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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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theshazly
2 years, 7 months ago
Walker or Gvardiol ?
And why ??
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1. sminkypinky
  2 years, 7 months ago
  The one with more minutes. Your guess is as good as anyones. Walker rising but would prefer minutes to price rise.
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2. jacob1989
  2 years, 7 months ago
  I think gvardiol. Once cl starts can see walker benching
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Sim Simma
2 years, 7 months ago
Blew it Ref
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JBG
2 years, 7 months ago
Oh fck off Mitchell what was that shot?
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BobB
2 years, 7 months ago
Gabriel owners - stick or twist?
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1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
  2 years, 7 months ago
  twist
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2. HK123FC
  2 years, 7 months ago
  sell (will wait till seems when he’s about to drop)
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3. The Tinkerman
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Probably stick now. I have definitely non playing players to replace before him. Looks likely to start next week given their missing defenders.
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  1. Baps Hunter
    2 years, 7 months ago
    Looks like he is a sell after next match. However, a price drop might make me consider -4.
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threeputt
2 years, 7 months ago
re Havertz yc for kicking the ball away, with spare balls in play and time added on for ball out of play time wasting is becoming more a stupid yc than anything else
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Gorky
2 years, 7 months ago
Apparently Gabriel getting dropped might be down to interest from Real Madrid. Though reportedly he's staying now so perhaps he's a bit safer for minutes.
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1. Lord of Ings
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Think it was Al Ittihad, I doubt Madrid will approach him he’s most certainly not Madrid Level.
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  1. x.jim.x
    2 years, 7 months ago
    They just signed Joselu
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2. The Tinkerman
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Makes sense given major injury to Militao
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Sim Simma
2 years, 7 months ago
Saliba MOM
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1. dabber7
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Indeed. Terrific performance!
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Alan The Llama
2 years, 7 months ago
Saliba off my bench. Well done, Trossard. Now tross off.
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Debauchy
2 years, 7 months ago
Salibaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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have you seen cyan
2 years, 7 months ago
Eze out, Eze decision?
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1. MIGHTY JOE
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Would love to sell. Have bigger problems first tho
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jacob1989
2 years, 7 months ago
Arsenal playing like champs. Getting the ugly wins will matter most
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1. FPLCEO
  2 years, 7 months ago
  RMWCT
  
  Sanchez
  
  Saliba Estu Chilwell Akanji
  
  Odegaard Foden Salah Mbeumo
  
  Jackson Haaland
  
  S: Turner Semenyo Henry Sarr
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Royal5
2 years, 7 months ago
Arsenal players celebrating like the won they league 😆
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1. RichardNixon
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Beating Forest and Palace is about as good as it gets for Arsenal. They'll bottle it in the end like they do every single season. It's a long-standing tradition over there.
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  1. jacob1989
    2 years, 7 months ago
    Palace away isn't easy
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threeputt
2 years, 7 months ago
give the baps to Gabriel
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The Suspended One
2 years, 7 months ago
Arteta celebrates like he won the league
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1. Deulofail
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Wee woo wee woo wee woo
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Hazz
2 years, 7 months ago
Andy saving my season.
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Milk, 1 Šuker
2 years, 7 months ago
Saliba to Nick the three baps from Ode?
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1. Sim Simma
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Unlikely
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Lallana_
2 years, 7 months ago
The Gabriel/Saliba leak is getting out of hand how much of a swing it will cause (and a FT).
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1. Sim Simma
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Never saw the leak but still had Saliba over Gabriel
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2. Baps Hunter
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Unfortunately I had life and missed those news. Read here that Stones doesn't start, but I had decided not to have him anyway 🙁
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3. Baps Hunter
  2 years, 7 months ago
  I hope it could still be blessing in disguise. I am planning to do Gabriel to White and hope that it works. At least now it seems like money is no issue.
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WVA
2 years, 7 months ago
Foden got 3 baps for a motm performance so should Saliba
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Letsgo!
2 years, 7 months ago
Need to keep eze afterall,
Cant buy march or mitoma or mbeumo due to price rise
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1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
  2 years, 7 months ago
  live a little, take a hit
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  1. Letsgo!
    2 years, 7 months ago
    Nt taking a hit
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Dat Guy Welbz
2 years, 7 months ago
Any team with Saliba from GW1 is automatically null and void in my books.
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1. Bubz
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Saliba owners punishing the casuals
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  1. have you seen cyan
    2 years, 7 months ago
    doing god's work
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2. Old Man
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Well that shows how much you know about football - he's the Bap magnet in the Arsenal back four - and, very occasioanlly, he scores goals. Suck it up.
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  1. jacob1989
    2 years, 7 months ago
    Yes exactly that's why I put him from the off.
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3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
  2 years, 7 months ago
  It’s not fair but what can you do
  
