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27 February 2019 4674 comments
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Six Premier League matches will take place this evening to bring Gameweek 28 to a close.

Two of those fixtures, Arsenal v Bournemouth and Southampton v Fulham, kick off at 19:45 GMT, while Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace v Manchester United, Liverpool v Watford and Manchester City v West Ham United start 15 minutes later.

The headline team news arguably comes from Selhurst Park, where Marcus Rashford is only fit enough for a place on the bench after suffering an ankle injury in the 0-0 draw with Liverpool on Sunday.

Fred, Diogo Dalot and Alexis Sanchez are handed a start, as Ander Herrera, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard miss out.

Palace are again without Aaron Wan-Bissaka, with Martin Kelly replacing the injured Mamadou Sakho in Roy Hodgson’s only change.

Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva and Benjamin Mendy are among the substitutes for Manchester City as Sergio Aguero is joined by Leroy Sane and Riyad Mahrez in the hosts’ starting XI for the visit of West Ham United.

There is no Marko Arnautovic in the Hammers’ squad as Andy Carroll gets the nod to lead the line.

Samir Nasri, Ryan Fredericks and Pedro Obiang also start, while 19-year-old full-back Ben Johnson is handed his Premier League debut.

Roberto Firmino has failed to recover from an ankle injury so Divock Origi leads the line for Liverpool. Trent Alexander-Arnold replaces Jordan Henderson in Jurgen Klopp’s only other change, so James Milner moves back into midfield.

Watford are unchanged.

Kepa Arrizabalaga is dropped after the farcical scenes at the end of the EFL Cup final, so Willy Caballero starts in goal.

Marcos Alonso is also recalled, along with Mateo Kovacic and Gonzalo Higuain. Emerson Palmieri, Ross Barkley and Willian make way.

Kieran Trippier, Davinson Sanchez, Erik Lamela and Ben Davies replace Serge Aurier, Juan Foyth, Jan Vertonghen and Danny Rose for Spurs, as Harry Kane and Son Heung-min lead the line.

Alexandre Lacazette is the premium forward who misses out for Arsenal this time, as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang returns to Unai Emery’s starting XI for the visit of Bournemouth.

Mesut Ozil is also recalled, while Carl Jenkinson gets his first league start for the Gunners since November 2016.

Emery has made six alterations to his line-up in total, with Granit Xhaka, Alex Iwobi, Aaron Ramsey, Stephan Lichtsteiner and Shkodran Mustafi dropping out.

Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal and Matteo Guendouzi are the other players to come in.

Lys Mousset replaces the injured Dominic Solanke up front for the Cherries in Eddie Howe’s only change.

David Brooks is back on the bench for the visitors.

Jack Stephens, Matt Targett and Stuart Armstrong make way for Southampton as Maya Yoshida, Charlie Austin and Ryan Bertrand are handed recalls.

Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa and Kevin McDonald replace Jean Michael Seri and Ryan Sessegnon for Fulham.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Sokratis, Koscielny, Monreal, Jenkinson, Torreira, Guendouzi, Kolasinac, Aubameyang, Özil, Mkhitaryan.

Bournemouth XI: Boruc, Clyne, Mepham, Aké, Smith, Ibe, Gosling, Surman, Fraser, King, Mousset.

Southampton XI: Gunn, Bednarek, Yoshida, Vestergaard, Valery, Hojbjerg, Oriol Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Bertrand, Redmond, Austin.

Fulham XI: Rico, Odoi, Ream, Nordveit, Bryan, Chambers, McDonald, Anguissa, Cairney, Babel, Mitrovic.

Chelsea XI: Caballero, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso, Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic, Pedro, Higuain, Hazard.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Davies, Winks, Sissoko, Eriksen, Lamela, Son, Kane.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Tomkins, Kelly, van Aanholt, Milivojevic, Schlupp, McArthur, Townsend, Zaha, Batshuayi.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Young, Smalling, Lindelöf, Shaw, McTominay, Fred, Dalot, Pogba, Sanchez, Lukaku.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Milner, Mane, Salah, Origi.

Watford XI: Foster, Janmaat, Mariappa, Cathcart, Masina, Doucoure, Capoue, Hughes, Pereyra, Deulofeu, Deeney.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Danilo, Kompany, Otamendi, Zinchenko, Gundogan, Silva, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Sane, Aguero.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Johnson, Obiang, Rice, Antonio, Nasri, Felipe Anderson, Carroll.

  1. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Mo top of the captain poll cmon son

  2. 420king
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Holding on to TAA for 5 long weeks in which he did nothing but block points off the bench was actually worth it, wow...

  3. Bees4Lyf
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    The Liverpool defence is on fireeee

  4. Gobigorgohome
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    VVD 2 GOALSSSS GET INNNN

  5. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    3 defenders Liverpool all set

  6. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    TAA is going to score a free kick to round this all off

  7. Keep Calm and Play On
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    this is actually insane...

  8. QUEN
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Well chillwell over TAA was a huge mistake.

    Do I bite the bullet and just transfer chilwell for him?

  9. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    who got the assist ??

    1. Mysterion
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Best LB in the league

    2. Legendary!
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Robbo

  10. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Van dijk with 2 goals wtf

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

    Salah C x5!

  12. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Robbbooooooo

  13. StoneMountain
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    So TAA to Kola worst move of the season for me. Hate this game.

  14. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Virgilllllllll

  15. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Utd Utd Utd

  16. QUEN
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Love you vvd omg

  17. DaniCT
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    How is this happening ? 4 liv goal 0 Salah involvment. Only thing missing is having Auba..

    1. DaniCT
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Well.. that's 5. Sorry.

  18. Shultan
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Ffs 5 goals & nothing from Salah

  19. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Anyone own Robbo, VVD and Trent ?

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Surely someone has them

    2. tisza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      just Robbo & TAA. just as well rest of side absolute garbage this week

  20. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    TAA 18 pts, VVD 18 pts plus potential bonus

    1. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Mental

    2. DandyDon
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      I swapped VVD for TAA. Hmm

  21. Halftime
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    young goal

  22. DAZZ
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    How do you delete a team

  23. Wirtzle Gummidge
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    VVD, Schar, Mane and Kun C

    Beautiful.

  24. HonestBlatter
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    5-0 and Salah no involvement...how this happened?

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      He didn't score nor assisted , that's how

  25. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    What is Klopp feeding those defenders?

  26. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Wow ta vvd

  27. El-Kloppico
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Why didnt you guys play like this last week. Lost 2 bitter points. But keep going. YNWA

  28. tm245
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Is it TAA 3 assists, Robertson 2 assists, VVD 2 goals?

    1. XabiAlonso
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 2 months ago

      Bypassing the poor attackers

  29. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD LIVERPOOL!

  30. ViperStripes
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 2 months ago

    Who to ditch to bring in TAA:
    Shaw or AWB