Arsenal v Aston Villa team news: Saliba out, Martinelli starts

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	122.9%	Very Likely
Tavernier	BOU	5.3m	102.0%	Very Likely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.9m	111.0%	Very Likely
Thiago	BRE	7.2m	99.2%	Likely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	84.0%	Likely
J.Timber	ARS	6.3m	105.5%	Very Likely
Henderson	CRY	5.0m	92.0%	Likely
Schade	BRE	6.9m	91.8%	Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.6m	97.1%	Likely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	81.3%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.3m	83.8%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	86.2%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	75.1%	Unlikely
Stach	LEE	4.7m	76.7%	Unlikely
Diouf	WHU	4.0m	77.4%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	77.0%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	71.5%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.2m	67.7%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	69.5%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	66.1%	Unlikely
Senesi	BOU	5.0m	10.3%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	63.3%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	72.9%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	59.7%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.7m	28.4%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	60.9%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	9.8m	53.1%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	53.3%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.6m	44.6%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	51.8%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	10.1m	7.1%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	59.0%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	47.2%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	3.9%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	52.1%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	46.7%	Unlikely
M.Salah	LIV	14.0m	25.3%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.5m	12.8%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	45.7%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	48.2%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Summerville	WHU	5.7m	111.6%	Very Likely
Zubimendi	ARS	5.2m	95.7%	Likely
Chalobah	CHE	5.6m	99.1%	Likely
Cash	AVL	4.8m	89.3%	Likely
Perri	LEE	4.5m	106.7%	Very Likely
Angel	WOL	4.8m	86.8%	Likely
Foden	MCI	8.1m	100.4%	Very Likely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.7m	78.2%	Likely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.7m	75.8%	Maybe
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	99.1%	Maybe
Martinez	AVL	5.1m	86.8%	Maybe
Alleyne	MCI	4.0m	85.5%	Maybe
Gnonto	LEE	5.2m	91.1%	Unlikely
Carvalho	BRE	4.7m	93.8%	Unlikely
Pope	NEW	5.1m	87.5%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	60.2%	Unlikely
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	92.2%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.1m	90.2%	Unlikely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	90.5%	Unlikely
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	89.5%	Unlikely
Heaton	MUN	3.9m	86.3%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	76.4%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.2m	75.4%	Unlikely
Soler	BOU	4.0m	86.6%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.1m	82.0%	Unlikely
Clarke	ARS	3.8m	80.8%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.2m	77.3%	Unlikely
Digne	AVL	4.5m	77.4%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	80.3%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.8m	66.4%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	75.6%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	73.9%	Unlikely
Milenković	NFO	5.1m	74.4%	Unlikely
Mané	WOL	4.5m	2.1%	Unlikely
Brobbey	SUN	5.4m	41.7%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	71.9%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	73.7%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	57.7%	Unlikely
Diakité	BOU	4.2m	68.3%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	60.2%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
Down	Alisson	LIV	B, Inj
No Change	Martinez	AVL	C
No Change	Darlow	LEE	C, Vs, £

Last updated: 13 Mar, 2026 10:20pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	A
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
No Change	Hill	BOU	A, £
Up	Ballard	SUN	B
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, OoP
No Change	Andersen	FUL	C, Rest
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	C, Inj
No Change	Kayode	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Cash	AVL	C, Inj
Up	Rodon	LEE	C, Vs, £

Last updated: 13 Mar, 2026 10:28pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Salah	LIV	B
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	A
No Change	Wilson	FUL	A, Inj
No Change	Dango Ouattara	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	B
No Change	Rice	ARS	B
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	B, £
No Change	Anderson	NFO	A, £
No Change	Stach	LEE	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 13 Mar, 2026 10:37pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Up	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs

Last updated: 13 Mar, 2026 10:37pm

Having seen Liverpool grab a late, late win over Brentford, Arsenal will attempt to keep pace with the league leaders with a victory of their own this evening.

It won’t be easy: Aston Villa, who defeated the Gunners at the Emirates in 2023/24, are the visitors.

Kick-off in north London is at 17:30 GMT.

Gunners boss Mikel Arteta makes two changes from the side that triumphed in the north London derby in midweek.

William Saliba is absent from the Arsenal squad, while Raheem Sterling drops to the bench.

Gabriel Martinelli and Mikel Merino come into the side.

💬 “He felt something before the match, something muscular. I don’t think it’s too much, but he could not train yesterday. He wasn’t feeling good enough to play so we have to assess the situation.”
Mikel on Saliba missing today's match pic.twitter.com/JEvHnZsIfO
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) January 18, 2025

Villa, who won away at Everton on Wednesday, make just one alteration as Ian Maatsen replaces the benched Lucas Digne.

New signing Donyell Malen is among the substitutes.

READ MORE: FPL new signings: Where does Malen fit in at Villa?

LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Raya, Partey, Timber, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly, Merino, Rice, Odegaard, Trossard, Martinelli, Havertz

Subs: Neto, Tierney, Zinchenko, Kiwior, Kacurri, Jorginho, Butler-Oyedeji, Kabi, Sterling.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen, Onana, Kamara, Tielemans, Ramsey, Rogers, Watkins

Subs: Olsen, Gauci, Bogarde, Nedeljkovic, Digne, Buendia, Bailey, Malen, Duran.

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have you seen cyan

1 year, 1 month ago

Its pretty much guaranteed that NFO get a CS and Wood scores at least one.

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Captain Mal
1 year, 1 month ago
Not so clear cut I think, Soton showed vital signs last week and Wolves really should have scored against Forest.
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1. have you seen cyan
  1 year, 1 month ago
  I'd be very surprised. NFO are so focused. Maybe they will concede, but I can't see them walking anyway with anything less than 3 points.
  
  They are jinx proof also 😀
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Mata of opinion

Any suggestions for this? I am 0.1 from doing gab>taa so need to do another transfer but not sure what. Have 2ft 0.8 itb. Current team
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Gab Kerkez Munoz Hall Robinson
Salah Palmer Mbuemo Amad Foden
Wood Mateta Isak.