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2pm kick-off team news: Guaita + Justin start, Lamptey + Lowton benched

Double Gameweek 23 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) continues this Sunday lunchtime, with Arsenal v Burnley, Crystal Palace v Liverpool and Leicester City v Brighton and Hove Albion kicking-off at 14:00 GMT.

Mikel Arteta makes three changes from his last Premier League starting XI on New Year’s Day, with Rob Holding, Albert Sambi Lokonga and Emile Smith Rowe coming in for Takehiro Tomiyasu, who is not in the squad, plus Thomas Partey and Granit Xhaka, both of whom are suspended.

Nicolas Pepe and Mohamed Elneny are still at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), while Cedric Soares remains out.

For Burnley, Matthew Lowton drops to the bench, while Charlie Taylor misses out due to a foot injury and Maxwel Cornet is still on international duty. That means Jay Rodriguez partners Matej Vydra up front, with Aaron Lennon and Dwight McNeil on the flanks.

At Palace, Vicente Guaita is restored in goal, with the other change seeing Jean-Philippe Mateta replacing Eberechi Eze, who is a substitute, along with Jordan Ayew, who is available again after making a swifter-than-expected return from international duty with Ghana.

However, Wilfried Zaha and Cheikhou Kouyate are still involved at AFCON, while James McArthur and James Tomkins remain out.

Liverpool are unchanged from their Gameweek 22 win over Brentford, with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain shaking off an ankle injury and partnering Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino in attack. Joel Matip was substituted as a precaution at half-time against Arsenal on Thursday but also features.

Elsewhere, James Justin make his first Leicester start in nearly a year, whilst Daniel Amartey returns and Harvey Barnes is recalled.

Graham Potter, meanwhile, who is missing today’s game after testing positive for Covid, makes two changes, with Leandro Trossard and Neal Maupay replacing Tariq Lamptey and Danny Welbeck, both of whom are substitutes, along with Lewis Dunk.


GAMEWEEK 23 LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, White, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney, Lokonga, Saka, Odegaard, Smith Rowe, Martinelli, Lacazette

Subs: Leno, Tavares, Chambers, Nketiah, Alebiousu, Biereth, Oulad M’hand, Hutchinson, Patino

Burnley XI: Pope, Roberts, Tarkowski, Mee, Pieters, Lennon, Westwood, Brownhill, McNeil, Rodriguez, Vydra

Subs: Hennessey, Lowton, Cork, Gudmundsson, Stephens, Collins, Bardsley, Long, Thomas


Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Hughes, Gallagher, Schlupp, Olise, Edouard, Mateta

Subs: Butland, Clyne, Ferguson, Kelly, Milivojevic, Riedewald, Ayew, Eze, Benteke

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Henderson, Jones, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jota, Firmino

Subs: Kelleher, Konate, Milner, Gomez, Minamino, Tsimikas, Gordon, Williams, Morton


Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Justin, Amartey, Soyuncu, Thomas, Tielemans, Dewsbury-Hall, Maddison, Lookman, Barnes, Daka

Subs: Ward, Albrighton, Perez, Choudhury, Vestergaard, Daley-Campbell, Soumare, McAteer, Brunt

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Sanchez, Veltman, Webster, Burn, Cucurella, Alzate, Gross, Mac Allister, Moder, Trossard, Maupay

Subs: Scherpen, Lamptey, Dunk, Lallana, Welbeck, March, Caicedo, Roberts, Leonard

770 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Thanos
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Burnley deserve to be relegated. They are such a negative football playing club.

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Will target them from here on

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      I know this is the prevailing opinion.

      But to compete in the Premier League without the mega bucks is a testament to the grit in English football which is required to climb out of the 72 in the EFL.

      With Cornet back they'll have some goal threat again.

      Personally i think they achieve quite a lot with what they have got.

      1. Do I Not Like Orange
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        This. They're hardly unique in parking the bus away to a team with top4 aspirations.

