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Everton face Arsenal in the only Premier League match taking place today, with kick-off at Goodison Park at 14:05 BST.

There were no shocks in the Toffees’ original line-up as Marco Silva unsurprisingly named the same starting XI that dominated in the 2-0 win over West Ham United last weekend.

However, Michael Keane took ill in the warm-up and has been replaced by Phil Jagielka at centre-half.

There are some noteworthy inclusions and omissions in Unai Emery’s team, however.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is named among the substitutes for the fourth time in Arsenal’s last six Premier League matches, as Alexandre Lacazette ploughs a lone furrow as the central striker in a 3-4-2-1.

Mesut Ozil starts his first away league game of 2019 and is joined by Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the attacking midfield positions, with the Armenia international taking the place of Alex Iwobi.

Aaron Ramsey has recovered from a minor groin injury but is only on the bench, so Mohamed Elneny gets a rare start in central midfield.

Granit Xhaka and Laurent Koscielny aren’t fit enough to feature, while Lucas Torreira serves the final match of a three-game ban.

Lacazette is among the form forwards in FPL, having delivered an attacking return in each of his last six appearances.

The French striker also scored – along with Aubameyang – in the reverse fixture back in September.

Arsenal haven’t recorded a clean sheet away from home all season, however.

Only Manchester City (eight) have kept more top-flight shut-outs than Everton (six) in 2019.

Four of the Toffees’ clean sheets have come in the last five Gameweeks.

No FPL player priced below £9.0m has scored more Premier League goals than Gylfi Sigurdsson or Richarlison (12 each) this season, meanwhile.

Everton XI (4-2-3-1): Pickford, Coleman, Jagielka, Zouma, Digne, Gomes, Gueye, Bernard, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

Arsenal XI (3-4-2-1): Leno, Mustafi, Sokratis, Monreal, Maitland-Niles, Elneny, Guendouzi, Kolasinac, Özil, Mkhitaryan, Lacazette.

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  1. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Wembley is buzzing. Love all the flags in the stands.

  2. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Full time 1-0 Everton. Should’ve been more

  3. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Everton 1-0 Arsenal FT

  4. IRBOX âš½
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Well done fellow Digne owners. 8 delicious points in the bag!

    1. JohnnyMagrinho
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Always nice to see that from a player you forgot you even actually owned.

      Lovely stuff.

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

        Haha. I was taking him out so many times after GW 24, but there he still is in my team. 😀

        Now he is out though with my WC...

    2. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      I benched him... Sigh

  5. Pukki Party
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Digne essential

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

    Any Leno & Kola double up WC drafts still floating about?

    1. Niho992
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Please tell me why would you bring 2 Arsenal defenders on WC? Even one is much

  7. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Digne 😎

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

      Casuals at it again.....................

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Still have him from that RC 😆

        1. Dave Bauer
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          I have him because he’s gone 7,5,4,6,6 or something like that.

          #casual

          😉

      2. JohnnyMagrinho
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Of course.

        10th highest scoring defender in the league.
        More or less the best defensive option outside the top 4 clubs. (Only PVA & Pereira have scored more than him).

        Doesn’t even cost as much as Doherty.

        He’s clearly being picked by people who don’t know what they’re doing mate.

        3 goals, 4 assists and 10 clean sheets. Truly awful pick :/

        1. Dave Bauer
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          I honestly don’t know what we were thinking getting in a player who is scoring points. It’s an outrage.

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

          Its is clearly a joke, he's been great for those who held after the OG & red card GWs.

          Everything okay with you? Recent posts suggest not.

    2. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Delicious points, sweet tasting as utterly unexpected....

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        He’ll get one minimum...

        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          RF to Dave below

          1. Dave Bauer
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Cheers bud

    3. Dave Bauer
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      A thing of beauty. Any reason he won’t hold on to a BP or two when they are finalised?

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

        No, Gueye who is behind him should lose bps to boot

        1. Dave Bauer
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Great, cheers mate 🙂

    4. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Digne do well!

