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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. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Maddison clean sheet point gone... 🙁 lol

    1. Dammit_182
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      We are clutching at points a bit this week aren’t we….

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

    C'mon VAR just get on with it. It's not a pen.

  3. Van der Faart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Spurs formation obviously 3-3-3 with Matt Doherty in a free roaming role

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

    As it stands 22 pts all out, can't remember any worse GW in my 10 years playing FPL! 😛

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

    Pool pen incoming Jota assist.

    Never a pen imo

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

      Jota to take?

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

        Fab

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

      Agree

  6. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Gonna be a pen here?? Lol.

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

    Jota misses the lob then weakly touches the keeper.

    Nothing on it.

  8. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Jota not as good as Salah at diving

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

      No.

  9. bitm2007
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Come on TAA, Jota, Maddison and Sanchez. I'm still only on 14 points with just Rudiger and King to play

    1. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Pen, pen, pen, please.

    2. Dammit_182
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      TAA would have assisted Jota goal if he had shot…now a dodgey pen…

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

    oh they are considering it - go on, give it ref
    !

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

      saying that Jota will probably take it and miss and i'll be down with the Dennis Captainers!

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

    Clearly taken out but wasn't getting to the ball..

    1. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Not clear at all. Jota ran into the keeper.

  12. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Never a penalty in a million years.

    Hope the referee has some resolve. Ridiculous by the VAR idiot.

  13. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Penalty. Wow.

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

      Really.

      Wow.

  14. Jensen Luiz Coleman
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Jota should be carded for that.

  15. Free Hat
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Thats a cheap pen

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

    Have some balls at the monitor mate...

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

    Jota wins pen, Fabinho taking.

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

    They both jump into eachother ffs

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

    YESSSS

  20. JariL
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Ridiculous pen decision. From Jota owner.

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

    Annoying as a non-Jota owner that

  22. @persecuted_by_mods
      2 years, 3 months ago

      So an offside goal and a fake penalty, yet people were more up in arms over cavani being onside

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

      Fabinho Goal Jota assist

    • Thanos
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      What a farcical penalty decision!!

    • DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Relived Jota isn't taking it, will take an assist this week!! Come on Fabinho!

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

      These guys don't understand the momentum of a move.

      Shocking.

    • SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      DAT GUY

    • DycheDycheBaby
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      You do not give a pen for that!!! This is a joke . (Jota owner here)

    • BigBillyBass
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Absolute stonewall pen that. Lovely Jota assist

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

      That is a ridiculous decision