  2. DandyDon
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Wow my main mini league rival has only 14pts all out with only Lloris/Foster left to play! Sterling subbed on 59 mins and Tomiyasu and Alonso missing. Dennis Captain and everyone else on 2pts!

  3. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    ESR subbed

  4. Random Name
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    bringing on Nketiah when we need a goal absolute joke

    1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Strange for sure. I hope we score though. However jammy it may be.

  5. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    How has Ramsdale lost a save? Is that even possible

    1. Lord of Ings
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      They had only one SOT
      Other one was wrongly counted

      1. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Wait, saves only count for SOT?

        1. evilfish
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 3 months ago

          Well yeah, if a shot is off target then how could you call anything the keeper does, a save?

  6. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    This is shaping up to be the worst gameweek in the 16yrs Ive been playing. Still waiting for a single return from any of my players. Now Chelsea line up comes in. Alonso benched and I think well I will have Reguilon from the bench. Nope. Also benched and my only other defender Diop didnt play. Unreal.

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      You must have been ascabby Timmy Cahill vive-capper then 😉

      1. Dennis System
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        what are these words?

      2. Optimus.
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        I know I was, delicious brace

    2. @persecuted_by_mods
        2 years, 3 months ago

        It's a bad week for lots of people so don't get too down about it

    3. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Robbo equaliser close.

    4. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Wow. That's just... Wow

      1. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        I'm not watching! Tell me more!!! LUL

        1. Ze_Austin
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 3 months ago

          It's the lineups. The carnage in those lineups

    5. boc610
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      ReguLoL and LoLonso

    6. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Schluup is a baller.

    7. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Maddison, Jota... please do something.

      1. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        We demand them to!

      2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Not gonna happen as they’re in my team

    8. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Fabio got Pope in...

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Scripted!

      2. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        GOAT

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 3 months ago

          The doubles.

          His stats have faith in Burnley then.

          1. Sun Jihai
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            2 years, 3 months ago

            Could be a monster haul for Pope this GW given they play a toothless Watford next

      3. JONALDINHO
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Another 4 doubles down the line too…

      4. FPL Bond @ Twitter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Fabio is a monster.. Had a difficult start this season but incredible comeback..

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

      Me hoping Ramsdale makes it to 3 saves only for him to get 1 taken away 😆

      1. Gizzachance
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        On my bench, foster in goal !

    10. Zenith UK
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      If I've ever needed a Burnley goal it's now. ML leader (going into today had a 1 point lead) but he has Ramsdale, Tierney and Saka. UGH

    11. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Still time for Leicester to lose 2-1 here 😀

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Even more likely now.

    12. Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      I'm predicting goals from Maupay and Odegaard

    13. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Brighton equaliser

      1. TheBiffas
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Nice. Might get Sanchez in the baps

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 3 months ago

          Welbeck assist

          But who scored?

      2. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Welback, Maupay assist

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 3 months ago

          Oh, thanks.

          Notification said different for me.

    14. Lord of Ings
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      That guy welbz

    15. Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Dat guy goal

    16. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Of course Reguilon doesn't play the same week Keane doesn't play and Livramento is out injured, of course!

      Meanwhile rival is getting Dalot from second on his bench in for Keane.

      1. Kodap
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Your rivals must be in the top 100 with all this luck they’re getting?

    17. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Benched my only two points scoring players in White and Cash. Good grief

      1. Ze_Austin
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Digne and Coufal here. Capped Dennis. Nobody in my XI has hit 3 points

    18. seewhyaxe
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      0 attacking returns so far. This gw is miserable

      1. Union_Jacks
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Good job we don’t have an international break separating this one and the next…

    19. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Jota lol

    20. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Wow Trent, Jota can't replicate Thursday night...

    21. Random Name
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      What does Nketiah offer absolute clown

    22. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Silly that Alisson not BAPS

    23. Red Red Robins
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Late Jota goal incoming

      1. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah for sure

    24. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Flip sake Jota, totally lost the ball!

    25. TheBiffas
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Jota you complete and utter troll

    26. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Jota going to win pen...