Ahead of Friday’s 18:30 deadline, we have combed through all the Premier League press conferences to bring FPL managers the need-to-know team news, injury updates and predicted XIs for GW1.
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GAMEWEEK 1 FIXTURES
Friday 13th August
Brentford vs Arsenal (20:00)
Saturday 14th August
Man Utd vs Leeds (12:30)
Chelsea vs Crystal Palace (15:00)
Everton vs Southampton (15:00)
Burnley vs Brighton (15:00)
Leicester vs Wolves (15:00)
Watford vs Aston Villa (15:00)
Norwich vs Liverpool (17:30)
Sunday 15th August
Newcastle vs West Ham (14:00)
Spurs vs Man City (16:30)
TEAM NEWS & PREDICTED LINE-UPS
ARSENAL
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Leno; Chambers, White, Mari, Tierney; Lokonga, Xhaka; Pepe, Smith Rowe, Willian; Balogun
UNAVAILABLE: Aubameyang (Illness), Lacazette (Illness), Partey (Injured), Nketiah (Injured), Gabriel (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Martinelli (Rested), Holding (Fitness)
ASTON VILLA
PREDICTED XI (4-4-2): Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Targett; Buendia, McGinn, Nakamba, El Ghazi; Ings, Watkins
UNAVAILABLE: Sanson (Injured), Douglas Luiz (Rested), Traore (Injured), Trezeguet (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Watkins (Injured), Davis (Injured)
BRENTFORD
PREDICTED XI (5-3-2): Raya; Canos, Ajer, Jansson, Pinnock, Henry; Onyeka, Norgaard, Janelt; Mbeumo, Toney
UNAVAILABLE: Dasilva (Injured), Jensen (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
BRIGHTON
PREDICTED XI (3-4-1-2): Sanchez; Veltman, Dunk, Webster; Mwepu, Gross, Bissouma, March; Lallana, Trossard; Maupay
UNAVAILABLE: Welbeck (Injured), Burn (Injured), Lamptey (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Caicedo (Injured), Karbownik (Injured)
BURNLEY
PREDICTED XI (4-4-2): Pope; Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor; Gudmundsson, Brownhill, Westwood, McNeil; Barnes, Wood
UNAVAILABLE: Stephens (Injured), Long (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
CHELSEA
PREDICTED XI (3-4-2-1): Mendy; Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Rudiger; James, Jorginho, Kovacic, Chilwell; Mount, Havertz; Werner
UNAVAILABLE: Ziyech (Injured), Lukaku (Ineligible)
QUESTIONABLE: Kante (Injured)
CRYSTAL PALACE
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Guaita; Clyne, Guehi, Kouyate, Mitchell; McArthur, Riedewald, Schlupp; Ayew, Benteke, Zaha
UNAVAILABLE: Ferguson (Injured), Olise (Injured), Eze (Injured), Gallagher (Ineligible), Milivojevic (Personal reasons)
QUESTIONABLE:
EVERTON
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Pickford; Coleman, Godfrey, Keane, Digne; Allan, Doucoure; Townsend, Gray, Iwobi; Calvert-Lewin
UNAVAILABLE: James Rodriguez (Isolating)
QUESTIONABLE: Kean (Isolating), Andre Gomes (Isolating)
LEEDS
PREDICTED XI (4-1-4-1): Meslier; Ayling, Struijk, Cooper, Firpo; Koch; Raphinha, Rodrigo, Dallas, Harrison; Bamford
UNAVAILABLE: Llorente (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Phillips (Injured), Forshaw (Injured)
LEICESTER
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Schmeichel; Pereira, Amartey, Soyuncu, Bertrand; Ndidi, Tielemans; Perez, Maddison, Barnes; Vardy
UNAVAILABLE: Fofana (Injured), Evans (Injured), Justin (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Castagne (Injured), Barnes (Fitness)
LIVERPOOL
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Keita, Fabinho, Milner; Mane, Jota, Salah
UNAVAILABLE: Robertson (Injured), Jones (Concussion)
QUESTIONABLE: Henderson (Fitness), Thiago (Fitness)
MAN CITY
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Ederson; Cancelo, Stones, Dias, Mendy; Gundogan, Rodri, Fernandinho; Mahrez, Torres, Grealish
UNAVAILABLE: Foden (Injured), De Bruyne (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
MAN UTD
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw; McTominay, Matic; Greenwood, Fernandes, James; Martial
UNAVAILABLE: Henderson (Fatigue), Bailly (Isolating), Lingard (Isolating), Telles (Injured), Rashford (Injured), Diallo (Rested), Cavani (Isolating), Varane (Ineligible)
QUESTIONABLE:
NEWCASTLE
PREDICTED XI (3-5-2): Woodman; Clark, Lascelles, Fernandez; Murphy, Hendrick, Hayden, Shelvey Ritchie; Saint-Maximin, Wilson
UNAVAILABLE: Dubravka (Injured), Darlow (Fitness), Dummett (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Willock (Ineligible)
NORWICH
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Krul; Aarons, Zimmermann, Gibson, Giannoulis; Gilmour, Lees-Melou; Cantwell, Dowell, Rupp; Pukki
UNAVAILABLE: Placheta (Fitness), Byram (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Omobamidele (Illness), Pukki (Fitness)
SOUTHAMPTON
PREDICTED XI (4-2-2-2): Forster; Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Salisu, Perraud; Diallo, Romeu; Ward-Prowse, Redmond; Adams, Tella
UNAVAILABLE: Smallbone (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: A. Armstrong (Fitness), Broja (Fitness)
SPURS
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Lloris; Doherty, Sanchez, Dier, Reguilon; Skipp, Hojbjerg; Lucas Moura, Alli, Bergwijn; Son
UNAVAILABLE: Romero (Fitness), Ndombele (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Tanganga (Injured), Kane (Fitness), Gil (Fitness)
WATFORD
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Bachmann; Ngakia, Troost-Ekong, Sierralta, Rose; Etebo, Cleverley; Sarr, Louza, Sema; Deeney
UNAVAILABLE: Joao Pedro (Injured), King (Injured), Chalobah (Illness)
QUESTIONABLE:
WEST HAM
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Areola; Coufal, Dawson, Diop, Cresswell; Soucek, Rice; Bowen, Fornals, Benrahma; Antonio
UNAVAILABLE:
QUESTIONABLE: Ogbonna (Injured), Lanzini (Injured)
WOLVES
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Sa; Semedo, Coady, Kilman, Ait Nouri; Gibbs-White, Dendoncker, Neves; Adama Traore, Jimenez, Trincao
UNAVAILABLE: Jonny (Injured), Podence (Injured), Neto (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: