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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. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 21 days ago

    Timber yc

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      Another would be cool

  2. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 21 days ago

    Timber, tired and slow. should not be starting

  3. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 21 days ago

    I will WC just to get rid of Timber. I didn't get NOR this week only because of the BGW31 and my FTs being short...

  4. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 21 days ago

    Sick of Timber atm
    Remind me just to go for defcon defenders next season!

  5. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 21 days ago

    Eze, trash as usual.

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      Another in your long line of fails 😆

    2. tutankamun
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      Oops

  6. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 21 days ago

    I'm a neutral, but somehow I'd like to see Arsenal losing...

  7. Moon Dog
      1 month, 21 days ago

      My team has more yellow cards than attacking returns 😆

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        1 month, 21 days ago

        Besides Semenyo and Haaland

        All mine have blanked so far

        Eze goal

        Saka assist

    • Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      Saka is so good at falling easily to the ground whenever he gets slight contact. Refs falling for it every time too.

    • Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      Arsenal have to use the bench if they want to win this

      1. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 21 days ago

        They pretty much have their best players out on the field.
        They just don’t score goals from open play very much

      2. Bushwhacker
        • 6 Years
        1 month, 21 days ago

        They have a second team better than Spurs

    • Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      Seems like Arsenal fine to settle for second place and assist Spurs with staying up, gotta give them credit for that…

      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 21 days ago

        Eze goal

        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 21 days ago

          Jinx worked, but didn’t lol…

      2. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 21 days ago

        Too soon…

        1. tiger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 21 days ago

          correct

    • F4L
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      eze g
      saka a

    • g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      Eze

    • Ha.
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      That’s why Arteta started him

      1. Bushwhacker
        • 6 Years
        1 month, 21 days ago

        Which is why you wonder why he doesn’t every week.

        1. Ha.
          • 10 Years
          1 month, 21 days ago

          Doesn’t play Spurs every week

          1. Bushwhacker
            • 6 Years
            1 month, 21 days ago

            Doesn’t have to.

    • AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      Just play Eze v Spurs

    • tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      1-1

    • fantasist
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      Muani G

    • Jigger & Pony
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      1-1

    • The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      lol

    • WVA
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      So so lucky

    • AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      Spurs equaliser

      1-1

    • F4L
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      how shite is arsenal's defence

    • g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      FLOL

    • Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      Spurs goal

      Arsenal cleanie wiped

      F Arsenal

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 21 days ago

        This

    • Ha.
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      Terrible from Raya

    • Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      1-1 get in, lol….

    • Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      told you all . I AM arsenal.

    • The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      Rice assist

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 21 days ago

        LOL,

        Keystone Kopps defending

    • Sailboats
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      yesssss 1-1

    • Royal5
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      Rice

    • Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 21 days ago

      Lovely, well done Spurs