Dugout Discussion
29 December 2018 2423 comments
Skonto Rigga Skonto Rigga
Share:

Gameweek 20 kicks off at 15:00 GMT today as five Premier League matches take place, including Spurs v Wolves and Brighton v Everton.

Christian Eriksen, Son Heung-min and Harry Kane are joined by Dele Alli in the Spurs attack, while Kieran Trippier, Ben Davies and Davinson Sanchez return to the home defence.

Wolves meanwhile have made three changes in the midfield/forward positions, with Ruben Neves and Ivan Cavaleiro recalled and Leander Dendoncker making his first Premier League start.

Gylfi Sigurdsson and Dominic Calvert-Lewin drop to the bench for Everton’s trip to Brighton, as Richarlison is recalled up front.

Marco Silva is once again deploying a wing-back system after their 5-1 success at Turf Moor on Boxing Day.

Brighton recall Florin Andone in attack at the expense of Glenn Murray, while David Button is the £4.0m-rated goalkeeper given the nod to deputise for Mathew Ryan.

Jose Holebas, Abdoulaye Doucoure and Troy Deeney are among the substitutes as Javi Gracia makes six changes for the visit of Newcastle, who recall Christian Atsu, Ayoze Perez and Salomon Rondon.

Tom Cairney and Luciano Vietto replace Aboubakar Kamara and Andre Schurrle as Claudio Ranieri again rolls out a 3-4-3. Chris Lowe returns for Huddersfield, meanwhile.

Jamie Vardy and James Maddison both start for Leicester this afternoon, with the Foxes entertaining a Cardiff side who welcome back Callum Paterson from injury up front.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI (4-3-3): Button, Bernardo, Dunk, Duffy, Montoya, Stephens, Propper, Gross, March, Andone, Locadia.

Everton XI (3-4-3): Pickford, Zouma, Keane, Mina, Digne, Gomes, Gueye, Coleman, Bernard, Richarlison, Walcott.

Fulham XI (4-3-3): Rico, Odoi, Mawson, Ream, Christie, Chambers, Seri, Bryan, Cairney, Mitrovic, Vietto.

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

Leicester City XI (4-2-3-1): Schmeichel, Pereira, Soyuncu, Maguire, Chilwell, Mendy, Ndidi, Albrighton, Maddison, Gray, Vardy

Cardiff City XI (4-5-1): Etheridge, Ecuele Manga, Morrison, Bamba, Cunningham, Gunnarsson, Hoilett, Camarasa, Arter, Murphy, Paterson.

Tottenham Hotspur XI (4-2-3-1): Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Davies, Sissoko, Winks, Eriksen, Dele, Son, Kane.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI (3-4-3): Rui Patricio, Coady, Boly, Bennett, Doherty, Neves, Dendoncker, Jonny, Cavaleiro, Jimenez, Traore.

Watford XI (4-4-2): Foster, Janmaat, Cathcart, Mariappa, Masina, Hughes, Quina, Capoue, Pereyra, Deulofeu, Success.

Newcastle United XI (3-4-2-1): Dubravka, Fernandez, Lascelles, Dummett, Ritchie, Diame, Hayden, Yedlin, Atsu, Perez, Rondon.

Become a Member and access our data

Memberships for the 2018/19 campaign are now available for the price of just £15.

Join now to get the following:

  • Plot your transfer strategies using the fully interactive Season Ticker.
  • Get projections for every Premier League player provided by the Rate My Team statistical model.
  • Use Rate My Team throughout the season to guide your selections and transfers.
  • Get access to over 130+ exclusive members articles over the season.
  • Analyse our OPTA-powered statistic tables specifically tailored for Fantasy Football Managers.
  • Use our exclusive tool to build custom stats tables from over 100 OPTA player and team stats.
  • View heatmaps and expected goals data for every player.
  • Use our powerful comparison tool to analyse players head-to-head.

CLICK HERE TO BECOME A FANTASY FOOTBALL SCOUT MEMBER

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

    Robbo haul and Salah blank por favor.

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

      Asking a lot there...

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

      Exact same needed here.

  2. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Massive for my ML - started the day around 30 points back of the leader. He captained Eriksen and has Siggy. Mitro’s goal for him kinda hurts, though. Such a weird GW already...

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Oh and he’s benched Jimenez (I started him). Niiiiice.

  3. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Button 9 pointer!

    1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      On my bench 🙂

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Me to

  4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    wtf when did holebas come on? thought i was getting doherty points from the bench

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

      80 odd

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        ffs

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

      Same

  5. Not again Shirley
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Don’t suppose anyone saw my post a couple days back that Cardiff would most likely win 1 nil at Leicester?

