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Aubameyang survives Arsenal rotation ahead of Norwich clash

Midweek rotation has struck Fantasy Premier League managers once again ahead of Wednesday’s 18:00 BST kick-offs.

Mikel Arteta appears to be the chief culprit, naming Bukayo Saka (£4.7m), Nicolas Pépé (£9.2m) and Eddie Nketiah (£4.4m) on the bench for Arsenal’s meeting with Norwich.

That will be of huge frustration to the owners of such assets, especially as the Canaries have come to the Emirates Stadium with only one fit recognised centre-back in Ben Godfrey (£4.4m), tonight paired with midfielder Alex Tettey (£4.5m).

That said, those who went with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.0m) will be in better spirits as he has been selected to play in the front-line of what looks like a 3-4-3 formation.

It features Kieran Tierney (£5.3m) and Hector Bellerín (£5.4m) as wing-backs with Sead Kolasinac (£5.2m) joined by David Luiz (£5.7m) and Shkodran Mustafi (£5.1m) in the back-three.

Meanwhile, Norwich hand recalls to key attackers Teemu Pukki (£6.5m) and Todd Cantwell (£4.6m).

For all the shuffling at Arsenal, Steve Bruce has largely left Fantasy managers content with his selection. There had been suggestions of a midweek benching for Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.4m), but the pacey winger has kept his place in the team, as has budget centre-back Jamaal Lascelles (£4.3m).

Matt Ritchie (£5.3m) is fit enough for a place on the bench, where he is joined by a rested Miguel Almirón (£5.8m).

Elsewhere, James Maddison (£7.4m) has also fallen foul of rotation, chosen among the substitutes for Leicester’s trip to Everton.

His rest means a rare start for the hard-working Marc Albrighton (£5.1m) in a four-man midfield, Harvey Barnes (£6.1m) providing the width on the opposite flank. As ever, Jamie Vardy (£9.8m) leads the attack.

Everton themselves have gone with their standard 4-4-2 formation, led by Fantasy favourites Richarlison (£8.3m) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£6.5m)

Arsenal XI: Martínez; Kolasinac, D Luiz, Mustafi; Tierney, Ceballos, Xhaka, Bellerín; Aubameyang, Lacazette, Nelson.

Norwich City XI: Krul; Lewis, Tettey, Godfrey, Aarons; Trybull, McLean; Cantwell, Buendía, Rupp; Pukki.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale; L Kelly, Aké, S Cook, A Smith; Danjuma, Lerma, Billing, Brooks; J King, Solanke.

Newcastle United XI: Dúbravka; Manquillo, Lascelles, Fernandez, Krafth; Bentaleb, Shelvey, S Longstaff; Gayle, Joelinton, Saint-Maximin.

Everton XI: Pickford; Digne, Keane, Holgate, Coleman; Gordon, Sigurdsson, A Gomes, Iwobi; Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Chilwell, Söyüncü, Evans, Justin; Ndidi; H Barnes, Tielemans, Praet, Albrighton; Vardy.

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  1. Chandler Bing
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Nketiah or Greenwood for fodder? Not planning on playing every week but have my bench boost in hand so might need guarantee of some minutes at least.

    1. GuillermoDickero
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Greenwood - think its his place to lose now

      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Yea hes deffo ahead of James right now

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Probably Nketiah, as you may want to be starting three non-fodder players from United.

    3. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Greeny

  2. Postman Ty
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    That's 3 goals from pathetic errors that my ML rival has got in the last week. And that ones for his (c). Fml.

    1. Ode
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Not an error. 99 pace

      1. Postman Ty
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Ya nothing Krul could have done with the Flash closing him down.

      2. mrodgers91
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        And its norwich, what else would you expect

        1. Postman Ty
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          My minimum expectations are for professionals earning millions of pounds to not give away free goals.

  3. Lucy2019
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    1 goal and Auba owners go wild LOL

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      He's captained, newb

      1. Lucy2019
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Looking at your rank. You need it.

        1. Yank Revolution
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          As if you can even sniff my outstanding record - hit the bricks.

