Scout Notes

Aubameyang delivers as Ceballos offers potential in Arsenal win

Arsenal 2-1 Burnley

Goals: Alexandre Lacazette (£9.5m) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.0m) | Ashley Barnes (£6.5m)

Assists: Dani Ceballos (£5.5m) x 2 | Dwight McNeil (£6.0m) 

Bonus Points: Ceballos x 3 Lacazette x 2 Aubayemang x 1

Arsenal emerged victorious with a 2-1 victory over Burnley in their first home game of the Premier League season with Alexandre Lacazette (£9.5m) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.0m) getting the goals.

Dani Ceballos (£5.5m), making his first Premier League start for the Gunners, put in a stellar performance, contributing two assists and collecting maximum bonus points.

In a man of the match display, the onloan Real Madrid man underlined his exciting potential to be a value for money route into the Arsenal attack this season. 

He played a crucial role in the attacking play and also had a hand in the Gunners’ corners and free-kicks but also helped break up Burnley’s offensive efforts.

Dani Ceballos was comfortably Arsenal’s man of the match against Burnley

At a price of £5.5m and after such an impressive debut, it will be difficult for managers to ignore Ceballos who unquestionably has the ability to start for Arsenal on a weekly basis.

And given the void that has been vacated by Mesut Ozil’s (£7.4m) ongoing absence, Ceballos looks to have the confidence and ability to contribute assists that the Gunners’ have been crying out for in the Emery era. 

Ashley Barnes (£6.5m) struck an early equaliser after Lacazette had put Arsenal in front, with the forward making it three goals in two games for the Clarets to stake his claim as an early frontrunner for the best budget forward in 2019/20.

Ashley Barnes and Dwight McNeil celebrate a goal for Burnley

Barnes took his goal well after a battling run and through ball from Dwight McNeil (£6.0m) rewarding the 3.9% of managers who had backed him to deliver against Arsenal. 

Despite a nervous first-half performance that culminated in a booking for Aubameyang, the Gabonese forward scored a crucial goal for the Gunners after cutting in from the left, burying his well-struck shot past Nick Pope (£4.5m) to give Arsenal the lead. 

Owned by 29% of managers, the performance of Aubameyang was relatively re-assuring given his well-taken goal, even if it was a long-time coming.

The premium forward was a peripheral figure in the first half, having been deployed on the right flank of attacking midfield.

Aubameyang was frustrating to watch for his Fantasy owners but he delivered a second goal in two against Burnley

It was not until the second period, when Nicolas Pépé (£9.5m) replaced Reiss Nelson (£5.5m), that Aubameyang really got going.

This substitution saw Aubameyang move to the left, with Pépé, making his home debut, taking up the right-wing station.

Emery’s decision to deploy the premium striker in both a left and right-sided role at various stages Saturday afternoon’s fixture will be an area of potential concern.

When we consider the assured positions of other premium options such as Harry Kane (£11.0) as a centre-forward, Raheem Sterling (£12.1) as a winger and Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) as a right-sided attacking midfielder, this is a level of consistency Aubameyang cannot really offer. That said, the Arsenal man still outscored all of those big names in Gameweek 2.

Despite his yellow-card for encroachment on a Burnley free-kick, Aubameyang picked up one bonus against Burnley, meaning he has a total of 12 points over two Gameweeks in 2019/20. 

If Lacazette can continue his goalscoring form alongside occupying the central striking role for Arsenal, then the Frenchman is certainly worthy of monitoring with regards to attacking Arsenal coverage given his favourable price-tag at £1.5m less than his Gabonese counterpart. 

Pépé’s introduction at half-time did not lead to any attacking returns for the £72m signing, but glimpses of his potential were on show at The Emirates. The former Lille striker will now be looking to nail down a starting berth and prove himself to Emery as a worthy candidate to feature alongside Aubayemang and Lacazette regularly.

Despite failing to record a second consecutive clean-sheet, Pope was exceptional at times for Burnley, making seven saves in total as well as a number of crucial blocks to prevent the scoreline developing into a mauling for the Clarets. 

Nick Pope made seven saves against Arsenal

There remains indisputable value in both Pope and the likes of Matt Lowton (£4.5m) James Tarkowski (£5.0m) Ben Mee (£5.0m) and Erik Pieters (£4.5m) who have a favourable run of fixtures from Gameweeks 5 to 8 after navigating an away trip to Wolves before hosting Liverpool at Turf Moor. 

The early momentum that Arsenal have now picked up after successive victories over Newcastle and Burnley is a stark contrast to Emery’s debut season with the Gunners, where successive defeats to Manchester City and Chelsea in Gameweeks 1 and 2 made for difficult reading. 

If Emery and Arsenal can translate this promising initial form into continuous winning momentum, then there is no doubt that they have a number of primarily attacking assets who can deliver for Fantasy managers – namely Lacazette and Aubameyang.

