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Saturday’s Premier League football is not over yet, as we’ve still got one more match to come.

It’s Sunderland v Arsenal, which kicks off at 20:00 BST.

TEAM NEWS

The team news is about as straightforward as it comes, with both clubs unchanged from last weekend.

Kai Havertz, Christos Tzolis, Myles Lewis-Skelly and Riccardo Calafiori had dropped to the bench for Wednesday’s win at Napoli but all four are reinstated tonight.

Midweek starters Victor Gyokeres, Eberechi Eze, Mikel Merino and Piero Hincapie are back among the substitutes, then.

Jurrien Timber joins them on the visitors’ bench after recovering from injury.

Cristhian Mosquera hasn’t recovered in time, however.

LINE-UPS

Sunderland XI: Roefs, Mukiele, Danso, Ballard, Reinildo, Meunier, Sadiki, Xhaka, Le Fee, Angulo, Brobbey.

Subs: Ellborg, Methalie, Talbi, Rigg, O’Nien, Alderete, Isidor, Hume, Fofana.

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

Subs: Kepa, Hincapie, Eze, Timber, Gyokeres, Madueke, Merino, Zubimendi, Guimaraes.


LIVE GAMEWEEK 4 PAGE + MATCH CENTRE

Sunderland Arsenal

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. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 17 days ago

    PHEW

    Get your crap together Arsenal!

  2. Ignasi M
    1 month, 17 days ago

    well. That's just saved arsenal the game. Seaman like.

  3. BeaversWithAttitude
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Yes, RAYA!

  4. #1 Arne Engels Fan
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Justice served. Ridiculous decision from the ref

    1. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Ridiculous defending from Arsenal

    2. Zalk
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Every english referee is a disgrace...having to watch them every week is nauseating

    3. jacob1989
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Never a penalty but i ll take the raya penalty save!

    4. PartyTime
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Clear pen

  5. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Omg if Arsenal keep this clean sheet then itll be monumental with triple Def with Raya

  6. Ignasi M
    1 month, 17 days ago

    argh all over the place. Ballard almost scores

  7. Utopsis
    1 month, 17 days ago

    WHAT

    A

    SAVE!

  8. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Delighted as a Gabriel and Cal owner but jammy Raya points hurt

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 17 days ago

      We can't control the outcome.

  9. Bobby Digital
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Phew.. double Arsenal def almost busted

  10. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 17 days ago

    AndyLTFPL with Raya, Konsa and Califiori - huge save!

    1. The Knights Template
      1 month, 17 days ago

      FPL_Gout with Schade, if that helps?

    2. Warby84
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Anyone care

    3. Brosstan
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Who cares...

    4. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Me too

      Raya on 14

  11. Zalk
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Raya owners, hands up!

  12. Ignasi M
    1 month, 17 days ago

    BRUNOOOOOOOOO

  13. jacob1989
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Wow . Glas

  14. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 17 days ago

    White FPL season is over until Timber gets hurt again.

    Time to toss White into the TRASH.

  15. Ignasi M
    1 month, 17 days ago

    0-1, BRUNO MANDEM

  16. romperstomper
    1 month, 17 days ago

    bruno goal, rice a

  17. HadiSLIM
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 17 days ago

    im at a triple xd

  18. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 17 days ago

    What a goal

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Arteta straight to Raya

  19. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Bruno G....What a goal!

    1. g40steve
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Pick that out

  20. Ignasi M
    1 month, 17 days ago

    WHAT A STRIKE. Calafiori though....stretching the defence. Rice assist.

    1. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Special players decide games. Arsenal now have another that can produce moments.

      What a player.

  21. Nightcrawler
    1 month, 17 days ago

    justice.

    terrible call from ref. trying too hard to go against the silly narrative

    1. Zalk
      1 month, 17 days ago

      VAR should have cleared it

  22. jacob1989
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Wow. Went with raya on WC ahead of popular konsa! Paid off!

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Cool kids have both

  23. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Trippel ARS defence including Raya! We love it!!!!

    1. jacob1989
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Only double with odegaard but have raya!

  24. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    1 month, 17 days ago

    That’s it now

    #KeepHumeOnDatBench
    #TrendingOnTwitterAsWeSpeak

  25. Ignasi M
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Arsenal needed a moment of individuality.

  26. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Arsenal's strength in depth is unreal this season

  27. Ignasi M
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Sunderland fighting back. Very, very aggressive.

    1. Zalk
      1 month, 17 days ago

      They're fighting alright, not much playing football

  28. Ignasi M
    1 month, 17 days ago

    I swear Calafiori is Arsenal's most dangerous attacking player

  29. Brosstan
    1 month, 17 days ago

    Imagine not owning Raya the most obvious set and forget in the game

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Literally everyone has him

      1. Ignasi M
        1 month, 17 days ago

        FML

      2. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 month, 17 days ago

        I don’t think you understand the meaning of the word literally

        1. Utopsis
          1 month, 17 days ago

          Hahaha this

        2. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
          1 month, 17 days ago

          Missed out “serious”

          1. FPL Blow-In
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            1 month, 17 days ago

            Thank you for the additional context. My original comment still stands.

      3. The Philosopher
        1 month, 17 days ago

        Since when is 39% = everyone?

        1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
          1 month, 17 days ago

          Probably not a million miles out that being the % of managers active lol

    2. Riverside Red
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Oh dear bating responses again

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        1 month, 17 days ago

        😉

      2. Brosstan
        1 month, 17 days ago

        Wheres the bait? 100% truth. Lol at 4.5 gk rotations

      3. Utopsis
        1 month, 17 days ago

        It'll be back to "season over" before too long

  30. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 17 days ago

    My team doesn’t need a WC, I could even save ft next week and do it over the IB but losing so much value these price changes are volatile. Swallowing a drop on Lammens tonight after losing a bit of value already this week is killing me

    1. Ignasi M
      1 month, 17 days ago

      I've decided to sell Palmer for Rogers as the latter will rise tonight

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 17 days ago

      Same man, I’ve got to wait another week