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Nketiah starts again as Lundstram returns to Sheff Utd line-up

Eddie Nketiah (£4.3m) leads the line for Arsenal again in one of the biggest matches of Double Gameweek 29.

He will be flanked by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.1m) and Nicolas Pépé (£9.2m), both of whom were heavily considered in the transfer market for their two matches over the next couple of days.

The former won our captain poll and was handed the armband by more managers inside the top 10,000 than any other player – so the stakes are high as West Ham come to the Emirates Stadium.

The advanced runs of Bukayo Saka (£4.6m), who has been named at left-back once again, should benefit those invested heavily in Aubameyang, allowing him the support to cut into the penalty area from his left attacking midfield berth.

Elsewhere in the team, Pablo Mari (£4.8m) comes in for his first Premier League start, while Hector Bellerín (£5.4m) drops to the bench.

Among the substitutes in the opposing dugout this afternoon, is Robert Snodgrass (£5.3m), who continues to find himself down the pecking order since Jarrod Bowen (£6.5m) arrived.

The new signing is stationed on the right of attacking midfield, flanking Sebastien Haller (£6.8m) with Michail Antonio (£6.9m).

Owners of Adama Traoré (£5.8m) will naturally be frustrated by the Wolves line-up as the winger has been left on the bench.

That has allowed Nuno Espirito Santo to line up his troops in 3-5-2 formation, featuring Matt Doherty (£6.2m) at right wing-back and Diogo Jota (£6.3m) paired up-front with Raúl Jiménez (£8.0m).

As expected, Enda Stevens (£5.1m) slots straight back into the Sheffield United side after picking up an injury against Brighton.

However, a surprise inclusion in the starting line-up is John Lundstram (£4.8m) who features from the beginning for the first time since Gameweek 23.

After a training ground injury forced him into a Blank Gameweek 28 benching, Danny Ings (£7.2m) is back in the Southampton team for the visit of Newcastle.

The Magpies have gone with the 4-4-2 they used against Burnley, featuring Miguel Almirón (£5.8m) up-front alongside Dwight Gayle (£5.0m) and Matt Ritchie (£5.3m) on the right of midfield.

At Crystal Palace, it’s Roberto Pereyra (£5.6m) who comes in for the injured Gerard Deulofeu (£6.1m) while key men Troy Deeney (£6.2m) and Ismaïla Sarr (£6.3m) both start.

Arsenal XI: Leno; Saka, Mari, Luiz, Sokratis; Xhaka, Ceballos; Aubameyang, Ozil, Pepe; Nketiah.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Diop, Ngakia; Noble, Rice; Antonio, Fornals, Bowen; Haller.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Ward, Dann, Cahill, van Aanholt; McCarthy, McArthur, Kouyaté; Zaha, Benteke, Ayew

Watford XI: Foster; Masina, Cathcart, Kabasele, Femenía; Hughes, Capoue, Pereyra, Doucouré, Sarr; Deeney.

Sheffield United XI: D Henderson; O’Connell, Egan, Basham; Stevens, Fleck, Norwood, Lundstram, Baldock; McBurnie, Sharp.

Norwich City XI: Krul; Lewis, Godfrey, Hanley, Aarons; McLean, Tettey; Cantwell, Duda, Buendia; Pukki.

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Bertrand, Bednarek, J Stephens, Valery; Boufal, Ward-Prowse, Højbjerg, Djenepo; Ings, S Long.

Newcastle United XI: Dúbravka; Rose, Lascelles, Fernández, Maquillo; Saint-Maximin, Hayden, Shelvey, Ritchie; Almirón, Gayle.

Wolves XI: Patrício; Saïss, Coady, Boly; Vinagre, Neves, Moutinho, Dendoncker, Doherty; D Jota, Jiménez.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Ryan; Burn, Webster, Dunk, Montoya; Mooy, Bissouma, Pröpper; Trossard, Maupay, March.

1,778 Comments Post a Comment
  1. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Wheres my ings and jiménez hattrick?

  2. DROP IT LIKE IT'S HART
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    West Ham signed a donkey for 45 million. Wow.

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Terrible player.

  3. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sokratis bar

    1. DAZZ
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Would have been auba assist

  4. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sock a Tees misses a sitter

    Would have been an Auba assist

  5. bialk
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Auba big chance create.

  6. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Auba blank

    Ta

  7. Unfathomable Ruination
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    This is Cresswell territory here ...

  8. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Can't keep up with all the goals

  9. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    So many matches, nothing’s happened so far...

  10. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Knew I should have played 8 at the back.

  11. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Imagine Traore & Antonio play in the same flank

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Coming through!

    2. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      That poor LB...

    3. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Antonio would destroy Traore in a fight. Antonio actually has muscle, Traore just looks like a water bomb running round, fake muscle

      1. GOTHAM City F.C.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        😆

      2. Chirsbom
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Joking right?

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

          Traore is 99.9% water if you pricked him with a pin he would burst

      3. The Ejiptian King
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Loving how much you hate Traore.

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

          lol

    4. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      There'd be a trench in the ground by half time.

    5. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Wouldn't be enough room for all those muscles.

  12. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Where dem goals at?

    1. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      GW fail

  13. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Martin Keown is loving this gameweek.

  14. Agger
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Losing track of all the goals an assists, quick recap please?

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      0 and 0 ha

  15. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Wheres the first goal coming from then, watford 31 mins

    1. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Aina, 30 min

      1. GOTHAM City F.C.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Auba*

    2. Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Ings 33'

    3. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Man city tomorrow.

      1. Pep Roulette
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Lol

    4. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Antonio 32'

    5. Annie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Norwich 39

  16. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Wow, pretty sure after this goal fest, my double defense in the next match will be a 0-0 success.

  17. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Brighton playing very well

  18. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Valery shot saved.

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Our only SOT

  19. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone else got rid of Ryan this week? Must be cs after in form Wolves?

    1. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      After=versus

  20. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Arsenal are so poor

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Auba almost got an assist already

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      -ous

    3. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Very uneven distribution of talent in their team.

  21. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Potential red card southmpton newcastle

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Shelvey surely?

  22. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Djenepo RC

  23. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Bloody hell Djenepo, what have you done?!

  24. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Was Auba a winger at Dortmund??

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      No

    2. Chandler Bing
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Started off as a RW then later went to ST after Lewandowski left.

    3. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      thanks

  25. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Djenepo sent off

  26. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Djenepo red card for Southampton

  27. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ingsy fail 🙁

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

      dont tell me Ings is getting subbed

  28. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    great lascelles CS rotting on my bench...

  29. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Great. Double Soton def now with ten men nd Ings will get subbed

    1. Agger
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Hahaha, same thoughts

  30. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ffs no Ings goal today then