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Perez, Bernardo and Deulofeu among the benched FPL assets in Gameweek 4

Six Premier League matches kick off at 15:00 BST today, with Manchester City v Brighton and Hove Albion among the games taking place this afternoon.

A number of key Fantasy Premier League assets have dropped to the bench, one of whom is Bernardo Silva: the Portugal international is replaced on the right flank by Riyad Mahrez for the second time this season.

Rodri ousts Ilkay Gundogan from central midfield in Pep Guardiola’s only other change.

Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Kevin De Bruyne all start.

Graham Potter has had a bit of a reshuffle, with Solly March joining the front three and Bernardo coming in at left wing-back.

Adam Webster replaces Shane Duffy at centre-half, while there is another start for Leandro Trossard.

Fikayo Tomori makes his first start for Chelsea in place of Andreas Christensen, who drops to the bench.

That is Frank Lampard’s only change, with opposite number Chris Wilder also making only one alteration: Oli McBurnie in for David McGoldrick.

Ayoze Perez has paid the price for a sluggish start to the season as he drops to the bench for Leicester’s match with Bournemouth.

Ben Chilwell, Wilfred Ndidi, Harvey Barnes and Marc Albrighton are recalled as Christian Fuchs, Hamza Choudhury and Dennis Praet also make way.

Harry Wilson in for Charlie Daniels is Eddie Howe’s only change.

Javi Gracia has made three changes from the West Ham defeat and appears to be going with a wing-back system: Jose Holebas, the injured Etienne Capoue and Gerard Deulofeu make way, with Christian Kabasele, Daryl Janmaat and Roberto Pereyra taking their places.

Amid all the injury talk at Newcastle, there are only two changes: Christian Atsu and Jetro Willems in for the sidelined Allan Saint-Maximin and Matt Ritchie.

West Ham have named an unchanged side from their win against Watford, while Daniel Farke has made just one alteration from Gameweek 3: Christoph Zimmermann replacing the injured Grant Hanley at centre-back.

Dean Smith and Roy Hodgson have named unchanged teams from Gameweek 3 as Crystal Palace take on Aston Villa at Selhurst Park.

Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Tomori, Emerson, Jorginho, Kovacic, Pulisic, Barkley, Mount, Abraham.

Sheffield Utd XI: Henderson, Basham, Egan, O’Connell, Baldock, Freeman, Norwood, Lundstram, Stevens, McBurnie, Robinson.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Kelly, Cahill, van Aanholt, Milivojevic, Kouyaté, McArthur, Schlupp, Zaha, Ayew.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton, Guilbert, Engels, Mings, Taylor, McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Grealish, Jota, Wesley, Trezeguet.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Evans, Söyüncü, Chilwell, Ndidi, Albrighton, Tielemans, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale, Mepham, Cook, Ake, Smith, H. Wilson, Billing, Lerma, Fraser, King, C. Wilson.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Laporte, Zinchenko, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, D Silva, Sterling, Mahrez, Aguero.

Brighton XI: Ryan, Burn, Dunk, Webster, Montoya, Pröpper, Stephens, Bernardo, March, Maupay, Trossard.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Schar, Lascelles, Dummett, Krafth, Hayden, Longstaff, Willems, Atsu, Joelinton, Almiron.

Watford XI: Foster, Dawson, Kabasele, Cathcart, Janmaat, Cleverley, Doucouré, Kiko Femenía, Hughes, Pereyra, Gray.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Masuaku, Noble, Rice, Felipe Anderson, Yarmolenko, Lanzini, Haller.

Norwich City XI: Krul, Aarons, Zimmermann, Godfrey, Lewis, Leitner, Trybull, Cantwell, Stiepermann, Buendia, Pukki.




2,369 Comments Post a Comment
  1. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    FPL 2019/20 the year where the best strategy is throwing yourself at any and every bandwagon

    Patience is dead ... long live bandwagons!

    1. Dr Van Nostrand
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      It's like this every year

    2. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Essentially

    3. money face bandwagon
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Guess u are a newbie

      1. TheDragon
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Top 2k last year,
        Top 10k year before

        Patience normally wins out - it’s being destroyed this season so far!

        1. Yankee Toffee
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          link your team in profile then

          1. TheDragon
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Why? You don’t have to believe me 🙂

      2. Feanor
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Bad guess.

    4. @ocprodigy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      What bandwagon is working this Gameweek?

      Looks more like options people removed getting the returns

  2. Dr Van Nostrand
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Sod Aguero Tammy is the one to get. Jesus will steal a lot of Aguero minutes now

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Ha ha good try

    2. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      As long as Aguero gets points I dont care about the minutes

    3. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Same way Giroud will steal Tammy's minutes...

