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Gameweek 38 team news: The line-ups for all 10 matches

The 2022/23 Premier League season concludes with the traditional simultaneous final-day kick-offs, all 10 Gameweek 38 fixtures getting underway at 16:30 BST.

ROTATION AT CITY, UNITED AND LIVERPOOL

The benching of Erling Haaland is perhaps the headline news, although there’s plenty of competition for that as rotation bites across the country.

Despite all the pre-match talk of ‘rhythm’ from Pep Guardiola, it’s an understrength Manchester City team that faces Brentford.

Ederson, Aymeric Laporte, Nathan Ake, Sergio Gomez, Kalvin Phillips, Julian Alvarez and Cole Palmer are the players coming into the City side today.

Haaland, Ilkay Gundogan, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, John Stones and Stefan Ortega are all on the bench, while Kevin De Bruyne joins Jack Grealish, Manuel Akanji and Ruben Dias on the sidelines.

For Brentford, Mathias ‘Zanka’ Jorgensen and Mikkel Damsgaard return in place of Mathias Jensen and Kevin Schade.

The champions’ cross-city rivals make six changes of their own.

Marcus Rashford is among the returnees, along with Alejandro Garnacho, Harry Maguire, Tyrell Malacia, Fred and Diogo Dalot.

Anthony Martial, Christian Eriksen, Raphael Varane, Luke Shaw and Aaron Wan-Bissaka have to make do with substitute duty, while Antony is injured.

Sasa Lukic for Harrison Reed is Fulham’s only tweak.

Jurgen Klopp makes seven alterations to the side that drew 1-1 with Aston Villa last weekend, with only Trent Alexander-Arnold, Curtis Jones, Fabinho and Mohamed Salah keeping their places.

The departing James Milner and Roberto Firmino start but Alisson Becker, Andrew Robertson and Virgil van Dijk are not in the squad.

Southampton’s only change sees Kamaldeen Sulemana replace Joe Aribo.

THE BATTLE TO AVOID THE DROP

There are three matches taking place in which Premier League survival is on the line.

At Elland Road, there is one change apiece.

Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford is injured and is replaced by Liam Cooper, while Pedro Porro comes in for the benched Arnaut Danjuma in the Tottenham Hotspur XI.

Rodrigo Moreno is fit to start for the hosts.

There’s a surprise at the King Power Stadium, meanwhile. It’s not too much of a shock to see James Maddison, Harvey Barnes and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall coming into the Leicester side, nor is it a bombshell that Harry Souttar and Wilfred Ndidi drop out.

But the benching of Jamie Vardy was less expected, as Kelechi Iheanacho ploughs a lone furrow up front.

Visitors West Ham United make six changes: Nayef Aguerd, Thilo Kehrer, Aaron Cresswell, Said Benrahma, Flynn Downes and Michail Antonio all come in, as Kurt Zouma, Angelo Ogbonna, Emerson Palmieri, Tomas Soucek, Jarrod Bowen and Danny Ings drop out.

Everton’s starting XI shows two enforced changes as the injured Nathan Patterson and Dominic Calvert-Lewin make way for Conor Coady and Demarai Gray.

Opponents Bournemouth recall Mark Travers, Dango Ouattara and Philip Billing for Murara Neto, Lewis Cook and Jaidon Anthony.

THE BEST OF THE REST

Aston Villa are unchanged in their quest to secure UEFA Europa Conference League football but Brighton and Hove Albion, who made sure of sixth place in midweek, make six alterations.

Joel Veltman, Adam Webster, Yasin Ayari, Deniz Undav, Alexis Mac Allister and Evan Ferguson are recalled, with Pervis Estupinan, Billy Gilmour, Jan Paul van Hecke, Danny Welbeck, Moises Caicedo and Kaoru Mitoma all rested.

Lewis Dunk is again only among the substitutes.

The benching of Callum Wilson is the stand-out team news from Stamford Bridge as Alexander Isak leads the line instead.

Martin Dubravka, Anthony Gordon, Allan Saint-Maximin and Matt Targett are recalled by the Magpies as Sean Longstaff and Nick Pope miss out through injury and Dan Burn is benched.

Thiago Silva, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Raheem Sterling replace Wesley Fofana, Carney Chukwuemeka and Mykhailo Mudryk for Chelsea.

Perhaps the biggest surprise from the Emirates is that Mikel Arteta makes no changes, so the ‘flagged’ Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard both start.

As for Wolves, Jose Sa, Mario Lemina, Raul Jimenez, Max Kilman, Matheus Nunes and Hugo Bueno come in for Daniel Bentley, Ruben Neves, Toti, Craig Dawson, Pablo Sarabia and the absent Daniel Podence.

