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While it’s a quieter-than-usual Saturday of Premier League football, there’s plenty to interest Fantasy managers today.

New FPL darlings Brighton and Hove Albion are up later, while Liverpool and Brentford are both at home.

First up, though, is Arsenal v Bournemouth, which kicks off at 12:30 BST.

TEAM NEWS

The Gunners are still without Bukayo Saka and Jurrien Timber, while Riccardo Calafiori and Martin Odegaard are fresh casualties from midweek.

Eberechi Eze and Piero Hincapie are back from injury and among the substitutes, however.

There are three changes from Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League win over Sporting CP.

Myles Lewis-Skelly and Kai Havertz come in for Calafiori and Odegaard, while there’s also an alteration on the left wing as Gabriel Martinelli gets the nod over the benched Leandro Trossard.

Gabriel Magalhaes and Declan Rice, who recovered from minor issues to feature against Sporting, start as expected.

It’s been a long time since Bournemouth last played a competitive match. Over three weeks, in fact, when they salvaged a late draw against Manchester United.

Andoni Iraola makes just one change to the side he sent out then, with Eli Junior Kroupi coming in for Amine Adli.

That alteration will see Marcus Tavernier move to a wider role.

Tyler Adams is fit again and makes the visitors’ bench.

LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly, Rice, Zubimendi, Havertz, Martinelli, Madueke, Gyokeres.

Subs: Arrizabalaga, Mosquera, Hincapie, Jesus, Eze, Norgaard, Trossard, Dowman, Salmon.

Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Jimenez, Senesi, Hill, Truffert, Christie, Scott, Tavernier, Kroupi, Rayan, Evanilson.

Subs: Mandas, Adams, Brooks, Gannon-Doak, Smith, Diakite, Adli, Unal, Toth.

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:


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  1. The Knights Template
    • 12 Years
    3 days, 8 hours ago

    Favour de champdou

  2. Qaiss
    • 10 Years
    3 days, 8 hours ago

    That’s why Timber should have been rotated more with White earlier in the season, to prevent this

    1. #1 Salah Hater
      • 1 Year
      3 days, 7 hours ago

      Ben White had to get his fake tan and veneers perfectly topped up before he was willing to play tbf

      1. Count of Monte Hristo
        • 12 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        😆

    2. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      3 days, 7 hours ago

      White is okay for today. Just need Timber back for the Etihad game.

    3. Gubby-Allen
      • 4 Years
      3 days, 7 hours ago

      He plays players in too many unnecessary matches.

      That second leg last year after winning the first one 7-1 he still played first teamers.

      1. Qaiss
        • 10 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Doesn’t rotate enough sometimes I agree

        But I have no complaints otherwise

    4. Nightcrawler
      • 6 Years
      3 days, 7 hours ago

      Couldn't risk it in the league games. Ben white has become crap since his injury last season

      Timber shd have been rested in the UCL games though. UCL league games are a bit of a luxury

      1. Qaiss
        • 10 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        But it’s not FIFA where if a player hardly plays for 6 months, they can just slot back in and play the same way as before

        They should have been rotated more. Like the Everton home game 4 weeks ago where Timber got injured, there was no need for him to play that, especially as it was more of a White game

  3. Gubby-Allen
    • 4 Years
    3 days, 7 hours ago

    I am not with it at the moment.

    How does Bowen get 14 points?

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      3 days, 7 hours ago

      You don’t have access to FPL?

    2. #1 Salah Hater
      • 1 Year
      3 days, 7 hours ago

      Because he's good at football?

      Should've been 20+ as well

    3. Fitzy.
      • 14 Years
      3 days, 7 hours ago

      How many should he have?

      1. Gubby-Allen
        • 4 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        I made it 13

        2+1+9+1 bonus 13 or 15 of midfielder gets defon for 12

        1. Fitzy.
          • 14 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          What's the first +1 for? There's your issue.

          1. Gubby-Allen
            • 4 Years
            3 days, 7 hours ago

            Well done.

            Forgot he was a striker this season. I haven't owned him so completely forgot he moved. Odd as he plays a similar role to most midfielders.

            1. Fitzy.
              • 14 Years
              3 days, 7 hours ago

              Agree. And he picks up a heap of defcon points, which is very unstrikerish...

        2. GreennRed
          • 14 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          2 for defcon. 2 for playing more than 60 mins. 9 for assists. 1 bonus point.

          1. Gubby-Allen
            • 4 Years
            3 days, 7 hours ago

            Thanks, I included a clean sheet point.

    4. The-Red-1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 days, 7 hours ago

      I brought him in and was unimpressed for the first 40 mins or so.

