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Nketiah starts again as Lundstram returns to Sheff Utd line-up

Eddie Nketiah (£4.3m) leads the line for Arsenal again in one of the biggest matches of Double Gameweek 29.

He will be flanked by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.1m) and Nicolas Pépé (£9.2m), both of whom were heavily considered in the transfer market for their two matches over the next couple of days.

The former won our captain poll and was handed the armband by more managers inside the top 10,000 than any other player – so the stakes are high as West Ham come to the Emirates Stadium.

The advanced runs of Bukayo Saka (£4.6m), who has been named at left-back once again, should benefit those invested heavily in Aubameyang, allowing him the support to cut into the penalty area from his left attacking midfield berth.

Elsewhere in the team, Pablo Mari (£4.8m) comes in for his first Premier League start, while Hector Bellerín (£5.4m) drops to the bench.

Among the substitutes in the opposing dugout this afternoon, is Robert Snodgrass (£5.3m), who continues to find himself down the pecking order since Jarrod Bowen (£6.5m) arrived.

The new signing is stationed on the right of attacking midfield, flanking Sebastien Haller (£6.8m) with Michail Antonio (£6.9m).

Owners of Adama Traoré (£5.8m) will naturally be frustrated by the Wolves line-up as the winger has been left on the bench.

That has allowed Nuno Espirito Santo to line up his troops in 3-5-2 formation, featuring Matt Doherty (£6.2m) at right wing-back and Diogo Jota (£6.3m) paired up-front with Raúl Jiménez (£8.0m).

As expected, Enda Stevens (£5.1m) slots straight back into the Sheffield United side after picking up an injury against Brighton.

However, a surprise inclusion in the starting line-up is John Lundstram (£4.8m) who features from the beginning for the first time since Gameweek 23.

After a training ground injury forced him into a Blank Gameweek 28 benching, Danny Ings (£7.2m) is back in the Southampton team for the visit of Newcastle.

The Magpies have gone with the 4-4-2 they used against Burnley, featuring Miguel Almirón (£5.8m) up-front alongside Dwight Gayle (£5.0m) and Matt Ritchie (£5.3m) on the right of midfield.

At Crystal Palace, it’s Roberto Pereyra (£5.6m) who comes in for the injured Gerard Deulofeu (£6.1m) while key men Troy Deeney (£6.2m) and Ismaïla Sarr (£6.3m) both start.

Arsenal XI: Leno; Saka, Mari, Luiz, Sokratis; Xhaka, Ceballos; Aubameyang, Ozil, Pepe; Nketiah.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Diop, Ngakia; Noble, Rice; Antonio, Fornals, Bowen; Haller.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Ward, Dann, Cahill, van Aanholt; McCarthy, McArthur, Kouyaté; Zaha, Benteke, Ayew

Watford XI: Foster; Masina, Cathcart, Kabasele, Femenía; Hughes, Capoue, Pereyra, Doucouré, Sarr; Deeney.

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

Norwich City XI: Krul; Lewis, Godfrey, Hanley, Aarons; McLean, Tettey; Cantwell, Duda, Buendia; Pukki.

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Bertrand, Bednarek, J Stephens, Valery; Boufal, Ward-Prowse, Højbjerg, Djenepo; Ings, S Long.

Newcastle United XI: Dúbravka; Rose, Lascelles, Fernández, Maquillo; Saint-Maximin, Hayden, Shelvey, Ritchie; Almirón, Gayle.

Wolves XI: Patrício; Saïss, Coady, Boly; Vinagre, Neves, Moutinho, Dendoncker, Doherty; D Jota, Jiménez.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Ryan; Burn, Webster, Dunk, Montoya; Mooy, Bissouma, Pröpper; Trossard, Maupay, March.

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  1. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    McCarthy nicks all 3 bonus points?

    1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah easily

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

    wow we upto 10th. Get in!

    1. Rash
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Amazing!

      1. Tasty Jerk
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Yep, 4 points behind 5th 🙂

    2. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Wow congrats!

      1. DandyDon
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Wait your just talking about palace. Lol

  3. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Cheers Leno 🙂

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah nice punt, here too

    2. Rash
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yea I got him in for McCarthy so no harm done really.

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

      Same, would've felt much better if Sheff Utd conceded, everyone in my ML has Henderson.

  4. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Arsenal always get completely outclassed by Man City, so a double blank is all but confirmed for Auba owners.

    Remember folks, quality over quantity 😉

  5. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    First part of saving the hit on Egan to Alonso went well.

  6. dekikide
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Enda Stephens out bcs of injury?

