In this blog, we present you with FPL GW16 predicted lineups, injury updates, press conference updates, and all you need to know for your FPL team ahead of Gameweek 16.
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FPL GW16 Predicted Lineups
Arsenal
Arsenal GW16 Predicted formation:
- 4-2-3-1
Arsenal GW16 Predicted lineup:
Raya
White – Timber – Hincapie – Lewis-Skelly
Rice – Zubimendi – Odegaard
Saka – Gyokeres – Eze
Notes/Injury Updates:
- Calafiori will miss this weekend’s clash against Wolves through suspension after picking up his 5th yellow card last gameweek.
- Gyokeres started Arsenal’s midweek UCL win over Club Brugge. He is expected to return to the Premier League starting XI this Sunday.
- Rice sat out the trip to Belgium due to illness. While Arteta has not provided a definitive answer about his availability, we’re expecting to be recovered and ready.
- Arteta on Rice: “Let’s see how he is today. He was ill, that’s an illness, normally in a few days it gets resolved, but we have to wait and see. “
- Saliba is nearing a return and could be available for selection this weekend. It remains to be seen.
- Arteta on Saliba: “We have to wait and see. Yesterday we didn’t train, so we have an extra day between this afternoon, let’s see if he can be available or not. It remains the same. If you asked me for the Everton game, I think he will be fit; for tomorrow, I don’t know. “
- Arteta on Timber, who was also left behind for the trip to Belgium: “Again, depends how he feels today. It was a knock that he picked, and he wasn’t feeling comfortable. So again, I think it’s a matter of days, but whether it’s tomorrow or not we’ll see. “
- Trossard is in a similar situation, with a return imminent.
- Arteta on Trossard: “Again, another one that is a matter of days. It sounds boring, but it’s the reality, so we don’t know.”
- Gabriel Jesus, who’s been out for almost a year with an ACL tear, returned to action midweek and should be in the squad this weekend.
- Mosquera, Gabriel, and Havertz are out.
Further Read: Premier League Players who will miss PL due to AFCON 2025
Aston Villa
Aston Villa GW16 Predicted formation:
- 4-2-3-1
Aston Villa GW16 Predicted Lineup:
Emi Martinez
Cash – Torres – Konsa – Digne
Onana – Kamara
McGinn – Tielemans – Rogers
Watkins
Aston Villa Notes/Injury Updates:
- Martinez returned from fitness and started last weekend’s 2-1 win over Arsenal, but he missed their midweek Europa League win over FC Basel, along with Pau Torres. The pair will be assessed ahead of the West Ham fixture this weekend, but are predicted to feature in the starting lineup.
- Emery: “We need now to know how they are, the players after yesterday – the players who played and the players who were injured. We are training now and we are going to train tomorrow morning. And then travel to London. I don’t know. But, of course, how we are performing collectively when there are some players out, being injured, small or long injuries, I am so happy with how they are responding. We need every player ready to play.”
- Mings and Barkley are out.
- Guessand is doubtful after he missed the Arsenal clash through injury.
Further Read: Top FPL Gameweek 16 Captain Picks Based on Analysis & Metrics
Bournemouth
Bournemouth GW16 Predicted formation
- 4-2-3-1
Bournemouth GW16 Predicted lineup:
Petrovic
Smith – Senesi – Diakite – Truffert
Adams – Scott
Tavernier – Brooks – Semenyo
Evanlison
Bournemouth Team News & Key Notes:
- Senesi is doubtful after he was forced off injured at the hour mark against Chelsea last weekend.
- Iraola on Senesi: “Marcos was the one that finished the game with some cramps and still is dealing with some issues there, but there is not a proper muscle injury. So we hope he’s available also for Monday, but we are not still sure.”
“It’s strange because we still have three more days, so it’s difficult to know what’s going to happen, but should be very similar from past weekend.” - Tyler Adams will return from suspension and should be back in the starting XI.
- Lewis Cook will serve the last of his 3-game suspension for GW16.
- Ryan Christie, Milosavljevic, and Ben Doak are out.
Further Read: FPL GW16 Scout Picks Based on Stats, Analysis and Matchups
Brighton
Brighton GW16 Predicted formation
- 4-2-3-1
Brighton GW16 Predicted lineup:
Verbruggen
Wieffer – Van Hecke – Dunk – De Cuyper
Baleba – Ayari
Minteh – Rutter – Mitoma
Welbeck
Brighton Team News and Key Notes:
- Great news for Brighton fans! Four players have returned to fitness and are available for Saturday’s game against Liverpool.
