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Arsenal are hoping to end a run of three Premier League games without a win as they face Aston Villa in the Gameweek 24 curtain-raiser.

Kick-off at Villa Park is at 12:30 GMT.

For the first time this season, rotation is now a threat with the long-time (but now deposed) league leaders.

Hitherto regular starter Ben White was dropped on Wednesday and now it’s Gabriel Martinelli‘s turn to warm the bench, with the Brazilian winger failing to start a Premier League game for the first time in 2022/23.

Leandro Trossard replaces Martinelli for the Gunners, while White immediately regains his place at the expense of Takehiro Tomiyasu.

Emile Smith Rowe is available again and among the substitutes, just to add to the medium-term worry.

While Fantasy Premier League (FPL) interest mostly centres around the visitors, Leon Bailey‘s benching is noteworthy given that Aston Villa play in Blank Gameweeks 25, 28 and 32 and are about to come back onto the Fantasy radar.

He is one of five players who make way from Unai Emery’s Gameweek 23 starting XI, as Bailey and Ashley Young, Calum Chambers, Lucas Digne and Jacob Ramsey all drop to the bench,

Matty Cash, a fit-again Tyrone Mings, Alex Moreno, John McGinn and Philippe Coutinho are all recalled.

GAMEWEEK 24 LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Mings, Konsa, Moreno, McGinn, Kamara, Luiz, Buendia, Coutinho, Watkins

Subs: Sinisalo, Traore, Chambers, Young, Digne, Bailey, Dendoncker, Ramsey, Duran

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, White,Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Odegaard, Jorginho, Xhaka, Saka, Nketiah, Trossard

Subs: Turner, Tierney, Smith Rowe, Martinelli, Kiwior, Holding, Tomiyasu, Vieira, Nelson



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  1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Odegaard huge sitter wow

    Messes up nketiah assist

  2. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Odegaaard you absolutely helmet

  3. mad_beer ✅
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Cucurella not in squad. This week is in shambles.

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Advantage Chelsea surely

  4. Mr. O'Connell
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Oh my gaard

  5. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Odegaard big Big miss from nketiah assist

  6. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Absolute sitter Ode you donkey

  7. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Oh good lord

  8. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Gods sake Ode

  9. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Odegaard misses a sitter

  10. DannyDrinkVodka
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Dang it, looks like I got it wrong with starting Ale over Tarkowski

    1. DannyDrinkVodka
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Ake even

    2. sulldaddy
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Youre never wrong when starting with ale

  11. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Insane miss by ode

    1. Over Midwicket
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      InSané

  12. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Odegaard so close!

  13. Over Midwicket
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Odegaard -ppi

  14. DycheDycheBaby
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Omg Ode

  15. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Ode wow

  16. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Odegaard lol - was going to get him next gw, that was terrible.

  17. x.jim.x
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Woedegaars

    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Gaard even

  18. Marvin.
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Odecrud.

  19. A. PRISE
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Championship losing miss

  20. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Where's Odegaard's guide dog?

  21. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 17 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Brilliant from Nketiah

  22. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Watkins fail

  23. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Unforgivable miss that.

    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      It's really really poor

  24. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    omg Ode

  25. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Odegaard with the Eddie effect.

  26. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    2 fantastic chances squandered by arsenal, hopefully won’t live to regret them

  27. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Ode will make amends

  28. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Duran Duran on

    1. Bada Bing
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      He will come undone.

      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Could do. It's a matter of feeling his way into the game

    2. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      There's me looking for a player called Rio or some other tenuous link. But no. He's actually called Duran...

  29. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Huge Øde miss. How was that even possible?!? Did he have too much time 🙁

  30. DannyDrinkVodka
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    We need an Odegaard Nketiah owners support group after this