But Saturday’s victory was both a day and performance that belonged to debutant Ceballos with his two assists and a Man of the Match performance. 

Members Analysis

Lessons learned from Gameweek 2

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  1. df34
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    FPL down, such a LOL

  2. Party time
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Fpl tower trying to stop people from bringing in Pukki before price rises!

      1. Albrightondknight
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Back now must have got the shock paddles out.

      2. df34
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        So true

      3. Sharkytect
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Already got him. Hoping he has just made it over the price change line. Then those wannabe transfers can come in tomorrow

    • The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Barkley,Fraser,Wilson > KDB,Cantwell,Pukki for -4 ?

      Gives me:-
      Pope
      TAA,Digne,KWP,Zinchenko
      Sterling,KDB,Salah,Perez
      Pukki,Jota

      Heaton,Cantwell,Lundstrum,Greenwood 0.9m itb.

      This move better than using WC?
      Means no Spurs attack and potential injury concerns over Zinchenko and Digne.

    • Halftime
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Draft game is still ok

    • Dacra
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Why are people getting rid of King? Scored today, surely bigger fires to put out?!

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

        Fixture(s)

        Possibly more about who they’re buying rather than who they’re selling too with bandwagons for Barnes and Pukki in similar price range

        Not saying they’re right - just trying to explain what they might be thinking

      2. twoplustwo
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        City next

        Also at 6.5 Pukki is affordable, it’ll be nice to catch a price rise and won’t be a disaster if he blanks the next couple

    • The Man Pastore
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      What is the best replacement for Guilbert to rotate with Dunk?

      1. SADIO SANÉ
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Joel Ward

        1. SADIO SANÉ
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          or Leicester guy

    • SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      taking FPL down so that all the people that slagged Pukki off all week can't bring him in is top stuff

      1. Doctor Evil
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Yup, I put him in whilst watching the Liverpool game. Told my mates to but nobody listened and now everybody wants him. But the can’t have his 17pts this week ha

    • Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Something like Fornals + Fraser to Son + Cantwell make sense here?

      Heaton
      TAA VVD Digne
      Salah Sterling Fraser Perez Fornals
      Wilson Pukki

      (Button Lundstram Rico Greenwood)

      1. Rasping Drive
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Have you considered KDB? He was brilliant today.

        1. Hits from the Bong
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Yeah possibly KdB but wanted some Spurs for next game

          1. Rasping Drive
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Yeah I can see why you would want to. How about VVD to AWB, Fraser to Ceballos and Wilson to Kane (c) for a -4?

    • Trippier Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Hello what time do the price rises take effect at the moment? Landing close to midnight on a plane

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

        During the morning. Someone said 6am but i always thought it was around 3am uk time

        1. Four Hit Wonder
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          It's no longer around 3

          1. Next year
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            It was around 2.45, but now I've also heard 6 in the morning.

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

        apparently last night it was about 6am

    • Muchentuchel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Would like to play my WC and got one midfield spot left for 7.7 or less.
      Which Spurs player should I get?

      1. Doctor Evil
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        NDombele

    • Sanchit
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Repost

      Heaton
      Robertson TAA Digne Coleman AWB
      Salah Sterling Siggy Perez
      Wilson

      Button Dendoncker Greenwood wickham

      2FT 0.0 ITB

      Siggy to Kdb is one option but who to downgrade to get the 1.5?

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

        If that’s what you want to do then downgrading a Liverpool defender to maybe a Utd one would be one option (do note you already have AWB though - maybe even KWP instead?)

      2. Rasping Drive
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Wilson to Pukki seems the obvious one. You might also consider Salah to Mané and Perez to Ceballos for a -4.

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

        Mane for Salah
        Rashford for Wilson

    • NobodyF*cksWithTheJesus
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Doing ok so far, but 2 FTs. What would you do?

      Ryan (button)
      TAA VvD Digne Zinc (Lund)
      Salah Sterling KdB Perez (dendonc)
      Jota King (greenwood)

      Want to try and get some price risers in but not sure best way. Pukki? Ceballos?

    • Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Moura

      Sticking or twisting?

      1. MTPockets
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Ideally twist but think Bernardo has to go first

        • badgerboy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          It's a conundrum. Good fixtures but not nailed. Son will come back in and Ali will be back soon enough. I'm going to cash him in and get Son or Kane this week.

        • Krionos
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          With Son back i think he will warm the bench going forward...

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

        Wildcard yet or no? got template team plus moura

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

          follow your gut. I spunked mine this week

          72 pts all out.

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

            is it too knee jerk to cut my losses on double liv defence and bou assets or will they come good?

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

              sell bournemouth I reckon.

          2. Karan14
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            You activated it?

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

              played it 2 days ago. Got in Mane, Pukki, Cantwell and Auba.

      3. HTL
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Assuming the site comes back

        Planning (for a -4)

        King, B Silva, Alexander Arnold

        To

        Pukki, KDB, Walker-Peters

        Any glaring problem? Could ditch Robertson instead of TAA. Not seeing the value in premium defenders at the minute

        I'll be wildcarding during the international break.

