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Arsenal v Coventry team news: No Bruno G, Rice + Saka start

21 August 2026 882 comments
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It’s finally here.

Champions Arsenal get the 2026/27 Premier League season underway against new boys Coventry City.

Kick-off is at 20:00 BST.

TEAM NEWS

William Saliba and Jurrien Timber remain out for Arsenal.

Bruno Guimaraes is also on the sidelines. He came off injured at half-time in Sunday’s Community Shield.

Declan Rice subsequently starts in central midfield, while Bukayo Saka, late back from World Cup duty, also comes into the starting XI.

They replace Guimaraes and the benched Noni Madueke, in Arsenal’s only two alterations from last weekend’s win over Manchester City.

Kai Havertz is again preferred to Viktor Gyokeres up top.

New arrival Christos Tzolis, owned by 25.0% of FPL squads, starts off the left.

As for Coventry City, they include five new players in their starting lineup: Carl Rushworth, who was on loan last season, along with Aurele Amenda, Frank Onyeka, Caleb Yirenkyi and Loum Tchaouna.

Fellow new arrivals Gustavo Hamer and Taiwo Awoniyi are both on the bench.

Ellis Simms spearheads the Coventry attack.

LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Raya, White, Mosquera, Gabriel, Calafiori, Odegaard, Rice, Lewis-Skelly, Saka, Tzolis, Havertz

Subs: Kepa, Hincapie, Eze, Gyokeres, Madueke, Nwaneri, Merino, Zubimendi, Dowman

Coventry City XI: Rushworth, van Ewijk, Thomas, Amenda, Dasilva, Onyeka, Yirenkyi, Grimes, Tchaouna, Thomas-Asante, Simms

Subs: Wilson, Rudoni, Sakamoto, Awoniyi, Kitching, Latibeaudiere, Eccles, Torp, Hamer

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  1. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 days, 20 hours ago

    Do you think 'progress' for every player is meant to be 0% on the new price change predictor? https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/price-changes
    Like Porro has already had 40k sales or so and so I would have thought it should show a negative percentage here

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    1. DeSelby
      • 4 Years
      2 days, 19 hours ago

      Seems like its banjaxed to me.

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  2. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 days, 20 hours ago

    Hi, where do we see the new price change predictor?

    Thought it was meant to be live but can't see it anywhere?

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    1. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 days, 18 hours ago

      Tab at top of the site
      It ai t working it seems we were never leaving FPL live anyway

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  3. sirmorbach
    • 10 Years
    2 days, 19 hours ago

    Mbeumo not on the Guardian's predicted lineup. Have I made a mistake?

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    1. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 days, 18 hours ago

      From memory Guardian predicted line ups are often wrong

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      1. Zoostation
        • 12 Years
        2 days, 18 hours ago

        I thought I remembered them being some of the more accurate, could be wrong though.

        Regardless a bit troubling but cannot understand how he would start on the bench

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  4. George Sillett
    • 10 Years
    2 days, 19 hours ago

    It's worth coming on here just to see the " I was on triple Arsenal " comments ( conveniently forgetting to mention that it was one of over a hundred different drafts )

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    1. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 days, 19 hours ago

      I was on a triple Arsenal
      … still am 🙂

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    2. Angus Macdonald
      2 days, 18 hours ago

      5 arsenal locked in before the community shield raya/gabriel/ode/bruno/konsa

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      1. G-Whizz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 9 Years
        2 days, 18 hours ago

        Congratulations on buying an injured Bruno G and an overpriced Gabriel, well played...

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  5. Kiwivillan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 days, 19 hours ago

    I needed 6m mid to fit everyone else in and took punt on Ngumoha. Will he start or was this silly punt? I'm planning on BB GW2

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    1. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 days, 18 hours ago

      Probably ok for 60 or 70 in both less likely in 2 maybe who knows. If he does well Sunday …

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  6. Ask Yourself
    • 10 Years
    2 days, 19 hours ago

    Is it still worth bench boosting triple Coventry ? Yirenkyi seemed to get proper hooked after a pretty poor game, not sure he even starts the next

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  7. Kiwivillan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 days, 19 hours ago

    Oh yay on bench no BB but 4m Thomas only one to get defcon today is nice

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  8. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 days, 19 hours ago

    Watching the game now the planed transfer of Tzolis may not happen or need to happen.

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  9. New article...
    G-Whizz
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    • 9 Years
    2 days, 18 hours ago

    https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2026/08/22/fpl-notes-bruno-g-injury-latest-tzolis-sharp-odegaard-rhythm

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