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Lucas Perez starts up front for West Ham as Hernandez misses out

The final match of Gameweek 19 takes place this evening as Southampton take on injury-hit West Ham United. Kick-off at St. Mary’s Stadium is at 19:45 GMT.

Already without the services of Marko Arnautovic (£6.9m), the visitors are also missing Javier Hernandez (£6.4m) through injury – so Lucas Perez (£6.2m) makes only his second league start of the season for the Hammers.

Manuel Pellegrini has made five changes in all to his West Ham starting XI, with Michail Antonio (£6.8m) shifted to right-back in place of the absent Pablo Zabaleta (£4.3m), and Grady Diangana (£4.5m) getting a recall on the wing.

Felipe Anderson (£7.3m) and Robert Snodgrass (£5.4m) retain their places.

Pellegrini has only been able to name six substitutes tonight, including youngsters Xande Silva and Conor Coventry (both £4.5m).

Lukasz Fabianski (£4.7m) is  the most-owned FPL player on show this evening.

The Saints are not quite so injury-ravaged and Ralph Hasenhuttl has made only one alteration to his side from the team that beat Huddersfield Town in Gameweek 18: the suspended Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (£4.4m) being replaced by Mario Lemina (£4.8m).

Danny Ings (£5.6m) has been transferred in by more FPL managers than any other budget asset in each of the last two Gameweeks: just over 350,000 Fantasy bosses have brought the Southampton striker in during this time.

By contrast, Felipe Anderson was the fourth-most-sold Fantasy player of Gameweek 19: over 165,000 managers shipped out the Brazilian midfielder, despite him recording an attacking return in five of his last eight starts.

Southampton XI (3-4-3): McCarthy; Bednarek, Vestergaard, Yoshida; Valery, Lemina, Romeu, Targett; Armstrong, Ings, Redmond.

West Ham United XI (4-2-3-1): Fabianski; Antonio, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell; Rice, Obiang; Snodgrass, Diangana, Anderson; Perez.

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  1. Scheister
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    2 FTs, 0.1 itb, and a few unfavorable fixtures this gw. Any suggestions?
    Cheers

    Fab
    Robbo Alonso Trippier Doherty
    Salah Sane Richarlison Martial
    Kane Jimenez

    Button Ings AWB Camarasa

    1. Get up ya bum
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      What are your ideas?

      1. Scheister
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Nine honestly

        1. Scheister
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          (None) niet

    2. ILOVEBAPS
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Nope. Pretty amazing team.

    3. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      It's fine, good team
      might be tempting to play play Ings instead of Jimenez, hard to decide a transfer, I wouldn't sell Alonso right now.
      No obvious transfers really

    4. sunzip14
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      No obvious transfers but I would be tempted to sell Alonso for another Chelsea def (Luiz my call) and keep some money itb for future moves.

      1. Scheister
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Possibly Alonso to Digne or TAA, and Sane to Hazard

    5. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I would try to get hazard through sane

      1. Scheister
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Alonso to Digne or TAA, and Sane to Hazard

        1. Scheister
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          ?

          1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Yes

        2. Tree House
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          This is a good idea

  2. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Up to 5K OR despite Sterling+Sane, just thinking what could have been if City smashed Leicester :or at least 1 pass from Sane to Sterling

    1. Karan14
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      If they had performed a little better past 3-4 weeks I would be in Top 500.

      Still not bad considering I’m in Top 2k but both Sane & Sterling have to go.

      1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah,If only
        I've already done Sterling to Hazard, giving Sane another chance..

        1. Karan14
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          I’m doing Sterling to Richarlison which will release cash for Sane to Salah in a couple of weeks.

          Expecting them to start trolling sellers now.

          1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            That looks good, Did you already have Pogba/Martial?
            Yeah of course they are going to troll us :), But the double up just looks to much so I sold 1 for now.

            1. Karan14
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Yup I got Pogba before this week.

              Agreed Sane looks enough City attacking cover for now.

      2. SirT83
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Really? Think City won't be crushing teams again. Let one go, not both.

