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

    DING DING DING!

    1. Bruce Lee
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      yeah that's all well and good to say but bells are said to have emotions

      1. Random Name
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        learnt a new phrase have you?

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

    Its him agai....

  3. Niho992
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Will fraud Heaton ever have CS ?

    1. Bruce Lee
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      lol man said fraud

      1. Niho992
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Ofc he is

        1. Bruce Lee
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 4 months ago

          so is my whole team - good night

    2. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Irrelevant, no one owns him.

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

    Brought can't well in for mount, put him on the bench....
    But captained ings

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

    A Cantwell goal is the casuals dream

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

      EO 15% top 10k & 12% overall according to Live FPL!

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

        Surprised me how low it is

    2. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      And mine, also got in auction league.

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

    Ings goal. Targett CS busted

  7. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    (I)NGS YES

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

    Ings!

    Another one saving my GW

    1. Hits from the Bong
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Sold Rashford for Ings last night. Need this so much

  9. HurriKane
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Ingssssss yessssssss

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

    Long or Ings?

    1. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Long shot, Ings rebound for goal.

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

    Dream Team this week is going to cost 55m.

  12. Woy_is_back
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Ings my boy. Too bad captained Jimmy

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

    Should have played Pope over Heaton

  14. El-Kloppico
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Ohh. Switch captain ffrom Ings to Rash last min.

  15. evilfish
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Thanks Captain Ings 🙂

  16. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Selling Ings for Rash wasnt smart move then.

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

      It was rather rash

    2. Hits from the Bong
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      I did the opposite last night

  17. Maddi Son
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Sheff Utd goal

    1. Maddi Son
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      McBurnie G

  18. Ha.
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Ings the new Vardy

  19. lordkippe
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Sold Ings for Rashford. Dont own Cantwell. CRISIS

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

    McBurnie burns seagulls

  21. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Ings punishes the sellers

  22. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Please not Ings again

  23. Firminooooo
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Just in. How are my players Ings and Cantwell doing?

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

      Ings and Cantwell owners party

      \o/ o/ \o ~o~

  24. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Nice start, heaton cs gone, cantwell on bench !

  25. McSauce
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Have Cantwell and Ings! Great start!

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

    Ryan CS gone for real now

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

      Yes!

  27. Postman Ty
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    So the Villa defence punt didn't work, shocker. Ah well, kept Ings!

    1. Maddi Son
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      I correctly benched Engels which was tough. He comes in for Willems though.

      1. Postman Ty
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        I needed cover for three specific gameweeks and they had the best fixtures by far. Knew it wasn't likely to turn out but Targett almost got an assist at least. Two more tries for them.

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

    Assist for Shef G?

    1. HurriKane
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Lundstram?

  29. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Mousset wagon derailed

    1. Random Name
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      in your dreams

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

    Why did I get a brighton defender