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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. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Pukki big miss

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

      Hair’s getting too long

  2. Arse Craic
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Henderson assist. Long ball

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

      Seriously?!

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

      No way, really??

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

    Hendo assist

  4. Bouncebackability
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Might be Henderson assist

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

      Is

  5. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Rind Ding Ding

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

    OMG HENDERSON!

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

    Dunk did change direction of ball considerably though

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Intended target surely?

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

    If i get 25 points this GW im happy

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

      If I get 25 points from my captain, I’m happy

      #adpirational #reachforthestars

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        12,5 X 2

  9. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Any chance Heaton can save a JWP pen with Ings scoring the rebound?

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

    Wilder clueless benching Mousset!

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

    Dunk OG?

  12. Waynoo
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Ings has been my best signing this season

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

    Pukki misses 1on1

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

    Lungstrap was nearly in on goal then.

  15. Rolls-Royce
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Should've never sold Cantwell. 🙁

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

      Zlatan approves of this message

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

    Hend assist confirmed?

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

      Still not being added

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

      Yes

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

      I hope so, that would be epic. (I dont check my team until end of games so cant look 🙂

    4. gomenor
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      It must have been an assist right??????

  17. EmreCan Hustle
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Norwich look dangerous. Pukki could be an option again soon.

  18. AzzaroMax99
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    No assist on FPL for Sheff. Too bad :/

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

    Byram started well on Traore.

  20. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Heaton clean sheet gone 🙁

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

      Like every week so.

  21. Butcher
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Sold Ings for Rashford and captained Richarlison. Luck finally gone dry.

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

    Come on Jimmy (C) :/

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

      Loves a late goal mate you can count on a 9 pointer with him always!

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

      I've got him (c), always a chance against Norwich, holding tight

  23. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Ings consistently scoring is the most disturbing thing ever

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

      Time is up now. Tough fixtures incoming.

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

        He has no problem in scoring against against tough opposition this season 😉

        Scored against liv tot che ars wol.

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

        this is where Ings goes from differeential, to super differential. Those red fixtures are a lie, he can score in all

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

      Salty non owner?

      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Definitely!

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

    That cant be Henderson assist

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

      It’s not.

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

      Henderson has a save, not an assist

      And thus it shall stay

  25. Garfield1001
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Played Heaton over Pope 🙁

  26. Garfield1001
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Anybody else benched Pope?

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

      Yep. Never again. Heaton is getting sold

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

    Is Henderson’s nickname None?

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

      Nonderson

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

    Villa are going down if they don't sign a striker in January. Wesley is literally a lamp post.

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

      Kodjia is world class.

    2. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Who's worse: Wesley or Joelinton?

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

    Guaita’s off on one again...

    first save point almost in the bag

  30. Dont give a fuchs
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Leno and Cantwell on the bench