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        😛

    5. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      5, 7, 4, 6, 6, 8(?)

      Almost tempted to keep over Kolasinac.

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Can’t wait to get rid 😀

  8. DR0GBA
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Arsenal drop points

    Love it

  9. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Digne! 🙂

    1. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      BGW hero!

      6 in GW31, 8 this week

      A nice send-off before a wildcard goodbye

  10. The Overthinker
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone considering Ings on WC??

    1. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Nah, too much of a rotation risk

      1. The Overthinker
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Which other 5-7M strikers you considering?

    2. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Nope. Can't stay fit enough to play 2 games together.

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

      Definitely in thinking. Double in week 35 and great fixtures after. Frees up tons for an awesome midfield.

  11. Niho992
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Siiiii seeenooooor pass the ball to Raul and he will score !

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

      bobby*

  12. Tsparkes10
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Never thought I'd be saying this but... Can Haz not play please. Would give me 25 points

  13. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Over to Chelsea now!

    Good thing we never let these opportunities slip...

    :S

  14. Mr. O'Connell
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Weeks of planning for weeks 31 and 33. One Felipe anderson assist and a vardy haul from 21 players so far. Waste of time.

    1. boc610
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Midset on here seems to be because you planned in advance you are somehow entitled to green arrows

  15. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Good result for Manchester United. 🙂

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

      Yes I am celebrating so much right now

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Even better for Chelsea 🙂

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

      No one wants top 4 😆

  16. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Digne you legend!

  17. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Digne CS was a shame. But Kola, Laca, Auba, Rich, Siggy blanks were lovely.

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      It's those Jags points that are the issue

  18. GREEN IS GOOD
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Digne has more points than Walker, Tripper, AWB and Doherty

    1. JohnnyMagrinho
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Apparently he’s a casual pick.

      1. GREEN IS GOOD
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        🙂

      2. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        How do you fall for such obvious bait?

  19. Captain Kakaroto (I blame R…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Awful FH, went for Auba and Kola...those blank weeks are realy hard to handle

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

    Wembley absolutely buzzing, HUGE game for both teams!

  21. Champ
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    You would think this result might make it more likely for Aubameyang to start with Lacazette now, but Emery is frustratingly stubborn. Awful team for fpl

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

    Jonny almost hits it top corner, wow!

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      In my drafts now

  23. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Jagielka more than triples his season total with today's performance.

  24. Bring the Cavalry
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Gonna be about 30-40 points behind ML leader, I’ve got wildcard over him we both have TC and BB, still a good chance of beating him or will it be tough?

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      You have a good chance.

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

      good chance, some weeks have massive swings too

    3. Bring the Cavalry
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Gives me a bit of hope, he won’t have the likes of Kane so hopefully he turns up this week. Cheers guys

  25. Miniboss
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Is there still love for arsenal assets in our wildcards?

    1. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      not in mine with their away form

    2. Garlana
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Not based on that, worst I've seen them for a while

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

        yeah they were terrible

  26. Infamy, Infamy
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Arsenal are so .... what’s the word? Spursy.....

    1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      For all the ridicule of Lloris, Leno has made more mistakes leading to goals this season than he has. I think that's a decent metaphor for their teams as well right now.

      1. soup natsi
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        It’s hard to take stats like these seriously. It’s just far too subjective.

  27. Ask Yourself
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    So then now need a higuain hat trick to be okay for this week just where I wanted to be

  28. Budweiser
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Is anyone else going Kane, Son and Eriksen on WC? 2 of their next 3 look tasty

    1. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Some concerns about Son rotation with their busy schedule.

    2. Garlana
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Yeh I might do, then get mane in the following week for eriksen or son and leave some cash itb.

  29. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    The patience in Jags finally pays off

  30. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    What are the chances of Felipe not playing?

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Very very very slim after we realised how important he is again after that atrocity vs everton