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31 August 2019 2369 comments
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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.




  1. Dybala10
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    This has been a pretty crap day for my team so far.

    1. Dybala10
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Top post and don't even care.

    2. Triple P
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Just for 1 minute

  2. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    No Abraham, no Kun, no Vardy, no Wilson, no Haller, no kdb (yet)

    This is joyous so far

    1. Zenith UK
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Haller & KDB only...
      Laporte, Greenwood and AWB on the flipside

  3. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Kdb assist

  4. Hect.OR 98th
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Shaping up to be a good season. Love it when there are loads of good options. Nothing more boring than a template.

  5. The Chosen One...
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Mount fail

  6. The Legend Squad
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Played Greenwood over Hayden grrrrrrr

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

      Silly I would have played hayden

  7. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Aguero captain over sterling yesss

    Take that casuals!

    1. Arteta
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Calm down bro.

  8. Guy Demel
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Kevin Nolan on SS is abysmal.....

  9. Cok3y5murf
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Class goal from Aguero. Pep shouldn't be dropping him when he's playing like this.

  10. Differential C (Mark)
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    DeBruyne doing the business, you love to see it.

  11. Respect My Authoritah
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    3-0 Chelsea

    1. Respect My Authoritah
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Disallowed

  12. StoneMountain
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Captained KDB last week and failed. Went Sterling this week. Face palm

  13. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Azpilicueta goal disallowed

  14. thunder_mike
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Mount chance

  15. Garlana
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Hopefully kun gets subbed and sterling goes up front

    1. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Kun plays 90 mins sterling comes out for bilva

  16. L'Aeroplanino
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    welcome to my team Tammy

    1. The Big Fella
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      He won't be playing Championship clubs every week though so careful

  17. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Tammyyyy!!!

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

      3-0?

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        No.. I'm lagging behind 😛

  18. 1zverGGadeM
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    2nd chance missed by Trossardinho..

  19. Daddy Kev
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Wildcard panickers getting jammy points this week.

  20. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Ederson save from Trossard

  21. Dybala10
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Heaton save point. Come on lad.

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

      Wow my pants are wet now

      1. Make FPL Casual Again
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        That could mean a couple of things ...I wont ask...

  22. SADIO SANÉ
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    McBurnie runs like he's had about 5 whiskeys before the game

  23. Regin
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    i am sure no one put hayden in their starting lineup. i did!

  24. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Involve yourself Sterling.

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

    Is it wrong that nothing I’ve seen from Tammy today would make me want him in my FPL team?

    1. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Had him first 2 weeks and then as soon as I sold him baaang

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

        Ouch

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

      No. He is a Championship striker IMO. Which is why he is scoring against Championship teams.

      People going on about Villa, Sheff Utd and Norwich, but they are already in a relegation battle.

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        If he's scoring braces against championship teams every week he's better than championship no?

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

          Depends on what he does vs premiership teams I suppose

          But fair play to him, he’s getting goals now at this level

    3. SADIO SANÉ
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      He scores goals tbf

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

        Yeah it’s very weird, I’ve watched him score 4 in the last 120 mins or so and yet bizarrely I don’t rate him or want him anywhere near my team - he just hasn’t looked good at all, as counter intuitive as that sounds

        This could be a major problem if he goes on to score 6 or 7 in the next 10 games

        1. SADIO SANÉ
          • 10 Years
          6 years, 7 months ago

          Yeah kinda know what you mean, I'll get him in two weeks probably

  26. TAT
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Mini league rival captained KDB and have Haller. Me: Sterling (c) + Jota.

  27. Budweiser
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    I was so close to Kane to Abraham eurgh

    1. Das Boot
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      It's cool, I done it for you

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Did that.. have 4.5m burning in my pocket now. Might do McGinn/Ceballos to KDB thiw week.

  28. Regin
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    guess i shouldnt be too upset selecting haller over abraham

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Cmon man lighten up

  29. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Nightmare so far.

  30. SADIO SANÉ
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    My team is too good to get Tammy & KDB lol