Arsenal v Liverpool team news: Ekitike absent, Saka starts

Price Change Predictions

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Keane	EVE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Mukiele	SUN	A, £
Up	van Hecke	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	C, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	C
Down	van Dijk	LIV	B
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	B

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Watkins	AVL	8.7m	101.3%	Very Likely
Garner	EVE	5.1m	96.7%	Maybe
Rogers	AVL	7.6m	91.9%	Maybe
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	90.5%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	88.8%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	85.2%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.2m	82.5%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.4m	78.8%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	6.7m	71.5%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.4m	72.9%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	64.9%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	60.8%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.9m	56.3%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	55.3%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	55.3%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	7.2m	53.2%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	52.1%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	50.9%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.1m	48.3%	Unlikely
Mané	WOL	4.5m	47.1%	Unlikely
Wissa	NEW	7.3m	47.1%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	46.8%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.8m	49.3%	Unlikely
L.Paquetá	WHU	5.9m	45.9%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.5m	44.9%	Unlikely
McGinn	AVL	5.4m	44.3%	Unlikely
Xhaka	SUN	5.2m	44.4%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	43.9%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	42.8%	Unlikely
Tielemans	AVL	5.9m	43.2%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	40.4%	Unlikely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.9m	39.9%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.2m	38.6%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.3m	36.9%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	37.3%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.3m	36.2%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.7m	36.2%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	35.1%	Unlikely
Mykolenko	EVE	4.9m	34.4%	Unlikely
Wharton	CRY	5.0m	33.5%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	101.8%	Very Likely
Tosin	CHE	4.1m	100.5%	Very Likely
Sarr	CRY	6.4m	100.6%	Very Likely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	100.2%	Very Likely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.3m	97.6%	Maybe
Bellegarde	WOL	5.2m	95.7%	Maybe
Sousa	AVL	3.9m	95.2%	Maybe
Fraser	WOL	4.3m	95.2%	Maybe
Bettinelli	MCI	3.9m	94.4%	Maybe
Adams	BOU	5.0m	94.3%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	93.5%	Unlikely
Sangaré	NFO	4.9m	93.4%	Unlikely
Isidor	SUN	5.3m	92.1%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	93.3%	Unlikely
R.Gomes	WOL	4.4m	92.4%	Unlikely
Abdullahi	SUN	4.3m	91.9%	Unlikely
Lewis	MCI	4.7m	91.7%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	5.0m	89.4%	Unlikely
G.Rodriguez	WHU	4.8m	89.2%	Unlikely
Dowman	ARS	4.3m	88.8%	Unlikely
Harriman-Annous	ARS	4.5m	90.5%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.7m	86.5%	Unlikely
Rees-Dottin	BOU	4.4m	86.2%	Unlikely
Ward-Prowse	WHU	5.6m	85.9%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.8m	84.8%	Unlikely
Marsh	CRY	4.5m	85.4%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	82.4%	Unlikely
Pécsi	LIV	3.9m	83.0%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	82.9%	Unlikely
Kudus	TOT	6.4m	81.8%	Unlikely
Arthur	BRE	3.9m	82.2%	Unlikely
Kovačić	MCI	5.9m	81.5%	Unlikely
Phillips	MCI	4.8m	80.3%	Unlikely
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	76.7%	Unlikely
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	79.6%	Unlikely
Guessand	AVL	6.2m	78.7%	Unlikely
Gana	EVE	5.4m	76.2%	Unlikely
D.Essugo	CHE	4.3m	76.1%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.1m	74.5%	Unlikely
M.Salah	LIV	14.0m	74.1%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
No Change	Pickford	EVE	B, Vs
Up	Verbruggen	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Martinez	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	A
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	B, £

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:39am

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Keane	EVE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Mukiele	SUN	A, £
Up	van Hecke	BHA	C, Vs
Up	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
Up	Thiaw	NEW	C, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	C
Down	van Dijk	LIV	B
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	B

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	Foden	MCI	B
No Change	Matheus Cunha	MUN	B
Up	Rogers	AVL	A, Vs
Up	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Vs
Down	Semenyo	BOU	A
Down	Wirtz	LIV	A
No Change	Grealish	EVE	C, Vs
No Change	Schade	BRE	A
No Change	Minteh	BHA	C, Vs, Inj
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:31am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B, Vs
Up	Watkins	AVL	A, Vs
Up	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	A
Down	Thiago	BRE	C

Last updated: 3 Jan, 2026 9:38am

Gameweek 21 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) concludes at the Emirates Stadium, where Liverpool must face Arsenal without Hugo Ekitike (£9.0m)

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It’s a huge clash between the league’s leaders and reigning champions.

TEAM NEWS

For the second successive match, Ekitike hasn’t made Liverpool’s squad because of a hamstring issue. Get your autosubs ready!

READ MORE: FPL notes – Ekitike injury latest + another Wilson return

Arne Slot’s only change from the weekend brings in Jeremie Frimpong (£5.7m) for Curtis Jones (£5.4m), allowing Florian Wirtz (£8.2m) to keep starting.

Whereas tonight’s hosts have made two alterations to the victorious XI versus Bournemouth. Bukayo Saka (£10.2m) and Leandro Trossard (£6.9m) replace Noni Madueke (£6.8m) and Gabriel Martinelli (£6.8m), who join the likes of Eberechi Eze (£7.3m) and Mikel Merino (£5.7m) on a strong bench.

Arsenal are still without Riccardo Calafiori (£5.6m), as the Reds don’t have Mohamed Salah (£14.0m) or Alexander Isak (£10.3m).

LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie; Odegaard, Zubimendi, Rice; Saka, Gyokeres, Trossard

Subs: Kepa, White, Lewis-Skelly, Eze, Norgaard, Madueke, Merino, Jesus, Martinelli

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Bradley, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez; Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Frimpong, Wirtz, Gakpo

Subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Gomez, Robertson, Nyoni, Ramsay, Ngumoha, Jones, Chiesa

The Reptile

23 hours, 14 mins ago

No scout picks OR updated team news ‐ they must have all gone down the pub!

What's the latest news re Ekitike ‐ will he be fit for Burnley?

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Bunk Moreland
23 hours, 12 mins ago
It’s another week and cup matches to come. No point writing team news now.
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1. The Reptile
  23 hours, 9 mins ago
  Oh yeah my mistake ‐ I thought the deadline was tomorrow for midweek games in GW22
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