Liverpool team news — injuries, predicted line-up and fixtures
Liverpool play away to AFC Bournemouth on Sun 20 Sep, 15:00. 5 players are currently unavailable, with expected return dates for 4 of them below. Our model gives Liverpool a 45% chance of winning that match and a 22% chance of a clean sheet.
Availability comes from our injury and suspension feeds; everything else on this page is a projection, recomputed through the day as odds, team news and line-ups land. The predicted eleven is the model's most likely starting XI, not a confirmed team sheet.
Liverpool injury news and expected return dates
5 players are currently unavailable for Liverpool. Federico Chiesa is expected back first, around Sun 11 Oct and Hugo Ekitike is the longest absentee, around Sat 21 Nov. 1 has no return date yet. An expected return is an estimate and moves with the club's own updates.
| Player | Pos | Expected return |
|---|---|---|
| Federico Chiesa | MID | Sun 11 Oct |
| Giovanni Leoni | DEF | Sun 1 Nov |
| Conor Bradley | DEF | Sat 21 Nov |
| Hugo Ekitike | FWD | Sat 21 Nov |
| Vitezslav Jaros | GK | Unknown |
Liverpool predicted line-up — away to AFC Bournemouth
Our model's most likely starting eleven for Gameweek 5, ranked by how likely each player is to start. 7 of the eleven are 90% or better to start, and Jeremie Frimpong, Alexis Mac Allister are the least certain. These are projections, not a confirmed team sheet — they move as team news and press conferences land.
| Player | Pos | Chance of starting | Projected minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alisson Becker | GK | 99% | 89 |
| Virgil van Dijk | DEF | 99% | 89 |
| Florian Wirtz | MID | 99% | 87 |
| Jérémy Jacquet | DEF | 99% | 86 |
| Alexander Isak | FWD | 99% | 82 |
| Bradley Barcola | MID | 98% | 71 |
| Dominik Szoboszlai | MID | 97% | 89 |
| Cody Gakpo | MID | 84% | 65 |
| Milos Kerkez | DEF | 84% | 74 |
| Jeremie Frimpong | DEF | 65% | 65 |
| Alexis Mac Allister | MID | 62% | 61 |
Liverpool fixtures and how hard they look
The next 5 matches across every competition, with what our model makes of each: the chance Liverpool win, the chance the opponent wins, the goals we expect Liverpool to score and the chance of a clean sheet. The kindest of them looks away to LASK at 78% to win; the hardest looks at home to Manchester City at 31%. These come from the betting market and our own team model, and they move as odds do.
| Competition | Date | Opponent | Win | Opp win | Expected goals | Clean sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL 5 | Sun 20 Sep, 15:00 | at AFC Bournemouth | 45% | 31% | 1.84 | 22% |
| PL 6 | Sun 11 Oct, 17:30 | vs Manchester City | 31% | 44% | 1.39 | 18% |
| UCL 2 | Wed 14 Oct, 18:45 | at LASK | 78% | 8% | 2.79 | 44% |
| PL 7 | Sat 17 Oct, 16:00 | at Brentford | 41% | 33% | 1.63 | 24% |
| UCL 3 | Tue 20 Oct, 21:00 | vs Villarreal | 56% | 20% | 1.82 | 36% |
Best Liverpool picks in FPL for Gameweek 5
Florian Wirtz is Liverpool's highest projected scorer for the coming round at 4.8 points, 0.2 clear of Dominik Szoboszlai. Predicted points come from expected goals, expected assists, projected minutes and clean-sheet probability converted into Fantasy Premier League 2026/2027 scoring.
| Player | Pos | Price | Predicted points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florian Wirtz | MID | 7.4 | 4.8 |
| Dominik Szoboszlai | MID | 7.0 | 4.6 |
| Alexander Isak | FWD | 9.1 | 4.4 |
| Bradley Barcola | MID | 8.0 | 3.9 |
| Virgil van Dijk | DEF | 6.5 | 3.6 |
| Cody Gakpo | MID | 7.2 | 3.4 |
Liverpool price changes tonight
Our projection for which Liverpool players change price at the next update, from live net-transfer data. It moves through the day.
- Jacquet (DEF, 5.0) — 39% chance of a price rise tonight
- Araujo (DEF, 5.4) — 26% chance of a price rise tonight
- Munoz (MID, 6.5) — 13% chance of a price rise tonight
- Gakpo (MID, 7.2) — 5% chance of a price rise tonight
- A.Becker (GKP, 5.5) — 2% chance of a price rise tonight
- Frimpong (DEF, 5.4) — 97% chance of a price fall tonight
- Wirtz (MID, 7.4) — 97% chance of a price fall tonight
- Chiesa (MID, 5.4) — 93% chance of a price fall tonight
- Ngumoha (MID, 5.8) — 87% chance of a price fall tonight
- Gravenberch (MID, 5.9) — 85% chance of a price fall tonight
Frequently asked questions
Who is injured for Liverpool?
Federico Chiesa, Giovanni Leoni, Conor Bradley, Hugo Ekitike, Vitezslav Jaros are currently unavailable. Federico Chiesa is expected back around Sun 11 Oct.
What is Liverpool's predicted line-up?
Our model's most likely XI is led by Alisson Becker, Virgil van Dijk, Florian Wirtz, Jérémy Jacquet, Alexander Isak. Every player above carries the model's own probability that he starts, which is the honest version of a predicted team sheet — it moves as team news lands.
Who do Liverpool play next?
Away to AFC Bournemouth on Sun 20 Sep, 15:00. Our model gives them a 45% chance of winning and a 22% chance of keeping a clean sheet.