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Dugout Discussion

Crystal Palace v Arsenal team news: Gabriel stays on bench, Nketiah starts

21 August 2023 2258 comments

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The final match of Gameweek 2 takes place at Selhurst Park, where Crystal Palace host Arsenal at 20:00 BST.

Despite beginning the season in 2.7 million Fantasy Premier League (FPL) squads, centre-back Gabriel Magalhaes (£5.0m) is sitting on the bench for a second successive match. He’d started 73 consecutive league games heading into 2023/24.

There’s only one Arsenal change from the 2-1 home win over Nottingham Forest. Long-term injury victim Jurrien Timber (£4.9m) makes way for Takehiro Tomiyasu (£4.5m), meaning the likes of Eddie Nketiah (£5.5m), Kai Havertz (£7.5m) and Thomas Partey (£5.0m) remain as starters.

Alongside Gabriel on the bench is new goalkeeper David Raya (£4.9m), left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.0m) and midfielder Leandro Trossard (£6.9m).

Popular FPL names Bukayo Saka (£8.6m), Gabriel Martinelli (£8.0m), William Saliba (£5.1m) and Martin Odegaard (£8.5m) start, as expected.

Meanwhile, Crystal Palace are unchanged from their Gameweek 1 victory at Sheffield United. That means Eberechi Eze (£6.5m) starts, just like stopper Sam Johnstone (£4.5m) and Odsonne Edouard (£5.5m).

GAMEWEEK 2 LINE-UPS

Crystal Palace XI: Johnstone; Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell; Lerma, Doucoure; Ayew, Eze, Schlupp; Edouard

Subs: Matthews, Tomkins, Richards, Clyne, Riedewald, Ahamada, Rak-Sakyi, Gordon

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale; Partey, White, Saliba, Tomiyasu; Odegaard, Rice, Havertz; Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli

Subs: Raya, Zinchenko, Gabriel, Kiwior, Jorginho, Smith-Rowe, Nelson, Vieira, Trossard

