FPL 2023-24 | Blank Gameweek 18 | Fixtures, Team News & Predicted Line-ups
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Ahead of Thursday’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 BGW18.
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BLANK GAMEWEEK 18 FIXTURES
Thursday 21st December
Crystal Palace vs Brighton (18:00)
Friday 22nd December
Aston Villa vs Sheffield Utd (20:00)
Saturday 23rd December
West Ham vs Man Utd (12:30)
Fulham vs Burnley (15:00)
Luton vs Newcastle (15:00)
Nottingham Forest vs Bournemouth (15:00)
Spurs vs Everton (15:00)
Liverpool vs Arsenal (17:30)
Sunday 24th December
Wolves vs Chelsea (13:00)
TEAM NEWS & PREDICTED LINE-UPS
ARSENAL
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Odegaard, Rice, Havertz; Saka, Jesus, Martinelli
UNAVAILABLE: Timber (Injured), Tomiyasu (Injured), Partey (Injured), Vieira (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Jorginho (Injured), Elneny (Injured)
ASTON VILLA
PREDICTED XI (4-4-2): Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Carlos, Digne; Bailey, Luiz, Ramsey, McGinn; Diaby, Watkins
UNAVAILABLE: Olsen (Injured), Mings (Injured), Torres (Injured), Kamara (Suspended), Tielemans (Injured), Traore (Injured), Buendia (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE:
BOURNEMOUTH
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Neto; Smith, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez; Cook, Christie; Billing, Kluivert, Tavernier; Solanke
UNAVAILABLE: Randolph (Injured), Kelly (Injured), Fredericks (Injured), Traore (Illness), Adams (Injured), Marcondes (Injured),
QUESTIONABLE: Kerkez (Injured), Aarons (Injured), Scott (Injured), Semenyo (Injured)
BRIGHTON
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Hinshelwood, Van Hecke, Dunk, Milner; Gross, Gilmour; Adingra, Lallana, Mitoma; Ferguson
UNAVAILABLE: Webster (Injured), Veltman (Injured), Estupinan (Injured), Lamptey (Injured), Enciso (Injured), March (Injured), Fati (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Welbeck (Fitness)
BURNLEY
PREDICTED XI (4-4-2): Trafford; Vitinho, O’Shea, Beyer, Taylor; Larsen, Berge, Brownhill, Odobert; Rodriguez, Amdouni
UNAVAILABLE: Koleosho (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Cork (Injured), Ramsey (Injured), Gudmundsson (Injured)
CHELSEA
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Petrovic; Gusto, Silva, Badiashile, Colwill; Gallagher, Caicedo; Sterling, Palmer, Mudryk; Jackson
UNAVAILABLE: Sanchez (Injured), Chalobah (Injured), Fofana (Injured), Cucurella (Injured), James (Injured), Chilwell (Injured), Lavia (Injured), Ugochukwu (Injured), Chukwuemeka (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Colwill (Fatigue), Fernandez (Illness), Madueke (Fitness)
CRYSTAL PALACE
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Henderson; Clyne, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell; Richards, Riedewald; Olise, Eze, Schlupp; Mateta
UNAVAILABLE: Johnstone (Injured), Holding (Injured), Ward (Injured), Rak-Sakyi (Injured), Doucoure (Injured), Edouard (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Lerma (Injured)
EVERTON
PREDICTED XI (5-4-1): Pickford; Patterson, Godfrey, Keane, Tarkowski, Mykolenko; Harrison, Onana, Garner, McNeil; Calvert-Lewin
UNAVAILABLE: Dele (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Coleman (Injured), Young (Injured), Doucoure (Injured), Gomes (Fitness)
FULHAM
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Leno; Castagne, Adarabioyo, Bassey, Robinson; Palhinha, Lukic; Willian, Pereira, Iwobi; Vinicius
UNAVAILABLE: Ream (Injured), Traore (Injured), Jimenez (Suspended)
QUESTIONABLE:
LIVERPOOL
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Jones, Endo, Szoboszlai; Salah, Nunez, Diaz
UNAVAILABLE: Matip (Injured), Robertson (Injured), Thiago (Injured), Bajcetic (Injured), Mac Allister (Injured), Doak (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Gravenberch (Fatigue), Diogo Jota (Injured)
LUTON
PREDICTED XI (3-4-3): Kaminski; Mengi, Osho, Bell; Kabore, Chong, Barkley, Doughty; Townsend, Adebayo, Brown
UNAVAILABLE: Lockyer (Illness), Nakamba (Suspended)
QUESTIONABLE: Potts (Injured), Burke (Injured), Woodrow (Injured)
MAN UTD
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Onana; Wan-Bissaka, Evans, Varane, Shaw; Amrabat, McTominay; Antony, Fernandes, Garnacho; Hojlund
UNAVAILABLE: Martinez (Injured), Maguire (Injured), Dalot (Suspended), Malacia (Injured), Casemiro (Injured), Mount (Injured), Sancho (Disciplinary), Diallo (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Lindelof (Injured), Eriksen (Injured), Martial (Illness)
NEWCASTLE
PREDICTED XI (4-3-3): Dubravka; Trippier, Lascelles, Botman, Burn; Longstaff, Guimaraes, Miley; Almiron, Wilson, Gordon
UNAVAILABLE: Pope (Injured), Targett (Injured), Manquillo (Injured), Tonali (Suspended), Anderson (Injured), Willock (Injured), Murphy (Injured), Barnes (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Krafth (Injured), Schar (Injured), Joelinton (Injured), Gordon (Injured), Isak (Injured)
NOTTINGHAM FOREST
PREDICTED XI (3-5-2): Turner; Boly, Murillo, Niakhate; Williams, Yates, Mangala, Kouyate, Toffolo; Elanga, Gibbs-White
UNAVAILABLE: Awoniyi (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Felipe (Injured), Aurier (Injured), Sangare (Injured)
SHEFFIELD UTD
PREDICTED XI (3-4-1-2): Foderingham; Ahmedhodzic, Robinson, Trusty; Bogle, Vinicius Souza, Hamer, Brooks; McAtee; McBurnie, Archer
UNAVAILABLE: Basham (Injured), Davies (Injured), Egan (Injured), Jebbison (Illness), Brewster (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Norrington-Davies (Fitness)
SPURS
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Vicario; Porro, Romero, Davies, Royal; Sarr, Hojbjerg; Johnson, Kulusevski, Son; Richarlison
UNAVAILABLE: Whiteman (Injured), Van de Ven (Injured), Phillips (Injured), Udogie (Suspended), Sessegnon (Injured), Perisic (Injured), Bissouma (Suspended), Bentancur (Injured), Maddison (Injured), Solomon (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Lo Celso (Injured), Johnson (Injured)
WEST HAM
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Fabianski; Coufal, Zouma, Kehrer, Emerson; Soucek, Alvarez; Kudus, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta; Bowen
UNAVAILABLE: Antonio (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Ageurd (Illness), Cornet (Illness)
WOLVES
PREDICTED XI (3-4-3): Sa; Kilman, Dawson, Toti; Semedo, Lemina, Gomes, Bellegarde; Hwang, Cunha, Sarabia
UNAVAILABLE: Hodge (Injured), Jonny (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Dawson (Illness), Semedo (Illness), Lemina (Illness), Neto (Fitness), Cunha (Illness)
