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Over half of the top 10k hoping for Grealish returns in final Gameweek 8 match

The Premier League signs off for a fortnight after tonight’s match at the Emirates, as Arsenal v Aston Villa brings Gameweek 8 to a close.

Kick-off in north London is at 19:15 GMT.

Jack Grealish (£7.4m) is the most-owned Fantasy Premier League player in this match, both overall and within the top 10,000.

A further 320,000+ FPL managers brought Grealish into their squads after his 15-point haul against Southampton, which lifted his overall ownership figure to 32.6%.

That figure stands at 57.85% in the top 10k.

The England international is part of a Villa side that shows only one change from Gameweek 7, with Trezeguet (£5.3m) replacing the injured Bertrand Traore (£5.9m).

The Arsenal team news is even more uncomplicated, as Mikel Arteta has named exactly the same line-up as he did in the win at Old Trafford.

That means that Rob Holding (£4.4m) keeps his place at the heart of the Gunners’ defence, with the fit-again David Luiz (£5.5m) only among the substitutes.

Holding is part of an Arsenal backline that is the meanest in the division this season, with Arteta’s troops conceding on just seven occasions in as many Gameweeks.

Villa had also started the season in excellent defensive form, keeping clean sheets in three of their first four matches of 2020/21.

The Villans are yet to concede a single goal on the road.

Seven goals have flown past Emiliano Martinez (£4.8m) in the last two Gameweeks, however.

Martinez faces his former club tonight and remains the most-popular goalkeeper in FPL, with just over one in four of us owning the Argentine.


Arsenal XI: Leno, Bellerin, Tierney, Gabriel, Holding, Partey, Elneny, Saka, Willian, Lacazette, Aubameyang.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Targett, Luiz, McGinn, Grealish, Barkley, Trezeguet, Watkins.

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  1. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Woo-wee, baby! Get in!

  2. stu92
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Targett and Barkley on the bench 🙁

  3. S.Kuqi
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Son -> Fernandes

    Or

    Bowen -> Grealish

    1. Davros
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Tricky call. Both could be good moves

    2. Begbie.
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Bowen to Grealish.

      Great long term fixtures and Son always destroys City's high line.

    3. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Thanks both of you

  4. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Please Arsenal get a goal

  5. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Bavies to Targett seems like no brainer

  6. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    9 of my 11 returned this GW. What a funny old season

    1. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Same here. 1 point each

    2. Pedram
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Me too, it's going to be a massive green arrow

    3. The Wanton Trader
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Just the 10 for me Rafa.
      Only Sterling let me down...

  7. Slitherene
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Which option better on a WC?

    A) Berge + Bruno + Watkins
    B) Grealish + Rashford + Brewster

    Will have to regularly start 2..

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      B i think

  8. 1justlookin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Played WC this week.

    Got rid of Targett.
    Benched Watkins.
    Benched Coufal.
    Brought in Leno and Bellerin.

    Still set for a big green arrow though, funny ole game.

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Should have been greener.

  9. Forever In Our Shadow
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    So what’s the score?

  10. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Foden to Grealish? Have no viable way to get KDB or Bruno but they dont even look the part for premiums

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      They very much do. Fernandes put up 17 points this week all from open play. And KdB would have been on 13 points if he had scored the pen.

      I will have KdB in my team in GW10 for sure. If he gets injured, Sterling. But at least one of them.

      1. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        I can't wait to lose sterling.

      2. Scholes Out For Summer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Sorry i meant the team play in general. Bruno's second goal was flukey, and City dont look up to speed quite yet. I am quite interested in them both, just seems like Grealish is great value. So many value picks in midfield this year hard to put Salah KDB Bruno in the midifled at once

    2. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      ...Bruno hauled and KDB would have hauled if he scored his pen...

  11. Shark Team
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Only 2 of my starters blanked and I managed to captain one of them...

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      same here lol

      Just the way it goes looking forward to the break

    2. BIG TONES
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Oh that sucks mate!

  12. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Captain Black devoid of ideas

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Captain black?