      But then he grew into the game, should have had another assist when he put Traore through, and he also hit the post in a different move, so was inches away from a goal

  4. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    3 days, 7 hours ago

    “Do you prefer Ben or Benjamin?”
    “Benjamin”
    “Why?”
    “Because it’s my name”

  5. Bluetiger1
    • 3 Years
    3 days, 7 hours ago

    Predictions for remaining GW32 games

    Arsenal 3 v 1 Bournemouth
    Brentford 1 v 2 Everton
    Burnley 1 v 3 Brighton
    Liverpool 2 v 1 Fulham
    Crystal Palace 0 v 0 Newcastle United
    Nott'm Forest 1 v 1 Aston Villa
    Sunderland 2 v 2 Spurs
    Chelsea 1 v 3 Man City
    Manu United 4 v 1 Leeds United

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      3 days, 7 hours ago

      Way too many goals here, this isn't PL 2010s anymore.

      1. Bluetiger1
        • 3 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Fair shout

        Any thoughts for this week JBG

        1. JBG
          • 7 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          Arsenal 1 v 0 Bournemouth
          Brentford 0 v 1 Everton
          Burnley 1 v 1 Brighton
          Liverpool 1 v 1 Fulham
          Crystal Palace 0 v 0 Newcastle United
          Nott'm Forest 1 v 0 Aston Villa
          Sunderland 1 v 0 Spurs
          Chelsea 1 v 2 Man City
          Manu United 2 v 0 Leeds United

          1. Bluetiger1
            • 3 Years
            3 days, 7 hours ago

            Thanks JBG - nice selections scores

            I was hoping possible wait until GW36 to get
            the bigger scores

            Wishing you well in GW32 & GW33

    2. Gubby-Allen
      • 4 Years
      3 days, 7 hours ago

      Not sure Arsenal will win and if they do, not 3-1. I reckon Burnley will get point. Liverpool draw and Sunderland win, others spot on.

      1. Bluetiger1
        • 3 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        thanks GA

  6. Bleh
    • 9 Years
    3 days, 7 hours ago

    No Timber at all today. Thiaw off the bench it is.

  7. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 days, 7 hours ago

    Would love some red cards or injuries to the WC template players...

    1. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 days, 7 hours ago

      Just thinking similar
      Many on wildcard have gone into this gameweek with 3 Bournemouth players
      Possibly playing 1 or 2 in this game

  8. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 days, 7 hours ago

    Kroupi was the one

  9. Jigger & Pony
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 days, 7 hours ago

    Kroupi g

    1. Raoul Nogues
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Tell me it's a Truffert assist

        1. Raoul Nogues
            3 days, 7 hours ago

            It is !

      • JBG
        • 7 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Good thing Timber is out

      • fusen
        • 14 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        I feel so disconnected from my wildcard FPL team this week

        First time this season I'm just sort of wanting a gameweek to immediately be over. Then to get to the BB, then freehit, then use as many transfers as possible to get rid of all these mediocre players 😛

        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 13 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          I feel so disconnected in general. Just lost a double clean sheet and I feel absolutely nothing.

          1. fusen
            • 14 Years
            3 days, 7 hours ago

            Sort of expecting it from arsenal?

            1. Mr. O'Connell
              • 13 Years
              3 days, 7 hours ago

              Funny tbh. I haven't been able to pick an FPL player for weeks either. So I expect nothing these days.

        2. Bluetiger1
          • 3 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          100% agree

      • The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Next weeks bandwagon

      • Bluetiger1
        • 3 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        OMG Junior Kroupi - 1-0 Bournemouth

        Are Arsenal minds on second leg of UCL

      • Hughes Your Daddy
        • 13 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Lovely, come on the cherries

      • Count of Monte Hristo
        • 12 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Lol

        Gabriel keepers mudded

        1. fusen
          • 14 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          Waiting for his headed equaliser

        2. Naatie
          • 1 Year
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          Funny how you so clever in hindsight and yet be a A/B, rate my Team merchant at the same time

      • Evasivo
        • 15 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Wowwweee leakiieee

      • g40steve
        • 8 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Busted lush

      • fusen
        • 14 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Arsenal losing the clean sheet is great for wildcarders

        1. Count of Monte Hristo
          • 12 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          Sure is!

        2. JBG
          • 7 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          Exactly, losing the CS on the same player everyone else also has, Gabriel. Who WCers kept despite the next 2 GWs.

          1. fusen
            • 14 Years
            3 days, 7 hours ago

            Gabriel is one of the most attacking defenders in the league and arsenal rely on set pieces for goals.

            He could easily come out of this with a goal or a flicked on header assist.

            Losing the clean sheet is basically needed when you only own him though.

          2. g40steve
            • 8 Years
            3 days, 7 hours ago

            Plenty have 2 or 3 Ars defence

        3. Royal5
          • 14 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          Huh?

        4. Utopsis
          • 6 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          How you figure that? WCers and non-WCers all have Gabriel

          1. Brosstan
            • 11 Years
            3 days, 6 hours ago

            Arsenal def is more than 100% EO and WCers at most have Gabriel

      • Cojones of Destiny
        • 8 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Saliba great assist haha

      • JBG
        • 7 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Surely the new emblem for Arsenal should be a bottle, no?

