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Mitrovic on Fulham bench as Aubameyang starts for Arsenal

Aleksandar Mitrovic (£6.0m) does not start for Fulham this afternoon.

That is a blow to the 25.2% of FPL bosses that selected the Serbian striker in their initial squads.

That figure is correct as of the Gameweek 1 deadline, making the Fulham hitman the third most-selected forward in Fantasy Premier League.

Only £9.5m Chelsea forward Timo Werner (49.7%) and Southampton’s £8.5m striker Danny Ings (25.6%) are in more GW1 squads.

Mitrovic managed two 90-minute outings for his country in the recent international break but has lost out to Aboubakar Kamara (£5.0m MID) for the lone striker spot in Scott Parker’s XI.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£12.0m) does begin for the visitors at Craven Cottage, in his now-customary role on the left of Arsenal’s front three.

New recruit and ex-Chelsea man Willian (£8.0m) will operate on the other side of frontman Alexandre Lacazette (£8.5m).

That means both Eddie Nketiah (£6.0m) and Bukayo Saka (£5.5m) are on the bench for Arsenal’s first fixture of the new Premier League season.

Kieran Tierney (£5.5m) will operate as part of Mikel Arteta’s back three, with new signing Gabriel (£5.0m) set to begin in the centre of that trio with Rob Holding (£4.5m) on the right.

David Luiz (£5.5m) misses out with a neck injury, while William Saliba (£4.5m) is not part of the matchday squad.

Two £5.0m defenders in Hector Bellerin and Ainsley Maitland-Niles take up the wing-back roles, while Mohamed Elneny (not yet priced) is initially favoured over Dani Ceballos (£5.0m) in central midfield.

Bernd Leno (£5.0m) is back from injury to re-take the No 1 jersey, with Emi Martinez (£4.5m) not part of the squad amid ongoing uncertainty over his future at the Emirates.

Between the sticks for Fulham, Marek Rodak (£4.5m) retains his place as new loan signing Alphonse Areola (£4.5m) makes do with a bench spot.

Joe Bryan (£5.0m) also holds off competition, in the form of Antonee Robinson (£4.5m), to begin at left-back. On the other side of Fulham’s defence, the unpriced Denis Odoi will face down Aubameyang.

New right-back Kenny Tete only joined the Cottagers on Thursday. Fellow new recruits Robinson and Mario Lemina (£4.5m), along with loan returnees in Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (£4.5m) and Jean-Michael Seri (£5.0m), all miss out on Parker’s matchday 18.

Interest in Fulham assets apart from Mitrovic is limited, though midfielder Harrison Reed (£4.5m) is at least starting for those using the budget enabler in their FPL squads.

Fulham XI (4-2-3-1): Rodak; Bryan, Ream, Hector, Odoi; Cairney, Reed; Cavaleiro, Onomah, Kebano; Kamara.

Arsenal XI (3-4-3): Leno; Tierney, Gabriel, Holding; Maitland-Niles, Xhaka, Elneny, Bellerin; Aubameyang, Lacazette, Willian.

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  1. Sugar Kane
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    MiTrOvIc iS nAiLeD

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

      Lolz

    2. Piggs Boson
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Probably a lack of fitness.

      Will surely be nailed.

      1. Sugar Kane
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        tell him he's dreamin

    3. Nightcrawler
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Talisman

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

      overweight arm

  2. Uncle Baby Billy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    My team page is showing Bench Boost played, although I 1000% didn't play it. My history page reckons it was activated August 18th, I didn't go anywhere near it though.

    Anyone else experiencing weird sh+t like this, or has the game selected me from 5 million players?

    1. fish&chips
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Mine is fine. Hope you've got a good bench bro

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Do you use the app? The app is known for that sort of nonsense.

      1. Uncle Baby Billy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Nah, not the app, normal laptop. Hope it's just a glitch though, be a bit of a boot in the RS McColls to see it wasted like this. We'll see...

