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Lacazette, Luiz, Ceballos and Pepe on the bench for Arsenal

11 August 2019 1758 comments
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There are two Premier League matches kicking off at 14:00 BST today.

Arsenal head north to take on Newcastle United at St. James’ Park, while Leicester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers meet at the King Power Stadium.

The headline team news from Tyneside is that Alexandre Lacazette (£9.5m) – who had been a doubt for this game with an ankle knock – is only a substitute, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.0m) leading the line for the Gunners.

David Luiz (£6.0m), Nicolas Pepe (£9.5m) and Dani Ceballos (£5.5m) also have to make do with a place on the bench.

Youngsters Reiss Nelson (£5.5m) and Joe Willock (£5.0m) start behind Aubameyang.

Joelinton (£6.0m) makes his competitive Newcastle debut and will be joined by an out-of-position Miguel Almiron (£6.0m) in attack, with Steve Bruce keeping faith with the wing-back system that Rafael Benitez favoured in 2018/19.

Matt Ritchie (£5.5m) has recovered from injury and will line up on the left flank.

There are no major shocks at Leicester, with Ayoze Perez (£6.5m) making Brendan Rodgers’ starting XI as expected.

Perez joins Jamie Vardy (£9.0m) and James Maddison (£7.0m) in the Foxes’ line-up but Marc Albrighton (£5.5m) drops to the bench as Wilfred Ndidi (£5.0m) is brought in to bolster central midfield.

Wolves are at full strength, with Raul Jimenez (£7.5m) and Diogo Jota (£6.5m) again paired together in a two-pronged attack.

Jimenez and Matt Doherty (£6.0m) both returned from injury lay-offs in the Europa League on Thursday night and the Irish wing-back also makes Nuno Espirito Santo’s first starting XI of the 2019/20 campaign.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Schär, Lascelles, Dummett, Manquillo, Shelvey, Hayden, Longstaff, Ritchie, Almirón, Joelinton.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Chambers, Sokratis, Monreal, Guendouzi, Xhaka, Mkhitaryan, Willock, Nelson, Aubameyang.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Ricardo, Söyüncü, Evans, Chilwell, Ndidi, Choudhury, Tielemans, Maddison, Pérez, Vardy.

Wolves XI: Patricio, Coady, Bennett, Boly, Doherty, Dendoncker, Moutinho, Neves, Jonny, Jota, Jimenez.

Lessons learned from Gameweek 1

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  1. The Tinkerman
    • 11 Years
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    Emerson gets the LB spot... knocking on the door of my team I think...

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    1. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Yep though I might give it a few weeks to be sure

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    2. Camzy
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      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Zouma or Christensen better no for 5.0m?

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      1. The Overthinker
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Zouma

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    3. Dr. Rog
      • 17 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      career history: 109 games 4 goals 8 assists
      think id rather have zouma and half a mil

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  2. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    No Pulisic for Chelsea. But Mount and Abraham get starts.

    Chelsea: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Christensen, Emerson, Mount, Kovacic, Jorginho, Barkley, Pedro, Abraham

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    1. Bobby Digital
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Boring lineup 😛

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  3. thepeen555
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    James should be playing and Gomes should be on the bench

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  4. Bruce Lee
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    mount and barkley start... interesting

    thank you sim simma for the lineups you're great x

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  5. Unliklinho
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Barkley, Mount and Pedro, Tammy up top, Pulisic benched

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  6. The Train Driver
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Lol, Barkley and Mount starting... Lamps messing with us...

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    1. thepeen555
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I expected that. He wants the youth to shine

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  7. Rainer
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Perez CS banked.

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    1. DantheManinaPan
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      😎

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    2. Magic Zico
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      • 8 Years
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      Talking about being positive

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  8. Salah’s Sonnet
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    7 years, 1 month ago

    Well that’s both my players off, thanks for nothing Perez and clown jota

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    1. Garlana
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Hah I had the same, I spread cash amongst Fraser, wilson, Jota and Perez instead of getting Kane or aubam, it's not a good feeling this week, hope it works out soon though!

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      1. Salah’s Sonnet
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        7 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah it’s miles better to spread the funds, when the big guns blank it’d be awful for our teams.

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      2. Manani
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        exact same few players too. oh well, they do look OK on paper

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  9. thepeen555
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    7 years, 1 month ago

    I hope mount keeps a place could be a good shout and Tammy the number 9. So fingers crossed it’s him for the majority

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  10. SirStevieG
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Hahaha Perez and Jota off. Jota is going to be annoying to own if he keeps missing 100 chances a game.

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    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Which he won’t, was just a clown today

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  11. The Overthinker
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Leicester so poor

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  12. Ógie
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    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Greenwood but OGS wouldn't.

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  13. chaser123
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Pérez was very disappointing

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  14. skeptical
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Perez subbed off.

