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Arsenal v Wolves team news: Rice, Timber + Saliba all fit

13 December 2025 1132 comments
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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.

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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:

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  1. JT11fc
    • 7 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Wen gols??

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    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      2nd half

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      1. JT11fc
        • 7 Years
        4 months, 2 days ago

        Thanks, will do some chores

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  2. paulojdsc
    • 6 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Munoz to O'Reilly tonight to avoid the price rise or better wait?

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    1. Pompel
      • 12 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Really annoying O'Reilly going up even before they've played. But if to make space for Etikite, I'll need every £0.1m

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  3. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Saka seems to have stopped shooting this season?

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    1. JT11fc
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Yes shooting is unwise as you lose possession of the football

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      1. JT11fc
        • 7 Years
        4 months, 2 days ago

        Only crosses with his right foot to haha

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        1. Sheffield Wednesday
          • 5 Years
          4 months, 2 days ago

          haha essential

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  4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Get madueke on at least he has the balls to take on players

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    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Eze offers nothing

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      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        4 months, 2 days ago

        Waters wet

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  5. tim
    • 16 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Saka blanko, Haaland hattie.

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Is destined. All my chipping away against ML leaders past 5 or so weeks undone in 1.

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  6. F4L
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    gyokeres where are you to tap that in

    brilliant saka

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  7. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Gods sake Gyokeres and Martinelli are wasteful

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  8. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Yeah I dont think Saka is getting anything here. I can now go about my night

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  9. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Possible Ode and Merino in for Eze and Gyok half time? Both have not got any balls ...

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  10. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Unbelievable, players wasting Saka’s brilliance

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  11. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Martinelli could’ve had a hattrick at this point

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  12. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Well Ben White was a good punt. Almost captained as well.

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Sickener. Would love a wolves goal now, disastrous GW this is turning into for me

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      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        4 months, 2 days ago

        I blame AFCON. Giving me 5FT I was always gonna do something stupid.

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    2. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Milk was a baad choice

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      1. Punned It
        • 1 Year
        4 months, 2 days ago

        Hey, lady in the red hat!

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  13. nanxun
    • 4 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Martinelli's already had 3-4 chances. Nothing.

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  14. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Saka buckling under the pressure. Been top dog on that side for a long time. Madueke deserves a start now, saka on the bench and has to earn his spot back in the team

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    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Not watching the game I see

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      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 months, 2 days ago

        He just trolls during games. You are perhaps "kind of new" here if You fell for that... And I am annoying for spoiling his "jokes".

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        1. RICICLE
          • 3 Years
          4 months, 2 days ago

          Oh no definitely not new, just makes me laugh!

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    2. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Bemba 😉 Stop trolling, that's not even funny.

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    3. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Utter woke nonsense

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  15. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    White 1, Dub 1, Andersen 2...
    No White is bad news for C Saka also, they are great together, because Saka can't be doubled when White overlaps him.

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  16. Bod
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Can Skelly get a. s if there’s added time?

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    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      No

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    2. Bod
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      CS*

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  17. Haa-lala-land
    • 5 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Arsenal V Wolves - Since the start of November over the last 6 league games, Wolves have conceded 14 goals in total
    BUT only 2 of those were conceded in the first half.
    We just need our players to NOT get subbed at HT by Lego

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  18. FPL Sanky
    • 2 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    I had Raya and Timber without FH.... bought in Lewis Skelly and White on a FH

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    1. Bod
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Ouch

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    2. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Exact same here. Oh well, not winning this year anyway.
      Or any year

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    3. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      What was your full FH team?

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      1. FPL Sanky
        • 2 Years
        4 months, 2 days ago

        Sanchez
        White Lewis Skelly Andersen
        Saka (c) Chukewueze Wilson Dango B.Fernandes
        Haaland Thiago

        Got something out of Wilson Chuk and Sanchez CS though....but badly need wolves to score

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  19. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Just don't see Arsenal winning the league with the way they're going. It's the exact same thing as the last two years. Not fearless enough and identifying a lack of bench depth as the reason for their "near" misses and not a mentality/tactics related change.

