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FPL focus on Arsenal in first favourable fixture of 2018/19

All eyes turn to Arsenal and their home meeting with West Ham this afternoon in the first favourable fixture of the season for Unai Emery’s men.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan (£7.1m), signed by 450,000+ managers and now in 19 percent of teams, retained his place in the side while the 16.3 percent owned Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.0m) leads the line once again.

As expected, Mesut Özil (£8.4m) misses out through illness and is replaced by Aaron Ramsey (£7.4m), while Alexandre Lacazette (£9.4m) is named on the bench for the third week running.

Marko Arnautovic (£7.0m) reclaims his monopoly on the West Ham centre-forward role with Javier Hernandez (£6.5m) dropped down to the bench.

Bournemouth are unchanged for the third match in succession with Callum Wilson (£6.1m) and Josh King (£6.4m) once again the front pairing, with Ryan Fraser (£5.6m) deployed on the left of midfield.

Ben Hamer (£4.0m) keeps his place in the Huddersfield net while Lee Peltier (£4.0m) was absent from the Cardiff line-up for a second week running, although this time he was named on the bench instead of missing out all-together.

Our Spot the Differential lead pick Danny Ings (£5.5m) gets a second start in a row for Southampton while Shane Long (£5.0m) comes in for Charlie Austin (£6.0m).

Meanwhile, FPL defender Ricardo Pereira (£5.1m) looks to have returned to an attacking midfield role for Leciester.

ARSENAL XI (4-3-3): Cech; Monreal, Mustafi, Sokratis, Bellerin; Guendouzi, Xhaka, Ramsey; Iwobi, Aubameyang, Mkhitaryan

WEST HAM XI (4-2-3-1): Fabianski; Masuaku, Balbuena, Diop, Fredericks; Sanchez, Wilshere; Anderson, Antonio, Snodgrass; Arnautovic

BOURNEMOUTH XI (4-4-2): Begovic; Daniels, S Cook, Aké, A Smith; Fraser, Surman, Gosling, Brooks; King, Wilson.

EVERTON XI (4-2-3-1): Pickford; Baines, Keane, Holgate, Coleman; Gueye, Davies; Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Walcott; Tosun.

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN XI (4-5-1): Hamer, Kongolo, Zanka, Schindler, Haderjonaj; Diahkaby, Hogg, Billing, Mooy, Van La Parra; Mounie.

CARDIFF CITY XI (4-3-3): Etheridge; Bennett, Bamba, Morrison, Manga; Ralls, Camarasa, Arter; Murphy, Zohore, Mendez-Laing.

SOUTHAMPTON XI (4-4-2): McCarthy; Bertrand, Hoedt, Vestergaard, Cedric; Redmond, Lemina, Hojbjerg, Elyounoussi; Long, Ings

LEICESTER CITY XI (4-4-1-1): Schmeichel; Chilwell, Maguire, Evans, Pereira; Gray, Ndidi, Mendy, Albrighton; Maddison; Iheanacho.

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3,013 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Adro3
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Mkhi fs 🙁

    1. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      For Sale?

  2. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Painful watching that Arsenal goal. I've actually been quietly impressed with WH in patches

  3. Manani
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    what a troll King is. Hope Mitrovic outscore him this GW

  4. RomeluStormzy
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    So who to get for Richarlison...

    1. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Straight swap for Walcott or Madisson.

  5. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    3 - Welbeck (30)
    2 - Monreal (27)
    1 - Bellerín, Fabianski (26)

    1. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Welbeck 3baps!!

    2. Sasquatch Slayer
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      What are the chances of Fab nicking all three

  6. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Riots guaranteed next week if Wolves win!

  7. El Lobito 10
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    People who sneer at casuals, why? It's so negative. Focus on your own team.

  8. The Chosen One...
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Peltier last week and Hamer this week. Missing out on those teams cs ffs

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Peltier this week?

  9. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    That Huddersfield clean sheet hurts too 🙁

  10. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Keane stretched off 🙁

  11. tm245
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Keane stretchered off.

  12. Limbo
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Correct scores in Arsenal and Leicester games - cashout tomorrow afternoon should be £300 odd 🙂

  13. #FPLBhuna
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    11 with salah(c), robbo, alonso and pva to go

    Non wc would have been on 26 with hart, robbo, mane, salah(c), zaha to go.

    Rash decisions bad times

  14. 420king
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Nice, Huddersfield CS and Hamer started. Oh wait...

  15. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    11m for a 3rd choice striker is probably a bit too expensive.

    1. Dacra
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Huh?

  16. Cojones of Destiny
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    was doubting selling aub and not getting richa instead feel so good haha

  17. QueefParkRangers
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    So funny to watch everyone get wound up this week

  18. Astronautovic
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Kante to save my gw

  19. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Keeping Bernardo paid off. Would have been -4 down if I took the hit for Mkhi.

  20. Viper
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    7 points from 6 😆

  21. Mic
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Hahahahahah welbz 3 bp

  22. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    How many players has everyone got left to play?

    1. Astronautovic
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      5

    2. grumpyman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Just 4. Might break double figures if my luck changes.

    3. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      5

    4. AnfieldLad
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      5

    5. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      4 woth sal c

    6. windowview
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      De Gea, Robertson, Mane, Salah (c), Tomkins. I really need some results from these games.

    7. Schafsalat
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      4

  23. Limbo
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Dammit. Keane looks bad.

  24. Marvin Moon
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Nobody panic guys. No one could have foreseen todays events.

  25. Keno
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Aub and Aguero blanks, glad I went with Salah(C)

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      youre so smart

  26. Chenku╰☆╮
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    The template mids are getting slowly wiped out..

  27. Bartowski
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    You have to admit the template team is fairly consistent so far:

    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/829593/event/3

  28. Crabwalk
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    This proves templates and bandwagons are worthless after two gameweeks (aside from for building team value). That’s why flexibility and rolling transfers are the way to go this early.

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      you're also very smart

      1. Crabwalk
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        I transferred out King for Ings, so not really!

  29. LewanGOALski
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    1) how many bans for Richarlison?
    2) did Arnie injury look seriously?

  30. Ghost Gooner
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Hamer blow! Really needed those c/s points 😥