Arsenal finished the 2018-19 season in 5th position winning 21 of their 38 league games.
A lot of focus for FPL managers was on Aubameyang and Lacazatte, and with good reason. They were 2 of only 3 players for Arsenal to get to 3 figures with the other being the GK!
What can we expect for the 2019-20 season?
Unai Emery is yet to make a marquee signing and with a rumoured transfer budget of £45M this may not happen at all for the Gunners. As is stands they are priced out of a move for Wilfred Zaha (Currently £7.0 MID on FPL) and to compound issues the club captain Laurent Koscielny has refused to join them on the pre season tour.
This could be a breakthrough season for Reiss Nelson. The 19 year old scored 7 goals in 19 appearances for Hoffenheim last season and would add some much needed pace and imagination to the Arsenal attack. He is (suprisingly!) not yet listed on FPL but i can only assume this will be a matter of time and if listed as a midfielder I certainly think he is one worth a risk when Arsenal have those favourable fixtures.
Before Rob Holding sustained his injury last season he was performing consistently at the heart of that Arsenal defence. He is priced at only £4.5M and on return from his injury could be a good option against the “lesser” teams to get those clean sheets points on the board.
With the release of Petr Cech, Bernd Leno is now firmly established as Arsenal’s No.1. As mentioned, he scored over 100 points last year and I would expect more this year given that Cech did play games at the start of last year.
Lacazette / Aubameyang – If you’re looking for an Arsenal player, you’ll want one of these guys. Auba at £1.5M more does provide more of a risk, BUT he did score 39 points more than Laca last year and id expect him to be Arsenal’s main goal threat once again.
When should FPL managers expect Arsenal players to pick up the most points?
Barring the odd fixture in between, Arsenal players should be expected to excel Between GW’s 8 -16 & 22-32.
Either Auba or Laca are surely a must during those periods!?
As mentioned in one of my previous posts, I am also considering the use of the Arsenal & Spurs fixture rotations to use Bernd Leno for the duration.
If Zaha happens, he to will need to enter calculations….
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