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Arsenal v Chelsea team news: Hosts unchanged, Odegaard out

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The final match of Gameweek 28 sees Arsenal and Chelsea square off at the Emirates Stadium.

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Arsenal are unchanged from the north London derby.

Kai Havertz returns to the matchday squad as a substitute, but Ben White and Martin Odegaard are both absent.

There are two alterations for Chelsea, meanwhile.

Mamadou Sarr comes in for the suspended Wesley Fofana, while Jorrel Hato replaces Malo Gusto.

LINE-UPS

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

Subs: Kepa, Mosquera, Jesus, Martinelli, Norgaard, Madueke, Havertz, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James, Chalobah, Sarr, Hato, Caicedo, Santos, Palmer, Enzo, Neto, J Pedro

Subs: Jorgensen, Acheampong, Gusto, Badiashile, Tosin, Lavia, Garnacho, Guiu, Delap

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:

Arsenal v Chelsea team news: Hosts unchanged, Odegaard out
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  1. JBG
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Great header Hincapie, idiot

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  2. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    eurgh that should be the final score now or a chelsea win. Should have been a penalty anyway

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  3. Chalobah's Witness
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Ridiculous, I will never get any points from Palmer. Even if it’s a clear hand ball pen.

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

      The refs decided Palmer has had enough penalties and hes completely correct

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

    Excellent goal as just Gab owner

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    1. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Yep now I need a rice winner

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    2. JohnnyB10
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 11 days ago

      That’s why I have to take Raya out next gw, wish I kept Donna but decided to bring in Raya for the double, what a mistake and I hate ARS double defense

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  5. fantasist
    • 15 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    OG scores against Arsenal this time

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    1. FantasyTony
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      OG OG

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  6. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    F this game
    F the Arsenal defence
    Just F off

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    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      I sold Timber for O'Reilly for a hit (to afford Thiago though)

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    2. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Roll on summer where we can have fun again planning our teams

      Best part of fpl

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  7. Lanley Staurel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Arsenal are Saka limping to 2nd place at this rate 🙂

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    1. DARE TO BISCAN
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Could do a Spuds, yet. Third in a two-horse race

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    2. tbos83
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Yup.. chokers to a man

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  8. Woy_is_back
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    game over asrsenal

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  9. DARE TO BISCAN
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Hincapie hiccupie

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  10. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    god I hate arsenal. City supporters don't go through this stress.

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    1. FantasyTony
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      I know city supporters, he’s a pretty chill dude

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      1. Ignasi M
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 11 days ago

        no wonder.

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  11. SINGH
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Keep at it arsenal, that red machine Man Utd coming to take the title in May

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  12. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Don't know what Timber is for anymore

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    1. el polako
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Building things.

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    2. Free Hat
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Weekly dosis of self conflicting pain

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    3. Jet5605
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      I'm tempted to bench him for Gudmundson

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    4. Manani
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      For looking dangerous

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  13. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Cue arsenal collapse. Congrats Man City

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  14. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    One week Rice, one week Hincapie, bunch of bottling idiots

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  15. JBG
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Arsenal even scoring corners against themselves

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  16. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Haaland (c) Bruno (vc)

    Saliba + Gabriel owner

    Pinching myself 😀

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    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      You spelt ‘punching’ wrong 😉

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      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 11 days ago

        Okay, that's the explanation xD

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      2. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 11 days ago

        😛

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      3. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        1 month, 11 days ago

        He meant "crinching" though.

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    2. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      CS is gone. Why?

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      1. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 11 days ago

        Saliba G Gab A

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    3. tbos83
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Same as everyone else then

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    4. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      I checked your rank out of curiosity lmao

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      1. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 11 days ago

        Late charge is on

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        1. TheBiffas
          • 5 Years
          1 month, 11 days ago

          Best of luck

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  17. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    I think replace saka for Madueke. saka has been absolute trash all season

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    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Good differential

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  18. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Palmer off on HT and Enzo to take a PK in second half. It is written.

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  19. Dynamic Duos
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Who is the original gangster?

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    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Al Capone?

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    2. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Neil Warnock

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

      Jesse James

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    4. OneTeamInBristol
      • 2 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Putin?

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    5. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      The devil.

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    6. SpaceCadet
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Tommy boy

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    7. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Ice-T

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  20. Manani
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Rogers a easy sell right?

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    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      If you are settled for GW3

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      1. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 11 days ago

        GW31*

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

      Hope Wilson is cleared.. if he and Wirtz are both out I'm not sure who to replace him with

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      1. ball c
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        1 month, 11 days ago

        Is Wilson injured?

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

          Maybe

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      2. Manani
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 11 days ago

        i already got both wilson and wirtz lol

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    3. OneTeamInBristol
      • 2 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      100%

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    4. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Wilson owner, I’d wait

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    5. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Oh yes horrible form

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  21. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Furious Palmer owner here.
    Rice manhandles a player in the box and then handballs it. No penalty. Seriously? What's VAR for?

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    1. OneTeamInBristol
      • 2 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Agreed (non owner)

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  22. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    So Rice used his arm, okay, VAR guys were on the toilet.

    Then that corner which lead to the goal and Rice doing nothing else than pushing Joao Pedro with both hands off the pitch.

    Wtf must happen that VAR and refs see this and send him off? Not even a whistle.

    In Austria

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    1. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      ... they're thinking about giving up on VAR as we have it now to replace it with a challenge system.clise to American Football.

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      1. jacob1989
        • 4 Years
        1 month, 11 days ago

        Challenge would be interesting. Captain to make the t sign like in cricket. Each team to get 1 challenge per game. And if successful, another challenge

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  23. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Whats the latest on Haaland? Will he play midweek?

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    1. ball c
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Nothing confirmed.
      I’m thinking of selling as chasing.

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    2. OneTeamInBristol
      • 2 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Norway media reported he is fine for midweek. Wait for pressers

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

    palmer still on, nice

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  25. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Rosenior look like Alan Iverson dressed as a nerd for Halloween

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  26. tbos83
    • 5 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Why are arsenal time wasting?

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    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      So they dont lose

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    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      So they can stretch lead to 3 points

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  27. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Great. Chelsea shut up shop. This is where we need Alexis Sanchez type of player to do something

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  28. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    game over 1-1

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    1. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      or Chelsea score a second and win

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

    another clear pen?!??!

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  30. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 11 days ago

    Could be pen Raya on JP

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    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 11 days ago

      Cleared why have VAR

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