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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. Danno - Emre Canada
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Well that was fun, have King and Pickford!

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Me too. Points is points, though.

      1. Danno - Emre Canada
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Pen save would have done eh

  2. windowview
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Time to ship out Auba?

  3. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Points > pounds.

  4. kinghenry14
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    king!! never in doubt

  5. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Höjbjerg dives for a second yc.

  6. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    King to Ings, nailed it

  7. Baked baines
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Who would of thought a wolves defender against Man City would be by far my highest points scorer so far this GW.
    Shame Boly is my 3rd sub!

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

    Auba subbed too.. omg

  9. The Chosen One...
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    did King > Auba for a hit...

  10. Ady87
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    HAHAHAHAHA King goal. Hahahahahaha @ my GW and decisions.

  11. The Royal Robin
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Gross benched. Why's that?

    1. Duffy Dunk
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Not the first time he's benched away against a big team.
      Noticed it last season.

  12. rdamjan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    King goal. Ings blank.
    Arnie injured.
    Rich red.

    Welcome back FPL.

  13. Jonny HOW SON?
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    GET IN THERE JOSHY KING

  14. Duffy Dunk
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Sold King, own Pickford.
    Great

  15. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    King!! Patience rewarded.

    1. HamezMace
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      This.
      As Bon Jovi says, keep the faith

  16. lugs
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    sold king for Aguero ffs

  17. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    did king to zaha lol

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

      Zaha hasn’t played yet, so calllllmmmmm dooooown

  18. SirStevieG
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Traded King and Stephens to Fraser and Ings. Hate this game.

    1. Pep says
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Bit of a sideways-zig-zag tbf

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

    King somehow on for 3 baps as well. Beautiful

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

    Red Saturday.

  21. Red Star Toro
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Wildcard.

  22. ingus
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Auba out Welbeck in

  23. trikster102
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Almost a double fail. Did Sanchez to Richarlison and was going to do King to Ings.

  24. Cok3y5murf
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    KING never doubted you my son

  25. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Spewing.

  26. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    At least it was an Auba fail, that's a crumb of comfort

  27. Lallana's Bananas
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Of course King scored, of course he did

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

      And in for 3 baps

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

    King on 3 baps

    1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Proof that patience in this game pays out

  29. windowview
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    This week is going... badly.

  30. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Fabianski on 2 bonus right now

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

      Think I'll just play him and forget. Will save my single brain cell much effort.