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1 March 2023 1363 comments
FPL Marc FPL Marc
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We have two Double Gameweek 25 matches taking place on Wednesday evening, split over GMT kick-off times of 19:45 and 20:00.

It’s a great opportunity for Arsenal to take advantage of their game in hand and go five points clear of Manchester City, while Everton need a win to escape the relegation zone.

Meanwhile, recent results have put Wolverhampton Wanderers three points above the Toffees, as they prepare to face Liverpool for the fourth time in under two months.

The big news revolves around two popular FPL forwards right now – Darwin Nunez (£8.8m) and Eddie Nketiah (£6.8m). Whilst the Uruguayan starts for Liverpool, an unchanged Arsenal line-up means Nketiah remains on their bench.

It means that Gabriel Martinelli (£6.5m) starts again, alongside the usual Bukayo Saka (£8.5m), Martin Odegaard (£7.0m) and established first-choice defence.

Nunez for Cody Gakpo (£7.8m) is one of six changes made by Jurgen Klopp, with a completely different midfield trio plus the introduction of Kostas Tsimikas (£4.4m) and Ibrahima Konate (£4.8m) for Andrew Robertson (£6.8m) and Joel Matip (£5.9m).

Key players Mohamed Salah (£12.7m) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.3m) survive the mass rotation.

As for Everton and Wolves, both have made one alteration to their weekend line-ups. Michael Keane (£4.2m) replaces Conor Coady (£4.9m) for the Toffees, whilst Julen Lopetegui brings Joao Moutinho (£4.7m) in for Matheus Cunha (£5.5m).

Hugo Bueno (£3.9m) starts but Nathan Patterson (£3.9m) will not participate at all.


GAMEWEEK 25 LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Odegaard, Jorginho, Xhaka; Saka, Trossard, Martinelli

Subs: Turner, Tierney, Tomiyasu, Holding, Kiwior, Partey, Vieira, Smith Rowe, Nketiah

Everton XI: Pickford; Coleman, Keane, Tarkowski, Mykolenko; Iwobi, Doucoure, Gana, Onana, McNeil; Maupay

Subs: Begovic, Coady, Holgate, Mina, Godfrey, Vinagre, Davies, Gray, Simms


Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Tsimikas; Elliott, Fabinho, Bajcetic; Salah, Jota, Nunez

Subs: Kelleher, Robertson, Matip, Milner, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Carvalho, Gakpo, Firmino

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa; Semedo, Dawson, Kilman, Bueno; Nunes, Ruben Neves, Lemina; Sarabia, Jimenez, Moutinho

Subs: Bentley, Ait-Nouri, Jonny, Collins, Neto, Podence, Joao Gomes, Traore, Diego Costa



FPL Marc Broadcaster, writer and overthinker. Hoping that ‘differential potential’ will catch on.

  1. WVA
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    0-0 in the Liverpool game confirmed. Own Darwin and Salah, rivals all own Trent.

    1. Eleven Hag
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Lol you

    2. jacob1989
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      would love that. have Sa in goal and TAA

    3. villa_til_i_die
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Settle for that, double wolves def here!, got ribbon too, but that’s gone.

      1. villa_til_i_die
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Robbo!

  2. Here is Cash, give McGinn
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Someone was saying Saka (c) was bad move? And herds swapping Martinelli to Odegaard

  3. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Saka absolutely killing it tonight and it’s not even half time 😆

  4. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Liverpool clean sheet looks locked here, Wolves are awful

  5. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Content creators who said to sell Martinelli for Odegaard for a hit two GWs ago 😀

    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      FPL Gimp
      FPL Tool
      FPL Waster

      They’re all clowns.

    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Got both luckily!

  6. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    So glad I didn't have 2 FT transfers this week, would have contemplated something like Martinelli and Kane > Salah and Nketiah if I had.

    1. JoeSoap
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Lucky you. I took Kane out for Salah and meant I captained him instead of Saka. Points lost all round and stuck with two Pool.

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Yeah prob would have went Salah (C) instead of Saka too

  7. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Ødegaard involved in the build up play

    1. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Very active in the celebrations as well

      1. PartyTime
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Double digit. Points for everyone!

  8. Qaiss
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Saka captain haul on my birthday 🙂

    Love that guy

    1. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Congrats mate!

    2. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Happy birthday

    3. PartyTime
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Happy Birthday Le Prof 😎

    4. bso
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      HBD mate!

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

      Thank you guys 🙂

    6. Arteta
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      What a wonderful gift. Happy birthday!

  9. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Darwin doing anything?

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Nope and he wont

      1. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        You picked him I assume 🙁

    2. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Course not.

      1. Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Near assist just then, apparently.

  10. Free Hat
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Owning Darwin, Salah, Bueno
    Wolves are getting a cs here arent they...

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Yep confirmed

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      100%

  11. DycheDycheBaby
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Oh just bugger off Martinelli. So annoying

  12. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Mykolenko time 😎

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Mykolenk0

  13. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Martinelli in 2nd team still because forgot deadline….oops

    1. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Don't you cover like all the major players in your 10 teams?

