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Spurs v Arsenal team news: Saka fit, White a sub, Romero out

The 16th and final fixture of Double Gameweek 36 takes place this evening – and what a match it is.

It’s not just local bragging rights on the line as Tottenham Hotspur play host to Arsenal but also a UEFA Champions League qualifying spot.

An Arsenal win secures at least fourth place for the Gunners, while a draw leaves them firmly in the driving seat. A Spurs victory, however, not only keeps things interesting between the two rivals but also means that Chelsea have to tentatively peer over their shoulders.

Kick-off in the north London derby is at 19:45 BST.

The team news is nice and simple from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as there is just one change across the two sides, and it’s an enforced one at that.

Davinson Sanchez comes into the starting XI for the hosts as the injured Cristian Romero misses out.

“In the game against Liverpool he received a hit on his hip. After the game he had pain and is not right to recover.” – Antonio Conte on Cristian Romero

The fact that Arsenal are unchanged means that Bukayo Saka, absent from training ground images on Wednesday and listed as a doubt by his manager, is fit enough to start.

Ben White has also shaken off a hamstring injury but is only on the bench.

Saka is the most-owned player in this fixture, both overall and within the top 10k.

A closer look at the leading 10,000 managers above (via LiveFPL) shows that interest extends beyond the Arsenal winger, with Son Heung-min and Eddie Nketiah both sitting in more than 50% of these teams.

Little more than 2% of Gameweek 36 captains are still to play in this fixture, however.

GAMEWEEK 36 LINE-UPS

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Sanchez, Dier, Davies, Emerson, Bentancur, Hojbjerg, Sessegnon, Kulusevski, Son, Kane.

Subs: Winks, Rodon, Gollini, Bergwijn, Lucas Moura, White, Scarlett, Devine, Craig.

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, Cedric, Holding, Gabriel, Tomiyasu, Elneny, Xhaka, Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli, Nketiah.

Subs: Leno, White, Lacazette, Smith Rowe, Pepe, Tavares, Sambi Lokonga, Swanson, Patino.

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  1. Walter White (WW)
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Did anyone see what Pukki did to Amartey yesterday 😆

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        1 year, 10 months ago

        No what happened?

          1. Bennerman
            • 5 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Is that it, he dribbled round him?

            1. Walter White (WW)
              • 2 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              Sat him down. If it was Messi, it’ll be everywhere

              1. Bennerman
                • 5 Years
                1 year, 10 months ago

                My expectations were built up more than him dribbling round him

                1. Walter White (WW)
                  • 2 Years
                  1 year, 10 months ago

                  Haha… my bad

                  1. Bennerman
                    • 5 Years
                    1 year, 10 months ago

                    I was thinking something either really weird or really funny!

                    1. Walter White (WW)
                      • 2 Years
                      1 year, 10 months ago

                      Well it was really funny to me especially since I watched it live

          2. @persecuted_by_mods
              1 year, 10 months ago

              Gave him the old Messi Boateng

        1. Feanor
          • 14 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Nope.

          I have both, lol

          1. Walter White (WW)
            • 2 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            It’s above. Seems it’s good you have both

        2. tokara
          • 9 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Bakkaki?

          1. Walter White (WW)
            • 2 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Hmmm 🙂

        3. Wizard of Ozil
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          I almost had a heart attack when AMARTEY got me 6 points on my BB!!!

          1. Walter White (WW)
            • 2 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Lol

      • Slitherene
        • 6 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        On a FH..

        A) Maddison, Mane, Ings
        Or?
        B) Sterling, Trossard, Vardy

      • Duke Silver ☑
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Lloris coming for those Son baps

        1. OptimusBlack
          • 10 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Noooo

        2. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Blew it up, ref!

      • DAZZ
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        No Spurs for 37. Worried, literally no way of bringing Son in unless i sell KDB 🙁

        1. tokara
          • 9 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Sell

      • Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Laca-threat

      • Rainer
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Bavies CS banked.

        1. tokara
          • 9 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Finally

      • RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Fantastic 2 games from Bavies! Least he got some FPL points too

      • Duke Silver ☑
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Kane appealing for a penalty for a hand ball by Moura. No shame.

