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Aubameyang and Lacazette start together against Fulham

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.4m) and Alexandre Lacazette (£9.4m) get the nod to line up front together as Arsenal take on Fulham at the Emirates Stadium this afternoon.

That means the 12th start in a row for the Gabon international, who has played virtually every minute of the Gunners’ Christmas fixtures, minus the last 20 at Anfield in Gameweek 20.

It looks as if Aubameyang will be on the left of a front three, with Lacazette operating centrally and Alex Iwobi (£5.4m) on the opposite flank.

Lucas Torreira (£5.1m) finds himself on the bench again with Matteo Guendouzi (£4.5m) and Granit Xhaka (£5.3m) preferred in central midfield.

Sead Kolasinac (£4.9m) and Ainsley Maitland-Niles (£4.4m) are the wing-backs while Shkodran Mustafi (£5.4m) comes through his injury doubts to feature in a back-three alongside Laurent Koscielny (£5.4m) and Sokratis Papastathopoulos (£5.1m).

Fulham are without Calum Chambers (£4.2m), who is ineligible to face his parent club Arsenal, as Claudio Ranieri appears to be going with a five-man defence.

Joe Bryan (£4.8m) and Cyrus Christie (£4.2m) appear to be operating in the wide areas, either side of Tim Ream (£4.2m), Maxime Le Marchand (£4.2m) and Denis Odoi (£4.4m).

Ryan Sessegnon (£6.0m) returns to the side as Aboubakar Kamara (£4.4m) suffers for his penalty antics against Huddersfield by dropping to the bench.

Arsenal XI (3-4-3): Leno; Sokratis, Mustafi, Koscielny; Kolasinac, Guendouzi, Xhaka, Maitland-Niles; Aubameyang, Lacazette; Iwobi.

Fulham XI (5-2-3): Rico; Bryan, Ream, Le Marchand, Odoi, Christie; Cissé, Cairney; Sessegnon, Mitrovic, Schürrle.

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1,758 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Thanks Aubama

  2. Bouncebackability
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Hes so getting a goal now.

  3. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Famous person going to die soon

    1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      This lol

    2. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      The queen on the 5th is the rumour.

  4. Jimmy Boy
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I'm an Aubameyang owner and surely that isn't an assist hahaha

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

      read the rules

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

      Hit the post, rebound scored...

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

        Only if it was meant as a shot though

    3. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Why? Off the post straight for Ramsey?

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

      All Auba owners must take a hit and play fair.

    5. Arteta
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      It's "FPL assist"...

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

    I was saying BOO URNS 😀 😀

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      😀

  6. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Assist given... Chucky’s captaincy streak continues... need a goal now...

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

      Yes, let's chant Chuckty

    2. *Reformed-Character*
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Streak ? He’s on 5 points lol, and that assist will be revoked

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

    ffs, can't auba just score on that attempt

  8. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Auba knocked it onto the post? Or was it the defender? Hard to tell

    1. Sánchez
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Kola getting more points for less than half the price :-p

  9. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Forest 4 Leeds 2

  10. Modest Bob
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Auba yesss what a signing!

    1. El Matador
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      It's only 3 points

    2. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Eh??

  11. JJO
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Haha he didnt even touch it

  12. mattk lfc
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Nice departing gift from Auba

  13. FDMS All Starz
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    How Arsenal/Manu Utd still haven’t sorted their defences out is beyond me

  14. Arteta
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sign da ting Rambo!

  15. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Auba miss one on one

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

      😮

  16. F_Ivanovic
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Kamara when benched: 5, 2, 2, 5.
    Kamara when started: 0, -1

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Should speak to OGS about being a super-sub. No shame in it. OGS made a career from it and is now Utd manager.

  17. Weilong7
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    almost auba

  18. tm245
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Auba close, they will feed him until he scores.

  19. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Confirmed assist on FPL
    Goal - RAMSEY
    Assist - AUBAMEYANG

    Arsenal 3-1 Fulham (79 mins)

  20. ZeBestee
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Auba misses again. Should have scored 4 now.

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

    Auba, come on, man! You gotta be scoring that!

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

      He's had a million chances.

      Arrgggghhh!

  22. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Looked like it came off the defender

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

    Ramsey should have scored then run down the tunnel waving

  24. Patch
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Auba points awarded on FPL app

  25. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Will the Auba assist be removed - came off the defender surely ? 🙂

  26. Goat
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Any Australians on here?

    In Sydney what time is a 12:30 gmt deadline on a Saturday?

    Would it be Saturday night 10:30pm or so?

  27. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Can someone explain how that's an Aubameyang assist?

    1. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Same as the Trippier assist off his free kick that hit the post a few weeks ago.

  28. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    AUBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  29. tm245
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Yes!

  30. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    AUBAAAAAAAAAAAAAA