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The Premier League’s least-effective attack takes on the division’s leakiest defence in the final match of Gameweek 11, which kicks off at 20:00 GMT.

Huddersfield Town haven’t scored in any of their five home fixtures this season and indeed going back to March of this year have only found the back of the net on one occasion in ten Premier League matches at the John Smith’s Stadium.

The Terriers have registered fewer big chances and shots on target in 2018/19 than any of the other 19 top-flight clubs.

Fulham’s defensive problems this season are well-documented and the Cottagers have shipped more goals (28) than any side in the English top tier – despite playing one fewer match than all teams bar Huddersfield.

Aleksandar Mitrovic (£6.7m) has delivered an attacking return in three of Fulham’s five away fixtures this season but plenty of Fantasy managers have lost faith in the Serbian striker, who is without a goal since Gameweek 6.

Mitrovic was the most-sold FPL forward of Gameweek 11 and has also been transferred out by more Fantasy bosses than any other player in the run-up to Gameweek 12, with the Cottagers in action against Liverpool next Sunday.

Only two forwards have registered more attempts on goal than the former Newcastle United target-man this season, but his attacking KPIs have taken a nosedive in recent weeks with even team-mate Aboubakar Kamara (£4.3m) having racked up more shots than Mitrovic from Gameweek 8 onwards.

Andre Schurrle (£5.9m) is the next most-owned FPL asset of the players starting tonight.

Just two FPL midfielders have registered more shots on goal than the former Chelsea midfielder this season.

Slavisa Jokanovic has made one change from the strong starting XI  that was beaten 2-0 by Manchester City in the Carabao Cup last Thursday, with Maxime Le Marchand (£4.3m) replacing Tim Ream (£4.3m).

Ryan Sessegnon (£6.0m) is once again deployed at left-back, while Tom Cairney (£4.8m) gets his first league start since Gameweek 3.

David Wagner has made three alterations to his starting XI, meanwhile, with Terence Kongolo (£4.3m), Florent Hadergjonaj (£4.4m) and Steve Mounie (£5.8m) replacing Erik Durm (£4.4m), Isaac Mbenza (£5.9m) and Laurent Depoitre (£5.2m).

Durm misses out with a minor groin problem.

Huddersfield Town XI (3-5-1-1): Lossl; Zanka, Schindler, Kongolo; Lowe, Billing, Hogg, Mooy, Hadergjonaj; Pritchard; Mounie.

Fulham XI (4-3-3): Rico; Fosu-Mensah, Odoi, Le Marchand, Sessegnon; Cairney, Anguissa, Seri; Vietto, Mitrovic, Schurrle.

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  1. Planet Head
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Billing better not score... Took him out at 11.29

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Genuinely don't think it's a move you'll live to regret.

      1. Planet Head
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Took him out for Bennett (0) 🙂

    2. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      The new Fellaini, allegedly 😉

      1. kalmoffit
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Reminds me that I need to do something about the old Fellaini

  2. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Can I cover Mane, Salah and Robertson with TAA (C)?

    1. One More Hit
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Well, it's one option...

  3. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Canny wait to sell Mitrovic

    1. FPL Forward Thinker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      I sold on Friday night for Arnautovic before Mitrovic’s price drop ..but I actually think Mitrovic’s next 4 or so home games look good and away games look awful and wouldn’t be surprised if they play someone else up front in tricky away matches. But double digits possible in home fixtures.

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Fulham are awful.

        There is no upside to owning any of their players. Flat out awful.

      2. HNI
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Thats what we thoughg in easy 3 from last 4 as well. No longer passes even eye test as rest of team not supporting

  4. kalmoffit
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Mitro needs to do as Rafa wanted and help out the defence.

  5. dvdguy
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    new manager for Fulham by next GW?

    1. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      This is my worry.

    2. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Mourinho no longer the man in the firing line a

    3. Rash
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      That would throw a spanner in the works.. if they was to change though I think over IB would be the time to do it.

    4. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Could do with a bus-parking dinosaur, their defenders must be dirt cheap by now.

      1. HNI
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Mourinho suits Fulham then

  6. FPL Forward Thinker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Van Dijk hat trick next weekend?

  7. Never Captain Nicky Butt
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Are you Derby in disguise???

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Lol

  8. tucaoneo
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Oh poor Fulham

  9. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Liverpool should be able to score 10 this weekend. Which means 0-0 incoming.

