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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. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Prefer low scoring gws and despair on this site

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Bit annoying when everyone has scored 100+ this GW!

  2. jam
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Struggling for a Hernandez replacement. Rashford seems the only option and OGS mentioned rotating the front 3 which concerns me. Ings vs Man City, or what? Another price drop.

  3. AzzaroMax99
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    75 after bps but this is my best result since gw10 when I started free fall out of 10k 🙂

    1. Rosey Palmer
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah, week didn't turn out badly even with no Hazard and Martial no show. FAnderson saved my week with 17 pts between he and Ings and 2 more off the bench.

  4. fc_skrald
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Is this wildcard defence good enough?

    Etheridge, Speroni
    Robertson, Doherty, Digne, Kiko, Bednarek

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

      Not keen on Etheridge.

    2. Stockport Hatter
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Yes

      1. Stockport Hatter
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Actually isn’t Etheridge off to Asian games?

        1. daveoafc77
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          not missing any games if i remember rightly

        2. fc_skrald
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          The article here says he wil only play the opnening game and no pl games will be affected

          https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2018/12/23/how-the-asian-cup-will-affect-our-fpl-squads/

    3. FDMS All Starz
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      TAA over Robertson i think

  5. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    @Patch - told you your blasphemy would cost you......

    1. Patch
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Me and God are gonna have some words...I really wanted to sacrifice that virgin too...

  6. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Holebas, Pereira, Shaw or Alderweireld? I’m really struggling. Currently thinking of Pereira

    1. Winter_is_coming
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      I prefer Holebas and will buy him. Was choosing between Holebas and Chilwell, but Puel say, that after 2 matches vs Chelsea and City some of his players are very tired, don't want to buy Leicester defender before Cardiff and see him on the bench.

    2. Boo Ya Ka Sha
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      I like either Pereira/Shaw

    3. Teomi
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Shaw for me, ogs want his fullbacks to attack

    4. ZeBestee
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Holebas or Shaw

  7. thischarmingman
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    The way things are going I might just burn this wc to have 2ft next week.

    1. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Nice position to be in

    2. madame shelly
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Good point !
      Too late for me

  8. Boo Ya Ka Sha
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Slooooooow down

  9. madame shelly
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    A Peryaya & Wilson or
    B rich & in

    On wc

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      B

  10. Winter_is_coming
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Second 100+ score in last 4 gameweeks, so happy.
    Before Liv-MU I drop Salah for a hit and move from 32k to 11k since, which show that there are so much ways to play this game with absolutely different strategies.

    1. joakimosterberg
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Nice!

  11. madame shelly
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    A Peryaya & Wilson or
    B rich & ings

    On wc

    1. joakimosterberg
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      B

    2. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      B

  12. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Wilson to Mitrovic? Or is that a pointless transfer?

    1. Louis Van Gaalstones
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Both players getting consistent 2 points lately, wouldn't say it's necessary

    2. AuFeld
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      The most goal attempts in the last six without a goal vs the team that has conceded the second most chances down the middle over the last four. It's now or never...

      For the season, he has more goal attempts then any other player in the league.

  13. NWA
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Hi Lads,

    What to do with Alonso?
    Keep or not and is trippier the best option?

    Thx

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Keeping for at least the next 3 juicy fixtures

      1. Teomi
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        This

    2. joakimosterberg
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      I've kept and kept and kept. Moved for Digne before this gw. No looking back.

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Great call

        1. circusmonkey
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          I got Digne in place of Laporte rather than Alonso, will still need to sell Alonso to get Hazard back though, and Anderson (yikes).

  14. Louis Van Gaalstones
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Super unsure on who to captain this weekend, such a minefield

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Me

  15. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    There's only one man to save my season now.... Get in my team KUN!!

  16. Vlad Tepes
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Can someone explain to me why Salah did not get a Ban? Even though it was contact he clearly exaggerated so for me it was a clear dive..

    1. Tempestic
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      I think because there was some contact (however marginal it was)

    2. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Because the PL protects its poster boy players. If it were someone like Pereyra it would be a ban.