    2. DycheDycheBaby
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Ban.

  14. Brehmeren
    • 15 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Doing Martinelli to Odegaard for a hit a few gameweeks ago will go down as one of my worst mistakes this season.

    1. fusen
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Lots of people did this (myself included). No one was saying at the time that marti would suddenly start scoring again and Ode would dry up.

      The people who didnt swap are getting some lovely jammy luck

  15. Baron Penguin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    I didn’t follow the content creators, I have Odegaard Nketiah and White as I chose to do so. I can make stupid decisions on my own thank you very much.

  16. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Only way Salah is scoring is from a dodgy penalty.

  17. fantasist
    • 15 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Ofc Saka captain was the better choice, but lets ignore form and still captain Salah

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      This. Can't believe how many content creators went for Salah.

      1. FPL Emu
        • 15 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Why not? You said a couple of pages back it was a genuine 50/50

      2. Sif
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        They always go for the bolder option because it's just more interesting.
        Hype it up, say you got unlucky, might even get more viewers just to have a gloat.

    2. bombonera
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      People only captained Salah because of his FPL price tag. No other reason why

      1. fusen
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        His previous 2 games?

        1. bombonera
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          He got a goal and an assist. Saka got 2 goals in his previous 2

      2. WVA
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        His double digit hauls?

    3. WVA
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Saka had only scored double digits ONCE all season.

      1. PartyTime
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        He was due…

  18. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    I will be honest. As a martinelli owner I can speak on behalf of all martinelli owners. None of us knew this was coming. All of us wanted rid of him but we are so crap at this game we had other fires to put out. We do not know what we are doing.

    1. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I guess Nketiah was hindering him

    2. WVA
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I owned him all season. Sold him this week on my WC for Saka....

    3. A. PRISE
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Yeap, classic fpl. 99.8% luck, 0.2% skill

      1. boc610
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        careful those sour grapes will make you sick

        1. WVA
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          It actually is though.

          1. boc610
            • 14 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            i kept martinelli after he scored against villa. hows that luck?

      2. jason_ni
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        I must consistently get lucky then.

        Maybe I do. But more like 50/50.

    4. fusen
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Yep, I said this above

    5. boc610
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      benched him against villa, planned to sell him if it looked like he was dropped but he scored and arteta said he was just rested. and thats all she wrote.....

    6. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      This is so very true, but now you must bask in your genius.

    7. RubeRx
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      or missing the deadline, all skill

  19. jason_ni
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Finally a good gw for me.

    80 after the -4, 100k rank jump.

    Any kind of salah score will put a dent in that though.

    1. bso
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Well played!

  20. RubeRx
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    In for the 'I knew I should've kept Martinelli and captained Saka' posts

  21. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    So much for Tarkowski

    1. Free Hat
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Never expected much tbf, more cheap playing defender for the blanks

    2. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I took a hit to get him and Salah in. I should have just got Trent it.

      1. PartyTime
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        I have Salah too ffs

        1. Big_Andy_GAWA
          • 14 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          I should have kept Digne and played Perraud, ffs. 🙁

          1. PartyTime
            • 4 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Shouldn’t have sold Mitro for Nketiah ffs

  22. Free Hat
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Ellidiot

  23. Eleven Hag
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Darwin assist

    1. A. PRISE
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      ??

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Would have been if Elliot didn't miss.

    2. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Lol for what

    3. Eleven Hag
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Almost

    4. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Don't do this to us

  24. Wenger's Warriors
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    As soon as they start to jump onto Martinelli, it will be Ode hauls galore! #FPLroundabout

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Ode to Marti tonight haha

    2. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I'm just switching to Bruno

    3. jason_ni
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I've somehow got saka ode and martinelli.

      Seems a bit mad, but going well!

  25. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Liverpool miss a sitter

    Elliot header wide from Nunez

  26. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    The whole Martinelli out narrative on here was poor group think. More often than not, the consensus gets it right, but not this time.

    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Eh, he lost his starting spot to Trossard. I kept him, but only cause I needed to make other moves first.

      1. denial
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        He didn't really lose his spot though did he.

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      No I think that was just unlucky. He started getting subbed around 60 mins.

    3. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Bs. He has been dreadful for some time. If Nkethia wasn't even worse he would be benched.

  27. Lubic87
    • 15 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Did Martinelli to Nketiah this week as part of a -8 to get Pool players in. Wasn't particularly desperate to get rid of him, but needed a Mitrovic replacement and thought Nketiah was more nailed. Biggest regret of the season!

    1. GC123
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Sound like you’ve caught my shitedas touch. Everything I touch on FPL right now turns Brown. Last three transfers Badiashile, Akanji and Mahrez. I think they’ve amassed about 5 points between them in 3 game weeks! Plus I’ve got Nketieh and Odegaard but not Saka

  28. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Arsenal seem much better without Nketiah in the team.

    Come on West Ham put in a £40m bid for him this summer

  29. Botman and Robben
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Martinelli still punishing

  30. how now brown cow
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    0-0 would be a dream result as a bueno and robbo owner.

    1. Marvin.
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Robertson isn't playing.

      1. jason_ni
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        And Hugo is gone.

        1. Marvin.
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Ah I see. It was one of those posts.

    2. RubeRx
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      bueno off injured