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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. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Never a pen

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

    Hahaha what? That had to be a peno 😆

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

      On the replay, no, no it is not

    2. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nah

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

    Trossard goes down too easy

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

    thats a pen

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

      Surely not

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

    Same old Arsenal, always cheating!

  6. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    That has to be a penalty

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

      Not even close mate sorry. I have Saka but nah

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

    Let’s take a moment for Anthony Taylor please

    Best ref in the prem by a country mile

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

      By a country mile.

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

    White on

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      MASSIVE

    2. BUZZBOMB ♡
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Rick from the Young Ones?

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

    Odegaard coming off

  10. TeddiPonza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Start Tarkowski or White in gw24?

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

    White and Viera coming

  12. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Arteta has given up. Vieira coming on.

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

    White on

  14. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Haaland g KDB a

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

    White on.

    Looks like he is going up front.

  16. Stranger Mings
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Horrible owning martnelli but keeping sue to DGw25

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

      Odegard wasn't much better this game

      1. Stranger Mings
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Assume trossard start ahead of martnelli now

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

    Haaland G
    KDB A

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

    Haaland G KDB a

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

    Haaland goal
    KDB assist

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

    Haaland goal KDB a

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

    CITY CHAMPIONS

    1. sulldaddy
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Woot woot!!

  22. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    GAME OVER

  23. Robe Wan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    yaaassaaasaaaaasasssss

    TTTCCCCCCCC

  24. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I hate KDB

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

    Hauland

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

    Haaland G

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

    OOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH Kevin de Bruyne

  28. Limbo
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    KDB a differential this week.

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

    Finally Haaland G

  30. Red Star Toro
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    This goal murders my rank