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Arsenal v Fulham team news: Eze + Saka start, Odegaard out

2 May 2026 158 comments
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Attention switches to the Premier League title race in the evening kick-off, as Arsenal attempt to go six points clear of Manchester City.

Fulham provide the Gunners’ opposition in the 5.30pm BST match.

TEAM NEWS

Mikel Arteta has made five changes from the midweek draw in Madrid.

The fit-again Bukayo Saka and Eberechi Eze return to the starting XI this evening, while Leandro Trossard is also brought back in.

Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli have to make do with substitute duty but Martin Odegaard is absent entirely. Arteta had raised doubts about the Norwegian’s availability on Friday.

Riccardo Calafiori replaces Piero Hincapie at left-back, too.

In a slightly surprising call, Myles Lewis-Skelly comes into midfield as Martin Zubimendi drops to the bench.

As for Fulham, Marco Silva makes two changes to his side. Both are enforced.

Harrison Reed and Antonee Robinson come into the line-up, with Sander Berge and Ryan Sessegnon unavailable through illness and injury.

LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Rice, Lewis-Skelly, Eze, Trossard, Saka, Gyokeres

Subs: Arrizabalaga, Mosquera, Hincapie, Jesus, Martinelli, Norgaard, Madueke, Zubimendi, Dowman.

Fulham XI: Leno, Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Reed, Lukic, Smith Rowe, Wilson, Chukwueze, Jimenez.

Subs: Lecomte, Tete, Muniz, Cairney, Bobb, Cuenca, Kusi-Asare, King, Diop.

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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. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 hours, 34 mins ago

    So Arsenal can play nice attacking football after all 😉

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    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      1 hour, 52 mins ago

      Yep, when their best attacker is fit

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    2. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 hour, 51 mins ago

      Saka is back. That's the difference. And now they have to because of goal difference is prolly going decide the winner.

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    3. el polako
      • 8 Years
      1 hour, 50 mins ago

      When opposing team is on the beach.

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      1. JoeSoap
        • 12 Years
        1 hour, 38 mins ago

        Still had a chance of European football

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        1. Utopsis
          • 6 Years
          4 mins ago

          So did Sunderland - they prefer the beach

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  2. -GK22-
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 hours, 33 mins ago

    Saka! WC gamble win got once

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    1. Radulfo28773
      • 4 Years
      2 hours, 15 mins ago

      I wanted to get Gyokeres for Welbeck with my only FT but was 0.1m short. Got Eze for Mitoma instead. 🙁

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  3. Milk, 1 Šuker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 hours, 32 mins ago

    I’m just wondering if it’s worth saving my TC chip for an Arsenal player (maybe Saka) for a potential bloodbath against Burnley. Was going to play it next GW on Haaland but having second thoughts now. Saka has been excellent this first half.

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  4. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    2 hours, 32 mins ago

    Dang it should have capped Saka

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    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      2 hours, 30 mins ago

      Owning is differential enough, well played (again!) 🙂

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      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        2 hours, 29 mins ago

        Seemed obvious for Palmer this week, think most did it

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        1. Raoul Nogues
            2 hours, 26 mins ago

            Did you watch him play on Wednesday ?

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          • Utopsis
            • 6 Years
            2 hours, 26 mins ago

            Only obvious in hindsight, most went Eze. 7.5% ownership.

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          • snow pea in repose
            • 5 Years
            2 hours, 25 mins ago

            I think most who had Palmer thought of it (myself included) but didn't do it

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    2. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      2 hours, 29 mins ago

      Leno at it again. Match fixing?

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    3. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 13 Years
      2 hours, 29 mins ago

      Feed the Gyok and he will score.

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    4. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 hours, 28 mins ago

      Gyokeres playing well, but I stil don't trust him. Palmer to Saka still on.

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    5. DBry
        2 hours, 28 mins ago

        gyok or Saka as the third Ars player?

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        1. Moon Dog
            2 hours, 22 mins ago

            Saka

            I'm not 100% sure Gyokores is in Arteta's first choice XI when Havertz is fit.

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        2. dansmusen
          • 8 Years
          2 hours, 28 mins ago

          Had Saka on my WC but was too afraid to go against the template so changed to Bruno last minute

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          1. Milk, 1 Šuker
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            1 hour, 46 mins ago

            Be braver

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        3. Qaiss
          • 10 Years
          2 hours, 27 mins ago

          What’s the excuse this time?

