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Liverpool v Arsenal team news: Calafiori + Tzolis start

1 November 2026 332 comments
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The penultimate match of Gameweek 9 sees Liverpool take on Arsenal at Anfield.

Andoni Iraola’s men are six points behind Arsenal, having beaten Brighton and Hove Albion 2-0 last time out.

Meanwhile, a win for the Gunners would put them three points clear at the top of the table.

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta makes five changes from Gameweek 8.

Ben White, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Mikel Merino, Eberechi Eze and Viktor Gyokeres drop to the bench.

Jurrien Timber, Riccardo Calafiori, Bruno Guimaraes, Christos Tzolis and Kai Havertz come into the side.

Tzolis is back from a hamstring injury, while Calafiori, Declan Rice and Noni Madueke have shaken off their respective issues to start.

For Liverpool, Iraola brings in Trey Nyoni for Ryan Gravenberch.

Dominik Szoboszlai and Victor Munoz are both back on the bench, meanwhile.

LINE-UPS

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Araujo, Jacquet, van Dijk, Kerkez, Nyoni, Mac Allister, Gakpo, Wirtz, Barcola, Isak

Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Szoboszlai, Tsimikas, Munoz, Gravenberch, Koumas, Ngumoha

Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori, Rice, Guimaraes, Madueke, Odegaard, Tzolis, Havertz

Subs: Kepa, Mosquera, White, Hincapie, Eze, Gyokeres, Merino, Zubimendi, Lewis-Skelly

LIVE GAMEWEEK 9 PAGE + MATCH CENTRE

Liverpool v Arsenal team news: Calafiori + Tzolis start

You can follow all the day’s action via the Live Gameweek page, which you can find in the FPL Toolkit section.

Here you can track the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DefCon) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out.

And there’s also the all-new Match Centre to explore. Here, you’ll find stats, heatmaps, rolling xG graphs and more on every Premier League fixture.

A lot is free for all, with Chief Scout Members getting full access.

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  1. DA Minnion (Former great)
    1 hour, 34 mins ago

    Could have played calafiori. I didn't.
    Could have played De cupyre. I did not.
    Played Leif Davis .
    Yes Leif Davis.

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    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 hour, 32 mins ago

      Same. Never again.

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      1. DA Minnion (Former great)
        1 hour, 28 mins ago

        Never ever.

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    2. Stranger Mings
      1 hour, 23 mins ago

      Jesus i played egan over cal & cuyper

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  2. F4L
    1 hour, 34 mins ago

    absolutely cakewalk for the title for arsenal this season

    when does arteta turn his attention to the cl? does he already? get that top 2 spot, play nice home fixtures in the KOs

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    1. F4L
      1 hour, 33 mins ago

      *absolute

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  3. Brosstan
    1 hour, 31 mins ago

    Lost OR this game with double Arsenal defense. F Konsa.

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    1. F4L
      1 hour, 29 mins ago

      no one owns him, but the worst injury over the international break would be an injury setback for saliba! but fairplay to konsa owners i guess

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      1. NoOneCares
        1 hour, 13 mins ago

        Cope.

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  4. SINGH
    1 hour, 24 mins ago

    What a defensive unit. 2 games played against Arsenal and 0 shots on target.

    Only team that can stop Arsenal is Arsenal.

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    1. Stranger Mings
      1 hour, 23 mins ago

      Or fleetwood

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      1. SINGH
        1 hour, 21 mins ago

        Lighting doesn't strike twice in the same place

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      2. Lucky Z
        1 hour, 12 mins ago

        Fleetwood is not in EPL thanks God

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  5. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    1 hour, 13 mins ago

    Gabriel ledge

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    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      1 hour, 13 mins ago

      Though they haven’t added his clearance at the end yet which gives him defcon

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      1. ==rvn10==
        41 mins ago

        It's because the cartel don't own him

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  6. Ajax Hamsterdam
    1 hour, 13 mins ago

    A Kinsky to Raya (own Konsa and cala)
    Or
    B Davis to tark

    Playing BB and b would mean
    Konsa Cala tark muha de Cuyper

    Maybe bit too much ?

