Sunderland v Arsenal team news: Merino up front again

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
O'Reilly	MCI	5.2m	111.9%	Very Likely
Gordon	NEW	7.2m	98.6%	Likely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	93.7%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.2m	66.8%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	77.5%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	75.4%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	78.2%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	77.4%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	77.9%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	76.1%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	70.6%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	68.3%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	68.2%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	64.6%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	52.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	62.0%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	59.5%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	56.9%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	57.4%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.1%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	52.2%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	53.7%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	48.4%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.7m	23.3%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.2m	19.0%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	48.9%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	48.1%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.2m	44.4%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	46.1%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	43.9%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	42.6%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	42.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	40.8%	Unlikely
Chukwueze	FUL	5.3m	44.0%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	42.1%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	41.3%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	37.4%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	37.6%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	37.3%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	26.1%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Barnes	NEW	6.4m	123.8%	Very Likely
Saliba	ARS	6.0m	122.1%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	120.1%	Very Likely
Senesi	BOU	5.0m	117.4%	Very Likely
Grealish	EVE	6.6m	113.0%	Very Likely
J.Arias	WOL	5.0m	106.1%	Very Likely
Hato	CHE	4.7m	104.8%	Very Likely
Patterson	SUN	4.3m	104.8%	Very Likely
Ayari	BHA	4.9m	102.6%	Very Likely
Steele	BHA	4.3m	103.2%	Very Likely
J.Murphy	NEW	6.1m	101.3%	Very Likely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	102.4%	Very Likely
Walker-Peters	WHU	4.3m	102.1%	Very Likely
Walker	BUR	4.4m	99.2%	Likely
Aznou	EVE	4.3m	101.6%	Very Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.3%	Maybe
Bates	EVE	4.4m	98.2%	Maybe
Toti	WOL	4.3m	97.5%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	97.4%	Maybe
Agbadou	WOL	4.3m	93.5%	Maybe
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	95.8%	Maybe
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	97.2%	Maybe
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	95.3%	Maybe
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	93.9%	Maybe
H.Bueno	WOL	4.4m	93.9%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	91.0%	Unlikely
Zubimendi	ARS	5.3m	93.9%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.5%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	91.2%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	91.6%	Unlikely
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	90.8%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	91.4%	Unlikely
Bobb	MCI	5.2m	91.4%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	88.8%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	88.9%	Unlikely
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	87.6%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	89.3%	Unlikely
Gunn	NFO	4.0m	88.8%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	88.8%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

The first of two evening kick-offs is Sunderland v Arsenal at the Stadium of Light.

The action gets underway at 5.30pm GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Sunderland name an unchanged side from their 1-1 draw with Everton on Monday.

There are three changes for Arsenal from midweek.

Martin Zubimendi returns, while Eberechi Eze and Riccardo Calafiori also come back into the XI.

Mikel Merino continues to start up front.

There’s no Viktor Gyokeres in the Gunners’ squad, nor is there any of the other players – such as Gabriel Jesus, Kai Havertz and Noni Madueke – who are nearing a return.

Compared to the side Arteta sent out to face Burnley in Gameweek 10, the only difference is Merino in for Gyokeres.

The most-bought defender and midfielder of Gameweek 11, Gabriel Magalhaes and Declan Rice, respectively, both feature in this contest.

LINE-UPS

Sunderland XI: Roefs; Hume, Mukiele, Ballard, Geertruida, Reinildo; Xhaka, Sadiki, Traore, Le Fee; Isidor.

Subs: Patterson, Neil, Talbi, Brobbey, Rigg, Mayenda, O’Nien, Adingra, Masuaku.

Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Rice, Eze, Saka, Trossard, Merino.

Subs: Arrizabalaga, White, Lewis-Skelly, Hincapie, Mosquera, Norgaard, Nwaneri, Dowman, Harriman-Annous.

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Here you can follow the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DC) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out, as seen below:

PartyTime

1 month, 4 days ago

Sunderland / Liverpool gonna win the league imo

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How does Raya has zero save? He made a triple save at one point.

Hazz
1 month, 4 days ago
That one was called offside. Though he might have made one outside of that - but not getting three is correct.
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F4L

the haaland saka palmer triple premium could be naughty going into the festive period

Hazz
1 month, 4 days ago
You're surely not going to trust Palmer (who isn't even fit yet). They won't take chances with his fitness.
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1. F4L
  1 month, 4 days ago
  im hoping chelsea are giving him enough time off for him to get 100% right. thought he was close by the time burnley comes around. just need to see him get some minutes first then will put him in.
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Haa-lala-land
1 month, 4 days ago
I think most Saka owners already rage transferred him out at half time, judging by the comments
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1. Old Man
  1 month, 4 days ago
  Hopefully
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