Liverpool v Chelsea team news: Wirtz out, Isak a sub

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gabriel	ARS	7.2m	102.9%	Very Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.8m	87.6%	Unlikely
Richarlison	TOT	6.3m	90.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	87.3%	Unlikely
Mateta	CRY	7.6m	84.1%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	80.7%	Unlikely
F.Kadıoğlu	BHA	4.4m	80.4%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.6m	74.5%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	72.6%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	9.9m	56.5%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.7m	69.6%	Unlikely
Osula	NEW	5.4m	64.3%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.9m	46.3%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	61.1%	Unlikely
Hinshelwood	BHA	5.1m	61.0%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	60.9%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	60.4%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	59.5%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.8m	54.9%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	55.9%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	54.0%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	50.2%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	48.9%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.2m	42.7%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	45.2%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	45.2%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.9m	43.8%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	44.1%	Unlikely
Mitoma	BHA	6.1m	43.3%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	43.0%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	41.0%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	5.5m	41.3%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.2m	39.9%	Unlikely
Beto	EVE	5.0m	39.4%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	10.4m	36.0%	Unlikely
Dowman	ARS	4.2m	36.4%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	36.3%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.1m	35.2%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	34.8%	Unlikely
Brobbey	SUN	5.3m	34.6%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Enzo	CHE	6.5m	130.8%	Very Likely
Rogers	AVL	7.5m	111.3%	Very Likely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	113.3%	Very Likely
Iwobi	FUL	6.2m	107.4%	Very Likely
Lucca	NFO	5.4m	107.7%	Very Likely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.6m	90.0%	Likely
Keane	EVE	4.5m	100.3%	Maybe
Zubimendi	ARS	5.0m	98.0%	Maybe
João Pedro	CHE	7.5m	98.5%	Maybe
Estève	BUR	3.9m	97.0%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.4%	Maybe
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	94.3%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	93.3%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	93.4%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	90.5%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	89.8%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	89.9%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	6.7m	88.2%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	86.7%	Unlikely
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	86.3%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	89.0%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	83.5%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.5m	82.3%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.2m	82.2%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	83.4%	Unlikely
Johnstone	WOL	4.4m	78.3%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	77.6%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	78.1%	Unlikely
Raúl	FUL	6.0m	79.2%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.8m	71.6%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.2m	75.1%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	76.8%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	78.3%	Unlikely
Tolu	WOL	5.2m	73.6%	Unlikely
Caicedo	CHE	5.7m	73.7%	Unlikely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.8m	71.5%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.4m	70.2%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.6m	70.7%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	65.3%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	66.7%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B
No Change	Henderson	CRY	C
No Change	Pickford	EVE	C, Vs
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	C, £

Last updated: 8 May, 2026 11:01pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A
No Change	Lacroix	CRY	B
No Change	Keane	EVE	C, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B
Up	Porro	TOT	B
Up	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Hill	BOU	B, £
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
Down	Struijk	LEE	C, £

Last updated: 8 May, 2026 11:13pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	B
No Change	Cherki	MCI	A
No Change	Saka	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Wilson	FUL	C
Up	Hinshelwood	BHA	B, Vs, £
Up	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	A, £
Down	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	C, Rest
No Change	Rogers	AVL	B
No Change	Szoboszlai	LIV	A
Down	Gibbs-White	NFO	A, Inj

Last updated: 8 May, 2026 11:26pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B
No Change	Bowen	WHU	A
Up	Welbeck	BHA	B
Up	Gyokeres	ARS	A, Vs
Down	Watkins	AVL	B, Rest
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	B
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	B

Last updated: 8 May, 2026 11:31pm

Two of the season’s biggest underachievers meet at Anfield in the Gameweek 36 curtain-raiser.

Liverpool v Chelsea kicks off at 12:30pm BST.

A win for the Reds would all but seal UEFA Champions League qualification, with Bournemouth, the only team that could then catch them, having an inferior goal difference.

