FPL 2024-25 | Gameweek 9 | Fixtures, Team News & Predicted Line-ups
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Ahead of Friday’s 6:30pm 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 GW9.
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GAMEWEEK 9 FIXTURES
Friday 25 October
Leicester vs Nottingham Forest (8:00pm)
Saturday 26 October
Aston Villa vs Bournemouth (3:00pm)
Brentford vs Ipswich (3:00pm)
Brighton vs Wolves (3:00pm)
Man City vs Southampton (3:00pm)
Everton vs Fulham (5:30pm)
Sunday 27 October
Chelsea vs Newcastle (2:00pm)
Crystal Palace vs Spurs (2:00pm)
West Ham vs Man Utd (2:00pm)
Arsenal vs Liverpool (4:30pm)
All times shown are UK
TEAM NEWS & PREDICTED LINE-UPS
ARSENAL
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Raya; White, Kiwior, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Partey, Rice; Sterling, Merino, Martinelli; Havertz
UNAVAILABLE: Saliba (Suspended), Tomiyasu (Injured), Tierney (Injured), Odegaard (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Calafiori (Injured), Timber (Injured), Saka (Injured)
ASTON VILLA
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Martinez; Konsa, Carlos, Torres, Digne; Onana, Tielemans; Bailey, Rogers, McGinn; Watkins
UNAVAILABLE: Philogene (Suspended)
QUESTIONABLE:
BOURNEMOUTH
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Kepa; Araujo, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez; Cook, Christie; Ouattara, Tavernier, Semenyo; Evanilson
UNAVAILABLE: Scott (Injured), Sinisterra (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
BRENTFORD
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Flekken; Van den Berg, Collins, Pinnock, Ajer; Norgaard, Janelt; Damsgaard, Mbeumo, Lewis-Potter; Wissa
UNAVAILABLE: Hickey (Injured), Henry (Fitness), Dasilva (Injured), Nunes (Injured), Thiago (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
BRIGHTON
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Veltman, Dunk, Igor Julio, Kadioglu; Hinshelwood, Baleba; Adingra, Rutter, Mitoma; Ferguson
UNAVAILABLE: Webster (Injured), Milner (Injured), O’Riley (Injured), March (Injured), Joao Pedro (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Minteh (Injured), Welbeck (injured)
CHELSEA
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; James, Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Fernandez; Madueke, Palmer, Neto; Jackson
UNAVAILABLE: Kellyman (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Chilwell (Out of favour)
CRYSTAL PALACE
PREDICTED XI (3-1-4-2): Henderson; Chalobah, Lacroix, Guehi; Lerma; Munoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Eze, Mateta
UNAVAILABLE: Richards (Injured), Riad (Injured), Franca (Injured), Doucoure (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Holding (Out of favour)
EVERTON
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Pickford; Young, Keane, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Doucoure, Gueye; Harrison, McNeil, Ndiaye; Calvert-Lewin
UNAVAILABLE: Garner (Injured), Iroegbunam (Injured), Chermiti (Injured), Broja (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
FULHAM
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Leno; Tete, Diop, Bassey, Robinson; Pereira, Berge; Traore, Smith Rowe, Iwobi; Jimenez
UNAVAILABLE: Andersen (Suspended), Castagne (Injured), Lukic (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Cuenca (Fitness), Vinicius (Fitness)
IPSWICH
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Muric; O'Shea, Woolfenden, Burgess, Davis; Morsy, Phillips; Burns, Hutchinson, Szmodics; Delap
UNAVAILABLE: Donacien (Injured), Tuanzebe (Injured), Greaves (Injured), Johnson (Injured), Luongo (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Cajuste (Fitness), Al Hamadi (Fitness)
LEICESTER
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Hermansen; Justin, Faes, Okoli, Kristiansen; Ndidi, Skipp; Buonanotte, El Khannouss, Mavididi; Vardy
UNAVAILABLE: Stolarczyk (Injured), Vestergaard (Injured), Choudhury (Injured), Daka (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
LIVERPOOL
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Kelleher; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Jones, Gravenberch; Salah, Szoboszlai, Diaz; Nunez
UNAVAILABLE: Alisson (Injured), Elliott (Injured), Jota (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Bradley (Injured), Chiesa (Injured)
MAN CITY
PREDICTED XI (4-1-4-1): Ederson; Lewis, Stones, Dias, Gvardiol; Kovacic; Savinho, Gundogan, Bernardo, Foden; Haaland
UNAVAILABLE: Walker (Injured), Rodri (Injured), De Bruyne (Injured), Grealish (Injured), Doku (Injured), Bobb (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
MAN UTD
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Onana; Dalot, De Ligt, Evans, Martinez; Eriksen, Casemiro; Rashford, Fernandes, Garnacho; Hojlund
UNAVAILABLE: Yoro (Injured), Maguire (Injured), Malacia (Injured), Shaw (Injured), Mainoo (Injured), Mount (Injured), Antony (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Evans (Injured)
NEWCASTLE
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Pope; Livramento, Schar, Burn, Hall; Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Barnes, Isak, Gordon
UNAVAILABLE: Dubravka (Injured), Botman (Injured), Lascelles (Injured), Trippier (Injured), Wilson (Fitness)
QUESTIONABLE: Targett (Illness)
NOTTINGHAM FOREST
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Moreno; Yates, Ward-Prowse; Elanga, Anderson, Hudson-Odoi; Wood
UNAVAILABLE: Danilo (Injured), Sangare (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Gibbs-White (Injured)
SOUTHAMPTON
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Ramsdale; Sugawara, Stephens, Bednarek, Walker-Peters; Aribo, Downes; Dibling, Fernandes, Sulemana; Archer
UNAVAILABLE: Bazunu (Injured), Smallbone (Injured), Fraser (Suspended), Stewart (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Sugawara (Injured)
SPURS
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Kulusevski, Bissouma, Maddison; Johnson, Solanke, Richarlison
UNAVAILABLE: Spence (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Bergvall (Injured), Son (Injured)
WEST HAM
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Areola; Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Emerson; Rodriguez, Alvarez; Bowen, Soucek, Paqueta; Antonio
UNAVAILABLE: Kudus (Suspended)
QUESTIONABLE: Fullkrug (Injured)
WOLVES
PREDICTED XI (3-5-2): Sa; S. Bueno, Dawson, Toti; Semedo, Joao Gomes, Andre, Lemina, Ait-Nouri; Strand Larsen, Cunha
UNAVAILABLE: Mosquera (Injured), Traore (Injured), Gonzalez (Injured), Hwang (injured), Kalajdzic (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Johnstone (Injured), Meupiyou (Injured)