    They may scramble a 1-0/2-0 here but this inept controlled performance is what they revert back to so often.

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    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      all the while City are an absolute joy to watch at the moment

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      1. fedolefan
        • 11 Years
        4 months, 2 days ago

        I don't mean in terms of entertainment. City are boring as well, but City are getting back to standards where they need a bad away day to not get 3 points. With Arsenal, any random game has them go into a shell where they're afraid to do anything. In March, that mentality comes back to bite them big time.

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        1. have you seen cyan
          • 6 Years
          4 months, 2 days ago

          They will also start lashing out soon and get a flurry of consecutive red cards. There's always been a big lack of discipline and respect at Arsenal.

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    2. have you seen cyan
      • 6 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Yea hopefully Wolves win here. Will be hilarious.

      Arsenal just aren't winners.

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    3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      This is dire. Imagine spending 500m+ and playing like a cosplay pulis stoke

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      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        4 months, 2 days ago

        Lol

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    4. JT11fc
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Added depth has had a positive impact but the Gyok impact on the attacking side of things just hasnt made a difference to lack of attacking firepower from previous years

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      1. fedolefan
        • 11 Years
        4 months, 2 days ago

        I just said that the issue is not the personnel.

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        1. JT11fc
          • 7 Years
          4 months, 2 days ago

          Ye you are right, lots of people were going on about how this year will be different but because of personal but definitely like you say it doesnt matter who you have if you play this way

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    5. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Tell that to Mourinho or Conte. You can win a league with loads of 1-0s

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      1. fedolefan
        • 11 Years
        4 months, 2 days ago

        Big Sam and Tony Pulis got loads of 1-0s as well. Sure, they're counting their medals.

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  20. putana
    • 7 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    which of the mids come off for odegaard?

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    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Eze

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  21. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Come on Saka

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    1. el polako
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Dirty…

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      1. Albrightondknight
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 months, 2 days ago

        Just the others in the starting 11 or the whole squad 🙂

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  22. Graziano
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    It would have been a much better game if Wolves scored that 1 on 1

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  23. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    gyokeres is just crap

    get odegaard and merino on for gyok and zubimendi

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Get the player on who scored 2 goals last game? Why isn’t he starting

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  24. CoracAld2831
    • 5 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Apparently some players went on both Lewis-Skelly & White on FH & someone even captained the former one.

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    1. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Yes

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    2. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      I see the logic

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  25. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    All 5FT gone over 2 weeks. So how could this be improved? Enzo can go soon but benching for now.

    Raya

    Timber O’Reilly Geuhi

    Foden Rice Semenyo Wilson

    Haaland Ekitike Thiago

    Dub VVD Enzo Burn

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    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      If Semenyo blanks again he’s got to go

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      1. Albrightondknight
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 months, 2 days ago

        There will probably be benchings in the weeks ahead but looks like I still need to downgrade 1 or 2 for to get a better mid.
        Semenyo should be fine - he has been unlucky

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        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          4 months, 2 days ago

          Plus he’s nailed. Vital over the festive season.

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  26. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    Will be funny if this ends 0-0

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Another arteta arsenal game added to the resolve insomnia portfolio

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  27. Captain Mal
    • 1 Year
    4 months, 2 days ago

    If Arsenal keep a clean sheet, it will be quite a blow for FH 16. Most went White (and a few must have gone for Lewis Skelly) while non FH teams have at least one of Raya/Timber.

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    1. Cold Palms
      • 1 Year
      4 months, 2 days ago

      At least ? I have only Rice and double Chelsea defence

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  28. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    4 months, 2 days ago

    People bought White and captained Saka? Morons.

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    1. CoracAld2831
      • 5 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      I bought Timber, but captained Saka so i'm only half moron.

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    2. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Who did you captain?

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    3. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      It’s only half time

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    4. CoracAld2831
      • 5 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      I guess we were all morons then.

      (Unless Haaland blanks of course)

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  29. z13
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Anybody else have a fpl challenge glitch

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      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        4 months, 2 days ago

        Yes, it never adds any points to my team....

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    • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      4 months, 2 days ago

      Gyokores has cement on his boots.

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