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Lacazette joins Aubameyang in Arsenal attack for Burnley visit

Unai Emery has made three changes to Arsenal’s opening Premier League win against Newcastle with David Luiz (£6.0m) Dani Ceballos (£5.5m) and Alexandre Lacazette (£9.5m) starting for the Gunners against Burnley. 

The Spaniard has opted to drop Callum Chambers (£4.5m) to give Brazilian Luiz his Arsenal debut, whilst handing Ceballos his first start.

Lacazette also joins the Arsenal attack with Henrik Mhikitaryan (£7.0m) dropping to the bench. 

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.0m), selected by 29% of managers and who came second in our Gameweek 2 captaincy poll with 17.84% of the vote, has retained his started berth.

He found the net on opening weekend at Newcastle and will have the expectation of many a Fantasy manager on his shoulders this lunch-time.

Arsenal academy duo Joe Willock (£5.5m) and Reiss Nelson (£5.0m) will also start their second successive league games for the club after impressing at St. James’ Park.

Alongside Ceballos, Willock and Nelson could offer value for money if they can start racking up some Fantasy points – so there will be plenty of attention on them this afternoon.

Meanwhile, for Burnley, Sean Dyche has opted to name an unchanged starting XI following the Clarets’ impressive 3-0 victory over Southampton last weekend. 

Dyche’s backline of Matt Lowton (£4.5m) James Tarkowski (£5.0m) Ben Mee (£5.0m) and Erik Pieters (£4.5m) will be marshalled by keeper Nick Pope (£4.5m) as the Clarets bid to keep yet another clean-sheet.

Striker Ashley Barnes (£6.5m) scored a brace last weekend, and Dyche will be hoping his talismanic striker can have a similar impact against Emery’s Arsenal.

Arsenal XI: Leno; Monreal, Sokratis, D Luiz, Maitland-Niles; Willock, Guendouzi, Ceballos; Nelson, Lacazette, Aubameyang.

Burnley XI: Pope; Pieters, Mee, Tarkowski, Lowton; McNeil, Westwood, Cork, Gudmundsson; Barnes, Wood.

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  1. how now brown cow
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Auba to get winning goal baps 8)

    1. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah yeah

    2. EMBOLOFAN
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      we still believe (we still believe)

    3. SirStevieG
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Nein.

  2. Waynoo
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Barnes is essentially essential

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      ARS typically lose a goal

  3. Cookie Kid
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone got the link to the Mods and Cons league for me to bookmark this season?

      1. Cookie Kid
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers!! 🙂

  4. The Train Driver
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Luiz is sh**

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

    Jammy goal. Very Kane-like

  6. Pacer.
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    It's not like last week pointed to something like this occurring is it.

    lol

  7. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Luiz is so bad lol

    1. Deyanski
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Frank's decision to ditch him is a top one so far 🙂

  8. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Need Auba to score and take his shirt off

    1. LosBlancos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      😆

  9. super zlatan
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Barnes. Wow

  10. Four Hit Wonder
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Get out of my team Ainsley you fraud part of a fraud defensive line

    1. BigBillyBass
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Never go with Arsenal defence. Absolute schoolboy

      1. Four Hit Wonder
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yup. Huge mistake.

    2. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      One of my rivals has him and luiz, genuinely thought they were gonna keep the cs. Chin up you got some good points last week for him at least.

  11. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    So the casuals who TC’d Sterling and then knee jerked Barnes in are already pulling away.

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      nobody did this

  12. BigBillyBass
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Barnes surely essential now

    1. HurriKane
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I thought wood was after preseason

      1. KaNi
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Chill! He will be.

    2. Yip Jaap Stam
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Not yet

  13. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Bashley Barnes

  14. how now brown cow
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Unlucky Nelson captainers.

  15. ENZO SZN™
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Hindu Monkey in heaven.

    1. I'm out of name ideas
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Hindu monkeys don't go to heaven do they?

  16. Amey
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Feels like WC needed 😀
    Wood over Barnes
    Guilbert over Mings
    Trossard over McGinn
    Hmmmm

  17. Offside Trapattoni
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Ceballos was in my preseason XI all summer until I realized he wouldn't start last week.

    Thoughts on him earning a regular place under Emery?

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      how many pts does he have

    2. FPLtfs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Been good first 45 for sure.

    3. Meinhoff
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Well, he is their best midfielder so I guess he will have a regular place in that team

    4. Four Hit Wonder
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He keeps the midfield ticking. No manager benches those kind of players. Then again Emery is mad.

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

    Only a matter of time before Barca come calling for Barnes at this rate

    1. Over Midwicket
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      The Mancunian Lewendowski

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

        If his name was Ariel Barnesi, and he’d been born in Buenos Aries or Rio De Janeiro, he’d be one of those ‘superstars’ everyone refers to

        1. Four Hit Wonder
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Asencio Baranha, commonly know as El Loco.

          That's 10 million quid just because of the name alone.

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

            Easily

            If he was linked with a top 6 side we’d have the mass hysteria on here about how great Asencio Baranha is going to be, a steal at just 8.0, you should see him play!!

  19. Over Midwicket
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Wood to Barnes? If you can't beat 'em..

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Hell yeah

  20. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    How did that VAR decision take so long to confirm? Obviously offside after viewing the first image.

    1. Lukakuna
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Guess they have to sign some documents and fax them to the referee

  21. Dannyb
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    So Auba and Wood to Rashford and absolutely anyone else then.

  22. Danstoke82
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Barnes making a real case to replace Josh King in my team. Seems he’s in a purple patch

    1. LosBlancos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Could be, immediate fixtures not so great tho

      1. BEARZINHO
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Barnaldo is fixture proof

    2. ENZO SZN™
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Or Jota.

  23. Modest Bob
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Crumpet time.

  24. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I feel for those on the Auba / Kane hokey cokey

    1. Ha.
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Especially when Kane scores today

    2. Herman Toothrot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      "Yer but Kayne not pwayed yet, and Ooba gerht anoother harf to pway, stoopid"

  25. DantheManinaPan
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I wouldn't mind Barnes scoring if I didn't own wood :angry:

  26. JIMMY TUGGINS
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    McNeil at 6.0 could be great value.

    1. Sif
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      If he started at 5.5 he'd have been in a lot of teams

      1. JIMMY TUGGINS
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I'd probably have had him for that, think I might get him for GW5.

  27. FOO FIGHTER
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Salah, Salah.

  28. Budweiser
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Wood needs to score ASAP to cushion the pain. Can't deal with wasting a transfer for a swap only for Wood to score the next GW

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Absolutely.
      Need something magical
      Will drop in price too 😮

  29. L'Aeroplanino
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Barnes impossible to ignore

  30. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Being gutsy enough to go for a Burnley striker is one thing, but choosing the wrong one whilst the other performs wonderfully is disappointing.

    1. Jimmy Boy
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah that's hard luck, really feel for Wood owners