FPL 2022-23 | Gameweek 1 | Fixtures, Team News & Predicted Line-ups
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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 5th August
Crystal Palace vs Arsenal (20:00)
Saturday 6th August
Fulham vs Liverpool (12:30)
Bournemouth vs Aston Villa (15:00)
Leeds vs Wolves (15:00)
Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest (15:00)
Spurs vs Southampton (15:00)
Everton vs Chelsea (17:30)
Sunday 7th August
Leicester vs Brentford (14:00)
Man Utd vs Brighton (14:00)
West Ham vs Man City (16:30)
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TEAM NEWS & PREDICTED LINE-UPS
ARSENAL
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Ramsdale; Cedric, White, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Partey, Xhaka; Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli; Jesus
UNAVAILABLE:
QUESTIONABLE: Vieira (Injured), Smith-Rowe (Injured), Tierney (Injured), Tomiyasu (Injured)
ASTON VILLA
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Costa, Digne; Kamara, Luis, McGinn; Bailey, Watkins, Coutinho
UNAVAILABLE: Hause (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Buendia (Injured), Mings (Injured)
BOURNEMOUTH
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Travers; Smith, Mepham, Kelly, Zemura; Lerma, Cook; Christie, Billing, Anthony; Solanke
UNAVAILABLE: Brooks (Fitness), Rothwell (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Fredericks (Injured)
BRENTFORD
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Raya; Hickey, Jansson, Mee, Henry; Dasilva, Janelt, Jensen; Mbeumo, Toney, Wissa
UNAVAILABLE: Ajer (Injured), Canos (Injured), Pinnock (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
BRIGHTON
PREDICTED XI (3-4-2-1): Sanchez; Veltman, Dunk, Webster; Lamptey, Mac Allister, Caicedo, March; Lallana, Trossard; Welbeck
UNAVAILABLE: Moder (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
CHELSEA
PREDICTED XI (3-4-2-1): Mendy; Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Koulibaly; James, Kante, Kovacic, Chilwell; Mount, Sterling; Havertz
UNAVAILABLE:
QUESTIONABLE: Broja (Injured), Werner (Injured)
CRYSTAL PALACE
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Guaita; Clyne, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell; Eze, Doucoure, Schlupp; Ayew, Mateta, Zaha
UNAVAILABLE: Butland (Injured), Johnstone (Injured), McArthur (Injured), Olise (Injured), Tomkins (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
EVERTON
PREDICTED XI (5-4-1): Pickford; Patterson, Tarkowski, Mina, Godfrey, Mykolenko; McNeil, Iwobi, Doucoure, Gordon; Gray
UNAVAILABLE: Calvert-Lewin (Injured), Davies (Injured), Gomes (Injured), Rondon (Suspended), Townsend (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Begovic (Injured)
FULHAM
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Rodak; Tete, Adarabioyo, Ream, Robinson; Palhinha, Reed; Decordova-Reid, Andreas, Kebano; Mitrovic
UNAVAILABLE: Bryan (Injured), Chalobah (Injured), Wilson (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
LEEDS
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Meslier; Kristensen, Koch, Llorente, Struijk; Adams, Aaronson, Roca; Rodrigo, Bamford, Harrison
UNAVAILABLE: Ayling (Injured), Cooper (Injured), Dallas (Injured), Firpo (Injured), Forshaw (Injured), James (Suspended), Sinisterra (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Drameh (Injured)
LEICESTER
PREDICTED XI (4-3-1-2): Iversen; Castagne, Evans, Fofana, Justin; Tielemans, Ndidi, Dewsbury-Hall; Maddison; Vardy, Iheanacho
UNAVAILABLE: Barnes (Injured), Bertrand (Injured), Pereira (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Choudhury (Illness), Perez (Illness), Ward (Fitness)
LIVERPOOL
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago; Salah, Darwin, Diaz
UNAVAILABLE: Jones (Injured), Jota (Injured), Kelleher (Injured), Konate (Injured), Oxlade-Chamberlain (Injured), Tsimikas (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Keita (Illness)
MAN CITY
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Walker, Stones, Dias, Cancelo; Rodri, Phillips; Mahrez, De Bruyne. Foden; Haaland
UNAVAILABLE: Laporte (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
MAN UTD
PREDICTED XI (4-1-2-3): De Gea; Dalot, Varane, Maguire, Shaw; Fred; Eriksen, Fernandes; Sancho, Ronaldo, Rashford
UNAVAILABLE: Martial (Injured), Pellistri (Injured), Wan-Bissaka (Injured), Williams (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Sancho (Illness)
NEWCASTLE
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Pope; Trippier, Botman, Burn, Targett; S, Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton; Fraser, Wilson, Saint-Maximin
UNAVAILABLE: Fernandes (Injured), Manquillo (Injured), Lewis (Injured), Shelvey (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
NOTTINGHAM FOREST
PREDICTED XI (3-4-1-2): Henderson; Worrall, Niakhate, McKenna; Williams, O’Brien, Mangala, Toffolo; Lingard; Johnson, Awonyi
UNAVAILABLE: Richards (Injured), Yates (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
SOUTHAMPTON
PREDICTED XI (3-5-2): McCarthy; Salisu, Bella-Kotchap, Bednarek; Walker-Peters, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Diallo, Perraud; Adams, Aribo
UNAVAILABLE: Livramento (Injured), Tella (Injured), Walcott (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
SPURS
PREDICTED XI (3-4-3): Lloris; Sanchez, Romero, Davies; Emerson, Bentancur, Hojbjerg, Sessegnon; Kulusevski, Kane, Son
UNAVAILABLE: Richarlison (Suspended), Skipp (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Bissouma (Injured), Doherty (Fitness), Perisic (Fitness)
WEST HAM
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Fabianski; Coufal, Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell; Rice, Soucek; Bowen, Lanzini, Fornals; Antonio
UNAVAILABLE: Aguerd (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Ogbonna (Injured), Scamacca (Fitness)
WOLVES
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Sa; Kilman, Coady, Collins; Jonny, Neves, Moutinho, Ait Nouri; Hwang, Podence, Neto
UNAVAILABLE: Chiquinho (Injured), Jimenez (Injured), Traore (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Sarkic (Injured), Semedo (Injured)