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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
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    Great header Hincapie, idiot

  2. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

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

  3. Chalobah's Witness
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

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

    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

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

  4. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    Excellent goal as just Gab owner

    1. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      Yep now I need a rice winner

    2. JohnnyB10
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 14 hours 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

  5. fantasist
    • 15 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    OG scores against Arsenal this time

    1. FantasyTony
      • 8 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      OG OG

  6. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    F this game
    F the Arsenal defence
    Just F off

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

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

    2. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

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

      Best part of fpl

  7. Lanley Staurel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

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

    1. DARE TO BISCAN
      • 7 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

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

    2. tbos83
      • 5 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      Yup.. chokers to a man

  8. Woy_is_back
    • 8 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    game over asrsenal

  9. DARE TO BISCAN
    • 7 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    Hincapie hiccupie

  10. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

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

    1. FantasyTony
      • 8 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

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

      1. Ignasi M
        • 8 Years
        20 days, 14 hours ago

        no wonder.

  11. SINGH
    • 7 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

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

  12. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    Don't know what Timber is for anymore

    1. el polako
      • 8 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      Building things.

    2. Free Hat
      • 7 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      Weekly dosis of self conflicting pain

    3. Jet5605
      • 11 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      I'm tempted to bench him for Gudmundson

    4. Manani
      • 14 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      For looking dangerous

  13. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    Cue arsenal collapse. Congrats Man City

  14. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

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

  15. JBG
    • 7 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    Arsenal even scoring corners against themselves

  16. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    Haaland (c) Bruno (vc)

    Saliba + Gabriel owner

    Pinching myself 😀

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      You spelt ‘punching’ wrong 😉

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        20 days, 14 hours ago

        Okay, that's the explanation xD

      2. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        20 days, 14 hours ago

        😛

      3. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        20 days, 14 hours ago

        He meant "crinching" though.

    2. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      CS is gone. Why?

      1. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        20 days, 14 hours ago

        Saliba G Gab A

    3. tbos83
      • 5 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      Same as everyone else then

    4. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      I checked your rank out of curiosity lmao

      1. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        20 days, 14 hours ago

        Late charge is on

        1. TheBiffas
          • 5 Years
          20 days, 14 hours ago

          Best of luck

  17. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

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

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      Good differential

  18. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

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

  19. Dynamic Duos
    • 12 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    Who is the original gangster?

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • 9 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      Al Capone?

    2. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      Neil Warnock

    3. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      Jesse James

    4. OneTeamInBristol
      • 2 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      Putin?

    5. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      The devil.

    6. SpaceCadet
      • 12 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      Tommy boy

    7. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      Ice-T

  20. Manani
    • 14 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    Rogers a easy sell right?

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      If you are settled for GW3

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        20 days, 14 hours ago

        GW31*

    2. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

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

      1. ball c
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        20 days, 14 hours ago

        Is Wilson injured?

        1. Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          20 days, 14 hours ago

          Maybe

      2. Manani
        • 14 Years
        20 days, 14 hours ago

        i already got both wilson and wirtz lol

    3. OneTeamInBristol
      • 2 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      100%

    4. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      Wilson owner, I’d wait

    5. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      Oh yes horrible form

  21. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

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

    1. OneTeamInBristol
      • 2 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      Agreed (non owner)

  22. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    20 days, 14 hours 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

    1. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      20 days, 14 hours 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.

      1. jacob1989
        • 4 Years
        20 days, 14 hours 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

  23. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    Whats the latest on Haaland? Will he play midweek?

    1. ball c
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

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

    2. OneTeamInBristol
      • 2 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

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

  24. F4L
    • 11 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    palmer still on, nice

  25. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    Rosenior look like Alan Iverson dressed as a nerd for Halloween

  26. tbos83
    • 5 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    Why are arsenal time wasting?

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      So they dont lose

    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      So they can stretch lead to 3 points

  27. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

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

  28. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    game over 1-1

    1. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      or Chelsea score a second and win

  29. F4L
    • 11 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    another clear pen?!??!

  30. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    20 days, 14 hours ago

    Could be pen Raya on JP

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      20 days, 14 hours ago

      Cleared why have VAR