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Arsenal v Chelsea team news: Konsa + Tzolis start, no Mosquera

6 September 2026 533 comments
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Gameweek 3 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) comes to a conclusion this afternoon at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal v Chelsea gets underway at 16:30 BST.

TEAM NEWS

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta makes just one change from Gameweek 2.

Ezri Konsa comes in to replace Cristhian Mosquera, who isn’t in the matchday squad.

Christos Tzolis keeps his place in the starting XI ahead of Eberechi Eze, who is named on the bench with Bruno Guimaraes.

As for Chelsea, Xabi Alonso makes two alterations to the side that beat Brighton and Hove Albion.

Josh Acheampong and Reece James come into the team.

Levi Colwill and Malo Gusto drop to the bench.

Moises Caicedo is absent.

LINE-UPS

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

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

Chelsea XI: Martinez, Acheampong, Fofana, Lacroix, Neto, James, Lavia, Hato, Palmer, Rogers, J Pedro

Subs: Penders, Colwill, Gusto, Chavarria, Barco, Quenda, Gittens, Estevao, Welbeck

LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE + MATCH CENTRE

Everton v Man Utd team news:

You can follow all the day’s action via the Live Gameweek page, which you can find in the all-new FPL Toolkit section.

Here you can track 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.

And there’s also the all-new Match Centre to explore. Here, you’ll find stats, heatmaps, rolling xG graphs and more on every Premier League fixture.

A lot is free for all, with Chief Scout Members getting full access.

Enjoy!

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  1. Ignasi M
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Tzolis very good today, could have three assists

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    1. Utopsis
      1 month, 20 days ago

      The Tzolos overreaction was so farcical

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  2. Babit1967
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Cmon Ode, get another son.

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  3. F4L
    1 month, 20 days ago

    2 right backs in CM.....

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    1. JBG
      1 month, 20 days ago

      No more inverted FBs, just shove them in midfield from start.

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    2. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 20 days ago

      I bet something was smashed when that Camara deal fell through

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  4. TheBiffas
    1 month, 20 days ago

    My team is just a yellow card magnet so far this season

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    1. The Tinkerman
      1 month, 20 days ago

      6 for me this week only

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      1. TheBiffas
        1 month, 20 days ago

        Wow you've got me beat there

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  5. Three Pints of Schlager
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Neto can only run fast, no other skills.

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    1. Ignasi M
      1 month, 20 days ago

      Yeah, surprised he's still at chelski.

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  6. Three Pints of Schlager
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Almost a Martinez assist

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  7. F4L
    1 month, 20 days ago

    the lesser seen raya save point

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  8. JBG
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Gabriel doesn't even do defcons anymore, what a stinky 8m defender.

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    1. Jstap94
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 20 days ago

      He did only get defcon in like 30% of games last year I think. I believe he was fairly priced as long as he picks up CS basically every other match and has the odd 15 points when he scores, but Konsa has broken the Arsenal pricing massively

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  9. Ignasi M
    1 month, 20 days ago

    This game is a good example of why Saka isn't world class. I love him, but he just hasn't got enough unpredictability or innovation in his skill set to break free from his marker in these types of games.

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    1. JBG
      1 month, 20 days ago

      Pretry sure only Arsenal fans thought he was WC (which he never was).

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      1. Ignasi M
        1 month, 20 days ago

        I am an Arsenal fan (since 1995). I'm just very realistic.

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        1. JBG
          1 month, 20 days ago

          Well besides you ofc, considering I answered your post

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    2. Deulofail
      1 month, 20 days ago

      Let’s see how the season goes. He’s been struggling with a niggle for a long time but improving, and hopefully more rest time this season. ‘Unpredictable’ movements are more risky for the player but could come back into his game when he’s feeling more comfortable in his body

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  10. g40steve
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Cala off

    MLS off

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  11. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Cala subbed wtf.

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    1. The Tinkerman
      1 month, 20 days ago

      Champions league

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  12. Brosstan
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Such a sad GW when youre a bit happy Raya got a save point

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  13. Deulofail
    1 month, 20 days ago

    I desire a different outcome. Gabriel, White and Calafiori blanking, Pedro coming off my bench for O’Reilly, and Konsa, who could be the one to get defcon, locked on my bench

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  14. TheBiffas
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Konsa never a Defcon guy at Villa but is racking them up here, it's all so unpredictable

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  15. Brosstan
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Cala 2 points locked. Arsenal will concede again so its a good thing for owners

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  16. theshazly
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Sell Hume or Robertson for Konsa ?

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    1. TheBiffas
      1 month, 20 days ago

      Robertson's mins going forward probably looking worse of the 2

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    2. Utopsis
      1 month, 20 days ago

      Hume looks to have lost his place? So him

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  17. g40steve
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Emi save

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  18. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 20 days ago

    I’ve had Gabriel since gw1 and will keep awhile longer but seems way overpriced at the moment

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    1. Brosstan
      1 month, 20 days ago

      Hes in the opponent box for large parts of the game. Just hasnt materialised to G/A yet.

