In this blog, we’ll deep dive and predict the GW21 lineups of all 20 PL teams going into Gameweek 21 of the 2022/23 Premier League season. Article penned by Rohan(Drop him a follow on Twitter) and it will be updated as per the latest news and updates.
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All Premier League Teams Predicted GW21 Lineups
Arsenal
As expected, Mikel Arteta put up the same lineup in their 2-0 win against Spurs in GW20, as they did against Brighton. The league leaders, even in the absence of their first-choice striker, Gabriel Jesus are doing an incredible job.
Arsenal GW21 Predicted formation:
- 4-3-3
Arsenal GW21 Predicted lineup:
Ramsdale,
White – Saliba – Gabriel – Zinchenko
Xhaka – Partey – Odegaard
Saka – Nketiah – Martinelli
Arsenal PC/Injury Update:
Arteta from his press conference today via the Arsenal website
Arteta on the signing of Leandro Trossard:
We are really happy to have him. He’s a player we have followed for a while now. The opportunity came – we had the necessity to have a player in the frontline who is versatile enough to play in different positions. He knows the league, he has enough experience here and I think he can have an immediate impact in the team.
Arteta on if there are any fresh injury concerns:
Not that I know of. So far, so good.
Arteta on how impressive Martin Odegaard has been this season:
[He’s taken the armband] in a really natural way. He’s still a really young player with huge talent, but more desire than talent. He knows that he can still get much better and he’s on that pathway. He’s enjoying playing for us, he’s contributing to a team in a really impactful way and he needs to continue to do that.
Aston Villa
There was one change made to Villa’s starting eleven. McGinn, who had injury concerns was not in the squad against Leeds United and saw Kamara start instead. Ollie Watkins was also subbed off in the first half of the game, due to an injury but he has returned to training and should be fit to start.
Aston Villa GW21 Predicted Formation:
4-4-2
Aston Villa GW21 Predicted Lineup:
Martinez
Young – Mings – Konsa – Moreno
Bailey – Luiz – Kamara – Ramsey
Buendia – Watkins
Aston Villa PC/Injury Update:
Ollie Watkins & Matty Cash are both available. Lucas Digne ruled out with a shoulder injury. Ludwig Augustinsson should be OK despite being ill today. John McGinn hoping for Leicester return on February 4. Jan Bednarek is ineligible. Jhon Duran is unavailable and should debut against Leicester.(Via @AshleyPreece)
Bournemouth
Bournemouth made slight changes to their squad after the previous gameweek. Solanke was not in the squad due to a knee injury, and had Billing and Moore as the two strikers. Cook was subbed off at the 35th-minute mark for Pearson due to an injury. Smith missed the game due to suspension and should come back. Neto was also back from injury and should continue in goal.
Bournemouth GW21 Predicted Formation:
4-3-3
Bournemouth GW21 Predicted lineup:
Neto
Smith- Kelly – Senesi – Zemura
Christie – Lerma – Pearson – Anthony
Billing – Moore
Bournemouth PC/Injury Update:
Gary O’Neil in today’s press conference
“Dominic Solanke will still be missing, Marcus Tavernier will still be missing and David Brooks is going really well. I can’t wait to see him progress and get closer to playing games, but he’s not quite ready for that yet.
“In terms of Dom, he jarred his knee with no-one around him and it was a bit of an awkward fall. I don’t expect him to be out for long, but he wont make the weekend.”
“Lewis Cook will be out for a few weeks,” he said.
“There’s good and bad around that news. Lew has suffered some bad knee injuries before, so it’s good in that sense that it’s not serious. Having said that, it’s obviously bad that we wont have him available.
Brighton
Brighton put up a stupendous performance against The Reds and won by 3 goals to 0. Solly March was the man of the match and ended up getting a brace and an assist. Welbeck is back and scored a goal on his return, this means he’ll now rotate with Ferguson upfront.
Veltman was benched although he came in later so it was not injury related.
Brighton GW21 Predicted formation
4-2-3-1
Brighton GW21 Predicted lineup:
Sanchez
Gross – Webster – Dunk – Estupinan
Mac Allister – Caicedo
March – Lallana – Mitoma
Ferguson
Brighton PC/Injury Update:
“Dunk will play tomorrow, with Jan Paul van Hecke or Adam Webster. JP did very well against Middlesbrough. “I have confidence in him, he is improving a lot. He plays with courage. I want to build a squad of 20 where they are all able to play.”
Brentford
Brentford made quite a few changes to their starting XI. Ajer and Janelt started as the full-backs. Apart from defence, most of their squad was pretty much the same as previous Gameweek’s. They scored two goals against Bournemouth, one of which was a penalty converted by Ivan Toney.
