Premier League predicted line-ups: Who do our writers think will start in Gameweek 26?
As we approach another weekend of action in the Premier League, our writers have had a go at naming the starting XIs for the upcoming matches.
There could be late changes or injuries, but our staff have predicted these line-ups given the information available at the time of writing.
Ben Dinnery also held his weekly Fantasy Premier League live Q&A earlier today.
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How to watch: Sky Sports (UK); USA Network, Fubo (US).
Notes: James Justin, Ricardo Pereira, Abdul Fatawu (injured)
Ed Mackey
Notes: Sepp van den Berg, Josh Dasilva, Rico Henry, Aaron Hickey, Gustavo Nunes, Igor Thiago (injured)
Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero
How to watch: TNT Sports (UK); USA Network, Fubo (US).
Notes: Armando Broja, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Iliman Ndiaye, Dwight McNeil, Seamus Coleman, Youssef Chermiti (injured), Nathan Patterson (doubt)
Patrick Boyland
Notes: Altay Bayindir, Tom Heaton, Luke Shaw, Lisandro Martinez, Toby Collyer, Kobbie Mainoo, Mason Mount, Amad, Jonny Evans (injured)
Carl Anka
How to watch: Not available (UK); Peacock (US).
Notes: Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus, Takehiro Tomiyasu (injured)
James McNicholas
Notes: Michail Antonio, Niclas Fullkrug, Crysencio Summerville, Lucas Paqueta, Vladimir Coufal (injured)
Roshane Thomas
How to watch: Not available (UK); Peacock (US).
Notes: Enes Unal, Evanilson, Adam Smith, Julian Araujo, Marcos Senesi (injured); James Hill (doubt)
Anantaajith Raghuraman
Notes: Yerson Mosquera, Enso Gonzalez, Sasa Kalajdzic, Hwang Hee-chan, Emmanuel Agbadou, Rodrigo Gomes (injured)
Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero
How to watch: Not available (UK); Peacock (US).
Notes: Reiss Nelson, Kenny Tete, Harry Wilson (injured); Sasa Lukic (doubt).
Justin Guthrie
Notes: Chadi Riad, Cheick Doucoure (injured)
Matt Woosnam
How to watch: Not available (UK); USA Network, Fubo (US).
Notes: Wes Burns, Chiedozie Ogbene, Christian Walton, Julio Enciso (injured); Conor Chaplin (doubt); Axel Tuanzebe (suspended)
Ali Rampling
Notes: Micky van de Ven, Radu Dragusin, Cristian Romero, Richarlison, Dominic Solanke (injured); Timo Werner (doubt)
James Maw
How to watch: Not available (UK); Peacock (US).
Notes: Adam Lallana, Taylor Harwood-Bellis (injured)
Nancy Froston
Notes: Lewis Dunk, Jason Steele, Ferdi Kadioglu, James Milner, Igor Julio (injured)
Andy Naylor
How to watch: Sky Sports (UK); NBC, Fubo, Peacock (US).
Notes: Amadou Onana, Boubacar Kamara, Pau Torres, Leon Bailey, Ezri Konsa, Ross Barkley (injured), Axel Disasi (ineligible)
Jacob Tanswell
Notes: Noni Madueke, Wesley Fofana, Benoit Badiashile, Nicolas Jackson, Romeo Lavia, Marc Guiu (injured); Mykhailo Mudryk (suspended)
Simon Johnson
How to watch: Sky Sports (UK); USA Network, Fubo (US).
Notes: Joelinton, Jamaal Lascelles (injured); Sven Botman (major doubt)
Chris Waugh
Notes: Carlos Miguel (injured); Taiwo Awoniyi (doubt)
Paul Taylor
How to watch: Sky Sports (UK); Peacock (US).
Notes: Rodri, Manuel Akanji (injured); Oscar Bobb, John Stones, Erling Haaland (doubts)
Sam Lee
Notes: Joe Gomez, Conor Bradley (injured); Cody Gakpo (doubt)
James Pearce
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