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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.

2,088 Comments Post a Comment
  1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Auba yellow

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

      Yellow boots yes

    2. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Lovely 🙂

  2. Silecro
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Auba yellow...

  3. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Auba booked lollllll

    Auba Cappa

  4. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Auba ffs

  5. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Auba YC

  6. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    My captain yellow.

  7. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Was gonna ask if Auba has done anything good....

    I assume not. Big captain fail so far then lol

    1. KGFC
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Got a yc

    2. BERGKOP
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Nope. Got a YC.

  8. T.Henry14
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    In offensive side, Tierney from CB position going wing-left and Xhaka plays deeper on his position. In defense, Tierney plays CB.

  9. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Probs asked like 20 times, but why was Mitro benched?

    1. T.Henry14
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      2 x 90 mins for Serbia against Russia and Turkey

    2. King Carlos
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Hammy rumour

      1. Dannyb
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        He wouldn't be on the bench if it was his hammy though would he?

  10. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Scenes when Auba gets a 2nd yellow card!

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

    Not being able to pick a good captain carries on from last season.

  12. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Ref doesn't have Auba in his team... Didn't look YC like offense tbh 😛

    1. Andre W
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      He’s definitely selected Salah for captain

  13. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Squeaky bum time as a Auba capper and non Salah owner

  14. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Auba covering for AMN as he’s a little suspect defensively and not as experienced

    Tracking back a lot here

    Whilst bellerin is more assured allowing Willian to really push forward

  15. BERGKOP
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Auba yellow

  16. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Not to be Captain Hindsight over here, but Auba was frustrating last year often as a wide winger. Can understand owning (as I do), but captaining is so risky. Will just frustrate you.

  17. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Lovely YC. Come on, grab another one !

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Yeah go on after hattrick

  18. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Auba what are you doing

  19. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Ah just get yourself sent off so I can get Bruno in, feck it

  20. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Aubameyang yellow

  21. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Aubamayellow

  22. HonestBlatter
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Wildcard activated

  23. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Tell you what if Willian takes pens he’s in my team

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      He’s very poor

  24. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Auba is gonna so much ownership lmao

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

      lose

  25. Stupendous
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    It wasn't very exciting owning you for one week Auba.

    Hello Kevin!

  26. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Funny how I was getting abused for saying Aubameyang is a captain fail and now everyone agrees.

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      U were right

    2. The Train Driver
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Even a blind chicken finds the corn now and then..

    3. BERGKOP
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Game isn't over.

    4. Mighty Banana
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Anyone can get a guess right every now and then.

  27. OneDennisBergkamp
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    New season. Same advice from the “experts”... cap Auba over Salah. Joy.

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

      Most of the experts captained Salah, no?

    2. tm370
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I hate these posts. It's just wilful stupidity.

      It's half-time. Do you think anyone has a crystal ball? Do you think obvious captain choices will score every week or even every half.

      Personally I've gone with Salah but Auba was a great pick too.

  28. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Should have captained Salah over Auba.

  29. NULL-X-VOID
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    well this was happens when you knee-jerk and switch C from Salah to Auba, Salah haul is incoming for sure now

  30. Ohhhhh Gary Macca!
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Lol I told you bandwagon sheep Auba would blank, watch Salah blank too

    1. tm370
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      trollol. It's half-time.

      And no good reason for thinking Salah will blank. He could but more likely to score points. Leeds being overrated by those forgetting the significant difference between Championship and Premier League football.

      1. Ohhhhh Gary Macca!
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        You mean clueless casuals that don’t know there arse from their elbow when it comes to football..Leeds are a good side Liverpool will be lucky to bag more than 2 against them.

        1. tm370
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          If Liverpool bag 2, there is a good chance of Salah goal involvement.

          It's Leeds. You are going to get a rude awakening when the season starts - you need to learn to understand the pace football is played at. So much difference between the leagues.