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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. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 55 mins ago

    Rice and tzolis off

  2. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    8 hours, 54 mins ago

    I'm upgrading the Sunderland away fixture from "banana skin" to "tough" on my spreadsheet ticker...

    What a cauldron.

    1. HadiSLIM
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      8 hours, 50 mins ago

      they're style matches Arsenal. cant take it as a rule for all teams, altho yes they are good at home.

  3. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 54 mins ago

    arrrrghhh almost equaliser

  4. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 53 mins ago

    Sunderland have been phenomenal

  5. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 53 mins ago

    5 minutes to go:

    #KeepHumeOnDatBench

  6. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 52 mins ago

    aaaarrrrggghhhhhhhhh so close. what a save by Raya

    1. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      8 hours, 50 mins ago

      Amazing he doesn't even start for Spain. Incredible GK.

      1. Ignasi M
        • 9 Years
        8 hours, 50 mins ago

        World class.

      2. Utopsis
        • 6 Years
        8 hours, 47 mins ago

        Spain have 3 world class keepers. It's outrageous really

  7. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 52 mins ago

    Rara easily man of the match

  8. ViperStripes
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 17 Years
    8 hours, 51 mins ago

    Almost did Szobo > MGW at 13.25 today but chickened out…..true story

  9. Utopsis
    • 6 Years
    8 hours, 51 mins ago

    Can't take your eyes off your game!

    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      8 hours, 51 mins ago

      This game*

  10. dshv
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 50 mins ago

    White replacement??

    1. Ignasi M
      • 9 Years
      8 hours, 49 mins ago

      Timber on at half time, who has played well.

  11. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 50 mins ago

    Eze you are bollocks

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      8 hours, 49 mins ago

      Yep, bench player now

  12. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    8 hours, 49 mins ago

    Konsa defcon pls

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 hours, 49 mins ago

      *Gabriel

  13. Clintymints
    • 17 Years
    8 hours, 49 mins ago

    Double arsenal at the back and Ode looks like the way to go

    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      8 hours, 48 mins ago

      Triple*

      1. Ignasi M
        • 9 Years
        8 hours, 47 mins ago

        yeah triple, really. Keeping an eye on timber now.

    2. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 hours, 47 mins ago

      I’ve had Gabriel, Cal and Tzolis since gw1 but going to change to Tomber, Cal and Odegaard I think

  14. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 48 mins ago

    Gabriel vs Ballard and Brobbey.

  15. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 46 mins ago

    uh oh . what a mess. Konsaaaa don't get sent off

  16. The Knights Template
    • 12 Years
    8 hours, 46 mins ago

    Bring back the biff!

  17. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 46 mins ago

    Big Gabby booked

  18. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 45 mins ago

    Gabriel versus Xhaka, Brobbey and Ballard.

  19. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 hours, 45 mins ago

    Stuart Atwell you are an absolute donkey. Gabriel literally went in and calmed the whole thing down and got booked!?! Wtf you moron

  20. JBG
    • 8 Years
    8 hours, 45 mins ago

    Instead of that last defcon he gets a YC... fck me Gabriel what a disappointment you've been so far

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 hours, 44 mins ago

      For nothing

  21. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    8 hours, 45 mins ago

    Gaby YC

    Muki YC

    1. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      8 hours, 43 mins ago

      Havertz YC

      It's xmas!

  22. Utopsis
    • 6 Years
    8 hours, 44 mins ago

    Fck me, Arsenal can defend

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      8 hours, 44 mins ago

      Water is wet

  23. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 44 mins ago

    #HOLDThatHume

  24. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 8 Years
    8 hours, 44 mins ago

    Erm, did Xhaka just say, ''I'm gonna **** you up!' to Konsa? Lol.

    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      8 hours, 44 mins ago

      I know where my money's going

    2. Ignasi M
      • 9 Years
      8 hours, 42 mins ago

      No. He said: "I sma*hed in your sister last week"

      1. BeaversWithAttitude
        • 8 Years
        8 hours, 36 mins ago

        Lmao.

  25. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 44 mins ago

    Trai Hume is the player of the week

  26. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    8 hours, 43 mins ago

    Havertz YC

  27. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 hours, 43 mins ago

    Why has Gabriel dropped from 9 to 8 Defcons?

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      8 hours, 41 mins ago

      My thoughts exactly

      1. JBG
        • 8 Years
        8 hours, 41 mins ago

        Back up to 9 now... hopefully they find another one.

  28. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 41 mins ago

    PENALTY TO ARSENAL

  29. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    8 hours, 41 mins ago

    SAKA FOULED. REINILDO SENT OFF

  30. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 hours, 41 mins ago

    Gabriel to take 😉