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      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 month, 20 days ago

        He’s being marked out of it though.

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        1. Brosstan
          1 month, 20 days ago

          Youre right, marking him is something no one did last season

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          1. FPL Blow-In
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            1 month, 20 days ago

            New rules on corners means Arsenal players can’t just block all the opposing teams defenders while not focusing on the ball though.

            Nice sarcasm however

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    2. Jstap94
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 20 days ago

      Yes I am in the same boat. But when he bangs one in from a corner (which he actually very easily could have done against Villa) then we might feel differently

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      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 month, 20 days ago

        Yeah but the odd goal without defcons for 8m is steep

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        1. Jstap94
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          1 month, 20 days ago

          I don't know if it is? He got defcon in 30% or so last year I believe. He has hit in 1/3 so far. There will be better 'value' defenders this year, but as always with the defenders picking who is going to get that lucky goal/set of clean sheets that provides their 'value' will be very difficult

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          1. Utopsis
            1 month, 20 days ago

            Gabby bullet header loading

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  19. F4L
    1 month, 20 days ago

    now you pull out the top tier save emi eh

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  20. Ignasi M
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Love the fact that Chelsea thought Martinez is an improvement on Sanchez. He's just as reckless although slightly better at corners.

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    1. Deulofail
      1 month, 20 days ago

      He’s way better. Just an arse

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      1. Ignasi M
        1 month, 20 days ago

        yeah, good point, but not that much better imo

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  21. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 20 days ago

    No way Sanchez would have saved that

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    1. TheBiffas
      1 month, 20 days ago

      Shot stopping was never really a problem for Sanchez though

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      1. Utopsis
        1 month, 20 days ago

        Exactly. Excellent shot stopper - positioning, decision making, anticipation, handling all suspect

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  22. Ignasi M
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Chelsea are absolutely horrendous out of possession.

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  23. Edalock
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Tzolis Mbeumo Maguire to Gakpo Rogers Mendy

    Or

    Tzolis Hume Maguire to Gakpo Konsa Mendy

    3FT

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    1. Ze_Austin
      1 month, 20 days ago

      Maguire Hume to Hall Konsa and roll

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  24. Tinmen
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Rogers or Gakpo as a pick folks?

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    1. Ignasi M
      1 month, 20 days ago

      both , ideally. I would lean towards Gakpo as Hull (vs Chelsea) will be difficult to beat

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      1. Jstap94
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 month, 20 days ago

        Im glad im not the only one that thinks this!

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  25. Ignasi M
    1 month, 20 days ago

    I thought Chelseas would give arsenal a game but apart from the first 10 minutes, they've barely done anything. Then again, they do have match winners, so I wouldn't be surprised if Palmers smacks in an equaliser from 40 yards

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    1. Gizzachance
      1 month, 20 days ago

      Same thoughts, fixtures better after this

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    2. Brosstan
      1 month, 20 days ago

      I predicted Chelsea's midfield to be too bad to cause much problems for Arsenal. Was correct tbh.. just the random early goal off an unnecessary FK and a loose ball

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      1. Ignasi M
        1 month, 20 days ago

        yeah, it was a lucky pot shot from Rogers

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  26. F4L
    1 month, 20 days ago

    neto takes corners over palmer?

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  27. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Bps
    Ødegaard (ARS) (45)
    Havertz (ARS) (38)
    Tzolis (ARS) (29)
    Martinez (CHE) (26)
    Rogers (CHE) (24)
    Rice (ARS) (22)
    Konsa (ARS) (14)
    Saka (ARS) (13)

    Def. Contributions
    Fofana (CHE) (16)
    Konsa (ARS) (8)
    Lacroix (CHE) (7)
    Hato (CHE) (6)
    Lavia (CHE) (6)
    White (ARS) (5)
    Gabriel (ARS) (4)
    Neto (CHE) (4)

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  28. Ignasi M
    1 month, 20 days ago

    The gulf in quality between Arsenal and Chelsea is way bigger than I thought.

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    1. Deulofail
      1 month, 20 days ago

      It’s smaller than I thought

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      1. Ignasi M
        1 month, 20 days ago

        Hmmm I don't know. Chelsea haven't been in this at all.

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  29. FPL Emu
    1 month, 20 days ago

    Is there any other team that so consistently takes their captain off early as Arsenal? Especially given Ødegaard is even a centre mid.

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    1. Deulofail
      1 month, 20 days ago

      Runs a lot

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    2. Utopsis
      1 month, 20 days ago

      He's knackered mate

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  30. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    1 month, 20 days ago

    I could really use a Tzolis goal here...

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    1. Utopsis
      1 month, 20 days ago

      His passing when he broke away a couple of times at the end there was very poor, could've easily got another return

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