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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
    4 months, 24 days ago

    will the real raya please stand up

  2. FOREST FOREVER 2
    • 1 Year
    4 months, 24 days ago

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

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

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

    2. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 24 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
    4 months, 24 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
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Ouchy hindsight

  4. WVA
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 24 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
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Nah, this game is too unpredictable for SGW hits.

      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        4 months, 24 days ago

        Thanks

  5. WVA
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Timber monster haul incoming

    1. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

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

      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        4 months, 24 days ago

        They have no one to counter with

    2. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

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

  6. WVA
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Spurs look absolutely shocking

    1. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

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

  7. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Benching Timber a terrible mistake. 🙁

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Yep very concerned

    2. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      arsenal will concede.

    3. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Yeah same. I play Muk instead.

    4. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

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

  8. -GK22-
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

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

    Munoz 17
    VVD 32

    1. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

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

  9. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    It's looking ominous for Spurs here.

    1. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 24 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
        4 months, 24 days ago

        It's Spurs though

        1. Ignasi M
          • 8 Years
          4 months, 24 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
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Mock Tudor

  10. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Timber owes his owners a 20+ pointer!

  11. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    What os going on??

    1. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      technical issue with ref's headset

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Technology tantrum

    3. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Just needs to turn it off and back on again

    4. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Lino needs new batter

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        4 months, 24 days ago

        batteries

    5. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Need to buy decent gear

    6. tutankamun
      • 16 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Farcical

  12. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 24 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
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Classic Arteta tactics

    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

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

  13. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Mukiele in the 11, Timber benched.

    1. Sailboats
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

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

    2. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      I started Alderete

  14. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    He has a flag for fsake. Nonsense

  15. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 24 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
      4 months, 24 days ago

      None*

  16. Effe
    • 15 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

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

  17. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 24 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
      4 months, 24 days ago

      It’s Spurs tho bro!

    2. bso
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      What City fans are praying for lol!

  18. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

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

  19. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 24 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
      4 months, 24 days ago

      he always does, but never converts.

      1. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        4 months, 24 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
          4 months, 24 days ago

          so too

          1. Ignasi M
            • 8 Years
            4 months, 24 days ago

            true

  20. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Drossard lol

  21. FOREST FOREVER 2
    • 1 Year
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Trossard wastes Xavi assist.

  22. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    trossard wtf was that???

    1. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

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

  23. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 24 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
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Rice has the right name. Getting cooked so far.

  24. bso
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 24 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
      4 months, 24 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
        4 months, 24 days ago

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

  25. Ha.
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Arsenal look like they have a mistake in them

    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Already made a few and lucky not to get punished

    2. el polako
      • 9 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Don’t Wolves know it.

  26. el polako
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

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

    1. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 24 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
        4 months, 24 days ago

        not going to happen.

    2. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

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

    3. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

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

  27. Jigger & Pony
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Timber YC

  28. tutankamun
    • 16 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Timber YC

    1. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

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

  29. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    arsenal making errors.

  30. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

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