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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
    • 16 Years
    7 months, 13 days ago

    Chiesa had Salah open but went one on three by himself

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    1. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 13 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
      7 months, 13 days ago

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

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    3. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      7 months, 13 days ago

      Arsenal triple up on Salah at that time. Wise choice

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  2. Pratik
    • 16 Years
    7 months, 13 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
      7 months, 13 days ago

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

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      1. Pratik
        • 16 Years
        7 months, 13 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
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 13 days ago

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

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  4. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    7 months, 13 days ago

    Endo rugby tackle yellow

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  5. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 13 days ago

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

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    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 months, 13 days ago

      He gets 2 more weeks for sure.

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    2. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 13 days ago

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

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    3. WVA
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 13 days ago

      Easy to have both

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    4. Zalk
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 13 days ago

      Haaland was useless aswell...bar one toe poke

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      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        7 months, 13 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
      7 months, 13 days ago

      Gonna try and have both

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      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        7 months, 13 days ago

        This, easy with the Palmer news last weekend

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  6. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    7 months, 13 days ago

    Poor game...

    Liverpool (0.34) 1-0 (0.39) Arsenal

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    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 13 days ago

      The Arteta effect

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    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 13 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
    7 months, 13 days ago

    Is Mosquito nailed if Saliba out for long?

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    1. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      7 months, 13 days ago

      Haha what an auto correct

      Mosquera

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

    Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo and Ekitike blanks.

    Phew…..

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    1. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      7 months, 13 days ago

      You got no Pool? 😯

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    2. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 13 days ago

      VVD hauls

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    3. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 13 days ago

      Yo, do you ever have a bad gw?

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      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        7 months, 13 days ago

        Team linked is doing terrible

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  9. PGR
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 13 days ago

    Would you keep Salah if Wildcarding ahead of GW4?

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    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 13 days ago

      I wouldn’t WC yet

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      1. NoOneCares
          7 months, 13 days ago

          Your advice is always hilarious.

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      2. Manani
        • 14 Years
        7 months, 13 days ago

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

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      3. Drop Dead Tsimikas
        • 14 Years
        7 months, 13 days ago

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

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    2. SUPERMAN
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 13 days ago

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

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      1. Hughes Your Daddy
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 13 days ago

        It cant get any worse

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    3. Zalk
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 13 days ago

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

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    4. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 13 days ago

      Salah GTFO of my team

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      1. Absolutely Muñozed
          7 months, 13 days ago

          same for Wirtz

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      2. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        7 months, 13 days ago

        Szboszlai 13 pointer

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        1. Randy_Marsh
          • 15 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

          No one probably has him 😀

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      3. PartyTime
        • 4 Years
        7 months, 13 days ago

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

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      4. chocolove
        • 15 Years
        7 months, 13 days ago

        Wirtz ghost
        Salah ghost

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        1. WVA
          • 9 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

          Wirtz has been a ghost all season

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        2. TheBiffas
          • 5 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

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

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          1. x.jim.x
            • 11 Years
            7 months, 13 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
              7 months, 13 days ago

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

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        3. Randy_Marsh
          • 15 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

          They won doesn't matter

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          1. x.jim.x
            • 11 Years
            7 months, 13 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
            7 months, 13 days ago

            Bruh, that does matter.
            This is fpl site.

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      5. jayzico
        • 15 Years
        7 months, 13 days ago

        Please save my GW from hell Munoz. Please.

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      6. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 15 Years
        7 months, 13 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
          7 months, 13 days ago

          They haven't been winning anything irrelevant either 😀

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      7. Thanos
        • 4 Years
        7 months, 13 days ago

        Arsenal supporters still trusting the process?

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        1. chocolove
          • 15 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

          In Wenger we trust

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      8. SammyD
        • 12 Years
        7 months, 13 days ago

        We can get rid of Salah now right?

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        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

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

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        2. F4L
          • 11 Years
          7 months, 13 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
          7 months, 13 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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      9. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        7 months, 13 days ago

        Salah blank, I am gassed!!

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      10. Manani
        • 14 Years
        7 months, 13 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
          • 9 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

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

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        2. Miguel Sanchez
          • 9 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

          Gakpo ticks along nicely at a decent price

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        3. Bushwhacker
          • 6 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

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

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        4. Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

          Gakpo the best. Ekitike if Isak stays away

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        5. Zimo
          • 7 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

          I got Gakpo

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      11. Couto
        • 6 Years
        7 months, 13 days ago

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

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        1. Hughes Your Daddy
          • 13 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

          All fine here, must be your browser

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        2. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          7 months, 13 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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      12. F4L
        • 11 Years
        7 months, 13 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
          7 months, 13 days ago

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

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          1. F4L
            • 11 Years
            7 months, 13 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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      13. Miguel Sanchez
        • 9 Years
        7 months, 13 days ago

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

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        1. adstomko
          • 9 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

          I’m tempted ngl

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        2. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

          And that's not what I want to have 😛

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        3. Tonyawesome69
          • 7 Years
          7 months, 13 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™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

          Dead team?

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        5. NoOneCares
            7 months, 13 days ago

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

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          • g40steve
            • 8 Years
            7 months, 13 days ago

            Just imagine having 5 in a game like this?

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        6. Tonyawesome69
          • 7 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

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

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        7. Bushwhacker
          • 6 Years
          7 months, 13 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
            7 months, 13 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
              • 6 Years
              7 months, 13 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
            7 months, 13 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
              • 6 Years
              7 months, 13 days ago

              Aye.

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            2. Bushwhacker
              • 6 Years
              7 months, 13 days ago

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

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        8. Feanor
          • 16 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

          Grealish probably going up twice before the next GW

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        9. Drop Dead Tsimikas
          • 14 Years
          7 months, 13 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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        10. Hughes Your Daddy
          • 13 Years
          7 months, 13 days ago

          Come on Munoz/Sarr lets go!

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        11. adstomko
          • 9 Years
          7 months, 13 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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