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Triple Captain chips, Free Hits and some of those extra free transfers have been widely lavished on Arsenal players in Gameweek 16.

Tonight, the league leaders take on a Wolverhampton Wanderers side still without a win or clean sheet in 2025/26.

Will it be a cricket score or an anticlimax?

Kick-off at the Emirates is at 20:00 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

It’s positive news on the fitness front as all four of the Gunners marked at ‘75%’ in the FPL flag system make the matchday squad.

William Saliba, Jurrien Timber and Declan Rice start, while Leandro Trossard is among the substitutes.

Bukayo Saka and Eberechi Eze also come back into the side following midweek rests.

Compared to last weekend’s line-up against Aston Villa, rather than the much-changed XI sent out against Club Brugge, there are three changes.

It’s Gabriel Martinelli, Viktor Gyokeres and Saliba in for Martin Odegaard, Mikel Merino and the suspended Riccardo Calafiori.

As for the beleagured visitors, Rob Edwards makes three changes to the side that lost to Manchester United.

Matt Doherty and Joao Gomes are back from injury and suspension, with Hwang Hee-chan joining them in the line-up.

Ki-Jana Hoever and Jhon Arias drop to the bench, while Jean-Ricner Bellegarde is injured.

LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Raya, White, Timber, Saliba, Hincapie, Zubimendi, Rice, Eze, Martinelli, Saka, Gyokeres.

Subs: Arrizabalaga, Jesus, Trossard, Odegaard, Norgaard, Madueke, Nwaneri, Merino, Lewis-Skelly.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Johnstone, Doherty, Agbadou, Toti, Mosquera, Wolfe, Krejci, Joao Gomes, Andre, Hwang, Strand Larsen.

Subs: Sa, Bueno, Arias, Arokodare, Chirewa, Hoever, Lopez, Mane, Tchatchoua.


LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!

New to Fantasy Football Scout is the Live Gameweek page, which you can see on the side menu.

Here you can follow the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DC) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out, as seen below:

Rice Timber Saliba Burnley Fulham

price change predictions
  1. nanxun
    • 4 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Gyok > Gabi?

  2. FantasyTony
    • 8 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Kane’s claimed it

  3. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    FPL is a lottery

    1. Cold Palms
      • 1 Year
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      More balls please

  4. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Saka assist removed??

    1. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      Kane claimed it

  5. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Lukaku assist given

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      *Gareth McAuley

  6. putana
    • 7 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    dont worry saka cappers, all the big content creators capped him as well so Im sure theyll be crying non stop until it's given

  7. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Jesus back

    1. FantasyTony
      • 8 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      It’s Christmas not Easter

    2. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      He could be nailed by Easter

      1. MikeS
        • 11 Years
        28 days, 19 hours ago

        Hamstring nailed yer

    3. Fabreghastly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      Miraculous goal incoming

    4. estheblessed
      • 11 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      Second coming!

  8. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Ah ffs, just give us the measly assist 😡

  9. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Saka assist where??

  10. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    People who own, let alone cap Saka deserve the points tbf, probably dwelling at 8 mill ranks.

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      I'll have you know I'm at least 14 places above 8 millionth....!!!

    2. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      Huh? All Saka captains have a bad rank? I don’t get it haha

  11. The Hunt
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Gyokeres off. Arsenal will start scoring now.

  12. WVA
    • 9 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    It won’t be given

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      Correct decision

  13. DropkickMurphys
    • 5 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    I think because like they explained last week, there were two touches rather than one by an opponent before ball went in. But I thought that was for assist attempts, not shot attempts on goal which is what Saka basically did, not a cross attempt.

    1. fusen
      • 14 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      It was a corner that was clearly a cross

  14. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Surely it’s a fantasy assist

  15. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Anyone dares (c) Semenyo next week? Looks like Burnley "delivers" better than Wolves lol

  16. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Why has Saka's assist been removed? It's a very straight forward assist.

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      Straightforward in the sense that it's not an assist in accordance with the rules?

  17. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Saka assist ok

  18. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    City are going to demolish palace aren’t they? Playing attacking football. Not like this cosplay bullcrap team I unfortunately got swept up in captaining a player from

    1. Atimis
      • 9 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      Guehi to demolish Haaland mark my words!

    2. WVA
      • 9 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      It’s all luck, Saka very unlucky

    3. putana
      • 7 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      sarr is back so it should be a decent game

  19. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Where is my Saka assist

    Hate to see it

    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      Oh yes we do

  20. F4L
    • 11 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    that was some save by johnstone as well. painful if he doesnt get the assist, so close to a goal regardless argh

  21. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Did Mark captain Haaland?

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      I’m guessing so

  22. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Makes no sense what so ever to remove that assist. Shot on target rebound in the GK. Literally made the goal.

    1. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      Maybe I'm extra salty because I'm TC Saka, but c'mon man this is ridiculous

    2. WVA
      • 9 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      I agree, just keep it simple, he took the corner, it was on target, went in off the keeper, clearly an assist

    3. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      Make the rules up as they go along as usual

    4. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      Incredibly pedantic if it stays gone. Sucking the joy out of the game.

    5. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      Hard to say it was a shot tbf.

      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        28 days, 19 hours ago

        Doesn’t matter to be fair

      2. krzys
        • 12 Years
        28 days, 19 hours ago

        It turned out to be a shot. Doesn't matter whether he meant it or not

  23. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Removed now, will prolly been given later

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      Why?

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        28 days, 19 hours ago

        Saka was given an A when gk boxed that away and it was scored from rebound. PL doesn't want to see that and this being compared too much. There would be a lot of memes making them to be a joke.

  24. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Of course the assist will be given. Not in doubt.

    1. Herger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      Unfortunately, based on the rules, there is no way they can add it

  25. MikeS
    • 11 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    I can see wolves scoring.. watch this space!

    1. MikeS
      • 11 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      What did I say!!!

  26. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Grab a goal my son forget the assist

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      28 days, 19 hours ago

      Sonne scored earlier for Burnley

  27. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Just saw replay, ain't that straight forward assist according to the rules?

      1. Herger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        28 days, 19 hours ago

        That is proof that it’s not an assist, unfortunately

  28. Dank Squid
    • 7 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Simple solution: Remove assists. I'll never understand the rules (10 years of experience), imagine how new FPL managers feel.

  29. el polako
    • 8 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    Arsenal are league leaders right?

  30. theshazly
    • 2 Years
    28 days, 19 hours ago

    What a helllll offff jokeeeee ofcourseeeee!!!!!
    Why are we even playing then ?