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The Weekend Team News

Ryan Shawcross is a fresh injury concern as Stoke City prepare for the visit of Leicester to the bet365 stadium. Philippe Coutinho looks set to miss Liverpool’s trip to West Ham United, while Spurs have a series of issues at the back as Crystal Palace visit Wembley with Toby Alderweireld and Hugo Lloris set to miss out.

With this afternoon’s press conferences still to come, here’s the team news headlines collated so far.


Stoke skipper Ryan Shawcross will be assessed for the visit of Leicester after sustaining a thigh problem. Mark Hughes will again be without Geoff Cameron (concussion) but the Potters boss is optimistic that Bruno Martins Indi could return. Glen Johnson and Peter Crouch are both okay and expected to be in contention, though both are likely to named on the bench.

For the Foxes, Ben Chilwell is a slight doubt for the Potteries trip after suffering a knock to his knee during training earlier this week.

Huddersfield Town head coach David Wagner has revealed that Rajiv van La Parra is available for the home clash against West Bromwich Albion, with the midfielder recovering from a groin problem.

Oliver Burke is back in contention for the Baggies following a hamstring injury, but both Craig Dawson and James Morrison remain out.

Eddie Howe has revealed Junior Stanislas and Benik Afobe will both miss the trip to Newcastle United, while a late decision will be made on the fitness of Josh King as he contniues to struggle with a back problem.

Mario Lemina remains out for Southampton’s home meeting with Burnley due to an ankle injury, but Charlie Austin has recovered from a knock and is expected to be available – he’s again sent for a bench role.

Clarets boss Sean Dyche is optimistic that Chris Wood will be available for the trip to St Mary’s, with the forward back in training following a hamstring strain. Steven Defour is also expected to be cleared to play following a tight groin sustained in Monday’s win over Newcastle.

Paul Clement rates Wilfried Bony as “50/50” to be in the squad for the home encounter against Brighton & Hove Albion, with the striker back in training following a hamstring injury. Angel Rangel, Martin Olsson, Leon Britton and Renato Sanches are all sidelined.

Steve Sidwell is the only absentee for the Seagulls.

Slaven Bilic expects both Winston Reid and Aaron Cresswell to be fit for the home meeting with Liverpool, but Pablo Zabaleta is suspended, while Jose Fonte, Sam Byram, James Collins and Michail Antonio are all out.

Georginio Wijnaldum will probably miss the trip to the London Stadium due to an ankle injury, while Philippe Coutinho (groin) looks very likely to miss out once again. Dejan Lovren (groin) could be available, though he may struggle to oust Ragnar Klavan to earn a recall.

Spurs duo Hugo Lloris and Toby Alderweireld look set to miss the home encounter against Crystal palace, with Mauricio Pochettino expected to provide confirmation in his press conference later today. Michel Vorm would come in between the sticks, while the Spurs boss may consider reverting to a back four for the Eagles visit. Danny Rose and Serge Aurier are expected to push for starts at full-back after they sat Wednesday’s win over Real Madrid.

Finally, Sead Kolasinac will undergo a late fitness test on a hip problem ahead of Arsenal’s trip to Manchester City. The Bosnian is expected to be in contention to be named at left wing-back in a largely unchanged Gunners side that saw off Swansea City last time out.

Pep Guardiola will give his conference later today, although we should not expect too many clues as to his starting XI. Some pointers on the likelihood of Sergio Aguero’s start – in light of his record-breaking strike in midweek – could be the most we can hope for.

All this and more has now been updated in the Team News section, along with our predicted line-ups, ahead of this tomorrow’s 11.30am deadline. Keep an eye on our official Twitter Stream for breaking news – as the day unfolds, we will issue updates from today’s press conferences and refresh our Team News tab accordingly to keep you informed.

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  1. bros
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Richarlson or Gross?

