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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. twoplustwo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Wow Donny goal!

    1. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Check again

      1. twoplustwo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Ooooh

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

    If that gets disallowed that is ridiculous

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

    Jammy Dendonkey owners, every sodding week....

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

      VAR ruled it out

  4. COLLIN QUANER
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    LOL!

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

    SH*T That's wrong.

    His 11 points would have brought up my ton 🙁

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

      11?? Calm down lol

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

        Yeh, wel involved and only goal would've brought 3 baps.

  6. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Thank you, var!

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

    Dendoncket dissallowed

  8. MarcusAurelius
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Dendoncker you beauty!! In for Bilva

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

      Ouch

    2. SPorting
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Errrrrrr

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

    No goal

  10. Gravy_Davey
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Dendoncker just got VARed

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

    VAR says no to donker

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

    Robbed 😀

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

    Phew!! Love VAR again 🙂

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

    Disallowed never an handball by boly

  15. Wirtzle Gummidge
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    VAR noticed his FPL price.

  16. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Thank VAR for that

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

    At least we’ll all get price rises

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

      Nevermind

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

    No jam for the Dendoncker autosubs.

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

      inject it

  19. GREEN IS GOOD
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    oh dear, what a pity, never mind

    >PHEW!

  20. MTPockets
    7 years, 1 month ago

    noooo

  21. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Who would've got the assist?

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

      Boly

  22. One More Hit
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Sodding VAR

  23. Red Star Toro
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Feeeck

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

    Not today Donker

  25. Messiah Hazard
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Deondenkar coming on for Trossard... Lucky that Trossard didnt come on at all... yay

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

      aw mayn

    2. Messiah Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      oops my stream is a couple of mins behind...

    3. TheTinman
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Lol

    4. adibo
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Lol

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

    you know when i say i love var

    i mean it (until my player gets shafted by it)

    trossard owners really don't deserve it

  27. Captain Kakaroto (I blame R…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Phewww

  28. TheDragon
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Wow

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

    Oh man, that hurts.

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

    Good, those who somehow picked Trossard don’t deserve anything 😉

    1. Bada Bing
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I have six jammy points coming from Kelly on my bench for trossard's no-show. 🙂