- Hurzeler on team news: “We have Kaoru Mitoma, James Milner, Tommy Watson and Yasin Ayari back. That’s the positive news. They are definitely options to be in the squad, so we have decisions to make. It will mean some players will be out of the squad, but I think it’s a positive thing that we have to make decisions on which players are in the squad and which players are not.”
“Kaoru has overcome the pain issue and he trained well this week, so he will be an option.” - The bad news – Stefanos Tzimas is out for the rest of the season due to his knee injury, Hurzeler has revealed.
- Hurzeler on Tzimas: “Stefanos Tzimas will miss the whole of the season. I hope he will be back in pre-season. He has already started his rehab. He will have surgery soon. We have big trust in the doctors and in our medical department. We are quite convinced that he will be back as quickly as possible and in even better shape.”
- Adam Webster and Solly March are out.
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Burnley
Burnley GW16 Predicted formation
- 4-2-3-1
Burnley GW16 Predicted lineup:
Dubravka
Walker – Ekdal – Esteve – Hartman
Cullen – Luis – Ugochukwu
Foster –Broja – Bruun Larsen
Burnley Team News and Key Notes:
- Kyle Walker picked up his 5th yellow card of the season last weekend against Newcastle while Lucas Pires was sent off. The pair will sit out this weekend, suspended.
- Hannibal Mejbri will serve a 4-match ban after he was found guilty by the FA of spitting at Leeds United fans in their PL clash on October 18.
- Parker on team news: “We’ve no new injuries. It’ll be a similar squad to the one that went to Newcastle last weekend. We’ve got a couple of suspensions (Pires and Walker) and Hannibal is serving his ban, but other than that, we’re where we were ahead of Newcastle – the boys are looking forward to it.
- Jordan Beyer and Zeki Amdouni are out.
Further Read: Premier League Players who will miss PL due to AFCON 2025
Brentford
Brentford GW16 Predicted formation:
- 4-2-3-1
Brentford GW16 Predicted lineup:
Kelleher
Kayode – Collins – Van Den Berg – Ajer – Rico Henry
Yarmolyuk – Henderson – Damsgaard
Thiago – Ouattara
Brentford team news:
- Schade is out, having accumulated 5 yellow cards.
- Andrews on Reiss Nelson: “Reiss is doing pretty well, He took a knock a week or so ago, so we’ll see how he shapes up for Sunday. He should be in and around being available for Sunday. We’ll see how he goes over the next few days.”
- Antoni Milambo and Fabio Carvalho are out for the season.
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Chelsea
Chelsea GW16 Predicted formation:
- 4-2-3-1
Chelsea GW16 Predicted lineup:
Robert Sanchez
Gusto – Fofana – Chalobah – Cucurella
James – Enzo
Estevao – Cole Palmer – Neto
J. Pedro
Chelsea Team News and Notes:
- Maresca on Palmer, who missed Chelsea’s 2-1 UCL defeat to Atalanta midweek to be rested: “Cole is ok, he is better and he is available at the moment. We have one more session this afternoon. Yesterday he finished the session with us with a mixed feeling but overall he is ok.’
- Delap was forced off after 30 minutes of play against Bournemouth last weekend with a shoulder problem and is out for a few weeks.
- Maresca on Delap: “We don’t know yet. It could be two, three, four weeks. We don’t know exactly how many days he will need.”
- Fofana was brought on from the bench for the second period against Atalanta but was withdrawn in the 77th minute due to an eye issue. However, he will be available this weekend, Maresca revealed in his pre-Everton presser.
- Maresca on Fofana: “He is available, he is fine. He took part in the session yesterday and is completely fine.”
- Colwill and Lavia are out via injury.
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Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace GW16 Predicted Formation
- 3-4-2-1
Crystal Palace GW16 Predicted lineup:
Henderson
Guehi – Lacroix – Richards
Clyne – Hughes – Wharton- Mitchell
Kamada – Pino
Mateta
Crystal Palace Notes/Injury Updates:
- Munoz is out for a few weeks as he is set to undergo knee surgery. He missed GW15 after enduring a knee injury.
- Glasner on Munoz ahead of their Europa League midweek fixture against Shelbourne: “So we have some bad news on Daniel Muñoz, he has to undergo surgery – knee surgery. So we’re missing him for a few weeks. The prognosis is four to six weeks. Then he should be ready to play. But again, always when you have to undergo the surgery, you never know. I had a few in my career, that’s why I’m always a little bit cautious. But it doesn’t look too serious.”