        1. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Like Suarez when the keeper blocked the ball with his hand...

          1. Duke Silver ☑
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            😆 that was hilarious

      • DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Salah to Son?

        1. Baps hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Why not?

        2. Patio Kev
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Probably. better late than never

      • DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
        • 10 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Nice one Son may get to within 10 of Sir Kev

      • KanuLenoMeeMoCash
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        I wholeheartedly agree with Son!

      • Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Let’s talk, about just how good the Kaptain is!

        1. Duke Silver ☑
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          That pen and tap-in were top class in fairness.

          1. Big boy Bowen
            • 7 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            His overall game ofc

        2. Haalander
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 3 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Maybe next year you should change your name to captain son!

          1. Big boy Bowen
            • 7 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Nah he’s got going now!

      • Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Someone said not to captain Son or Kane as it's early kickoff. I disagree with any match that takes place on Sunday counting as a early kick-off.

        1. NorCal Villan
          • 2 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Someone is always saying something

      • Wizard of Ozil
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        As an Arsenal fan, We`ll never get 4th after this defeat, especially with Spurs having Burnley and Norwich to play.
        This was our big moment, and we bottled it!!!!!!
        I`m definitely swapping SALAH to SON...as i have Kane already.

        1. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          You don't think Arsenal's games might come into the equation?

          1. Wizard of Ozil
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Newcastle may even beat us to be honest. Even Liverpool struggled to beat them. It depends how much money our owners can slip the Arabs...

            1. NorCal Villan
              • 2 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              Everton might beat you in 38 if the Arsenal club of today shows up

        2. Cheeto__Bandito
          • 3 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Newcastle will win

        3. Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Keep the Faith!!
          I think Arsenal will bounce back and win the final 2 games.
          However it would be funny if Spurs bottled it the last day against Norwich do!

        4. bench boost for every gamew…
          • 7 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Tierney have noe decided title race and got Spurs back in for fourth place by his refereeing which is the worst i have seen. Forget Dean, Atkinson, etc. They do mistakes but they at least understand the game. Tierney is absolutely clueless. Players get frustrated by him and his lack of understanding of the game.
          I was looking forward to a great NLD and he just ruins it.

      • FPL Emu
        • 13 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Four burning questions:

        A) Best city player on FH37?
        B) Best pool player on FH37 not named Salah?
        C) Is Vardy a good choice?
        D) Reece James or and extra doubling defender?

        1. noissimbus
          • 1 Year
          1 year, 10 months ago

          A. KDB obviously.
          B. Looking like Diaz/Robbo.
          C. Good definitely, but wary about minutes management given availability of other strikers.
          D. See how FA cup final plays out first.

      • Cheeto__Bandito
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Kulu the forgotten man

      • Patio Kev
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Loving it tonight.

        If Carlsberg did FPL matches……

        1. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Ew.

      • Feanor
        • 14 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Looks like I'll get 153 with a hit. Could have been 200 -4 if I had financed getting in Pickford a different way.

        Pickford in for Guaita
        Tavares in for Schar
        Bernardo in for Mount

        should have been

        Pickford in for Guaita
        Holgate in for Schar
        KDB in for Salah

        1. Baps hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          152 (-4) here now... Easy with hindsight. Should have selled Coutinho and Saka to get Zaha/Mount and taken -4 to ditch Ramsdale and so on...

      • DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        What a toss pot.

      • BeaversWithAttitude
        • 5 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Xhaka squeezing in his booking a bit late...

      • Duke Silver ☑
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Xhaka doing Xhaka things.

      • HTL
        • 5 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Sorry, I've Google'd this and I'm still confused.

        "If any of your outfield players don't play in the Gameweek, they will be substituted by the highest priority outfield substitute who played in the Gameweek and doesn't break the formation rules (eg. If your starting team has 3 defenders, a defender can only be replaced by another defender)."

        What are the real life implications given we might see lots of rotation?

        If you line up 3-4-3 and three of your defenders don't play a single minute, and a starting midfielder doesn't play too, will your fifth mid come into your team or not?

