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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. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    KDB goal

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

    KDB G

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

    Least white gets his place back now.

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

      🙂

  4. Steve McCroskey
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Daddy's home

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

    Haha serves arteta right for benching white for tomiyasu

  6. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Tomiyasu sold the jerseys! Where is Ben White?

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

    Tommy howler

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

    Brilliant first time finish

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

    Lovely assist Tomiyasu.

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

    Yes, Kev! Lol!

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

    What a finish

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

      Right! Take that!

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

    KING KEVVVVVV

  13. Zalk
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I guess I won't have to worry about White anymore now.

  14. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Told ya Arteta made a mistake benching White

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

    The one player I DID NOT NEED TO SCORE. Sigh.

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

      Same, so annoying

  16. Botman and Robben
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Tomi mistake

  17. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Nice assist from Tomiyasu.

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

    How are Gabriel to White (-4) owners doing now?

    Tomiyasu error as well lol.

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

      Oops other way around 😛

  19. Hairy Potter
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Oh dear, terrible back pass, but great finish.

  20. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Classic Arsenal

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

    Ben White & KDB back in the good books 🙂

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

    Hack it out Tomi! WTF

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

    Arteta's choking away the league, one bad decision at a time

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

      Arsenal were never really in the title race

  24. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    never doubted you kevin x

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

    KDB hauling tonight would be just the tonic I need to save my GW

    1. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      This

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

    YES KEVIN DEBONER!

  27. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    White back in next game then

  28. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Rank killer!!!!

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

      Surely only dead teams still have kdb?

      1. Planet Head
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Will smack my arse and call me dead

  29. Shultan
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    No more white benching now hopefully!

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

    How has Bernardo silva not been booked already?