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Sunday’s solitary fixture gets underway at 4pm as promoted pair Brighton and Hove Albion and Newcastle United square up at the Amex Stadium.

With many now filling their forward lines with premium frontman, we get the chance to run the rule over a trio of budget midfielders today.

The Seagulls’ Pascal Gross has played a part in all four of his side’s goals so far, serving up two goals and a pair of assists in his last two outings.

He was the second top transfer target for Gameweek 6, with over 381,000 transfers in.

For the Magpies, Matt Ritchie has bagged four assists in his previous three, while Christian Atsu’s goal and assist over his last two starts has also turned heads.

Indeed Ritchie and Atsu, along with team-mates Jamaal Lascelles and Chancel Mbemba have been subject to heavy investment over the last week, with a combined 783,000+ transfers in.

Newcastle number one Rob Elliot is the most owned player for Sunday’s clash, sitting in 23.7% of squads after conceding just once in his previous three. Yet he is the most benched player in the Gameweek, with over 808,000 naming him among their subs.

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  1. Black Panther
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Playing Ritchie and Gross, benched Elliot for Fabianski. Hope this doesn't continue to be an agonising 0-0.

  2. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Is that Benitez praying that Newcastle hold on to their 1-0 lead in the picture above? If so I hope those pictures are good at predicting the future.....

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      He's praying that Joselu can at least score from 1 yard

    2. Grounderz
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      And the dude looking at him is quietly praying that he would be the one Benitez picks from the bench.

    3. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Firstly why is Chris Brunt starting at him in an odd way, and secondly what is Chris Brunt doing in the Newcastle dugout?

      1. Differentiator
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        ? More like, since when did Eric Dier sign for Newcastle

        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          8 years, 9 months ago

          True 😀

        2. Red Dagger ✪
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 9 months ago

          Lovern appears to be in there also...?

          1. Jafooli
            • 14 Years
            8 years, 9 months ago

            And Valentino Rossi (bottom right)...

            1. FPLHaggis
              • 11 Years
              8 years, 9 months ago

              Liev Schreiber far left also.

  3. Meinhoff
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Ayoze and Joselu are terrible. Newcastle need a decent striker

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      It is quite hard to get one of those. Look at Everton trying to replace Lukaku.

  4. OPTA FPL
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    I have Joselu

  5. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Almost a Mbemba assist

    1. *Reformed-Character*
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Cheers

  6. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Is that Mbemeba or Ronaldo?

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Mbembadinho

  7. VFORVANDETA
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Eliott loking good?

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      6/10

  8. Lord of Ings
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Best 4.5m def for next week guys?

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Ben Mee

    2. Turbolag
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Martina I guess. They're all pretty bad options next week.

    3. Siggy in the Middle
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Kyle Naughton

    4. MTPockets
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Fernandez?

    5. Hooky
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Wimmer if fit

  9. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Almost a Mbemba assist

    1. *Reformed-Character*
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      I almost won the lottery few weeks back

  10. Sharkytect
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Relying on newcastle and Brighton players to save my gameweek.

    Bloody hell. Times are bad

  11. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    March is quick

    1. Siggy in the Middle
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      February goes by even quicker

      1. Pochecinno
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        😆

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      31 days like many other months

    3. Pochecinno
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Well, February is two or three days shorter so March does kind of spring on you.

      1. *Reformed-Character*
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        Poor

    4. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      *Quick March

  12. Hooky
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Get Shelvey on - a red card would liven this game up a bit!

  13. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    More details on almost Mbemba assist please. What to relive it in my head....

    1. Celt Abroad
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Definitely one for the end of season highlights reel.

    2. Knowledgeable meerkat
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      I can almost remember it but not quite

    3. *Reformed-Character*
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Remove 3 letters from your name

    4. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Mbembadonkey slaloms into the penalty area from the left hand side, breaking ankles as he does so. He calmly lays the ball off to Ayoze Perez, who, thinking he is Bale, tries to hit first time, but only succeeds in firing over from 10 yards. All the while, Mbemba is distraught. He knew 3 points were at stake there.

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        Perez is pish.

    5. Pochecinno
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      He passed his wife the lube

  14. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Double Newcastle defense looking good.
    Shame they're on the bench.

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      same here, do was never going to start them. They will remain there for next weeks match vs Pool too

  15. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Bruno... wtf.

    1. Optimus.
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      brain fart

  16. Lord of Ings
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Is cuco Martina nailed on?

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      no, competing with Holgate, Carl Lewin depend on the formation they play

  17. drughi
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Firmino and Alonso > Lukaku and Azpi for free, yay or nay ?

    1. *Reformed-Character*
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Fck yeah

    2. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Selling Alonso will come back to bite

      1. *Reformed-Character*
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        For apzi ? Can't see the bite personally

        1. Differentiator
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 9 months ago

          Alonso will outscore by season end comfortably IMO

          1. *Reformed-Character*
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 9 months ago

            What like the 7 points more he got last season ? Almost zero logic in that theory

            1. Differentiator
              • 10 Years
              8 years, 9 months ago

              Alonso played far fewer minutes

              1. *Reformed-Character*
                • 9 Years
                8 years, 9 months ago

                And will again

                1. Differentiator
                  • 10 Years
                  8 years, 9 months ago

                  Err he played fewer minutes on the basis that he only started in GW5/6 or something last season..... Not over the course of the season.

