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Aubameyang and Lacazette both start for Arsenal

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. Duderino
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Anyone fancy Rashford as a punt if he looks like getting a streak of games?

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    1. AndyCook
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Yeah looks a nice option with the fixtures

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  2. CloudSky
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    That settles Laca to Haz swap for me.

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  3. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Woop, can't wait to drop Lacazette this week. Free up some much needed funds

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  4. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Is pereirra Gomez the same as fanderson ?

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    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Yes.

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  5. ZeBestee
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Laca off, can't take out Auba

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    1. JELLYFISH
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      If Kane blanks this he I may well bin him and keep Auba (was planning the opposite)

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  6. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    OMG Laca nailed for boxing day 😮

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    1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      ha

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    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I reckon he is not. Emery doesn't like him. Laca will be gone in January or next July - Emery convinced him to stay this summer and Laca has not been repaid with proper first team football.

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      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Wow a lot of assertions there. Lacazette has 1132 mins in Prem this season. Maybe he needs to redefine what "proper first team football" means if your psychoanalysis is correct.

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        1. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Subbing him off at HT vs Huddersfield. Not starting him against Utd or Southampton. Subbing him early vs Burnley. I think Laca gets the message that Auba is no.1.

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          1. Deulofail
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 6 months ago

            He was unlucky to have been ousted when out for injury, but nothing is permanent. Lacazette was number one for a time before that. Even Aguero played second fiddle to Jesus at points last season, and Lacazette is on track to play about the same or more minutes than Aguero's average season. Aguero must have been mistreated too?

            I' sure Laca has some intelligence to realise that it's a team game. He's just frustrated not to have scored more goals this season. It's not like he's at rock bottom though.

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    3. MTPockets
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Must be a real stresser owning him, because that may/may not be correct

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      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        The fact it may not be true makes it not true 😀

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        1. MTPockets
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Is nailed an absolute or relative fpl term though?

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    4. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Said no one ever.

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  7. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Laca unhappy

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    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      So are owners.

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  8. BenDavies
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Lacazette off lol. Patience wearing thin with him.

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  9. OPTA FPL
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Frello Filho and Pereira Gomes bandwagons

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  10. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    auba plays full 90 then.Didnt expect that

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    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Can't take a player who's on a hat trick off (unless your Pep)

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      1. The Enlightener
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        See it all the time, actually, to be fair.

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    2. The Enlightener
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      The unpredictable seems the only thing that is predictable in FPL.

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  11. The Enlightener
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Laca subbed off. Awesome. Why do I play this game again? Lol.

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  12. BIGREDDOG
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Diangana still looking promising?

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  13. Old Wulfrunian
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Why Kenedy?

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    1. RyanC
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      So ready to ditch this guy this week.

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    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Widely reported to have a niggling injury.

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  14. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    David Brooks will be my saviour I have a feeling

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  15. OPTA FPL
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Fraser dropped?

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    1. Jimmy Floyd
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Saw a rumour he was injured, could be the tight hamstrings again, think it could be time to ditch him anyway with the fixtures

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    2. AndyCook
      7 years, 6 months ago

      With King, Brooks and Stanislas there’s a lot of options for rotation

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    3. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Coming on against tried legs second half?

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  16. Zladan
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Laca and Kenedy looking like the next on the chopping block.

    Plenty can be done with around £15m.

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    1. JJO
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I lost them for Martial and Rashford this GW for -4
      There is an idea for you 🙂

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      1. Zladan
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        They’re certainly appealing to me. Looking forward to seeing United v Cardiff to see how United react and they way they line up.

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  17. Ginkapo FPL
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Glen Murray, Olivier Giroud and Andy Carroll should all be starting. Why the hate for proper number nines?

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  18. Simply Loveleh
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    I'm considering getting kdb in, to go along side sane and sterling, thoughts

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    1. RyanC
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Wait on KDB.

