Liverpool Team News and Key Notes:
Endo, Gomez, and Isak are out.
Slot on Endo and Gomez: “I expect Joe to train with us [on Friday] and Wata not yet.”
Arne Slot about Wirtz after the game against Leeds: “Florian only trained once this week because two days after the game against Wolves, he felt his hamstring still a bit.”
Salah is away at AFCON.
Manchester City
Man City GW20 Predicted formation
Man City GW20 Predicted lineup:
Donnarumma
M.Nunes – Dias – Gvardiol – O’Reilly
Silva – Rodri – Reijnders
Cherki – Haaland – Foden
Man City Notes/Injury Update:
Doku and Rodri returned to action against Sunderland last gameweek.
Savinho was forced off in the second half against Le Bris’s men.
Guardiola on team news ahead of Chelsea: “In this period, to have two games away is so demanding. You know, Christmas times always happen and it has been a tough two games at Nottingham Forest and [at Sunderland], so yeah, we have to see.
[There’s] not much time. We’ll see what happened. Rodri is back and Jeremy – both have come from long, long injuries. So we have to be careful. [I will] talk with the doctors, with the physios and we will see. We miss Savinho, but yeah, more difficulties and the more stronger we will be.”
Bobb, Stones, and Kovacic are out.
Guardiola on managing Rodri’s fitness: “I would say we have to wait a little bit because he come back from one year and a half. Forwards and backwards and you have to be careful. But of course the schedule is the schedule you have to be but always with Rodri on the pitch we are better.”
Ait Nouri & Marmoush are away at AFCON.
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Manchester United
Man United GW20 Predicted formation:
Man United GW20 Predicted lineup:
Lammens
Dalot – Martinez – Heaven – Shaw
Ugarte – Casemiro
Dorgu – Zirkzee – Cunha
Sesko
Man United Notes/Injury Update:
De Ligt, Maguire, Mainoo, Mount, and Bruno are out, with Amorim not expecting any late recoveries ahead of GW20.
Amorim on team news ahead of Leeds: “We are going [with] no [fresh] issues, no different issues. We’re going to see tomorrow, we have one more training. I don’t think so, that anyone is going to recover, but we’ll see.”
Mbeumo, Diallo, and Mazraoui are away at AFCON.
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Newcastle United
Newcastle United GW20 Predicted formation:
Newcastle United GW20 Predicted lineup:
Pope
Miley – Thiaw – Schar – Hall
B.Guimaraes – Joelinton – Tonali
Murphy – Woltemade – Gordon
Newcastle United Injury News/Notes:
Hall sustained a knock against Burnley during the week. However, he should be fit and available this weekend, according to Howe.
Howe on Hall: “He should be OK. We’ll have a closer look at him today. He’s an important player for us. He’s technically excellent – an attacking, front-foot defender and he’s only going to get better the more games he plays. Fitness-wise, he’s getting his very best form back. He’s a real talent and we need to try and keep him on the pitch.”
Livramento, Dan Burn, Trippier, Lascelles, Elanga, William Osula, and Krafth are out.
Howe on the other defensive news: “We’ve got a couple of training days but Tino Livramento and Kieran Trippier have worked really well. They’ve had a couple of recovery periods so they’re both close. Emil Krafth is further back.”
Botman seems to be nearing a return.
Howe on Botman and Elanga: “They’re both very close. Sven’s been training with the group which has been great, so I envisage him being in and around this game. Anthony hasn’t trained with us yet but is very close to doing so.”
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Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest GW20 Predicted formation:
Nottingham Forest GW20 Predicted lineup:
Sels
Savona – Murillo – Milenkovic – Williams
Douglas Luiz – Anderson
Hudson Odoi – Gibbs White – Hutchinson
Igor Jesus
Forest team news:
Chris Wood is out.
Sangare and Willy Boly are away at AFCON.
Ola Aina is set to make his Nottingham Forest return at Aston Villa.
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Sunderland
Sunderland GW20 Predicted formation
Sunderland GW20 Predicted lineup:
Roefs
Hume – Mukiele – Alderete – Cirkin
Xhaka – Geertruida
Rigg – Le Fee – Adingra
Isidor
Sunderland team news:
Sunderland have been hit most by the African Cup of Nations, it seems, with the Black Cats missing 6 players as a result, including Reinildo, Sadiki, Diarra, Masuaku, Bertrand Traore, and Talbi.
Dan Ballard is out.
Spurs
Spurs GW20 Predicted formation:
Spurs GW20 Predicted lineup:
Vicario
Porro – Van de Ven – Romero – Spence
Palhinha – Bentancur
Kudus – Archie Gray – Kolo Muani
Richarlison
Spurs team news:
Kulusevski, Solanke, Maddison, and Udogie are out. Udogie is nearing a return, though.
Bergvall was forced off against Crystal Palace last weekend and missed Spurs’ goalless draw against Brentford midweek. He is doubtful against Sunderland this weekend.
Xavi Simmons is out as he serves the last of his 3-game suspension.
Bissouma and P.M. Sarr are away at AFCON.
West Ham
West Ham GW20 Predicted formation:
West Ham GW20 Predicted lineup:
Areola
Walker Peters – Mavraponos – Kilman – Scarles
Potts – Magassa
Bowen – Paqueta – Fernandes
Wilson
West Ham Team News and Notes:
Todibo is doubtful after he suffered an injury against Brighton and was subbed off in the second half.
Nuno on Todibo: “We are assessing now. What he said was that it was the groin, that he started feeling tight, he was not able to run and there was a lot of sprints going back in this space. We have to assess him so I cannot tell you [if he is going to be available to face Wolves].”
Wan-Bissaka and Diouf are away at AFCON.
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Wolves
Wolves GW20 Predicted formation:
Wolves GW20 Predicted lineup:
Johnstone
Mosquera – S Bueno – Krejci
Doherty – Joao Gomes – Andre – Wolfe
Mane
Hwang – Tolu
Wolves Team News and Notes:
Andre has returned from suspension after missing GW19.
Santiago Bueno missed the Man United draw due to a knock, but Edwards expects him to recover in time for Saturday’s kick-off against West Ham.
Agbadou is away at AFCON, while Tchatchoua did not get called up to the Cameroon national team.
Munetsi has returned to the grass, but has not joined team training yet. He’s out.
Toti Gomes and Bellegarde are out.
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