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Everton v Arsenal/Leeds v Palace team news: Eze sub

20 December 2025 803 comments
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A chain of events involving Crystal Palace’s progression in the EFL Cup and ongoing participation in the UEFA Conference League means we’ve got two Premier League games kicking off at 20:00 GMT this evening.

Everton entertain Arsenal, while Palace are away at Leeds United.

TEAM NEWS

It’s three line-up changes apiece at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

All of Everton’s are enforced as Idrissa Gueye and Illiman Ndiaye are away on international duty and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is injured.

In come Dwight McNeil, Carlos Alcaraz and Tim Iroegbunam.

Only one of Mikel Arteta’s alterations is made out of necessity: Riccardo Calafiori returns from suspension to replace the injured Ben White.

Leandro Trossard and Martin Odegaard are preferred over Gabriel Martinelli and Eberechi Eze, meanwhile.

At Elland Road, Brenden Aaronson ousts Ao Tanaka in Leeds’ one and only tweak.

No surprises in the Palace XI – Oliver Glasner told us it yesterday!

Ismaila Sarr has left the Eagles to head for the Africa Cup of Nations.

LINE-UPS

Everton XI: Pickford, Keane, Tarkowski, McNeil, Barry, O’Brien, Mykolenko, Grealish, Alcaraz, Garner, Iroegbunam

Subs: Aznou, Dibling, Beto, King, Patterson, Rohl, Travers, Welsh, Campbell.

Arsenal XI: Raya, Saliba, Hancapie, Saka, Odegaard, Timber, Gyokeres, Trossard, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Rice

Subs: Kepa, Eze, Lewis-Skelly, Madueke, Martinelli, Merino, Nwaneri, Norgaard, Jesus.

Leeds United XI: Perri, Bogle, Gudmundsson, Ampadu, Struijk, Rodon, Calvert-Lewin, Aaronson, Bijol, Stach, Okafor. 

Subs: Darlow, Piroe, Harrison, Tanaka, Bornauw, Justin, Byram, Gnonto, Gruev.

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Guehi, Lacroix, Richards, Mitchell, Hughes, Wharton, Clyne, Pino, Nketiah, Mateta.

Subs: Benitez, Lerma, Uche, Esse, Canvot, Sosa, Rodney, Devenny, Drakes-Thomas.

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  1. F4L
    • 11 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    ffs lacroix yc

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    1. mookie
      • 12 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      Guehi booked as well.

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      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        22 days, 10 hours ago

        fair. need the defcon now

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  2. elpiratacordobes
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    I have 3ft and exact money to do this:
    Saka, Thiago and Gudmundsson to Palmer, DCL and Keane.

    Y or N?

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    1. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      I’m inclined no

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    2. Vazza
      • 5 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      I wouldn’t

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  3. fusen
    • 14 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    Rice on 7 DefCon. Need to keep that going

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    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      noice

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    2. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      easily going to get the 2 defcon points

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  4. JabbaWookiee
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    Palace defensive car crash

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  5. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    So Jokerez sucks so bad he has to get a welfare and pity goal?

    My boy is supposed to take those kicks.

    This game sucks when this happens. Joke is a striker that can't score proper goals. This dude is a disease that must be dumped. Merino is 3x the player.

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  6. F4L
    • 11 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    dcl double

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  7. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    How wrong is giving Thiago 1/2 more weeks?
    Or switch to DCL and bench him after GW18 playing 352?

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    1. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      For me he’s too expensive to bench, right now he beats all the sub 7.0 mids

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  8. HVT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    DCL by 2

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  9. The Knights Template
    • 12 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    How are DCL owners feeling?

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    1. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      Absolute rapture, TKT!

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    2. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      You’ll need to ask him.

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    3. JT11fc
      • 7 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      Christmas come early, just unwrapped a big Dom

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      1. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        22 days, 10 hours ago

        Put it back in your pants

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    4. Babit1967
      • 9 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      Fantastic

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    5. Kaneyonero
      • 9 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      Honestly relieved hopefully a hattrick since I got him in for Woltemade

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  10. Weasel51
    • 10 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    Best Mid for the next 4-5 GW’s:

    A)Kudus
    B)Grealish
    C)Gordon
    D)Enzo
    E)Wilson

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    1. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      C/E

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  11. JT11fc
    • 7 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    Woooooo!!!