  3. FC Hakkebøf
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Emersons underlying stats means nothing as long as they concede as much as they do.

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      they rly need kante back

  4. Bartowski
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Zouma own goal possibly

  5. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Zouma OG

  6. Greasy Grealish Gang
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    How do you delete your account o FPL?

    1. Hect.OR 98th
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Just ignore it and find something else to do.

      It's a game. Enjoy it.

      1. Greasy Grealish Gang
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        I'm just being salty but thanks. Losing the lead in 2 mini leagues after 4 GW's. You're right. Liverpool play next. As a fan I'll just try and enjoy the match.

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

      🙂

  7. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Robinson to Cantwell for a hit went well then !

    1. EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Same 😆

    2. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Why would you do that though? For a hit?

      1. DV8R
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Hindsight is a wonderful thing

    3. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Ouch.

  8. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    3 blank captains in a row...

    Salah 3
    Kane 2
    Sterling 3

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

      Damn

    2. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Same

    3. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Same here.

    4. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      You're not alone in this mate..
      Same to samw here..

    5. FPLtfs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      You're not alone

    6. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yeah, same.

      Salah to smash it later too

    7. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Makes me feel a little better

    8. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Same, watch Kane & Salah run riot........

  9. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Robinson punishing sellers!

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Imagine keeping him and benching for this game!

  10. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Callum Robinson looks like Scott Sinclairs twin brother.

    1. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Just like Ox looks like Gibbs' twin?

  11. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    oh its a bad week, just salah and vvd left :l

    1. fantasyfog
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      serves you right for jinxing my man u cleanie

  12. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Hammers getting a cs is ridiculous.

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      They’ve been decent

  13. Epic Fail
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Lampard out,

    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Emery in,

  14. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Chelsea no chance of top 4

  15. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Sterling huge fail

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Really is tbh

    2. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I hope we're not back to the "Curse of Winning the FFS Captain Poll" of yore.

    3. Pacer.
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Can't win em every week

  16. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Lampard brought on some 11 year old when it was 2-1? 😆

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Absolute madness. Don't know why he's done that.

  17. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Pukki bandwagon derailed

    Been very poor apparently on reports I'm reading

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Not just double marked?

    2. Podge
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Not got a snoff

      1. Podge
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Sniff

    3. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He's had no service today.

    4. Critical Observer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Isolated. I don't know how you could call his effort bad considering the lack of service / the absolute dross he is surrounded by. Cantwell comfortably the worst player on the pitch today.

  18. Pacer.
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Let's be honest, Frank Lampard asked, nay begged for that

  19. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Zouma captainers embarrassed again

  20. Bartowski
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    The trick is to own Chelsea players for the first half then swap to someone else...

  21. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Just came in, saw I had somehow inadvertently triple captained Sterling 😡 . Worst thiing is, I did exactly the same with Kane a couple of seasons ago - at least he got an assist.
    I give up 🙁

    1. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Had multiple capt fails and even a tc fail and still finished just outside the top 10k last season. All isnt lost

  22. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Sterling CS point in danger 😐

    1. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Stick the knife in why don’t you!

  23. FFSbet.com
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    My differential Zouma 2G in four games

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

    I disagree when people say Chelsea have a mid-table squad. Their squad is better than most of the PL and should be pushing for Top 6 (not Top 2, and maybe not Top 4).

    But every game this season Chelsea get off to a fast start and then tire in the second half. That is poor management - good managers learn from their mistakes, but Lampard keeps making the same ones.

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Id say theyre a step above Wolves and Everton. At the edge of Top 6, no better or worse.

  25. fgdu
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Proud Zouma owner here

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

      Same. My toppscorer this Year.

  26. Athletic Nasherbo
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Remember when I was laughed at when suggesting Azpi will be replaced by James as soon as he’s fit. Finished.

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      they need some senior players, he’ll stay

      1. Athletic Nasherbo
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Such a generic responses. Basic.

    2. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Azpi still starting?

    3. Pacer.
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Still laughing.

      1. Athletic Nasherbo
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Clearly clueless about football.

  27. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    0-0 in the Liverpool game would be nice.

    And a big, big game from Jota+Sigurdsson+Digne tomorrow.

  28. juho
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Villa are one of the early relegation favourites?

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

      Villa, Norwich, Brighton, Newcastle and Sheff Utd IMO.

      Norwich might play attacking football, but it doesn't matter if you keep losing.

  29. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    7 minutes added for Perez to punish sellers from the bench!

  30. Moose™
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    43 from 8.. Failed captaincy for 3 weeks already..

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

      Great score this week.

    2. Skalla
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Wow congrats 43 already!

    3. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Lol. Mate I'm on 25 from 5, including (C).

    4. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Try 33 from 8

    5. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Good score that.