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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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  1. jack88
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Arsenal is looking good

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Think it's more the Villa defence looking shaky so far

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      They'll be spent in 5 mins

      1. The Polymath
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        This

  2. Cheeky Onion
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    This is looking like the most interesting FPL week of the season thus far. I've been treading water the past couple weeks, but happy to not have lost too much ground with my WC still in tact and minimal hits. Sometimes less really is more.

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Yeah, I think most who wc last week haven’t really made much ground - they’ve basically got a similar team to everyone else

      1. Cheeky Onion
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        Most of those who WC'ed a couple weeks ago would've brought in Alonso and Lukaku too

  3. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    It seems Arsenal has remembered how to press

    1. A. PRISE
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      It's because I sold all my Arsenal players. They have been informed

  4. ClassiX
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Unless these lads calm down, we may see a RC or two tonight...

  5. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Ronaldo is now a big differential in my mini-leagues.

    GOOD. Imagine selling him because of a few dry weeks in the PL yet scoring for fun elsewhere

    1. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Fixtures couldn't be tougher and he's often a flat track bully.

  6. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    I sold White instead of Tierney.

    15 pointer for White incoming

    1. Stranger Mings
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      I sold semedo instead of tierney ! ☹️

  7. jack88
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Auba please dont punish me for not buying you, i bought vardy, cause i am a coward sheep

    1. Cheeky Onion
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Imagine how I feel not owning either Vardy or Auba

  8. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    50/50 calls go against Arsenal 60% of the time

    1. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      CONSPIRACY!

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        Isn’t that criminals who take over ships?

  9. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Interesting to see Fabio Borges bring in Jimenez for Lukaku, 6m ITB
    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/380968/event/9

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Is it?

      1. Bartowski
        • 15 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        Why wouldn't it be, isn't he the top rated FPL player in the world?

        1. @persecuted_by_mods
          4 years, 9 months ago

          It's a pretty standard move though? What's specifically so interesting about it

          1. JONALDINHO
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 9 months ago

            Is it? Vast majority brought in Vardy. Some Kane. Haven’t seen many to cheaper strikers and banking the change

            1. @persecuted_by_mods
              4 years, 9 months ago

              Each to their own I guess but to me it's not something that's making me go that is noteworthy, maybe it isn't the exact move everyone else has been doing but it's a decent player that many own with good fixtures still

          2. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 9 months ago

            Maybe vs the benching rumours.

          3. Bartowski
            • 15 Years
            4 years, 9 months ago

            Is it standard? Everyone seems to have gone for Vardy while there's been talk of Jimenez being rested in light of the amount of internationals he has coming up.

            Regardless of that he's still the no.1 player at the game that's in the name of this site we're all on, surely any move he does would be of interest, no?

            1. @persecuted_by_mods
              4 years, 9 months ago

              Not for me but each to their own

              If he'd done Lukaku to Pukki it might be something that could be noteworthy to me

              1. Bartowski
                • 15 Years
                4 years, 9 months ago

                Think we're just looking at the game differently. I used to really be into Poker and would like watching how the top players played and reading interviews with them. Any transfer Borges makes is noteworthy because we know he puts a lot of research into his moves and doesn't do anything lightly.

    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Wolves insider has brought in Fabio Silva so perhaps Jimenez will be benched

    3. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Enabler for Son next week perhaps.

    4. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      I hope his call is right with the recent benching rumours … surely not two weeks in a row … that would hurt

  10. ALTOID11
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Who is everyone going to yank next week?

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Mike Hock

    2. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Your dad

    3. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Give me a go, although you might need an extra pair of hands.

      1. mojoindojo
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        Naughty horse

      2. Indpush
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        What do you mean?

        1. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 9 months ago

          Zip.

          1. Indpush
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 9 months ago

            Ahhhhh. Oh.

    4. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Myself?

  11. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Mings knows what he's doing there

  12. Mr. O'Connell
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Any reason not to do ESR to Mbeumo right now?

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Gray area

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        Pluck em out.

      2. Mr. O'Connell
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        He's useless and all

        1. Differentiator
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 9 months ago

          so was imhotep

          1. Mr. O'Connell
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 9 months ago

            A worthy adversary

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Yes.

    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Yeah, Mbeumo hasn't played yet.

    4. Miguel Sanchez
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Yes - Mbeumo could get injured on Sunday

    5. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/24282583

      Any reason not to do ESR to Mbeumo right now?

      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        lol fail

  13. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    The cool kids brought in Kane over Vardy this week

    1. mojoindojo
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      *Auba

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      The smart kids got in Vardy.

      1. Differentiator
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        No parties I'm afraid. Daka cool kid to steal the show

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Badly need a real-life cheat code where we can change Partey's shooting ability to 20 instead of his default 1 setting

  14. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Mings is asking for a red this game

  15. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Almost Partey time

  16. not_astarte
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    why is white staring at me on the bench?

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      White privelage.

    2. Podge
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      why are you on the bench ?

  17. ClassiX
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Looks like there's a problem with the FPL API's tonight - none of the palyer scores are showing yet

  18. FOO FIGHTER
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Both teams need to concede.

  19. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Partey goal

  20. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Could be Partey time this time

  21. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Who on earth is Thomas?

    1. Limbo
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Mr Tom Party

  22. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Partey G

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Lovely jubbly

  23. Limbo
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    ESR a

  24. @persecuted_by_mods
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Villa have 0 answers here, need to tweak something

  25. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Having Saka 2nd and ESR 3rd on the bench is strange ferling...

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Timing...

  26. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Back of the Villa net

  27. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Partey-party

  28. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Partey > Vardy Party

  29. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Gooooaaal Parteyyyyy

  30. tbos83
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    ESR assist?