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Digne benched as Doherty returns to Wolves side

It has transpired that Fantasy Premier League managers were worried about the wrong full-back ahead of Gameweek 24.

Lucas Digne (£5.3m) has suffered a surprise benching for Everton, as Marco Silva makes a few tweaks from the side that was put out of the FA Cup by Championship side Millwall.

FPL stalwart Leighton Baines (£5.0m) comes back into the side for the first time since Gameweek 4.

Meanwhile, the full-back that everybody else had been worrying about Matt Doherty (£5.2m) has returned to the Wolves side, with Jonny (£4.3m) moving back across to the left of midfield.

After garnering much attention with a Gameweek 23 hat-trick, Diogo Jota (£6.0m) keeps his place in the Wolves front line.

The West Ham side that has come to Molineux sees returns for Marko Arnautovic (£6.9m) and Robert Snodgrass (£5.1m).

Those who had gambled on Leroy Sané (£9.7m), Raheem Sterling (£11.3m) or Sergio Aguero (£11.3m) in the latest round of ‘Pep Roulette’ came up trumps as all three start for Manchester City at Newcastle.

Meanwhile, Fernandinho (£5.3m), Kevin de Bruyne (£9.7m) and David Silva (£8.5m) all get the nod in central midfield.

City’s rivals Manchester United have made a surprise change though with Romelu Lukaku (£10.7m) coming in for Anthony Martial (£7.3m), while Paul Pogba (£8.7m) and Marcus Rashford (£7.7m) hold onto their starting places.

Arsenal have gone with a front two once again with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.3m) and Alexandre Lacazette (£9.3m) leading the line.

As expected, the Gunners line-up with Shkodran Mustafi (£5.4m) and Nacho Monreal (£5.4m) at centre-back as they continue to be hit by defensive injuries.

Victor Camarasa (£4.6m) is absent from the Cardiff City matchday squad as Oumar Niasse (£5.0m) is tasked with leading the Bluebirds’ attack.

Arsenal XI: Leno; Lichtsteiner, Mustafi, Monreal, Kolasinac; Mohamed Elneny; Torreira, Guendouzi; Özil; Lacazette, Aubameyang.

Cardiff XI: Etheridge; Peltier, Ecuele Manga, Bamba, Bennett; Gunnarsson; Paterson, Arter, Ralls, Reid; Niasse.

Fulham XI: Rico; Odoi, Le Marchand, Ream; Christie, Chambers, Seri, Bryan; Schürrle, Mitrovic, Babel.

Brighton XI: Ryan; Montoya, Duffy, Dunk, Bong; Groß, Stephens, Pröpper; March, Murray, Locadia.

Huddersfield XI: Lössl; Hadergjonaj, Zanka, Schindler, Kongolo; Bacuna, Hogg; Kachunga, Puncheon, Diakhaby; Mounie.

Everton XI: Pickford; Coleman, Keane, Zouma, Baines; Davies, André Gomes; Bernard, Sigurdsson, Richarlison; Tosun.

Wolves XI: Rui Patrício; Bennett, Coady, Saïss; Doherty, Rúben Neves, Dendoncker, Jonny; João Moutinho; Jiménez, Diogo Jota.

West Ham XI: Fabianski; Zabaleta, Diop, Ogbonna, Masuaku; Noble, Rice; Antonio, Snodgrass, Felipe Anderson; Arnautovic.

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Young, Lindelöf, Jones, Shaw; Andreas Pereira, Matic, Pogba; Mata, Lukaku, Rashford.

Burnley XI: De Gea; Young, Lindelöf, Jones, Shaw; Andreas Pereira, Matic, Pogba; Mata, Lukaku, Rashford.

Newcastle XI: Dubravka; Yedlin, Schär, Lascelles, Lejeune, Ritchie; Ayoze Pérez, Hayden, Longstaff, Atsu; Rondón.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Danilo, Stones, Laporte, Fernandinho, D Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling, Sane, Aguero.

2,552 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Have Liverpool got the bottle? It's what I'm looking forward to most for the rest of the season

    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Waiting for the slippy G moment
      Slippy Lovren no doubt

  2. balint84
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    what would you do if you have own Bilva? sell or keep?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Keep and pray.

    2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Obviously keep

    3. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      If they didn't have a double this week I'd be dropping him

    4. zotter
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Difficult. He will play one of the double imo

    5. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Will play at least one of the double games

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

      Keep and hope. Unless you can get Sterling or Sane in for him, I'd think about that.

  3. Random Name
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Lacazette is by far the most honest player in football.

    1. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      🙂

    2. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Pretty average at the game though

      1. Random Name
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Better than Sane

        1. fr3d
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          😮

    3. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Of all the crazy things you've said about it, this one ranks somewhere in the middle.

      1. Random Name
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        What's at the top?

  4. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Silva was very brave there to get his head on the ball for the assist.

