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22 January 2023 1014 comments
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Gameweek 21 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) continues at 16:30 GMT on Sunday, as Arsenal and Manchester United go head-to-head at the Emirates Stadium.

Mikel Arteta’s line-up is unchanged from the one that beat Tottenham Hotspur last weekend, with new signing Leandro Trossard named among the substitutes.

As for Man Utd, Scott McTominay starts in place of the suspended Casemiro.

“We have a special role in mind for him – we hope it works well, it did last time.” – Erik ten Hag on Scott McTominay

Anthony Martial, meanwhile, is absent from the matchday squad through injury, so Wout Weghorst starts again up top.

GAMEWEEK 21 LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Partey, Xhaka, Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli, Nketiah

Subs: Turner, Tierney, Smith Rowe, Holding, Tomiyasu, Trossard, Vieira, Sambi, Marquinhos

Manchester United XI: de Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Martinez, Shaw, McTominay, Eriksen, Antony, Fernandes, Rashford, Weghorst

Subs: Heaton, Lindelof, Maguire, Malacia, Fred, Pellistri, Elanga, Garnacho, Mainoo

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  1. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Well deserved. Last half hour of that game United were barely hanging on.

    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Too much hanging on, not enough attacking intent.

  2. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Title race over. Congrats Arsenal

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Lol, MU were never in it.

      1. MIGHTY JOE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        Other teams than United in the race

        1. JBG
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 10 days ago

          I took as he meant MU because of this loss.

      2. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        No chance, the squad is incomplete and owners are
        mia.

        Just media nonsense.

        1. JBG
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 10 days ago

          This

    2. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Lol. City still to play them twice

      1. Sailboats
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        They won't beat Arsenal twice

  3. Arteta
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Come on you Gunners!

    I ❤️ this club.

    1. Debauchy
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Cmonnn lovely game

  4. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Saka is the best player in Europe right now

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Messi still plays in Europe so...

      1. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        Who’d you sooner have in the Chelsea team for the rest of the season?

        1. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 10 days ago

          Messi obvs

          1. Steve The Spud
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 10 days ago

            Maybe, I think it’s close considering messi won’t even run around/press and you have to build your whole team around him

            1. Hazz
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 10 days ago

              It's not close at all, sorry.

    2. putana
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      lol relax. He is up there but not the best

    3. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      People were saying that about Odegaard last week

    4. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Is he?

    5. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      😆

    6. Granville
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      I thought Odegaard was the best. Martinelli next week is it?

  5. Our Tiny Windows
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Should’ve played Bueno over Shaw and White haha

  6. Shark Team
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Arsenal 50 pts in 1st round, whatever you say Arteta is the best manager in the whole universe this season

    1. banskt
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      100 point seasons are becoming common. 🙂

      1. BECKS TO THE FUTURE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        Not the way my season’s going..

  7. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    City will beat Arsenal twice

    1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Cry more?

    2. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      I don’t think so.

  8. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    5 points and a game in hand but still need to play City twice.

    Who do you think win the league?

    I'd back City still!

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Why? City look rubbish most of the time

    2. banskt
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Arsenal. Momentum. 100 points.

    3. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      City

    4. Herger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Utd for me

      1. Debauchy
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        😆

    5. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Arsenal!

    6. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Difficult to ignore that points and the form of ARS at this point making them the front runner, hopefully no serious injuries down the line ...

    7. Debauchy
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      The Arse

    8. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Arsenal have consistency behind them. Even if City beat them in the upcoming fixture, they're having the type of season where you can see them dropping points in any random game to nullify that result

    9. The Mentaculus
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Arsenal

  9. Bishopool
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Odegaard moves like Zidane. Weird to compare these guys, but ball movement attached to leg, key passes, body blocks etc., all remind me Zidane 🙂

    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      A hint of Bergkamp too. Class act.

    2. DycheDycheBaby
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      He is different gravy!

    3. Eightball
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      not in the same leauge...

  10. GENERATION X
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Worried about White for the double now

    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Nah he doesn't play Rashford every week

  11. dshv
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    I don’t know why i am thinking of almiron to mitoma… i need 2 arsenal mids ??

  12. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    So Arsenal finally close to winning the league, been crying for years 😉

  13. DycheDycheBaby
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    That was a great game. Great atmosphere. Arsenal deserved the win. They are showing no signs of letting up!

  14. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Just goes to show how vital Casemiro is to this United team. Few signings away yet! As a United fan I wasn’t expecting us to be back up where we are this quick regardless so fair play to Arsenal

    1. Herger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Yeah we’d have by 3 or 4 if he’d been available. Still, well done to Arsenal. Need to start taking them seriously

      1. The Mentaculus
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        McDominate fail?

        1. Herger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 10 days ago

          He can’t do it on his own mate. We need some owners that are going to actually invest in the playing squad

      2. Debauchy
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        Love you Poseidon lol

        1. Herger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 10 days ago

          Wish that guy still posted, he was great. Really good looking apparently too

          1. Debauchy
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 10 days ago

            I thought so too 🙂

      3. Herger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        *beaten them

    2. Granville
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Arsenal are about a year ahead in develpoment but it's refreshing to see United competing well.

