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Arsenal’s Double Gameweek 26 kicks off with a trip to Brentford this evening.

The match in west London gets underway at 20:00 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Post-deadline news broke of Kai Havertz being unavailable for Double Gameweek 26 but there’s another unexpected absentee for the Gunners tonight.

William Saliba is absent from the visitors’ matchday squad due to illness, so in comes Cristhian Mosquera at centre-half.

Eberechi Eze is in for Havertz.

The other two alterations see Piero Hincapie oust Riccardo Calafiori at left-back and Viktor Gyokeres return to the starting XI at the expense of Gabriel Jesus.

Despite hobbling off in the closing stages of the win over Sunderland, Leandro Trossard is passed fit to start.

Also back from injury and on the bench, sooner than expected in one case, are Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard.

As for the Bees, there’s just one change.

Yehor Yarmoliuk replaces Jordan Henderson in midfield, with the veteran England international dropping to the bench.

Kevin Schade and Reiss Nelson are suspended and ineligible respectively for tonight’s encounter.

LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Mosquera, Gabriel, Hincapie, Rice, Zubimendi, Madueke, Eze, Trossard, Gyokeres.

Subs: Arrizabalaga, White, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly, Norgaard, Odegaard, Martinelli, Saka, Jesus.

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, Ajer, van den Berg, Henry, Janelt, Yarmoliuk, Jensen, Lewis-Potter, Thiago, Ouattara.

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Pinnock, Henderson, Collins, Damsgaard, Donovan, Furo, Bentt.

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 (DefCon) 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. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    That goal cost me 20 points. Goodnight.

  2. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Haaland 5 goals in DGW36 for patient TCers now!

    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Rotation

  3. FantasyTony
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Thiaw > Timber going well

  4. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Okay, want Brentford to go on and win this now…

  5. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Oh well, at least I have Sá on my BB

  6. tucaoneo
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    I've been saying this for a while, without CS Timber is just useless, all he does is "looking lively", no defcon, no bonus, no nothing.

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      True. Should have gotten Saliba

  7. Pompel
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Relieved with KLP as goal scrorer, as I benched Thiago,

  8. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Arsenal's better game this GW is vs Wolves

    Saliba back by then too. Saka likely starts

  9. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    ok Declan Rice

    Go save Arsenal Lad

  10. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Saka is bad luck

  11. DandyDon
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Put on Martinelli!

  12. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Gabby needs to score the winner

    1. Dixie333
      • 4 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      or get that second yellow. It'll be one or the other

    2. Effe
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      From a Rice corner ideally

  13. Make FPL Casual Again
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Its all the content creator mafias fault, brainwashing us to triple captain a defender ffs

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      It’s not 3v3n half time, and this is the most difficult half

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        *even

        1. Make FPL Casual Again
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          Ill have some of that copium stuff your on

    2. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      so true

  14. Tcheco
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Set piece fc ole oleee

  15. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Do something Gorky

    1. Hooky
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Sorry to break it to you but Gorky's split up in 2006.

  16. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Only 15 mins remaining yikes..

  17. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Did people really Triple Captain a defender taking on two defences excellent at defending set pieces????

    1. Capocannonieri
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      All the Youtubers were doing it

  18. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Arsenal triple defense managers

    Go drink a beer

    Wolves going score 2 goals next match

  19. Shteve
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Shane Duffy flashbacks anyone?

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      *nods* and I didn’t even fall for that one!

      1. Shteve
        • 16 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        I should have known better this time after falling for that one and still being scarred by it!

    2. tucaoneo
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Duffy the DGW captain!

  20. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Is Gyokeres playing? lol

  21. Ady87
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    I’ve been motoring along nicely green after green until I tried to position for triple Arsenal a couple of weeks ago and then like a sheep I used TC on Gab. I deserve nothing.

  22. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    There's one more goal in this.

  23. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Still averse to selling Rice and Timber? 🙂

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      I'm so okay with selling both.

    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Have actually just got the WC button and only Gabriel will remain.

      Getting rid of Rogers and Sarr given their next GW fixture seems wrong, but can’t ignore Palmer and Semenyo any longer.

      Palmer might come out quickly again but he could go metal against Burnley too

  24. Tcheco
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Arsenal wobbly just in time for City hitting top gear

    1. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      It's like city do it deliberately every season, to give all the other teams a chance.

  25. Steavn8k
    • 2 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Can't really be that shocked. Always a good chance Brentford would score at home

    1. Tcheco
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      This

  26. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Don’t mind the cleanie wipe as a Gabriel TCer. No other investment in Arsenal defence. Might even be good for me?

  27. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    For all non-FPL reasons, loving this - heck, a Brentford winner (Timber OG?) wouldn’t go amiss!

    For FPL reasons… Raya, Gabriel (TC) and Rice need a big day at Molineux, which was always the much easier game on paper anyway!

  28. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Another Gabriel block, but doesn't matter now

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Save them for Wolves…

    2. SalahFingers
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Nice to have extras in case they remove some.

  29. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Rice to Semenyo will be a fun transfer

  30. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Get Gyokeres the league 1 striker off

    1. Tcheco
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Don’t send off my captain now 😀