Unchanged Crystal Palace face Nottingham Forest, who replace the injured Keylor Navas, Felipe and Danilo with Wayne Hennessey, Willy Boly and Brennan Johnson.

GAMEWEEK 38 LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, White, Kiwior, Partey, Gabriel, Xhaka, Odegaard, Jorginho, Saka, Jesus, Trossard.

Subs: Turner, Tierney, Smith Rowe, Nketiah, Holding, Vieira, Nelson, Bandeira, Walters.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa, Semedo, Collins, Kilman, Bueno, Nunes, A Traore, Lemina, Gomes, Jimenez, Hwang.

Subs: Bentley, Ait-Nouri, B Traore, Neves, Cunha, Dawson, Sarabia, Toti, Hodge.


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

Subs: Olsen, Carlos, Chambers, Young, Dendoncker, Traore, Buendia, Revan, Patterson.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Steele, Veltman, Colwill, Webster, Ayari, Gross, Undav, Buonanotte, Enciso, Mac Allister, Ferguson.

Subs: McGill, Estupinan, Dunk, Van Hecke, Hinshelwood, Gilmour, Caicedo, M.itoma, Welbeck.


Brentford XI: Raya, Hickey, Pinnock, Mee, Zanka, Henry, Onyeka, Janelt, Damsgaard, Mbeumo, Wissa.

Subs: Strakosha, Schade, Dasilva, Ghoddos, Ajer, Baptiste, Roerslev, Stevens, Trevitt.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Laporte, Ake, Gomez, Phillips, Lewis, Mahrez, Alvarez, Foden, Palmer.

Subs: Ortega, Stones, Gundogan, Haaland, Rodri, Silva, Charles, Robertson, Knight.


Chelsea XI: Kepa, Hall, Silva, Chalobah, Azpilicueta, Fernandez, Loftus-Cheek, Gallagher, Sterling, Madueke, Havertz.

Subs: Mendy, Kovacic, Pulisic, Felix, Mudryk, Koulibaly, Chukwuemeka, Fofana.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Targett, Botman, Schar, Trippier, Guimaraes, Anderson, Gordon, Almiron, Saint-Maximin, Gordon.

Subs: Karius, Gillespie, Dummett, Wilson, Lewis, Murphy, Ashby, Burn, Miley.


Crystal Palace XI: Johnstone; Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell; Doucoure, Hughes; Olise, Eze, J Ayew; Edouard.

Subs: Whitworth, Lokonga, Mateta, Clyne, McArthur, Richards, Ahamada, Adaramola, Riedewald.

Nottingham Forest XI: Hennessey, Worrall, Boly, Niakhate, Aurier, Yates, Mangala, Lodi, Gibbs-White, Johnson, Awoniyi.

Subs: Shelvey, Lingard, Toffolo, Surridge, Mighten, Kouyate, Freuler, Dennis, A Ayew.


Everton XI: Pickford, Tarkowski, McNeil, Onana, Gray, Mina, Doucoure, Iwobi, Gueye, Coady, Garner.

Subs: Begovic, Lonergan, Holgate, Keane, Maupay, McAllister, Simms, Welch.

Bournemouth XI: Travers, Kelly, Brooks, Lerma, Solanke, Christie, Ouattarra, Smith, Senesi, Zabarnyi, Billing.

Subs: Randolph, Stephens, Cook, Mepham, Stacey, Vina, Moore, Anthony, Sadi.


Leeds United XI: Robles, Ayling, Forshaw, Koch, Cooper, Harrison, Rodrigo, Struijk, Kristensen, McKennie, Wober.

Subs: Meslier, Firpo, Aaronson, Roca, Summerville, Rutter, Gnonto, Greenwood, Chilokoa-Mullen.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Forster, Skipp, Sanchez, Son, Kane, Royal, Kulusevski, Porro, Davies, Lenglet, Bissouma.

Subs: Austin, Richarlison, Danjuma, Tanganga, Moura, Sarr, Craig, Alonso, Abbott.


Leicester City XI: Iversen, Castagne, Evans, Faes, Thomas, Dewsbury-Hall, Tielemans, Soumare, Barnes, Maddison, Iheanacho.

Subs: Smithies, Vardy, Souttar, Amartey, Daka, Ricardo, Mendy, Praet, Tetê.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Aguerd, Kehrer, Cresswell, Rice, Downes, Benrahma, Paqueta, Fornals, Antonio.

Subs: Cornet, Bowen, Ings, Aréola, Soucek, Ogbonna, Zouma, Emerson, Lanzini.


Manchester United XI: de Gea, Dalot, Maguire, Lindelof, Malacia, Casemiro, Fred, Garnacho, Bruno Fernandes, Sancho, Rashford.