      2. drughi
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        Maybe it will but with so many expensive strikers performing I can't have firmino as my second striker. Could downgrade mikhi but don't like the balance in my team with only 2 big hitters in midfield

        1. Differentiator
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 9 months ago

          Vardy

        2. *Reformed-Character*
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 9 months ago

          I wouldnt ditch firmino before Newcastle

    3. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Yup.

  18. The Mandalorian
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Manchester United will decide next week whether midfielder Paul Pogba will have surgery on his hamstring.

  19. Guy Demel
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    How does a professional footballer do what Bruno did there?

    1. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Frank Bruno in disguise.

    2. Hooky
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      He's certainly no Guy Demel

  20. tm245
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Can't see these teams being able to maintain this pace. Elliot and Ryan will be playing 1v1 by the end if this continues.

  21. E25
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Too top heavy? Obviously lots of rotating between cheap mids/defs.
    WC for gw8

    Elliot (Krul)
    Azpi Jones Fernandez Mee (Mbemba)
    Erik Salah Ritchie (RLC TC)
    Kun Kane Morata

    1. Siggy in the Middle
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Looks good

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      RLC can't play against Chelsea (Parent club) in GW8

    3. CloudSky
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Im looking at similar.

  22. Knowledgeable meerkat
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Why does the commentator keep saying "Kuh-nockaert", surely it's just knockaert unless I'm badly mistaken

    1. HALFSPACE
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Its Nokhart really

      1. Differentiator
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        First name Mario

      2. CloudSky
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        Its not, hes French.

        1. HALFSPACE
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 9 months ago

          The K is silent

          1. HALFSPACE
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 9 months ago

            As is the last letter T

            Nockha'

    2. hogree
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Mate who's a Brighton fan was saying it genuinely is "Kuhnockaert"

  23. grig
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Was Wimmer injured? Didnt even realize yesterday that he wsnt playing?

  24. Leaf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    How's my boy Atsu looking ?

    1. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Who is your boy? Bless you btw

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        Fiber optics?

    2. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Meh..

      1. Differentiator
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        rez

    3. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Bless you....

    4. Pochecinno
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Lively. Been close to a couple of assists.

  25. mazkills
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    mbemba just dwarfed bruno

  26. Knowledgeable meerkat
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    ElliotSavePointGate

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Da faq...is that three saves?

    2. Siggy in the Middle
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      #JeSuisRob

  27. OPTA FPL
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    How is Joselu playing?

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      😮

      1. OPTA FPL
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        😎

        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          8 years, 9 months ago

          😀

    2. Duffy Dunk
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Hit and miss

  28. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Real quality match this one

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      low quality

      1. OPTA FPL
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        360p

  29. Scout Pics
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Would you rather Salah or Coutinho + 0.4 on a WC?

    1. VFORVANDETA
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Salah

    2. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Cou

    3. *sigh*
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Coutinho

    4. Red Dagger ✪
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Coutinho at this point now I think...

    5. Unfathomable Ruination
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Salah has scored so consistently. Coutinho will be more explosive, perhaps, but Salah is so consistently good.

    6. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Coutinho might be rested GW8 after playing for Brazil

    7. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Phil is the better player

      1. Rudy
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        who cares who the better player is

    8. Pochecinno
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Both good picks at good prices. Pick the one you like. Coutinho if you're desperate for the 0.4

    9. JONALDINHO
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Coutinho wont have as much an impact in deeper role when Mane returns. e.g burnley game

      1. Pochecinno
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        Yes but set pieces

    10. Odikostar
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Think Cou with that extra 0.4

    11. Jsadler95
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Salah without a doubt. Once Mane is back Coutinho will drop back into that midfield three I'd expect so Salah is going to have way more chances. Whether he puts them away is to be seen but he also has assist potential. I'd personally stick with Salah for now.

    12. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Salah

  30. Toplad
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Elliot
    Mee, Jones, Cedric
    Salah, Eriksen, Silva
    Kane, Kaku, Firmino
    - Foster, Naughton, Mbemba, RLC, Carroll

    Which option should I go for (thnx in advance):
    A) Firmino > Vardy (ft)
    B) Eriksen, Firmino > Morata, Brady/Ritchie (-4)
    C) Eriksen, Firmino > Aguero, Brady/Richie (-4)

    1. Loðbrók
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Save

    2. Jsadler95
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      None, I think you're fine as you are. Mane is back next week and Liverpool are playing Newcastle so I'd expect them to win comfortably now they have Mane Salah Firmino and Coutinho all fit and playing. Mane Salah and Coutinho are all in form as well, and Firmino was until last game. Think you're better off saving.