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Aubameyang and Lacazette paired up front as Ozil returns

Two Premier League matches kick off at 16:00 BST on Sunday afternoon.

Arsenal play the first of two Double Gameweek 35 fixtures, with Crystal Palace the visitors to the Emirates.

Liverpool, meanwhile, are in action against a Cardiff City side that has lost all ten of their meetings with “big six” sides in 2018/19.

There are no great shocks in Jurgen Klopp’s starting XI, with their most-popular Fantasy assets all in the visitors’ line-up.

Andrew Robertson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip and Virgil van Dijk make up a familiar-looking back four, while Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah are once again selected up front.

Georginio Wijnaldum for Fabinho is Klopp’s only alteration from Gameweek 34.

Neil Warnock has named an unchanged team for the visit of Liverpool.

Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are included in the same starting XI for only the second time in nine Premier League games.

Aaron Ramsey misses out with a hamstring injury so Mesut Ozil lines up in “the hole” behind Arsenal’s strike pair.

Sead Kolasinac is also included as Emery rolls out a 3-4-1-2, with Carl Jenkinson getting a rare start on the opposite flank.

Patrick van Aanholt, Andros Townsend and Michy Batshuayi are among the substitutes for Palace, with Joel Ward handed a recall at full-back.

Arsenal XI (3-4-1-2): Leno, Mustafi, Koscielny, Mavropanos, Jenkinson, Guendouzi, Elneny, Kolasinac, Özil, Lacazette, Aubameyang.

Crystal Palace XI (4-4-2): Guaita, Ward, Kelly, Dann, Wan-Bissaka, McArthur, Milivojevic, Kouyaté, Meyer, Zaha, Benteke.

Cardiff City XI (4-2-3-1): Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Ecuele Manga, Bennett, Gunnarsson, Ralls, Hoilett, Camarasa, Mendez-Laing, Niasse.

Liverpool XI (4-3-3): Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Keita, Mane, Salah, Firmino.

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  1. The Wise Owl
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    WAHEY LACA MY MAN

  2. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Probably should have captained Lacazette

  3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    La(c)a!!!

  4. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Laca a yay

  5. FPL price manipulators are …
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Feed the Lac and the Lac will score

  6. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Mendez Lang again afforded the space to whip in a cross. TaA not tight enough.

  7. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Come on mane score please

  8. Celt Abroad
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    My team next year is going to be milivojevic and 14 fillers.

    1. The Wise Owl
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Good choice

  9. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Kolasinac last touch?

  10. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Salah shot on target. Barely.

  11. Chi not God
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    etheridge clean sheet confirmed!!

  12. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    How long before TAA is hauled off for Milner?

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Hopefully 10 mins.

  13. The Wise Owl
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Real talk. Which players do you expect to see in the Premier League next season who aren't already confirmed?

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Dan James.

      1. The Wise Owl
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        I forgot to add, that don't play for possible promoted clubs!

        1. The Ejiptian King
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Swansea aren't getting promoted, I think Prem club will buy him, he's very good.

    2. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Koulibaly

    3. DAZZ
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Timo Werner

    4. CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Bale, Koulibaly, Isco, Hysay, Tagliafico, Dybala, Neres.

    5. syke63
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Pukki

  14. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Mane close.

  15. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Mane close

  16. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Mane inches away!

    1. Thick Of It
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Minus bps though.

  17. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    SoT for Mane?

  18. Naboo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Some random thoughts:

    Teams like United and Spurs need to take a leaf out of Liverpool's book to reach the next level now. Liverpool have sold two of their best players (Coutinho and Suarez) in recent seasons, both to a foreign club for bucket loads of cash that they've used wisely to replace them and build the squad pretty excellenty imo. Time for Spurs/United to do the same with mega money deals for Kane/Alli/Pogba/Sanchez (maybe not mega money coming in there, but huge wage bill savings all the same) .

    Keep hold of the likes of Son and Eriksen, Rashford and Martial, then bring in 4/5/6 more quality players to beef up the squad depth a bit. Obviously I hope they don't do any of that really, as being a mid table (West Ham) fan it's much funnier watching Spurs continuously throw season after season away towards the end when they're all knackered, and United just struggling all round.

    Here to hoping Spurs get smashed by Ajax anyway haha

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Need to raid German football. Seems to be bargains there. Son and Firmino both from German club football.

      1. Naboo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Sancho and Pulisic in the PL next year will be ace!

      2. Differential C (Mark)
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Sancho,Gnabry, Schulz, Thorgan, Poulsen. Many quality players there.

    2. Perthite
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Don't you mean "cleaned up by Ajax"?

    3. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      It’s funnier watching Wet Spam languishing at the bottom of the table or getting relegated and having the worst stadium in the league but hey ho who really cares about them, they aren’t really relevant

      1. Naboo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        They are to me, I really rather like them

        1. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Someone has to I suppose... must be lovely hearing your singular voice echo around the stadium 😆

    4. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      In the case of Spurs, do you not remember "the AVB project" after they sold Bale for megabucks (which is what you're advocating)

      Quoth:

      "we've sold Elvis and signed The Beatles"

      ...except only Christian Eriksen from the players bought in turned out to be any good.

      So it doesn't always work out

      1. tm245
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Very much this - the Bale money was mostly squandered.

        Liverpool also squandered much of the Suarez money.

  19. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Robertson with a rare s*** cross

  20. DR0GBA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    5 more minutes please Trent

  21. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Arsenal are weird.

    Emery early subs are often effective, but mostly seem to be reinstating the lineup most people would have picked in the first place!

  22. DR0GBA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Trent assist!

  23. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Trent A

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Gini G

  24. The Senate
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    TAA assist?

  25. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Wijnaldum G
    TAA A

  26. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Wij goal

  27. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    TAA A
    Wij G

  28. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    TAA assist Wij goal

  29. syke63
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    TAA assist thanks

  30. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Dammit TAA......