A predicted lineup is the eleven players a club is expected to start. It is not simply the side that played last: it draws on several recent matches, so rotation, injuries and suspensions are accounted for rather than assumed away. It stands until the club publishes its team, and is then replaced by the confirmed eleven.
All 380 fixtures, both home and away.
Next matches
6 matchesNo Premier League match is being played today. These are the next 6, starting Saturday 10 October 2026. Kick-off times are UK time.
How predicted lineups are calculated
The method is arithmetic, and it is the same for every club. A likely XI is built from the elevens a club has actually named in its recent Premier League matches — cup and European ties are left out, because clubs rotate hardest in them. Players listed as injured or suspended are removed before the eleven is chosen. The full weighting is our own.
Common questions
- Where does a predicted lineup come from?
- From the record of who has actually started, not from a leak, a rumour or anyone's guess. Nobody here has a source inside a club, and it is not last week's eleven copied forward. It is counted out of published team sheets, so unlike a rumour it can be proved wrong.
- How are predicted lineups calculated?
- Arithmetically, and the same way for every club. The eleven is built from the sides a club has actually named in its recent Premier League matches, with cup and European ties left out because clubs rotate hardest in them. Anyone listed as injured or suspended is taken out before it is picked. How the rest is weighted is our own.
- When are lineups confirmed?
- Clubs publish their starting elevens about an hour before kick-off. From fourteen days before kick-off, each match page carries a likely XI worked out from recent matches. Once the club publishes, the page shows the confirmed eleven and the substitutes named alongside it, and does not change afterwards.
Updated 23 September 2026