    3. Oneman
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Nothing weird right now but when game first launched my score showed as -1! It eventually righted itself. Hope yours is likewise resolved

      1. Soto Ayam
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah, I had the -1 on the phone app also

  3. el polako
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    I swear Walton wasnt flagged when I've put him in my team, now he is red with unknown returns date..
    Looks like been injured for a while, poor from FPL, never thought will habe to reasarch backup Brighton goalie before transfer.

    1. Strangelove
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Was flagged about 30mins before deadline... but was injured about 10 days or so ago. Last update was he'll be out at least a couple of weeks but is due for a scan on his ankle...

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

    2 players of mine already benched and BB active :-S

    1. Ohhhhh Gary Macca!
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Noob

  5. Cok3y5murf
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Poor Auba cappers have captained a player that doesn't even wanna play for his club...

    1. Our Tiny Windows
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Why do you say this?

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

        Season has started and he has still refused to renew his contract

    2. Random Name
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Very poor bait. Try again.

    3. JustPark
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Nooooo you jinx it!!

    4. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      He does wanna play for his club. He just wants that club to be Real Madrid.

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Haha this

      2. 7shadesofsmoke
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        😀

  6. Bambi
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    MiTrOvIc Is TaLiSmAn

    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Nah he is Serbian

  7. 7shadesofsmoke
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    anyone got Aubameyang on their bench?

    1. Our Tiny Windows
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      No. Why!?

    2. Rainer
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Step too far of benchwankery.

    3. HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Can't captain bench players

  8. Our Tiny Windows
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    How’s my Sky Team looking?

    Lloris
    TAA Holding Justin Dallas
    Alli Willian Antonio
    Aubameyang Jiminez Werner

    Captains are
    1. Aubameyang
    2. Alli
    3. Werner

    Next week I’ll transfer Willian and Alli to Fernandes and DeBruyne.

  9. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    I'm somehow more annoyed that they've moved the "Points" tab ahead of "Pick team" than one of my strikers being benched

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

      This

  10. Orion
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Tierney is playing LB ?

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

      LCB

  11. have you seen cyan
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Mitro will come on and score, and we will all cheer. Even those who dont have him will be happy for those who do have

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

      I'll be happy for all of you who have Shitro

    2. Rainer
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Score for Arsenal?

    3. Holmes
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      If only we were so nice 😆

    4. Random Name
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      They’re at the third stage now - bargaining

  12. Teror
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Are we likely to get price rises tonight? Saved money to do Ings > Martial. Thinking about pulling the trigger right now

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

      This

    2. Teomi
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Why the stress?
      Might be injuries in the games today

    3. Sugar Kane
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yep price rise in 5 minutes, do it right now or you'll forever be behind!

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

        Done

    4. fish&chips
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Same here. It will be hard to tell because I imagine loads will be doing it and the prediction sites won't be up to scratch on their algorithms yet

    5. FPL GREG
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Prices won't rise until midweek.

  13. Garfield1001
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Feel like I’ve made a big mistake not going with Salah.

    Anybody else go without?

    1. Old Man
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      millions of us

    2. Holmes
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yes, aware of the risk but can't really do anything

      1. Oneman
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        It'll be okay. Mane will out score (hopefully)

    3. fish&chips
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yes, we'll be fine mate. Auba haul incoming

    4. Chalobah's Witness
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      No need to worry.
      I'll have Mané for today and will WC then and go without any Liverpool players. Too many better priced options at Chelsea, ManUtd, City or even Arsenal.

    5. ZLATAN'S PONYTAIL
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Tons of people havent

    6. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I don't think it's a mistake if you used the funds well. But I decided I couldn't use the funds well enough so went with him. Stuck the (c) on him too. He better deliver!

  14. Zilla
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    5.7m players at the start, is that higher than last year?

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

      ~5.3/5.4 last season iirc.

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

      Naturally, game is growing

  15. BigBillyBass
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Who is more essential?

    A) Mitrovic
    B) Anguissa
    C) Saka

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

      None.