On finding solutions at right-back: “I like to be creative. When I arrived there were plenty of injuries and I played Clyney as a right centre-back. He did very well. So I like to be creative. We could play a winger there, maybe an inverted player there [right wing-back], maybe we swap Borna Sosa or Justin Devenny onto this side, so we have a few options. We have to be creative, but I like this.” - Sarr has been sidelined since the end of last month with an ankle injury, while Mateta missed Palace’s midweek clash against Shelbourne due to swelling in his knee. However, the pair could be available this weekend, according to Glasner, and we’re expecting Mateta to start.
- Glasner said: “All who played should be fine, and then we hope that JP [Mateta] and Ismaïla Sarr are available for the game. Of course, we need to train with them and see if there is any reaction, but it looks good and looks okay right now. It will give us a few more options and it’s important to have these options against City.”
Further Read: Top FPL Gameweek 16 Captain Picks Based on Analysis & Metrics
Everton
Everton GW16 Predicted Formation
- 4-2-3-1
Everton GW16 Predicted lineup
Pickford
O’Brien – Tarkowski – Keane – Mykolenko
Gueye – Garner
Ndiaye – Dewsbury-Hall – Grealish
Barry
Everton Injury News/Updates:
- Gueye and Iroegbunam have returned from suspension, and the former should start this weekend.
- Keane returned to fitness and started last weekend, so he’s back as well.
- Branthwaite (hamstring) and Rohl (hernia) have made progress but are still unavailable.
- Moyes on the duo: “Jarrad and Merlin are back on the grass and doing some work. Merlin is obviously much further on than Jarrad but they’re both back on the grass and hopefully we’re starting to see a chance to get them back soon. It would be a big help.”
- Moyes on Gueye and Ndiaye, who will depart Merseyside for AFCON after this weekend’s clash against Chelsea: “We have to respect completely the Africa Cup of Nations. The players will go to play in the tournament for their countries and rightly so. It’s a great thing they get selected for their countries and we hope they do well. Obviously, I don’t think it’s something that’s ever pleased any manager at any club that you have to lose your players, but we’ve got them for this weekend, then we’ll wish them well.”
- Coleman is out.
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Fulham
Fulham GW16 Predicted formation:
4-2-3-1
Fulham GW16 Predicted lineup:
Leno
Tete – Bassey – Andersen – Castagne
Berge – Iwobi
H.Wilson – King – Chukwueze
Jiminez
Latest Updates:
- Muniz and Robinson are out.
- Robinson has returned to full training. Silva on Robinson in his pre-Burnley presser: “He is training with the team, he is progressing well, he is doing well. Now is a matter of time when we are going to decide for him to be in contention or not. We have another session tomorrow, we are going to see, but last week was a good week for him in terms of individual work, and step by step to adjust things and to be with the team. This week he has been with the team as well. Another session tomorrow, let’s see how he’s going to react to a complete week, and after we are going to take a decision on him.”
- Sessegnon missed last weekend’s defeat to Palace due to a hamstring injury. He is out for Saturday’s clash against Burnley.
- Silva on Sessegnon: “He is going to be out of the [Burnley] game. It is the type of situation that we have to see day by day, how he’s going to react. It’s not something very serious. He felt something really minor, had some exams. He is a player, as you know, because of his historic situation with injuries in the past, we have to be more careful with him than probably with another one. That is the reason why probably it will take a little bit more time. But I don’t think that it is going to be something very, very long. But for the next game he is going to be out.”
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Leeds
Leeds GW16 Predicted formation
- 4-3-3
Leeds GW16 Predicted lineup:
Perri
Bogle – Struijk – Rodon – Gudmundsson
Tanaka – Ampadu- Stach
Aaronson – Calvert-Lewin – Okafor
Leeds team news:
- Dan James, Sean Longstaff, and Nmecha are out.
- Farke on team news: “Not confident at all, so he [Nmecha] will also miss this game. He’s still a bit symptomatic, also we had to rescan and yes, it’s still not completely healed and he’s definitely out for this game. Of course I would like to have them back for the Crystal Palace game, but each and everyday matters and we decide from game to game. He’s doing individual work with our rehab coaches and for that, no chance to be involved for this weekend.”
“It’s always a bit difficult because Sean Longstaff, Daniel James and also Lukas are all important players for us, and of course you would prefer to have them all available. For that, it’s always a chance also for a different player to shine and for that, we don’t use this as an excuse.”
“We have not done this in the last weeks when Sean or Dan was not available and we we won’t use the excuse or feeling sorry for ourselves right now. We travel with what we’ve got and then we also have a chance. During training there are some hits and knocks, but not too bad. So everyone else should be available.”