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Josh.E
2 years, 7 months ago
Priority sale for Akanji funds;
A. Fernandes
B. Rashford
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1. Atimis
  2 years, 7 months ago
  B
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2. RICICLE
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Rash
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3. Make United Great Again
  2 years, 7 months ago
  A
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4. tim
  2 years, 7 months ago
  This, one needs to go, thinkin Bruno atmo coz everyone in my ml has Rash
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5. jacob1989
  2 years, 7 months ago
  U want akanji? Don't understand the question
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Sim Simma
2 years, 7 months ago
Eze deserves YC
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1. have you seen cyan
  2 years, 7 months ago
  NO! DONT BE SO MEAN, WE HAVE NO POINTS
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threeputt
2 years, 7 months ago
I'd love it, love it, if Gabriel scored now !
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1. Scapegoat Salah
  2 years, 7 months ago
  It’s happening
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Atimis
2 years, 7 months ago
Anyway the system worked better last season
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1. SINGH
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Yeah don't know why he is changing formations and tactics. Worked well last season, more attacking too
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putana
2 years, 7 months ago
where is the logic that var can intervene on a straight red but not a second yellow? Both have the same effect
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1. Bubz
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Maybe a yellow card is just too subjective to make a call on
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2. SINGH
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Straight red can be reversed as it can be a wrong call. 2nd yellow is looked at as the player was warned the 1st time so no need to review 2nd time
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Teddy10
2 years, 7 months ago
Chances of either Jackson or Eze going up in price tonight?
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1. HuttonDressedasLahm
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Eze down much more likely
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2. Brehmeren
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Why would they go up?
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Randaxus
2 years, 7 months ago
If Gabriel scores it will be hilarious.
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1. Scapegoat Salah
  2 years, 7 months ago
  It’s happening
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Digital-Real
2 years, 7 months ago
Arsenal last had a penalty against Man City in February. Saka took it and scored.
Saka only scored 2 penalties last season. Not a game changer if he's no longer on Pens.
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1. Atimis
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Mbeumo says hi tho
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2. Hits from the Bong
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Interesting. Even less of a game changer when his minus points for missing (one?) are taken into account
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FOO FIGHTER
2 years, 7 months ago
Maybe dirty washing has been hung in the Arsenal changing room. They look lost.
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Bubz
2 years, 7 months ago
Looked a pen to me to be fair
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HuttonDressedasLahm
2 years, 7 months ago
Go on Gabby, score an OG to ruin the Saliba CSs 🙂
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Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
2 years, 7 months ago
Lovely. All the undeserved bench points blocked. Especially Estupian benchers.
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1. BobbyDoesNotLook
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Gabriel coming in again is deserved?
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  1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
    2 years, 7 months ago
    Why didn't you get rid? He was dropped first game. People listening to content creators trying to be Arteta . He was always a risk for a cameo
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Milk, 1 Šuker
2 years, 7 months ago
So glad I started Pau ahead of Gabriel
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g40steve
2 years, 7 months ago
Eze 4.2 for that dive
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1. The Suspended One
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Very little splash
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Dat Guy Welbz
2 years, 7 months ago
The FPL Elites don’t want Saliba losing his clean sheet points so that pen shout will never be given.
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BobB
2 years, 7 months ago
That was a clear trip by Partey
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1. SINGH
  2 years, 7 months ago
  No it wasn't.
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Dr. Rog
2 years, 7 months ago
Arsenal ensuring the no more than one Gabriel on the pitch at any one time rule is adhered to
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The Suspended One
2 years, 7 months ago
Should be a yellow for a dive
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Zenith UK
2 years, 7 months ago
I know he won't play Everton every week but any reason, given their fixtures, that nobody is talking about Lucas Digne?
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1. marcos11
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Rumours that he may leave and Moreno back soon
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  1. Zenith UK
    2 years, 7 months ago
    Cheers! Who's playing RB for them? Cash?
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2. Dušan Citizen
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Maybe that he is about to join Nice and Villa are after Acuna?
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  1. Zenith UK
    2 years, 7 months ago
    Ahh, didn't see or hear this (been awful with transfers this season, couldn't even tell you who my own team is signing - started a new business in May that took off in June and I've been flat out!). Appreciate that, thank you, was just eyeing him up!
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3. The Suspended One
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Have you ever owned Lucas Digne?
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4. Brehmeren
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Ban
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Amartey Partey
2 years, 7 months ago
Sneaky Martinelli owners with their one point CS banked.
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Steve The Spud
2 years, 7 months ago
Eze all fart no poo
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1. Milk, 1 Šuker
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Hahaha that made me laugh out loud
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  1. The Suspended One
    2 years, 7 months ago
    He just made it up
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Thanos
2 years, 7 months ago
Seen those given tbh
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Deulofail
2 years, 7 months ago
Omg I tuned out for 5 mins, what happennned??
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1. The Suspended One
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Everything
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2. Thanos
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Do you mind tuning out for 20 minutes more
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3. Scapegoat Salah
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Hazz married you and dumped me
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jacob1989
2 years, 7 months ago
Eze trying to do a szobo. But cry palace isn't Liverpool
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Boxwoods
2 years, 7 months ago
Surely has to be a card for Eze if not a pen (it was a pen).
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Scalper
2 years, 7 months ago
How’s this WC look? Still have salah…

Sanchez Areola
Saliba Chilly Estu Henry Kabore
Salah Rashy Mbuemo Foden Mitoma
Alvarez Haaland Osula

0ITB
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1. g40steve
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Prefer the Bournemouth 4.5 striker
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Bourbon, Pot Still or Islay…
2 years, 7 months ago
Still feeling glum for having Mbeuno as my 1st sub …. And all my team playing so stuck there. I literally tossed a coin over him and Pedro. Ouch.

Well, except Gabriel …. Need him to stay on the bench so I get 2nd sub Gvardiol points
For a chink of light ……..
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1. The Suspended One
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Umm sorry to break it to you
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2. Bourbon, Pot Still or Islay…
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Oh and there goes that chink of light ….
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Kodap
2 years, 7 months ago
How on earth is that not a penalty?
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Berkshire Hafaway-Line
2 years, 7 months ago
Someone educate an old man, low block equals 'parking the bus' right?
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1. The Suspended One
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Yeah, kinda, it’s more about the back four while the latter typically includes midfield, but yeah
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2. Old Man
  2 years, 7 months ago
  One old man to another: sounds about right.
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3. SINGH
  2 years, 7 months ago
  It's means defence play deep, closer to their box. Less space to run behind. Need a solid midfield in front though and also heavily reliant on counter attack
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BobbyDoesNotLook
2 years, 7 months ago
Eze should have yc. It should be a rule to check diving yc when checking such pen situation from VAR.
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