    2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Same.Really those 2 flopped unbelievably

  3. grayedog
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    2 FT, 0.2 ITB

    Fab / Rui
    Robbo / Laporte / Digne / AWB / Chilwell
    Salah / Sane / Rich / Fraser / DStephens
    Kane / Wilson / Mitro

    a) Rui + Laporte + Sane -> 4.0 GK + Holebas/Shaw + Hazard (-4)
    b) Rui + Laporte -> 4.0 GK + Holebas/Shaw, then Sane -> Hazard next week for free
    b) Laporte + Sane -> Bennett + Hazard (leaves enough ITB for Fraser -> Pereya if no price changes)
    c) Laporte + Fraser -> 5.7 max DEF + Pereya

    1. Regin
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      B I guess. The first b

  4. KUNingas
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Good morning.

    On WC and still wondering what should I do. So I have two options

    A) Take Salah right away
    B) Keep Son as a placeholder for two weeks and then switch to Salah

    1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      B isn't a bad idea but I won't be surprised if Salah tears apart that Arsenal defence.

      1. KUNingas
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah I know.. B would allow me to get Robbo + TAA for GW22

        1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Ah, long term, Ideally I'd want TAA+Robbo+Salah

    2. Karan14
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      B is probably worth risk given Son’s form.

      1. KUNingas
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        So basically it would go like this:

        A) Salah + TAA
        B) Anderson + Robbo, then in GW22 Son + Pereira -> Salah + TAA

        Fab, 3.9
        Digne, Pereira, AWB, Bennett, **
        Hazard, Son, Pogba, Richarlison, **
        Kane, Ings, Kamara

        1. Karan14
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Yup B looks good imo.

        2. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          B looks good this but injuries could really spoil your plans, and you do have Kane so might just go with Salah

          1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            This

        3. KUNingas
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Thanks!

    3. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      A .I am capping salah this week most likely.Gunners defense awful

      1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Why not your man Hazard?

        1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Pedro out so dunno where haz will play plus palace has always been our bogey team
          Going to cap him gw21 22 anyway

        2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          This week tricky with no standout choice.Kane salah haz all good options

  5. Regin
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Gw12 32k
    Gw19 168k
    On a steep nosedive!!
    F Anderson, Digne, Pogba and son with a brace and none of them in my team.
    Went for martial, Kane.
    In gw11 I went for Arnie instead of f Anderson and it cost me dearly.
    Just sharing my sorrows.
    Last week captained sane instead of auba, this week Kane instead of hazard.
    Don't have Salah who is hauling since I sold him..

    1. Srv210
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Similar boat..fall to 65k from 12k

    2. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Just regroup and keep at it and you'll get back up

  6. sunzip14
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Am I gtg with this lot? Starting 11 in right order? Captain Kane or Hazard?

    Fabianski
    Robertson, Digne, Luiz
    Anderson, Hazard, Eriksen, Snodgrass
    (K)ane, Auba, Rondon

    Subs: Hamer, Schindler, Kenedy, Stankovic

    1. sunzip14
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      0.6 itb and no more ft available.

    2. Srv210
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Gtg..I'm on Kane but seriously thinking F.Anderson (C) Burnley look very poor

  7. chaser123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    1FT and £4.4m ITB.

    Fabianski
    Alonso | Robertson | Digne
    Martial | Son | Sané | Snodgrass | Richarlison
    Kane | Rashford

    (Success | Doherty | AWB)

    Thoughts on Success to Vardy?

    It would mean dropping Snodgrass to the bench and it would also probably result in Vardy out in GW22...to facilitate Son to Salah.

    1. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Vardy does have good fixtures but he is not exactly been 'explosive'. if you intend to bench snodgrass, you may as well switch him to Anderson and play him

  8. Srv210
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    I will be left with 5.0m for a mid after I do my planned transfers,so wanted to ask who to get for that budget

    A) Brooks (preferred choice)
    B) McArthur
    C) hojbjerg (and bank the cash)

    Brooks seems like the best I can get at that price

    1. sunzip14
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Brooks the best option here

    2. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Brooks imo. The guy is levels above BOU's imo. Deserves a top six side imo.