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          idk why that link is 45,000 charcaters long -_-

    2. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      ??

  13. The Mandalorian
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Barkley off red?

  14. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Everyone in my league getting West ham and villa defenders off the bench is so annoying as I started them

    1. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      That's what benches are for. I'm sure that benefited from similar in the past.

  15. BIG TONES
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    -4 yay or nay?

    Sterling + 4.0 defender to Ziyech and Chilwell

  16. Babelcopter
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Gareth Southgate are you watching?? You fool..

  17. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Too many cheap forwards

  18. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Because Arsenal are so utterly atrocious they rank dropped me 300k, wipe the cs you useless turds

  19. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Damn that AVL fixtures from GW9-16, Grealish Watkins double up?

    1. Ozzy smith
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Tempted. Will be triple Villa with the GK lol. Who would’ve thought it.

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

        Yeah amazing season

      2. BIG TONES
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Got Targett and Martinez double + Grealish. Such good value

    2. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah think he could be my Jimenez replacement

  20. mad_beer ✅
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    I can't wait to WC over the break.

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      It makes no difference

      1. Simon69
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Just log off. Thanks.

  21. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Well, 72 points all out on FH, scored 36 more points than my original team.

    Worth it? I think not, but long story as to why I had to play it. No longer car, wha tis even the point of playing.

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 4 months ago

        36 points isn't worth it?

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          I’m not sure

      • George Sillett
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Don't bother then.

      • Simon69
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Stop with the constant complaining.

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Nice one

          1. Simon69
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Constructive. The constant whinging is very off-putting.

      • BIG TONES
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        I would defo take a 36 point return !

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Cheers, i just don’t know if that’s good enough personally

      • svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        If you're gonna brag then just brag. Don't write a tradegy like that man. And no, I won't ask why you had to play it.

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Mate it isn’t a brag, it’s a dig at myself saying I dunno if it was worth it. It’s ok and I won’t say why I had to 🙂

          1. Danno - Emre Canada
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Hahaah so what would be worth it? As you weren’t doing it on a DGW, do me a favour!

    2. FPL price manipulators are …
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Watkins or Bamford for next 2 weeks

      1. George Agdgdgwngo
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Both. Get rid of kane

    3. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      The best thing in FPL is when your cheap barely-owned player hauls.

      (Then you get emotionally attached to them, keep them for far too long and ruin your season).

      1. Limbo
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        I feel attacked

    4. Henning
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      KVP or Vestergaard in for Saiss and why?

      1. Gerd Mueller’s thighs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        KVP has better fixtures

      2. Third Eye Vision
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        I went for Vestergaard last week. The delivery from set-pieces is first class and I fancy the chances of the big lad who hangs out by the back post.

    5. burnhilla
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Watkins on the bench 🙂

      1. Harper (No more Penandes)
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Same buddy

      2. Danno - Emre Canada
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Same here but Foden swaps, Thankyou Pep for once

      3. popey
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Same, was pretty happy to have gone Coufal over Ollie last night

        Still as a villa fan I dont care 🙂

    6. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      One more save Martinez!

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Maybe a goal too!

      2. McSauce
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        This

      3. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        I'd prefer arsenal don't have any shots on goal.

        1. Ibralicious
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          ^ too many near-CS losing heart-attacks this season

    7. Kodap
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      So i have two options, which would you choose out of the following?

      1. Trent & Son > Cancelo & Fernandes (To then move to KDB after WBA Game)
      2. Trent & Podence > Cancelo & Grealish

      Both for free.

      Rest of the team is:
      Martinez (Steer)
      Trent - Coufal - Lamptey (Dallas & Taylor)
      Salah - Son - Zaha - Podence (Burke)
      DCL - Kane - Werner

    8. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Need some Watkins / Grealish in my life. Shame I loaded on Villa dross like Davis and Steer... stuck.

    9. WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Watkins on penalties then?!

      1. BENOIT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Aye

      2. Pep Roulette
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Yup

    10. Lord Flashheart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      chances of antonio to be fit after international break? need to replace maupay

      1. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Watkins is your man not antonio