    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      1

      1. bros
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Thanks

    2. Dybala10
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      1

  2. S.Agueroooooo
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Play

    A) Elliot
    B) Fabianski

    1. bros
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Elliot

    2. Bambi
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      B

    3. Robe Wan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      A

    4. smix
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Elliot if you don't have a Newcastle defender

    5. Fuddled FC
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      I've gone Fab

  3. Bambi
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    who to bench from this lot?
    A) Mee (sou)
    B) Fernandez (BRI)
    C) Atsu (BOU)
    D) Kolasinac (mci)

    1. bros
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Fernandez

    2. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      D

    3. S.Agueroooooo
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      probably fernandez

    4. WE GO FOR IT
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Kola

  4. Sims
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Kolasinac +4 or Abraham?

    1. Bambi
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      KOLA

    2. FER FUSCH AKE
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      kola

    3. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Abraham

    4. Ten Season Wonder
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Tam

    5. ste_the_legend
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      I'm benching Kola this week.

  5. Cruz88
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Play 3:

    a) Otamendi (arsenal H)
    b) Davies (cpl H)
    c) Jones (Che A)
    d) Fernandez (Brighton H)

    1. Bambi
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Davies wont start imo.

      1. My Name Is Prince
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        He could start if Poch opts for three at the back

        1. Ten Season Wonder
          • 10 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          This ^

        2. Bambi
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          and then there's vertonghen, sanchez, dier and foyth over him?

    2. FER FUSCH AKE
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      bcd

    3. the dom 1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      BCD

    4. Rik Waller
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      abd

  6. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    How long is Vertonghen out for?

    1. Bambi
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      hes not, it was a mistake tweet by FFS. It is meant to be Toby Ald (hamstring strain)

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      He isn't? Ban?

      1. built_this_city
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        I think those who say Ban should get banned

        1. FPL.team
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          You said Ban

          1. Delhidynamo
            • 9 Years
            6 years, 6 months ago

            You too

    3. Ruth_NZ
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Only around half an hour, he just popped down to the garage for milk.

      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        😆

      2. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Do they keep the cows in the garage? Bloody hell, footballers these days.

  7. Gríma Wormtongue
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Bench one

    A) Jones CHE (A)

    B) Mee SOU (A)

    1. FER FUSCH AKE
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      mee

    2. Robe Wan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      B

  8. Robe Wan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Morata and Richarlison -4
    Vardy and D Silva

  9. focaccia
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Who to play - A) Elliot or B) Fabianski ?

    1. ste_the_legend
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      I'm going with Elliot

    2. Fuddled FC
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      I'm going Fab

  10. ste_the_legend
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    BOTTOMED

    Worth taking a -4 hit this week to go from Brady to Gross / GroB?

    Burnley @ SOT
    Brighton @ SWA

    1. Robe Wan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Nah

    2. boc610
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      no, gross isnt explosive enough for a hit

  11. DeadStarComing
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Ban for Fantasy Football Scout? Terrible trolling...

    1. Ten Season Wonder
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      haha

  12. Tatty Bojangles
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Elliot Foster
    Alonso Jones Davies Mee £3.9m
    Sterling Eriksen Mooy Atsu Carroll
    Jesus Aguero Morata

    a) Jesus, Davies > Kane, Moreno -4
    b) Jesus, Sterling, Alonso > Kane, Salah, Moreno -8

    Boils down to whether Sterling > Salah worth a -4?

    1. Cookie Kid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      A

  13. Ten Season Wonder
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Whole Spurs squad injured now then or what?

  14. boc610
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    vorm in goals and alder out reduces that chance of a spurs cleanie by about 80 %

    1. Ten Season Wonder
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Zaha bang bang

    2. Sims
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      palace havent scored against 8/10 teams theyve faced but have an 80% chance to score against spurs vorm and dier instead of lloris and alder

      right

      1. boc610
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        wow your too clever for me

        ..wembley is a big pitch, made for a team with wingers like zaha and townsend, spurs missing arguably the best keeper and cb in the league and have conceded nearly every game at wembley..but hey you know best with that stat

  15. Sims
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    If u had to bench one of Kola or jones, who would u?

    1. Ten Season Wonder
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Kola easy

    2. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Jones

    3. El_Shaw
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      If Kola was playing at home I'd play him, but away at City I can't see him attacking let alone keep a clean sheet. That's why I'm playing Jones.

