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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. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Lol that goal would have been saved if Tomiyasu didn't touch it. 2 goals he's given away now 😆

    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Arteta paying the price for poor decisions

  2. Bada Bing
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Tomiyasu having a shocker.

  3. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Gundog touch?

    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Nope 🙂

    2. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Apparently so, damnit.

  4. putana
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Pathetic from gabriel

  5. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Gabriel loves a howler!

  6. Our Tiny Windows
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Haaland assist? Can’t tell if his pass was left n

  7. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Tomiyasu gave City another goal. That shot was going straight at Ramsdale

  8. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Might be Haaland assist?

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Nah

  9. Our Tiny Windows
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    by Gundo

  10. Jimmers
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Did Gundo even touch that?

  11. DycheDycheBaby
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bench Ben White and this is what you get Arteta 🙁

    1. TheTinman
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yep. Lesson learnt.

    2. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Can't believe tomiyasu is still on the pitch

  12. Offside Trapattoni
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Gundo assisted that?

  13. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Got to be a haaland assist

  14. Milk, 1 Šuker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Erling assist methinks no?

  15. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Harry Kane assist!

    1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Should have known

  16. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Can’t believe I brought in an Arsenal defender
    DGW trap again!

  17. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bring Trossard on FFS

  18. WVA
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Gabriel got lucky once

    Haaland assist I don't think Gundog touches it

  19. Wenger's Warriors
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Tomiarsu involved in City goal again

  20. dark91
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Need a good replay to see if Gundo touched it. Haaland's pass seems too weak though to reach Grealish directly without Gundo's interference

  21. Limbo
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    BBC given it to Gundo

    1. Limbo
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      So have FPL

  22. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Assist given Gundog

  23. WVA
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Arsenal players bottling it, lacking composure

  24. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Time up for Martinelli

  25. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Martinelli off

  26. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Trossard on for martinelli

  27. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Nothing goal

  28. Gandalf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I hope that gets changed to Haaland Assist. Sure Gundo didn't touch it

    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Lol

  29. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Xhaka foot-draggin'

  30. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Trossard on Martinelli off