      1. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        Absolutely this. No one thought United would be at this level by this point. No one worth taking seriously actually thought we'd win the league, but Ten Hag definitely is moving the club in the right direction in terms of tactics, attitude and personnel.

        1. Debauchy
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 10 days ago

          Yep

      2. Debauchy
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        Granted yeah

    3. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Casemiro would have sat deep defending a 2-2draw like the rest of them.

      1. Granville
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        United would have stronger with him in the side but there's no point bleating about it. We should have someone better than McTominay as back up

  15. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    83 with Kane left to play.

    Pretty average I’m guessing

    1. Touré De Force
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Like your whole life mate, very average

      1. DycheDycheBaby
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        Oh you're hard 🙂

      2. George Sillett
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        Spot on.

    2. Heiro
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Don't be that guy. You know it's well well above average

      1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        Everyone captained Haaland that’s 34 points in itself. If you can’t scrape another 45-50 out of 10 players I’d be surprised

    3. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Still good I'd say

    4. FPL Brains
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Nice. What's your OR?

      1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        250k

        1. FPL Brains
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 10 days ago

          Ah you're right. Average then.

          1. Mince n Tatties
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 10 days ago

            Sue Perb x

    5. Tic Tacs
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      I hope it's above average cos I'm on 61, a grand total of 10 points from my defence and GK... 8 of those were Trippier

    6. Casual Player
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      LiveFPL exists

      You know it’s well above average for your rank

    7. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      85 with mitro left. Overall rank this week is 250k which is the first time this season I’ve actually been Uber a week 1m rank.

  16. jacob1989
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    just found out a last minute was scored in fa cup replay for luton town by:

    Elijah Anuoluwapo Oluwaferanmi Oluwatomi Oluwalana Ayomikulehin Adebayo

    WOW

    1. SamH123
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      how old was he before he could recite his full name I wonder

    2. Layifioren
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Nigerians do that. We have a family friend that gave their son 13 names. To each their own I guess.

    3. Layifioren
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      By the way, Oluwa means God in Yoruba language. His name's...

      Anuoluwapo - God's grace abound
      Oluwaferanmi - God loves me
      Oluwatomi - God takes care of me
      Oluwalana - God made a way

  17. Touré De Force
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    United were thrashed 3-2 there. Scoreline is flattering

  18. fantasist
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Well deserved win. Arsenal totally dominated Utd that 2nd half. Would've been an injustice if they didnt get that 3rd goal.

  19. Heiro
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Anyone know what happened to White?

    Does he start next game? Tomyasu looked pretty good!

    1. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Rashford was murdering him. Booked and not risked 2nd half

    2. putana
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      got a yellow in first half. Good decision to take him off as rashford was giving him problems

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      YC first half, precaution unless something else I am not aware of

    4. Sailboats
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Subbed off at HT because he was booked, and was struggling against Rashford

    5. fantasist
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Was shaky defending and on a YC. Not certain to start.

      1. Qaiss
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        Don't talk nonsense mate, team won't change

  20. Total Slotball
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Can't believe City let Zinchenko leave to Arsenal. Totally changes the way Arsenal are able to pin teams in.

  21. Miguel Sanchez
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Kane goal tomorrow should see me break 100 points this GW. Come on Harry.

  22. putana
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Great gameweek so far. 89 points with kane left

    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Snap!

    2. fantasist
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      After bonus you'll reach 100?

      1. putana
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        no that included bonus

  23. Tic Tacs
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Picking defenders in FPL this season seems to be a lottery, apart from Trippier

    1. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Same as every season then

    2. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      3 cheap Newcastle boys and get attackers from the others in the top 4

    3. Tic Tacs
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Yeah I will be bringing in another Newcastle defender, think I've been fairly unlucky with DDG over Kepa but the double Arsenal def just hasn't worked out

  24. Shultan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Annoyed off at myself for not WCing & hanging on it for future DGWs
    Would have got rid of ward, Salah, Almiron, Martinelli, Cancelo & all replacements scored/CS

  25. The Mentaculus
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Wow. That rare kind of game that's just so brilliant you don't even think about FPL.

    1. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Few on here will think that way and I think that is sad really. Myself included

  26. GENERATION X
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    End of the Sunday late game and out come the 'Look at me Mummy' brigade.

  27. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    That UTD title challenge dissolved pretty rapidly!!

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Don't think they are contender with Wout and Martial as strikers

  28. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Not a big fan of Arsenal and especially Arteta and his permanent, unfair behaviour at the sideline. However, looks like they can only beat themselves.

    1. fantasist
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      A bit over animated but ultimately he's just passionate about his team and that's the kind of manager you want

  29. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    I think I'll Know through 100 pounds on City winning the title.

    People are writing them off Way to early.

  30. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Doubt Arteta loses faith in White who has been excellent for the first half of the season.

    It was tactical, yellow card against one of the most in form players in the league.

    He has 5 subs and Tomiyasu is an able back up.