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Jota on the Wolves bench as Arsenal go with 3-4-3 formation

Diogo Jota (£6.2m) finds himself on the bench for Wolves as Arsenal coe to Molineux.

Nuno Espirito Santo has gone with the 3-5-2 formation that usually features the Portuguese international, instead pairing Raúl Jiménez (£8.3m) with Adama Traoré (£5.8m).

The rest of the Wolves team is as expected, with Matt Doherty (£6.4m) and Jonny (£5.4m) providing width for the five-man midfield in front of a the settled back-three of Romain Saïss (£4.7m), Conor Coady (£5.1m) and Willy Boly (£4.8m).

Meanwhile, Arsenal have gone with a 3-4-3 formation for the second match in a row after deploying it with great success against Norwich.

Sead Kolasinac (£5.2m) is part of the back-three once again, while Kieran Tierney (£5.3m) and Cédric Soares (£4.8m) find themselves in midfield as wing-backs.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.0m) sits on the left-hand side of the front-three, joined there Eddie Nketiah (£4.4m) and Bukayo Saka (£4.7m).

Wolves XI: Patrício; Saïss, Coady, Boly; Jonny, Neves, Moutinho, Dendoncker, Doherty; Jiménez, Traoré.

Arsenal XI: Martínez; Kolasinac, Luiz, Mustafi; Tierney, Xhaka, Ceballos, Cédric; Aubameyang, Nketiah, Saka.

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  1. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Good Neves range here

  2. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Anyone else think that having no fans benefits the technical teams and makes it harder for pressing/scrapping teams? Players are more composed and not under as much pressure. For the more aggressive teams there isn’t the same adrenaline rush and drive given from the crowd

    1. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Teams like City, Arsenal and United should perform better while teams like Liverpool, Everton and the relegation sides are affected

    2. el polako
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      That's why is always so quiet at Etihad...

  3. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Traore is a beast

  4. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Lose rashford or Jimmy for Kane?

    Other striker is greenwood

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Jimmy

  5. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Saiss set pieces 😮

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Taking free kicks?

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Yep

  6. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    SAKAAAAAAA GOALLLLL

  7. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Benched saka again lol

  8. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Saka G

    Wolves playing poorly

  9. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Saka G

  10. SuperMane Returns
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Double Wolves cleanie gone FFS 🙁

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Same

  11. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    There we go, knew I’d jinx the Wolves clean sheets buying Saiss this week lol

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      And I bought Jimenez for the first time last week for the Villa game

      1. Jekori
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Ever done no transfers? What happens then?

        1. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          This week I brought in Greenwood, Bruno and Saiss for a -8 so I actually can’t complain tbf

        2. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Thought had I not brought in Saiss I’d almost guarantee Wolves would kept them out

  12. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Feck sake

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

    Boooooo

  14. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Arsenal goal is excellent. Lots of rival Wolves cleanies wiped out.

  15. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Oh bugger off the double Wolves defence has gone bust.

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      It was coming. Wolves at home against inferior opposition and they are playing so passively. They are afraid of passing it forward.

  16. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    This GW gets worse

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      No United?

  17. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Sancho, Greenwood, Foden and Saka. England have some very promising talents coming through the ranks..again.

    1. Neevesy
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      We really do. Just need a ball winning midfielder next to Hendo. The attacking options are unreal at the moment.

  18. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Nice, Saka scores the week after I bench boost him for 0.

    1. Grumbledook
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      I sold him for Foden this week, hoping that still pays off...

  19. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Help

  20. Neevesy
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Go on Saka!

  21. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Guess who's on my bench...

    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Fernandes?

    2. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Greenwood and Saka?

  22. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Now score Doherty!

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      That's why we got him 😉

      1. NABIL - FPL otai
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        couldn't agree more

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

    Cool...transferred out Saka this week...

  24. Dont_Win_Friends_With_Salah…
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Saka on the bench is annoying... But other 7 are KDB, Mane, Mahrez, Bruno, Greenwood, Rashford, Jiminez.

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      You might get him for KDB.

      1. Dont_Win_Friends_With_Salah…
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Is KDB injured?

        1. The Ejiptian King
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Nope, not impossible that he's rested though after playing 90 mins.

  25. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Gonna be lots of Jimi to Greenwood switches this GW

  26. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Doherty feeling like a waste of money at this point

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      He is a waste of money 😛

    2. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Yup glad i sold him this week

    3. Reg83
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      saiss or boly enough

    4. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      No, huge ceiling

      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Wolves are not scoring enough goals for him to be worth it.

        Boly or Saiss + 1.7m is way better.

        1. Cok3y5murf
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          True, but I have Boly as well

      2. Zilla
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Doesn't matter when he isn't doing that

        1. Cok3y5murf
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          So wait till he does 😉

          1. Zilla
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            I hope 😀

    5. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      First blank (so far) since GW 24

      1. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Been getting same points as Boly and Saiss though, need him to get attacking returns

        1. Forza
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Since GW 25:

          Doherty 65 (7.22 PPG including today's 1 point)
          Saiss 52 (1.44 PPG less than Doherty)
          Boly 46 (2.1 PPG less than Doherty)

          And even if the others were matching him, it's not like owning Doherty prevents ownership of the others.

    6. HTL
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Yup, very expensive in the absence of attacking returns

  27. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    SHOULD have benched Saiss for Lamptey. Benched Lascelles instead.

  28. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Just the way Wolves are looking, makes me want to take out Jimenez...

  29. Reg83
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    great. i had saka on bb last week & he was well, benched.

    1. sunzip14
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      same. 2nd on bench this time

    2. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Yeeeeep

  30. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    I sold Saka and have Boly 🙁

    1. Longlatini
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      I have Saka 3rd on bench and Doherty starting haha

      1. bench boost for every gamew…
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Which is the right call. Maybe saka should be furter forward on bench but depends on your defender options.