          A) Fulham not trying?
          B) Arteta distracted the Fulham players?
          C) Arteta bribed the Fulham players?

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          1. Nightcrawler
            • 6 Years
            2 hours, 26 mins ago

            no zubimendi odegaard or martinelli

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            1. Qaiss
              • 10 Years
              2 hours, 25 mins ago

              Zubimendi is the only one who’s good from that lot

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          2. mixology
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            2 hours, 24 mins ago

            D) Title Race is over and Arsenal are content finishing 2nd

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        4. Babit1967
          • 10 Years
          2 hours, 26 mins ago

          Ffs is Eze ever going to get involved

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        5. Hughes Your Daddy
          • 13 Years
          2 hours, 26 mins ago

          Don't believe this - Fulham players got their flip flops on and thinking of summer holidays already. No fight.

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          1. Nightcrawler
            • 6 Years
            2 hours, 24 mins ago

            dont worry arsenal will win the league title at selhurst

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            1. Hughes Your Daddy
              • 13 Years
              2 hours, 23 mins ago

              Don't even joke about that. Every Palace fans worse nightmare.

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          2. Qaiss
            • 10 Years
            2 hours, 19 mins ago

            That’s just not a fair comment to make

            Man City will play Brentford, Palace and Villa at home

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            1. Qaiss
              • 10 Years
              2 hours, 18 mins ago

              Well maybe not Brentford but the other 2

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        6. lilmessipran
          • 13 Years
          2 hours, 25 mins ago

          Come on Rice get cookin mate

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          1. Monklane
            • 16 Years
            2 hours, 22 mins ago

            I see what you did there.

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          2. tutankamun
            • 16 Years
            2 hours, 22 mins ago

            9 DEFCONs

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          3. Count of Monte Hristo
            • 13 Years
            2 hours, 16 mins ago

            2 minutes in the microwave, stir then heat for a further 1 minute.

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        7. Utopsis
          • 6 Years
          2 hours, 22 mins ago

          All of Arsenal's remaining games of the season are in London. Lack of travel might be good for minutes, incl someone like Saka.

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          1. Hughes Your Daddy
            • 13 Years
            2 hours, 20 mins ago

            Yep, sadly I think we will rest our players last game of the season v them (if we in the confluence league final)

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        8. el polako
          • 8 Years
          2 hours, 21 mins ago

          City will drop points against Everton and Bournemouth.
          Arsenal will actually win it.
          They’ve been waiting long enough, maybe once the pressure is off and wait is over they will start playing interesting football next season.

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          1. Qaiss
            • 10 Years
            2 hours, 17 mins ago

            Don’t think they drop points against either tbh but really hope so

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        9. tutankamun
          • 16 Years
          2 hours, 21 mins ago

          This just means Haaland needs to score 4 on Monday

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        10. Il Capitano
          • 5 Years
          2 hours, 20 mins ago

          Figures something like this happens after I lock in Eze as my 3rd Arsenal on WC

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        11. Tic Tacs
          • 6 Years
          2 hours, 19 mins ago

          Thursday had Gyokeres cap and Mukiele starting instead of Wilson, over thinking took over. Need to just lock in early in the week next season, cost me around 150 points.

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          1. Count of Monte Hristo
            • 13 Years
            2 hours, 15 mins ago

            Good tictacs

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          2. Bigbars
            • 15 Years
            2 hours, 9 mins ago

            We all have Captain hindsight moments.
            If I had run and not ate all the pies when I was younger I could have been better than Thierry Henry

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            1. Tic Tacs
              • 6 Years
              2 hours, 3 mins ago

              Genuine insight, just need to back my instincts

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              1. Bigbars
                • 15 Years
                1 hour, 41 mins ago

                This game is more luck than anything... I've come to embrace that. I get burnt, I get jammy points. Sometimes you can hope the stats point in your favour, but you're never certain, or else we'd be CC's or sports betting on CS or goals.. for example, all week, I was planning on James Justin, and DCL double up, one would have returned, the other not. I convinced myself otherwise in the week. Sometimes your instincts pay off, and sometimes they dont. So many results this season have not followed the script... example being Thaigo scoring as he has.. even tho I have him, not many would have predicted this many, or City's defence being woeful for much of the first half of the season... I comment as much as the next person, but I also know how much luck plays a part. Who would have known Chelsea or Spurs would be so bad... stats would not have leant to that prophecy.