    3. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Brooks easily

  9. Karan14
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Fabianski
    Alonso • Doherty • Digne
    Sterling • Hazard • Sane • Pogba • Pereyra
    Kane • Jimènez

    (Button / Awb / Diop / Kamara)
    1 ft & 0.2m

    Sterling ➡️ Richarlison for free?
    Releases money to upgrade Sane to Salah next week or so.
    Also gives money to upgrade Diop to Lovren/TAA.

    Appreciate your thoughts! 🙂

    1. Srv210
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I'll do that...and get TAA

      1. Karan14
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers! 🙂

    2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Yes like ur plan.Pool defense essential.I did sterling to pogba and upgraded sane to salah now itself since I have to ditch kola and rondon after next week so solved one headache.
      Wouldn't like to pay 13.4 in a few weeks.

      1. Karan14
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers mate!

        Just don’t think Sane to Salah is worth -4 this week. Will do it for free next week.

    3. Root
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Save FT

    4. badhombres
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Alonso to TAA and then Sterling to Salah gives you a great team

      1. Karan14
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Can’t afford those moves unfortunately.

    5. french holiday
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Doherty to Holebas

    6. Tree House
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Save it then make both next week

  10. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Santa told me Martial ate all his Xmas dinner up.

    You'll regret selling y'all.

    1. Klein
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Yup. Dont know why people are rushing to sell. He is still their best man.

  11. Cojones of Destiny
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    who’d you start out of : one in each
    a. jim
    b. ings

    1. awb
    2. kola
    3. bennet

    thx

  12. dee_top
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    How this WC team is looking?

    Fab-3,9
    Robbo-Digne-Doherty-Holebas-AWB
    Hazard-Salah-Pogba-F.Anderson-Pereyra
    Kane-Ings-Kamara

    1. KUNingas
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      No Son?

      1. dee_top
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Instead of who?
        I can’t get Richarlison too

        1. KUNingas
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Anderson

    2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Fantastic

  13. arndff_
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Seems like everyone here had a great gw except me, damn.

      1. Holmes
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        I hope to not take this game seriously like them... 😮

    1. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Not looking hard enough.

  14. Klein
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Trippier rested or what? Searching for alonso replacement.

    1. french holiday
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Keep him...his 15 pointer is coming soon

  15. Franfe98
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Wildcard

    Salah - Hazard - Richarlison - ..................... - ......................
    Kane - Kamara - .............

    A) Felipe Anderson - Pogba - Raul Jimenez

    B) Snodgrass - Camarasa - Aguero

    Please choose!!

    1. dee_top
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      A

    2. Klein
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      A
      But not sure about kane

    3. KUNingas
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      A

  16. KUNingas
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Martial or F.Anderson? Already have Pogba

    1. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      F. Anderson imo.

  17. We ain't got no histor…
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Lads

    Help me use my 2FT's, 0.3 ITB

    Ederson Hamer
    Alonso Lindelof Benett AWB Lovren
    Salah Fanderson Fraser Sane Richarlison
    Auba Jimenez Chicha*

    Cheers

    1. french holiday
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Ederson out for Fabianski
      Fraser out for Pereryra

  18. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Why have the Scouts put Stones in midfield in the team news? Seems Strange.

    Anyhow with David back I think Citeh will get back on it, peeps don't appreciate how important he is to the team. I'll put Fern. in that bracket too.

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      yeah, hopefully both are back

    2. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Fernandinho and Delph out and Pep played Stones there the othe game. Simple really

      1. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Simples.

        Anyhow David's back in the fold, normal business to resume.

  19. Champions united
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Pain of playing ings over anderson 🙁

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      happens, one of those 50-50 choices

    2. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Went for Chicha a few weeks back instead of Anderson 😥

    3. dvdguy
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Top this, took out Anderson for Martial instead of Pogba.

      1. bombayblues
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Same here!

  20. Gigging Order
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    N00b question but after the deadline has passed tomorrow is it possible to activate the January wildcard already?

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      yes since its not a Jan WC anymore, its 2nd half WC

      1. Gigging Order
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks! Despite 8+ years of playing the game the wording around when wildcards are allowed to be played still confuses me!