        That damned 0.1 on Pukki has complicated things massively!

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

        Manchester United will go top of the league when they beat Wolves on Monday.

        What a sight that will be.

        1. SADIO SANÉ
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          when

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

            When

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

          We’re going to get all our supporters back

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

            Doubtful

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

              🙄

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

                What’s up? If you put Old Trafford into Google Maps how far away is it from your current location?

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

                  Detroit? 4,764 miles. What’s your point?

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

                    Point made!

              2. Yank Revolution
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 7 months ago

                Glory! Glory!

        3. pundit of punts
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Sad to see all that United fans can dream of these days is being top in GW 2. 😀

          1. Yank Revolution
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            It's a long season and anything can happen, PoP!

      5. Party time
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Did the Digne injury look serious? Any update please

          1. Drip Doctor
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Sounds like he'll be alright.

            1. Party time
                4 years, 7 months ago

                Thanks bud. I really need to save Ft this gw

          2. andrewe63
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            6th in the world on 17 points and almost counted out on the canvass this week

            #WeekOneTripleCaptainOneTrickPonies

            1. Yes Don
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              I triple captained gw 1. Got me 112. This week I'm on 60 with Martial to play.
              #farfrompony

          3. Drip Doctor
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Any players likely to rise by .2 other than Pukki?

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

              Possibly KDB given his performance, but I doubt it. Possibly Mané. Possibly players who play tomorrow and Monday.

            2. andrewe63
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Mane and Ceballos possibly.
              Mane1 mil cheaper than Salah.

              Ceballos impressive again today.

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

            TAA OR Robbo + Perez > WalkerPeters + Son for free, is this sensible? Dropping one of the Liverpool defenders and bringing in Son.

          5. I Member
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Ryan
            Robertson, van Dijk Digne
            Salah, Sterling, Sigurdsson, Perez, Barkley
            Wilson, Jota

            Button; Greenwood, Lundstram, Rico.

            A) Wilson, Sigurdsson & Barkley -> Pukki, De Bruyne & Ceballos
            B) Wilson, Sigurdsson & Barkley -> Pukki, De Bruyne & Wan-Bissaka

            1. I Member
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              2 FT 0.0 ITB

            2. The 12th Man
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Is B Digne out?
              B if He’s injured.

              I’m looking at something similar.
              Fraser,Barkley,Wilson > KDB,Cantwell/Dendonker,Pukki -4

          6. EgyptianKing
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Mates, I hope you are having a decent GW.

            I have Perez + 16 points than my opponent. He has Rash Barkley and Lundstram.

            Do you think I am ok in terms of chance to win?

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

              Yes. Could come close, a perez assist and it’s yours

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

                Cheers mate!

          7. Fer Fuch's Ake
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            When do price rises/drops kick in? Tonight?

            1. SADIO SANÉ
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              every morning

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

            Perez to

            A) Ndombele
            B) Ceballos
            C) Keep

            1. Burger
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Wait until tomorrow.

            2. Eleven Hag
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              someone from chelsea wud emerge after tomorrows game..

          9. Eleven Hag
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            KDB looks like a must have and i could only bring him for Auba...shud I pull the trigger ?

            1. Drip Doctor
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Good player to have but i wouldn't say a must have. City scored 5 last GW and he got 1 assist.

              1. Eleven Hag
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 7 months ago

                thnx mate...Son will be a better option as the only spurs player?

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

            After Pukki ripping up Newcastle is Kane more appealing now?

            1. Top Lad Dakes.
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Slightly. Son appeals too if I knew he’d start

            2. Longlatini
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Definitely a (c) next week

            3. Drip Doctor
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Newcastle probably played more expansive vs Norwich, against Arsenal they were pretty tight.

          11. Fernando Torres
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Is a liverpool defender essential?

            1. Top Lad Dakes.
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              I’d want at least one

          12. Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Anybody else got problems in their team but NOT making moves tonight? Must be someone

            1. CRO KLOPP
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              I'm waiting until gmwk is finished

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

              o/

              Waiting on news re Digne and Zinchenko.

              I don't think Wilson and Robbo are bad buys yet.

            3. FOO FIGHTER
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              I am not doing anything until Wolves vs UTD is done. I may not do anything.

              The only change I made was using a FT to bring in Jota for Haller and think short and long term that was the best move.

              May just stick with my team for GW3 and then have a look at changes for GW4.

            4. pitstop1
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Absolutely. No rush.

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

            Some good players are getting transferred out quickly and on their way to drops:

            Bernardo Silva
            Eriksen
            Fraser
            Vardy

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

              Bilva was so out of any xA or xG that I want him out

          14. Badger Badger Mushroom Mush…
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Only way I can get Pukki in, is TAA and King to Laporte and Pukki. Worth it?