        Is it any safer to line up 4-4-2? Or would you still be out of luck?

        1. BUZZBOMB
          • 9 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          No. No. Just make sure you cover on bench.

          1. BUZZBOMB
            • 9 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Reread. 5th mid comes in for non playing mid.

            1. noissimbus
              • 1 Year
              1 year, 10 months ago

              Yup. All outfield subs will come one for 3 of the non-playing players (provided the subs played), leaving one non-playing defender to comply with formation rules.

          2. HTL
            • 5 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            I've got Taa - Cancelo - Matip - Laporte - Cash. Should be OK, but just had the thought with Laporte looking knackered and Liv likely concentrating on CL final.

        2. Baps hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Doesn't work like that. Rethink for a moment. If 3 defs won't play, you are down to 10 men anyway.

        3. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Forget about formation. Autosubs will take places in your XI if they exist. In your scenario, a midfielder would come in even if he's your third sub, because the first two subs have been used already, and there's a space for him in your XI.

          1. Deulofail
            • 8 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            And as Baps Hunter says, you would be down to 10 men (2 defenders getting a score instead of the minimum of 3 (assuming you do have 2 playing defenders on the bench))

            1. HTL
              • 5 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              That's fine, I thought I'd seen complaints before but perhaps that was bench order rather than number of players coming in.

              The scenario I thought I read, was that if you were set up 3-4-3, and three defenders and a mid don't play, you're forced into 2-3-3, rather than 2-4-3. From your explanations, it sounds like you would still get 2-4-3, and the bench order wouldn't matter.

              Not worried about being down to 10 if you've lost three defenders anyway, but didn't want to risk replacement midfielders not getting on the pitch.

              1. Deulofail
                • 8 Years
                1 year, 10 months ago

                Yup "2"-4-3. Your subs are raring to go, ready and waiting to jump into your team if they can

      • Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        90th minute for does who had it on the Xhaka Yellow card bingo.

      • Bruno Commando
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Going for FH37 and torn between these 2 options. Which one will you go for?

        1) Cash + Mykolenko + Diaz + Richarlison
        2) Digne + Andersen + Gordon + Kane

        The remaining 8:
        Pickford
        Robertson ____ ____
        Salah KDB Son Zaha ____
        Ings ___

      • The Frenchie
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Schmeichel
        TAA / Robertson / Cancelo / James
        Salah / Mount / Kulusevski / Coutinho
        Kane / Watkins

        Should I do those moves for -4?

        In: De Bruyne / Son / Zinchenko
        Out: Salah / Kulusevski / TAA

      • Mr. O'Connell
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Pretty annoying to bench my 3rd highest scorer this week

      • It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 10 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        38 points form of my BB bench (Foster, Gordon, Pukki and Nketiah). I’ll take it.

        1. Paqueta Rice
          • 3 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          I got 4 points on mine

      • Walter White (WW)
        • 2 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        If only Newcastle could defeat Arsenal

      • DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
        • 10 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Yes Sonny, Kevin who?

        1. Cheeto__Bandito
          • 3 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          10 points less

          1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
            • 10 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Close enough after last nights horrors

      • IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Thoughts on this FH draft?
        It's basically template, but no City & Vardy over Richarlison..

        Pickford
        Cash Digne Mykolenko
        Salah Son Maddison Zaha
        Kane Vardy Ings

        KDH bench

        1. asr
          • 7 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Very good, basically identical to mine Kane instead of Vardy

          Pickford
          Cash Digne Mykolenko
          Salah KDB Son Zaha
          Kane Richarlison Ings

          3.9 KDH Tsimikas 3.8

          1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
            • 7 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Vardy & Maddison vs.
            KDB & Richarlison

            Tricky one!

            1. asr
              • 7 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              Yep coin flip really, arguably both decent options

          2. noissimbus
            • 1 Year
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Similar to my current draft, except Myko & Salah for Robbo & Diaz. Hoping Salah and Watkins don't go crazy...

        2. asr
          • 7 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Sorry misread the team, no KDB