  10. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Perfection thus far

  11. Lilac Breasted Roller
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Oh dear. Convince me not to blow my triple Captain next week when liv faces fullham

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      No

    2. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Very tempting actually

    3. MTPockets
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Only if he gets a hattrick

      • Sif
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        new manager bounce

      • The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Don’t blow him unless he hauls 😉

      • HNI
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Some Mane Salah owner going to be bursting crackers next gw

        1. Zladan
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          No nut November.

    4. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      *Goes and scouts players from: liv SOU che LEI mun

      1. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Salah, Ings, Hazard, Vardy, Martial

        1. HNI
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          Ings misses for fun. Last time too he scored from penalty and soton not going to get fouled every match as they busy defending majorly

    5. Ghost Gooner
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Is Fosu-Mensah still on United's books?

      1. HNI
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Yes on loan. Maybe after Mou is kickd he gets his chance

        1. Ghost Gooner
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          He needs to be sold and I'm sure I've seen him playing international games recently, such a terrible player

        2. Meinhoff
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          Lol he's awful, even by Fulham standards

      2. Fred54
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Yes.

      3. FP El Wonky
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Yes he's on loan

        1. Ghost Gooner
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          No way he makes it back to the United squad. Terrible player

    6. HNI
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Lmao Fulham are so bad that now even Hud are scoring. Welcome back to championship. And please take hud and cardiff with you. Atleast happy we fot gem of a club in Wolves from championship. Even better promoted clubs than bou amd soton of yesteryers. But ofcourse no one beats Leicester. One in century achievement

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        The gap between the 'Top 6' and the rest has gotten even bigger. Makes Leicester's achievement all the more remarkable.

    7. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      I need Lössl cs... But someway, somehow I know Mitro will score 🙁

      1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Not gonna happen

    8. Chenku╰☆╮
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      I am keeping mitro until he plays fulham..

      1. FPL Forward Thinker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        :-p

    9. altan8797
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      good evening everyone

      any suggestion on my team? thinking of saving my ft and bring jimenez/rihcarlison for vardy/kenedy next week

      hart boruc
      awb robbo alonso yedlin suttner
      haz salah maddy hoijberg kenedy
      kun arnie vardy

      cheers

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        There is top match going on!

      2. GreennRed
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Jimenez or Ings.

    10. SweeSwee
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Mitro reminds me of Pele from Southampton.

      1. Ghost Gooner
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Pelle was a decent fpl option. Mitro has been terrible bar his purple patch

        1. Chenku╰☆╮
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          Pellet was decent for gw8 only..

    11. Niho992
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Lowe with 3 assists so far, and he's on set pieces, interesting pick, on my radar for sure

    12. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Wouldn't surprise me if Mitro has had the fewest touches of any outfield player in this match so far

    13. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Keep mitro for huddlefield they said

      Keep Maddison for Burnley

      .....

      1. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        See you Maddison - just going to keep blanking.

      2. MTPockets
          7 years, 5 months ago

          People lie

        • SPorting
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          And you said “No thank you, I have a mind of my own”.

        • LOL LINGARD SCORED
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          What should happen and what does happen in football are often two different things

        • Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          I have a rule that I will sell a player if they have blanked 4 weeks in a row. Sometimes good fixtures can fool us into thinking attacking returns will come.

        • The Special Wan
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          Will keep Maddy for Burnley if no urgent transfer

      3. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        The saddest fact of all here is that Huddersfield can score more if they want.

        1. Epic Fail
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          But they don't want to?

          1. Nomar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 5 months ago

            They will.

            They certainly should.

      4. LOL LINGARD SCORED
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Fulham look like they’re just making it all up as they go along, absolutely terrible.

      5. Monkey Hanger
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Fulham so inept they might as well lump it forward for Mitro every time they get the ball.

      6. SweeSwee
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        100m well spent.

      7. Niho992
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        fulham is worst team in the league, even worse than Cardiff.

        1. Twisted Saltergater
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          I think you might well be right. At least Cardiff are remotely organised.

      8. Twisted Saltergater
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        I didn't realise how bad Fulham are playing. It's not even Championship level stuff.

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          This is League one tripe

      9. Chenku╰☆╮
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        We might finally have the first manager sacking..

      10. Butcher
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Salah triple captain anyone?

        1. mdm
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          Easiest decision ever

      11. manu4life99
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Mitro out (If he blanks) for whom:

        A) Wilson
        B) Jiminez
        C) Ings
        D) Murray

        1. Dont_Win_Friends_With_Salah…
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          D

        2. Twisted Saltergater
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          A

        3. kalmoffit
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          A

        4. Epic Fail
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          Shouldn't matter if he blanks or not. Ditch anyway.

          A

        5. Rage Against The Raheem
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          A

        6. FPL Pillars
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          a

        7. GREEN IS GOOD
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          even if he scores, get rid

        8. dunas_dog
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          A

        9. QUEN
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          D with fixtures

        10. Hansel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          Wow, surprised by the amount of people saying Wilson. I was quite set on getting Murray

        11. Yank Revolution
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          You have the cash for Arnie? Or already own him?

          1. manu4life99
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 5 months ago

            Own Arny & Aguero