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Aubameyang and Lacazette start together as Arsenal travel to West Brom

Mikel Arteta has named both his main strikers in the starting XI as Arsenal travel to face West Bromwich Albion.

It is just the second time since Gameweek 13 that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.4m) and Alexandre Lacazette (£8.2m) have featured from the beginning together as the Gunners look to make it three wins on the bounce.

Bukayo Saka (£5.2m) has been a catalyst in Arteta’s recent mini-revival and he keeps his place in midfield, overcoming the knock he sustained last time out.

The defensive set-up has fluctuated between a back-four and back-three of late and it is the former of those two Arteta has settled with tonight.

The one constant among those chopping and changing of systems is Rob Holding (£4.5m), who starts for the 10th time in 11 Premier League matches.

At the third time of asking, Pablo Marí (£4.4m) joins the Englishman at centre-back with David Luiz (£5.4m) named on the bench.

West Bromwich Albion assets are predictably unpopular these days, not a single outfield player sitting in more than 1%. of Fantasy squads.

2.4% own Sam Johnstone (£4.5m), who has 66 saves this season, the second-highest at the time of writing.

But, as ever, the most fashionable Baggies player is non-playing goalkeeper David Button (£4.0m), owned by 4.4% worldwide.

West Bromwich Albion XI: Johnstone; Furlong, Ajayi, Ivanovic, O’Shea; Sawyers; Diangana, Gallagher, M Phillips, M Pereira; C Robinson.

Arsenal XI: Leno; Tierney, Mari, Holding, Bellerín; Saka, Xhaka, Ceballos; Aubameyang, Lacazette, Smith Rowe.

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  1. The Road to Turfdom
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Tierney owner delighted

  2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Laca G, Tierney A

  3. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Lacazette on FH punt?

    1. The Road to Turfdom
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yes

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Joking or not, on this form he could be good

    2. just a man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Shame there’s the cup games in between but yet I’m considering.

  4. Casual Player
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Bellerin nooooo

    Magic of the cup (for my opponent). His sub pretty much seals a huge R1 exit

  5. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Laca 2

  6. Il Capitano
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    WBA hopeless

  7. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Smith Rowe looks essential

    1. tommo123
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Haha

    2. MoSalad
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Great value as well

    3. Party time
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Smith Rowe(C) in gw 18

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

      Any news on the Man city covid players?

      Walker, Jesus, Ederson and who else?

    5. MoSalad
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Wow Laca 4-0, Tierney another assist!

    6. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Tierney owners in wonderland

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

        Wow.

    7. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Omg tierny assist!

      1. milanista10
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        That’s the haul we hoped for before the game started!

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

      Tierney insane haul

    9. JOELIO8701
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I was choosing which Arsenal def to het in this week.

      Tierney? Holding?

      Got Bellerin. I feel sick.

    10. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Gunners gonna win the league

    11. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      3 Arsenal players essential next week

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Arsenal 0 - 1 Crystal Palace (Mitchell '90+6)

    12. Pukkipartyy
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      So Pool and City could not score more against this team? Absolute joke.

    13. Flair
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      West Brom absolutely hopeless

      No Holding BPS it seems

      1. Warby84
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        1

    14. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Holding robbed

    15. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      tierneyyyyyyyyy

    16. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Did Reese James to Tierney for this gw.

      1. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Did exactly the same move

        1. Gudjohnsen
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Enjoy them points

    17. Iwantmorepointsthanks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Tierney doing what I was expecting by having Cancelo

    18. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      3 - Tierney (58)
      2 - Lacazette (52)
      1 - Holding (38)

    19. Flair
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Auba doing absolutely nothing, wow

    20. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Saliba is willing to accept a wage cut just to get out of Arsenal. Hasn't even made his debut.

      Just 4 months ago he was on top of everyone's FPL Monitor list. Shame.

    21. Kodap
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      blimey, 15 points for Tierney so far..

      1. Rinseboy
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        *18

    22. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Now I’m getting tempted to FH again...

    23. KGFC
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Its already 4-0. Have only put Johnstone in goal twice and both times he conceded five.

      Damn it! 🙄

      1. djman102
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Amazingly he still has 2 pts.

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

      Lacazette ticking along

    25. Herman Toothrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Queue the random team name from Narnia with a 96 syllable name that has Tierney TC

    26. Random Name
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I was so close to captaining my boy but ended going Son. Shame on me but i'll take the 13 pts.

      25 mins left for that long overdue Arsenal hat trick