  17. Ode
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    So many great options atm, makes this game way more interesting when everyone doesn’t have the same team.

    1. Chucky
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      This... loving it

    2. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      And yet somehow I'm sitting here with Sane and Sterling.

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      I am with you, frustrated at the same time when marginal decision fired you back ...

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

    Would you sell Sane or Sterling for Son.... or just keep both?

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Sterling

    2. ZeBestee
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Sterling for me.

    3. KDF
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Son is on Asia Cup duty soon

  19. FDMS All Starz
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Which combo is better??

    A) Jiménez-Son-KDB-Robertson

    Or

    B) Kane-Richarlison-Fanderson-Bednarek

  20. VinMar
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Play Laca or Wilson?

    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Im considering benching Auba for Wilson 😆

  21. Make FPL Casual Again
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Thoughts on Alonso, Sane, Snod out for TAA, Pogba, Pamderson...-8

    Alonso not getting attacking returns, CSs, not justifying price

    TAA getting attacking returns, but two difficult fixtures,

    Pogba outscoring Sane, central to Utds attack, good fixtures,cheaper, less rotation

    Already have Martial (in for Anderson this week minutes before news of him not at hotel, ha ha, also got Haz for Sterling), but need correct this dumb move by getting Anderson back in..who sounds like he could have had a lot more tonight)

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      For me 100% no

      1. Make FPL Casual Again
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Pogbas home to BOU, could get double digits again....Sane might not even play, and returns over last few not great....

        Andersons got Burnley, likely double figures again,

        Need to downgrade Alonso for above and not justifying price anyway, could get Shaw instead of TAA for fixtures but prefer TAA long term....

    2. Teomi
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      I would wait with Alonso transfer. Chelsea had great fixtures comparing to liv

    3. GoonerSteve
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      I’ve kept Alonso, I take your point but I have a feeling he could be the next to bite sellers in the arse. As you say, difficult fixtures for his replacements, assume you have Digne?

      Tricky this. Fantasy football gets very frustrating if you chase last weeks mistakes. Quite often, that turns out to be this weeks mistake!

      1. Make FPL Casual Again
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Ive been patient with Alonso for a while, Pogba and Anderson very hard to ignore in current form, while TAA improving attacking wise...leaves some money itb aswell

        I have Digne...luckily played him this week.

    4. Hulk Smash
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Sane to Pogba/Anderson only this week. A -8 is hard to claw back.

  22. GoonerSteve
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    83 points and a green arrow likely but still annoyed about my Wan B points in 1st sub.

    OCD

  23. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Right, no more panics about 5 yellows then!

  24. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Take 80 after many many many bad weeks. Hope yous all had a good one

    1. yakirh
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Got 88 but 28 on the bench 🙁

  25. balint84
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    A) Jimenez+Madison
    B) Rashford+Snodgrass

    1. yakirh
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      A
      Because Rashford will be rotation risk

  26. TRIPOS TOPPER
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    95 all out

    50k to 22k

    thank you Digne and Anderson

    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      How do you know your rank already? Cheers

      1. TRIPOS TOPPER
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        livefpl.net

  27. yakirh
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Alonso to Holebas or keep Alonso?

    1. Teomi
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Keep - just look at the next three fixtures

    2. Ask Yourself
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Keep for 3 more then get pool

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

    Sané and Snodgrass to Fanderson and Pogba for free?

    1. Eytexi
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      A million percent yes.

    2. Teomi
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Im not selling sane but go with your guts.
      Think sane will haul in coming weeks

    3. GoonerSteve
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      I would

  29. joinho
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    When does Son go to the asia cup? and who's the next best spurs midfielder?

    1. SADIO SANÉ
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      3 more games, Eriksen I guess

    2. Nightf0x
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      After manu game, alli & moura for me

  30. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    So many options I feel like there’s just luck at the moment. Another week and the Salah dive isn’t given and Sane/Sterling haul

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Little margins is right man.