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25 August 2018 3013 comments
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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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  1. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Need help

    Mahrez, Richarlison, King to Hazard, 4.4, Arnie for -8?

    1. n-doggg
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Do it now. Before the rest of the games happen.

  2. Botman and Robben
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    King, score the consolation goal.

  3. HNI
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    How bad is Bou? Losing by 2 after having one man extra!

    1. Licious Lizard
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      They also got a red (Smith the receiver of the butt )

    2. J T
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      They have 10 men too

  4. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    GET LOST INGS

  5. Gaffa914
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    wilson is so sh1te

  6. Sif
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Ings fail, bad week.

  7. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Need big things from Alonso and Mitrovic to have any hope of this being a decent week.

  8. #FPLBhuna
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Wced keane and tosun out (:

  9. noahzark22
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Is an Ings and Mkhi goal too much to ask for?

    1. Lyonnais
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Yes, because Ings is already off.

      1. threeputt
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        🙂

      2. noahzark22
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        HUGE FROWN

  10. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Wilson misses 1v1

    YES!!!

  11. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Coleman ffs holldd

  12. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Ings is awful....

  13. camarozz
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Ya have to laugh. Nothing from Siggy since gw1 so I sold for Richarlson.

    Siggy assist.
    Richarlson - 2

  14. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Fraser struggling

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Stop it you.....

    2. Mikeharbrw
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      He's fine

  15. n-doggg
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    King goal would be nice

  16. Robson-Canoe
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    How bad did the Arnautovic injury look? Back next week or out for a bit?

    1. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Not terrible; seemed more precautionary

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Next week atm.

    3. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      He tried to play on so can’t be that bad.

  17. Forza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hogg's getting into some dangerous positions 😎

  18. Limbo
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Need wins from Everton, Derby, Leeds and Arsenal (had Boro too) - come on Gooners.

    1. Limbo
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Sweet.

  19. Marvin.
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Love to see the team that gets the highest score this week.

    1. noahzark22
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      will have Boly, Arnie, and Gundo for some reason.

  20. CloudSky
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Etheridge the highest scoring player in the game as of right now.

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      I wonder what odds you would have received for that before the season?

  21. SoShy
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Fpl is well and truly back.. should have seen this coming after 2 huge gameweeks

  22. Darth_Krid
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Never had two red cards on the same day before. I’ve been in a very good position so far and didn’t think I’d need to Wildcard for a while....

  23. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Tosun owners spewing.....

    1. Sasquatch Slayer
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Why what happened

  24. Top 210 Club
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Ings off ffs

  25. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Auba goal

    1. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Maybe not - OG

  26. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Liverpool unchanged

  27. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Welbeck coming on

  28. banskt
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    This place is mental right now. But may I ask how long is Richarlison out for?

    1. n-doggg
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Probs def 3

      1. banskt
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        Thanks. Need shipping then.

  29. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Arsenal goal 🙁

  30. windowview
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Please do not be a Mkhi assist