Dream11 Fantasy Soccer: Arsenal v. Norwich City Preview

Dream11 Fantasy Soccer: Arsenal v. Norwich City Preview

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Arsenal kicked off the restart of the 2019-20 Premier League with back-to-back defeats, but they returned to their winning ways against Southampton on June 25 – as a result, their five-game form in the Premier League reports three wins and two losses. That's less than exciting considering the Gunners remain alive in the race for a 2020-21 UEFA Europa League berth, but they still are the odds-on favorite for this contest against Norwich City. The Canaries were eliminated from the 2019-20 FA Cup last weekend and, to make things even more complicated, they are coming off four straight losses in competitive action. Norwich sit dead last in the standings and, based on how they've been playing of late, it would take a miracle to avoid playing in the 2020-21 English Championship. They are winless in their last seven H2H matches against Arsenal in all competitions (W4, D3).

Recent Form

Arsenal: W3, L2

Norwich City: W1, L4

Team News

Arsenal

OUT: Lucas Torreira (ankle), Bernd Leno (knee), Pablo Mari (ankle), Gabriel Martinelli (knee), Calum Chambers (knee)

Doubtful: Matteo Guendouzi (not injury related), David Luiz (knee), Mesut Ozil (back), Cedric Soares (nose)

Norwich City

OUT: Timm Klose (suspension), Moritz Leitner (groin), Sam Bryam (hamstring), Grant Hanley (hamstring), Christoph Zimmermann (back)

Doubtful: Max Aarons (calf), Adam Idah (thigh), Lukas Rupp (hip)

Expected Lineups

Arsenal: Emiliano Martinez; Hector Bellerin, Rob Holding, Shkodran Mustafi, Kieran Tierney; Sead Kolasinac, Dani Ceballos, Granit Xhaka; Edward Nketiah,

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Arsenal kicked off the restart of the 2019-20 Premier League with back-to-back defeats, but they returned to their winning ways against Southampton on June 25 – as a result, their five-game form in the Premier League reports three wins and two losses. That's less than exciting considering the Gunners remain alive in the race for a 2020-21 UEFA Europa League berth, but they still are the odds-on favorite for this contest against Norwich City. The Canaries were eliminated from the 2019-20 FA Cup last weekend and, to make things even more complicated, they are coming off four straight losses in competitive action. Norwich sit dead last in the standings and, based on how they've been playing of late, it would take a miracle to avoid playing in the 2020-21 English Championship. They are winless in their last seven H2H matches against Arsenal in all competitions (W4, D3).

Recent Form

Arsenal: W3, L2

Norwich City: W1, L4

Team News

Arsenal

OUT: Lucas Torreira (ankle), Bernd Leno (knee), Pablo Mari (ankle), Gabriel Martinelli (knee), Calum Chambers (knee)

Doubtful: Matteo Guendouzi (not injury related), David Luiz (knee), Mesut Ozil (back), Cedric Soares (nose)

Norwich City

OUT: Timm Klose (suspension), Moritz Leitner (groin), Sam Bryam (hamstring), Grant Hanley (hamstring), Christoph Zimmermann (back)

Doubtful: Max Aarons (calf), Adam Idah (thigh), Lukas Rupp (hip)

Expected Lineups

Arsenal: Emiliano Martinez; Hector Bellerin, Rob Holding, Shkodran Mustafi, Kieran Tierney; Sead Kolasinac, Dani Ceballos, Granit Xhaka; Edward Nketiah, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Nicolas Pepe

Norwich City: Tim Krul; Max Aarons, Ben Godfrey, Jamal Lewis; Todd Cantwell, Kenny McLean, Alexander Tettey, Tom Trybull; Emiliano Buendia, Onel Hernandez; Teemu Pukki

Top Picks

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Arsenal: Aubameyang is again one of the top scorers in the Premier League, and the Gabon international could have massive chances of bolstering their goal-scoring totals considering how depleted Norwich are entering this contest. The former Dortmund star hasn't scored in his last four contests, though.

Nicolas Pepe, Arsenal: Pepe has established himself as Arsenal's starting left winger and could have plenty of opportunities to produce Wednesday, as Norwich own of the weakest defensive lines in the EPL this season. Pepe has one goal in two starts since the resumption of the Premier League campaign.

Captain and Vice-Captain Options

  1. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
  2. Nicolas Pepe
  3. Todd Cantwell
  4. Hector Bellerin

Dream11 Team

GK: Emiliano Martinez

DF: Hector Bellerin

DF: Max Aarons

DF: Ben Godfrey

MF: Nicolas Pepe (VC)

MF: Todd Cantwell

MF: Granit Xhaka

MF: Dani Ceballos

FW: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (C)

FW: Edward Nketiah

FW: Teemu Pukki

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