Brentford GW21 Predicted formation:
3-5-2
Brentford GW21 Predicted lineup:
Raya
Zanka – Ajer – Mee – Pinnock – Henry
Jensen – Norgaard – Janlet
Mbeumo – Toney –
Brentford PC/Injury Update:
Thomas Frank, speaking at his pre-match press conference, confirmed that Henry is fit for the trip to Elland Road.
Aaron Hickey, having featured in Brentford’s friendly against Leyton Orient on Wednesday, is ‘touch-and-go’ to make the squad on Sunday.
Shandon Baptiste is also edging closer to a first-team return, but is unlikely to be involved in Yorkshire.
Pontus Jansson and Frank Onyeka (both hamstring) are progressing but remain sidelined.
Chelsea
Chelsea, after going through a lot of injuries in their squad, made two changes to their squad. Graham Potter gave starts to Lewis Hall, Badiashile and Chukwuemeka against Palace. Kai Havertz got the winning goal for the blues in the second half of the game. They are expected to start with a strong eleven next week as they go on to play Liverpool.
Chelsea GW21 Predicted formation:
4-3-3
Chelsea GW21 Predicted lineup:
Kepa
Azpi – Koulibaly – Thiago Silva – Cucurella
Jorginho – Kovacic – Gallagher
Ziyech – Havertz – Mount
Chelsea PC/Injury Update:
Ruben was on the bench in the last match but he’s a lot closer now. Reece has joined team training but won’t be involved at the weekend. Same for Ben Chilwell
Crystal Palace
Palace started with the starting eleven predicted in last week’s blog against Chelsea and managed to keep the game cagey. However, Andersen was taken off due to a potential injury and was replaced by James Tomkins. Richards played ahead of Tomkins against Man united and is expected to continue after putting in a decent performance.
Crystal Palace GW21 Predicted formation
4-3-3
Crystal Palace GW21 Predicted lineup:
Guaita
Clyne – Guehi – Richards – Mitchell
Olise – Hughes – Doucoure
Ayew – Eze – Zaha
Crystal Palace PC/Injury Update:
“Crystal Palace’s Joachim Andersen expected to be out for three weeks with calf injury” – The Athletic
Everton
Everton switched back to the 3-4-2-1 formation and thus saw Ben Godfrey starting ahead of Doucoure. In the attack, Alex Iwobi started the game in place of McNeil, alongside Gray. They lost the game 2-1 to Southampton, where the early goal was scored by Onana.
Everton GW21 Predicted formation
3-4-2-1
Everton GW21 Predicted lineup
Pickford
Godfrey – Tarkowski – Coady
Coleman – Gueye – Onana – Mykolenko
Gray – Iwobi
DCL
Everton Press Conference Updates:
Townsend is back in training after being out for a long time due to an ACL injury. Garner is back in training too, Patterson is still out, and Keane is also not expected to be available for the Hammers game.
Fulham
Marco Silva started with the same lineup which was predicted against in-form Newcastle. They conceded an 89th-minute goal to lose three points against them. They go against Spurs in GW21 in the hope for redemption. Robinson should return after being suspended for the Newcastle game.
Fulham GW21 Predicted formation:
4-2-3-1
Fulham GW21 Predicted lineup:
Leno
Tete – Diop – Ream – Robinson
Palhinha – Reed
Reid – Andreas – Willian
Mitrovic
Fulham PC/Injury Update:
Antonee Robinson returns from his one-game suspension.
Everyone is expected to be fit for their next match with Kebano the only long term absentee. Marco Silva also hinted that Mitrovic will continue to be on pens.
Leeds United
Leeds United started with the lineup predicted in the last week’s blog. Rodrigo started ahead of Bamford as he is currently being phased into the eleven, after his return from the injury. However, Bamford scored one consolation goal towards the end.
Leeds United GW21 Predicted formation:
4-2-3-1
Leeds United GW21 Predicted lineup:
Meslier
Ayling – Koch – Cooper – Struijk
Adams – Roca
Gnonto – Aaronson – Harrison
Rodrigo
Leeds United PC/Injury Update:
New signing Wobber was substituted in the FA Cup replay vs Cardiff due to a hip injury, however, Marsch said Wober told him he does not believe the hip. Fellow new signing, Georginio Rutter wasn’t eligible to make his debut against Cardiff as he didn’t feature in the first game. He should be in line to make his debut against Brentford.
Dallas, Gray and Summerville are the three players out. Gray’s getting close, Summerville should be back training next week. Rutter expected to be in the squad for Brentford. (Phil Hay)
Leicester City
Rodgers made quite a few changes to Leicester’s starting eleven after being faced with a few injuries. He started Vardy, Albrighton and Mendy ahead of Soumare, Perez and Daka in their unexpected loss against Forest. They might make a few changes to their lineup in GW21 against Brighton.
