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22 December 2018 1251 comments
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.5m) and Alexandre Lacazette (£9.6m) both start for Arsenal as they host Burnley in Gameweek 18’s Saturday lunch-time kick-off.

Sead Kolasinac (£5.0m) returns to the starting line-up after being a fitness doubt for the game, while Ainsley Maitland-Niles (£4.4m) is the one to replace the injured Hector Bellerín (£5.4m) at right-back.

Meanwhile, Mohamed Elneny (£4.3m) comes into the side so that Lucas Torreira (£5.2m) can get a rest on the bench.

Aubameyang and Lacazette are joined in attack by Mesut Özil (£8.0m).

Burnley have lined up with a 5-3-2 formation and are expected to try to stay compact and hit Arsenal on the break.

James Tarkowski (£4.7m), Ben Mee (£4.7m) and Kevin Long (£4.2m) are the centre-backs with Charlie Taylor (£4.4m) and Phil Bardsley (£4.2m) flanking them.

Sean Dyche has typically used just one forward this season but he has bolstered the attack today with the inclusion of Ashley Barnes (£5.6m) and Chris Wood (£6.2m) up front.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Monreal, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Elneny, Guendouzi, Ozil, Lacazette, Aubameyang.

Burnley XI: Hart, Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Long, Taylor, Cork, Westwood, Hendrick, Barnes, Wood.

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  1. SPorting
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    YC?

    #MeeToo

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      You know it

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

    An absolute miracle if there isn't a red card here

  3. #FPLBhuna
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Chaps

    If you think you're doing bad

    Im still on -1 from 2

    *puke*

  4. DROP IT LIKE IT'S HART
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Elneny off at 59. Owners must be devastated by the one pointer.

    1. FPL DONKEY
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      You mean owner, not owners, right?

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

      If anyone actually own and played Elneny they deserve everything they get.

    3. LarryDuff
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Doubt he'd pick himself in his own team

  5. Miles105
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Burnley are gaping

  6. Samwise the Brave
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Any sign of an auba rest?

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

    Took out auba for a hit.. .

    1. Fantastisk
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Before Burnley at home?

      1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        nice one

    2. TeamSteam
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Annie are you ok

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      before Burnley at home
      ..WOW

    4. Rashers
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Same. Hoping Haz does something now. We knew the risks.

    5. Not again Shirley
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      I feel our pain. Assume you brought in another premium so hopefully they will do well.

      1. Flynny
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        Yup hazard..knew the risks

        Could still work over over next few weeks

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

    Torreira yellow incoming. Guaranteed.

  9. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Loleira

  10. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    cup opponent has Auba salah and vvd all in his team.

    1. JJO
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      well thats just.............

      1. JJO
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        52/53 points 🙂

    2. Ghost Gooner
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      See you next season

    3. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Cup means nothing anyway

  11. SPorting
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Lacazette ruining everything

    1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      absolutely useless spoiled kola assist and it then became auba goal

  12. Shatner's Bassoon
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Hahahahaa Lacazette is ATROCIOUS

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

    Ozil=lazy

    1. FPL Forward Thinker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Terrible pass by Lacazette- surely he knows Ozil is lazy and won’t battle a 50% sprint race.

  14. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    countdown to Pep roulette....

    1. Pukki Party
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      I cam feel a 352 coming up

  15. The Polymath
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    CS GONE!

  16. HD7
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    If anybody still hasnt figured it out
    PATIENCE is a virtue
    You bought a player with the idea of playing him at least 4-5 GWs mostly.
    Im glad I gave Auba the trust after last 2 Gws. I captained Salah but wont mind a hattrick of Auba :))
    Oh dont sell Kane, he is next to punish sellers in next 3 GWs 🙂

    1. tsm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      This

    2. HNI
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Its already very hard to survive this fpl season due to all the competition. If everyone fpl manager starts having patience my team will be burned to the ground. Please shut up and keep wisdom to yourself. Hope this post is lost somewhere so people knee jerk kane to auba 😉

  17. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Barnes G

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

    Barnes G
    TBC A

  19. azz007
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    No cleans sheet

  20. Richd
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Arsenal concede. GOD DAM

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      You seem surprised.

    2. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Not a surprise

  21. MTPockets
      7 years, 2 months ago

      nice

    • g40steve
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Ars just cannot keep a cleanie, Barnes G

    • The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Shouldn’t be on the pitch. Twot

    • SPorting
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      BOOM BOOM BARNES!

    • Over Midwicket
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Kola owners

    • Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      That was inevitable

      1. BIGREDDOG
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        Yep

    • Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      ffs Ozil. What's the point in running the lenght of the pitch to give up a ball at the last moment. That was reachable. And now you've wasted a sniff of a chance and embarrassed Lacazette and the team. OVERREACTION!

      Oh and Barnes scores a goal as a ghost who probably shouldn't be on the pitch.

    • sminkypinky
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Love that!

    • Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Auba hattie loading....66% complete

      1. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 2 months ago

        404 - not found

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

        67*

    • IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      kola clean gone damnn