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Wilson back in Bournemouth squad as Hanley starts for Norwich

Callum Wilson (£7.4m) returns to the Bournemouth matchday squad ahead of a Gameweek 18 meeting with Burnley.

After missing out against Chelsea, the centre-forward is named on the bench this afternoon.

Joshua King (£6.1m) leads the line in the starting line-up though, supported by a five-man midfield with Lewis Cook (£5.0m) and Ryan Fraser (£6.9m) on the flanks.

Meanwhile, Charlie Taylor (£4.2m) has shaken off his hamstring problem to start for Burnley, while Chris Wood (£6.2m) is good to start despite a knock to his Achilles tendon reported by Sean Dyche on Thursday.

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has made two changes for the trip to Brighton, one enforced, the other a tactical switch.

Luke Freeman (£5.1m) comes in for the suspended John Fleck (£4.9m) while Lys Mousset (£5.1m) finds himself benched for Oli McBurnie (£5.7m) to start alongside David McGoldrick (£5.4m).

Brighton line-up exactly as predicted in our team news section, as do Wolves who travel to Norwich.

The Canaries are forced to bring Grant Hanley (£4.0m) back into the side sooner than Daniel Farke would have wanted.

The centre-back has been named in the starting XI alongside Christoph Zimmermann (£4.4m) following the recent long-term injury to Ben Godfrey (£4.4m).

Todd Cantwell (£4.7m) starts on the left flank of attacking midfield while Teemu Pukki (£6.6m) has recovered from him his toe problem to lead the 4-2-3-1 formation as the lone centre-forward.

Jack Grealish (£6.2m) leads the Aston Villa attack from the left of the front-three again while Wesley (£5.7m) retains his starting berth through the middle.

A strong performance against Liverpool’s youth side in the EFL Cup midweek has not been enough for Dean Smith to consider bringing Jonathan Kodjia (£5.4m) in for Wesley.

For the second match in a row, it’s Matt Targett (£4.4m) and Frédéric Guilbert (£4.4m) named in the full-back positions.

Villa host a Southampton side still lined up in a 4-4-2 formation under Ralph Hasenhüttl.

An injury for Moussa Djenepo (£5.2m) sees Stuart Armstrong (£5.3m) come into the team on the right flank, which means James Ward-Prowse (£5.9m) can retain his central midfield role.

Danny Ings (£6.4m) and Shane Long (£4.6m) are the preferred centre-forward pairing for the fourth match in a row.

Crystal Palace welcome back Patrick van Aanholt (£5.5m) to the left-back. berth as their injuries mounted over the last week, while Martin Kelly (£4.4m) starts for the fifth consecutive match.

The Eagles travel to face a Newcastle side that has somewhat recovered from their most recent bout of absences as Jonjo Shelvey (£5.1m) and Miguel Almirón (£5.8m) make much-needed returns to midfield.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton; Targett, Engels, Hause, Guilbert; McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Hourihane; Grealish, Wesley, El Ghazi.

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Bertrand, Bednarek, Stephens, Cedric; Redmond, Hojbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong; Long, Ings.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale; Rico, Mepham, Francis, Stacey; Fraser, Billing, Lerma, Gosling, L. Cook; J King.

Burnley XI: Pope; C Taylor, Mee, Tarkowski, Bardsley; McNeil, Westwood, Cork, Hendrick; A Barnes, Wood.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Ryan; Burn, Webster, Dunk, Montoya; D Stephens, Pröpper, Mooy; Trossard, Maupay, Groß.

Sheffield United XI: Henderson; O’Connell, Egan, Basham; Stevens, Freeman, Norwood, Lundstram, Baldock; McBurnie, McGoldrick.

Newcastle XI: Dúbravka; Dummett, Fernández, Lejeune, Schär, Manquillo; Almirón, Hayden, Shelvey; Joelinton, Carroll.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; van Aanholt, Tomkins, Kouyaté, M Kelly; McCarthy, McArthur, Milivojevic; Zaha, Benteke, Ayew.

