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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. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Big game Kev init

    1. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Bug game Kev indeed

  2. Shark Team
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Only FFP can save Arsenal

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

    I was nearly blown off my chair there. Simultaneous sighs of relief from all the Haaland TCers causing gale force winds 😆

    1. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I got the blast

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

      Its been a rough ride and not a great outcome. But relief

    3. FantasyTony
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      All things considered, I think you'd have been expecting more than 30 points from a Haaland TC during a double gameweek.

  4. Patio Kev
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Right come on Pep, now is the time to bring Rico Lewis on please to help run down the clock.

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      This

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

      This would be the dream

    3. Eleven Hag
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      🙁

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

      This would feel like a goal honestly

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

      Bahahahahahahahaha.

      No.

    6. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Please

  5. Eleven Hag
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Lewis 10

  6. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Arsenal players look deflated here

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

    One more for the tonne boys!

  8. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Master showing the apprentice how it’s done

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

      Wow how original. Only seen it on every page

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Bore off

  9. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Arsenal second now with a game in hand but have to face City at the Etihad again.

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

      And Partey might be back

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

    Bring Lewis in NOW

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

      Pep has Shaw first bench

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

      I don't think he's coming

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

    Are we even sure we want to hold Arsenal defensive assets going forward?

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

      Gabriel has been a waste.

  12. The Mandalorian
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Arsenal have been amazing this season but sadly humbled tonight.

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Raised their game compared to their last couple of poor results but you do wonder if this could be the challenge fizzling out

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

    White shot!

    Kalvin Phillips coming on

  14. Eleven Hag
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Lewis 8

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

      That's the third sub done, then. I'll have Estupinan's seven, then.

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

        Then then then then, then.

        LOL

      2. Eleven Hag
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Yippe, prayers answered

        Shaw pts

  15. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    No Lewis then. KP on as 3rd sub

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

      Lol

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

      5 subs this year mate

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

        On 3 occasions

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

        Three sub windows this year, mate.

      3. FPL DONKEY
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        5 subs must be made in at most 3 stoppages.

      4. Eleven Hag
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        But they will have to be made only three times in total?

  16. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Kalvin Phillips coming on for weight loss purposes. Bin liners under his kit.

  17. EffPeeEll
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Man Citeh social media hate could pitch very tonight

  18. EL tridente
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    KDB to Salah in GW?

    1. EL tridente
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      25

    2. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yes

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

      City away at Bournemouth. Not sure!

  19. Zalk
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Half my GW points came this game

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

    That'll do Kev, that'll do!

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

    White 3
    Odegaard 4
    Martinelli 5

    Season over

  22. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Can City make any more subs now they have made them on 3 separate occasions?

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

      No. Your bench points are safe.

      1. gooberman
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Yes thought so. Shaw's points coming in then.

  23. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Nketiah misses another one

  24. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Arsenal created 0.00 non-penalty xG between the 28th and 83rd minute against Man City.

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      But it was against the run of play.

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

    Open your eyes when you go for a header Eddie. That's two

  26. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Eddie ‘Almost’ Nketiah

  27. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Jesus will walk straight back into this team

    1. Dthinger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Now that he’s nearly back Nketiah suddenly lost all confidence

    2. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Without a doubt. Also loves to miss a lot of chances though

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

        This. Arsenal lack a goalscorer

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

    What’s the bonus points situation right now? Can’t get on to the FPL site.

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

      Kevin, Grealish, Saka.

      Haaland close to Saka.

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

      Kevin 42
      Grealish 30
      Saka 26
      Haaland 23

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

      KDB 3
      Grealish 2
      Saka 1

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

      Cheers fellas

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

    Jesus will be rushed back for DGW25 after this Eddie performance!

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

    Arsenal fans disgracing themselves in defeat