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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. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    whoa. Raya...that should be 4-1 bournemouth.

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 6 days ago

      if youre going to troll at least be subtle about it

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

        I'm not....I'm counting the good chances. So, Raya kicked the ball to the cherries striker right in front of goal and fortunately it bounces off him. Massive let off. I've counted four good chances for Bournemouth to Arsenal's one.

        1. Nightcrawler
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 6 days ago

          interesting considering arsenlal have 6 shots to bournemouths 3

          1. thegaffer82
            • 14 Years
            3 months, 6 days ago

            Only 1 SOT for Arsenal though - being the penalty

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

              exactly. thank you.

            2. Nightcrawler
              • 7 Years
              3 months, 6 days ago

              both have have 2 shots on target with the havertz chance the easiest in the match.

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

            yeah but only one up until now was a proper chance. Bournemouth have had four very good chances where they should have scored from.

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

    Argh. MLS is just way out of his depth. What was he doing?

  3. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Crazy. Bournemouth dominating the second half so far.

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

      what to passive and casual. MLS overconfident earlier. Reminds me of latter Wenger years.

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

        *way too passive

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 6 days ago

      Turn this on blind and tell me which team has 28 more points than the other

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

        Exactly. Bournemouth continue to dominate. We need someone to score from a corner or own goal.

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

        can you imagine how bad we'd be if we didn't have Rice?

  4. Egg Fried Reus 69
    • 8 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Anyone have a strategy if they’ve used their free hit already?
    plan is to play a wildcard with only 4 players playing in the double gameweek, then bench them all the week after.

    Any tips boys?

    1. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 6 days ago

      Maybe go with 5 and then sell one and bench 4 the following week

    2. z13
      • 1 Year
      3 months, 6 days ago

      If you've used your free hit you should aim for as many doublers this week and then wildcard into 34, I guess?
      So if your pre-WC team has 7 doublers, try to get to 9 or 10 and then WC them all out next week.
      WC'ing now would feel like suicide

      1. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        3 months, 6 days ago

        Doubtful he’s got 7 I would think. I would have had 3 and an injured Rodon had I not used my WC

  5. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Am I on IgnasiM.blog.uk.co or FFS?

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

      sorry, i'll stop now. forgive me. It's just so crap from Arsenal.

  6. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Mitoma benched

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

      Seen him in a few w/c teams !

    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 6 days ago

      Was considering him as a massive punt based on how good he’s been in previous seasons.
      Really glad I swerved it now

  7. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Tavernier or Rayan looked like doing anything?

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 6 days ago

      Nope

    2. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      3 months, 6 days ago

      Nope

    3. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      3 months, 6 days ago

      Rayan off, been a poor pick since his good start

  8. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Arsenal offside goal. Looked like he must be a mile offside, but was actually close

  9. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Arsenal not good enough for Senesi / Hill defcons, on just 10 between them atm

    1. Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 months, 6 days ago

      Arsenal should be throwing the kitchen sink at this so there will be opportunities

  10. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Rayan 2 pointer now subbed off
    No goals or assists in his last 6 games

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 months, 6 days ago

      Yeah

      I punted early after the West Ham performance

      Gave up

      1. keefy59
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 6 days ago

        I'm gloating I don't own him

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 6 days ago

      Morgan Rogers vibes. Unfortunately I own both.

  11. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Eze on 1 DC every 5 mins

  12. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Game over. I'm correct again. Arsenal 1 -2 Cherries. 15 minutes to go.

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

      Congrats City.

  13. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Title race back on

    Better for the game!

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

      There is no title race. City have won.

      1. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        3 months, 6 days ago

        If City beat Arsenal next week, then I can’t see anyone but City winning the league. But too early to say it’s over this week…

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

          City will batter Arsenal next week. Rodri will dominate and show what Arsenal are missing (aggression). Cherries almost scored again but for a last ditch tackle. Should be 6-2 up now.

          1. thegaffer82
            • 14 Years
            3 months, 6 days ago

            I’m watching. Defo Bournemouth been the better team by far - but 6-2 is crazy talk

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

              It's just how I've counted the chances. I've counted them to have 6 chances where they should have scored compared to Arsenal's. that's all.

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

                and the cherries have scored two out of their 6 chances, is what I mean also.

  14. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    YESS!! Lets goooo bournemouth

  15. Nightcrawler
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    deserved goal from bournemouth

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

      yeah, they've dominated from the get go. More energy, more big chances. Lethargic from arsenal who never wake up from early kick offs.

  16. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Bournemouth cracking football for that goal

  17. Nightcrawler
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    really dont want to see MLS and white again this season

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

      Yup.

  18. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Lovely, come on cherries!

  19. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    As a United fan, I’d rather Arsenal won the league, but they are going to throw it away aren’t they 🙁

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

      Yes.

    2. Goro Majima
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 6 days ago

      Yep, looks like they're going to let us down!

  20. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Gabriel owners winning again!

  21. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Scott defcon too

  22. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Arsenal collapse this season would be incredible

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

      yeah, and they'll be scarred as the biggest bottlers of all time. Very difficult to get rid of once you've been tarred with that stick.

  23. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    An idea for Arteta… why don’t you try to set your team up to win games? And why don’t you try to get them to push forward BEFORE you are losing the game?
    Just an idea…

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

      I think Arteta did to be fair, with Havertz as the 10. It's just not Havertz's best position. We needed more of a presser and a knitter for today's game, like Odegaard or even Eze in that role. So we've lacked any fluency or passage of passing/triangles in midfield today. Also, no energy and total lethargy which always happens with Arsenal at home with early kick offs. Weirdly they're better away from home when it comes to early kin koffs.

  24. Jet5605
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Guessing Kroupi and Scott weren't in too many WCs. Saw Scott mentioned a couple of times but didn't make the template from what I saw

    1. Ady87
      • 12 Years
      3 months, 6 days ago

      Yeah I went Tav instead due to consensus, I wouldn’t have played Scott this week anyway so not overly worried.

  25. Raoul Nogues
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Yellow card for anyone close to a bonus

  26. Mr. O'Connell
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    7 from 3 any good?

    1. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 6 days ago

      Perfection

  27. Nightcrawler
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    i dont think arteta should survive if arsnela fail to win the league ( dont think ucl is a serious possibility)

    only way fans can buy into this brand of football is if u win the league or ucl. at least the last couple of title races the football was entertaining

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

      oh yeah, he'll be sacked. But Arsenal stand more of a chance winning the champions league with their style of play, so I fancy them to win the champs league rather than the EPL.

  28. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Hill defcon

  29. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Need a Gabriel goal here

    1. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 6 days ago

      I’d gladly take that

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

      He's the only one with a goal threat

  30. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 months, 6 days ago

    Bournemouth looking good for the dgw
    Newcastle away & Leeds at home

    1. Jet5605
      • 11 Years
      3 months, 6 days ago

      Especially if Bruno G is out for NEW

    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 6 days ago

      Kind of wish I’d gone for 3 Bournemouth instead of 2. But still a nice differential over non WCers