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Liverpool v Arsenal team news: Martinelli starts, Odegaard + Eze subs

31 August 2025 567 comments
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Liverpool take on Arsenal in the penultimate Premier League fixture before the international break.

Both teams have won their first two matches, but defensive frailties remain for the Reds, having allowed four goals against Bournemouth and Newcastle United.

Arsenal, meanwhile, are yet to concede this season.

Kick-off at Anfield is at 16:30 BST.

TEAM NEWS

Arne Slot makes one change from Monday’s 3-2 win over Newcastle United, with Alexis Mac Allister coming in for Curtis Jones, who drops to the bench.

Dominik Szoboszlai continues at right-back.

As for Arsenal, Eberechi Eze is named among the substitutes following his £60m move from Crystal Palace.

Gabriel Martinelli replaces the injured Bukayo Saka, while Martin Odegaard is only fit enough for bench duties.

Mikel Merino comes into central midfield as a result.

LINE-UPS

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Szoboszlai, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo, Ekitike

Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Bradley, Chiesa, Jones, Elliott, Robertson, Nguhoma

Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Merino, Rice, Madueke, Martinelli, Gyokeres

Subs: Kepa, Mosquera, Odegaard, Eze, Trossard, Nwaneri, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman, Harriman-Annous

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  1. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Chiesa had Salah open but went one on three by himself

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    1. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      He looked to play him in for like 5 seconds but pretty sure that line was cut off by the Ars defence

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    2. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      The pass wasn't there, he looked for it.

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    3. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Arsenal triple up on Salah at that time. Wise choice

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  2. Pratik
    • 17 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Salah's form feels like a continuation of the dip towards the end of the season. Looks set for a far lower total than last season.

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    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Completely agree, shows how poor the options are in FPL now

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      1. Pratik
        • 17 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        Ya, tricky to see who's the standout FPL performer of the year. I suspect money / team value won't be a problem when setting up the team due to the minimal delta b/w top performers and middle performers.

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  3. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Feel sorry for Eze, he is not used to losing v Liverpool with us 🙁

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  4. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Endo rugby tackle yellow

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  5. F4L
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Salah ➡ Haaland switch loading. looks good to do in 2 GWs time?

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    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      He gets 2 more weeks for sure.

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    2. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Palmer and Saka both out. U can have both easily.

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    3. WVA
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Easy to have both

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    4. Zalk
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Haaland was useless aswell...bar one toe poke

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      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        That 1 toe poke as you call it was worth a1.7M rise in rank 😉

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    5. Randy_Marsh
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Gonna try and have both

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      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        This, easy with the Palmer news last weekend

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  6. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Poor game...

    Liverpool (0.34) 1-0 (0.39) Arsenal

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    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      The Arteta effect

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    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      kinda sums it up that bournemouth and 10 men newcastle caused liverpool so much more trouble.

      come on arteta, what you doing at this point

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  7. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Is Mosquito nailed if Saliba out for long?

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    1. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Haha what an auto correct

      Mosquera

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  8. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo and Ekitike blanks.

    Phew…..

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    1. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      You got no Pool? 😯

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    2. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      VVD hauls

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    3. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Yo, do you ever have a bad gw?

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      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        Team linked is doing terrible

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  9. PGR
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Would you keep Salah if Wildcarding ahead of GW4?

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    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      I wouldn’t WC yet

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      1. NoOneCares
        10 months, 21 days ago

        Your advice is always hilarious.

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    2. Manani
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      have to keep for the next 2 (or 3) surely....

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    3. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      No. I'd get Haaland instead. Am currently considering doing exactly that.

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  10. SUPERMAN
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    I hope the Villa Palace game is a better watch than that.

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    1. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      It cant get any worse

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  11. Zalk
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Well, that was the most boring game so far...

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  12. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Salah GTFO of my team

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    1. Absolutely Muñozed
      10 months, 21 days ago

      same for Wirtz

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  13. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Szboszlai 13 pointer

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    1. Randy_Marsh
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      No one probably has him 😀

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  14. PartyTime
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Liverpool on the right track to win the league. I don’t see any team stopping them.

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  15. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Wirtz ghost
    Salah ghost

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    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Wirtz has been a ghost all season

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    2. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Wirtz was good in the 2nd half tbf. Salah was hopeless

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      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        “Good” is very generous. He’s lucky Szobo is doing so well at RB or there’d be calls for him to be dropped I reckon

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        1. TheBiffas
          • 5 Years
          10 months, 21 days ago

          I've been disappointed with him but 2nd half was a marked improvement

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    3. Randy_Marsh
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      They won doesn't matter

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      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        Your 2 best attackers being awful in all 3 games so far, so you end up relying on unsustainable last minute winners, does matter actually

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      2. chocolove
        • 15 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        Bruh, that does matter.
        This is fpl site.