Leicester City GW21 Predicted formation:
4-2-3-1
Leicester City GW21 Predicted lineup:
Ward
Castagne – Amartey – Faes – Thomas
KDH – Ndidi
Praet – Tielemans – Barnes
Daka
Leicester City PC/Injury News:
“James Maddison is doing very well so we’re hoping he can be involved in the squad at the weekend,” Rodgers told the media on Thursday. “He would hopefully be in the squad.
“Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has also been back training so he should be available for the weekend as well.”
Dennis Praet (rib and hip) appeared from the bench in last weekend’s 2-0 loss at Nottingham Forest. Both he and Ayoze Pérez (muscle) will also be monitored by the Club’s medical team over the coming weeks.
Liverpool
Liverpool went in with the predicted lineup in their game against Brighton with just one change to their squad. Henderson started ahead of Elliott. They had a dismal performance in GW20 and thus lost 3-0 to Brighton.
They are expected to go ahead with more or less the same lineup against Chelsea in GW21.
Liverpool GW21 Predicted formation
4-3-3
Liverpool GW21 Predicted lineup:
Allison
Alexander-Arnold – Matip – Konate – Andy Robertson
Keita – Henderson -Thiago
Salah – Nunez – Gakpo
Liverpool PC/Injury News:
Darwin Nunez is expected back in training tomorrow or Thursday. Should be in contention to face Chelsea. According to James Pearce
While Roberto Firmino, Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota, Virgil van Dijk and Arthur Melo all remain out, Klopp is hopeful there are no new absences after the win at Wolves, although Kostas Tsimikas suffered a knock to his back late on.
Manchester City
The hardest eleven to predict would be a Manchester City’s eleven in a double gameweek. Guardiola went with the classic 4-3-3 formation in the Manchester Derby. We saw starts from Foden ahead of Grealish, and Cancelo in the eleven. Apart from these two, the rest of the elven was correctly predicted.
Manchester City GW21 Predicted formation
3-2-2-3
Manchester City GW21 Predicted lineup:
Ederson
Lewis – Stones – Akanji – Ake
KDB – Rodri – Bernardo SIlva
Mahrez – Haaland – Grealish
Manchester United PC/Injury Update:
Man city did not have a PC after the Spurs game
Manchester United
After a series of incredible performances, Ten Hag’s United managed to pull off yet another rabbit out of the hat to come back to win in the dying minutes of the game. There was one change to their eleven with Anothony on the bench and Fred starting in the midfield position pushing Eriksen ahead. They are expected to go with a similar lineup for their second game against Palace.
Casemiro received his 5th yellow card and will now miss the game against Arsenal. Fellow countryman Fred or Mctominay could slot in. ETH could also wildly start Martinez in midfield and slot in Shaw next to Varane.
Manchester United GW21 Predicted formation:
4-2-3-1
Manchester United GW21 Predicted lineup:
De Gea
Wan Bissaka – Varane – Martinez – Shaw
Fred – Eriksen
Anthony – Bruno – Rashford
Martial
Manchester United PC/Injury Update:
Casemiro is suspended for the game.
Ten Haag suggested that Sancho’s return will be managed. He was uncertain about Dalot and Martial’s availability.
Newcastle United
The underdogs of this PL season, managed to get a late winner, scored by Isac who was subbed in at the 71st-minute mark. He was on the bench as Howe mentioned that he is managing his minutes due to his injury concerns, and thus the forward line of Almiron, Wilson, and Joelinton ahead of him.
The win however came at a cost with star midfielder Bruno Guimares forced off injured.
Newcastle United GW21 Predicted formation:
4-3-3
Newcastle United GW21 Predicted lineup:
Pope
Trippier – Botman – Schar – Burn
Longstaff – Joelinton – Willock
Almiron – Wilson – ASM
Newcastle United PC/Injury Update:
The ankle injury sustained by Bruno Guimarães doesn’t appear to be as bad as initially feared and he could be available for Newcastle’s Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg next week. Bruno will be missing from the squad for the trip to Crystal Palace
Howe on Bruno Guimares injury:
“He was devastated to come off the pitch. I probably think he thought at the time he had serious damage to his ankle. The scan did come back with positive news and hopefully, it’s not a long-term injury.
“We’re still not sure when he’s going to be back but he’s made good progress this week. We’ll have a constant eye on the situation.”
Nottingham Forest
The progress Steve Cooper has made over the past few weeks has been quite evident. We saw Nottingham Forest settle on a starting eleven, and then improved performances. In GW20 they won 2-0 against the Foxes, with Ben Johnson getting the brace, and Gibbs-White getting the assists for both the goals.
They are expected to go with a similar setup in their match against Bournemouth in GW21.
Dean Henderson was injured sustaining a thigh injury, he is expected to miss 3-4 weeks due to his thigh injury. Hennessey will start in place of him and Forest are also looking for a replacement in the transfer market with Keylor Navas among the players mentioned.