  Strange thing is some will think they are a genius for having saliba
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4. gooberman
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Yep. Its a joke. 13pts instead of 2 for those fortunate enough to have seen the leak. The game has gone.
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5. jacob1989
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Hahaha. Don't be so jealous.
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Bartowski
2 years, 7 months ago
So as it turns out, doubling up on Man U and Arsenal attack was this season's 'play five at the back.'
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The Suspended One
2 years, 7 months ago
Can we all agree that Saliba is excellent now?
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1. jacob1989
  2 years, 7 months ago
  We knew this last year also. Main reason arsenal didn't win the league was bcoz of his untimely injury
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Count of Monte Hristo
2 years, 7 months ago
74 points all out! Shout out to Jota (c), Saliba and Ødegaard. Honourable mentions to Ederson, Estupiñian and Watkins.

Good night and god bless.
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1. Pat Bonner
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Well played. Deserved it for going against the grain with jota captain
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2. g40steve
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Good recovery
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3. Old Man
  2 years, 7 months ago
  I would have had a similar score if I hadn't been stupid and played Pedro instead of Mitoma. Gvardiol on bench too.
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4. The Suspended One
  2 years, 7 months ago
  I own the first three, but mad props for C Jota
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5. FPL Blow-In
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Wow, great score well done
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Pat Bonner
2 years, 7 months ago
42 points any good this week
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1. Vazza
  2 years, 7 months ago
  46 points and I will take that with both hands
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2. sminkypinky
  2 years, 7 months ago
  4 more than me mate.
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3. DA Minnion (Former great)
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Not amazing. 44 here.
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4. Sim Simma
  2 years, 7 months ago
  it is in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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5. Berkshire Hafaway-Line
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Pretty much par
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6. Baps Hunter
  2 years, 7 months ago
  42 here also. Only Estu and Jota didn't blank.
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7. Crunchie
  2 years, 7 months ago
  36
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8. have you seen cyan
  2 years, 7 months ago
  everyone who got a low score this week, me included (44), i bet your gw3 fixtures look very nice though, and most at home, like gw1.
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Snoop Udogie Dogg
2 years, 7 months ago
fks me right off that game - gabriel benched and saka giving away the pen, pssy
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sminkypinky
2 years, 7 months ago
Dismal gw. Glad it’s over.
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DA Minnion (Former great)
2 years, 7 months ago
So Saka off pens now?
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Deulofail
2 years, 7 months ago
Pathetic modding
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1. Berkshire Hafaway-Line
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Is that Scotsman back?
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Scapegoat Salah
2 years, 7 months ago
So much injury time there Gabriel gets a clean sheet crazy
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AgentRed
2 years, 7 months ago
Blanks from my whole team apart from Saliba and Watkins. Sad to be busting out of LMS so early on this year!
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1. Pedersen
  2 years, 7 months ago
  Safety score?
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  1. AgentRed
    2 years, 7 months ago
    Not sure but I think yesterday it was 32 and that was before tonight’s game, so I’ll definitely be out with only 33.
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