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Four more Premier League fixtures take place this evening on the penultimate night of Double Gameweek 33.

Chelsea v Arsenal, Everton v Leicester City and Newcastle United v Crystal Palace all get underway at 19:45 BST, with Manchester City v Brighton and Hove Albion kicking off 15 minutes later.

Pep Guardiola has made six changes to the side that lost 3-2 to Liverpool at Wembley on Saturday, with many of the big guns returning.

Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez are all brought into the midfield, with Ederson and Aymeric Laporte recalled at the back.

Fernandinho, Gabriel Jesus, Jack Grealish, Raheem Sterling, Zack Steffen and Oleksandr Zinchenko drop to the bench, while Ruben Dias is once again a substitute.

Graham Potter has made two alterations to the Brighton side that prevailed in north London at the weekend, both of which are enforced.

Yves Bissouma is suspended and Leandro Trossard is absent from the matchday squad due to illness, so Solly March and Danny Welbeck come into the side.

Over in west London, Chelsea make four changes from their own cup semi-final.

In come Ruben Loftus-Cheek, N’Golo Kante, Romelu Lukaku and Malang Sarr, as Kai Havertz and Jorginho drop to the bench. We knew that Mateo Kovacic would not be in the squad due to injury but Antonio Rudiger‘s absence has caught us on the hop – he is not involved due to a minor groin problem.

Opponents Arsenal make three changes from the defeat at Southampton, as Emile Smith Rowe, Rob Holding and Mohamed Elneny come in for the benched Cedric Soares, Gabriel Martinelli and Albert Sambi Lokonga.

Alexandre Lacazette is on the bench after recovering from Covid-19.

The Leicester rotation continues on Merseyside as Brendan Rodgers makes seven changes following his side’s injury-time loss to Newcastle on Sunday, reverting to the bulk of the side that played in the Europa League last Thursday.

The back four are completely overhauled, while James Maddison, Harvey Barnes and Kelechi Iheanacho are all reinstanted in attack.

Yerry Mina returns in place of Michael Keane as one of two changes for Everton but Frank Lampard has lost Dominic Calvert-Lewin to a quad muscle injury that could keep him out for 10-14 days. Demarai Gray steps in.

An unchanged Newcastle, still without the injured Ryan Fraser, take on a Crystal Palace side showing five changes to the team that lost 2-0 to Chelsea on Sunday.

Conor Gallagher, ineligible at Wembley, returns alongside Vicente Guaita, Nathaniel Clyne, Michael Olise and Odsonne Edouard.

Jack Butland, Joel Ward, Eberechi Eze, Jean-Philippe Mateta and James McArthur all drop to the bench.

GAMEWEEK 33 LINE-UPS

Chelsea XI: Mendy, James, Azpilicueta, Sarr, Christensen, Alonso, Kante, Loftus-Cheek, Mount, Lukaku, Werner

Subs: Kepa, Jorginho, Thiago Silva, Pulisic, Chalobah, Saul, Barkley, Ziyech, Havertz

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, White, Gabriel, Holding, Tavares, Xhaka, Elneny, Odegaard, Smith Rowe, Saka, Nketiah

Subs: Leno, Lacazette, Soares, Pepe, Lokonga, Martinelli, Azeez, Swanson, Hutchinson


Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Mina, Godfrey, Mykolenko, Allan, Delph, Iwobi, Gordon, Gray, Richarlison

Subs: Begovic, Kenny, Holgate, Keane, Doucouré, Gomes, Van de Beek, Alli, Rondón

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Fofana, Evans, Castagne; Mendy, Maddison, Tielemans, Dewsbury-Hall, Barnes, Iheanacho

Subs: Ward, Justin, Söyüncü, Amartey, Albrighton, Pérez, Choudhury, Lookman, Daka, Lookman


Newcastle XI: Dubravka, Krafth, Schar, Burn, Targett, Guimaraes, Shelvey, Joelinton, Almiron, Wood, Saint-Maximin

Subs: Darlow, Lascelles, Ritchie, Fernandez, Manquillo, Murphy, Willock, Gayle, Longstaff

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Kouyate, Andersen, Guehi, Clyne, Olise, Gallagher, Schlupp, Mitchell, Edouard, Zaha

Subs: Butland, Ward, Tomkins, Ayew, Eze, Hughes, Mateta, McArthur, Benteke


Man City XI: Ederson, Joao Cancelo, Stones, Laporte, Ake, Rodri, Gundogan, Mahrez, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Foden.

Subs: Dias, Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, Grealish, Zinchenko, Steffen, Fernandinho, Palmer, Lavia.

Brighton XI: Sanchez, Veltman, Dunk, Cucurella, Lamptey, Gross, Caicedo, March, Mac Allister, Mwepu, Welbeck.

Subs: Webster, Maupay, Lallana, Steele, McGill, Leonard, Offiah, Ferguson, Sarmiento.

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  1. Bubz
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Ben White looks like he’s come straight from the Love Island villa to Stamford Bridge

    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I was just thinking is that fake tan 😆

    2. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Hahaha!

  2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    OMG nketiah

  3. Rainer
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Eddie G

    1. A. PRISE
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Wat?!?!

  4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Christensen assist

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Lol

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      It's not a huge deal he's leaving...

  5. Rainer
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Christy assist.

  6. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Any chance lacazette will not feature today? Foolishly benched iheanacho

    1. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Bound to come on, I'd say.

    2. Rainer
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Expect Laca to appear for Eddie.

  7. FCSB
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Rudi cs busted, should be a Saka assist that

  8. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Did someone already post "justice for Rudiger owners"?

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
      4 years, 5 months ago

      No but the guy above thinks he started

      1. My heart goes Salalalalah
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Saw that. Catch 22 for him

  9. Oggle22
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Get havertz on!

  10. Mr. O'Connell
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Fair play Wood cappers. Not getting any points, but fair play.

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Lmao

  11. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Well guess I may not have missed much if I took the chance on playing James this week

  12. Weak Become Heros
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Is James playing RCB?

    1. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yup.

    2. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Cotton wool till cup final

  13. OptimusBlack
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Any Chance for Chalobah to play DGW 34 ??

  14. El Presidente
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Where's my Maddison assist?????

    1. Rainer
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Nacho didn't score.

  15. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Well done Nketiah. I feel bad for slating you before.

    Now score another

  16. Kodap
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Flash scores has the Barnes goal down as a maddy assist

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      So did BBC

    2. THE Wild Rover
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      😯

    3. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Flashscore has a habit of getting it wrong and correcting later

  17. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    OMG werner

    1. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Cleanies in the mud

  18. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Bastids!!!

  19. Rainer
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Timo gets a bit of luck!

  20. A. PRISE
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Newcastle (Wood) robbed of penalty. Talk about fairness

    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Typical. Brought him in this week but not expecting anything

      1. A. PRISE
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        It was a clear penalty, facks sake

  21. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Owning james has been a steaming pile of turd

    1. DycheDycheBaby
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah it would help if Tuchel played him in his best position ffs

  22. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Werner WC drafts intensify

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Behave

  23. Bubz
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    What a player

  24. Rainer
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Xhaka OG
    Wener A

  25. Botman and Robben
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Werner punters congrats.

  26. Mr. O'Connell
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Ramsdale haul again

  27. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Alright lacazette to werner done for the double gw

  28. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Shocking defending there. Ramsdale and Saka clean sheets gone.

    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      It wasnt shocking defending. It was an assist by nketiah same way he got assisted by christensen

  29. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Ramsdale and de gea bench boost going solidly

  30. DycheDycheBaby
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Close to an own goal?