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FPL 2024-25 | Gameweek 17 | Fixtures, Team News & Predicted Line-ups

FPL 2024-25 | Gameweek 17 | Fixtures, Team News & Predicted Line-ups

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Ahead of Saturday’s 11:00am 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 GW17.

Gameweek 17 Fixtures

Saturday 21 December

Aston Villa vs Man City (12:30pm)

Brentford vs Nottingham Forest (3:00pm)

Ipswich vs Newcastle (3:00pm)

West Ham vs Brighton (3:00pm)

Crystal Palace vs Arsenal (5:30pm)

Sunday 22 December

Everton vs Chelsea (2:00pm)

Fulham vs Southampton (2:00pm)

Leicester vs Wolves (2:00pm)

Man Utd vs Bournemouth (2:00pm)

Spurs vs Liverpool (4:30pm)

All times shown are UK

Predicted line-ups and injuries are currently provisional but will be updated throughout Thursday and Friday as team news comes in. This sentence will be deleted once all teams are complete.

Team news & predicted line-ups

Arsenal

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Raya; Partey, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber; Odegaard, Rice, Merino; Saka, Havertz, Martinelli

Unavailable: White (Injured), Tomiyasu (Injured)

Questionable: Calafiori (Injured), Zinchenko (Injured)

Aston Villa

Predicted XI (4-4-1-1): Martinez; Konsa, Mings, Torres, Digne; Cash, Kamara, Tielemans McGinn; Rogers; Watkins

Unavailable: Ramsey (Injured)

Questionable: Mings (Illness), Bailey (Injured)

Bournemouth

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Kepa; Smith, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Adams, Cook; Semenyo, Kluivert, Ouattara; Evanilson

Unavailable: Senesi (Injured), Araujo (Injured), Scott (Injured), Tavernier (Injured), Sinisterra (Injured)

Questionable:

Brentford

Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Flekken; Van den Berg, Collins, Mee; Ajer, Janelt, Norgaard, Lewis-Potter; Mbeumo, Schade; Wissa

Unavailable: Hickey (Injured), Henry (Fitness), Dasilva (Injured), Jensen (Injured)

Questionable: Pinnock (Injured), Van den Bergh (Injured), Nunes (Fitness)

Brighton

Predicted XI (3-4-3): Verbruggen; Dunk, Van Hecke, Julio; Adingra, Wieffer, Baleba, Estupinan; Rutter, Joao Pedro, Mitoma

Unavailable: Webster (Injured), Milner (Injured)

Questionable: March (Fitness), Hinshelwood (Injured), Kadioglu (Injured), O'Riley (Injured), Veltman (Injured)

Chelsea

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; Gusto, Disasi, Colwill, Veiga; Caicedo, Fernandez; Madueke, Palmer, Neto; Jackson

Unavailable: Fofana (Injured), Badiashile (Injured), James (Injured), Cucurella (Suspended), Mudryk (Disciplinary), Kellyman (Fitness)

Questionable: Chilwell (Illness), Lavia (Injured), Chukwuemeka (Ilnness), Felix (Injured)

Crystal Palace

Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Chalobah, Lacroix, Guehi; Clyne, Hughes, Kamada, Mitchell; Sarr, Eze; Mateta

Unavailable: Franca (Injured)

Questionable: Holding (Out of favour), Ward (Injured), Munoz (Suspended), Riad (Fitness), Wharton (Injured), Eze (Injured)

Everton

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Pickford; Young, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Gueye, Mangala; Ndiaye, Doucoure, McNeilye; Calvert-Lewin

Unavailable: Garner (Injured), Iroegbunam (Injured), Broja (Ineligible)

Questionable: Chermiti (Fitness), McNeil (Injured)

Fulham

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Leno; Castagne, Diop, Bassey, Robinson; Berge, Lukic; Iwobi, Smith Rowe, WIlson; Jimenez

Unavailable: Pereira (Suspended), Reed (Injured), Nelson (Injured)

Questionable: Andersen (Injured), Tete (Injured)

Ipswich

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Muric; H. Clarke, O'Shea, Greaves, Davis; Morsy, Cajuste; Hutchinson, Chaplin, Szmodics; Al-Hamadi

Unavailable: Tuanzebe (Injured), Donacien (Injured), Hirst (Injured), Ogbene (Injured, Delap (Suspended)

Questionable: Szmodics (Illness)

Leicester

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Ward; Justin, Coady, Vestergaard, Kristiansen; Skipp, Choudhury; Buonanotte, El Khannouss, Mavididi; Vardy

Unavailable: Stolarczyk (Injured), Pereira (Injured), Ndidi (Injured), Fatawu (Injured)

Questionable: Hermansen (Injured), Winks (Injured), Edouard (Fitness)

Liverpool

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson; Mac Allister, Gravenberch, Jones; Salah, Gakpo, Diaz

Unavailable: Konate (Injured), Bradley (Injured)

Questionable:

Man City

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Lewis, Stones, Dias, Gvardiol; Gundogan, Kovacic; Savinho, De Bruyne, Foden; Haaland

Unavailable: Akanji (Injured), Ake (Injured), Rodri (Injured), Bobb (Injured)

Questionable:

Man Utd

Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Onana; De Ligt, Maguire, Martinez; Diallo, Mainoo, Ugarte, Dalot; Fernandes, Garnacho; Hojlund

Unavailable: Shaw (Injured)

Questionable: Mazraoui (Injured), Mount (Injured)

Newcastle

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Dubravka; Livramento, Schar, Burn, Hall; Longstaff, Guimaraes, Tonali; Gordon, Isak, Barnes

Unavailable: Pope (Injured), Lascelles (Injured), Krafth (Injured), Joelinton (Suspended), Wilson (Injured)

Questionable: Botman (Injured)

Nottingham Forest

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Morato, Moreno; Anderson, Ward-Prowse; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood

Unavailable: Danilo (Injured), Sangare (Injured)

Questionable: Murillo (Injured), Moreno (Injured), Yates (Injured)

Southampton

Predicted XI (5-4-1): Ramsdale; Walker-Peters, Harwood-Bellis, Wood, Bednarek, Manning; Dibling, Fernandes, Downes, Armstrong; Archer

Unavailable: Bazunu (Injured), Stephens (Suspended), Smallbone (Injured), Larios (Injured), Stewart (Injured)

Questionable: Ramsdale (Injured)

Spurs

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Forster; Porro, Dragusin, Gray, Udogie; Kulusevski, Sarr, Maddison; Johnson, Solanke, Son

Unavailable: Vicario (Injured), Romero (Injured), Van de Ven (Injured), Davies (Injured), Bentancur (Suspended), Richarlison (Injured), Odobert (Injured)

Questionable: Udogie (Injured), Son (Injured)

West Ham

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Fabianski; Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Emerson; Alvarez, Soucek; Kudus, Paqueta, Summerville; Bowen

Unavailable: Soler (Suspended), Antonio (Injured)

Questionable: Todibo (Injured)

Wolves

Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Johnstone; Dawson, Toti Gomes, Bueno; Semedo, Andre, Lemina, Doherty; Joao Gomes, Cunha; Strand Larsen

Unavailable: Ait-Nouri (Suspended), Mosquera (Injured), Traore (Injured), Gonzalez (Injured), Kalajdzic (Injured), Sarabia (Injured)

Questionable: Sa (Injured)