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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. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    At least Gabriel got the defcons. It's the Wolves game he needs to get a CS.

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

      And another return? We didn't captain him for a 4 point CS...

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

        I'll take 10 x 3 at this point

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

      Maybe he is due a rest versus wolves since Saliba got a break tonight.

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

    Dango close. Probably offside. Another chaos corner

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

      Arrgh I need a Dango goal

      (Or three to turn this red arrow green)

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

    Brent goal was not Thiago

    That would have burned me, since I benched him today.

    1. Old Bull
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Sadly it would have softened the blow for me had it been so.

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

    I'm done with Odegaard and Eze.

  5. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    need a 16 point goal from Ricinho

  6. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Gabriel horror challenge

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

    Gabriel RC? Lol…

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

      The predictions are coming true

    2. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Honestly this game is bad for your nerves

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

      Gulp, thank ferk the ref has him TC also…

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

      Don’t be silly

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

        Gabriel was the silly one there

  8. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    tbh that could've easily been a second yellow

  9. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Sear God calm thefeck down Gabriel

    1. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      This ^

  10. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Ref has Gabriel (TC)

    Phew…..

  11. Cilly Bonnolly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Oh for f**k sake.

  12. All Hail K
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Shades of Emmanual Dennis...

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

      Not even close

  13. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Oof lucky that.

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

    That should have been a booking...

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

    RC?

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

    Gabriel not yellow carded

    Just a FK

  17. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    No red for Gabriel? lol

  18. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Take Gabby off what are you doing Arteta

  19. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Gabby nearly RED

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

    Raya important save

  21. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Rice on 9 defcons now. Just 3 more to go. Can he do it?

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

    Will we look back on Rice's fluffed pass to Gyokeres as the moment Arsenal lost the league?

    1. Letsgo!
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      That is called fluff pass??????

  23. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    is that a save?

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      loooked to be going in

  24. Gobigorgohome
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    lucky there

  25. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Raya Save point

    Small wins 🙂

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

      🙂

  26. Cilly Bonnolly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Now he’ll get the winner from a corner. You heard it here first.

  27. _Greg
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Gab should of been sent off (Gab TC non-enjoyer)

  28. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    TC Gabriel 2nd yellow close

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

    Dango dissent YC

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

      Timber lucky there

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

    We should have allowed ourselves to dream big peeps, like united in their pomp.... Bruno/Palmer/Haaland 3 x 30 pointer possibilities...we played it safe by consensus pressure...

    1. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Still one more game to go.