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

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Senesi	BOU	4.9m	109.7%	Very Likely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.2m	99.5%	Maybe
Ekitiké	LIV	9.1m	94.0%	Maybe
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	92.2%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	81.7%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	10.0m	82.2%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	86.9%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.6m	81.2%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	78.4%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	78.3%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	6.9m	71.4%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.9m	67.7%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	71.3%	Unlikely
Diouf	WHU	4.0m	67.3%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.3m	65.1%	Unlikely
Stach	LEE	4.7m	65.7%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	64.0%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	61.5%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	59.1%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	57.5%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.2m	56.1%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	57.1%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	55.2%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	55.9%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.3m	50.0%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	54.8%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	52.5%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.7m	49.0%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	52.4%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	49.4%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	52.4%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	52.1%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.7m	52.6%	Unlikely
Adli	BOU	5.4m	48.2%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	47.0%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	45.9%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.3m	45.2%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	45.4%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.0m	41.9%	Unlikely
Martinez	MUN	4.8m	44.8%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
McGinn	AVL	5.4m	100.6%	Very Likely
Trésor	BUR	4.4m	99.5%	Maybe
Wood	NFO	7.2m	97.7%	Maybe
Roberts	BUR	4.4m	98.2%	Maybe
Byram	LEE	3.8m	93.0%	Unlikely
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	93.4%	Unlikely
Carvalho	BRE	4.7m	93.0%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.7m	89.0%	Unlikely
Perri	LEE	4.5m	90.7%	Unlikely
Poveda	SUN	4.8m	91.3%	Unlikely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	90.4%	Unlikely
Fredricson	MUN	3.8m	89.0%	Unlikely
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	89.6%	Unlikely
Gnonto	LEE	5.2m	88.9%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.1m	87.3%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.7m	84.1%	Unlikely
Soler	BOU	4.0m	84.1%	Unlikely
Gallagher	TOT	5.3m	73.3%	Unlikely
Heaton	MUN	3.9m	82.2%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	80.3%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	80.3%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.1m	79.8%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.9m	78.5%	Unlikely
Pope	NEW	5.1m	77.2%	Unlikely
Clarke	ARS	3.8m	76.3%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.1m	74.6%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	74.8%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	73.3%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.5m	72.3%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	71.2%	Unlikely
Milenković	NFO	5.1m	70.5%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.9m	65.4%	Unlikely
Digne	AVL	4.5m	67.3%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	70.0%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	69.7%	Unlikely
Isidor	SUN	5.1m	66.2%	Unlikely
Ramsay	LIV	3.8m	66.0%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	67.5%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.3m	64.1%	Unlikely
Martinez	AVL	5.1m	63.5%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Alisson	LIV	B, Vs, Rest
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Martinez	AVL	B
No Change	Petrovic	BOU	B
Up	Darlow	LEE	C, £

Last updated: 3 Mar, 2026 5:07pm

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

Last updated: 3 Mar, 2026 5:13pm

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

Last updated: 3 Mar, 2026 5:16pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B, Vs
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
Up	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C
No Change	Kroupi	BOU	C, Rest, £

Last updated: 3 Mar, 2026 5:18pm

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

3 months, 1 hour 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
3 months, 1 hour ago
Barry has potential though, better than Beto imo.
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1. nanxun
  3 months, 59 mins 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
3 months, 54 mins ago
Exactly, this isn't like Arsenal to choke.
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1. x.jim.x
  3 months, 47 mins ago
  Got a team full of experienced champions after all
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Don Fabio's gut feelin…
3 months, 53 mins ago
Agreed, Arsenal aren't going to choke it this time.
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1. Don Fabio's gut feelin…
  3 months, 52 mins ago
  They are clear as the best team in the league.
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mookie

3 months, 58 mins ago

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

Drexl Spivey
3 months, 49 mins ago
Yeah, this.
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IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE

3 months, 57 mins ago

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
3 months, 51 mins ago
See how Palmer plays, he’s not been 100% all season
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1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
  3 months, 46 mins ago
  Yes ofc, will be interesting to see him today
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