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The first of two Premier League matches this Sunday kicks off at the Vitality Stadium at 13:30 GMT, with Bournemouth hoping to bounce back from successive 2-1 defeats against an Arsenal side without a win in three top-flight matches – although unbeaten since Gameweek 2.

There should hopefully be goals in this match, with Arsenal having scored at least twice in every one of their Premier League fixtures on the road this season.

Only two sides have recorded fewer clean sheets than the Gunners, meanwhile, with neither of their two shut-outs coming in an away match.

Manchester City and Chelsea are the only two clubs to have registered more big chances than the Cherries in the English top tier this season.

At least three goals have been scored in each of the last four league meetings between these two clubs.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£10.9m) and Alexandre Lacazette (£9.7m), the visitors’ two most-owned FPL assets, both suffered over 110,000 sales in the run-up to Gameweek 12.

Those who ditched Lacazette looked to have made a shrewd move as the French striker misses out as a precaution with a groin strain.

Aubameyang appears to be leading the line in a front three with Henrikh Mkhitaryan (£6.7m) and Alex Iwobi (£5.5m), as Unai Emery switches to a 3-4-3 for the first time in the league this season. Mesut Ozil (£8.3m) drops to the bench.

Sokratis (£5.1m) comes in at centre-back alongside Shkodran Mustafi (£5.4m) and Rob Holding (£4.4m).

Ryan Fraser (£6.2m), now owned by more than one in four FPL bosses, was bought by almost 115,000 managers over the international break.

The Scotland winger is back on the left flank this afternoon, with David Brooks (£5.1m) dropping back to the right wing after a spell alongside Callum Wilson (£6.8m) up front.

Joshua King (£6.3m) returns from injury to make his first start since Gameweek 9.

Charlie Daniels (£4.2m), meanwhile, gets the nod at left-back in place of the injured Adam Smith (£4.5m).

Bournemouth XI (4-4-2): Begovic, Francis, Cook, Ake, Daniels, Brooks, Gosling, Lerma, Fraser, King, Wilson.

Arsenal XI (3-4-3): Leno, Sokratis, Mustafi, Holding, Kolasinac, Torreira, Xhaka, Bellerin, Mkhitaryan, Iwobi, Aubameyang.

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  1. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Auba over the bar. Good chance though.

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Auba looks a better player leading the line and without Laca in the side

    2. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Would count in rugby though

  2. Jones Kusi
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    F.Anderson>Sterling
    Aguero>Arnautovic(if not injured)/Wilson/Mitrovic
    What do you think?

  3. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Best Fraser replacement? Preferably someone who isn't allergic to attacking returns.

    1. RoysCallerAnne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Sterling.

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Assist or goal incoming.....

    3. Jones Kusi
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Diangana and improve somewhere else.
      Paterson as he is OOP. Bad team though.
      Deulofeu.

    4. yakirh
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Already transferred him out yesterday, for Sterling (had loads of cash in the bank)

  4. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    fraser rangee

  5. evilfish
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    C'mon Fraser! You and Bennett can rescue my car crash of a GW. I have faith in you.

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Wow that is who you are relying on ?

      1. evilfish
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Unfortunately so.

        1. Dynamic Duos
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          Good luck

      2. yakirh
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Me too, car crash is understatement

  6. farmerfat
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Is it just me or does Fraser resemble a young Eddie Howe? XD

  7. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    closeee

  8. Ask Yourself
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    How did everyone manage an average of 42 points yesterday? All the template was poop

    1. J T
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      I bought Sterling and captained him, TAA & Mane helping out

      1. Regin
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        And u managed only 42? Shouldn't u be like on 70.

        1. J T
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          Yea I got 65 yesterday

    2. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Sterling and TAA

    3. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Dunno about the rest but I had (S)terling, Arnold and Murray.

    4. Srv210
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      I didn't manage 42...on 36 fell down to 25k from 12k

    5. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      High dead team scores

      Someone in my H2H on 90 with Mitro, Sane, Firmino... and triple Palace defence

    6. The Big Fella
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      I got 39 and my team is pretty template

    7. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Robbo CS, Laporte / Digne CS, Salah(c) = 28pts straight away. A few 2pts / 3pts here and there and you can get up to 40pts easily.

    8. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      City and Liverpool clean sheets helped a lot.

  9. Wetdream
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Anybody still got their wc left ? When are you planning on playing ? Pretty sure i'm pulling the trigger on mine gw15 to load up on Spurs.Cant wait gonna be like a kid at Christmas !! 🙂

    1. Srv210
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Same

    2. The Big Fella
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah. GW15 or 16 I am going to wildcard. Want to bring in Kane and Sterling. Considering Lacazette too.

    3. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      It has become a Christmas tradition for me to use mine right after the Boxing Day deadline.

    4. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      gw16

    5. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      GW15, been trying to hold up till then since the Fixtures were released

      1. Warby84
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        I think Kane vs Southampton is tasty and you’d want to cover sterling away to watford at the same time.. I do remember Aguero getting a hat trick last year aw to Watford

    6. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      GW15, could have done with it this week given my paltry 26 points so far.

      1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        same haa

  10. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Lerma OG 😀

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Kola assist

  11. Dynamic Duos
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Hahahahaha

  12. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Has the Bannockburn Bolasie’s points dried up?

  13. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    lol

  14. Regin
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    A superb goal by Lerma! Classy finish for a 4.5m! Bmouth pressure paying off.

    1. Regin
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Oops it wan an og.

  15. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    unlucky

  16. J T
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    What a finish

  17. Egg noodle
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Dear lord

  18. osceola31909
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    What a beautiful strike.

  19. Stoic
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Is it time to ditch ASH ( Aguero Salah Hazard ) and get onto ASK ( Alli Sterling Kane ) from GW 15 onwards ??
    The extra money would also enable me to go Wilson to Laca.
    Eriksen or Alli ?

    1. Srv210
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Thinking on similar lines...but Alli or erikson choice is unclear

    2. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      No on Alli. Alli will be nullified when Lucas plays in the messy fixture list

    3. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      I'm going Kane , Aguero, Alli and Steling

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

      U will regret. One player of Spurs enough.

  20. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Phew

  21. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Sokratis needs to think about things a lot more.

  22. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Goal of the Month nominee?

  23. MTPockets
      7 years, 5 months ago

      whoops

    • Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Great Kola Assist Lerma Goal

    • Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Why Arsenal not offer Lerma a new deal?

    • Sif
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      oh my word what a goal :S

    • Optimus.
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      That might go down as a Kola goal yet, looked on target

    • Demel
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Fabianski
      Bellerin - TAA - Doherty
      Brooks - Sane - Sterling- Hazard
      Kane - Aguero- Rondon

      Button - Balbuena - AWB - Hogg

      How does this potential wildcard

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Think I would prefer Mane over Sane instead of City triple up and lose Rondon too

        1. Demel
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          I could go with Jimenez over Rondon but quite fancy Rondon to do well. Mane is more expensive than Sane.

    • Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Holding seems nailed very good at 4.4 m 🙂

      1. La Roja
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Will he be holding that spot though?

    • diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Not sure I want a Wolves CS now. Top 10k EO for Wolves defence is over 100% (112%).

      1. SHOOTER MCGINN
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Need it to rescue my gameweek