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  7. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    1 hour, 10 mins ago

    Bought Foden as WC punt, would you keep or sell?

    Rest of midfield:

    Palmer | Rogers | Tavernier | Groß

    Thanks

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    1. ==rvn10==
      40 mins ago

      I got him last week as well. Lone the player but doesn't look promising as an fpl atm. I got the exact same mids as you so I'll be benching foden for this week and reassess after the IB

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  8. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    1 hour, 9 mins ago

    Mad to TC De Cuyper this week?

    Genuinely considering it and find it mad peeps thinking his minutes will drop, guy is best LWB in the world right now

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    1. have you seen cyan
      14 mins ago

      Brentford will probably score, so I wouldn't do that. If you want to TC a defender, go for an Arsenal one.

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    2. Capocannonieri
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      6 mins ago

      I would not do it ...

      But this is funny because my season is dying with bad decisions

      Haaland is my C but with Doku, Ndyie, and Enzo as the mids, Haaland is suffering from horrible service

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  9. el polako
    1 hour, 6 mins ago

    With Raya in goal and refs on their side nothing is stopping Arsenal.

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  10. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 hour, 1 min ago

    Seems all rivals have 70 pts this week

    Destroyed myself with poor 50/50 decisions and collecting donkeys in my defense

    (1) DCL, Wissa, and Gonzalo have been my 3rd striker this season
    (2) Gavriol has been on my squad all season
    (3) trapped with Ben White cause Timber came back too soon
    (4) Schade became garbage
    (5) have missed 2 de Cuyper hauls
    (6) why do I have Palmer?
    (7) took weeks to untrap myself from Sxoboslop

    My 3rd strikers have had 15 shots, 6 big chances, no Goals

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    1. g40steve
      4 mins ago

      Next week all forgotten, empty some of the trash

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  11. have you seen cyan
    58 mins ago

    How many hits have people taken this season? I'm normally pretty trigger happy with hits, but none so far.

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    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      54 mins ago

      Yeah, none here either.

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    2. Pompel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      49 mins ago

      None. Managed to tune into template quite early, and so far no reason to be very differential. I think this season will be more a case of navigating festive season and then playing chips for blanks and doubles in the run-in

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    3. Brosstan
      49 mins ago

      None. Taking hits is a sign of bad long term planning.

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      1. have you seen cyan
        46 mins ago

        I always remember this guy here years ago. He showed me his team, and he had taken a -12 every week for 6 weeks or something. He went from like 3 million to 25k during that period. Every week his hits paid off. Was probably the most insane thing I have seen in FPL.

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        1. Pompel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          44 mins ago

          The first seasons I played, I played aggressively took a lot more hits than I do these days. I also got much better OR's then, but ofc much easier back then when majority of casuals weren't spoon fed by cc's

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          1. have you seen cyan
            1 min ago

            Hard to know when to hit and not. I think it can pay off. I just got burnt a lot in the past trying to guess when a players form would drop off.

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    4. Goro Majima
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      43 mins ago

      Took a -12 this week.

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      1. have you seen cyan
        42 mins ago

        did it work?

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        1. Goro Majima
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          37 mins ago

          This week? Inevitably not. However I have had a terrible start, I was bored with the game and I don't enjoy playing like an ascetic so I'm fine with it and I am happier looking at my team now. I appreciate it's not sensible play though.

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          1. have you seen cyan
            36 mins ago

            gl

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            1. Goro Majima
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              34 mins ago

              Ta. Hopefully it will pay off in the longer term and if it doesn't it's not the end of the world.

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          2. Pompel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            35 mins ago

            Sometimes it can be easy forget that the game's just for fun - I'm sure you'll have better luck in coming gw's!

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  12. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    just now

    Munoz to Konsa with 1ft later this week seems logical even though I own Gab and Cal right?

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