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A chilly Vitality Stadium plays host to the final Premier League match of the day: Bournemouth v Arsenal.

Kick-off on the south coast is at 5.30pm GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Andoni Iraola continues to eke out the services of the exit-bound Antoine Semenyo, starting the winger against the Gunners this evening.

It may not even be the Ghanaian international’s swansong in a Bournemouth shirt, with his manager confident, or at least hopeful, of another appearance in Gameweek 21.

Semenyo is part of an unchanged XI following the 2-2 draw at Chelsea.

New signing Fraser Forster, snapped up following Will Dennis‘s injury, is among the substitutes.

Mikel Arteta has sprung a few surprises with his teamsheet, making three alterations.

One sees Declan Rice return from a knee injury and take the place of Mikel Merino in midfield.

The big calls are in attack, with Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard dropping to the bench.

In come Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli for starts alongside Viktor Gyokeres, who continues to see off the challenge of Gabriel Jesus.

Gabriel Magalhaes starts again at centre-half, fresh from his 15-pointer on Tuesday night. That appearance against Aston Villa marked his first start since Gameweek 11.

LINE-UPS

Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Jimenez, Hill, Senesi, Truffert, Scott, Tavernier, Brooks, Kluivert, Semenyo, Evanilson.

Subs: Forster, Cook, Soler, Smith, Diakite, Adli, Kroupi, Unal, Rees-Dottin.

Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie, Zubimendi, Rice, Odegaard, Madueke, Martinelli, Gyokeres.

Subs: Kepa, White, Saka, Jesus, Eze, Norgaard, Trossard. Merino, Lewis-Skelly.


LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!

New to Fantasy Football Scout this season is the Live Gameweek page, which you can see on the side menu.

Here you can follow the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DC) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out, as seen below:


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  1. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    lol Gabriel

  2. F4L
    • 11 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    evanilson goal

    gabriel wtf

  3. Bigbars
    • 15 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    Yes... kiss that CS goodbye Arteta

  4. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    Gabriel stinker

  5. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    1-0 evanilson

  6. AllArnaut
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 2 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    Assist Gabriel!!

  7. Glasner Ball
    • 13 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    Glad only have one Arsenal defender at least 🙂

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      5 days, 1 hour ago

      I only had Calafiori, got rid

  8. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    Jesus Gabby 😡

  9. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    Noooooo

  10. REDMOND IN SANDALS
    • 4 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    Gabriel holders hold this 2-pointer lmao

    1. Utopsis
      • 5 Years
      5 days, 1 hour ago

      HAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA

  11. F4L
    • 11 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    alright get saka on arteta to turn things around

  12. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    Gabriel and Timber. Oh well

  13. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    FFS Gabriel

  14. Jam0sh
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    We do not let this slip

  15. The Hunt
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    Gabriel buyers seeeeeeething.

  16. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    It was coming. It's been all Bournemouth.

  17. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    4 points well spent on Gabriel 😆

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      5 days, 1 hour ago

      I really really need to get out of doing that, it barely ever works out.

      1. Utopsis
        • 5 Years
        5 days, 1 hour ago

        ...

  18. FPL Virgin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    Maybe the Gabriel transfer can wait one more gameweek....

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      5 days, 1 hour ago

      This

    2. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      5 days, 1 hour ago

      Yep

  19. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    Lol

  20. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    Millions of CSs suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced

  21. EWH2020
    • 12 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    FPL should introduce a new rule which treats that sort of thing as an OG. Gabriel has cost every other Arsenal defender a clean sheet. Should be on minus points

    1. Postman Ty
      • 11 Years
      5 days, 1 hour ago

      Agreed they need to remove/rework the point deduction for defenders conceding 2 goals and add a penalty for errors leading to goals.

  22. Postman Ty
    • 11 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    As if I didn't buy Gabriel this week and captain him because the proper options all had bad fixtures.

  23. Sandy Ravage
    • 9 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    A - Bowen (NFO, tot, SUN)
    B - DCL (new, FUL, eve)

    1. Jam0sh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 days, 1 hour ago

      B

    2. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      5 days, 1 hour ago

      Weat Ham is a no go atm

  24. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 7 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    What a shocker.

  25. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    There needs to be a special minus points penalty for Gabs

  26. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    No jammy cs for ars def coming off early like last gw

  27. Bigbars
    • 15 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    Thats FPL for you... one week, Gabriel rewards all his owners, next he makes a howler, only thing that worries me is that he will now try super hard to atone.. goal from him incoming

    1. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      5 days, 1 hour ago

      Gabriel giveth, and he taketh away.

      1. Lanley Staurel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        5 days, 1 hour ago

        …and giveth again 😉

  28. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    Another assist from Gabriel.

  29. Ignasi M
    • 8 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    Despite bringing in Gabriel, I knew we'd concede. Arsenal always concede away to Bournemouth.

  30. REDMOND IN SANDALS
    • 4 Years
    5 days, 1 hour ago

    Casuals punished for chasing last week's points. Lovely

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      5 days, 1 hour ago

      I’m not even surprised, don’t know why I took a hit. If it wasn’t for the steam train price rises I wouldn’t have touched it

    2. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      5 days, 1 hour ago

      Lol