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Lacazette, Luiz, Ceballos and Pepe on the bench for Arsenal

There are two Premier League matches kicking off at 14:00 BST today.

Arsenal head north to take on Newcastle United at St. James’ Park, while Leicester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers meet at the King Power Stadium.

The headline team news from Tyneside is that Alexandre Lacazette (£9.5m) – who had been a doubt for this game with an ankle knock – is only a substitute, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.0m) leading the line for the Gunners.

David Luiz (£6.0m), Nicolas Pepe (£9.5m) and Dani Ceballos (£5.5m) also have to make do with a place on the bench.

Youngsters Reiss Nelson (£5.5m) and Joe Willock (£5.0m) start behind Aubameyang.

Joelinton (£6.0m) makes his competitive Newcastle debut and will be joined by an out-of-position Miguel Almiron (£6.0m) in attack, with Steve Bruce keeping faith with the wing-back system that Rafael Benitez favoured in 2018/19.

Matt Ritchie (£5.5m) has recovered from injury and will line up on the left flank.

There are no major shocks at Leicester, with Ayoze Perez (£6.5m) making Brendan Rodgers’ starting XI as expected.

Perez joins Jamie Vardy (£9.0m) and James Maddison (£7.0m) in the Foxes’ line-up but Marc Albrighton (£5.5m) drops to the bench as Wilfred Ndidi (£5.0m) is brought in to bolster central midfield.

Wolves are at full strength, with Raul Jimenez (£7.5m) and Diogo Jota (£6.5m) again paired together in a two-pronged attack.

Jimenez and Matt Doherty (£6.0m) both returned from injury lay-offs in the Europa League on Thursday night and the Irish wing-back also makes Nuno Espirito Santo’s first starting XI of the 2019/20 campaign.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Schär, Lascelles, Dummett, Manquillo, Shelvey, Hayden, Longstaff, Ritchie, Almirón, Joelinton.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Chambers, Sokratis, Monreal, Guendouzi, Xhaka, Mkhitaryan, Willock, Nelson, Aubameyang.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Ricardo, Söyüncü, Evans, Chilwell, Ndidi, Choudhury, Tielemans, Maddison, Pérez, Vardy.

Wolves XI: Patricio, Coady, Bennett, Boly, Doherty, Dendoncker, Moutinho, Neves, Jonny, Jota, Jimenez.

Lessons learned from Gameweek 1

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  1. L'Aeroplanino
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    AUBAAAAAAAA

  2. The Man Pastore
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Still plenty of time for a brace!

    1. Agger
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Brace of yellow cards hopefully

  3. Arse Craic
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Game Auba!

  4. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Team sheets for Man Utd vs Chelsea?

    1. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Not yet

    2. just a man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Not yet, just leaked, unconfirmed one from MEN from earlier

      1. just a man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        MEN: “ The leaked United team reads: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Maguire, Lindelof, Shaw, McTominay, Matic, Pogba, James, Rashford, Martial. That is unconfirmed and leaked teams occasionally feature a mistake or mistakes. Matic’s inclusion would not go down well after his pre-season form but would also not be a surprise against a top six side.“

        1. Jafooli
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Cheers JAM

        2. Yip Jaap Stam
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          It no Lingard I’ll be happy

        3. Yip Jaap Stam
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          If*

        4. Yip Jaap Stam
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          And yes, agree, Matic is crap but he’ll play most games

  5. Agger
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Kane, Salah, Sterling and Aubamayeng will all get at least 25 goals if fit. You can't haven't them all :/

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I have 3/4, but not Sterling yet 🙁

      1. thepeen555
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Same

      2. Agger
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Sterling is the most vital of the lot in my opinion!

      3. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Same

    2. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      We can & won't have starting 11 😀
      Maybe switching big hitters is the way to go !

    3. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Aguero and Mane probably above 20 too.

      1. norab
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        This works:
        Pope, Button
        TAA, Robbo, Dunk, Kelly, Gibson
        Salah, Sterling, Oriol, Cantwell, Stephens
        Kane, Auba, Greenwood

        Even has .5 ITB

    4. spontaneous1
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Sterling,Salah and Auba for me, didn't double Liverpool defense like most here though.

    5. Yip Jaap Stam
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Going without sterling is insane

    6. Lacabacca
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Premium defense not looking good atm.

    7. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Auba needs to be nailed first!

  6. Amey
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Vardy looking good ??

    1. ppv
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Awful

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Cheers

    2. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      No, not sharp.

      Way Wolves have come out 2nd half you can see the benefit of playing 3 competitive fixures already.

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Thank you.
        Wolves are awesome team.
        Hopefully Vardy sneaks a return 😮

    3. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Miss an easy tap in !!!

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Really ??
        Uncharacteristic of him

        1. skeptical
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Yea from Tielemans - but it was smashed across!