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  16. jayzico
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Please save my GW from hell Munoz. Please.

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  17. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    That’s why Arsenal will never win anything relevant under arteta

    Negative tactics hoping for a draw against 2 awful defences. Setup defensively against United at old Trafford and got lucky with a set peice and sneaked a win

    Came to anfield for a draw and paid for it. Liverpool have been all over the place defensively this season. With the attacking talent Arsenal have they need to make a statement and come to win. Thats what champions do. That’s why they are where they are. Absolutely nothing changed

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    1. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      They haven't been winning anything irrelevant either 😀

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  18. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Arsenal supporters still trusting the process?

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    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      In Wenger we trust

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  19. SammyD
    • 12 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    We can get rid of Salah now right?

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    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      No this is the time to buy him, check the fixtures...

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    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      2 more GWs to get haul (at least g+a). haaland looks back to a goal per game, im fine with that for perma captain so salah has to start turning up

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    3. Randy_Marsh
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      2 goals in 3 games. Not a great return of 14.5 million but I'm holding. Plenty of mid options to cover even haaland and salah in the team

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  20. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Salah blank, I am gassed!!

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  21. Manani
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    best liverpool player to own except for Salah?

    I know they are poor, but still the fixture looks good enough for a 2/3 week punt before WC and reassess after

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    1. adstomko
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Ekitike if Isak doesn’t come.
      If Isak comes, ignore but assess Wirtz

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    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Gakpo ticks along nicely at a decent price

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    3. Bushwhacker
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      The team at the top of the league are poor. Interesting take.

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    4. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Gakpo the best. Ekitike if Isak stays away

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    5. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      I got Gakpo

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  22. Couto
    • 6 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Please moderators of this channel fix this page, it looks broken on the browser.

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    1. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      All fine here, must be your browser

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    2. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Looks fine on desktop and mobile.

      What are you using? Is it up to date? Mobile or desktop mode if on a phone?

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  23. F4L
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    vvd 7 pointer

    owners in for the long haul might be onto the winning 6mil imo

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    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      I'm sad he didn't get his customary 2DC points

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      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        very encouraging signs hes pushing the DC threshold every gw so far though

        wont be too long until he heads one in as well

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  24. Miguel Sanchez
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    WC now and you can potentially have 5 Liverpool,players for the rest of the season.

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    1. adstomko
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      I’m tempted ngl

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    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      And that's not what I want to have 😛

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    3. Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Unfortunately you won't be able to make any transfers after WC until you sell 2 Liverpool players in this scenario

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    4. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Dead team?

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    5. NoOneCares
      10 months, 21 days ago

      WVA says don't WC now, based on nothing. I would listen.

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    6. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Just imagine having 5 in a game like this?

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  25. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Let the rage transfer calm down then look at Liverpool fixture in GW4

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  26. Bushwhacker
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Lining up to see who Arteta and his players blame for that one. Always lovely to witness the chip on their shoulders.

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    1. Graziano
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Arsenal was without two best attackers - Saka and Odegaard. I wonder who Liverpool will blame for creating 0.45 xG at home vs Arsenal who have lost Saliba as well.

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      1. Bushwhacker
        • 7 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        Thing is Slot usually blames Slot. Arteta and his players blame extraneous issues. Its a victim mentality and why they can’t win anything.

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    2. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Soon as Neville started bringing up that nonexistent handball at the end, you knew it was gonna end up being the ref’s fault

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      1. Bushwhacker
        • 7 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        Aye.

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      2. Bushwhacker
        • 7 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        No its INJURIES AGAIN!! The billion plus team boo hoo

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  27. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Grealish probably going up twice before the next GW

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  28. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Would you FH this lot? Stars are the ones I'd have out:

    Sels* | Dubravka*
    Tosin | Milenkovic* | VdV | Esteve* | Gudmundsson
    Salah | Grealish | Reijnders* | Bruno* | Kudus
    Watkins | JP

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  29. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Come on Munoz/Sarr lets go!

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  30. adstomko
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    As a Wirtz, Saka, Watkins & Rogers owner, would you recommend the wildcard if the latter two blank?
    I can always one or two in for GW5 at a lower price, maybe Wirtz before GW4 deadline

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