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Wednesday’s match at the Emirates Stadium rounds off Gameweek 33, but there are some notable names on substitute duty this evening.

Arsenal v Crystal Palace gets underway at 20:00 BST.

Bukayo Saka, who picked up a knock in Sunday’s win over Ipswich Town, is on the bench.

Mikel Arteta has made four changes in total.

Ben White and Mikel Merino are not in the matchday squad, while Oleksandr Zinchenko is named among the substitutes alongside Saka.

In come Jurrien Timber, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Thomas Partey and Raheem Sterling.

Oliver Glasner has also decided to freshen up his starting XI.

He makes four alterations too, with Jefferson Lerma, Daichi Kamada, Justin Devenny and Eddie Nketiah replacing the suspended Chris Richards and benched Will Hughes, Ismaila Sarr and Jean-Philippe Mateta.

If Palace win tonight, it would mean Liverpool clinch the Premier League title.

LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly, Partey, Odegaard, Rice, Sterling, Martinelli, Trossard

Subs: Neto, Tierney, Saka, Zinchenko, Butler-Oyedeji, Gower, Henry-Francis, Kabia, Nwaneri

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Munoz, Lerma, Lacroix, Guehi, Mitchell, Wharton, Kamada, Eze, Devenny, Nketiah

Subs: Turner, Ward, Franca, Sarr, Mateta, Clyne, Hughes, Esse, Kporha



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  1. DaniCT
    • 12 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Omg Munoz did all the hard work there..

    1. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Yeah, the "goal Sarr, assist Munoz" that never was...

      How? Nobody knows.

  2. Saka White Rice
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Anyone else here single handedly lost the mini league because of the AM chip?

  3. MikeS
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    15 points from bench boost seems like a victory, lol

    1. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      100%

    2. Effe
      • 15 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      I’m on 15 too currently (with Sarr still going)

    3. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      I benched Kiwior #winning

    4. Eightball
      • 5 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      With this gameweek for sure. I got 17 and 11 of that was from Wissa. I have a NFO defender as well, that last minute lose of the clean sheet was painful.

  4. Jam0sh
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    My friend captained Trossard 😀 what a play

    1. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Wish I had the balls
      Did kdb captain and Trossard vc

    2. -GK22-
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Mine TC’d him, fair play

    3. Haa-lala-land
      • 5 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Ex friend?

  5. The Red Devil
    • 10 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Almost the dream goal of Munoz to sarr

    1. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      "almost" is the key word of my season

  6. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Palace deserve at least a point here tbf

  7. F4L
    • 10 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    martinelli g
    timber a

    var check

    1. Deulofail
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Can't be disallowing that

      1. brianutd-why always we? 20
        • 14 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        Offside

      2. Deulofail
        • 9 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        Can be!

    2. Limbo
      • 15 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Main rival has both...

      1. Limbo
        • 15 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        Phew

        1. brianutd-why always we? 20
          • 14 Years
          7 months, 16 days ago

          GK

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Looks on

  8. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Stay away from my Kiwior bonus timber ffs

  9. Skout
    • 6 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Why did Henderson let that go through his hands lol

  10. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Forgot about the footy. Boring PL season but yay! Timber on BB

  11. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Huge red arrow on BB is not what I thought would happen.

    1. Jam0sh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      That's unfortunate, what ranks are we talking about here

  12. Deulofail
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Dixon thinks goal-line tech could tell us if that went out of play

  13. KanuLenoMeeMoCash
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Ffs
    No luck

  14. The Knights Template
    • 12 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Will Saka play?

    1. Kaneyonero
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      He's on

      1. Biggsy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        Yeah but will he play?

    2. Haa-lala-land
      • 5 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      I'm surprised Sterling didn't play

  15. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Mateta coming on

    1. Effe
      • 15 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Lovely I’ll take the 1 extra point 🙂

  16. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Witch Doctors show yourselves!!!

  17. KanuLenoMeeMoCash
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Surely Mateta is milking it with the mask at this stage

    1. BUZZBOMB ♡
      • 10 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      He cant hear you

    2. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Protection for injury not for show simples

  18. Haa-lala-land
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    How on earth has Nketiah gotten worse as a footballer over the years

    1. Deulofail
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      I've got worse at everything. It's definitely plausible

      1. Haa-lala-land
        • 5 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        Me too now I think about it, so I guess it's alright

    2. BUZZBOMB ♡
      • 10 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Eddie the Eagle should have been a match made in heaven

    3. MikeS
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      He's been taking advise from bendtner

      1. Deulofail
        • 9 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        Thou shalt NOT!

    4. Glasner Ball
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      He did get a good goal v Arsenal last time here.

  19. Not again Shirley
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Running out of weeks to play TC. Isak this weekend an option but he seems to not get full 90 minutes these days so probably not a great option. Newcastle could score a hatful against Ipswich though.

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      If you have no chip planned for 36 that's the week to do it.

    2. F4L
      • 10 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      can see a standard Salah g + a 13/14 pointer against spurs. otherwise there is 1 more dgw

    3. BUZZBOMB ♡
      • 10 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Stick it on Bellegarde this weekend, even if he is a doubt. The way the last couple of weeks have gone, anything will happen.

  20. F4L
    • 10 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    thank you henderson, phew

  21. MikeS
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    I'm pleased with my 4 points haul from saka (c), feels like a big win. Hang in there no yellow cards please

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Just missed a big chance. I want a return!

    2. Eightball
      • 5 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      None of the obvious captains did anything. No one really got punished.

  22. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    That's about 15 points flying over the crossbar just now.

  23. Twisted Saltergater
    • 16 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Saka’s cursed

  24. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Saka (c) has been pure pain!

    1. MikeS
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      So is supporting arsenal

  25. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Henderson, despise ya

  26. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Honestly, how did he not bury that

  27. KanuLenoMeeMoCash
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Oh 'koff
    How saka has nothing this week is nuts

    1. MikeS
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      He'll reward us with a penalty miss in 90mins +3

    2. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Fewer mins than Marmoush but has had way better chances. We really should have won this...

  28. Deulofail
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Played Martinez instead of Henderson. What a Paux Fas

  29. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Feels like I (c) Jackson, not a star boy

  30. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Mateta!