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1 March 2023 1363 comments
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We have two Double Gameweek 25 matches taking place on Wednesday evening, split over GMT kick-off times of 19:45 and 20:00.

It’s a great opportunity for Arsenal to take advantage of their game in hand and go five points clear of Manchester City, while Everton need a win to escape the relegation zone.

Meanwhile, recent results have put Wolverhampton Wanderers three points above the Toffees, as they prepare to face Liverpool for the fourth time in under two months.

The big news revolves around two popular FPL forwards right now – Darwin Nunez (£8.8m) and Eddie Nketiah (£6.8m). Whilst the Uruguayan starts for Liverpool, an unchanged Arsenal line-up means Nketiah remains on their bench.

It means that Gabriel Martinelli (£6.5m) starts again, alongside the usual Bukayo Saka (£8.5m), Martin Odegaard (£7.0m) and established first-choice defence.

Nunez for Cody Gakpo (£7.8m) is one of six changes made by Jurgen Klopp, with a completely different midfield trio plus the introduction of Kostas Tsimikas (£4.4m) and Ibrahima Konate (£4.8m) for Andrew Robertson (£6.8m) and Joel Matip (£5.9m).

Key players Mohamed Salah (£12.7m) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.3m) survive the mass rotation.

As for Everton and Wolves, both have made one alteration to their weekend line-ups. Michael Keane (£4.2m) replaces Conor Coady (£4.9m) for the Toffees, whilst Julen Lopetegui brings Joao Moutinho (£4.7m) in for Matheus Cunha (£5.5m).

Hugo Bueno (£3.9m) starts but Nathan Patterson (£3.9m) will not participate at all.


GAMEWEEK 25 LINE-UPS

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

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

Everton XI: Pickford; Coleman, Keane, Tarkowski, Mykolenko; Iwobi, Doucoure, Gana, Onana, McNeil; Maupay

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


Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Tsimikas; Elliott, Fabinho, Bajcetic; Salah, Jota, Nunez

Subs: Kelleher, Robertson, Matip, Milner, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Carvalho, Gakpo, Firmino

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa; Semedo, Dawson, Kilman, Bueno; Nunes, Ruben Neves, Lemina; Sarabia, Jimenez, Moutinho

Subs: Bentley, Ait-Nouri, Jonny, Collins, Neto, Podence, Joao Gomes, Traore, Diego Costa



FPL Marc Broadcaster, writer and overthinker. Hoping that ‘differential potential’ will catch on.

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

    How bad are Wolves to be 2 down to Liverpool?

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

      Just 5 mins bad

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

      This

    3. Drexl Spivey
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      The very fact Scousers'll be celebrating this...

    4. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Are United gonna smash Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday?

      1. Pariße
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Probably not. It’s going to be a weird game.

        2-2
        Bajcetic, Milner; Fred x2

  2. Woy_is_back
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Casemiro, player of the season

  3. dunts1
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    The odds on Spurs and Saints both being knocked out...

    It's not just the extra fixture in GW28 but also GW32. More food for thought.

    1. The Senate
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Checked bens spreadsheet this morning

      The converted odds had the game at like 96% chance of a blank

  4. The Senate
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    A flukey Trent-Gakpo combination would be lovely right about now

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

      Trent will have to do from the bench

      1. The Senate
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Balls

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

    So with Spurs and Southampton both out of the cup, that's another fixture in GW28.

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

    93 all out. The bps just evaporated in the last 20 minutes 😆

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

    BGW32:

    Brighton/MCI
    Fulham/Leeds
    United/Chelsea

    Only 3 games COULD be blanks, 7 games minimum will be played!

    Draw to come probably gives more clarity.

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

      Very interesting indeed.

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

      Looks like both blank gws easy navigated without FH

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

    Darwin you really are useless

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

    4 league clean sheets in a row for Liverpool, somehow...

    That'll do, Trent 🙂

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

      Yes very nice as Alisson owner

  10. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Nunez lol what a clown, never again dude

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

      Until the next dgw ie

      1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Ofc not

  11. alsybach
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Into the top 25k and 100 points the week…..god I’m good!!

  12. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Salah Nketiah to Saka Toney?

    Kepa Ederson
    Shaw Trippier White Tark Bueno
    Salah Odegaard Rashford Mahrez Andreas
    Haaland Kane Nketiah

  13. DannyDrinkVodka
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Any idea on what to do with this awful team? 0.5 ITB, 1FT, no WC or BB

    Kepa Pickford
    TAA Trippier Shaw Tark Coufal
    Salah Saka Rashford Odegaard Andreas
    Haaland Darwin Nketiah

    Who do I transfer out first?!

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

    Ben Crellin on the Green Arrow podcast tomorrow- essential listening…. Lol

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

    Full time 2-0

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

    77 final score with a rank of 6 million and a big fat red arrow to 80k. Fuming!!! Martinelli and Arsenal defence have killed me.

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

    YNWA is cringe to hear.

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

      Of course it is because it is so difficult song for a fan who knows only how to repeat word glory two times a row.

  18. SouthCoastSaint
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Any Martinelli captainers out here?

    If so, enjoy your beer tonight

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

      Thank you! Though have COVID 🙁

  19. The FPL Units
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    so Pool were not a trap this week (apart from Darwin)

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Robbo was...

  20. Fit_to_drop
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Defender to replace Tark0 who plays each week or has doubles

    1. Fit_to_drop
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Have Tripps, Saliba, Bueno

  21. JAYPEE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    When will Toney be getting suspended?

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

    81 from 9. Recovered well! No KdB or Mitro.

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

    How is this WC looking?

    Sanchez, Ward
    Trippier, Gabriel, Estupinan, Mee, Victor Kristensen
    Saka, Ødegaard, Rashford, Maddison, Mitoma
    Haaland, Kane, Toney

    Will probably do Gabriel and Ødegaard to Shaw and Bowen in 29, so everybody expect Kane, Haaland and Saka plays double

    1. Pariße
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Won’t Toney be suspended?

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

    Manchester United vs Fulham in the FA Cup quarter finals

  25. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I'll take the small win of Saka (c) over Salah (c).

  26. Pariße
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Liverpool double defence payed off well.

    1. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Nearly as a Trent and Robbo bringer in

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

    Wott I got 100 this week

  28. Tcheco
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    30k rank I’ve never been this high before

  29. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Conte needs to go.
    What a choker, would've had an easy QF.

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

    The draw means we will probably have only 3 teams blanking in 32:
    Man City, Man Utd and Brighton

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

      Chelsea too* (facing ManU

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

      Yeah think City United Brighton will be going through to semis.

    3. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      And Brighton are due to play Man City that weekend anyway so maybe only 2 games postponed