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

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	98.8%	Maybe
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	89.1%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	87.5%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	85.2%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	83.5%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.0m	83.1%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	7.0m	82.9%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	80.9%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	74.5%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	73.3%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	73.3%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	70.8%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	70.1%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.5m	69.4%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	68.4%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	66.2%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	63.8%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	61.4%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	59.3%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	55.5%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	55.4%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	55.3%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	49.5%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	49.2%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	48.7%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	47.7%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	47.3%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	46.6%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	44.4%	Unlikely
Senesi	BOU	5.1m	43.6%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	42.6%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	39.7%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	39.3%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	38.3%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	37.9%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	37.9%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	9.8m	36.3%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.3m	35.5%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	34.6%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	34.4%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Rogers	AVL	7.5m	100.7%	Very Likely
Summerville	WHU	5.6m	94.5%	Unlikely
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	94.1%	Unlikely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	93.6%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.1m	92.6%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.1m	92.1%	Unlikely
Diakité	BOU	4.2m	91.3%	Unlikely
Pope	NEW	5.1m	90.4%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	89.7%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	87.9%	Unlikely
Lamadrid	WHU	5.0m	85.9%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	83.7%	Unlikely
Malacia	MUN	3.8m	83.3%	Unlikely
Valdimarsson	BRE	3.9m	82.5%	Unlikely
Ramsay	LIV	3.8m	82.3%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	80.9%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	80.4%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	80.3%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.2m	79.8%	Unlikely
Kevin	FUL	5.8m	79.8%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	6.1m	78.9%	Unlikely
Areola	WHU	4.3m	78.5%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	78.4%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	77.4%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.3m	76.2%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	73.6%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.3m	73.0%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	72.9%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	72.5%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	72.3%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	71.8%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	71.4%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	67.4%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	66.7%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	66.7%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	66.4%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	65.8%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	65.2%	Unlikely
Potts	WHU	4.4m	62.6%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	62.1%	Unlikely

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

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:02pm

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

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 5:57pm

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

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:01pm

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

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:03pm

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, 23 days 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, 23 days ago
Barry has potential though, better than Beto imo.
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1. nanxun
  3 months, 23 days 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, 23 days ago
Exactly, this isn't like Arsenal to choke.
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1. x.jim.x
  3 months, 23 days ago
  Got a team full of experienced champions after all
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Don Fabio's gut feelin…
3 months, 23 days ago
Agreed, Arsenal aren't going to choke it this time.
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1. Don Fabio's gut feelin…
  3 months, 23 days 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
3 months, 23 days 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
3 months, 23 days ago
See how Palmer plays, he’s not been 100% all season
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1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
  3 months, 23 days ago
  Yes ofc, will be interesting to see him today
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