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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. OPTA FPL
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    maddison injured

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

      Recovered ?

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

    Arniegol

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

    ARNIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  4. TorresMagic™
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    • 16 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Arnie goal

  5. Differential C (Mark)
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Arnie goalll

  6. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    ARNIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  7. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Arnieeeee yesss

    Fixture proof!

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

    Arnie goal

  9. My Name Is Pepu
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Arnie scores

    Anderson assist

  10. G-Whizz
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    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Arsenal 0 West Ham 1 (Arnie)

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

      Well played Whizz...hope you win 😀

      1. G-Whizz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Can't see it meself, but hey ho...

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

          Think positive....oh and it’s an Arsenal def 😉

  11. tm245
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Arnie goal, ugh

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

    Lovely .Arnie ...

  13. Licky
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Come on Arsenal, do something...

  14. Ghost Gooner
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Cech must just retire tbh 😡

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

    Anderson A

  16. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Arnie 😎

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

    Arnie killing me this season

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      😆

  18. Differential C (Mark)
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Fanderson assist

  19. Mic
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    YES ARNIE YOU BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING

  20. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Yeeeesss!!

  21. CloudSky
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Cech looks in perma slow mode.

  22. OPTA FPL
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    richarlison down

  23. Khark
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    #WengerIn

  24. Sasquatch Slayer
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Did Arnie survive all the wc’s?

  25. King Kohli
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone worse than 4 points total from their gk for the first three weeks?

    1. AriseSirGiggsy
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Ryan’s given me 3 from 2 and Liverpool away next so I might beat that

  26. Rusty71
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Get in there Arnie!!!!!

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

    This is an easy fixture for Arnie

    1. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Every fixture is easy for Arnie.

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

    Steve Bould still in charge of the Arsenal backline 😆

  29. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Arnie hatty incoming

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

    I bloody love Arnie. Anderson looking good too!