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21 December 2019 1528 comments
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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. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Currently on for 3 out of 3 CS with Guaita, Lundy, Rico...

    Bring on the pain

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

      Haha my thoughts exactly

    2. Burger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah you know its coming, same boat about to sink here too 😆

    3. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Pope Lundy, Rico, Kelly here...

      1. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Same four here.

      2. sminkypinky
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Snap

    4. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      I have 5, two of those on the bench!

  2. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Let’s call in full time. I just know these clean sheets are going to go =[

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

    Going to make everybody feel better... transferred out salah mount and ings don’t ask! For son Grealish and rashford! Which then pushed Cantwell to first sub! I know I know I know... stupid I deserve what I get.. oh for a -4 as well.. hurtingas could of gone top of my mini leagues cash league 33k in the world

  4. Plagued by indecision
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Played Heaton over Pope. Will I ever learn my lesson?

  5. Ask Yourself
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    OH FFS KDB AT CDM AGAIN WHAT A WASTE OF A CAPTAINCY

    1. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Chill out dude

  6. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    AGUERO ON THE BENCH

    RED ALERT

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

    Jimmy & Jota... one might be subbed here.

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

    ⚽ Team News 📰
    MCI: Ederson, Walker, Fernandinho, Otamendi, Mendy, De Bruyne, Gündogan, Bernardo Silva, Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling
    Subs: Bravo, Zinchenko, Eric García, Cancelo, Rodrigo, Agüero, Foden

    LEI: Schmeichel, Chilwell, Pereira, Söyüncü, Evans, Maddison, Barnes, Ndidi, Pérez, Tielemans, Vardy
    Subs: Ward, Justin, Morgan, Albrighton, Gray, Praet, Iheanacho

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Poor from Pep putting KDB at CM.

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

        He usually do

      2. HollywoodXI
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Agreed. City played so well last week with KDB further forward.

      3. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        He's there to win football matches, not help your fantasy team.

    2. Gaddafi
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      I'm pretty sure you got the Man City lineup wrong.

  9. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Mahrez plays against his former club, Aguero on the bench

  10. Yankee Toffee
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    01:30
    LEICESTER TEAM NEWS

    Team to play Man City: Schmeichel, Chilwell, Ricardo, Evans, Soyuncu, Ndidi, Tielemans, Maddison, Perez, Barnes, Vardy.

    Subs: Ward, Justin, Morgan, Gray, Albrighton, Iheanacho, Praet.

    01:30
    MAN CITY TEAM NEWS

    Team to play Leicester: Ederson, Walker, Mendy, Otamendi, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Bernardo, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Sterling, Jesus.

    Subs: Bravo, Aguero, Zinchenko, Rodi, Cancelo, Foden, Garcia.

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

      Change your timezone to GMT 🙂

  11. Ask Yourself
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Leicester going all out with that line up

  12. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Should have sold KDB

    1. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      lol

  13. Gaddafi
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    lord of the ings

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

    KDB AT CDM FFFSSS

    1. 1zverGGadeM
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Free role indeed

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Not even slightly

    2. ZeBestee
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      I think he will be advanced. BSilva can help in defending.

      1. ZeBestee
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Not a good sign though.

    3. HonestBlatter
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      PEP is animal

  15. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    I love how stress free Leicester team sheets are.

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Wait until next GW

    2. FFSbet.com
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Not for long
      Asked whether Vardy could play all four games, Rodgers said: "No chance. The game is about money now. You can't say it's about the welfare of players.

      "We're playing at 8pm on the 26th then on the 28th we are playing at 5.30pm. We'll have a busy January — which is brilliant, that's what you want. You want to succeed and play lots of games — but the players aren't robots. It's not a computer game.

      "In terms of recovery, it is the second day after a game that is really tough for a player. We're kicking off at 5.30pm at West Ham. It's just nonsense, really."

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

        Oh dear. It was good while it lasted!

      2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 16 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Vardy locked for all 4 starts then 😉

  16. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Leicester are going to beat man city

  17. Strchld
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Jimi C fail

  18. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Jota off Neto on

  19. tm245
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Neto on Jota off

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

    Wipe that Palace CS ffs

    1. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Behave

    2. MagicMessi
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Unfortunately Kelly bench so CS locked 🙁

    3. Pukki Party
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Have you checked who they are playing?

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

    Right Jimi enough is enough now, do me a favour and put the ball in the back of the net will you

  22. FC Hakkebøf
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Not doing Abraham to Ings when everyone else did is haunting me....

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      baaaa

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      That Abraham's ownership in the Top 10k is still 50%, suggests most didn't do it.

  23. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Goal Villa grealish

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

    Grealish goal

  25. 1zverGGadeM
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    All we need for Christmas is Moutinho corner to Jimmy for 1-2

  26. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    No single save by Ryan ... oh my

  27. Ask Yourself
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Grealish goal. Stop moaning you lot

  28. mattk lfc
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Grealish success

  29. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Grealish jeeeeeeeee juhuuuuuuu you beauty!!!!

  30. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Grealish!