    4. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Koola

    5. Bald Eagle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Kola

    6. FER FUSCH AKE
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      brain says Jones
      heart says kola

    7. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Kolasinac

  16. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    wouah 62.5% Kane captain, its the ideal week for a differential but I dont have the guts haha 🙂 (Salah would be a great second choice )

    1. Jam0sh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Kane is owned by 32.5% of the players

  17. Rik Waller
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Play one:
    Tarrol (BHA)
    Mee (sou)
    RLC (tot)

    1. Ten Season Wonder
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

    2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Carroll

  18. dimitros
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Yedlin or Lascelles?

    1. Ten Season Wonder
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      yedders

  19. El_Shaw
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Having Abraham since GW1 and then selling him in GW5 gives me this irrational resistance to buying him again. Perhaps my worst fantasy move this season.

    1. Ten Season Wonder
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      I started with him, and still have him.

      1. El_Shaw
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Nice bit of profit there mate.

  20. UnitednationsXI
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Right, all set to WC next gw so best transfer this gw? 1ft and 0.7m itb

    Forster -- Elliot
    Wimmer Bertrand Valencia -- Kolasinac Mee
    Salah Ritchie Sterling Sanchez -- Carroll
    Joselu Jesus Firmino

    A: Sanchez >> Alli (c)
    B: Sanchez + Jesus >> Alli + Kane (-4)
    C: Valencia + Jesus >> Moreno/Vert + Kane (-4)

  21. Dybala10
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Kane going to be the first back-to-back riser in consecutive days since who?

    1. Sims
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      aguero a few weeks back

      1. Eden ACCOUNT CLOSED
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Aguero your fave

    2. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      It's pathetic considering how slowly he dropped.

  22. Numb
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Pochettino:

    "It is important to analyse one thing: when you look at Harry Kane in the last few years, it is not easy to find the profile who can compete with him."

    "That is why Llorente is perfect, and fits very well for us in our project.”

    1. Sims
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      OMG not getting kane now

    2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      *Kane on the bench*

    3. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Can Kane cover Llorente?

      1. Who Am I?
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Only if Llor gets injured

    4. Coot
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      In between those two lines:

      "In this market, it is difficult to find a player who wants to come and do that as everyone recognises he is one of the best strikers in the world.
      “For a club like us it is not easy to find the right player under these circumstances."

      In other words. Llorente happy to be second fiddle.

      1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        +10000

      2. Numb
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Yep, he'll only get the odd start here and there.

  23. FPL ElasticO
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    How is this team looking??

    Elliot
    Duffy/ Davies/ Monreal/ Ward
    Richarlison/ Sterling/ D Silva/ Salah
    Lukaku/ Kane

    Hart/ TC/ Long/ Diouf

    Will I get Zaha this week for TC or leave as it is and do this transfer next week ??? & Bank my Transfer... Need some suggestions...

  24. Dog and Fox
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Play Gross or Choupo, and Ward or Kiko? Cheers

    1. FER FUSCH AKE
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      obviously English media over rating their flops as usual.

  25. smix
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Stuck with Jesus . Hold or get Kun for a hit . Hoping Sane doesn't start too

    1. George James
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      This exactly for me. Think I’m sticking and hoping Kun doesn’t hurt too much. Then have 2FT during the IB

  26. Steve
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Have been lax in managing my team for the last few weeks and could really do with some advice on what to do with it now.

    Fab Elliot
    Naughton Davies Lascelles Cedric Kolasinac
    Salah King Mkhi Gross Ritchie
    Lacazette Vardy Kane
    2FT 0.1ITB

    Where do I start? Thanks.

    1. COLLIN QUANER
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Mkhi to a City mid

  27. George James
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Can we attempt to predict spurs full backs and city frontline this week?

    Aurier + Rose

    Sterling / Kun / Sane

    That’s mine.....

  28. The Mighty Whites
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    what order on bench:

    carroll
    lowton

    1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      TC first

  29. The Colonel
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Gomez or Francis - both have good fixtures