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Mousset benched as Carroll gets his first league start of the season

Gameweek 15 comes to a head this evening with matches at Bramall Lane and the Emirates.

Sheffield United take on Newcastle United in the 19:30 GMT kick-off, while Arsenal v Brighton and Hove Albion gets underway at 20:15 GMT.

The headline team news from South Yorkshire sees Chris Wilder make two changes to his starting XI, as the Blades boss revisits his rotation policy up front.

Unfortunately for the most-bought Fantasy Premier League asset of this Gameweek, that means a benching for Lys Mousset (£5.1m).

David McGoldrick (£5.4m) is also among the substitutes as Billy Sharp (£5.6m) and Oli McBurnie (£5.7m) are given a chance to impress in attack.

John Lundstram (£5.1m) keeps up his ever-present record as Wilder continues to keep changes to a minimum in his defence and midfield.

Steve Bruce’s only alteration to his team also comes up front, with Andy Carroll (£5.7m) making his first league start of 2019/20 at the expense of Joelinton (£5.4m).

This fixtures sees the joint-first and third-highest-scoring sub-£5.0m FPL defenders go head to head, as George Baldock (£4.7m) comes up against Jetro Willems (£4.6m).

Eight points or more for Lundstram would put him back to the top of the FPL points-scoring list outright among players in his position.

Freddie Ljungberg has made three changes from Gameweek 14, with Hector Bellerin (£5.4m), Sokratis (£4.9m) and Lucas Torreira (£4.7m) replacing Calum Chambers (£4.4m), Shkodran Mustafi (£5.2m) and Matteo Guendouzi (£4.6m).

Brighton’s team shows two alterations, with Neal Maupay (£5.8m) and Steven Alzate (£4.5m) in for Yves Bissouma (£5.0m) and Martin Montoya (£4.5m).

Just over 100,000 FPL managers bought Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£10.9m) ahead of Gameweek 15.

He is also the third-most-popular captaincy option of this set of fixtures.

Sheffield United XI: Henderson, Basham, Baldock, O’Connell, Egan, Stevens, Fleck, Lundstram, Norwood, Sharp, McBurnie.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Manquillo, Clark, Fernandez, Dummett, Willems, Saint-Maximin, Hayden, Shelvey, Almiron, Carroll.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Bellerin, David Luiz, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Torreira, Xhaka, Willock, Ozil, Aubameyang, Lacazette.

Brighton XI: Ryan, Alzate, Dunk, Webster, Burn, Stephens, Propper, Gross, Mooy, Maupay, Connolly.


Gameweek 15 – FPL Match Reports

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  1. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Brighton fully deserved the win. Arsenal in big trouble. The players are not good enough.

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

      Depends if you include laziness in how good a player is. Front 3 technically and physically are good enough but they are too lazy so its impossible to play all 3 or even 2 of them at once ...

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        this is more on point actually. We know there are some quality players in there. But do the players really care? Why aren't they putting in a shift as a team.

  2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Arsenal fans deserve everything they get after the way they treated Wenger

    Absolute legend of the club mocked, abused and ran out the club

    Good work arsenal fans, you know best after all

    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Maybe a couple years of utter sh*te will rid the club of those people.

    2. Athletic Nasherbo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Think this is a bit harsh. Wenger was finished.

      It’s the club that continually make wrong decisions.

      Big clubs don’t sack a manager and have nobody to replace.

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        they do this constantly

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

      This!

      1. Athletic Nasherbo
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        No they don’t. Deluded.

        Didn’t take long for Ole, Lampard, Pep was planned, Klopp didn’t take long, Mourinho, Brendan Rodgers.

        Arsenal are shambolic! Going through their worst period I can remember and not act quickly.

    4. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Wenger was finished a long time ago... He needed to go. End of. And that has nothing to do with the shambolic way the club is being managed

  3. Eytexi
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Just how bad did Arsenal look tonight? Was contemplating Auba (C) next GW. Would that now be considered insanity with Vardy in such form?

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      They were poor tonight. No way should you be captaining Auba over Vardy.

    2. Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Poisoned chalice... you'd have to be a brave manager to go to that club.

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

    Mousset and Lundstram both getting 1pt is disappointing but still, well done Amazon, it’s been fun

  5. Peter Ouch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Bottomed

    Play one please

    A Soy
    B Madison

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Replied before, Mads.

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

      B

  6. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    the knives will be out for freddie now at aftv

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

      Will they though? What expectations are reasonable to have on him? Same shoddy defence etc. Should be out for the owners.

  7. El Presidente
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Well that defensive double up on SHU went well.....

    1. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Not a good idea to start with.

      1. El Presidente
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        On paper looked good tbh

        1. Don Van Vliet
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Not a bad decision. Sheffield are typically solid at home. Would have been a shut-out if the fixture had fallen in a regular GW.

          1. Bennerman
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            Reasonable enough decision in my opinion. That's what this game is - take a reasoned, good decision and see where the dice then land

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

    Getting 4th with this team was one of Wenger's greatest achievements.

    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      In fairness there were very few picture phones when he took over.

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

    Keep Lacazette for West Ham away or take -4 to get Tammy or Rashford?

