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Aubameyang survives Arsenal rotation ahead of Norwich clash

Midweek rotation has struck Fantasy Premier League managers once again ahead of Wednesday’s 18:00 BST kick-offs.

Mikel Arteta appears to be the chief culprit, naming Bukayo Saka (£4.7m), Nicolas Pépé (£9.2m) and Eddie Nketiah (£4.4m) on the bench for Arsenal’s meeting with Norwich.

That will be of huge frustration to the owners of such assets, especially as the Canaries have come to the Emirates Stadium with only one fit recognised centre-back in Ben Godfrey (£4.4m), tonight paired with midfielder Alex Tettey (£4.5m).

That said, those who went with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.0m) will be in better spirits as he has been selected to play in the front-line of what looks like a 3-4-3 formation.

It features Kieran Tierney (£5.3m) and Hector Bellerín (£5.4m) as wing-backs with Sead Kolasinac (£5.2m) joined by David Luiz (£5.7m) and Shkodran Mustafi (£5.1m) in the back-three.

Meanwhile, Norwich hand recalls to key attackers Teemu Pukki (£6.5m) and Todd Cantwell (£4.6m).

For all the shuffling at Arsenal, Steve Bruce has largely left Fantasy managers content with his selection. There had been suggestions of a midweek benching for Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.4m), but the pacey winger has kept his place in the team, as has budget centre-back Jamaal Lascelles (£4.3m).

Matt Ritchie (£5.3m) is fit enough for a place on the bench, where he is joined by a rested Miguel Almirón (£5.8m).

Elsewhere, James Maddison (£7.4m) has also fallen foul of rotation, chosen among the substitutes for Leicester’s trip to Everton.

His rest means a rare start for the hard-working Marc Albrighton (£5.1m) in a four-man midfield, Harvey Barnes (£6.1m) providing the width on the opposite flank. As ever, Jamie Vardy (£9.8m) leads the attack.

Everton themselves have gone with their standard 4-4-2 formation, led by Fantasy favourites Richarlison (£8.3m) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£6.5m)

Arsenal XI: Martínez; Kolasinac, D Luiz, Mustafi; Tierney, Ceballos, Xhaka, Bellerín; Aubameyang, Lacazette, Nelson.

Norwich City XI: Krul; Lewis, Tettey, Godfrey, Aarons; Trybull, McLean; Cantwell, Buendía, Rupp; Pukki.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale; L Kelly, Aké, S Cook, A Smith; Danjuma, Lerma, Billing, Brooks; J King, Solanke.

Newcastle United XI: Dúbravka; Manquillo, Lascelles, Fernandez, Krafth; Bentaleb, Shelvey, S Longstaff; Gayle, Joelinton, Saint-Maximin.

Everton XI: Pickford; Digne, Keane, Holgate, Coleman; Gordon, Sigurdsson, A Gomes, Iwobi; Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Chilwell, Söyüncü, Evans, Justin; Ndidi; H Barnes, Tielemans, Praet, Albrighton; Vardy.

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  1. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Doesnt matter, everyone has Auba

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Ha

  2. Reggie Nainggolan
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Auba x2
    Norwich assist x2

    Inject into my veins. Auba (c)

  3. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Auba cappers extremely lucky. Non owners seething...

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Easy captain choice

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Regardless, lucky lucky goals

      2. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Yep I capped him, only a dumbo would cap someone else this week 🙂

        1. Scholes Out For Summer
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          Silly dumbos amiright 😀

    2. Pedersen
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Kept him just for this one game. Going out now though

    3. faux_C
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Bought him in for a single GW (c) punt. Is that luck?

  4. FPL Pillars
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    A Krul game indeed 😆

  5. SpagBol
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    86 points with Auba (c), Lascelles in play

    KDB, Salah, TAA still left to play

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Wow, well done!

  6. One More Hit
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    ML rival is on 96 to my 40. That's my lead wiped out.

    Still, least I got some money on Auba to score 2+

  7. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/21970372 You guys should listen to me more

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Absolute shocker that Norwich are sh!te.

      How did you know?