As for Chelsea, defeat would all but end their Champions League hopes. Already out of reach of fifth spot, they’d be rank outsiders for sixth place without a positive result today.

Remember, sixth could end up being enough to qualify for Europe’s top-tier competition in 2026/27.

TEAM NEWS

Arne Slot makes three changes from the side that lost to Manchester United last weekend.

Giorgi Mamardashvili returns in goal after recovering from injury, so Freddie Woodman makes way.

There’s the expected change at left-back, too, with Milos Kerkez replacing Andrew Robertson.

The other alteration is an enforced one, as Florian Wirtz misses out with a stomach bug. The German had missed training in midweek but had actually returned to the grass by Thursday.

Rio Ngumoha starts in his place.

Alexander Isak is back on the bench after a brief absence, meanwhile.

Mohamed Salah and Alisson, described as “close” to a return to training on Friday, remain out.

As for Chelsea, interim boss Calum McFarlane makes five changes from the defeat to Nottingham Forest.

The fit-again Levi Colwill gets his first start of the season, while Jorrel Hato and Wesley Fofana also come in to a new-look defence.

Andrey Santos is brought into midfield, as Filip Jorgensen gets the nod between the posts.

Trevoh Chalobah, Tosin Adarabioyo and Romeo Lavia drop to the bench, while Robert Sanchez and teenage attacker Jesse Derry miss out with head injuries.

Reece James has to make do with substitute duty again.

Thanks to the chronic shortage of fit wingers, it looks like Cole Palmer and Marc Cucurella are tasked with the wide-midfield roles today.

LINE-UPS

Liverpool XI: Mamardashvili, Jones, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Frimpong, Szoboszlai, Ngumoha, Gakpo.

Subs: Woodman, Gomez, Isak, Chiesa, Robertson, Nyoni, Morrison, Wright, Ndiaye.

Chelsea XI: Jorgensen, Gusto, Fofana, Colwill, Hato, Andrey Santos, Caicedo, Palmer, Fernandez, Cucurella, Joao Pedro.

Subs: Slonina, James, Acheampong, Adarabioyo, Chalobah, Lavia, Eboue, Kavuma-McQueen, Delap.

Kiwivillan

13 mins ago

*sigh* last change was Enzo first sub

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The Knights Template
7 mins ago
Poor management!
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1. Kiwivillan
  3 mins ago
  I knew this will happen
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Count of Monte Hristo
6 mins ago
Same
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WVA
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We just need a Semenyo hattrick now
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The Knights Template

Told some folks to open a Kentucky Fried Whelk franchise!

JBG
1 min ago
Have you cornered the Whelk distribution market?
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DARE TO BISCAN
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Captain Whelksight! Where were you before the great whelk pop-off?
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Count of Monte Hristo

11 mins ago

Noone suggested I start Enzo 😆

JBG
2 mins ago
You should sue those people
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Kiwivillan
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Not mentioned on any FPL GW 36 video even with 20 players start or bench list that I could see
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Bigbars

I may be wrong, but Can't chelsea still make the champs league with a win here, And a defeat ends their hopes ?

_Greg
7 mins ago
They need to finish 6th but also for Liverpool to win their last two to make sure they get 4th, Villa playing Burnley complicates everything this week if Chelsea win here. This result changes the whole direction of the 6th place rush if Liverpool drop points, intriguing.
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1. JBG
  6 mins ago
  Watch Villa lose 1-0
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  1. Kiwivillan
    1 min ago
    2 days recovery wouldn't put it past us
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2. Bigbars
  4 mins ago
  ta... yes intriguing... Cant see Liverpool wanting Europa. Main thing is to keep teams playing for a prize, so they dont go on the beach and tank games. If they are still in the fight, teams will continue to try harder
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  1. _Greg
    1 min ago
    Liverpool need 4 points to secure CL, Aston Villa Vs Liverpool on Friday will be a good start to gw37.
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