    1. Athletic Nasherbo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Keep 1 more week

  10. EL tridente
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Who to captain?
    A) Vardy
    B) Salah
    C) Son

    1. The Sociologist
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Always A)

  11. Where dahoud at
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Two free transfers but 0itb any ideas? I dont want to take pope out lol

    Pope
    Taa, lundstram, Pereira
    Kdb, maddison, mane, Pulisic,
    Ings, vardy, abraham

    Bench, mcgovern, O'Connell
    Cathcart, cantwell

  12. beric
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Do we not expect tomori to come straight back?

  13. EMBOLOFAN
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    MAUPAY MAGIC!

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      He's back!

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        the maupay-pukki axis never left

        trust the plan

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

      Name switch incoming?

  14. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Start 2

    Soyuncu
    Maddison
    Lundstram

    Currently on Lundstram..

    1. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      For bench

  15. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    2k green arrow... wheeeyyyy

    1. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      400k drop

      Wheeeyyy

      1. El Presidente
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Lol

  16. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    christmas ruined for arsenal fans 🙁

  17. chaser123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Who you are targeting as Liverpool replacements for GW18?

    1. beric
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Ill just bench mane i reckon

    2. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Benching TAA.

    3. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Everton players

      1. chaser123
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Cuz Arsenal are so bad? Even worse than Everton?

    4. chaser123
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I still have VVD so I'm thinking of VVD to Doherty as one of my transfers...

    5. Doolittle
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I'm WCing GW19, but I'd lose loads of value on Mane so I'll just have to bench him regardless. Will probably sell TAA for GW18, maybe for Doherty for one week.

      1. chaser123
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Same thinking as me to get Doherty in. Alternative could be Digne?

        1. Doolittle
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          As an Everton fan who watches them every week, I'm staying away...

  18. beric
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Also, anyone know when janmaat is back?

    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Unknown return date. Contemplating him and Button to Kelly and Martin and benchboost this GW.

      1. beric
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks. Im thinking him or tomori and lowton to aurier and someone...maybe soyuncu

  19. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Captain?
    A) Son
    B) Salah
    C) Tammy

    Currently on Son

    1. beric
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Son

  20. Snooze ya lose
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Thinking perhaps I should have got rashford instead of putting Tammy back in

    1. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Same but Utd have City this week.

    2. Snooze ya lose
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Rash on fire tho and city can’t defend. Should be a gd game. I see lots of goals

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

    300k > 230k. Onwards and upwards.

    1. beric
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Nice, how many points?

      1. Maddi Son
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Gonna take a guess at 59 net points.

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

        63

    2. Silecro
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Congrats ! I've had a solid gw also, 67pts, risen from 70k to 38k, onwards and upwards!

    3. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      681k > 1.08mill

      Onwards and downwards.

    4. Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      884k > 882k

      onwards... and kinda sidewards

      1. El Presidente
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Lol

    5. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      317k > 204k here (was 183k before autosubs lol)

      Onwards!

  22. KaBoZ: Kids,don't Drin…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Not able to choose from this bunch:
    A) Madison + Pulisic
    B) Alli + Grealish
    C) Madison + Zaha

    - Pulisic (while he has been way better than zaha and grealish), he has the worst fixtures in the next 5. The rest of the players have favorable fixtures.
    - Zaha is inconsistent and Palace is one of the lowest scoring teams, but the lad's in form and might be motivated to put on a good show for the speculated Chelsea talks
    - Alli is back and rocking since Mourinho arrived
    - Madison is great and have villa next, I should have gotten him way earlier.
    - Grealish is skilled, but with the least FPL returns from the bunch so far

    Vote on, please!

    1. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I have C

      But GW 18 onwards B

      Completely up to you..!

  23. Badger Badger Mushroom Mush…
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Who you going for captain?

    1 for Mane
    2 for Vardy

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      1

    2. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Neither.
      3 Son

      Dont own Mane
      And not sure about Vardy

      1. Collie01
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Why not sure about Vardy?

    3. Feed tha Sheep
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      2

  24. Lignja
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Scoutcast was tonight? can i get link cant find it on youtube

  25. Atimis
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Out:
    1) Pulisic
    2) Maddison

    In:
    A) Tammy
    B) Rashford

    Cheers !

    1. Feed tha Sheep
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      1 and other is a tough one...I would prob still go Abraham

      1. Atimis
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah on this now

  26. Super Squirrel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    draft league related question:

    Should i continue to hold out for Eriksen to be played OR drop him for punts? (such as yarmolenko, fleck, gross, rodri - admittedly not much better).

    1. Super Squirrel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      anyone have any insight as to whether eriksen will start again?

    2. Feed tha Sheep
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I would drop he’s head is elsewhere

      1. Super Squirrel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        taa, yeah i think you're right, just painful - he was my 3rd pick during the draft :O

  27. Jimmy Boy
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Richarlison to Alli? Feel like his returns might go down with Silva gone

  28. fridge
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Hi all

    Pope
    TAA. Lundstram. Soyuncu
    KDB. Maddison. Alli. Salah
    Jiminez. Vardy. Ings
    Button. Dedonker. Tomori. Montoya

    A) Salah > Mane
    B) Salah > Son
    C) Jiminez > Rashford
    D) Save

  29. fplking14
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Jimenez > Tammy a no brainer?

  30. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    The culture of arrogance and ignorance at Arsenal is strong. No emphasis ever put on defending in terms of management, recruitment, development or style of play. Amazing to think they spent so much on Pepe when they have Luiz, Sokratis, Mustafi etc at the back. Even Bellerin, one of their so called better defenders, can't defend.