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    2. Licious Lizard
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I actually made a potential team with a midfield Salah, Haz and Sterling, Sane, KDB.
      The rest of your teams suffers, But I was actually tempted haha

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      1. AndyCook
        7 years, 6 months ago

        There are nice cheap midfield options still though

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      2. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Suffers? I should think it was full of Bednareks!

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      3. Simply Loveleh
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        That would be my midfield. ... Got fabianski, trippier, Doherty, robbo and jiminez Wilson up front.... Would move Wilson to ings to fund Anderson to kdb

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      4. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        I have Salah, Sterling, Hazard, Kane. Doesn't look too bad, just a very weak bench

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  19. HurriKane
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Have a feeling Sterling and Sane will blank while Hazard will run riot today 😉

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    1. Jack Burton
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Hopefully

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      1. HurriKane
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Lol I was kidding. Hope city smashes it as I own sane

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    2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      All blank lovely weekend

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  20. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    All my 3pm players start thus keeping AWB firmly rooted to my bench

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  21. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    laca fuming on the bench.Bustup with emery incoming

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    1. Differential C (Mark)
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Nah, reckon he only needs a few moments to himself.

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    2. Shatner's Bassoon
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Overdue. He doesn’t fit into this side - always blocking others’ runs, can’t finish.

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  22. SirStevieG
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Who is playing LWB for City?

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    1. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Stones in midfield. Delpf left back

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  23. BenDavies
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Would love Arsenal to concede here to punish Emery for taking off Lacazette.

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  24. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Auba rest on boxing day?

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    1. Dr Van Nostrand
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Reckon so

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    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Nope. Auba as nailed as Kane.

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      1. AndyCook
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Whose have now decided is not nailed?

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        1. AndyCook
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Who we*

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      2. Volley127
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        So rest on boxing day then?

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        1. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          No rest IMO

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  25. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    I was planning on using Auba to fund Hazard.
    A. Stick to plan.
    B. Use Kane instead.
    C. Drop Alonso to a cheapie.
    D. Forget Hazard.

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    1. The 5% Team
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      C

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    2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Well this would always be the problem if u held auba one more week.U just cant make a proper decision with him

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    3. RyanC
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      A.) Why would you drop an in form Auba?

      B.) Kane hasn’t played yet.

      C.) Alonso hasn’t played yet but this is probably the most viable option.

      D.) Wait until everyone has played and see.

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      1. The Enlightener
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        So one assist in the last three league games qualifies a player as in form? With two of those opponents being Hud and Southampton. Just curious.

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        1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          He's top scorer

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    4. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Whatch the games

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    5. AndyCook
      7 years, 6 months ago

      C

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    6. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      C (until he hauls today then A)

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  26. Differential C (Mark)
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Laca emulating all his FPL owners now.

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  27. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    so and laca will be leaving my team to accommodate haz.

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  28. Van der Faart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Xhaka flings himself to the ground an awful lot for someone perceived to be a hard man

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  29. Dickie1898
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    I'd be out of there in jan if I was Laca. Needless substitution, if you HAD to make a change, 2-1 v Burnley 10 mins to go you'd bring Auba off as Laca is better holding the ball up etc. Don't see the logic other than an Auba hatty if emery has fpl.

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    1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      this

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      1. Dickie1898
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        I randomly went to the game mid-week. Biggest cheer of the night was when Laca came on, can't see arsenal fans being happy with his unjustified lack of mins.

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        1. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Emery is the manager, not the fans. Emery doesn't like Laca. Laca was gone in summer, but Emery convinced him to stay. Now both Auba and Laca are fit, it is clear who is no.1 and who Emery likes.

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          1. Dickie1898
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 6 months ago

            Still, you'd be gone if you were Laca.

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            1. diesel001
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 6 months ago

              I agree with you that he will be gone in either January or next summer.

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  30. OPTA FPL
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    only 13p for Auba ffs, I need 21p like Salah Sterling did

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