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                1. Tic Tacs
                  • 6 Years
                  1 hour, 13 mins ago

                  Oh yeah totally agree it’s so heavily luck based but I’m thinking about the amount of noise and narratives that happen during an FPL week and a lot of content has lead to me overthinking and making poor decisions. It’s also worse mentally when that happens, so backing initial instincts in a particular week is my key takeaway. Agree that a lot happens that doesn’t make logical sense but that’s basically how football goes sometimes.

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          3. Utopsis
            • 6 Years
            41 mins ago

            When you back your instincts, all the changes you wanted to make will haul.

            It is what it is with FPL

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            1. Tic Tacs
              • 6 Years
              27 mins ago

              Yeah I get that FPL does often feel like the one thing you do is the opposite of the outcome, but it’s worth a try.

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              1. Bigbars
                • 15 Years
                just now

                All good fun tho, most of us will rarely reach the dizzy heights of winning this.. but we play, for that one moment, that one fleeting moment... when it all falls together for that perfect week... and a TC, a DGW, a TGW or a punt pays off big time

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        12. g40steve
          • 8 Years
          2 hours, 14 mins ago

          Saka subbed

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          1. g40steve
            • 8 Years
            2 hours, 13 mins ago

            Madueke on

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        13. Raoul Nogues
            2 hours, 13 mins ago

            Salaire off

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            1. Raoul Nogues
                2 hours, 13 mins ago

                (Saka)

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            2. tutankamun
              • 16 Years
              2 hours, 13 mins ago

              Sak off

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            3. Count of Monte Hristo
              • 13 Years
              2 hours, 13 mins ago

              Millwall or Southampton to win the Playoff Final?

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              1. Old Man
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                1 hour, 10 mins ago

                Hopefully Southampton - anyone but Millwall.

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            4. Letsgo!
              • 9 Years
              2 hours, 11 mins ago

              Why saka off????

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              1. Bobby Digital
                • 8 Years
                2 hours, 10 mins ago

                Rested for UCL

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                1. Letsgo!
                  • 9 Years
                  2 hours, 9 mins ago

                  Too fast to be sub off though. Hmm
                  Hes my capt of course damn

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            5. Davemc23
              • 14 Years
              2 hours, 11 mins ago

              Anyone else bring in Gyokeres on wildcard? Feeling pretty smug now!

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              1. Radulfo28773
                • 4 Years
                1 hour, 12 mins ago

                I was going to bring him with my only ft but was 0.1 short. Got Eze instead 🙁

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              2. Tic Tacs
                • 6 Years
                1 hour, 5 mins ago

                Brought in on FT so happy with that, but took captaincy off him yesterday so slightly annoying

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            6. JBG
              • 7 Years
              2 hours, 7 mins ago

              Saka owners in the mud, only the goal and assist for them, shame

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            7. keefy59
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              2 hours, 4 mins ago

              Rice hasn't got his defcon 2 points in his last 6 games
              But he's currently on 10 so should get them today .

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            8. tutankamun
              • 16 Years
              1 hour, 56 mins ago

              Rice DEFCON

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              1. keefy59
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 7 Years
                1 hour, 14 mins ago

                Andersen on 9
                Scrapping some points from a bad situation

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            9. tutankamun
              • 16 Years
              1 hour, 54 mins ago

              Gyok off

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              1. Moon Dog
                  1 hour, 13 mins ago

                  Wilson off too

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              2. tutankamun
                • 16 Years
                1 hour, 53 mins ago

                Rice CS banked

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              3. tutankamun
                • 16 Years
                1 hour, 48 mins ago

                So have Arsenal given up on the goal difference now?

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                1. Revival
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  1 hour, 8 mins ago

                  keeping the clean sheet is still good for goal difference

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                  1. tutankamun
                    • 16 Years
                    1 hour, 8 mins ago

                    Meh

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                2. Moon Dog
                    1 hour, 7 mins ago

                    With a Champion's League semi final on Tuesday, surely you can forgive them for leaving a little in tank.

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                    1. tutankamun
                      • 16 Years
                      1 hour, 2 mins ago

                      I suppose, but City could take advantage of that.

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