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6 December 2021 1345 comments
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Everton take on Arsenal in the final Premier League match of Gameweek 15, with Fantasy interest mostly centred around the visitor’s backline.

Kick-off is at 20:00 GMT.

The Toffees, who are winless in their last eight Premier League matches, make two changes to their starting XI, with Yerry Mina (£4.9m) and Anthony Gordon (£4.5m) replacing Lucas Digne (£5.1m) – who is not among the substitutes – and Salomon Rondon (£6.0m).

As a result, Ben Godfrey (£4.8m) is expected to fill in at left-back in Rafa Benitez’s 4-2-3-1 formation.

For Arsenal, Emile Smith Rowe (£6.1m) misses out completely, with Mikel Arteta revealing over the weekend that the England international is dealing with a minor injury, and that it was a factor in his substitution in the 3-2 defeat to Manchester United last Thursday.

Bukayo Saka (£6.2m) starts in his place, with Kieran Tierney (£4.7m), Granit Xhaka (£4.8m) and Alexandre Lacazette (£8.3m) also coming in for Nuno Tavares (£4.3m), Mohamed Elneny (£4.4m) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£9.7m), all of whom drop to the bench.

GAMEWEEK 15 LINE-UPS

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Mina, Godfrey, Allan, Doucoure, Townsend, Gray, Gordon, Richarlison

Subs: Begovic, Kenny, Holgate, Delph, Iwobi, Tosun, Gomes, Gbamin, Branthwaite

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tierney, Partey, Xhaka, Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli, Lacazette

Subs: Okonkwo, Holding, Cedric, Tavares, Lokonga, Elneny, Pepe, Nketiah, Aubameyang

  1. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Rich hatty
    Gray A

  2. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    VAR please chalk it off.

  3. how now brown cow
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Have everton not had a single shot on target?

    1. how now brown cow
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Timing

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        One on the bar.

        One in the net.

        2 ruled out, one marginally so.

  4. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Richarlison again haha

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Brilliant

  5. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Justice

  6. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Eat that GOAL...

  7. Botman and Robben
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    This one will stand.

  8. The Train Driver
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Finally

  9. Lord of Ings
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Scenes if this is offside as well

  10. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Third time lucky Richy

  11. Will Kane
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    God, Tavares is awful

  12. ChelseaGuy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    3rd time lucky

  13. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Hang on it’s going up stairs

    1. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Nope Mark does not have Ramsdale.

      We’re all good

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        So Mark doesn't just influence bps and assists.

        He's now got a direct line to VAR??

  14. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Ramsdale not fancy saving that. Straight at him

  15. jason_ni
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Off side lol?!

  16. DycheDycheBaby
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    YESSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSDSSSSSSSSSSSS

  17. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    GET THE FECK INNNNnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

    1. Dammit_182
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Haha. That was a FIFA goal. Off the bar. Header. In.

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Beautiful

  18. JONALDINHO
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Double cleanie in the bin. Why do I have to go through this suffering every time. At least a goal in the first minute

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      For the redemption arc

    2. jason_ni
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Aye, same double cs gone, I'm away to bed.

    3. Dammit_182
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      It’s a good way to replicate the pain of being an arsenal fan post wenger.

  19. BIG TONES
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Xhaka shocking there, should have got tighter to Gray

  20. Cheeto__Bandito
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    RAMSDALE OWNERRS MUDDED

  21. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Ramsdale owners very unlucky here.

    1. Will Kane
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      🙂

    2. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Or lucky they were saved by VAR earlier.

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Woosh

    3. Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      VAR (c)

    4. Patron
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Var hatty or is luck drained?

    5. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yaaaaassssssssss

    6. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Has VAR given it offside yet?

    7. Tcheco
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Richarlison taking the match ball home

    8. Fabreghastly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I've no sympathy for Everton. Can't play good football so they try to cripple the opposition. However undeserved the VAR decisions, you don't deserve to get anything for playing like that

    9. Randaxus
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I have Guaita because I know enough about football to know that Arsenal are trash at defending.

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Guaita did naff all for me all the time I had him.

        1. Randaxus
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Place are definitely better at defending than Arsenal.

          1. Nomar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            The weeks that I had Guaita while watching enviously as Ramsdale owners raked in the points, I would beg to differ.

    10. Marvin.
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Everton will win this now.

    11. JK94
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Jesus Christ, how many balls is Tavares going to lose

      1. King Carlos
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Max 2?