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Arsenal XI vs Portsmouth: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup, injury latest for FA Cup

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Mikel Arteta could start 16-year-old in third-ro

Arsenal are expected to rotate when they travel to take on Portsmouth in the FA Cup.

 

It is the first of four away games in four competitions in the space of nine days and Mikel Arteta is set to make use of the strong squad available to him.

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That could mean a first start for Eberechi Eze since the Carabao Cup win over Crystal Palace last month, while Noni Madueke is also in contention to come into the side.

 

Arsenal hope to have Kai Havertz in the squad but he is not believed to be ready to start, so Gabriel Jesus will likely lead the line unless Arteta opts to keep trying to play Viktor Gyokeres into form.

 

The Gunners will again be without Riccardo Calafiori, with Arteta confirming that this match will be “too early” for him.

 

Piero Hincapie is also a major doubt, having gone off against Liverpool with a suspected hamstring injury. He was due to undergo scans on Friday.

 

“We have to see the extent of what happened to Piero,” Arteta said.

 

“He could not carry on in the second half, so I don’t know exactly what it is.”

 

That leaves Myles Lewis-Skelly as the obvious starter at left-back and there could be an opportunity for 16-year-old Marli Salmon if Arteta decides to rest one of Gabriel or William Saliba.

 

Kepa will start in goal, as he has been doing in the Carabao Cup, and the likes of Christian Norgaard and Mikel Merino are options in midfield.

 

Ethan Nwaneri will hope for some minutes, even off the bench. He has not featured since the win over Club Brugge a month ago.

 

Predicted Arsenal XI (4-3-3): Kepa; White, Saliba, Salmon, Lewis-Skelly; Norgaard, Merino, Eze; Madueke, Jesus, Martinelli

 

Injured: Calafiori, Mosquera, Dowman

 

Doubts: Hincapie, Havertz

 

Time and date: 2pm GMT on Sunday, January 11, 2026

 

How to watch: TNT Sports

 

Venue: Fratton Park

 

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Virgil van Dijk vented his anger towards Federico Chiesa following Wolves’ decisive goal at Molineux. Rob Edwards’ outfit pulled off a surprise 2-1 triumph in the Premier League as the Reds squandered an opportunity to climb into fourth position.

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Mohamed Salah netted an 83rd-minute leveller in a chaotic conclusion after Rodrigo Gomes had opened the scoring in the Midlands. However, Andre sparked wild celebrations in the stands with a 94th-minute winner.

 

 

Liverpool skipper Van Dijk was left furious following the late setback and yelled in Chiesa’s direction, evidently unimpressed with the Italian’s contribution. Alisson had launched a pass towards the winger, but after the duo failed to connect, Chiesa did not track back in an attempt to retrieve the ball.

 

 

Andre’s strike then deflected beyond the Brazilian and into the net. A series of issues emerged in the post-match analysis.

 

Van Dijk was more measured in his post-match interview, though still frustrated by the nature of the defeat.

 

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“Conceding goals is always frustrating,” he told TNT Sport when asked if there were any frustrations about the manner of the two Wolves goals. “Obviously we’ve come on the back of a couple of clean sheets and I think defensively we have been very solid.

 

“But yeah, listen, it is what it is and we have to move quickly on because we come back here in a couple of days and we want to do well in the FA Cup as well and we have to show a reaction.”

 

Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard reckons his former side were sluggish in responding to an error from Alisson. “The Liverpool players from the goalkeeper’s mistake – it’s not the greatest clearance from Alisson – but I just thought they were slow to react in midfield as well,” he commented on TNT Sports.

 

 

“You know, Wolves are jumping on the first ball, picking up the second ball. It’s a poor goal from a Liverpool point of view to concede, and it’s another late one. It’s happened too many times that they’re conceding these late goals.

 

 

“I just think the speed of the reaction from the poor clearance – I’m sure Alisson will want to own up to it – but the reaction’s just too slow.”

 

Former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock, though, laid the blame at a different door. He identified the pass to Alisson as the issue.

 

“It was a mistake from Curtis Jones – he plays a ball into Alisson and Alisson’s never going to get any purchase on it,” Warnock stated on BBC Radio 5 Live.

 

 

“Andre looked heavy in the last five or so minutes but he takes a shot and it takes a wicked deflection to loop over Alisson.”

 

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GOAL!!! Wolves 1-1 Liverpool (Salah, 82) SALAH FINDS THE NET IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE! His first for 122 days. Good time to get it.

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GOAL!!! Wolves 1-1 Liverpool (Salah, 82)

SALAH FINDS THE NET IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE! His first for 122 days. Good time to get it.

 

And this is why Wolves are going doing. Bellegarde plays a horrific pass straight to Salah who runs at Krecji into the box and pokes a clever finish with the outside of his foot.

 

Straight back to the centre-circle. No time to waste.

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