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    1. pablo discobar
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Will sell for McGinn and pocket the 1 mil. Fixtures ain't great. Allows a king to maybe haller in gw 3

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  15. have you seen cyan
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    zzzzzzz

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  16. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Perez back to his usual form we see of him in the premier League

    Think Rondon and Rafa made him look better than he actually is last season

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    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      At a new club and first competitive game of the season. Wolves should be better than Leicester given they have been going in the EL already.

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    2. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      nonsense

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    3. Piggs Boson
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Difficult for a player of his type exert himself on a back 3. The spaces he likes to play in are congested.

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    4. Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah he didn’t get a hat trick so we should all sell him for a hit

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  17. Bubz
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Have any 6.5ers scored this week?

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    1. Nightcrawler
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      7 years, 1 month ago

      Vvd

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    2. Crystal Alice
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      7 years, 1 month ago

      Pukki

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    3. Hybrid.power
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      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Barnes

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    4. Business Cat
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      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Pukki

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    5. spontaneous1
      • 13 Years
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      Pukki

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    6. Taking the Mkhitaryan
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      7 years, 1 month ago

      Barnes

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    7. Gregor
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      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Barnes.

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    8. JBG
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Pukki.

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  18. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Should have gone Montoya & Dendoncker over Norwood & Rico right?

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  19. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Nice one Frank.

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  20. st4rty
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Barkley masterclass. HERE WE GO!

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  21. Zladan
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Perez fail. I got scared into thinking LCFC assets were required.

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    1. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Wolves have a great defence.

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      1. Zladan
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        I was adamant I would go without Leicester assets until GW7.

        Should’ve gone with my instinct, but ah well. I made the decision and I stand by it.

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  22. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Cutrone bandwagon incoming

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  23. Poseidon.
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Maguire won’t be 1st choice they said

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

      Nobody said that. They spent £80 million on him you lemon.

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      1. Poseidon.
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        I was laughed at on here for saying he’d start

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        1. have you seen cyan
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          7 years, 1 month ago

          right o

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    2. Respect My Authoritah
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Literally no one said that

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    3. Bruce Lee
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      yeah it is so surprising to see the world'd most expensive defender start the game

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    4. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Bet you no one said that

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    5. Business Cat
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      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Who is they? Were they drooling?

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    6. Rainer
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Get the frying pan on, you’ve caught a few 😉

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    7. Cok3y5murf
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Nobody:

      Not a soul:

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    8. Murder On Zidanesfloor
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Your imaginary friend?

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      1. Poseidon.
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Last time I try giving you lot some inside info on my club. Good luck finding another Utd fan for these insights!

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        1. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
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          • 11 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          insights ???..............more like voices in your head mate

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        2. ENZO SZN™
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          Insight like what? Maguite starting first game? Thats no insight dude

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  24. have you seen cyan
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Let the mass exodus of Greenwood owners begin..

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    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Why?

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    2. Rainer
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Bench and occasional minutes is fine for him.

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    3. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      He's in to do a 4.5 job which he's doing just fine

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    4. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Why? He is on the bench. That is what we were expecting. Cameos from the bench, but he can score. He is still the best £4.5m forward in the game.

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    5. Andy_Social
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Are you suggesting we're idiotic enough to buy him to start games? You're not too sharp at this game, are you?

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    6. just a man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Solskjaer already said in presser that he won't play every game, so think everyone expected that. Impact player from bench.

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      1. @persecuted_by_mods
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Maybe he's talking about casuals who maybe were expecting him to play

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  25. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Theres not many teams in the league that have a bench weaker than Utds bench today

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    1. Respect My Authoritah
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      True. Arsenal's starting lineup may give it a run for it's money though

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  26. Piggs Boson
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Was always a tough fixture for both Jota and Perez, but buoyed with what I saw. Should be good value over the season.

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    1. Macam Dave
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      So worth keeping?

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      1. The Tinkerman
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        For now, Perez will need to improve though.

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      2. Piggs Boson
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Sure, it was one game against tough opponents. Remember why you bought them in the first place.

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    2. SirStevieG
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Perez did nothing and Jota missed 1 on 1 with the keeper twice... I'm not happy at all.

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      1. Piggs Boson
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Clear cut misses aren't bad news. Jota had good chances, that's important.

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    3. Ricky - it doesn\'t ta…
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Yes jota looked on it and could of had a few . Still unsure on ayoze Perez but pretty sure he should come good

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  27. The Tinkerman
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Chelsea lineup far from settled I guess, no Kante or Pulisic, Hudson-Odoi back soon too.

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    1. DR0GBA
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      and Rudiger

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    2. Gregor
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      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      There’s gonna be a fair bit of rotation at Chelsea this season I fear.

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  28. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Monreal cleanie still on.

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  29. Rolls-Royce
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Maguire goal and wagon is imminent.

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    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Nah

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  30. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Ricardo Domingos BarBAPsa Pereira

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