      1. Right In The Stanchion
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Some people doubted it. It was a daring captain choice. I’m proud x

    2. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      And a broken clock right two times a day

      1. mrodgers91
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Still right more often than one thats a few yards too slow, i mean minutes slow

  8. Mo Salah No Mane
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Aubameyang Captainers Unite 😀

    1. Right In The Stanchion
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Xxx

    2. Tempestic
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Let’s go 🙂

    3. Reggie Nainggolan
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Whoop whoop

    4. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Feels great

    5. SpagBol
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Yewwww

    6. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Huzzah!

    7. Boomerang V
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      372k -> 240k not bad

  9. Kroos Kontrol
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Can't believe people blaming casuals for captaining someone who's chasing the golden boot, at home to the worst defence in the league, and has been posting really good stats in exactly these kind of fixtures. (Also on pens/Fks)

    1. Greek Freak
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Let them blame casuals, I'm an overjoyed casual here.

    2. Bartowski
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Ironically enough it's because they don't pay enough attention to these sorts of stats or in their own words...are casuals.

    3. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Comment of the day

  10. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Auba looking crap, but gets gifted two tap-ins by Norwich defenders / GK.

    1. Right In The Stanchion
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Booohooo

  11. Patron
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Fair play to Auba owners and cappers but my lord what are those goals???

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Worst defence in the league with no natural CBs

      1. Patron
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        And then there’s me getting DCL and Richa vs Norwich 🙂

  12. JELLYFISH
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Thinking Greenwood might be worth a punt for the Bournemouth game

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      I am. DCL out

      1. JELLYFISH
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Vardy our for me I think

  13. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    I knew it was a hood idea to own and captain an Arsenal player. Spot on by me.

  14. thomashl
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Only positive for me:

    Playing Saint-Maximin over Nketiah.
    (no Auba, Jimi captain...)

  15. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Martinez save point

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      YC reversed

  16. SADIO SANÉ
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Auba (NOR), it was obvious really

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Yeah Norwich players had him (C)

    2. Patron
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      I would captain him but wasn’t it obvious for dcl and richa to do something against them ffs 😀 nothing is obvious in this game...

  17. Yome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Selling Auba on WC in GW 31+, big mistake.

    1. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Did the same this GW, got No Show Eddie.

  18. Reg83
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    the flukiest 34 points ever in FPL history.

    gift after gift after gift.

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      And it keeps on giving

  19. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Auba after his hatrick?

  20. EL tridente
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Come on sub Saka in

  21. Srv210
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    It's only FPL where being an Arsenal fan seeing aubameyang score and not owning him is hurting (had to take a -8 hit to bring him in)

    Atleast Arsenal are having the win 🙂

  22. Reggie Nainggolan
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Wait when n why did Martinez get a yellow card?

  23. lespaul
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Bournemouth in freefall , man utd next

  24. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Auba with his trollish ways. You tease me so, Pierre!

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      He’s such a troll

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        The ultimate. Not interested in getting in

    2. Tempestic
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      He’s such a troll that’s why it was so obvious he’d do well in this game since everyone sold him

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Exactly but it doesn’t tempt me whatsoever!

  25. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Refuse to own an Arsenal player. They’re crap

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      7th in the table

  26. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Pope, Martin
    TAA, Doherty, Saiss, Lascelles, Holgate
    Salah, KDB, Bruno, Son, Saka
    DCL, Jimenez, Nketiah
    2FTs, 1.1itb

    1) TC in gw33: Salah vs. Villa
    2) FH in gw33: load up for Pool vs. avl; MU vs. bou; Che vs. wat; City @ sot
    3) Stick to the 2FTs: Son, DCL > Martial, Rashford (even money right now)

  27. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Top 10 k dreams over,thanks to Auba....

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Always next season

      1. Chucky
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        😛

    2. Christina.
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      no one in top 10k owns him

      1. Yank Revolution
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        16.2% of all players in Top 10 k captained him. Only Jimenez (31.7) more capped than he.

  28. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Now just waiting for my Saka cameo. Come on get it over with.

  29. PascalCygan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Not playing this game next season

  30. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Nkeitiah and saka to remain in the bench?