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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. Fred54
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Wearing my compression socks, hoping for Auba blood clot hat trick.

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

    Kola so attacking and cheap. Think he’ll play most of the games the next month?

    1. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Yes.
      Arsenal have many defensive injuries

    2. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Yes.

    3. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      yep keeping him atleast till fulham

  3. The Enlightener
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Nice short corner Arsenal. The heck was that!?

    1. yakirh
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Bizzare

  4. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Kolasinac passes the eye test and then some

  5. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Shambles at defending, roll on the transfer market.

  6. L'Aeroplanino
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    3 mins till meltdown

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

    I hate scaremongering

  8. LSP
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    I hope Burley get relegated

    1. Chenku╰☆╮
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      No chance.

    2. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Kay Burley? Me too.

  9. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    I'm hearing news of the team line up....woah

    1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      blah blah

  10. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Long kicks the ball away. Escaped discipline. Still don't understand the extent to which you must kick it away to be punished.

    1. TAT
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Me neither.

      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        He actually kicked it at the ref too, and the ref is looking at the sky la la la can't see

        1. TAT
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Incredible! 🙁

    2. HNI
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      72 Meter

      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Cheers 🙂

  11. Waynoo
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    2 mins until meltdown

  12. BIGREDDOG
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    No way....

  13. azz007
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Ederson, Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Laporte, Delph, Gundogan, B Silva, Sterling, Sane, Jesus

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

      No Mahrez then

      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Source?

        1. azz007
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Sky sports

      2. azz007
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        No

  14. Hazardous1983
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    No rich tripp.or kane

  15. L'Aeroplanino
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Sane and Sterling STARTS

  16. JELLYFISH
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Loving that Kolas assist. Bargain defender, can’t believe so many folk offloaded

  17. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    sane and sterly start

  18. Tshelby
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    City XI | Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Otamendi, Delph (C), Gundogan, Sane, Sterling, Bernardo, Jesus

    Subs | Muric, Danilo, Aguero, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Zinchenko, Foden

    1. J T
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Cheers

    2. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      laporte lb?

  19. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Aguero on the bench

  20. azz007
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Wilson starts!
    No Aguero

  21. BenDavies
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Aguero on bench.

  22. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Sane (c) please keep up with Salah and Auba.

    1. Tshelby
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      This so much!

  23. Differential C (Mark)
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Just saw the Arsenal "defence" of the Burnley goal.
    Shambles.

  24. The Chosen One...
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    wtf no Fraser

  25. LIARS POKER
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    No Fraser

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

    No Ferandinho shocker 😯

  27. BenDavies
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    FRASER BENCHED. F***

    1. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Dafuq

    2. The Enlightener
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      The week I finally get him in. Ahhhhh, gotta love this game.

  28. Zladan
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    All my 3pm kick off players start.

    Phew.

  29. BIGREDDOG
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Come on Sterling(c) and Sane!!

  30. JJO
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    343 for City

    1. JJO
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      or Delph probably in MID