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Igor Tudor gets to manage Tottenham Hotspur for the first time this afternoon.

Arsenal are the visitors to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where the action gets underway at 16:30 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Mikel Arteta has made two changes to the Arsenal team that drew at Molineux on Wednesday.

Eberechi Eze and Leandro Trossard come in as Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli drop to the bench.

Bukayo Saka is consequently fit to start.

Martin Odegaard is named among the substitutes, but Kai Havertz misses out completely.

As for Spurs, Tudor has made two alterations to the starting XI they sent out in their last Premier League game.

Joao Palhinha comes into the team for the injured Wilson Odobert, while Randal Kolo Muani starts up front in place of the benched Dominic Solanke.

LINE-UPS

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Vicario, Palhinha, Dragusin, van de Ven, Gray, Sarr, Bissouma, Spence, Gallagher, Simons, Kolo Muani

Subs: Austin, Richarlison, Tel, Solanke, Souza, Olusesi, Williams-Barnett, Rowswell, Wilson

Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie, Zubimendi, Rice, Saka, Eze, Trossard, Gyokeres

Subs: Kepa, Mosquera, Odegaard, Jesus, Martinelli, Norgaard, Madueke, Calafiori, 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 (DefCon) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out, as seen below:

Spurs v Arsenal team news: Eze, Saka + Trossard start

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  1. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 22 days ago

    will the real raya please stand up

  2. FOREST FOREVER 2
    • 1 Year
    1 month, 22 days ago

    i don't like arteta. But as a Forest fan, has no option but to support ARS today.

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Sunderland fan and ditto. We are sleepwalking towards the bottom of the table.

    2. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Why? West Ham won’t finish above Spurs and so you simply need to keep an eye on them

  3. Stoic
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Buying chaobah and timber for VVD and O Reilly on WC has been excruciating
    What a disaster

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Ouchy hindsight

  4. WVA
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 22 days ago

    Any player worth a hit next game week?

    Verbruggen
    Gab VVD Guehi Hill
    Bruno Semenyo Rogers
    Haaland Thiago Pedro
    Dub Rice Enzo Rodon

    1. Moon Dog
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Nah, this game is too unpredictable for SGW hits.

        1. WVA
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 22 days ago

          Thanks

    2. WVA
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Timber monster haul incoming

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

        he is advanced. I'm worried spurs are sucking arsenal in only to counter.

        1. WVA
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 22 days ago

          They have no one to counter with

      2. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Of course as I benched him for the first time in 25 game weeks.

    3. WVA
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Spurs look absolutely shocking

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

        don't let that fool you. Dragusin goal incoming from a scrappy corner.

    4. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Benching Timber a terrible mistake. 🙁

      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Yep very concerned

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

        arsenal will concede.

      3. Amartey Partey
        • 6 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Yeah same. I play Muk instead.

      4. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Yep, Guehi 2, Muki 1, I know what’s coming.

    5. -GK22-
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      My 4 week VVD to Munoz transfer didn’t quite work

      Munoz 17
      VVD 32

      1. Amartey Partey
        • 6 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Not too late to reverse that. I'm selling Munoz for VVD this week.

    6. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      It's looking ominous for Spurs here.

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

        You guys really know nothing about arsenal. This is what happens. Arsenal lull you into a false sense of security only to blow it.

        1. Amartey Partey
          • 6 Years
          1 month, 22 days ago

          It's Spurs though

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

            exactly. 0-0 at half time, then arsenal score, only for spurs to equalise, then arsenal crumble in last 15 mins.

      2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Mock Tudor

    7. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Timber owes his owners a 20+ pointer!

    8. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      What os going on??

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

        technical issue with ref's headset

      2. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Technology tantrum

      3. Hughes Your Daddy
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Just needs to turn it off and back on again

      4. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Lino needs new batter

        1. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          1 month, 22 days ago

          batteries

      5. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Need to buy decent gear

      6. tutankamun
        • 16 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Farcical

    9. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      What on earth are they doing??? Inform the audience ffs. This kind of time wasting without any information is the absolute worst thing about VAR.

      1. Ha.
        • 10 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Classic Arteta tactics

      2. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Communication problems with a vast global audience, makes them look like clowns

    10. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Mukiele in the 11, Timber benched.

      1. Sailboats
        • 10 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Same here. Timber CS + assist is coming, i just know it =)

      2. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        I started Alderete

    11. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      He has a flag for fsake. Nonsense

    12. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Have seen football when money of these equipments would matter. And the game was definitely more beautiful.

      1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        None*

    13. Effe
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Chalobah to Virgil this week for me I think. Might hold my other free transfer.

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

      I think arsenal have played three times since spurs last played, so the longer this is 0-0, spurs will probably win.

      1. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        It’s Spurs tho bro!

      2. bso
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        What City fans are praying for lol!

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

      Dragusin will score in this game. I can feel it.

    16. The-Red-1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      The way this has started, I think I've messed up selling rice and timber.

      Timber looking dangerous

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

        he always does, but never converts.

        1. thegaffer82
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 22 days ago

          Like the super hot chick who walks around in a miniskirt with her t!ts hanging out, but never puts out

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

            so too

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

              true

    17. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Drossard lol

    18. FOREST FOREVER 2
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Trossard wastes Xavi assist.

    19. Sailboats
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      trossard wtf was that???

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

        just shoot, but Arsenal players don't shoot when they should

    20. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Having "Xavi" on the back of your shirt instead of "Simmons" when you are as bad as Xavi Simmons should be illegal.

      1. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Rice has the right name. Getting cooked so far.

    21. bso
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Help!
      When someone replies to my question in email and I click on the link to view comment on the website, nothing happens.
      Anyone know how to fix this?
      Cheers!

      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        The direct comment links have been broken for a few weeks and it seems they have no plan of fixing it. Site getting worse by the day.

        1. bso
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 22 days ago

          Mine only stopped working yesterday. Hope they fix the problem!

    22. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Arsenal look like they have a mistake in them

      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Already made a few and lucky not to get punished

      2. el polako
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Don’t Wolves know it.

    23. el polako
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      We all watching waiting for Arsenal to collapse, don’t we?

      1. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        I don’t really want City to win the league, Arsenal are the lesser of two evils. So I’m hoping they wrap up the league personally

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

          not going to happen.

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

        yes. the longer this stays 0-0, spurs will score

      3. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        Hoping.. Not sure it will happen today, Spurs are so poor

    24. Jigger & Pony
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Timber YC

    25. tutankamun
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Timber YC

      1. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 22 days ago

        This is the Timber I know, and hate.
        Can’t wait to sell him

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

      arsenal making errors.

    27. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 22 days ago

      Any idea whats the Wirtz issue? My transfer in for 27 🙂