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Lacazette benched as Kolasnic misses out on Saints trip with injury

There was instant disappointment for owners of two Arsenal assets as team news for Sunday’s Gameweek 17 matches came out.

Alexandre Lacazette (£9.6m) is on the bench once again, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.5m) preferred as the lone striker for the Gunners.

Meanwhile, Sead Kolasinac (£5.1m) misses out on Arsenal’s trip to Southampton after picking up a thigh injury in training on Saturday.

He is replaced at left-back by the returning Nacho Monreal (£5.4m), making his first start since Gameweek 8. With Rob Holding (£4.4m) injured and Shkodran Mustafi (£5.4m) and Sokratis Papastathopoulous (£5.1m) suspended, Laurent Koscielny (£5.4m) and Stephan Lichtsteiner (£4.5m) line-up at centre-back.

Aaron Ramsey (£7.3m) and Mesut Özil (£8.1m) are named on the bench.

There is a third Premier League start for young Southampton defender Jan Valery (£4.0m) while Danny Ings (£5.4m) recovers from his recent hamstring injury to feature for the first time since Gameweek 12.

At Brighton, there is another game at false-nine for Eden Hazard (£10.9m) who leads the Chelsea line, flanked by Pedro (£6.3m) and Willian (£7.3m).

Alvaro Morata (£8.5m) was not considered fit enough for the bench, where Olivier Giroud (£7.7m) has been named.

Meanwhile, Mateo Kovacic (£5.8m) comes through his injury doubt to start the match in central midfield.

Glenn Murray (£6.6m) leads the Brighton line with Pascal Groß (£6.7m) operating as the number 10.

Brighton XI: Ryan; Bernardo, Dunk, Balogun, Montoya; March, Stephens, Pröpper, Knockaert; Groß; Murray.

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Alonso, Rudiger, Luiz, Azpilicueta; Kovacic, Jorginho, Kante; Pedro, Hazard, Willian.

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Targett, Yoshida, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Valery; Redmond, Romeu, Hojbjerg, Armstrong; Ings.

Arsenal XI: Leno; Monreal, Koscielny, Lichtsteiner, Bellerín; Xhaka, Guendouzi, Torreira; Mkhitaryan, Iwobi; Aubameyang.

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2,219 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Collin Quaner got Bellerin cause he knew Kola would get injured 🙂

  2. SirStevieG
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Surely Kane to Ings is the best transfer of the week now?

  3. sirmorbach
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Laca, Rich - Ings, Hazard for free?

    1. Rinseboy
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      am doing the same with siggy

      1. sirmorbach
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Cheers

    2. Chenku╰☆╮
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      No. You don't get last gw points.

      1. sirmorbach
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Not a bad joke, but I'm actually coming from the upcoming fixtures perspective

    3. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Selling rich not ideal IMO.But laca to hazard has to be donee

      1. sirmorbach
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        It's got to be Rich, FAnderson or Sané. Unfortunately I think that's the way to go

  4. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Laca on

  5. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Chilwell, Bellerin to Digne, Robertson for -4?

    1. Rsforstar
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      yes

    2. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Bellerin crocked??

  6. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Why are Arsenal fans singing about Spurs today? They're not playing them.

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      We always sing about spurs cause "We are the Tottenham haters"

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

    Perhaps just start with Lacazette instead of bringing him on to save the game every game?!

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

      They bought him off to save the game last week

      1. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        This

    2. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Emery tries too hard tbh. I can see why Barca made that come back in the CL now

  8. Lucackadoodledoo
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Captained Salah last week and captained Hazard this week.

    Happy days 🙂

  9. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Bellerin off, Laca on.

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

    Who to take out for hazard... Sane or Sterling?

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Find a different way.

    2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Find a different route

  11. seewhyaxe
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    so bellerin 0 pointer

  12. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Chelsea’s back. Get Haz and Luiz/ Alonso

  13. DAVESAVES
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Richarlison or F.Anderson to Hazard?

  14. Maddamotha
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Who here was boasting about choosing Bellering over Kola?? Lol

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

      Yeah karma.

    2. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      'Demel', or something like that.

  15. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Alonso goal needed!

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

      Agreed

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

      Amen

    3. Not again Shirley
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Fat chance. That guy is so overpriced. Did well early season but since then really has not warranted high price.

  16. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    AWB coming on for Bellerin at least

    1. Football Heaven
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I’ve got some news for you...

    2. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      😆

  17. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Twice now Auba thwarted yards from goal.

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

      Should do better

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        The one in first half...it looked harder to mess that up than have the ball in the net.

  18. TRIPOS TOPPER
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    been chasing my ML rival for weeks and he finally seems to blown up despite having 1m extra TV

    he's done:
    TAA to Robbo (gw16)
    Tripper to Bellerin (gw17)

  19. seewhyaxe
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    so I had TAA, Kola and Bellerin injured off my gw16 wildcard now.

    wow, I have Doherty and AWB next??!

  20. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Arsenal go through defenders like crazy

  21. SirStevieG
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Arsenal have no defenders left besides Kos

  22. Random Name
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Let’s not beat around the bush anymore.

    Aubameyang has been very very poor recently

    1. DARE TO BISCAN
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah. Captained over these 'easy' fixtures. Got my eye on Aguero.

  23. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Aubamayang having a mare

    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Should've scored 3

    2. Random Name
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Laca is the main man

    3. Supersonic Marv'
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      He had better score today. I've been goading my Son captaining mini league rival all morning.

  24. seewhyaxe
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    so now monreal another one?!?!?!

  25. Football Heaven
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Kane and hojberg > ings and hazard for free?

  26. L'Aeroplanino
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Monreal down

    Auba...

  27. toystory2wasok
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    ings finally up from -100 on fplstatistics! thanks, kneejerkers 🙂

  28. Sgt Frank Drebin
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Hazard what chance wasted...

    1. Sgt Frank Drebin
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      *I may have a delay...

  29. J T
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Hazard could get a few more here

    1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Yupp.If he gets even more would be annoyed not capping him then

  30. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Pedro ya muppet