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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. Woy_is_back
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Arsenal will choke as usual. First time watching them this season. They look trash. How high percentage of their goals are from set pieces?

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      110%

    2. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Saka on the bench, Saliba ill

      Might be better to judge them in another game

    3. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Their top scorer is own goals

    4. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Less than Chelsea

  2. tucaoneo
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    In other news, Athletico 4-0 Barca (HT)

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

      This is like 10 games worth in goals for Athleti

  3. nanxun
    • 4 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Madueke has seemed pretty useless.

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Martinelli will be on soon..

    2. WVA
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Brilliant

    3. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Timing

    4. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Nice!

    5. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Timing

  4. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Time for Jesus to save Arsenal.

  5. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Odegaard skies the nice move

  6. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Ohhh Brentford are sooo getting invested in, Thiago coming straight back in and Dango for sure!

    1. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Difficult to ignore Kelleher too.

      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        2 months, 7 days ago

        Kelleher CS guaranteed today

        1. Hughes Your Daddy
          • 13 Years
          2 months, 7 days ago

          Timing

      2. RICICLE
        • 3 Years
        2 months, 7 days ago

        Absolutely! Thankfully I already have him, I was engrossed in the Arsenal Players I even forgot I had Kelleher!

    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Yep, think I’m gonna WC them both in

  7. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Come on Brentford! As long as it isn't Thiago it's fine.

    It's so strange to be rooting against your double defense and captain and yet here I am...

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      EO does strange things to a man

  8. F4L
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    rice just needs 1 return to get in the bonus today, fingers crossed

  9. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Odegaard rusty AF

  10. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Mad Goal

  11. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Hincapié & Mosquera starting to steal baps…

  12. Make FPL Casual Again
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Is Thiago considered good again? I'm old enough to remember when he was crap

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      He blanks every week unless he gets a lucky pen

  13. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Madueke G

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Back of the net

      Out of nothing

    2. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Yuk

    3. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Kell wrong footed not set 🙁

  14. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Saka coming on

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Maybe not now

  15. F4L
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    madueke g
    hincapie a

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

      What a carcrash

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Rank killer

  16. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Madu G

    1. Pompel
      • 12 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      1.5% owned

  17. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    madueke goal

  18. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Points for everyone!

  19. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Hincapié On for a monster score…

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

      I too him out. FML

  20. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    yesssss madueke punt pays offf

    right before he was going off too

  21. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Every player but mine

  22. FCSB
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Madueke TC’s unite

    Hincapie haul too

  23. F4L
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    not great from kelleher tbh

    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Indeed, disappointing

    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Wrong footed going right ball went left

  24. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Of course my rival started Hincapie

  25. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Electric football. Has there ever been a title winner so rewarding to watch? They ooze class.

  26. F4L
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    now holdddddd

  27. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Ekitike or Wirtz better for Liverpool good run?

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Going with both

    2. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Wirtz

    3. Capocannonieri
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Im getting Squirtz ...

      So do the opposite.

      I am always wrong about these 50/50 decisions in FPL

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

      Wirtz has been more consistent

      1. Ignasi M
        • 8 Years
        2 months, 7 days ago

        Yeah, I'm not sold on Wirtz. This isn't his season. Maybe next he'll be productive.

  28. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Is Hincapie the FPL nickname for Timber?

  29. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Please keep proving me wrong Arsenal. Just keep it like this.

  30. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 7 days ago

    Raya facing Brentford corner chaos is funny

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 7 days ago

      Tiny