The Premier League line-ups will be announced before kick-off – but here’s how we expect teams to shape up this weekend.
Every week, we bring you the XIs that every club will likely to put out, drawing on injury information, how the teams recently lined up and who’s available.
So use the navigation to see how our experts expect your team to set up this weekend…
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When are the Premier League line-ups released?
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Every Premier League club can name their line-up an hour and 15 minutes before kick-off.
Clubs can choose to go earlier, of course, with managers like Marcelo Bielsa, for example, choosing to name his teams up to a day in advance. Such a power move.
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This week, the GW5 deadline for FPL is at 11am BST on Saturday, September 27 – 90 minutes before kick-off of the weekend’s first fixture.
Line-ups for the first game of the weekend, Brentford vs Manchester United, will drop 15 minutes later.
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Arsenal
Arsenal line-up against Newcastle United
Arsenal have lost Noni Madueke to a knee injury, with the winger out for two months: thankfully, Bukayo Saka returned in midweek, completing an hour against Port Vale in a 2-0 win.
Martin Odegaard could return to the starting line-up, Piero Hincapie is a doubt with a groin issue while on the left wing, Arteta has Gabriel Martinelli, Leandro Trossard or Eberechi Eze to choose from, with all three having netted in the past two fixtures.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa line-up against Fulham
Aston Villa host Fulham next, still without a win, with manager Unai Emery still missing Youri Tielemans and Amadou Onana.
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The former is closing in on a return, while Boubacar Kamara is in contention to start. Harvey Elliott may be used through the middle with Morgan Rogers out wide, as Villa desperately search for goals.
Bournemouth
Bournemouth line-up against Leeds United
Bournemouth are enjoying an excellent start to the season – so despite Lewis Cook closing in on a return, Justin Kluivert available to challenge Marcus Tavernier and Ryan Christie back in midfield, boss Andoni Iraola is likely to start with what’s working.
The major selection decision comes at right-back: veteran Adam Smith is still missing, with James Hill and Alex Jimenez the likely deputies.
Brentford
Brentford line-up against Manchester United
Brentford boss Keith Andrews has switched to a 3-5-2 and is likely to stick with the shape, as another big visitor arrives at the Gtech in the shape of Manchester United.
Igor Thiago could drop out in favour of Dango Ouattara, Keane Lewis-Potter is battling Rico Henry at left-back and Vitaly Janelt is an option in midfield for the Bees, in what is starting to look like a more settled XI.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up against Chelsea
Brighton looked solid in the first half against Tottenham last week and gaffer Fabian Hurzeler may look to keep the likes of Ferdi Kadioglu and Georginio Rutter to build some consistency, despite challenges from squad players.
Veterans James Milner and Danny Welbeck played 90 minutes midweek so probably won’t start this one: and keep an eye out for whether Hurzeler rewards Diego Gomez after hitting four against Barnley at Oakwell in the League Cup.
Burnley
Burnley line-up against Manchester City
Jacob Bruun Larsen remains the big concern for Burnley: the winger played no part in the midweek cup defeat to Cardiff City, suggesting Josh Laurent may be deployed in the back five once more for a tough trip to the Etihad.
Florentino Luis completed 90 minutes in midfield, so we expect to see Lesley Ugochukwu back alongside Josh Cullen in the centre of the park.
Chelsea
Chelsea line-up against Brighton & Hove Albion
Cole Palmer is a big injury problem for Chelsea, with manager Enzo Maresca likely to revert to using Enzo Maresca in the no.10 role: that’ll push Reece James into midfield and bring Malo Gusto into defence.
Robert Sanchez returns in goal to face his former employers after serving a one-match ban midweek.
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace line-up against Liverpool
Crystal Palace are hoping to welcome back Adam Wharton into the midfield this weekend.
Yeremy Pino and Ismaila Sarr are both a little short of fitness, but both are in contention for this fixture, with Daichi Kamada another option behind Jean-Philippe Mateta.
Everton
Everton line-up against West Ham United
Everton still have Jarrad Branthwaite missing from the defence, though Vitalii Mykololenko is back.
Manager David Moyes looks like keeping a settled XI, with the only real selection decisions coming up front: Thierno Barry may well keep his place ahead of Beto, with competition between the two.
Fulham
Fulham line-up against Aston Villa
Fulham look like keeping Ryan Sessegnon at left-back ahead of Antonee Robinson – and after rotating midweek, will likely revert to the more familiar three of Harry Wilson, Josh King and Alex Iwobi behind Rodrigo Muniz.
