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FPL 2024-25 | Gameweek 20 | Fixtures, Team News & Predicted Line-ups

FPL 2024-25 | Gameweek 20 | 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 GW20.

Gameweek 20 Fixtures

Saturday 4 January

Spurs vs Newcastle (12:30)

Aston Villa vs Leicester (3:00pm)

Bournemouth vs Everton (3:00pm)

Crystal Palace vs Chelsea (3:00pm)

Man City vs West Ham (3:00pm)

Southampton vs Brentford (3:00pm)

Brighton vs Arsenal (5:30pm)

Sunday 5 January

Fulham vs Ipswich (2:00pm)

Liverpool vs Man Utd (4:30pm)

Monday 6 January

Wolves vs Nottingham Forest (8:00pm)

All times shown are UK

Team news & predicted line-ups

Arsenal

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Raya; Partey, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Odegaard, Rice, Merino; Trossard, Jesus, Martinelli

Unavailable: Tomiyasu (Fitness), White (Injured), Timber (Suspended), Saka (Injured), Sterling (Fitness)

Questionable: 

Aston Villa

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans; Bailey, McGinn, Ramsey; Watkins

Unavailable: Carlos (Injured), Torres (Injured), Rogers (Suspended), Philogene (Injured), Duran (Injured)

Questionable: 

Bournemouth

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

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

Questionable: 

Brentford

Predicted XI (4-1-2-1-2): Flekken; Roerslev, Collins, Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter; Norgaard; Janelt, Yarmolyuk; Damsgaard; Wissa, Mbeumo

Unavailable: Ajer (Injured), Mee (Injured), Pinnock (Injured), Hickey (Injured), Henry (Injured), Dasilva (Injured), Nunes (Injured), Carvalho (Injured), Thiago (Injured)

Questionable:

Brighton

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Lamptey, Van Hecke, Dunk, Igor; Ayari, Baleba; Gruda, Enciso, Adingra; Pedro

Unavailable: Kadioglu (Injured), Milner (Injured), Wieffer (Injured), Hinshelwood (Injured), Gomez (Fitness), Ferguson (Injured), Welbeck (Injured)

Questionable: Estupinan (Illness)

Chelsea

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Sanchez; Gusto, Adarabioyo, Colwill, Cucurella; Fernandez, Caicedo; Neto, Palmer, Sancho; Jackson

Unavailable: Badiashile (Injured), Fofana (Injured), Lavia (Fitness), Dewsbury-Hall (Injured), Mudryk (Disciplinary), Kellyman (Injured)

Questionable: Chukwuemeka (Illness)

Crystal Palace

Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Doucoure, Lerma, Mitchell; Sarr, Eze; Mateta

Unavailable: Chalobah (Ineligible), Wharton (Injured), Hughes (Injured), Franca (Fitness), Umeh-Chibueze (Injured)

Questionable: Holding (Out of favour)

Everton

Predicted XI (4-5-1): Pickford; Young, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Harrison, Doucoure, Gueye, Mangala, Ndiaye; Calvert-Lewin

Unavailable: Coleman (Injured), Garner (Injured), Iroegbunam (Injured)

Questionable: McNeil (Injured)

Fulham

Predicted XI (4-5-1): Leno; Castagne, Diop, Andersen, Bassey; Wilson, Pereira, Lukic, Iwobi, Robinson; Jimenez

Unavailable: Tete (Injured), Berge (Injured), Nelson (Injured)

Questionable: Reed (Fitness)

Ipswich

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Walton; O’Shea, Woolfenden, Greaves, Davis; Morsy, Cajuste; Burns, Hutchinson, Broadhead; Delap

Unavailable: Tuanzebe (Injured), Donacien (Injured), Ogbene (Injured), Chaplin (Injured), Hirst (Injured)

Questionable: Luongo (Illness)

Leicester

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Stolarczyk; Justin, Coady, Vestergaard, Kristiansen; Winks, Soumare; Buonanotte, El Khannouss, Mavididi; Vardy

Unavailable: Hermansen (Injured), Pereira (Injured), Ndidi (Injured), Fatawu (Injured), McAteer (Injured)

Questionable: Faes (Fitness)

Liverpool

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Van Dijk, Robertson; Mac Allister, Gravenberch; Salah, Szoboszlai, Diaz; Gakpo

Unavailable: Gomez (Injured)

Questionable: Konate (Fitness), Bradley (Fitness)

Man City

Predicted XI (4-1-4-1): Ortega; Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol; Kovacic; Foden, De Bruyne, Silva, Savinho; Haaland

Unavailable: Dias (Injured), Rodri (Injured), Bobb (Injured)

Questionable: Ederson (Injured), Stones (Injured), Nunes (Injured)

Man Utd

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

Unavailable: Lindelof (Injured), Shaw (Injured), Mount (Injured), Rashford (Illness)

Questionable: 

Newcastle

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Dubravka; Trippier, Kelly, Burn, Hall; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Murphy, Isak, Gordon

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

Questionable: Botman (Fitness)

Nottingham Forest

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Sels; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Yates, Anderson; Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Wood

Unavailable: Sangare (Injured), Danilo (Injured)

Questionable: Murillo (Injured), Hudson-Odoi (Injured)

Southampton

Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Ramsdale; Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Wood; Bree, Lallana, Aribo, Walker-Peters; Dibling, Armstrong; Onuachu

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

Questionable: Downes (Fitness), Smallbone (Injured)

Spurs

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Forster; Spence, Dragusin, Gray, Porro; Bissouma, Sarr; Kulusevski, Maddison, Son; Solanke

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

Questionable: Moore (Illness)

West Ham

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

Unavailable: Fabianski (Concussion), Bowen (Injured), Antonio (Injured)

Questionable: 

Wolves

Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Sa; Doherty, Bueno, Dawson; Semedo, Doyle, J. Gomes, Ait-Nouri; Guedes, Hwang; Strand Larsen

Unavailable: Toti (Injured), Mosquera (Injured), Traore (Injured), Sarabia (Injured), Gonzalez (Injured), Kalajdzic (Injured), Cunha (Suspended)

Questionable: Lemina (Injured), Anfre (Injured)