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The north London derby brings Gameweek 4 to a close, with kick-off at the Emirates at 16:30 BST.

Unai Emery has given most Arsenal fans what they want and has united Alexandre Lacazette (£9.4m), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.0m) and new signing Nicolas Pepe (£9.4m) in a starting XI for the first time this season.

With those three players playing in the attacking trident of a 4-3-3, there is no place for Dani Ceballos (£5.7m) – who is on the bench along with Mesut Ozil (£7.3m) and Joe Willock (£5.0m).

Ceballos was the most-bought player from either north London club heading into Gameweek 4.

Lucas Torreira (£4.9m) is back in central midfield, while Sead Kolasinac (£5.4m) replaces the Real Sociedad-bound Nacho Monreal (£5.0m) at left-back.

Mauricio Pochettino makes two changes from the side that were beaten 1-0 at home to Newcastle a week ago.

Christian Eriksen (£8.8m) starts in place of Lucas Moura (£7.5m), while the injured Kyle Walker-Peters (£5.0m) is replaced by Jan Vertonghen (£5.3m).

Pochettino confirmed in his pre-match interview that he will start with a back four despite the inclusion of three centre-halves, so Davinson Sanchez (£5.5m) shifts across to cover at right-back.

Dele Alli (£8.4m) is a substitute.

This fixture featured six goals last season, with Arsenal running out 4-2 winners.

Aubameyang’s biggest FPL score of the season came in that match, with the Gabonese forward racking up 16 points.

Kane scored penalties against the Gunners home and away in 2018/19.

He and Aubameyang are the fourth and fifth-most popular captaincy options of this Gameweek, although the England striker was the most-sold FPL forward of this weekend.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Luiz, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Torreira, Guendouzi, Pepe, Lacazette, Aubameyang.

Spurs XI: Lloris, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Winks, Sissoko, Eriksen, Lamela, Son, Kane.

  1. 1zverGGadeM
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Emeri days are counted.

    1. Four Hit Wonder
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      Arsene took a while to leave

    2. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      I reckon this game ends 2-2 tbh

      1. Ghost Gooner
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 8 months ago

        Not a chance.

  2. FPL Forward Thinker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Surely Ceballos will be on at half time. Hook that Xhaka dude.

  3. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Sold Kane for Aguero (c) -4

    Meh Harry, you need few more

  4. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Son do particularly well to win the pen?

    1. Four Hit Wonder
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      No, Sokratis was dumb.

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        6 years, 8 months ago

        Xhaka

    2. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      What? He got hacked

      1. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 8 months ago

        Not watching x

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

      Xhaka lunged into him for no reason 😀
      Think he has Kane in his fpl team

  5. Agger
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Kane really looks like he's score 3 or 4 today. I think non owners are in for a huge red arrow if it continues like this

    1. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      Really?

    2. Agger
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      Of course I am kidding..

    3. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      Full of **** 😆

    4. Four Hit Wonder
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      You mean when he's on the screen?

      Saw him once. When he took the peno.

      1. Agger
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 8 months ago

        Haha.. 3 more pens will do the trick then

    5. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      Are you watching the same game ?
      Kane is the lanky one with his mouth open btw.

      1. Agger
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 8 months ago

        I'm dead

    6. Pacer.
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      lol. Kane owner here but what planet are you on. Quite a lot of people who don't own Kane will own aguero

    7. Make FPL Casual Again
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      Can see him bracing

  6. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    4 more Harry

  7. KGFC
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Emery looks like he can use "phone a friend" lifeline 😛

    1. Four Hit Wonder
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      And the friend would be?

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 8 months ago

        Wenger

  8. Maddocio
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    i don’t know who’s the bigger knob Xhaka or Emery for picking him

    1. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      Emery for sure

  9. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Gary Neville: "Xhaka - the experienced player who never gets experienced".

    Brilliant comment.