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Liverpool
Liverpool GW16 Predicted Formation:
4-2-3-1
Liverpool GW16 Predicted lineup:
Alisson
Gomez – Konate – Van Dijk – Kerkez
Mac Allister – Gravenberch
Szoboszlai – Ekitike – Wirtz
Isak
Liverpool Team News and Key Notes:
- Salah has been included in the squad to face Brighton this weekend! Whether he will start is an entirely different question, though.
- Slot on Salah in his pre-Brighton presser: “I think we have decided as a club and I was part of that decision not to take him to the Inter Milan game. I’m always in contact with them, but when it comes to the decision-making of the line-up or the squad, they always leave that open to me. That’s not to say I don’t talk to them – mainly Richard [Hughes], by the way, not Michael [Edwards]. But I talk to him [Richard] about so many things. But the decision to play a player or to have him in the squad, as I’ve experienced until now and I think this will never change, is entirely up to me.”
Slot on if Salah will be involved:
“I will have a conversation with Mo this morning and the outcome of that conversation determines how it will look tomorrow.”
“What I need is a conversation with him and I think the next time I speak about Mo should be with him and not in here. You can keep on trying but there is not much more to say about it [other than] that I speak to him today and, like I said, the outcome of that conversation determines how things will look tomorrow.” - Chiesa missed Liverpool’s midweek UCL game due to illness but he’s available now, according to Slot, who said, “Federico is not ill anymore. He trained yesterday and he trained today again, so I assume he’s ready to be in the squad tomorrow again.”
- Gakpo is out for a few weeks after picking up an injury last weekend.
- Slot on Gakpo and Endo: “It’s going to be weeks. With Cody it’s a muscle injury and Wata is an ankle injury.”
- As a result, Ekitike and Isak are expected to start together against Brighton on Saturday. However, Isak apparently endured a knock midweek against Inter that could render him unavailable, so it may not be the case.
- Slot on Isak: “Alex also got a knock in the first half, so let’s see how he has recovered from that today – if he’s able to start tomorrow and, if he’s able, I make the decision to start them [Isak and Hugo Ekitike] again together, or we do it in a different way.”
- Bradley is suspended after picking up his 5th yellow of the season against Leeds last weekend. Gomez should start in his place.
- Frimpong is out.
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Manchester City
Man City GW16 Predicted formation
- 4-3-3
Man City GW16 Predicted lineup:
Donnarumma
M.Nunes – Dias – Gvardiol – O’Reilly
Silva – Gonzalez – Foden
Cherki –Haaland – Doku
Man City Notes/Injury Update:
- Man City boss Pep Guardiola did not attend Friday’s press conference as he had a ‘personal issue’ and assistant manager Kolo Toure made an appearance in his place ahead of Sunday’s game against Palace.
- Toure on team news: “The players are off today. Tomorrow when everyone comes back, we will know more about the players.”
- John Stones missed their 2-1 win over Real Madrid in the UCL this week due to a thigh injury and is doubtful this weekend.
- Toure on Stones: “It was John’s thigh. That’s the problem. I’m sure it wasn’t something too big and I think he will be back soon.”
- Rodri and Kovacic are out.
- Toure on Rodri: “Rodri is training well, and his rehab is going well. He is looking sharper and sharper. For sure we won’t see him for the weekend but he’s going through the process.”
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Manchester United
Man United GW16 Predicted formation:
- 3-4-2-1
Man United GW16 Predicted lineup:
Lammens
Yoro – Heaven – Shaw
Diallo – Bruno Fernandes – Casemiro – Dalot
Mbeumo – Mount
Cunha
Man United Notes/Injury Update:
- Maguire and De Ligt remained sidelined with injuries while Sesko, who has been ill, needs to be assessed ahead of GW16.
- Amorim on team news: “Maguire is out, De Ligt is out. Ben we have to see. We have to see if he’s available. He had some [food] poisoning, but we’ll see. Let’s wait. We have two trainings still. The other two are out, Benjamin we will assess.”
“I expect today to have a decision or maybe tomorrow but we are waiting until the last moment to have all the players available, to choose the best team to start the game.” - Amorim on De Ligt’s injury: “I think he has something in his back, I don’t know for sure. Sometimes you see it’s not a big injury because he finished the game quite well against Crystal Palace, but he has some pain. You sometimes think it will be solved during this week, but sometimes he feels a little bit of pain and we have to be a little careful with that.”
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Newcastle United
Newcastle United GW16 Predicted formation:
- 4-3-3
Newcastle United GW16 Predicted lineup:
Ramsdale
Livramento – Thiaw – Burn – Hall
B.Guimaraes – Tonali – Joelinton
Elanga – Woltemade – Gordon
Newcastle United Injury News/Notes:
- Nick Pope, Sven Botman, and Trippier are out.
