A 2-2-2 formation? 9 men, no keeper? Premier League XIs using only squad numbers 1-11

No team has started a Premier League with a 1 -11 squad number since 1998 .

Arsenal, Chelsea , Liverpool , Manchester City , Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are among the Big Six teams.

Chelsea 's most obvious absentee is Cole Palmer , who has scored 29 goals in 43 Premier League games since joining the club last season .

Arsenal would be forced to kick off with no goalkeeper and a ridiculously expensive bench.

Chelsea have not had a No. 9 in their squad since Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang briefly took the shirt during the 2022-23 season .

The Blues haven't had an out-and-out striker in their first -team squad since the retirement of Thiago Alcantara in the summer .

Manchester City have no incumbent No. 1 or No. 7 to call upon at the moment -- Claudio Bravo and João Cancelo were the last two players to wear those shirts at the Etihad.

Manchester United are the only Big Six club able to cobble together a full starting XI of 1-11 numbers.

Altay Bayindir ( GK ), Victor Lindelöf (DF) and Noussair Mazraoui (DF), Matthijs de Ligt (DF/MF) and Harry Maguire ( 4 ) form the back line at Old Trafford .

Alejandro Garnacho ( 17 ) will be sharing the dugout with Christian Eriksen ( 14 ), Amad Diallo ( 16 ), Casemiro ( 18 ) and Diogo Dalot ( 20 ) Tottenham do not have a No. 2 , No. 4 , 4 , 5 ,.