Wakey wakey rise and shine – we’ve got an early one folks. Another day of Football action and hopefully a deluge of fantasy points in tow – there’s no better way to beat the Sunday hangover blues than with the action of second city derby.
Aston Villa play host to rivals Birmingham City at mid-day and the team-sheets show that Martin O’Neill once more sticks with his trusted first XI while Big ‘Eck makes a few changes. Keith Fahey is benched and Seb Larsson recalled while Gregory Vignal starts at full-back as Scott Dann appears absent from the Blues squad altogether – perhaps he slept in…
We’ll then break for a short lunch before we welcome our Europa League adventurers back to home soil for the 3pm kick-offs. Liverpool travel to a Burnley side who must win today to keep any faint hope of survival in tact while in form Everton play host to Roy Hodgson’s Fulham side back in Merseyside.
The gameweek closes out as Carlo Ancelotti lets us look behind the iron curtain and reveals just exactly how his Chelsea side will line-up with Mikel & Terry absent and Drogba fighting through a hernia issue, Stoke are the travelers here. Anyone for a sweepstake on the number of throw-ins?
As always the Dugout Discussion will be open in the chatroom for those of you eager beavers up early and cheering on your squad members.