  5. JJO
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Penalty on Doherty denied

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      🙁

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Had one vs Leicester too 🙁

      1. IRBOX ⚽
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        .. and Liverpool

  6. shirtless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Ryan cleanie incoming

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      oh no

    2. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      If people have held onto him for the last few weeks, they deserve it

  7. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Rico > who on a FT? Can have anyone

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      May as well get Laporte.

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Not the time to ask. Re-evuate after matches. Only keeper possibly going up in price is Etheridge.

  8. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Anything happening?

    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      No

    2. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Rashford blew a great chance, apparently.

  9. The Enlightener
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Rashford blows a great chance

  10. 1zverGGadeM
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Rash Ford ruined Kaku assist

  11. gaurava1216
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Sound good this? For Free.....
    Hennessey to Ederson
    F Anderson to Jota or any other 6.1 M mid?

    Team will then be:
    Ederson / Patricio
    Digne WB Doherty VVD Bednarek
    Salah Hazard Richarlison Pogba Jota
    Aguero Rashford Kamara

  12. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Rash sitter

  13. Rash
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Why is martial not in the squad?

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

      Injury.

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Stop missing sitters

    3. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Injured

    4. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Out of spite cause I own him.

    5. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      He's pregnant...again.

  14. Limbo
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Black bean and chorizo tacos with fresh salsa and Guac.

    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Nice. Prefer a burrito though.

      1. Limbo
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Depends. Burritos good for take away. Tacos made with proper soft corn tortillas are the shiz

    2. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      For some reason I can't get this old D12 parody out of my head now:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6A1PzmGy_s

  15. Ambrosiana Inter
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    D silva assist confirmed? Live score give it to sane

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      100% D. Silva Assist.

      1. Ambrosiana Inter
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Niccc

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Look on FPL.

    3. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah weird this, BT sport keep saying it was Sane, but it looked like Silva to me, they don't look that similar.

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah! Commentator is blind. Sané was by the other side of the goal when Silva headed for the assist.

        1. HamezMace
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          I guess they just assumed as that's a position he usually finds himself in

    4. Bunk Moreland
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Sane crossed, Silva headed back and Aguero scored. 100 % a Silva assist.

      1. Bunk Moreland
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        erh poor English. Sane ran into the box is what I meant. Nowhere near the ball..

      2. HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        I thought it was a Sterling cross, headed back by Silva

  16. gaurava1216
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Best Mid 6.1m or under?

    1. Sgt Frank Drebin
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Jota, Fraser, Milivojevic maybe. Lamela for a while.

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Swapped Lamela for Jota

    2. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Jota right now

      1. gaurava1216
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        thx

  17. Dirty Harry
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Can only hope Digne is eating pies and a nice cuppa and stays on the bench

    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      what type of pie: steak and ale or chicken and mushroom?

  18. Sgt Frank Drebin
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Lukaku is now better playmaker than Ozil

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Apparently has more assists at Emirates than Ozil this season.

    2. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      But worse at Fortnite 🙁

      And poorer

  19. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Rashers BIG chance missed

    Kaku link up looking dangerous

  20. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Auba looking lively?

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

      Goal is coming.

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

        😀

  21. Messiah Hazard
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Hazard and Alonso out to Sterling and Laporte for the DGW...

    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      lovely stuff

    2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      This will be a very popular move. Despite Chelsea being home to Huddersfield of all teams. DGW mania at its very best

  22. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Dammit Kun

  23. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    is that a sane assist?

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      No

    2. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      David Silva confirmed...

  24. Taking the Mkhitaryan
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Whats the score at the Dancefloor?

    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Burn down the disco
      Hang the blessed DJ
      Because the music that they constantly play
      Says nothing to me about my life

  25. The Big Fella
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Are Arsenal playing shite or have Cardiff parked the bus? I am running out of patience with Auba

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Probably just being normal Arsenal.

    2. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      How many First half attacking returns has Auba got?

    3. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Not really creating much.

    4. Random Name
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Or has not even half an hour been played?

    5. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Only 30 min gone, plenty of time left

    6. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Playing shite

    7. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Cardiff has been the better team so far

    8. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Arsenal shite and boring

  26. Burger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Can't believe I'm actually finally going to get a Doherty cleanie 😀

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Non owner trying to jinx us? 🙁

      1. Burger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Very much an owner, never had any returns 🙁

      2. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Chucky confirmed 😯

      3. zotter
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Lol may he be punished by a goal and sheet if so

      4. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Guaranteed. Bookmarked for later

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      What does that mean?

    3. Old Man
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Don't worry - you're not.

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

      Bold Burger!

  27. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Luckily I had Chambers to cover TAA

  28. Tcheco
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Rashford are you kidding

  29. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Go Aubaa!

  30. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Livescore has Sane assist, useless.

    1. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Possibly because the BT commentary team keep praised Sane for the assist, even going as far to add it to his overall season assist tally...which is now the highest in the PL apparently \o/