Norwich City XI: Krul; Byram, Zimmermann, Hanley, Aarons; Tettey, Trybull; Cantwell, McLean, Buendía; Pukki.

Wolves XI: Patrício; Saïss, Coady, Dendoncker; Jonny, Neves, Moutinho, Doherty; D Jota, Jiménez, Traoré.

1,528 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Pope assist?

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

      Westwood

    2. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      He is not Hendo ):

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

      Westwood

  2. WVA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    FFS RICO FFS

  3. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Kelly and Rico only score when on the bench. Proven!!! Damn

    1. Pumpkinhead
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Me too - funny enough my bench player who is staying on my bench has a goal

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

    LOL. Burnley score with the only shot on target (from either side) in the whole game.

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

    Shiiiiiit

  6. McSauce
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Was flying on 46 points until Rico and Kelly brained it!’

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

      🙁

    2. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Innit

  7. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    What the actual ****

    1. Alnair
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      All the bad luck striking at once. Can't believe that useless tw*t Almiron scored of all people.

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

    Every time I play Rico he disappoints, when I bench him he gets CS + BAPS

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      lol, same.

    2. LewanGOALski
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      same for all of us 🙁

    3. 1zverGGadeM
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      It's the same case for nearly 80% of the owners around

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

      We should just have a poll every week and do the opposite of the majority

  9. Peter Ouch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    People laughing on Pope.
    Faith has paid off

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

      Pope + Faith + Jesus = ?

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

        🙂

    2. Pumpkinhead
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Moved Pope to Guiata 5 weeks ago, happy about it.

    3. Alnair
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Selling Pope isn't being unfaithful it's just being smart.

  10. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    The curse of actually starting Rico.

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      exactly...every time i bench, he does well

    2. yakirh
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I put him on the bench for that exact reason.. lol didn't work out well

  11. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Will literally cry if Brighton score

    1. LewanGOALski
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I wouldn’t mind - rival played FH and has 3x SHU defenders

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

    People were talking about double Bournemouth defence...

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I had it. FFS.

  13. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    IF BRIGHTON SCORE I WILL QUITTT

  14. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Jimi trotting in place as he comes off.

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

    Jimmy done

  16. ZeBestee
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Pope hasnt had a single shot to save for the last 2 games, whats going on?

    1. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Great defence

  17. SEXY SON
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Should have put Pope in over Heaton this week, damn 🙁

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

    Double bournemouth defense here.

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Likewise.

  19. S.Kuqi
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Is "lol @" still not allowed here?

    1. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Not for years

    2. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      lol

    3. Pumpkinhead
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      LOL @

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

      Need to be creative.

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

      L0L

    6. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Well I rephrase it. Didn't mind that Jrod goal 🙂

    7. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Shefki it is good to see you in live tv after a long break. Unfortunately Jimmy scored and Pukki missed couple of chances.

  20. mojoindojo
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Chambers to Rico went well...

  21. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Cantwells 10 points screaming at me from 1st sub

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Same, should just benched Mane and played him

    2. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Picking Maguire + Dendo over Ota + Cantwell not looking so smart.

      Just super worried about Otamendi's minutes and lo and behold he starts. Should have taken the risk. I like Cantwell...

  22. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Dunk and Rico most frustrating players to own ever.

  23. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Grealish close for a brace

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

    Sheff Utd CS confirmed!

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

    BOU pen denied

  26. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    SHUUUUUUUU DOUBLEEEEEE DEFENCEEEE YESSSSSSS

    1. Pumpkinhead
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      k

    2. Kun Tozser
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Treble !

  27. sunzip14
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Lunds CS banked!

  28. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Pope, Cantwell, Jimenez, and Kelly :O. Might as well brag because my OR absolutely sucks

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

      + Lundy

    2. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Kelly?

      Grealish captain, Cantwell, Jimi, Lundy, Pope

  29. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    YEEEEEEEEES POPE

  30. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Doherty YC