        1. Bluetiger1
          • 3 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          Surely it cannot happen again !!!

          1. el polako
            • 8 Years
            3 days, 7 hours ago

            Surely?

        2. Royal5
          • 14 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          Been for years bro

        3. FantasyTony
          • 8 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          It's already a bottle resting on a wheel, no?

          1. FantasyTony
            • 8 Years
            3 days, 7 hours ago

            oh wait it's a cannon lol

      • TheBiffas
        • 5 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Get involved Tavernier

        1. fusen
          • 14 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          I've got him in but he's a stat monster who I have no faith will actually get FPL returns :/

      • Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Madueke and white are just atrocious defensively

        Need Saka and white back asap

        1. Ignasi M
          • 8 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          White hasn't played much football this season. Madueke is just dumb and Saka has been trash for the past two seasons.

      • CoracAld2831
        • 5 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Oh dear.

        Kroupi second on my bench and Gabriel CS busted

        On the other hand, i'd say he is a keep in 33.

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          Yeah will start both now quite likely 😎

          1. CoracAld2831
            • 5 Years
            3 days, 6 hours ago

            Tbf i had to bench him over Thiago and Bowen.

      • Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        A rayan return would be nice before he leaves my team !
        Poor transfer couple weeks ago

        1. JBG
          • 7 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          On my bench last 2 GWs

          1. Gizzachance
            • 11 Years
            3 days, 7 hours ago

            Same but needed him today due to stach injury

            Bench def players with tricky fixtures

        2. Bluetiger1
          • 3 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          not keeping him for DGW 33

          1. Gizzachance
            • 11 Years
            3 days, 6 hours ago

            On fh 33

      • Ignasi M
        • 8 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Here I am, back again, the guy who keeps predicting the Arsenal results correctly. I predicted Arsenal to lose 2-1 today and I was scoffed at. I know Arsenal inside out. It's possible they will equalise late in the second half, but it will be through Gabriel and the game will finish 1-1 if Arsenal get anything out of it. (I hope I'm wrong of course, but I rarely am).

        1. Ignasi M
          • 8 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          Arsenal's record of early afternoon kick offs is terrible, especially at home.

          1. JBG
            • 7 Years
            3 days, 7 hours ago

            Saw an Arsenal fan talking about how sure he was that they would win, because they play early kick off at home

            1. Ignasi M
              • 8 Years
              3 days, 6 hours ago

              That's just not historically accurate. Early kick offs have been our weakness for many years.

            2. Ignasi M
              • 8 Years
              3 days, 6 hours ago

              80% of Arsenal supporters are just utterly deluded. I'm the broken 20%.

          2. Ignasi M
            • 8 Years
            3 days, 7 hours ago

            Arsenal all over the place. They should be 3-1 down.

            1. Ignasi M
              • 8 Years
              3 days, 6 hours ago

              Again, results deceive. The Everton game is a good recent example. Everton should have been 4-0 up at half time, but somehow they weren't due to world class saves and poor finishing. Arsenal then somehow win it 2-0.

        2. Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          3 days, 6 hours ago

          You predict arsenal to lose every single game and they are top of the league...

      • GoonerGirl
        • 6 Years
        3 days, 7 hours ago

        Everytime I remove a player, they score. A hack for everyone, always keep/bring in the player I'm thinking of removing from my team.

        1. Raoul Nogues
            3 days, 6 hours ago

            With any other Bournemouth coach, Kroupi would play every game and he would probably be in everyonr's team, permanently

            1. GoonerGirl
              • 6 Years
              3 days, 6 hours ago

              Yeah it was a very last minute decision to be honest. Thought he was having injury problems too.

        2. g40steve
          • 8 Years
          3 days, 7 hours ago

          What %age have double & triple ARS defence?

          1. Scapegoat Salah
            • 9 Years
            3 days, 6 hours ago

            Not sure but with all these defcons from the Bournemouth attack it won’t make a difference!

        3. Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          3 days, 6 hours ago

          People still own Saka and Timber?

          1. JBG
            • 7 Years
            3 days, 6 hours ago

            You mean the Timber that got 8pts, than 13pts in 2 of his last 3 GWs? Yeah

            1. Scapegoat Salah
              • 9 Years
              3 days, 6 hours ago

              Exactly and now El Kroupi on for Timber so not complaining lol

              1. Bluetiger1
                • 3 Years
                3 days, 6 hours ago

                lol

        4. Jordan.
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          3 days, 6 hours ago

          over to the ipl here ,bollocks to arsenal

        5. ViperStripes
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          3 days, 6 hours ago

          FFS, went with Raya for 1st time this season on WC, thought he would do better over 32,33 than either of Verbruggen or Darlow

          1. Bluetiger1
            • 3 Years
            3 days, 6 hours ago

            Interesting .....

            Verbruggen
            GW32 Bur (A)
            GW33 Tot (A) / Che (H)

            Darlow
            GW32 Man U (A)
            GW33 Wol (H) / Bou (A)