Awoniyi is also out for a while following an injury. Wood has joined as a loan signing from Newcastle and could play in the game. New signing Danilo could also feature.
Nottingham Forest GW21 Predicted formation:
4-3-3
Nottingham Forest GW21 Predicted lineup:
Hennessey
Aurier – Worrall – McKenna – Lodi
Freuler – Mangala – Yates
Scarpa – Johnson – GibbsWhite
Nottingham Forest PC/Injury Update:
Midfielder Ryan Yates will be available for Nottingham Forest’s trip to face Bournemouth on Saturday.
Defender Willy Boly is “not too far away” from recovering from an ankle problem, while Jesse Lingard is close to a comeback from a hamstring issue. Forest head coach Steve Cooper nevertheless has a lengthy injury list to contend with.
Goalkeeper Dean Henderson (thigh) will be sidelined for at least the next month. And Cooper says it is still inconclusive on how long Taiwo Awoniyi (groin) will be absent for, with the striker expected to be missing for a significant spell.
Forest injury list: Dean Henderson(Out for a month), Awoniyi(Expected to be out for a while), Willy Boly(Close to return), Jesse Lingard(Close to return), Cheikhou Kouyate(Out for a long time), Moussa Niakhate(Expected to join training in 15 days), Omar Richards(Expected to join training in 15 days), and Giulian Biancone(Out for a long time) are all on the sidelines(Via Nottingham Post)
Southampton
Not many changes were made to Southampton’s eleven by Jones. Adam Armstrong started the game on the bench against the Toffees, with Elyounoussi on the pitch. They won the game with a JWP scoring a brace and Che Adams managing to get an assist. They are expected to go ahead with a similar lineup against Villa.
Southampton GW21 Predicted formation
4-2-3-1
Southampton GW21 Predicted lineup:
Bazunu
Lyanco – Caleta Car – Salisu – Walker Peters
Diallo – Lavia
Edozie – Ward Prowse – Elyounoussi
Che Adams
Southampton PC/Injury Update:
Nathan Jones updates from the PC:
“We’ve got one or two back from injury,” confirmed the boss. “So, we’re in a much stronger position this week than we were last week, so we’ll see.”
“It’s a big week coming up and we’re going to need the squad so whoever starts Saturday will have to affect the game on Saturday in terms of their role and then be ready for Tuesday, Saturday and Tuesday again.”
The boss also confirmed Southampton’s latest January acquisition Charly Alcaraz could make his first Premier League start against Aston Villa on Saturday.
Spurs
In their loss against Arsenal, Spurs made a few changes in their midfield. They started Sessegnon and Sarr over the predicted starts from Skipp, and Perisic. These changes could be in lieu of their second game against Manchester City.
Spurs GW21 Predicted formation:
3-4-3
Spurs GW21 Predicted lineup:
Lloris
Dier – Romero – Lenglet
Doherty – Skipp – Hojbjerg – Perisic
Kulusevski – Kane – Son
Spurs Injury/PC News
It is difficult to answer because only yesterday night we played and I think no, but sometimes after one day can happen something you need, especially the medical department need time to make a valuation but I hope not (any injuries) and we finish with all the players, a bit tired, especially the players recovering from injuries like Rodrigo Bentancur, like Deki Kulusevski and only fatigue. (via football.london)
West Ham
There were, yet again quite a few changes to West Ham’s squad in their 1-0 loss against Wolves. We saw Antonio and Fornals starting ahead of Scamacca and Benrahma in the forward line. Ogbonna and Coufal started the game in defence. Ings has been signed in the Jan window and will be available for selection. Dawson is on his way out and Zouma made his return back to the bench after injury in the Wolves game.
West Ham GW21 Predicted formation
4-2-3-1
West Ham GW21 Predicted lineup:
Fabianski
Coufal – Aguerd -Zouma – Cresswell
Rice – Soucek
Bowen – Paqueta – Benrahma
Antonio
West Ham PC/Injury Updates:
Scamacca is injured again and this means Antonio starts ahead of him.
On Scamacca – Gianluca Scamacca has got a knee injury that is going to keep him out for a bit of time.
Wolves
There was just one change made to the Wolves’ squad – Cunha starting ahead of Jimenez. New signing Sarabia could also feature for Wolves.
Wolves GW21 Predicted formation:
4-3-3
Wolves GW21 Predicted lineup:
Sa
Semedo – Kilman – Collins – Bueno
Neves – Moutinho – Nunes
Hwang – Cunha – Podence
Wolves PC/Injury Update:
Pablo Sarabia could make his Wolverhampton Wanderers debut against Premier League champions Manchester City on Sunday.
There are no injury concerns apart from Boubacar Traore, Pedro Neto, Chiquinho and Sasa Kalajdzic.
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