  7. WVA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    The first time I have benched Dunk in weeks, literally having the worst possible season

    1. dansmusen
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Benched him too but 5 points is not hurting

  8. Nightf0x
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Lascels lord on bench
    -4 vardy to auba
    Captain moved from salah to auba

    Shiiiiit

    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Same but I always mess up these 50:50 calls! Least the mags won

    2. clodhopper
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Its only half time

  9. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    3 clean sheets in a row

  10. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Could someone remind me to NEVER get Aubameyang again?? Thank you!

    P.s TOON!!!!! 😀 😀 😀

    1. villa_til_i_die
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Rarely hauls, now you have the bother of offloading him after Man City. At least you’ll get another 2 points. I’ve been there, never again.

  11. Hect.OR 98th
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    25 from 5. Doesn't sound too bad when put like that, but expected a lot more.

  12. Manani
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    kind of got away with keeping traore as his replacement all blanked.

  13. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    17 off benchboost with soyuncu to go.

    Pretty happy with that. Could have been a lot more without ASM goal

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Well done !

      1. Flynny
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Possibly the highlight of an average season.

    2. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Good week to bench boost if you had he do and McCarthy. I was tempted to take a hit to get in a arsenal defender this week but figured Southampton would concede against resurgent Newcastle so bottled it. They did, it’s just McCarthy also saved a Pen. Damn would have got 25 off bench today.

  14. OverTinker
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Saiss 8 points and Auba blank are the only good thing happened out of these games for me. Ings, Pepe, Jimi, Stephens blank 🙁

  15. lordkippe
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Scott DANN!!!

  16. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    The moment you realise you have and started Lascelles 😎

    What a gameweek so far

    1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      54 plus Pereira, Maddison, Vardy and KdB to go 🙂

    2. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      50 with similar 4 to go

  17. Jinswick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ughhh. I should be happy having kept Ryan, but my transfers would have been Ryan/Soy -> Leno/Saïss !

  18. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Palace securing Hodgson on another deal is huge.

    They can get away with not investing in the squad again now...

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      They are most boring PL team.
      Effective though 😀

      1. Tasty Jerk
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Most boring? wow. Never boring being on the Palace rollercoaster 😀

  19. Amey
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Thank god Newcastle scored 😀
    Benching 16 points would have hurt more.
    At least Henderson kept CS too so only 5 points ...

    1. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yes was very relived when I saw that goal go in! And also that Hendo kept a cs

  20. COLLIN QUANER
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    44 points so far. McCarthy pen save was brilliant for my gameweek. Saiss 8 pointer too is brilliant. Hopefully DCL and KDB go big tomorrow

    1. 'Broadsword Calling Da…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Same here mate (43), with bonus's up to 50ish, going short Arsenal assets is paying off 'so-far'.

      1. COLLIN QUANER
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Great stuff mate. Yeah I am glad I didn't end up panic buying Pepe/Saka etc. Did captain Auba though! Rolled my transfer so I have 2 to play with next week. Good luck with the rest of your season, mate

  21. 'Broadsword Calling Da…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Yes, Aubm only 2 points for the Gunners! So many of my rivals not only (C) him, paid a hit to get him in. I had Salah (C). Still, MCity to go, but hopefully a sterner test too.

  22. Sgt Frank Drebin
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Where can you check how many players people in top10k have left on average? Can't see anything like it on livefpl.net

    1. jtreble
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Look again. 🙂

    2. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I’ve been struggling to find that this year to

  23. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Currently on 58 including live bonus. Pepe (c) has ruined this week...

    1. FPL ElasticO
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Always captain KDB????

      1. SHOOTER MCGINN
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Probably correct, but lessons are never learnt!

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

      Failed GW then

      1. SHOOTER MCGINN
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I know right :p

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Still a great score! Wouldn't call that ruined as you are probably 2x the top 10k average!

    4. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Thats a huge score...

    5. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Wow great score with that captain. Still he plays again

  24. FPL ElasticO
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    So guys how are Auba captaincy gone ???

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Only 7pts away from Salah, not bad

    2. gooberman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Like

  25. jtreble
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    I think those that are on triple City will do well this week. Not me unfortunately.

  26. manu4life99
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    How did Sarr play today

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I brought him in so he will be awful from now on mate

  27. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    I love this time of year...the overachievers and overlucky start falling back to the meaningless pack while I claw back all the previously lost places and swiftly climb the ladder of chaos and into respectability.

  28. Firminooooo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ryan CS first GW after I sell for a hit to Pope. You are welcome Ryan owners. Hope Pope owners forgive me for destroyning him.

  29. dansmusen
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Saiss on a yellow and still max baps...respect

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yep
      Respect

    2. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Ridiculous

  30. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Cahill sneaks me a BAP

    1. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I have him at the front of my bench this week. Should have known it would be 1-0 again but their win over pool swayed me!