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Zaha misses out as Palace face attacking Arsenal XI: FPL Gameweek 8 team news

In the final match of Gameweek 8, Arsenal host Crystal Palace at the Emirates Stadium.

Kick-off is at 20:00 BST.

Mikel Arteta makes just one change from Gameweek 7, as Nicolas Pepe (£7.1m) replaces Albert Sambi Lakonga (£4.9m) in an attack-minded starting XI.

He joins Martin Odegaard (£5.5m), Emile Smith Rowe (£5.4m), Bukayo Saka (£6.4m) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£9.9m) in the forward positions.

Gabriel Martinelli (£5.2m), who was a doubt heading into the game, is named as a substitute, with Granit Xhaka (£4.9m) a long-term absentee with knee ligament damage.

As for Palace, Wilfried Zaha (£7.0m) misses out completely, with Christian Benteke (£6.3m) taking his place alongside Odsonne Edouard (£6.5m) in attack.

Conor Gallagher (£5.7m) – who is owned by 7.8% of FPL managers – features in midfield, ahead of Joel Ward (£4.5m), Joachim Andersen (£4.5m), Marc Guehi (£4.5m) and Tyrick Mitchell (£4.5m) at the back. 


GAMEWEEK 8 LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tierney, Partey, Odegaard, Smith Rowe, Pepe, Saka, Aubameyang

Subs: Leno, Lacazette, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Cedric, Tavares, Sambi Lokonga, Elneny, Martinelli

C Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Guehi, Andersen, Mitchell, Milivojevic, McArthur, Gallagher, Ayew, Edouard, Benteke

Subs: Butland, Tomkins, Olise, Kouyate, Hughes, Mateta, Schlupp, Clyne, Kelly


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  1. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Martinelli given the assist on FPL

  2. sandman58
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Martinelli givin the assist o FPL

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I hope that’s the case but I think it’s a white assist.

  3. FPL_Crisis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    3 points from Guiata and White, just awful

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      5 from White ESR Gallagher, couldn't have gone any worse

      1. FPL_Crisis
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Commiserations
        Finished on 54 total. Not great when your captain contributes half

        1. WVA
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Yep Salah my only attacking return

    2. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Better than 4 pts from Saka, ESR and Ramsdale. I feared here about getting only 6 pts from them before the match, but...

  4. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Ah crap. That’s going to be a White assist isn’t it.

    1. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Nope

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Woohoo

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      No

    3. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Nope 😀

    4. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Nay

    5. OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      unfortunately not (owner here)

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Bencher here

  5. Riverside Red
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Unlucky Palace

  6. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    no way thats a martinelli assist

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Last touch.

  7. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Any chance Azpi gets it?

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Putting in my Lukaku claim as we speak

    2. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Lol, your funny mate

      1. Brehmeren
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Azpi isn't funny.

  8. WVA
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Ha what a surprise, well done White ESR and Gallagher, thanks for nothing

  9. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Guiata losing another point at the death. Palace are rubbish.

    1. Gunneryank
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Don't watch football, eh?

  10. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Perfect result!

  11. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Assist tbc on FPL twitter

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I can tell you now it won't go to White

  12. BrockLanders
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Well, I was hoping for more than one point from Tierney 🙁

  13. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Laca guarantees his bench spot for next match

  14. HonestBlatter
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Given to Martinelli

  15. Gunneryank
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Honestly happy for Viera. Love his style, his play, his attitude as a manager. Palace acquit themselves well.

    1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I think pretty much everyone wrote them off at the start of the season. They've added really well to their squad but I honestly didn't think Vieira would be able to make them gel but he's done a really fantastic job

  16. BrockLanders
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Be incredible if White gets that assist.

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Be incredible if any of my players got an assist

    2. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Even more so when someone else already has it

  17. F4L
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Palace really switch off from corners, need to work on that

  18. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Seriously that's a White assist????

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I thought it was and I hope I’m very wrong.

      1. Digital-Real
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        The ball clipped the back of a player's heel. Not a White assist.

        1. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Please let that be true.

  19. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    smiles all around, both teams happy with the draw

    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Doubt palace are

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Viera looks annoyed, and Arteta pretendeding not to be happy because he saw the pitchforks were out when Ole smiled

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Arteta happy ; Viera fuming. Two points tossed away

  20. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Mike Dean out

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Covid?

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        I don't care what his nickname is

  21. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Can’t believe that ended up being a Desmond but just happy there was no White assist.

    1. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Tutu?

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Exactly panda.

  22. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Arsenal fans in raptures after rescuing point at home against palace

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Do you go to games?

      1. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        3-4 x a season but not more than that

        1. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Then you’d know the emotion of grabbing a point at the death, regardless of who you are facing.

          1. Steve The Spud
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            I know mate, only joshing, it’s a good point, keeps them on the roll as well

            1. Rupert The Horse
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              2 years, 5 months ago

              But I do love how desperate the Arsenal fans are.

    2. F4L
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      one point closer to 40

    3. BrockLanders
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      That's their level now

    4. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      That’s about the level of the current set up

      1. Riverside Red
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        It's been a rocky road since sacking Wenger

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Viera to Arsenal?

  23. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Take that ML rival White 1 Saka 0

  24. Baps hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Does anyone else have a feeling that a new hobby might be a good idea?

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Well better luck after 10 weeks perhaps.

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Can have multiple hobbies alongside this one, but FPL has been a joke for a long while

    3. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Something less stressful like brain surgery maybe

    4. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah I’ve got one and it’s awesome.

    5. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      And you’d be involved.

    6. Brehmeren
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Super Saints might

      1. Duke Silver ☑
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        FPL isn't his hobby - it's whinging about FPL 😆

    7. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I wish I could quite, I think I hate FPL and the bad luck I have is relentless

    8. Gunneryank
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      If i may, I'd like to suggest Magic the Gathering. Deck building and squad building use similar strategic instincts. Plus team budget/deck size limit/card cost test your resource management skills similarly.

  25. 4241mackay
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Slowed it right down and it actually comes off a Palace defender so I believe it should be a White assist, or no assist, unsure.

  26. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Did Martinelli even touch it?

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Opta thinks so. So probably not.

    2. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I think he did. The 45 degree angle is the telling one

  27. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Small silver lining, Auba is now equal on 3 baps with Benteke

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Ha FFS rival has Auba and I have White ESR Gallagher

  28. WVA
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    How do you like these apples,

    Rudiger injured for clean sheet
    White 1
    Gallagher 2
    ESR 2
    Benrahma 3
    Ronaldo 2
    Lukacku 2

    Another classic week for me

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      What are you complaining? After Salah, Cancelo and Livra my best players were Lukaku, ESR and Ramsdale + Wood with 2 pts.

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Only had Salah Cancelo Liv return too, it's been like this for years for me now.

  29. baines is god
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Sanchez (Steer)
    TAA Dunk Manquillo (Williams, Omobamidele)
    Raphina Salah Greenwood Gray (Jota)
    Antonio Jimenez Lukaku C

    1 FT 1.0 million ITB

    A-Omobamidele to Livramento
    B-Omobamidele to White
    C-Jota to Foden
    D-Greenwood to Foden
    E-Antonio to Jesus
    F-Save FT

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Seriously? You only need A and C in that list