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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.

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  1. -GK22-
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Is it time to wildcard, not sure what next steps are with this bunch - 2ft btw

    Feel like the keeper and Aurier need to go

    Guita, Gazze
    TAA, Gomez, Lundstrum, Baldock, Aurier
    Salah, KDB, Grealish, Traore, Sarr
    Vardy, Rashford, Ings

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

      Save your WC.

  2. Arse Craic
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Maddison starts! 😀

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Never in doubt

    2. Ribus
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Was he a doubt?

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

        Slight

    3. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yeyy

    1. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Wow

    2. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Wth

    3. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      66-1 wow

  3. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Wow think i need to wc.. to get in salah now it would have to be a -12....

    (have fab and auba)

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

      Bite the bullet and go TAA,Robbo, Mane?

      1. Coys96
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Would rather have firming than robbo. but salah looks essential for gw25 onwards

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

      I'd WC if I were you. 2 non-playing players and no triple Pool yet. Seems like a good time.

      1. Coys96
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks, only have 1ft as well

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

          Alternatively... You lose Auba this week for any good striker. Suck up the keeper 0 and then WC next week for the double GW.

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

      You can get salah over 2gws tho? Cantwell has the perfect game to play him in

  4. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Williams 4.0m officially first choice

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Shaw carrying an illness..

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

      Noticed!

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

    Moo moo knows!

  6. Free Hat
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Auba still on 1Bap sums up the quality of this game.

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

      He'll lose it once dispossessions are taken into account

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

    BURNLEY TEAM NEWS
    Team to play Chelsea: Pope, Lowton Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Hendrick, Westwood, Cork, McNeil, Lennon, Wood.
    Subs: Hart, Gibson, Pieters, Bardsley, Vydra, Long, Koiki.

    CHELSEA TEAM NEWS
    Team to play Burnley: Kepa, James, Rudiger, Christensen, Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Barkley, Mount, Willian, Hudson-Odoi, Abraham.
    Subs: Caballero, Perdo, Zouma, Kovacic, Batshuayi, Tomori, Emerson.

    BRIGHTON TEAM TO FACE EVERTON
    BRIGHTON XI: Ryan, Duffy, Dunk, Stephens, Maupay, Trossard, Webster, Jahanbakhsh, Montoya, Propper, Bernardo
    Subs: Button, Bissouma, Gross, Murray, March, Schelotto, Alzate

    EVERTON TEAM TO FACE BRIGHTON
    EVERTON XI: Pickford, Holgate, Keane, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin, Sigurdsson, Walcott, Digne, Sidibe, Bernard, Davies
    Subs: Lossl, Baines, Delph, Mina, Schneiderlin, Coleman, Kean

    SOUTHAMPTON TEAM NEWS
    Team to face Leicester: McCarthy, Soares, Stephens, Bednarek, Bertrand, Redmond, Ward-Prowse, Hojbjerg, Armstrong, Ings, Long.
    Subs: Gunn, Yoshida, Adams, Djenepo, Romeu, Boufal, Obafemi.

    LEICESTER TEAM NEWS
    Team to face Southampton: Schmeichel, Pereira, Soyuncu, Evans, Chilwell, Barnes, Praet, Choudhury, Maddison, Perez, Vardy.
    Subs: Ward, Justin, Gray, Tielemans, Albrighton, Iheanacho, Benkovic.

    NORWICH TEAM NEWS
    Team to play Man Utd: Krul, Aarons, Hanley, Zimmermann, Byram, McLean, Tettey, Vrancic, Buendia, Cantwell, Idah
    Subs: Fahrmann, Leitner, Hernandes, Lewis, Stiepermann, Trybull, Amadou

    MAN UTD TEAM NEWS
    Team to play Norwich: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Wiliams, Matic, Fred, Pereira, Mata, Rashford, Martial
    Subs: Grant, Jones, Dalot, Shaw, James, Gomes, Greenwood

    NEWCASTLE TEAM NEWS
    Team to play Wolves: Dubravka, Clark, Dummett, Fernandez, Willems, Hayden, M Longstaff, S Longstaff, Almiron, Gayle, Joelinton
    Subs: Darlow, Carroll, Ritchie, Lejeune, Atsu, Watts, Allan

    WOLVES TEAM NEWS
    Team to play Newcastle: Patricio, Doherty, Coady, Saiss, Jonny, Dendoncker, Moutinho, Neves, Neto, Traore, Jimenez
    Subs: Ruddy, Bennett, Gibbs-White, Vinagre, Kilman, Ashley-Seal, Buur

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Cheers Simba

      1. ClassiX
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        🙂

    2. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Sidibe playing in position wtf

      1. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Coleman benched, saw it coming

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

      Reece James 15 pointer 🙂

    4. Jack Burton
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Cheers mate

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

      LOL. There was all that chat in the Everton forum and on FFS that Gordon and Baines would start for Everton.

  8. Random Name
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    I hope palace go down soon. Penalty merchants and refs in their pockets

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

      They are boring but impressive at the same time

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

      Their fans will all disappear again too

      1. FPLGeezer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Brighton fan?

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

      Not to mention Hodgson kills every game hes involved in

  9. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Rashford
    Martial
    Ings
    Maddison
    Vardy (c)

    How many points??

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

      12 total

      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Then what about the other 85 minutes?

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

      23

    3. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      40 wish

      1. Coys96
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        ISH*

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

      6, 15, 5, 7, 9

      1. SB8
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        This

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

      Really wish I'd had the balls to cap Martial.

      RIP Norwich

      1. HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Buendia to outscore Martial

    6. Pinturicchio10
        4 years, 2 months ago

        1
        21
        17
        1
        16

        😀

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

        Loads

    7. Arse Craic
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Coleman dropped to the bench. Sidibe back in defence

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

      My dream last night was 4 goals for Vardy and 2 from Rash and I captained Rash instead...

