Here’s a selection of fantasy premier league pre-season 2015-16 pre-season games from the weekend. We look at the lineups, form players in the game, the FPL players of interest as well as speculate on a GW1 lineup. In this article we look at Man Utd, Arsenal, Everton and Swansea.
fantasy premier league pre-season 2015-16 – a few games from the weekend of 18/19 July
Club America 0 Manchester United 1
Goal: Schneiderlin
Lineups:
Man United first-half: Johnstone, Darmian, Jones, Blind, Shaw, Carrick, Schneiderlin, Young, Mata, Memphis, Rooney (c)
Second-half: Lindegaard, McNair, Smalling (c), Evans, Blackett, Lingard, Schweinsteiger, Herrera, Pereira, Januzaj, Wilson
Scorer: Schneiderlin 5
The first half apart from a couple of players showed something similar to a 1st team lineup
Form players in this game
Darmian, Schneiderlin, Memphis, Perira
FPL players of interest
£5,5m def Darmian – Was excellent and constantly got forward from RB
£8.5m mid Mata – Very involved on the right hand side of the midfield in a 4-4-2/4-4-1-1
£8.5m mid Memphis Depay- played as a support striker to Rooney. Was criticised and looked like needs adjustment but position was very encouraging
£10.5m fwd Rooney – not his greatest game but was played centrally though the middle
Potential GW1 lineup
De Gea (if still there) – Darmian Blind/Shaw Smalling Jones – Schweinstiger Schneiderlin – Mata Depay Young – Rooney
Arsenal 3 Everton 1
Lineups and goals:
Arsenal XI: Cech, Bellerin, Koscielny, Chambers, Gibbs, Ramsey, Cazorla, Wilshere, Ozil, Walcott, Giroud
Subs: Szczesny, Debuchy, Gabriel, Arteta, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Monreal, Flamini, Coquelin, Akpom, Iwobi
Goals: Walcott 22, Cazorla 58, Ozil 63
Everton XI: Robles, Coleman, Stones, Jagielka, Garbutt, Barry, McCarthy, Deulofeu, Naismith, Cleverley, Kone
Subs: Howard, Hibbert, Lukaku, Mirallas, Barkley, Osman, Pienaar, Browning, Galloway, McAleny, Kenny, Williams, Robinson
Goals: Barkley 76
Form players in this game
Walcott Ozil Cazorla
FPL players of interest
Arsenal
I’m ignoring defence as prices are very similar so will probably just go for Koscielny at £6.0m
£8.5m mid Cazorla – Despite playing notionally deep in the double pivot of the 2 in 4-2-3-1 and got 2 assists and a goal
£8.5m mid Ramsey – a quieter game also in the double pivot
£8.5m mid Ozil – played centrally in the attack midfield 3 and scored
£9.0m mid Walcott – was excellent on the left of the 3. Good runs and could have scored more
£9.0m fwd Giroud – a quietish game
Ignored Sanchez as he looks like he won’t be fit for GW1
None of the above played
Arsenal Potential GW1 lineup
Cech – Bellerin/Debuchy Koscielny Mertesacker Monreal/Gibbs – Coquelin Cazorla – Ramsey Ozil Walcott – Giroud
Arsenals GW1’s first 6 fixtures
West Ham (H)
Crystal Palace (A)
Liverpool (H)
Newcastle (A)
Stoke (H)
Chelsea (A)
Everton players of interest
£6.5m mid Deulofeu – didn’t play well on the right of 3 in 4-2-3-1
£8.0m fwd Lukaku – little impact
Everton Potential GW1 lineup
Howard – Coleman Baines if fit Jagielka Stones – McCarthy Barry – Cleverly/Mairallas, Deulofeu, Barkley/Osman/Pienaar – Lukaku
Everton GW1 first 6 fixtures
Watford (H)
Southampton (A)
Man City (H)
Spurs (A)
Chelsea (H)
Swansea (A)
1860 Munich 1 Swansea 2
Goals Cork 7 Gomis 73
Lineups:
Swansea (4-2-3-1): Nordfeldt; Rangel, Fernandez, Kingsley, Taylor; Cork, Shelvey; Routledge, Grimes, Emnes; Eder.
Swansea team after 60 minutes (4-2-3-1): Vickers; Naughton, Bartley, Williams, Tabanou; Ki, Fulton; Dyer, Sigurdsson, Ayew; Gomis.
Hard to take anything from this mixed lineup
Form players in the game
Grimes Taylor Routledge Gomis Shelvy
FPL players of interest
£4.5m def Rangel – started at RB but meaningless in this game of 2 teams
£7.5m mid Sigurdsson – quiet
£7.0m mid Ayew – only on for last 30 mins
£7.0m fwd Gomis – excellent and scored despite only 30 mins
Potential GW1 lineup
Fabianski – Naughton Taylor/Tabanou Williams Fernandez – Ki/Cork/Shelvey – Ayew Siggy Montero/Routledge – Gomis
GW1 first 6 fixtures
Chelsea (A)
Newcastle (H)
Sunderland (A)
Man Utd (H)
Watford (A)
Everton (H)
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