- Joelinton is doubtful after he came off with a groin issue against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League this week.
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Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest GW16 Predicted formation:
- 4-2-3-1
Nottingham Forest GW16 Predicted lineup:
Sels
Savona – Murillo – Morato – Williams
Sangare – Anderson
Ndoye – Gibbs White – Hutchinson
Igor Jesus
Forest team news:
- Douglas Luiz, Chris Wood, Angus Gunn, Ola Aina, and Ryan Yates are out, with the latter unliklely to return until January.
- Matz Sels is doubtful after missing Forest’s midweek Europa League tie due to a groin issue. We are expecting him to start against Spurs this weekend, though.
- Dyche on team news (via BBC Sport): “We’ve asked a lot of the players there but we’ve had no adverse reactions so far and it’s important we keep that squad together. It’s nice to have some very important players looking fit. Some still a bit short but they’re getting there. It’s nice seeing some of these faces who are very good players coming back to full fitness and on the bench or starting of course.”
- Dyche on Ola Aina: “It’s just that he’s not fit – he hasn’t been fit and he’s still not fit. He hasn’t played any football yet. So, that’s all we can offer to that situation. We’ve made that very clear.”
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Sunderland
Sunderland GW16 Predicted formation
- 5-4-1
Sunderland GW16 Predicted lineup:
Roefs
Hume – Mukiele – Ballard – Alderete – Reinildo
Le Fee – Xhaka – Sadiki – Talbi
Isidor
Sunderland team news:
- Luke O’Nein is suspended for 3 games after his red card against Man City last weekend.
- Reinildo was a surprise miss from the Man City defeat as Sunderland revealed on Instagram post-match that he had a minor groin injury. However, he has now recovered and will be available for GW16, Le Bris revealed.
- The Sunderland boss provided positive updates on Dennis Cirkin and Diarra as well, with the former yet to make an appearance this season, while the latter has been sidelined since September with a groin injury.
- Le Bris on Cirkin: “Dennis is ready – he has trained properly now for two or three weeks and he’s connected in the group. It’s good news because right now we don’t have many injuries.”
Le Bris on Diarra: “Habib will train with the group next week and be in full training. He will need probably one or two weeks to be at his best after a good rehab programme and after that it depends on AFCON. We need to build his fitness level and after that, he will be ready.”
“The decision is with the national team – if they want to select the player, they can – it’s not our decision.” - Leo Hjelde and Aji Alese are out.
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Spurs
Spurs GW16 Predicted formation:
- 4-2-3-1
Spurs GW16 Predicted lineup:
Vicario
Porro – Van de Ven – Romero – Spence
Bentancur – Palhinha
Kudus – Xavi Simmons – Richarlison
Kolo Muani
Spurs team news:
- Udogie is out until the New Year with a hamstring injury.
- Kulusevski, Solanke, Maddison, Kota Takai, Bissouma, and Dragusin are out.
- Brennan Johnson missed their midweek win over Slavia Prague due to injury but is expected to be available this weekend.
- Frank on Johnson: “I expect him [Brennan] to be available for Forest, he trained today. Everyone that was available for Slavia will be available for Forest.”
- Frank on Solanke, who recently posted a picture on social media of himself on the pitch earlier in the season with two sand timer emojis: “I guess it is good news when he posts there [on social media]. As I said with Dom, because it is an injury that he picked up in July, it’s dragged on for a while. When he is training fully with the team and available for selection, I’ll say something.”
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West Ham
West Ham GW16 Predicted formation:
- 4-1-4-1
West Ham GW16 Predicted lineup:
Areola
Wan-Bissaka – Todibo – Mavropanos – Diouf
Soucek – Magassa
Bowen – Paqueta – Fernandes
Wilson
West Ham Team News and Notes:
- Scarles and Fabianski are out.
- Nuno on team news: “Always, we have to assess our players. I can’t say any more than that!”
Wolves
Wolves GW16 Predicted formation:
- 5-4-1
Wolves GW16 Predicted lineup:
Johnstone
Tchatchoua – Agbadou – T. Gomes – Mosquera – H Bueno
Arias – Andre – Joao Gomes – Fer Lopez
Larsen
Wolves Team News and Notes:
- Bellegarde was forced off in their 4-1 defeat to Man United on Monday and is set for a spell on the sidelines. Fer Lopez, who replaced him against the Red Devils, is expected to start in his place.
- Edwards on Bellegarde (via Liam Keen on X): “Bellegarde could be out for six or more weeks with a hamstring injury.”
- Joao Gomes is available, having completed his one-match suspension.
- Munetsi is out.
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