  7. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Kane > Auba for free?

    1. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yeah right now

    2. RoryzonderR
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Only for 1 week?!

  8. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Every single 11.0m+ player has returned this GW, bar Mane. The quality shows.

    1. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yep, maybe 3 premiums was the way to go

    2. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Someone posted a team last week. Have to have 4.0 starters though.

      1. Team17
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        No you don't

        1. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          One GK is a risk.

      2. The Man Pastore
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Nope

      3. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        If you go old-school with some 4.5m defenders rather than 4 premiums, it's quite do-able

        1. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          4.0 the way to go. Need one starter.

          1. Business Cat
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Lundstrum looks good for that for the foreseeable future

      4. Clintymints
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Nah it's doable

        4th mid slot gets ravaged though

        1. luke
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          With donks it’s do able, my gamble was ceballas... prepared to wait and see

    3. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Holy trinity for the win

    4. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Just have to accept you can’t have them all, all about timing.

      Would have backed Mane to do so too if he started.

      1. robt
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Someone TC'd him in my mini league!!

      2. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Got them all next week.

        1. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Them 4m defenders won’t all be starting in a few weeks.

          1. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            3/1.

            Will take me chances.

          2. Clintymints
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Worth it if you can have a team that smashes it

            Only need one sub imo

  9. Four Hit Wonder
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Is Maitland-Nailed?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Likely until Bellerin is ready.

      1. Debauchy
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        This

      2. Four Hit Wonder
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        "Few weeks away from training"

        1. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Have to weigh it up if he’s worth the risk so.

  10. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Where's the Niles owners at ? Let me hear y'all

  11. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Did tielemans go off and I missed it?

    1. Reedy
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      No, why?

      1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Couldn't spot him

  12. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Newcastle could be investigated for match fixing for the defending for that goal

    Every defender ran away from Auba as if he had the AIDS there

    1. robt
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      All started because of Williams (the sub) fault

      1. George Sillett
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Williams . Great knowledge.

        1. robt
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Jeff Williams No?

    2. MITHRRANDIRR
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      WTF was Lascelles doing?

  13. Green Arrow
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Seems like this Leicester defense is going to concede a lot of goals this season

  14. st4rty
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Sterling (c), Salah & Auba. A lovely start to the season. 🙂

    1. Agger
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Well done

      1. st4rty
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        And a masterclass from Ross Barkley pending, too.

        1. RobinKerr1987
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Here's hoping... Nice to be watching premier league at a civilised hour (albeit from a sweat box in La Spezia, Italy), rather than between 2300-0500 back home in Australia!

  15. Captain Remorse
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Jota should have a hat-trick by now.

  16. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Greenwood starting?

    1. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Nope

  17. The Overthinker
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Not impressed by Leicester

  18. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    I honestly thought the Leicester V Wolves game would be a goal fest

  19. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Ceballos on....

  20. thepeen555
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    United team news in about 8 mins now according to official twitter feed

    1. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I'll wait.

    2. yakirh
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Lineups are always out 1 hour before the game

      1. thepeen555
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah it seems they doing it 30 mins before this time out

        1. SHOOTER MCGINN
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Kick off is in an hour and 5 mins from now

  21. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Lord Farquaad on 3 BAPS..

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      soyuncu?

      1. The Train Driver
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yes

    2. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Defo this of switching out Cathcart. Leicester could be more stable at the back

  22. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Anyone watching - what position is Ceballos playing?

  23. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Damn. Auba goal means no CS point for Ayoze

    1. Klein
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      What?

    2. Four Hit Wonder
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Ayoze still has that point. I'll let you figure it out

    3. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      You do know he's no longer a Newcastle player ? Ofcourse you do

    4. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Pass me whatever you are smoking

    5. Dr. Rog
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      think its an attempt at humour

      1. Grounderz
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Very poor attempt.

  24. Unliklinho
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Come on Auba, help yourself to another and an assist while you're at it...

  25. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Dendocks owners being frustrated by VAR

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      You mean everyone 😉

  26. The Overthinker
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Maddison easily the best Leicester player

  27. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Did someone post the line ups or did i miss it?

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Wait for 4 minutes

    2. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Jafooli guy did

    3. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      They out in 5 mins

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

      Thanks guys

  28. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Get out of tielemans way, ref!

  29. Unliklinho
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Ceballos coming on in the no10 role, yeh?

    1. MITHRRANDIRR
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He's playing there, yeah.

      1. Unliklinho
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Could be interesting

        1. MITHRRANDIRR
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          He had a tendency to drop off deep when @ RM. Let's see what he does at Arsenal.

  30. Bielsa's Bucket
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Maitland-Niles is gonna be a great player. Should be on plane/bus for next England game