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

    Emerson gets the LB spot... knocking on the door of my team I think...

    1. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yep though I might give it a few weeks to be sure

    2. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Zouma or Christensen better no for 5.0m?

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

        Zouma

    3. Dr. Rog
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      career history: 109 games 4 goals 8 assists
      think id rather have zouma and half a mil

  2. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    No Pulisic for Chelsea. But Mount and Abraham get starts.

    Chelsea: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Christensen, Emerson, Mount, Kovacic, Jorginho, Barkley, Pedro, Abraham

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Boring lineup 😛

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

    James should be playing and Gomes should be on the bench

  4. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    mount and barkley start... interesting

    thank you sim simma for the lineups you're great x

  5. Unliklinho
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Barkley, Mount and Pedro, Tammy up top, Pulisic benched

  6. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Lol, Barkley and Mount starting... Lamps messing with us...

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

      I expected that. He wants the youth to shine

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

    Perez CS banked.

    1. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      😎

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Talking about being positive

  8. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Well that’s both my players off, thanks for nothing Perez and clown jota

    1. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Hah I had the same, I spread cash amongst Fraser, wilson, Jota and Perez instead of getting Kane or aubam, it's not a good feeling this week, hope it works out soon though!

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah it’s miles better to spread the funds, when the big guns blank it’d be awful for our teams.

      2. Manani
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        exact same few players too. oh well, they do look OK on paper

  9. thepeen555
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I hope mount keeps a place could be a good shout and Tammy the number 9. So fingers crossed it’s him for the majority

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

    Hahaha Perez and Jota off. Jota is going to be annoying to own if he keeps missing 100 chances a game.

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Which he won’t, was just a clown today

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

    Leicester so poor

  12. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Greenwood but OGS wouldn't.

  13. chaser123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Pérez was very disappointing

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

    Perez subbed off.

    1. pablo discobar
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Will sell for McGinn and pocket the 1 mil. Fixtures ain't great. Allows a king to maybe haller in gw 3

  15. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    zzzzzzz

  16. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Perez back to his usual form we see of him in the premier League

    Think Rondon and Rafa made him look better than he actually is last season

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

      At a new club and first competitive game of the season. Wolves should be better than Leicester given they have been going in the EL already.

    2. Christina.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      nonsense

    3. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Difficult for a player of his type exert himself on a back 3. The spaces he likes to play in are congested.

    4. Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yeah he didn’t get a hat trick so we should all sell him for a hit

  17. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Have any 6.5ers scored this week?

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Vvd

    2. Crystal Alice
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Pukki

    3. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Barnes

    4. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Pukki

    5. spontaneous1
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Pukki

    6. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Barnes

    7. Gregor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Barnes.

    8. JBG
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Pukki.

  18. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Should have gone Montoya & Dendoncker over Norwood & Rico right?

  19. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Nice one Frank.

  20. st4rty
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Barkley masterclass. HERE WE GO!

  21. Zladan
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Perez fail. I got scared into thinking LCFC assets were required.

    1. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Wolves have a great defence.

      1. Zladan
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I was adamant I would go without Leicester assets until GW7.

        Should’ve gone with my instinct, but ah well. I made the decision and I stand by it.

  22. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Cutrone bandwagon incoming

  23. Poseidon.
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Maguire won’t be 1st choice they said

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Nobody said that. They spent £80 million on him you lemon.

      1. Poseidon.
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I was laughed at on here for saying he’d start

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          right o

    2. Respect My Authoritah
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Literally no one said that

    3. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      yeah it is so surprising to see the world'd most expensive defender start the game

    4. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Bet you no one said that

    5. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Who is they? Were they drooling?

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

      Get the frying pan on, you’ve caught a few 😉

    7. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Nobody:

      Not a soul:

    8. Murder On Zidanesfloor
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Your imaginary friend?

      1. Poseidon.
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Last time I try giving you lot some inside info on my club. Good luck finding another Utd fan for these insights!

        1. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          insights ???..............more like voices in your head mate

        2. ENZO SZN™
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Insight like what? Maguite starting first game? Thats no insight dude

  24. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Let the mass exodus of Greenwood owners begin..

    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Why?

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

      Bench and occasional minutes is fine for him.

    3. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      He's in to do a 4.5 job which he's doing just fine

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

      Why? He is on the bench. That is what we were expecting. Cameos from the bench, but he can score. He is still the best £4.5m forward in the game.

    5. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Are you suggesting we're idiotic enough to buy him to start games? You're not too sharp at this game, are you?

    6. just a man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Solskjaer already said in presser that he won't play every game, so think everyone expected that. Impact player from bench.

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Maybe he's talking about casuals who maybe were expecting him to play

    7. internal error
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Theres not many teams in the league that have a bench weaker than Utds bench today

      1. Respect My Authoritah
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        True. Arsenal's starting lineup may give it a run for it's money though

    8. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Was always a tough fixture for both Jota and Perez, but buoyed with what I saw. Should be good value over the season.

      1. Macam Dave
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        So worth keeping?

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

          For now, Perez will need to improve though.

        2. Piggs Boson
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Sure, it was one game against tough opponents. Remember why you bought them in the first place.

      2. SirStevieG
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Perez did nothing and Jota missed 1 on 1 with the keeper twice... I'm not happy at all.

        1. Piggs Boson
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Clear cut misses aren't bad news. Jota had good chances, that's important.

      3. Ricky - it doesn\'t ta…
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Yes jota looked on it and could of had a few . Still unsure on ayoze Perez but pretty sure he should come good

    9. The Tinkerman
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Chelsea lineup far from settled I guess, no Kante or Pulisic, Hudson-Odoi back soon too.

      1. DR0GBA
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        and Rudiger

      2. Gregor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        There’s gonna be a fair bit of rotation at Chelsea this season I fear.

    10. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Monreal cleanie still on.

    11. Rolls-Royce
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Maguire goal and wagon is imminent.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Nah

    12. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Ricardo Domingos BarBAPsa Pereira