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Four Premier League matches get underway at 3pm GMT this afternoon.

Two of the sides ‘doubling’ in Gameweek 25, Arsenal and Everton, feature, while seven of the eight teams in action are currently languishing in the bottom half of the table.

Much of the Fantasy interest centres around Arsenal and there is mixed news on the line-up front, depending on who you own.

Gabriel Martinelli does return to the Gunners’ starting XI after his goalscoring cameo at Villa Park last weekend but it’s Eddie Nketiah, not Leandro Trossard, who makes way to accommodate him.

That’ll mean either Martinelli or Trossard will be leading the line for the visitors at the King Power Stadium today.

The league leaders are otherwise unchanged, with Thomas Partey back in the squad after injury but only among the substitutes.

As for Leicester City, James Maddison isn’t fit enough to feature because of a niggly, ongoing knee injury.

Maddison, who isn’t even in the squad, is among two players to make way from Brendan Rodgers’ last starting XI.

Nampalys Mendy also drops out as Wilfred Ndidi and Dennis Praet are recalled.

Everton are unsurprisingly unchanged for the visit of Aston Villa, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin and budget FPL defender Nathan Patterson not even among the substitutes.

Unai Emery, however, has made three changes to the side beaten by Arsenal last Saturday, with Lucas Digne, Jacob Ramsey and Leon Bailey coming into the side in place of Alex Moreno, Philippe Coutinho and Emiliano Buendia.

Coutinho misses out entirely.

There’s only one alteration across the two teams at Elland Road, where Leeds United take on unchanged Southampton.

Javi Gracia brings Brenden Aaronson into his side at the expense of the benched Crysencio Summerville for his first match in the Leeds hotseat.

There’s a lot more rotation to report at the London Stadium, where David Moyes has seemingly ditched the wing-back system and reverted to a 4-3-3/4-2-3-1.

That spells bad news for Emerson Palmieri, who is benched along with Thilo Kehrer, Flynn Downes and Michail Antonio.

Ben Johnson, Lucas Paqueta, Said Benrahma and Danny Ings all come into the side, with Ings making his first West Ham start,

As for Forest, Neco Williams and Chris Wood return at the expense of the injured Serge Aurier and the benched Danilo.

GAMEWEEK 25 LINE-UPS

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Coady, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, Iwobi, Gueye, Doucoure, Onana, McNeil, Maupay

Subs: Mina, Begovic, Godfrey, Keane, Davies, Vinagre, Gray, Holgate, Simms

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne, McGinn, Luiz, Kamara, Ramsey, Bailey, Watkins

Subs: Dendoncker, Moreno, Durán, Sinisalo, Chambers, Young, Traoré, Zych, Buendía


Leeds United XI: Meslier, Ayling, Firpo, Koch, Wober, Adams, McKennie, Harrison, Aaronson, Gnonto, Bamford

Subs: Monteiro, Joseph, Gyabi, Robles, Summerville, Rutter, Roca, Kristensen, Greenwood

Southampton XI: Bazunu, Maitland-Niles, Bednarek, Bella-Kotchap, Perraud, Lavia, Ward-Prowse, S Armstrong, Elyounoussi, Sulemana, Onuachu

Subs: Walker-Peters, Caleta-Car, Alcaraz, Caballero, Mara, Djenepo, Walcott, Armstrong, Diallo


Leicester City XI: Ward, Castagne, Souttar, Faes, Kristiansen, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndidi, Tete, Praet, Barnes, Iheanacho.

Subs: Iversen, Tielemens, Vardy, Amartey, Daka, Pereira, Mendy, Thomas, Soumare.

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, Whitee, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Odegaard, Jorginho, Xhaka, Saka, Martinelli, Trossard.

Subs: Turner, Tierney, Partey, Smith Rowe, Nketiah, Kiwior, Holding, Tomiyasu, Vieira.


West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Johnson, Ogbonna, Aguerd, Coufal, Soucek, Rice, Paqueta, Benrahma, Bowen, Ings

Subs: Areola, Cresswell, Scammaca, Fornals, Antonio, Lanzini, Downes, Kehrer, Emerson

Nottingham Forest XI: Navas, Williams, Worrall, Felipe, Lodi, Freuler, Shelvey, Colback, Gibbs-White; Wood, Johnson

Subs: Gustavo Scarpa, Surridge, Toffolo, Dennis, Lingard, Ayew, Hennessey, Danilo, Mangala


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  1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    OMG Ings.

    1. djman102
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Another, or did VAR finally confirm it?

  2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Ings is essential

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Long live Sou attack... Wait... ...hmmpph...

  3. Hy liverpool
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Ingsss on fireee

  4. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    7 from 5 any good?

    1. Sif
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      show off

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

    DIng Ding

  6. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Again?

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yep

  7. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    VAR check

  8. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Ings a good Nketiah replacement?

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      After Maupay, perhaps.

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

    Danny Ings gonna be the highest scoring player of the DGW? lol

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

    Ode tackled himself 🙂

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

      Honestly has turned into prime Djemba-Djemba since I brought him in

  11. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Any city lineup news?

  12. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    You know it's a double game week when people are complaining about Everton double defence fail 😉

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

    Mahrez benched. Of course. Screw this game.

    1. Hect.OR 98th
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      If Darwin's injured, my week is a mess.

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

        Same 🙁

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

      Absolute joke ain’t it

  14. Red Star Toro
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Mahrez bench

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

    Mahrez bench, at least Ake starts.

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

    Mahrez benched as expected, eurghhh

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

    Big tark header needed.

  18. A. PRISE
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    As always, Pep ruins everything

  19. FPL Emu
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Lol, I read "OMG Ings" from Bemba, thought "That's my Tarkowski clean sheet gone", then realized he now plays for yet another claret colored team, before then noticed the Watkins goal

  20. Gunners in Haaland
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    No Mahrez

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

    Mahrez benched classic

  22. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Mahrenched

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

      Poor attempt

    2. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Not Pepped?!?

  23. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Ings double, is it 2016?

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

      If only

    2. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      More like 2020

  24. Shultan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    This GW just getter & better nketiah & mahrez owner

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

      Same but can’t see it being a high scoring week anyway

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

    Thanks Pep

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

    Mahrez bench makes sense to be fair

    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Sure it does if Pep wants to lose

  27. _Gunner
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Lewis starts !
    Finally

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Sold him for Tarkowski for -4

  28. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Mars benched

  29. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    You can't really complain about Mahrez being benched, it's City, it happens 🙂

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

    Ings doing what Haaland couldn't vs Forest.