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  12. F4L
    • 11 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    everton look like they could use a striker...

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  13. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    Would Saka > Cunha (to enable Ek) be too much Man Utd? Feels like a fun punt.

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    1. The-Red-1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      22 days, 9 hours ago

      See how we are tomorrow before you decide! We might be rubbish

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  14. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    Where are the balls? Saka got bo balls to take pens. I’m paying so much for an overpriced Puncheon

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  15. mookie
    • 12 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    Dominic Braut--Lewin strikes again.

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    1. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      Lewindanski

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  16. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    Almost started Thiago over DCL...phew.

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    1. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      Well played

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  17. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    Dominic CL is world class.

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    1. Utopsis
      • 5 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      Steady on

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  18. el polako
    • 8 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    Imagine spending £50m+ on forward, just to have to keep him on artificial life support from penalties to justify his existence.

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    1. Nightcrawler
      • 6 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      he's got 7 goals this season despite missing some time through injury. far worse debut seasons going on in the league right now

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      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        22 days, 10 hours ago

        Have a look at his comment history

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        1. Nightcrawler
          • 6 Years
          22 days, 10 hours ago

          yeah its a bit much and i dont even like watching gyokeres play

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      2. el polako
        • 8 Years
        22 days, 10 hours ago

        Sure, but only 1 playing for the league leaders.

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    2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 9 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      Half the price of Isak, but 3 more goals

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      1. el polako
        • 8 Years
        22 days, 10 hours ago

        No preseason, and playing for team
        In dissaray.
        Surely you’re not suggesting that Gyokeres is a better forward than Isak?

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  19. Jet5605
    • 11 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    Sun away is tough for DCL but Liverpool away after that might be ok

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    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      Imagine someone telling you this 6 months ago hahaha

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      1. Jet5605
        • 11 Years
        22 days, 10 hours ago

        Imagine how Everton are feeling when he was always injured there

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        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          22 days, 10 hours ago

          Don't blame them for letting him go tbf, don't think anyone expected him to explode like this

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          1. Jet5605
            • 11 Years
            22 days, 10 hours ago

            True that. Apparently he was asking for big money despite being injured. Right call to let him go.

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    2. Jet5605
      • 11 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      Then Man U at home. I'm considering him as a Szob to Bruno enabler

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  20. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    yess calvert lewin

    Bench boost huge success

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  21. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    That’s my Calvert working so hard to save my GW

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  22. Utopsis
    • 5 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    Wow DCL owners in heaven, needs serious consideration

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    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      I benched him in favour of Thiago 🙁

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      1. Utopsis
        • 5 Years
        22 days, 10 hours ago

        Awww man so unlucky 🙁

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      2. fantasykid
        • 14 Years
        22 days, 10 hours ago

        Thiago WOL(a) was the right play for this GW. Unfortunate that it didn't work out.

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  23. F4L
    • 11 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    dcl as many goals as semenyo now this season

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  24. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    DCL I love youuuuu

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  25. JT11fc
    • 7 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    Just waiting for the Calvert-Lewindowski hatty now

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  26. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    I owned Gyokeres when Saka took pens. Now I own Saka and Gyokeres takes pens. Can’t make this shite up.

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  27. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    DCL has liveprool and united after sunderland...

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    1. Nightcrawler
      • 6 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      could be points galore

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    2. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      Have you seen who he scored against so far?

      Tougher defences that either of those two can offer

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  28. F4L
    • 11 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    west ham got some serious work to do or they're done for.

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  29. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    Thinking Saka and Thiago to Rice and Ekitike for free, with £1.5 left itb

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    1. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      Yep!

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    2. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      I did saka to rice, mateta to ekitike this week

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  30. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    22 days, 10 hours ago

    Another goal from DCL needed. Gotta punish the doubters hard before they jump on board

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    1. Utopsis
      • 5 Years
      22 days, 10 hours ago

      Well done moving early-ish!

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      1. PartyTime
        • 4 Years
        22 days, 10 hours ago

        Thanks. Wolte on my bench though. Where there is joy, there is pain.

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