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Tierney absent as Tavares, Saka and Lacazette start

Gameweek 9 gets underway in north London this evening as Arsenal play host to Aston Villa.

Kick-off is at 20:00 BST.

Mikel Arteta has made three changes from Gameweek 8, with Alexandre Lacazette (£8.3m), Albert Sambi Lokonga (£4.9m) and Nuno Tavares (£4.3m) replacing Nicolas Pepe (£7.1m), Martin Odegaard (£5.5m) and Kieran Tierney (£4.9m), who misses out due to a bruised ankle.

That means Bukayo Saka (£6.4m) is fit to start despite being taken off injured at half-time on Monday after a heavy challenge.

As for Aston Villa, they are unchanged from their 3-2 defeat by Wolverhampton Wanderers last weekend.

Matty Cash (£5.1m) has recovered from a dead leg he sustained during that match, while Leon Bailey (£6.4m) makes the bench after missing the last three Gameweeks with a thigh injury.


GAMEWEEK 9 LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tavares, Partey, Sambi Lokonga, Smith Rowe, Saka, Aubameyang, Lacazette

Subs: Leno, Odegaard, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Cedric, Pepe, Elneny, Kolasinac, Martinelli

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Konsa, Tuanzebe, Mings, Cash, Luiz, McGinn, Targett, Buendia, Watkins, Ings

Subs: Steer, Sanson, Young, Nakamba, El Ghazi, Hause, Bailey, Archer, Ramsey


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996 Comments Post a Comment
  1. OLD Rafiki
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    c'mon Villa wipe that cs

  2. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Ramsey beats Ramsdale

  3. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    NOOOOOOOO

  4. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    meh what a suck game as ramsdale, auba and saka owner. Arsenal are still annoying

    1. SouthCoastSaint
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Wouldn’t be moaning as an Auba owner. Shouldn’t be on the pitch

  5. HonestBlatter
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    NICE CS wipe there. J.Ramsey CAMA

  6. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Nice goal tbf

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      top bins as they say!

  7. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Sanchez could still outscore Ramsdale then..!

  8. SouthCoastSaint
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    What a lovely finish

  9. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Well what a goal that is.

  10. JBG
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Well fcking of course.

  11. Brehmeren
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Thank you, Villa

  12. Im New Here
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Ramsdale cleanie losers comment on this 🙁

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Who should we transfer him out for? I can’t wait to get disappointed again.

    2. dshv
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Zzz

  13. Redranger
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Thank heavens, was kicking myself for benching White

    1. Tango74
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Why do you want you sub to do bad ?

  14. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Hehe yes.

  15. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Hehehe

  16. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Nothing going my way. What a joke.

  17. Dannyb
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Lovely goal that, only own ESR from this game.

  18. xuwei
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Thank goodness I started ESR over Tomiyasu

  19. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Watkins close

  20. Bartowski
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Bailey at 6.4 could be tempting going forward.

  21. Riverside Red
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Top class finish

  22. Hutchiniho
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    A. Vardy and Mbeumo

    or

    B. Mane and Raphinha

    or

    C. Havertz and Antonio

    1. Bartowski
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Deadline was three hours ago.

      1. Hutchiniho
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Not in Telegraph!

  23. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Ode is trash

  24. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone else notice Ramsdale shouting swear at his teammates everytime

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      dooing his best pickford impression to get into England squad

    2. Hooky
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      It was worse than that, he was shouting f***

  25. TheTinman
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Oh Arsenal. Awful start to the gameweek. However as D:ream said, things can only get better

  26. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    I hope Ramsdale doesn't continue to remind me of Pickford

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Arsenal goalkeepers aren't normally good FPL assets are they?

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        I captained Cech in a DGW once and got a decent return. So there we have it. Save Arsenal GKs for DGWs

    2. ted mcnure
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Surely a high - end yellow card for "Foul and abusive face" ?
      Death-Rowe = straight red.

  27. Riverside Red
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Arsenal have stopped playing before the final whistle

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      water is wet

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        disagree

        1. Scholes Out For Summer
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          disagree that Arsenal have always thrown away games and generally unreliable for the past few years?

          1. Deulofail
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Has water only been wet for a few years? 😉

  28. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Aubameyang with goal and assist ending on 6 points is brutal =[

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      what asisst?

      1. TKC07
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Assist to Penalty rebound
        Assist for ESR goal

        1. BeaversWithAttitude
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Rules are rules, but assisting yourself on a pen that you missed is so lame.

          1. Bennerman
            • 5 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Eh? His assist was for Smith Rowe.

    2. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      he might get a bap

  29. Mane Mane Mane
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Can’t believe I’ve benched ESR. Gutted!

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      He's played very well this season especially at home, wouldn't have benched him

    2. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Ouch

    3. Mingo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      He's 2nd on my bench too. Forced in Vardy for a -4 rather than taking the Lukaku double drop and playing ESR in a midfield 5. All of his hauls this season have been from my bench!

  30. Hooky
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Should have kept Laca on

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Got a knock, asked to be subbed

    2. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Don't think he's ever managed 90 minutes