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

      Pukki out.

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

        Was yesterday??

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

      No benchings so far 😉

    11. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      ⚽ Team News 📰
      CHE: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Rüdiger, Christensen, James, Jorginho, Barkley, Mount, Willian, Abraham, Hudson-Odoi
      Subs: Caballero, Zouma, Emerson, Tomori, Kovacic, Batshuayi, Pedro

      BUR: Pope, Tarkowski, Lowton, Mee, Taylor, Lennon, Cork, Westwood, McNeil, Hendrick, Wood
      Subs: Hart, Ali Koiki, Pieters, Long, Gibson, Bardsley, Vydra

      EVE: Pickford, Digne, Holgate, Keane, Sidibé, Davies, Walcott, Sigurdsson, Bernard, Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison
      Subs: Lössl, Mina, Baines, Coleman, Delph, Schneiderlin, Kean

      BHA: Ryan, Dunk, Duffy, Webster, Pröpper, Bernardo, Montoya, Stephens, Maupay, Trossard, Jahanbakhsh
      Subs: Button, Schelotto, March, Bissouma, Groß, Murray, Alzate

      LEI: Schmeichel, Evans, Chilwell, Pereira, Söyüncü, Maddison, Pérez, Barnes, Choudhury, Praet, Vardy
      Subs: Ward, Justin, Filip Benkovic, Albrighton, Gray, Tielemans, Iheanacho

      SOU: McCarthy, Bertrand, Stephens, Cédric, Bednarek, Armstrong, Ward-Prowse, Højbjerg, Redmond, Long, Ings
      Subs: Gunn, Yoshida, Djenepo, Oriol Romeu, Boufal, Obafemi, Adams

      MUN: de Gea, Maguire, Wan-Bissaka, Williams, Lindelöf, Matic, Pereira, Fred, Rashford, Mata, Martial
      Subs: Grant, Dalot, Jones, Shaw, James, Greenwood, Gomes

      NOR: Krul, Zimmermann, Byram, Hanley, Aarons, Vrancic, Buendía, McLean, Cantwell, Tettey, Idah
      Subs: Ralf Fährmann, Lewis, Stiepermann, Leitner, Hernández, Trybull, Amadou

      WOL: Patrício, Dendoncker, Coady, Saïss, Jonny, Neves, Moutinho, Doherty, Traoré, Neto, Jiménez
      Subs: Ruddy, Bennett, Vinagre, Kilman, Buur, Gibbs-White, Ashley-Seal

      NEW: Dubravka, Dummett, Fernández, Clark, Hayden, Matthew Longstaff, Longstaff, Willems, Joelinton, Almirón, Gayle
      Subs: Darlow, Lejeune, Ritchie, Atsu, Kelland Watts, Thomas Allan, Carroll

      1. Jack Burton
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks mate

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

        Thanks

    12. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Looks like a good day for cows. I look forward to it.

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

      Hudson odoi could be next bandwagon. Newcastle next as well

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

        Never again !
        😀

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

          He’ll come good at some point. Could be next season tho!

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

        Never again

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

      Go on, Idah 🙂

    15. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Sold Pukki for Ings.

      Yeah about 2 months too late.

    16. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Is that a very attacking Everton team?

      How have they managed to fit DCL, Rich, Theo, Bernard & Siggy all into the pitch

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

        Siggy playing deep

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

        Siggy deeper with Davies behind that front 4.

      3. Stupendous
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        They have 11 positions
        They picked those 5 for 5 of them

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

        Richarlison upfront is interesting

      5. Pukki Blinders
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Yup 442

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

        Pickford
        Sidibe Holgate Keane Digne
        Walcott Davies Sigurdsson Bernard
        Richarlison
        DCL

    17. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Big tings incoming

    18. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Connolly not even in squad

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

        Yeah, got him but Greenwood not starting either so not worth the transfer at present and can't afford Ayew his brother.

    19. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Sidibe not oop 🙁

      Should have got Mendy instead

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

        Sidibe is more nailed on than Mendy imo

    20. tisza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      according to FFix everyone transferring Auba out so far (4000) have swapped him for DCL

      1. Kun Tozser
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Salah ultimate move for 24 now

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

        Auba to DCL then use the cash to upgrade a mid to Salah/Mane for DGW 24.

    21. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Need a Guaita penalty save

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

      What happened to slab head being out? He starts.

      1. Pukki Blinders
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Ole said the reports were rubbish

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

      Pleased to see Choudhury start for Leicester. Needed a similar replacement for Ndidi and it didn't work vs Aston Villa trying to play the attackers without a defensive midfielder.

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

        Choudhry was obviously starting. Hes still far off Ndidi's quality

    24. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Let's go Sidibe

      1. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Not OOP but gl to owners

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

          Never going to be for ‘easier’ games.

      2. S.Kuqi
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        2 pointter coming

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

        2 points guaranteed

        1. Hybrid.power
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Where's your optimism

          1. Pacer.
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            I don't own him

            That's my optimism

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

      So Maguire just absolutely bottled playing City?

      The 80m rock 😆

      1. Rolls-Royce
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Gotta love how Liverpool fans still find joy in United's woes these days. Truly obsessed.

        1. Supersonic Marv'
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Not sure where you've pulled this nonsense from.

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

          Hard for them to take real pleasure in VAR assisted wins. Its a reason they are called LiVARpool by anyone who doesnt support them.

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

          Let the unbearables have their moment. Throughout the 90s, 00s and majority of the 10s, all they lived off was AC Milan bottling a CL final, whilst United won title after title.

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

          Most Utd fans couldn’t point to Manchester on a map. I don’t anyone’s that bothered anymore