This would leave Emile Smith Rowe on the bench with record buy Kevin, who is a little short of fitness.
Leeds United
Leeds United line-up against Bournemouth
Leeds United are still likely to be without Wilfried Gnonto and Lucas Perri for this one.
Sean Longstaff is a more physical option in midfield instead of Ao Tanaka, while Dominic Calvert-Lewin looks like continuing alongside Noah Okafor after a win last week.
Liverpool
Liverpool line-up against Crystal Palace
Liverpool will be without Hugo Ekitike, who was sent off in the Carabao Cup midweek.
This might introduce Alexander Isak from the start, with Florian Wirtz a potential to return after his benching last week. The question of whether Dominic Szoboszlai plays in midfield or at right-back will then confirm whether Wirtz, Cody Gakpo, Alexis Mac Allister and Conor Bradley all play.
Manchester City
Manchester City line-up against Burnley
Manchester City hitman Erling Haaland is a doubt after coming off against Arsenal last week – as is Abdukhodir Khusanov, who was hauled off in the 1-1 draw in North London.
Pep Guardiola has settled on an unchanged side in the Premier League of late other than those two injury concerns, with Rico Lewis and Matheus Nunes battling it out for a shot at right-back.
Manchester United
Manchester United line-up against Brentford
Manchester United will be without Casemiro due to his suspension from being red-carded last week.
Manager Ruben Amorim is looking to win back-to-back games for the first time and could bring all three new attacking signings of Bryan Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha and Benjamin Sesko into play.
Newcastle United
Newcastle United line-up against Arsenal
Newcastle United rotated heavily in the cup and still impressed: it looks like the tried-and-tested midfield three could return, however, with Jacob Murphy and Anthony Elanga the decision on the right wing.
Fabian Schar is a doubt, with Malick Thiaw his able deputy.
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest line-up against Sunderland
There has been no new manager bounce for Ange Postecoglou at Nottingham Forest, with a first-game loss against Arsenal followed up by a shock defeat to Swansea City in the EFL Cup this week.
The Australian named a rotated side for that midweek clash, and given the result, it seems likely he’ll revert to a similar line-up fielded against Arsenal.
Murillo suffered an injury on that trip to the Emirates but has been working his way back. Should this game come too soon, however, then Morato could get the nod.
Ola Aina will be out, having just been through surgery, so with Morato shifting central, Nicolo Savona could be one of the few to retain his place from the Swansea defeat.
Sunderland
Sunderland line-up against Nottingham Forest
Regis Le Bris has suggested that Dan Ballard and Luke O’Nien may be available for this game, but whether the manager opts to throw them straight back in, especially after going unbeaten in their last two, remains to be seen.
Enzo Le Fee has also been back in training, but whether he’s risked from the off in this one is a different question.
Dennis Cirkin, Romaine Mundle and Leo Hjelde are all suffering with longer-term issues.
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur line-up against Wolverhampton Wanderers
Xavi Simons was handed his debut by Thomas Frank on arrival against West Ham United, and after a strong start kept his place versus Villarreal, so he looks set to be an important player already.
Djed Spence has been another key feature, but has played a lot of football recently, both domestically and in European competition, so now could be an opportunity to rotate with Destiny Udogie.
Yves Bissouma is not expected to be out for too long, but whether he breaks up a midfield currently ticking along nicely remains to be seen.
The timeline for Radu Dragusin and Dominic Solanke is less clear, with Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison out for some time yet.
West Ham United
West Ham United line-up against Everton
West Ham United’s greatest success with under-pressure boss Graham Potter this season has been the back four he deployed against Nottingham Forest.
Although that triumph wasn’t repeated against Spurs, Potter may go for a similar shape.
He will be without Tomas Soucek, who received a straight red card in that game against Thomas Frank’s side, and Aaron Wan-Bissaka has also been ruled out.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up against Tottenham Hotspur
Wolverhampton Wanderers are still searching to put their first point on the board of the new season, and will hope to do it against new boys Leeds.
Despite signing a new contract with the club following summer interest, injury looks like it could rule striker Jorgen Strand Larsen out of this one, with Tolu Arokodare potentially retaining his spot.
Jose Sa missed the last outing against Newcastle with illness, so his return will depend on his recovery from that, and Ki-Jana Hoever is yet to return from a setback in August.
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