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

      'most likely'

      Even though it happened, I think this was still factually incorrect

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

        Well done for predicting though

    2. shearer9
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      It doesn't really matter.

    3. jia you
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Who cares, it doesn't really mata anyway.

      1. Not again Shirley
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        God you lot are such negative people. Maybe you all had Leicester players.

        I had chilly but I’m not moaning.

        1. jia you
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Had Periera but nobody with any decent knowledge of football would have predicted Cardiff to win that one! Get over yourself 🙂

          1. mir
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            That's what makes football great and frustrating and fun at the same time.

            1. jia you
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              haha, dead on!

  6. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Kane likely to hold on to two BAPs.
    ?

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Hope so. Jimenez on 3, then?

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

    No Mitro Baps yet Kane gets 2?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Kane gets 1

    2. beetlejuice
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Crazy

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

      Mitro scores in injury time, count ya blessings

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

      must have had an awful game...

  8. Maddi Son
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling(c) Sane(vc)

    Big beam of light in a schitty tunnel

  9. shearer9
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Took a -4 to get Digne and Pereyra in and I have Jimenez and Camarasa on the bench hahahaha.

  10. champion_elect
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Bring in Digne...post game ban. Of course.

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

      What?

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

        He got in a fist fight at whistle time

    2. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      ?

      1. moz_1983
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Shoved Murray in the face in a fit of rage.

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

    3 blanks
    3 scorers
    Could of done with that Schindler clean sheet 🙁

  12. Jon Snow
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Benched Digne last week, benched Doherty this week. Maybe I should just start playing 4 at the back.

  13. jia you
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    BHA, Fulham & Cardiff with the clean sheets of the day!
    lol@form
    lol@me (Doherty to Periera)

  14. LǝgleSs e|even
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Why TF did Holebas come one for?

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

      Creativity.

    2. DantheManinaPan
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      *who

      Masina

  15. BigBillyBass
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Another bottle job from Spurs

  16. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Jimmy - 3
    Boly - 2
    Kane - 1

    IF FFS are correct

    1. Nabs Kebabs
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      beat me to it

    2. fusen
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      currently

      3 - Jiménez (39)
      2 - Kane, Boly (29)

      but changes need to be made to finalise them

  17. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Kamara (-1) first sub. Going to be a nervy weekend waiting for teamsheets.

    1. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Although 2 players dropped could see Doherty come on from 2nd sub, which would bring my average autosub points up to a healthy 2pts!

    2. TAT
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Same!

    3. Amey
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Same here 😀
      Kiko playing in 11 & Doherty 2nd sub went well though 😉

      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Oozing with tasty, tasty jam. Well done

  18. Jekori
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    My team is so good. Too bad most points are on my bench. Looking on here everyone has tho so let's just be happy that you don't need any transfers. And catch the rises with a smile.

  19. Nabs Kebabs
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    BAPS according to members section

    Jiminez 3
    Boly 2
    Kane 1

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

      Disappointing after the first half, hoping salah doesn’t punish me too badly

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

      Yep

  20. Lionel Ronaldo
      7 years, 3 months ago

      I hope "Jiminez" benchers will start to call him by his proper name now.

      1. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        A poster called 'Lionel Ronaldo' rants about proper names. Irony.

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

          Team Cruel lmao

        2. Lionel Ronaldo
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Did I spell it Lyonal Ranoldo or something? No? Then move on.

        3. Deulofail
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Jiminy Cricket?

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

          When he comes on for sane or sterling I will

        5. evilfish
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          *Jiménez

          1. Lionel Ronaldo
              7 years, 3 months ago

              Sarcasm not detected ?

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

          Kane could end up with 0 baps.

        7. pundit of punts
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Digne ban incoming?

          Big fight at the end

          1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
            • 15 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            could be

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

            Hopefully

        8. Mr. Sitter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Ugh.
          Benched Digne last week and Doherty this week. Smh

          Hands up if you’re in the club

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

            o/

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

          Defence/gk a shambles but 20points from button, Chambers and Doherty is pleasing

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

          Anyone somehow know how Richarlison looked today?

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

            Commentary said a lot of chances saved well

        11. Wolf of Wolverhampton
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          When is winning goal bonus added and how many is it?

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

          (K)ane fail!

        13. Collie01
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          What happened to Digne?

          1. g40steve
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Fight

        14. The Big Fella
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Annoyed about that loss of CS for Schindler.

        15. The Train Driver
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Lucky Kane (C) here... Thought he would get a red for arguing with the ref so much...