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Lacazette among the substitutes as Aubameyang leads the line for Arsenal

The final match of Gameweek 9 takes place this evening, as Sheffield United host Arsenal.

Kick-off at Bramall Lane is at 20:00 BST.

There were no major shocks upon the release of the two teamsheets, with Alexandre Lacazette (£9.3m) only among the substitutes after his return from a seven-week absence.

Kieran Tierney (£5.4m) has to be patient for his first Arsenal league start, too, as Sead Kolasinac (£5.4m) keeps his place at left-back.

In fact, Unai Emery has made only one change to the Gunners’ starting XI from the side that defeated Bournemouth a fortnight ago: Joe Willock (£5.0m) replacing Dani Ceballos (£5.5m) in midfield.

Lacazette’s benching means that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.1m) will again lead the line for Arsenal, flanked by Nicolas Pepe (£9.3m) and Bukayo Saka (£4.5m) in attack.

Aubameyang has yet to blank in an away fixture this season and averages 8.25 points on the road.

John Lundstram (£4.6m) is the most-owned player in this fixture and he features in more Fantasy teams than the rest of the Sheffield United squad put together.

Over 40% of his owners have benched him for this match but it’s probably fair to say that he’ll be an ‘auto-sub’ for many of us, given the high-profile no-shows over the weekend.

His 14-point haul against Crystal Palace at Bramall Lane in August has been followed by three blanks at home but he remains the best-value FPL asset in the game, based on points per million spent.

There are no surprises that Chris Wilder’s only two changes for this fixture come up front, an area in which he has regularly rotated over the past two months.

Lys Mousset (£4.9m) and David McGoldrick (£5.4m) are the strike pairing this evening, replacing Callum Robinson (£5.3m) and Oli McBurnie (£5.9m).

Sheffield United’s four home games this season have only seen six goals scored: only St James’ Park and Selhurst Park average fewer goals per fixture than Bramall Lane in 2019/20.

Sheffield United XI: Henderson; Basham, Egan, O’Connell, Stevens; Baldock, Norwood, Lundstram, Fleck; Mousset, McGoldrick.

Arsenal XI: Leno; Chambers, Sokratis, Luiz, Kolasinac; Xhaka, Guendouzi, Willock; Pepe, Aubameyang, Saka.

Lessons learned from Gameweek 9

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  1. TAT
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    What a joke Dean is. WHAT A JOKE.

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Auba owner?

      1. TAT
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Yes, but that is a clear pen.

        1. SHOOTER MCGINN
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Nope

        2. Scholes Out For Summer
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Not clear at all.... Was a dive and you know it

          1. TAT
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            No dive.

            1. WWF
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Dive. Should have been carded for simulation

              1. TAT
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 5 months ago

                Disagree completely.

    2. Cookie Kid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Ha ha. Never a pen

  2. F4L
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    sack all PL refs, they're all as bad as each other

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

    The last few posts is making this match look like a circus

  4. Sgt Frank Drebin
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Saka YC instead of penalty just sums up my GW

  5. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    There was contact but it was also a dive

    1. TAT
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Nope.

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        w

    2. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Agree

    3. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      He looked for the contact and exaggerated it too

    4. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Schrödinger's dive...

    5. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah, contact but still not a pen.

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

    1st Swede booked tonight.

    Lundstram to join Freddie soon.

  7. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Its a dive. doesnt matter if you own Auba or not...

    1. F4L
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      fack all consistency though isn't there.

      1. Scholes Out For Summer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Saka wasnt fouled. simple as. Why base future decisions on previous bad ones?

        1. F4L
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          right sure. Then there's the Doherty pen, Mane pen, Evans foul......how many bad ones can these refs make though?

          All fans want is consistency

    2. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I have both and it was a clear dive

  8. Grand Thibauto
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Saka is Ljungberg? Context?

    1. WWF
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      The hair

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

    Pepe down

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

      Arsenal comeback odds shorten.

    2. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Just stroke it a little...

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

        Boing

        1. My heart goes Salalalalah
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          See...there he is 😆

    3. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I'm watching the game mate and I reckon Man U should pay Arsenal 300m for PooPoo....sorry Pepe

  10. Pariße
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    This should be a penalty. No dive and clear contact.

    1. Pariße
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      And an absolutely wrong decision to give a yellow.

    2. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      No chance. Looked for the contact and exaggerated the fall. YC

      Dont even have Lundstram in this. Or Auba

    3. Cookie Kid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Not sure if you know the rules

  11. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Dean dishing out yellows to every man and their dogs

  12. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Has FPL Towers made a more laughable decision than Lundstram as a defender? Hes one of the most attacking midfielders in the league.

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Mark did it deliberately and thought it would go unnoticed because no one had heard of any SHU players

    2. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      You seen Pepe's price?

    3. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      If only he was a better player

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

      Probably didn't even expect him to be in the Sheffield Utd matchday squad, let alone a regular starter.

  13. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    screw it im out of here, Arsenal being Arsenal

  14. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Arsenal have Palace and Wolves next, both defensively good teams. Don´t understand the Auba bandwagon lol

  15. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pepe dropping a bit too deep for my liking..

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

      Dropping all the way out and into the reserves?

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

      Well he missed the ball for a tap in from 6 yards out so you’re not missing much.

  16. @persecuted_by_mods
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Wow people actually think that was a penalty? It was a classic Ashley Young kick your own legs out to force contact dive

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

        Why bring Ash into it?

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

        Blinded Auba owners.

        Or just blind.

      3. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Yup. He helped, but still a pen.

        1. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Cuckoo

          1. Royal5
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Them rules.

      4. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        This

      5. My heart goes Salalalalah
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Went down like a Saka potatoes I say

        1. WWF
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Underrated comment

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

            Preferred it the first time 😀

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

        Yeah deffo not a pen

    • The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Auba doing a Kane who does a KDB

    • NED KELLY
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      This Pepe couldn't finish a packet of crisp

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Even with only one in the packet? 😯

        1. NED KELLY
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Crying it in mate times are hard this season

          1. WWF
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Salt and vinegar or plain?

    • Woy_is_back
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Lundy CS

      Hell yeaaaaaaaaah bruhs 🙂

      1. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Don't jinx it!!!

        1. Woy_is_back
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          😀

      2. Rhodes your boat
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Hoping for a xhaka or Willock goal

      3. My heart goes Salalalalah
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Ha! Auba hat trick incomiiiiing!

        1. WWF
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Once everybody else has two yellows

    • VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Too many Red vs Blue games out there; I appreciate a little Red on Yellow.

      The thoughts you have whilst watching Arsenal in Monday Night Football.

    • Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Fine save

    • Pedram
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Monster save from Henderson

    • Superflymonk
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Lacazette super impact sub to rescue a point for Arsenal in this match. You heard it first here.

    • My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Xhaka what a strike

    • Pompel
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I guess this GW's dream team will come in at about £60m or so

    • NED KELLY
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Is Pukki Gona drop this week ?

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

        Already did.

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Xhaka pot shot... check
      Xhaka YC... pending

    • Chenku╰☆╮
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Pepe is worse then benteke.. thats saying a lot.

      1. WWF
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Leave Tekkers alone

    • SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Xhaka almost scored his 30 yarder for the season

    • FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Well done SHU.

      Have a 2nd half like that and you do it for the neutrals 😉