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15 February 2023 1537 comments
FPL Marc FPL Marc
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The final match of Double Gameweek 23 takes place at the Emirates Stadium, where Arsenal host Manchester City in the 19:30 GMT kick-off.

This huge top-of-the-table clash was originally meant for Gameweek 12 but had to be rearranged due to Queen Elizabeth II’s death and the subsequent moving of a Europa League match.

It means that we’ve reached February without the league’s two best sides having faced off, a chance to see if the student – Mikel Arteta – can overcome his master Pep Guardiola.

Visitors Man City can overtake their hosts tonight and have made one change to the side that beat Aston Villa 3-1 on Sunday – Nathan Ake (£5.1m) replaces Aymeric Laporte (£5.7m).

That means Erling Haaland (£12.2m) has shaken off the knock which resulted in his half-time withdrawal and there are also starts for Kevin De Bruyne (£12.4m) and Riyad Mahrez (£7.8m). However, owners of Manuel Akanji (£5.0m) and Rico Lewis (£3.9m) will be frustrated to lose at ‘Pep Roulette’ for both parts of Double Gameweek 23.

Arsenal had the same starting XI for the previous six league matches but have made two changes here. Popular FPL defender Ben White (£4.7m) is on the bench and midfielder Thomas Partey (£4.7m) misses out because of “a tight muscle.”

In comes Takehiro Tomiyasu (£4.2m) and Jorginho (£5.8m), which is good news for Gabriel Martinelli‘s (£6.6m) owners – he keeps his place despite Leandro Trossard‘s (£6.7m) weekend goal.

Bukayo Saka (£8.3m), Eddie Nketiah (£6.8m), Martin Odegaard (£7.0m), Gabriel (£5.2m) and William Saliba (£5.3m) start too.

GAMEWEEK 23 LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale; Tomiyasu, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Odegaard, Jorginho, Xhaka; Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli

Subs: Turner, White, Tierney, Kiwior, Holding, Trossard, Fabio Vieira, Nelson, Cozier-Duberry

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Walker, Dias, Ake, Bernardo; Rodri, De Bruyne, Gundogan; Mahrez, Haaland, Grealish

Subs: Ortega, Laporte, Lewis, Akanji, Sergio Gomez, Phillips, Palmer, Alvarez, Foden 



FPL Marc Broadcaster, writer and overthinker. Hoping that ‘differential potential’ will catch on.

  1. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Pls ask Mahrez to take

  2. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Pls let Mahrez take

  3. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    City pen...Haaland wins it

    Gabriel yc

  4. Wenger's Warriors
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Gabby Yelly

  5. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Hauland Pen

  6. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Oops.. Haaland looks like offside

  7. JBG
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Will Mahrez take it again?

  8. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Looks offside

  9. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Ouch!

  10. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Haalands offside. Controversial!

  11. JoJoRed
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Offside

  12. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Gabi YC

  13. WVA
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Very poor from Gabriel

  14. sminkypinky
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Watch Kdb step up when we brought in Mahrez

    1. sminkypinky
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nevermind. Offside.

  15. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    VARsenal

    1. DycheDycheBaby
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      It's offside.

  16. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Haaland bullying Gabriel there.

  17. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Looked offside

    Terrible defending from Gabriel

  18. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    No pen but Gabriel YC
    Brilliant as a Haaland/Mahrez and Gabriel owner

    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Same here, ffs

    2. PogChamp
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah same lol

  19. Milk, 1 Šuker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    How funny managers begging for Mahrez to take pen, might not even be a pen!

  20. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Offside?

  21. putana
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    haaland is offside. No way will they gvie it

  22. Hairy Potter
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Who's fouling who?

  23. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Offside

    Lucky lucky arsenal

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Uuuuuugggggh

  24. Free Hat
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Why does it take that long djeezes

  25. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Can't stand these kind of offsides. There was one against Son last year.

    What advantage has the attacker possibly gained there? Seriously.

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Bring back the daylight law

      1. McGurn
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        100%

  26. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    No pen, offside

  27. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    DeBone time!

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Ah damn no pen

  28. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Get the fecking lines out

  29. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    VAR Haaland offside no pen

  30. EDUARDO DA SILVA
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Remove yellow for gabby.