    2. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Captainers fella

  4. GuillermoDickero
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Any chance that Saka plays? Got Greenwood first on my bench! 🙁

  5. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    That Auba goal complicates my league ranking

  6. Stoic
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    That was a skill by Auba, dragging his other leg

  7. SEXY SON
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Oh bloody hell he had to score didn’t he 🙁

  8. Bartowski
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    AUBA!

  9. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Nothing better than when your captain is gifted a goal 😎

  10. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Does anyone have the link to Krul's FPL team?..

  11. Bielsa's Bucket
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Krul absolute nightmare. Fantastic from Auba

  12. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Thanks Krul for helping my captain.

  13. InSaneMan-e
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone considering TC Bruno?

    1. Jack Burton
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Maybe against Bournemouth

      1. InSaneMan-e
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Yea that's what I mean

  14. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Auba owners didnt deserve goal like that

    1. Simon69
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      He kicked the ball into the goals. That's how the game works.

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      He was closing down Krul much early in the match too, this time it paid off.

  15. Simon69
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Delighted to see that from Aubameyang. Never understand why people complain about their captain after 20-30 minutes of a game.

    1. Sancidino
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Yeah, that's on me... He just seemed so off...

  16. mrodgers91
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Auba captainers unite. 50th arsenal goal in fewer games than henry

  17. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Aubaaaaaaa

  18. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Inevitable Auba G

  19. Feanor
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Captained Salah and viced Auba.

    1. Cojones of Destiny
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      same here fingers crossed

  20. Stimps
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Glad I kept Auba for Norwich home. He's still gone after this GW

    1. mrodgers91
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Yep, you going kane too?

      1. Stimps
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        I recon so yeah

    2. Bartowski
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Yep those fixtures are not good, even the ones that look it, at the end, are going to be teams fighting against relegation.

  21. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Top 10k average up to 39 points

  22. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    What to do with Sarr ? Chelsea next but then fixtures improve . Have a budget of 7m

  23. Hulk Smash
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    I hope keepers get fined for those kinds of errors. It's absolutely rage-inducing for outfield players running their bollocks off trying to stay in a game only for their keeper to gift their opponents a goal because he thinks he can dribble like Messi.

    1. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Yup. Krul is world class idiot

    2. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      This lol; can’t believe the thought that would work

      Auba (A)

    3. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Yea and strikers should be fined for missing sitters.

    4. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Shd other players be penalized for their errors then?

      Dcl would go bankrupt

      1. Hulk Smash
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        There are reasonable errors and there are unreasonable errors. A midfielder who makes 50 passes in a game and gives the ball away a couple of times is reasonable. A goalkeeper who just has to kick the ball pretty much anywhere but inexplicably fails to do so and instead tries to take on the opposition striker is not even remotely reasonable.

        1. Nightcrawler
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 10 months ago

          What about strikers missing sitter after sitter. Why i mentioned dcl

          1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 10 months ago

            If a striker had an open goal & decided to indulgently klinsmann dive along the ground to head the ball in (and missed) rather than tap it into the empty net - yes, they should also be fined

            1. Hulk Smash
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 10 months ago

              This. Or that ridiculous thing Balotelli tried in that friendly when Mancini was manager at City - that's definitely a fine.

              1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                • 14 Years
                3 years, 10 months ago

                Yep

                Or the Pires Henry penalty malarkey

    5. Ode
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Outfield players make mistakes all the time that lead to goals, but when goalkeepers make one this is what people say lol

      1. Hulk Smash
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        See my comment above.

  24. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Wow this gw is going horribly.

    1. faux_C
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Mine's pretty good 😎

      (sorry)

    2. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Agreed.

  25. faux_C
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Bought in Auba for 1 week (c) punt.

    Still sensible to shift straight back out again?

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Yes

    2. Sancidino
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Did the same, gonna get rid no matter even if he gets 3.

  26. Reg83
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Auba gifted a goal for his owners and callers. My rival c him, I don't even have him

  27. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Auba to get golden boot from midfield

  28. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    FFS Auba

  29. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    I hate Auba.

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Same.

  30. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    XHAKA GOAL
    AUBA ASSSIT