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A chilly Vitality Stadium plays host to the final Premier League match of the day: Bournemouth v Arsenal.

Kick-off on the south coast is at 5.30pm GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Andoni Iraola continues to eke out the services of the exit-bound Antoine Semenyo, starting the winger against the Gunners this evening.

It may not even be the Ghanaian international’s swansong in a Bournemouth shirt, with his manager confident, or at least hopeful, of another appearance in Gameweek 21.

Semenyo is part of an unchanged XI following the 2-2 draw at Chelsea.

New signing Fraser Forster, snapped up following Will Dennis‘s injury, is among the substitutes.

Mikel Arteta has sprung a few surprises with his teamsheet, making three alterations.

One sees Declan Rice return from a knee injury and take the place of Mikel Merino in midfield.

The big calls are in attack, with Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard dropping to the bench.

In come Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli for starts alongside Viktor Gyokeres, who continues to see off the challenge of Gabriel Jesus.

Gabriel Magalhaes starts again at centre-half, fresh from his 15-pointer on Tuesday night. That appearance against Aston Villa marked his first start since Gameweek 11.

LINE-UPS

Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Jimenez, Hill, Senesi, Truffert, Scott, Tavernier, Brooks, Kluivert, Semenyo, Evanilson.

Subs: Forster, Cook, Soler, Smith, Diakite, Adli, Kroupi, Unal, Rees-Dottin.

Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie, Zubimendi, Rice, Odegaard, Madueke, Martinelli, Gyokeres.

Subs: Kepa, White, Saka, Jesus, Eze, Norgaard, Trossard. Merino, Lewis-Skelly.


LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!

New to Fantasy Football Scout this season 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. Sun God Nika
    • 5 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Benching this guy hurts every growing second

  2. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Rogers who?

    Thank you Rice.

    1. Glasner Ball
      • 13 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      Both is best 🙂

  3. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Rice is a joke

  4. Babit1967
    • 9 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Omg Rice Baby!!!

  5. F4L
    • 11 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    can gabriel just reach 10 defcon please

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      And Timber somehow

      1. All Hail K
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        3 days, 22 hours ago

        So far a point for each time he's touched the ball.

  6. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Rice out for -4 for Gabriel stings a little

    1. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      Rice for Odegaard here.

      If only there was some concrete news.

  7. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    But switching Saka to Rice a lottery I guess?

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      try and get both

    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      Just took Rice out, will leave it for the Liverpool game or a few more weeks now and see what the craic is after

      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        3 days, 22 hours ago

        Still fuming over this though 😆

  8. Firminooooo
    • 10 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    My 4 players doing allright so far. Verbruggen, Gabriel, Saka and Ricccccceeee.

  9. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Bugger Rice first on bench 🙁

  10. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Imagine owning Saka instead of Rice

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      Stop now, I’ll bite soon enough

    2. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      Mostly casuals I think

  11. F4L
    • 11 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    kroupi g
    jimenez a

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      *cook a sorry

  12. SouthCoastSaint
    • 14 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Owned Saka, used a couple of the 5 FTs to switch up to Rice

    Rice gets injured

    Reverses move on wildcard. Buys Saka, sells Rice.

    End of story

    Goodnight

  13. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    argh 2-3 Kroupi

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      Brilliant finish

  14. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Jnr G

  15. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Raya

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      Shortest arms in the league

  16. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Goal

    Bournemouth

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      Kroupi

  17. FCSB
    • 9 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Completely trolled by Artera

    Rice third on my bench

    1. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      Sold him

    2. el polako
      • 8 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      I’ve sold him.
      Arteta is known for being completely dishonest in his updates.
      For that reason hope they will flop in the title race

  18. Sandy Ravage
    • 9 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Timber > Rice incoming

    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      Would love to play 2-5-3

  19. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    raya shd be saving that....standing too far back

  20. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Arsenal defence -1 point

  21. F4L
    • 11 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    should be enough for gabriel defcon now at least

  22. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Semenyo will do something here before his City move won't he...

  23. fantasist
    • 15 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Hopefully one of my other players is injured in training or something so Rice comes on. Nothing serious ofc

  24. Mother Farke
    • 1 Year
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Once, twice, 3x Declan Rice?

  25. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Raya needs to go

    1. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 14 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      And Petrovic

    2. Glasner Ball
      • 13 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      Long time ago, too expensive.

  26. REDMOND IN SANDALS
    • 4 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Bournemouth games never disappoints

  27. 1justlookin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Sold Rice to Cherki to fund Gabriel.

    Only done this because Arteta said his knee was still swollen.

    Livid.

    1. FantasyTony
      • 8 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      Swollen with goals

    2. GoonerSteve
      • 16 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      I did exactly the same moves. Just rage transferred Raya and Semenyo out for Pickford and Rice.

  28. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    Start hunting down those last two defcons Gabriel

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      3 days, 22 hours ago

      thought he just did a tackle and clearance there

  29. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    K Jnr YC

  30. Philosopher's Stones
    • 5 Years
    3 days, 22 hours ago

    This Kroupi kid looks like will be a great FPL asset soon.