        1. Holmes
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          it has changed recently, 2 years back I think

          used to be a Jan only WC before that

  21. french holiday
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Fanderson has more double digit hauls than Salah and yet Salah (c) v Arsenal seems to appeal to people more than Fanderson v Burnley.

    1. the snazzy viking
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      error 404: logic not found

    2. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Citeh will smash Saints.

      Hell, it could be 10!

      1. french holiday
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        hasssenhuttl knows how to set his team vs big sides whether it be bayern or dortmund or arsenal or city

      2. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Sorry read Sane instead of Salah.

        Rather Salah(c) against an Arse Keystone Cops defence anyway.

  22. Slitherene
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    On a WC. Need help!

    A) Kane + KdB + Kamara + Mane + Bednarek

    B) Kane + KdB + Firmino + Camarasa + AWB

    C) Aguero + Alli + Deeney + Mane + AWB

    D) Aguero + Eriksen + Firmino + Pereyra + AWB

  23. punisher
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Who is a better fpl prospect? pogba or martial ??

    1. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Imo Martial, but rumours are that his minutes will be managed.
      Pogba on the other hand is United's key man.

    2. french holiday
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      i would get pogba first then lingard before considering martial

    3. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I'd go Martial still

  24. french holiday
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    why was the scoutcast cancelled this week?

    1. Karan14
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      There was no scoutcast planned before GW22.

      1. french holiday
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        will there be breakfast club this weekend?

        1. Karan14
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Not sure about that. But there was a captaincy video yesterday and a pressers round up one scheduled for today.

  25. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Team for this week. Just the one FT Snodgrass->Lingard. Good to go?

    Fabianski
    Robertson Alonso Doherty
    Salah Hazard Son Lingard Richarlison
    Aubameyang Ings

    Hennessey(i) AWB Bennett Success

    0FT 0.0ITB

    1. Karan14
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      There could be rotation at United next 2 games. Alexis, Martial & Lukaku are expected to be fit.

      Snoddy has bur & BHA next 2 I’d keep him.

      1. Differential C (Mark)
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Already did it, haha. I considered those points in my deliberation and felt the risk was worth it.
        Besides, plan for post GW22 is Son+Lingard->Pogba+Moura anyway.

    2. french holiday
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      sell doherty for digne instead

      1. Differential C (Mark)
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        One of the considerations I had was Bennett->Digne. Just didnt quite belive that Digne is the real deal lol. Clean sheets are the bread and butter of defenders, and a Marco Silva team is no team of solidit or defensive security.
        Or im just obstinate, perhaps.

        1. Whats the Huth
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Wolves isn’t a team of clean sheet either though

  26. french holiday
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    any news on balbuena? will he be back this weekend?

  27. royals forever
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Morning

    Help is needed on this please

    I’ve got 2FTs atm and I am using one on Ryan > Schmeichel

    but I am struggling to decide to with my other one

    Should I save it or should I try and strengthen this front 8

    Hazard Sane Richarlison Anderson Camarasa

    Rashford Aubameyang Jimenez

    0.5 ITB

    Any ideas would be welcomed

    1. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Don't see any obvious one transfer moves there

  28. SPorting
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    GTG?

    Never sure about benching WOL assets.

    Lloris
    Robbo, Digne, Holebas
    Salah, Sané, Rich, FAnderson, Fraser
    Kane, Rashford

    Button, Jimenez, Doherty, Balbu

    1. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Jim over Fraser I'd think

    2. french holiday
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      fraser out for deloufeu

      1. SPorting
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Maybe next week. Already on a -4.

    3. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      The right call imo. Good to go.

    4. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Cheers all.

  29. seewhyaxe
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Just realised I have just enough funds for:

    A) Sterling + Sane to Salah + Pogba

    B) Sterling + Anderson to Hazard + Pogba

    which pair would you prefer after gw 20?

  30. Bavarian
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Fabianski (Patricio)
    Alonso-Robertson-Digne (Doherty-AWB)
    Salah (C)-Sane-Pogba-Richarlison (Hojbjerg)
    Aubameyang-Chicharito-Jimenez

    1FT and 0.4ITB
    Any help what to do with this FT or GTG?