  16. Hiroku
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Me: *picks Mitrovic*
    Scott Parker: I'm about to end this man's whole career

    1. Random Name
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      You ended your own career when you picked him

      1. Hiroku
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah that's probably fair.

  17. Siva Mohan
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    OptaJoe @OptaJoe
    56 - Arsenal scored 56 Premier League goals last season, their lowest tally since 1995/96. Shy.

    1. Piggs Boson
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Arsenal's underlying data was rancid.

  18. goriuanx
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    So the first player I picked is benched.

    I definitely missed FPL.

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

      Something not right if the first player in your team is Mitrovic...

      1. goriuanx
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Long night 😉

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

      You picked mitro before Trent?

  19. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Brewster against tired legs off the bench FTW!

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

      Origi more likely to come off the bench

  20. Kodap
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Saliba not even in the squad?

    This years off to a great start...

  21. Siva Mohan
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    chances of Arsenal keeping a clean sheet against Fulham?

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

      100% unless Mitrovic comes on.

      1. Siva Mohan
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        cheers

  22. The Big Larsbowski
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Emiliano to Brighton will create many headaches

  23. Tomerick
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Last year a Pukki Party.

    This year everyone is in Mitrovic Mourning. 2020 in a nutshell.

  24. have you seen cyan
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    everyone forgot about VAR

  25. Hansel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Soooo, already considering the first hit of the season

    Salah, Mitro -> Rashford, Martial. Thoughts?

    1. Soto Ayam
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Step away from the keyboard

  26. Manager: "I enjoy working with Jarrod Bowen
    Jarrod Bowen coming out of the Championship was always a gamble. I’ve had loads of boys over my time that I’ve brought in from the Championship, and most of them take a little time to settle – they don’t always hit the ground running. We needed Jarrod to hit the ground running from January, and he did.

    If you look at his goalscoring record over the years at Hull, he was always getting around 15 goals every season, and always scoring goals. He made a few, but we want him to add to his goals count in the Premier League.

    With his enthusiasm, his speed and his energy, he’s been great around the Club. He’s been a really terrific signing for us and I hope I can get more out of him because he’s hungry, he wants to improve, and he has no ego. For many reasons, I really enjoy working with him."

    1. goriuanx
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Big praise for a very, very good player.

      1. Yep. He is in mine.

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

        Barnes being 0.5 more & Soucek being 1.5m less takes the edge off him from an FPL perspective

        Soucek 3 returns/41 points in 1,000 minutes

        Bowen 5 returns/44 points in 1,000 minutes

        Barnes 16 returns/133 points in 2,000 minutes

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

      Bowen is class....will soon be scoring in double digits each season in the premier league

    3. Chalobah's Witness
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Is he on set pieces?

    4. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Really fancied him for the Newcastle game but fixtures and price ruled him out. Could be popular pick by November.

    5. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Same manager:

      “C’mere Rio, I’ve a wee video of a world class centreback named Phil Jagielka that a want ye to watch & learn from”

    6. Piggs Boson
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Bowen and Soucek were magnificent buys for your club. If you can sort your defence out, you look good going forwards.

    7. Hairy Potter
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Predictions on the score for the West Ham v Newcastle match?

      Always think when we play your guys it's so unpredictable. Could be 0-0, high scoring draw or one team could thrash the other.

    8. Wild Rover
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I hope I enjoy owning him 🙂

  27. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Mitro benching just down to the 180 mins for serbia?

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

      No. This means he will never play again. You must wildcard right now!

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        What?......

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      There's been no news.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Yeh but you’d imagine so

    3. Diedhiou See That?
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yes I think so

  28. Nightcrawler
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Talisman

    Penalty taker

    Nailed on

    Lol

  29. IRBOX âš½
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Rough for Mitro owners. Tough start to the campaign lads

  30. 7shadesofsmoke
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    what is everyone going to do with their double liverpool defence when Leeds win 1-0 and they're away to Chelsea next gameweek?

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

      GW4-7 is what I'm interested in, anything in first 3 games will be bonus

    2. lilmessipran
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      That exact scoreline is 30:1 with the bookies so clearly people don't foresee it other than scaremongers