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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. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    2 months, 19 hours ago

    Was that pass back a shot of target for Gabriel?

    1. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 19 hours ago

      We want corners at the other end

  2. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    2 months, 19 hours ago

    Janelt YC…

  3. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 19 hours ago

    Yanelt YC

    Blatant shirt pull, center circle

    Wtf

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      *Janelt

    2. OverTinker
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      Only a red card can calm us down. We don't need yc

  4. OverTinker
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Chances of White starting the next match? Specially for timber

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      White vs Wigan in FA Cup…Wolves a week away, Timber should be fine (said as a non-owner)

  5. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Watching a game & wanting a clean sheet for your FPL players
    Is so much tougher than watching a game & wanting them to score

    1. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      Much harder for me with Gabriel triple captain, owning Timber and Rice too and still hate watching to see Arsenal bottle the league. If things are to go as planned a 0-0 will be perfect but again it relegates me to boredom.

      1. keefy59
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 18 hours ago

        I've got the same combo

        1. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
          • 13 Years
          2 months, 18 hours ago

          But my desire for them to bottle overides all as its more fun to keep the banter going on.

      2. Ignasi M
        • 8 Years
        2 months, 18 hours ago

        Brentford look like scoring, unsurprisingly.

    2. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      For the last 10 minutes, try to do something else that usually grabs your attention strongly

      It'll be the same result anyway. The anxious countdown isn't healthy

  6. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Zubimendi DC count - 1

    11 to go lad…

  7. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Bournemouth's recovery from selling their backline, Semenyo and Dango (lively tonight) is pretty impressive

    Some key injuries too, like Kluivert after how well he did last season

    Brentford on a similar path as well

  8. _Greg
    • 16 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Sad Saliba owner.

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      *hugs*

    2. FFS ManU
      • 3 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      Same here.

  9. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Oh my lord, was nearly it already lol.

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      And with his shoulder….what a way to score

  10. riot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Saliba did a reddit q&a this week that website probably made him ill

  11. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Let’s have a goal to get the party started, please….

  12. threeputt
    • 16 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    I have Gabriel & Raya in my team and Rice (c), I have no idea what I would like from this game except a Rice brace as I am up against sp many TC Gabriels. Do I want a cs/Gabriel goal or not ?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      exact same bost. we want the gunners to concede imo

      1. threeputt
        • 16 Years
        2 months, 18 hours ago

        I laughed at the Gabriel yellow so yes I guess so

        1. threeputt
          • 16 Years
          2 months, 18 hours ago

          Although a Raya peno save wouldnt go amiss....

    2. FourLokoLeipzig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      Probably not much in it for you on the CS front - Saliba and Calafori bring out will have dampened the EO a bit

  13. Powers106
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Why are there so many illness misses last minute? These guys are in their prime athletic condition, is it just a polite way of taking them out of the squad?

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      Seasonal flu, food poisoning can affect anyone at any time…

    2. Nightcrawler
      • 6 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      viruses and bacteria don't care about ur profession

    3. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      Flu-like symptoms don't care that much about athletic fitness

      If a flu takes you down, you're down until you recover. And playing/training with others raises the chances of spreading it

    4. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      There's loads of bugs going around

      Plenty would be enough to stop you playing professional football

      There's a chest infection at the moment, probably viral with congestion, sore throat and fever for instance which would stop you from running.

  14. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    madueke plays like he thinks he's up against conference league footballers. So infuritaing to watch

    1. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      yeah spot on.

  15. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Brentford are really up for this.

  16. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Keith Andrew’s Assistant Manager chippers in the mud…YC

  17. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Gabriel YC....scenes!

  18. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    C'mon Gabriel. Only 9 more defcons to go!

  19. Goodfeathers
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Gabriel YC

  20. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Oh no. Yellow for Gabriel.

  21. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    -3 for TCers. now thtas what we LOVE to see

    1. Jet5605
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      Plus no Wolves game

      1. SalahFingers
        • 8 Years
        2 months, 18 hours ago

        Why no wolves game?

        1. Jet5605
          • 11 Years
          2 months, 18 hours ago

          A RC would come with a ban

  22. threeputt
    • 16 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Why do so many managers seem to get a booking these days, betting fix ?

  23. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Gabriel YC 😮

    With 70mins still to go lol

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      What will come first...Brentford goal or Gabriel RC?

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        2 months, 18 hours ago

        Same time…Gabriel OG and then takes his shirt off celebrating scoring and gets a RC…

        1. tiger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          2 months, 18 hours ago

          SCENES 😀

  24. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    A Gabriel red card would be incredible. Please make it happen!

  25. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Captain wtaf

  26. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Is this a good omen ?
    Arsenal kept a clean sheet in the reverse fixture in December without Gab & Timber .

  27. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Welp

  28. Gazwaz80
    • 6 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Janelt on 5 defcons already

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 18 hours ago

      And silly YC

  29. threeputt
    • 16 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    haha Gabriel

  30. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 18 hours ago

    Gabriel second yellow would sum up my season