Aston Villa v Arsenal team news: Timber, Eze + Saka start, Rice fit

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
O'Reilly	MCI	5.2m	122.6%	Very Likely
Guéhi	CRY	5.2m	81.8%	Likely
Wilson	FUL	5.4m	61.6%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.2m	90.4%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.7m	68.7%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	84.8%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	81.3%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.2m	61.8%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	80.9%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.5m	66.3%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	77.1%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	75.0%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	71.6%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	70.3%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	60.0%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	66.4%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.2m	63.5%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	63.6%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	64.2%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	69.2%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	64.0%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	60.2%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	59.8%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	59.6%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	58.3%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.4m	40.5%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	56.0%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	52.0%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	52.3%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	44.4%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	53.3%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	49.0%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	48.6%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	47.9%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	46.4%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	43.4%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	41.3%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	42.3%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	40.6%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	41.3%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.5m	116.1%	Very Likely
Saliba	ARS	6.0m	121.4%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	118.9%	Very Likely
Isak	LIV	10.4m	104.8%	Very Likely
Hato	CHE	4.7m	103.5%	Very Likely
Semenyo	BOU	7.6m	106.8%	Very Likely
Senesi	BOU	5.0m	100.8%	Very Likely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	102.2%	Very Likely
Patterson	SUN	4.3m	101.9%	Very Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	99.8%	Maybe
Steele	BHA	4.3m	98.9%	Maybe
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	98.3%	Maybe
Walker-Peters	WHU	4.3m	97.4%	Maybe
Grealish	EVE	6.6m	93.7%	Maybe
Aznou	EVE	4.3m	96.7%	Maybe
J.Arias	WOL	5.0m	96.4%	Maybe
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	95.6%	Maybe
Bates	EVE	4.4m	95.1%	Maybe
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	95.6%	Unlikely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	92.2%	Unlikely
Zubimendi	ARS	5.3m	91.6%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	91.7%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	91.8%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	92.3%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	90.0%	Unlikely
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	88.9%	Unlikely
DaCosta	BOU	4.5m	88.5%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	88.6%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	6.0m	79.4%	Unlikely
Gunn	NFO	4.0m	87.4%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	86.5%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	86.6%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	85.9%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	84.2%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	84.3%	Unlikely
Van de Ven	TOT	4.7m	82.7%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	84.8%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	86.2%	Unlikely
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	83.1%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

Unai Emery faces another rematch with his former employers as Aston Villa host Arsenal in the Gameweek 15 curtain-raiser.

Kick-off at Villa Park is at 12.30pm GMT.

These are the top two clubs in the Premier League form table, no matter if you’re measuring by six, eight, 10 or 12 matches.

Villa have won eight of their last nine league fixtures, with the Gunners unbeaten in 11.

READ RAINY’S PRE-MATCH PREAMBLE HERE!

TEAM NEWS

Emi Martinez has made a quick recovery, having pulled out the Aston Villa starting XI in midweek. He starts against his old club.

Marco Bizot stands down.

Emery’s one other change sees Youri Tielemans come in for Evann Guessand.

After their midweek rests, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze and Jurrien Timber are back in Mikel Arteta’s line-up at Villa Park.

Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli drop to the bench, while Cristhian Mosquera, who Timber replaces, is reportedly out for 6-8 weeks with an ankle injury.

Declan Rice is passed fit after a minor fitness scare in midweek.

There’s still no William Saliba but Leandro Trossard, who, like the French centre-back, was described as “days” away on Friday, makes the bench.

Mikel Merino starts up top again.

LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Maatsen, Onana, Tielemans, Kamara, McGinn, Rogers, Watkins.

Subs: Bizot, Lindelof, Digne, Garcia, Bogarde, Hemmings, Buendia, Malen, Sancho.

Arsenal XI: Raya, White, Timber, Hincapie, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Rice, Odegaard, Saka, Eze, Merino.

Subs: Arrizabalaga, Salmon, Martinelli, Gyokeres, Norgaard, Trossard, Madueke, Nwaneri, Lewis-Skelly.

Jet5605

7 days, 5 hours ago

Reindeer and Kroupi one pointers please

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nanxun

cold palmer is back, and thierno barry is still in the toffees' starting xi ... ugh.

Bobby Digital
7 days, 5 hours ago
Barry has potential though, better than Beto imo.
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1. nanxun
  7 days, 5 hours ago
  yes, and he does a lot of running and hold-up play for the team, but .... i really can't stand watching him ... at least at the level he's at now.
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Shark Team

Arsenal might not win the PL, chance is low but it’s still there

hmmm, delap gets the nod, too.

Radulfo28773

Relax, Arsenal lost against a good team which currently sits second on the table. Talks about choking are nonsense… at least for now.

JBG
7 days, 5 hours ago
Exactly, this isn't like Arsenal to choke.
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1. x.jim.x
  7 days, 5 hours ago
  Got a team full of experienced champions after all
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Don Fabio's gut feelin…
7 days, 5 hours ago
Agreed, Arsenal aren't going to choke it this time.
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1. Don Fabio's gut feelin…
  7 days, 5 hours ago
  They are clear as the best team in the league.
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mookie

Saka's 5 ppg won't cut for 10m. I'm getting over 4 ppg from 6m Virgil and he's shite.

Drexl Spivey
7 days, 5 hours ago
Yeah, this.
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IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE

Tempted to use 5FT right away

Senesi -> Hincapie
Alderete -> Cash
Bruno -> Palmer
Merino -> Rice
Mateta -> Guiu

Would leave me

Petrovic Dubravka
Muñoz Hincapie O'Reilly Cash Richards
Saka Palmer Foden Semenyo Rice
Haaland Thiago Guiu

Exact money for this. What do you think?

g40steve
7 days, 5 hours ago
See how Palmer plays, he’s not been 100% all season
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1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
  7 days, 5 hours ago
  Yes ofc, will be interesting to see him today
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