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The last of five Gameweek 31 fixtures takes place on Merseyside this afternoon.

Chelsea are the visitors to Goodison Park, where Everton have only won one of their last eight league fixtures.

Gonzalo Higuain is fit to lead the line for Chelsea, having missed the win over Dynamo Kyiv on Thursday due to illness.

Higuain lines up in a front three alongside Pedro and Eden Hazard, who is the third-most-popular Gameweek 31 captaincy choice among “active” Fantasy assets.

Marcos Alonso returns at left-back at the expense of Emerson Palmieri, while Ross Barkley starts in place of Mateo Kovacic in midfield.

Seamus Coleman returns to the Everton side as Jonjoe Kenny drops out of the match-day squad.

Yerry Mina makes his first Premier League start of 2019 in place of the ineligible Kurt Zouma, while Jordan Pickford keeps his place between the sticks.

The Toffees are otherwise unchanged, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin leading the line ahead of an attacking midfield three of Richarlison, Bernard and Gylfi Sigurdsson.

Everton XI (4-2-3-1): Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Mina, Digne, Gueye, Gomes, Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Bernard, Calvert-Lewin.

Chelsea XI (4-3-3): Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Rüdiger, David Luiz, Alonso, Kanté, Jorginho, Barkley, Pedro, Higuaín, Hazard.

  1. Uncle Gamst
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Any chance that Richarlison gets a BP?

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      no

      1. Uncle Gamst
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        Ta

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Nope. Not after the Everton CS and Kepa penalty save.

      1. TheDragon
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        Even with winning goal baps?

      2. Uncle Gamst
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        Thanks

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Enjoy his points

    4. Shineonme
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      No

  2. Rash
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    45 -8 thanks to Mane(c) many rivals played FH or captained Salah.

    Roll on FH32.. hows it look?

    Foster
    Lindelof Luiz laporte
    Sterling hazard pogba delufeau
    Higuain/kaku aguero Jimenez

    Boruc valary peltier bacuna

    .8itb ( if choose kaku)

    1. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Spurs ? First game in new stadium

  3. mgilbert86
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Keep or sell vardy to get Aguero

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Sell

    2. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      sell

      seems to have a low ceiling of 7/8 points

  4. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    I took a -4 and 9 out of my players got only 1 or 2pts. Dreadful

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      many such cases

  5. Fernando Torres
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    Thoughts on this on FH.

    Kepa
    Shaw AWB Laporte Boly
    Hazard Sterling Pogba
    Kun Kane Rashford

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      very good. slightly worried rash rotated given schedule + fact martial jlings and lukaku are presumably going to be fit

    2. gooberman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Kane only has 1 game which is Liverpool

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        they should have a double imo

      2. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        Likely to be 2.

      3. SHOOTER MCGINN
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        Palace too already confirmed

    3. Dr. Agabuse
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      fair nuff but Kane DGW is likely?

      1. Fernando Torres
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        Yes Spurs playing Palace Wednesday 3rd April

    4. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      Nice, on paper, traumatic few GWs with ‘good on paper’ team 😉

  6. Dr. Agabuse
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 14 days ago

    None of my players had a yellow card.
    Can you match that.

    FOCUS on the positive!

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      I can match that. But none of them kept a CS......

    2. MTPockets
        7 years, 14 days ago

        Mane! (1 or 2 for the rest)

      • EMBOLOFAN
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        maddison got me a yc :’)

      • Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        Wow congrats

    3. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      What’s the average for top 10k?

      1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        Found it, no worries.

      2. THFC4LIFE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        36

        1. EMBOLOFAN
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          yikes

        2. TheDragon
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          That’s pre hits - 33.5 post hits

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        i TCd him

        1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          Ouch, sorry

    4. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 14 days ago

      When Digne and Anderson are the highest scoring players in your team, you know how well the gameweek just turned out 🙁

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        Ohh and Salah captain as well

      2. Party time
          7 years, 14 days ago

          Lmao

      3. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 14 days ago

        Top 10k: 34 after hits
        Overall: 25 after hits

        On average, Free Hitters gained 4 points this GW and TC'ers 2.5.

        https://fpldiscovery.wordpress.com/2019/03/17/18-19-gw31-final-results/

        1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          ouch

        2. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          FH31 was a flop. Thankfully I am FH in GW32. Want that to go well to punish all the GW31 FH now.

        3. twoplustwo
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          Wow. I think I made about 40 using FH earlier in the season... (City blank?)

        4. Amey
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          OMFG

          Is this really worst gw ever ??
          😀

          1. Rainer
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            I loved it 😀

            1. Amey
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 14 days ago

              I got 30 so I can't say that 😀

        5. Party time
            7 years, 14 days ago

            I congratulate them for their gains. Something is better than nothing

            1. Amey
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 14 days ago

              You annoyed bro ??
              Relax 🙂

        6. JT11fc
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          Had enough. After the blanks no more chelsea.

          1. Nomar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            Correct move.

        7. Orion
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          Which teams have a DGW now? Thanks

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            Go back a page for DGW32.

            1. Orion
              • 15 Years
              7 years, 14 days ago

              Cheers TM

        8. dunas_dog
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          Any early provisional LMS score. Cannot believe team I had with triple Liverpool Bournemouth and Chelsea and 2 Leicester ended up on 30 - 8 so 22

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            You may well be safe.