Subs: Martial, Eriksen, Varane, Shaw, Weghorst, Pellistri, Wan-Bissaka, Butland, McTominay.

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Adarabioyo, Diop, Antonee Robinson, Lukic, Joao Palhinha, Wilson, Cairney, Willian, Mitrovic.

Subs: Rodak, Reed, Kebano, Solomon, Cedric, Reid, James, Vinicius, Dibley-Dias.


Southampton XI: McCarthy; Bree, Bednarek, Lyanco, Walker-Peters; Walcott, Ward-Prowse, Lavia, Elyounoussi; Alcaraz, Sulemana.

Subs: Bazunu, Caleta-Car, Aribo, Adam Armstrong, Stuart Armstrong, Livramento, Ballard, Doyle, Amo-Ameyaw.

Liverpool XI: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Gomez, Tsimikas; Milner, Fabinho, Jones; Salah, Firmino, Jota.

Subs: Adrian, Konate, Henderson, Gakpo, Elliott, Diaz, Carvalho, Arthur, Williams.

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1,605 Comments Post a Comment
  1. DMP
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Kane(C) gave a reasonable final day with 66 points up to 149k. Almost took an hit to bring Porro for Shaw.

    Shitty season. Can’t wait for next year.

    1. DMP
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      #38

      1. Øgaard it's Haa…
        • 1 Year
        11 months, 13 days ago

        TOP RANK! Well done! Enjoy the bream.

  2. urosz
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Waiting for bonus points.. if Kane gets 3, I top my companies private league.

    Cmonnn

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      Of course he'll get three.

  3. Wizard of Ozil
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Arsenal have 13 Premier league titles compared to Man Citys 9. and countless more FA Cups than them. We!ll always be better than them.
    Come on you Arsenal!!!!!!

    1. Hect.OR 98th
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      Countless? It's eight.

      1. Wizard of Ozil
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        11 months, 13 days ago

        14 FA CUPS over 8... thats countless in my books.

        1. Wizard of Ozil
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          11 months, 13 days ago

          14 over 6 rather!!!

    2. x.jim.x
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      You’ve not won a title for 2 decades

  4. Wizard of Ozil
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Still third in the all time list isn't bad. Were due a win soon.

  5. Øgaard it's Haa…
    • 1 Year
    11 months, 13 days ago

    LOVE.YOU.JEFF. Stay well, for as long as we all wish, i.e. forever. ICON, sorely missed next season.

  6. Debauchy
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Final comment - Most ( me included) Arsenal supporters are well chuffed with the progression of the side . That we got into a position to scare Man City was itself remarkable. Those loving on the Arsenal "bottled it" I hope your teams do a little better next season 🙂

    1. Wizard of Ozil
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      Fans of other useless teams are jealous.

    2. The Mentaculus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 2 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      Played some beautiful football this season. I was rooting for you guys.

      (Glad the IPL final was delayed; I hate multiscreening. You got any chips left for tomorrow?)

      1. Debauchy
        • 11 Years
        11 months, 13 days ago

        Yeah , that was the most pleasing aspect
        Lol I missed the IPL deadline then saw rain delayed , no chips left . Already made my 5 transfers , wanted to focus on the footie

    3. Øgaard it's Haa…
      • 1 Year
      11 months, 13 days ago

      Indeed. Great play and certainly surprised us, and City. Enjoyed watching them play, which, after all, is what we fans love to see. Happy Hols all.

      1. Debauchy
        • 11 Years
        11 months, 13 days ago

        Totally this , cheers enjoy

  7. Øgaard it's Haa…
    • 1 Year
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Well. "You're on a green arrow by a margin of 15 points" and all I did was Haaland > Kane and cap the dude. FFS! (Happy doh)

    1. Gizzachance
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      Nice

  8. Gizzachance
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Gettin Kane in took me to 2nd in both my ml money leagues, if cap him,not salah ,would be top in both!
    Knew most In ml would cap salah/ haaland.
    Fair play to those who got Kane in today, and cap him
    Hope everyone had good week in ml, and in or rank

    1. Øgaard it's Haa…
      • 1 Year
      11 months, 13 days ago

      All the best.

  9. JayKay1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Feck, it's all over... Do I need to get a life now? Bummer, didn't see that coming...

    o)

    {oh, I've gone blind!}

    1. Øgaard it's Haa…
      • 1 Year
      11 months, 13 days ago

      We never see nuffin'cummin, son. Live'n'learn. Happy Hols!

  10. JabbaWookiee
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    What happens if you finish a head-to-head league joint top? Is it the one that made the fewest transfers that wins?

  11. Catalan Rangers
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Isak or Wilson?