  10. zotter
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    What’s best site for price rise predictions folks?? Wildcard coming

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      fpl stats

    2. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      Fplstatistics

  11. Differential C (Mark)
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Xhaka->Ceballos the only option surely.

  12. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Rednap saying get on Ceballos

  13. ZeBestee
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Pepe did well there.

  14. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Pepe looks dangerous. But he is the same price as Son and KDB and those two are better players in better teams.

  15. Total Slotball
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Arsenal looking like a BTEC Liverpool. Same formation and ideas but players are half as good

  16. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Jammy Jane. Of course Xhaka makes the mistake to give easy points for Spurs

  17. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Good news for arsenal is they still lead in terms of tricks and flicks

  18. The Senate
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Kane and Siggy to Sterling and Barnes for a hit. What was I thinking?

    1. FPLtfs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      I did the exact same moves.

  19. Saka White Rice
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Kane - A guy who is inconsistent, relies on his team mates, pens and tap ins to score won't get in my squad simple as. Not captain material.

    1. Pacer.
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      let me put those toys back in your pram for you

      1. Saka White Rice
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 8 months ago

        can you put the all time masculine and adult like toy called Tamagotchi in there please?

        1. Pacer.
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 8 months ago

          What has masculine got to do with anything?!?

          1. Saka White Rice
            • 11 Years
            6 years, 8 months ago

            what do toys have to do with my initial comment? exactly...

            It was a simple comment and if you give me a stupid sarcastic comment you'll get one in return. ah the LOLs

  20. SoShy
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Really unsure if I should still wildcard.
    Would eventually get rid of King and Norwood

    Pope Ryan
    VvD Pva Digne Montoya Rico
    D.Silva Salah Siggy Kdb Norwood
    Kane Greenwood King

  21. Total Foot 5
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    best duo pls: thnx

    1 mount + wesley
    2 abrahms + 5.4 sissoko, jorginho, or douglas luiz
    3 barnes + 5.9 pereyra, hughes, or mcginn

    1. Total Foot 5
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      2 * abraham

  22. tafrère
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Kane you beauty, go get some more points now.

  23. mikess
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Best plan of action to get TAA and Digne into this side?

    Heaton, Button
    VVD, Coleman, Zinchenko, KWP, Lundstram
    Salah, Sterling, Trossard, Mount, Dendonker
    Aguero, Pukki, Greenwood

    1ft 0.3 ITB

    VVD, Coleman & KWP > Kelly, TAA and Digne is the best transfers. I'm trying to figure out how best to stagger the transfers as a - 8 is not needed

    TOT (CRY, lei, SOU)
    LIV (NEW, che, shu)
    EVE (bou, SHU, MCI)
    CRY (tot, WOL, NOR)

    1. Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      Super sideways, monitor price rises and if you can afford to take them on the chin then do the transfers when you’re on WC.

      1. mikess
        • 15 Years
        6 years, 8 months ago

        I don't know about sideways. VVD is close to TAA but Digne is 10 points ahead of Coleman.

        I feel these transfers would set me up without having to wildcard.

        I'm certainly not planning on taking a minus 8 over the international break

  24. Majestic Chanka
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Kane the new Milivojevic?

  25. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Could go anywhere- lol

  26. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Son or Pepe look good?

    1. FPLtfs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      son looking good

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      One is essential.

    3. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      Both look good tbh.

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

      Both looking involved.
      KDB best option in that price bracket though imo

    5. Ghost Gooner
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      Yes to both. Pepe on fks and corners and showing some menace.

      Son getting counter attacks

    6. tafrère
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      Salah Sterling KDB

      Go figure to get one of Son or Pepe.

  27. FPLtfs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Siggy and Kane ➡ Sterling (c) and Barnes (-4) getting worse and worse. Would've captained Salah, so its a serious gap in points :p

  28. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    You just know that Kane blanks vs Palace and spurs lose 0-1

    lol

    1. mookie
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 8 months ago

      That's a given

  29. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    Laca G

  30. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 8 months ago

    1-2