            1. dunas_dog
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              7 years, 14 days ago

              Cheers TM- fingers crossed

        9. Tev
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          This game is so, so cruel

          1. Marvin.
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            Chin up mate.

            1. Tev
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 14 days ago

              Spent weeks and weeks planning for this period, told myself the drop from 8k to 45k was due to focusing too much on planning. GW comes around, beautiful team on paper without hits... 26 all out.

          2. Magic Zico
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            Many are in the same boat

        10. Scotty B
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          48-4 so 44 all out.

          Could have been better if I didn't bother getting Wilson in for a -4 and Maddison on the bench.

          Cost me 11 points I think and then that idiot Siggy cost me another 6 by missing pen as Rich would have got 3 for assist and 3 BAPS.

          Oh and blew TC on Salah but think still somehow pleased!!

          Roll on FH 32 and take it from there.

          At least can have Wilson in 33 with full 11 and have Anderson on the bench away at Chelsea who will probably pop up with a hat trick that week.

          Happy international break one and all, peace out for 2 weeks 🙂

          1. Scotty B
            • 13 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            Add Mane's 3 BAPS on

          2. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            Cool story

          3. diesel001
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            What about Mane?

            And all those people who would have transferred in Mane?

        11. WVA
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          BAPS for Keane? He may be my top scorer this gw, who would have thought

          1. Rainer
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            Nope, BPS look final now.

        12. HIT HAPPY
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          I dont get all this negativity about Salah - he scored twice as many points as any of the other 10 players on my team.

          1. Amey
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            😀

        13. It’s gonna Ben Mee
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          Mane TC GW36 looking likely

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            Blank incoming

            1. Hazz
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 14 days ago

              pls

          2. twoplustwo
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            Would have gone this week 🙁

            Should be 70 after hits so still please but still

          3. Rainer
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            4 days before Barca a big worry.

        14. La Roja
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          Ospina head injury

          Taken to hospital

        15. Red Devil Swede
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          a) Will there be teams added to the DGW's we know of?
          b) Will there be more DGW's other than DGW32 and DGW35?

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            Yes and Brighton/Cardiff likely to have mini DGW.

            1. Red Devil Swede
              • 13 Years
              7 years, 14 days ago

              Thanks!

        16. Cletus
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          Wow, FH team, and 10 of the players didn’t get more than 2 points. I’m glad that’s out of the way, next season I’m using that chip in week 2 to get it out of the way. Thank the wee man I captained Mane.

        17. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          Would have been fine with this GW had I not used the TC. Oh well!

        18. IamthenextTeemuPukki
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          Need some help! I am confused by rules -

          1.) If I play the Free Hit for this week, and begin transferring players in and out based on possible price rises/falls, do I pocket the $ for just this week, and my squad returns back to same value once GW is over, or do I pocket the money going forward for GW 33?

          2.) Can I activate my Wildcard if I have it, make transfers to pick up price rises/falls, and then de-activate with that additional $, and then use it to improve what I can do with my Free Hit squad by then activating that before GW 32 commences?

          Thanks!

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            1. Just the week
            2. Can't cancel WC/FH

            1. IamthenextTeemuPukki
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 14 days ago

              Thanks very much Torresmagic, I appreciate everything you do on this site.....one more question, when will we definitely know the teams with DGW in 32?

              1. TorresMagic™
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • Has Moderation Rights
                • 16 Years
                7 years, 14 days ago

                Cheers, next 48 hours probably.

        19. Scotty B
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          BAPS for RICH?

          1. EMBOLOFAN
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            no.

          2. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            No, good night.

        20. HD7
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          After this GW... Im really not looking forward to the strategy of FH32 :/

          Spurs United Chelsea are in bad form
          Brighton Watford Wolves rotations around the cup

          I like only City and maybe JWP Valery options.

          We need to hope something changes in the International Break and Spurs United Chelsea players get going...

          1. EMBOLOFAN
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            chelsea were doing alright until today. united are doing fine. dont overextrapolate from this weekend

            1. HD7
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 14 days ago

              United didnt play good vs Saints, just lucky. Vs Arsenal not good enough, vs Wolvs the worst match since Ole came. No energy, no quick attacks (United fan)
              Chelsea couldnt best Wolves at home and lose to Everton away.
              Extrapolate this, mate...

              Just remeber last year how in spring we bought Chelsea Leicester for the DGWs and it was a very bad experience...

        21. sovietrockettes
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          No free hit, so I’m wildcarding DGW 32 - thoughts welcome:

          Ryan Guaita
          Robertson Azpi Luiz AWB Valery
          Sterling Pogba Hazard JWP Deuloufeu
          Aguero Rashford Rondon

        22. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          No reason to wait before activating FH now right?

        23. Zenith UK
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          Wildcard team;

          Leno, Boruc
          TAA, Shaw, Kola, AWB, Bennett
          Sterling, Mane, Pogba, Tielemans, Hayden
          Aguero, Higuain, Rashford

          FH GW33

          Thoughts/opinions please?

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            Higuain trash
            Defence could be better
            Not too keen on mid, but ok

          1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
            • 15 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            In the new stadium too

          2. Red Devil Swede
            • 13 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            For 35 you mean 🙂

        24. Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 14 days ago

          What a cruel joke this game week has been.

          1. Brosstan
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 14 days ago

            Plan for months, get 20 points.

            1. HIT HAPPY
              • 11 Years
              7 years, 14 days ago

              Amen. 23 (-4)...beaten by 11pts in my ML by a rival with 5 players, 4 of which i have