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Arteta names unchanged side as Arsenal become increasingly settled

Mikel Arteta has named an unchanged Arsenal side for the trip to Crystal Palace which kicks off the Saturday schedule.

For those keeping an eye on the Gunners with their new manager, such a decision will come as positive news.

One of the biggest issues with Unai Emery’s Arsenal outfit was the constant chopping and changing, both from one match to the next and often at half-time too.

That made investing in the right Fantasy Premier League assets hard to do, and that was before we consider how patchy their form was.

By contrast, Arteta already has the Gunners in a period of positive momentum, so to see him start to settle his starting XI makes our job even easier.

Both Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£10.8m) and Alexandre Lacazette (£9.3m) feature in the line-up as do Mesut Özil (£7.2m) and Nicolas Pépé (£9.1m).

Furthermore, amid some recent defensive improvements, the same back-four which shut out Manchester United has been rolled out at Selhurst Park with Ainsley Maitland-Niles (£4.6m) and Sead Kolasinac (£5.2m) selected either side of David Luiz (£5.7m) and Sokratis Papastathopoulous (£4.9m).

Meanwhile, Crystal Palace embark on the first of a three-match period without important central midfielder Luka Milivojevic (£6.7m), their designated penalty taker too.

Following his sending off in the FA Cup third round, he will be absent for Gameweeks 22, 23 and 24.

Cheikhou Kouyaté (£4.9m) comes in for the Serbian international and looks set for a role in the midfield trio alongside James McCarthy (£4.4m) and James McArthur (£5.2m).

In defence, a hamstring injury for Mamadou Sakho (£5.0m) means experienced former Chelsea centre-back Gary Cahill (£4.4m) comes back into the Palace side.

New signing Cenk Tosun (£5.7m), who joined the Eagles from Everton this week, is on the bench.

Crystal Palace XI: Guiata; Riedewald, Cahill, Tomkins, M Kelly; McCarthy, Kouyaté, McArthur; Meyer, Zaha, Ayew.

Arsenal XI: Leno; Kolasinac, Sokratis, D Luiz, Maitland-Niles; Xhaka, Torreira; Aubameyang, Özil, Pépé; Lacazette.

886 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Cilly Bonnolly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    That’s a red that.

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Agreed

    2. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      If it was a Utd player it never would have been given.

      1. POLSKA GOLA
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        This

      2. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Oh shut up.

        1. POLSKA GOLA
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Truth hurts?

          1. Cilly Bonnolly
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            What have United got to do with anything? You’re sitting watching a Palace - Arsenal game and you’re immediately frothing at the mouth, raging at hypothetical situations involving United. That’s not healthy mate.

        2. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Lol you used to support them?

  2. Saxe-Gotha
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Whose facial expressions are more entertaining?

    A) Phil Jones
    B) Roy Hodgson

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

    Crazy tackle from auba

  4. Over Midwicket
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Should and will be a red.

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

    Scandal if he gets away with it

  6. Whats the Huth
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Ayew second on my bench. Yay

    1. A girl has no name
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      First on the bench for me 🙁

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

    Auba red

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

    Auba should be sent off. Disgusting from him

  9. badgerboy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Auba running as far away from the ref as he can 😀

    1. Jullepuu
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Haha nice

    2. SteJ
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Did you put 50p on?

      1. how now brown cow
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Unfortunately not.

        No idea why I dreamt about this.

    3. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      That's crazy

    4. Gunners in Haaland
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      wow

    5. mrodgers91
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Though of that post soon as I saw the card

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

      Go to sleep again and Dream and hattrick now please 😀

    7. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Martial hatrick also in that dream?

    8. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Lol, have you had any more dreams lately that we should know about?

    9. SteJ
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I put a cheeky tenner on so I'm happy

      1. how now brown cow
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Fair play!

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

      Ahahaha! Thought of this straight away!

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

        Had a dream few days ago cantwell got a hattrick... we will see. Hopefully not as a non owner

  10. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Come on ref, how can it take this long? if it was one of ours he would be red.

  11. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Looks like a red to me

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

    Red lol

  13. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Auba to Kane done

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      -4 🙂

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

    Right call

  15. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    I am psychic

  16. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Auba RED

  17. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Terrible foul, poor Max 🙁

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Potential leg breaker

  18. Jullepuu
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Send him to the dressing room already

  19. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Arsenal players can't say anything about that.
    Blatant red card.

  20. Monkey Hanger
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    AUBA OUT FOR 3.

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

      Might as well leave now to a decent team.

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

    Deserved. Horrible tackle.

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Agreed

  22. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    No pierre against us hehehe. Let's gooo

  23. dshv
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    1. Alli for Salah

    2. Rico or kelly for TAA ????

    (Have mane)

  24. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Wouldn't be surprised if Auba still got 3 bonus lol

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

    Well done VAR

  26. Reiger
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Meyer lucky ankle wasn’t cracked on that one

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

    Laca essential?

  28. Over Midwicket
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Wait, Tosun plays for palace??

    1. Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah, signed yesterday on loan

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        What else have we missed?

    2. ljuta zena
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      As someone said earlier, they need cover for nonscorer forward

  29. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Bye bye PEA 🙂 auba owners in shambles haha

    1. Over Midwicket
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Nice post that

      1. Danno - Emre Canada
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Charming eh. 3 points could be a win with some potential blanks this GW

      2. DAZZ
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Im just bitter because i had Son (c) for his red 🙁