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While Manchester City v West Ham United has fallen victim to Storm Ciara, the Premier League’s other scheduled game on Sunday goes ahead.

Barring any late developments, Sheffield United v Bournemouth will kick off at 14:00 GMT.

The Blades are unchanged from Gameweek 25, meaning that John Lundstram (£5.0m) is benched for the third league match in a row.

Lundstram was the most-sold ‘defender’ of Gameweek 26 but is still in 43.3% of Fantasy Premier League teams overall and almost two-thirds of all top 10k squads, although his effective ownership statistics suggest a significant number of those benched him ahead of Saturday’s deadline.

Of course, with City v West Ham now postponed and not guaranteed to be rescheduled within the winter break, Lundstram could well be auto-subbed into many of those sides.

Sander Berge (£5.0m) is handed his Bramall Lane debut, while Billy Sharp (£5.6m) makes his third successive start up front.

Dean Henderson (£5.1m), George Baldock (£5.1m) and John Fleck (£5.1m), who each enjoy double-digit ownerships in the top 10,000, all start.

Eddie Howe has made only one change to his Bournemouth side, with Andrew Surman (£4.7m) replacing the suspended Jefferson Lerma (£4.8m) in midfield.

Josh King (£6.1m) and Jack Stacey (£4.3m) are among the substitutes after six-week absences.

Diego Rico (£4.3m), who still sits in almost 25% of teams within the top 10k, also starts at left-back.

The Cherries have failed to score in four of their last five away matches, while Sheffield United have kept five shut-outs on home soil this season.


Sheffield United XI: Henderson; O’Connell, Egan, Basham; Stevens, Fleck, Norwood, Berge, Baldock; McBurnie, Sharp.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale; Smith, Francis, Ake, Rico; Surman, Gosling, Billing; H Wilson, C Wilson, Fraser.

  1. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Can I rage about that Cilson goal? Double Shf defense here and no Lundstram !!!!!

    1. fgdu
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      yes you can.. baldock assist incoming though!!

      1. villa_til_i_die
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Hope so!

    2. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      join the club

    3. Niho992
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      I transferred our Cilson this GW so you cant.

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Last week maybe was better week to WC... At least Shf pts in the bank

  2. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    BBC Sport gave Stevens the assist. Wrong...???

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Wrong

    2. FPL.team
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Wrong.

  3. Bavarian
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    O'Connell or Egan ?

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Pick one ... guaranteed the other scoring more points

      1. Bavarian
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Hahaha indeed

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

    Enda Stevens was very good in 1st half and he will end this game at 0 or 1 point...

    Great GW.

  5. Ady87
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Hopefully it stays with Egan!

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      why it shouldn't ?

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        This

    2. FPL.team
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      There's no way it won't. It's as clear an assist as I've seen this season.

  6. COLLIN QUANER
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Did Lund > Egan.
    Also have DCL.
    Great gameweek so far.

    1. Ady87
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Got Egan but did DCL > Ings.

      1. COLLIN QUANER
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        I'm sure Ings will score. Good luck Ady

    2. DAZZ
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Nice one. Good move

      1. COLLIN QUANER
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks Dazz

    3. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Noice!

      1. COLLIN QUANER
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks Pillars!

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

      Me too. High fives all around.

      1. COLLIN QUANER
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Great stuff, Svasei

  7. b91jh
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    I do think Lundstram could start next match given Berge's performance.
    I'm a non-owner anyway.

    1. Sterling Malory
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Sander will get a good run in the team to get used to how we play and up to speed with the prem.

      If we were in a relegation scrap I would have agreed with you though.

    2. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Berge is best player on the pitch

      1. Woy_is_back
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        hahahaha

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      I'm not sure about that
      Berge is looking better as the game has gone on and is still getting used to the system and teammates
      Lundstram to remain an impact sub, 60-70 mins in, a bit like Mousset

    4. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      What?

    5. Mooster©️
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Berge is a CDM, why do they make him run forward and on the wing all the time?

  8. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Please tell me Eagan assist !!! I am owner !!!

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

      I Kante confirm it

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

        *Kane

    2. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      yes o/

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        juuhuuuu thanks lads, I lav you

        1. FPL Pillars
          • 9 Years
          6 years, 1 month ago

          Hopeful of a Egan header to win it.

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      It is

  9. Long ago I drew a walrus
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Sitting in Manchester with a bright blue sky, no rain, no wind. What a day.

  10. Jet5605
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    A big thanks to those on here who talked me out of doing Vardy > Kun (c) for a hit. I was never comfortable with it and knew it could knacker my squad up and am so glad I stuck with Salah (c).

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Well done. Would have been a dangerous move to bring in a City asset this week with the weather warnings. Hope Vardy rewards your loyalty.

      1. Jet5605
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Leicester have outstanding fixtures after their next two and I have a feeling Vardy could go into beast mode again. I'm also keen to get Harvey B.

    2. DandyDon
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      I was considering DCL to Aguero (c) all week. Really Rrally glad that didn't happen!

      1. Jet5605
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Nice one. It almost feels like a captain's haul!

        The Kun(c) fail would have been bad enough but a knackered up squad would have been tricky to fix without taking hits.

    3. villa_til_i_die
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Aguero has mucked me up too many times, although dgw will prob be too good to resist now!

      1. Jet5605
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        That's the irony of the game. Non Aguero owners this week will be so tempted to get him for the next double he has.

      2. Tinkermania
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        We will all get him then.

  11. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Goal! Billy Sharp (Sheffield Utd) fires the rebound into the roof of the net after the ball breaks to him in the box. The score is 1:1.
    45+2' John Egan (Sheffield Utd) reacts well to latch onto a rebound inside the box, but his shot is well blocked.

    Egan owner juuuhuuuuu 😀

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Enjoy

  12. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Egan owners deserve those points. Geniuses

    1. FPL.team
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Breakfast Club did suggest he was a good option.

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      3 points and yet the drama, blimey

    3. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      thanks!

      I used this formula to pick him:

      \pi=\sum_{n=0}^\infty(-1)^n\frac{4}{2n+1}.

  13. clodhopper
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Cant believe how lovely the weather is up here in manchester

    1. Niho992
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Cant wait for Kun hattie today !!!

  14. fgdu
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    So.... where's the points at this week

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Not at the Etihad

  15. Lecky Legs FC
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    James Pearce:

    "Gini Wijnaldum contract discussions are ongoing and I believe a deal will be agreed."

    1. Marvin.
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      It's been rattling on for ages that one. Not sure what the hold up is.

    2. Fantasy Gold
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      This changes everything

  16. Geriatric Unathletic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Winter Break FFS! If they are going to do a break make it the f'in same for everyone. I hate htis week :(. I was/am doing O.K. overall and thought, I know, I'll use my W.C. to keep the momentum going and bring in an extra City player as the fixture is sooo tasty. Sometimnes I could sit and cry, really 🙁 :(.

    1. Niho992
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Same. WC ruined. Season over.

      1. Geriatric Unathletic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        I just wanted to take a chance and keep ahead of mini league rivals. Well I suppose that's what happens if you take a chance :(.

        Now everybody, and his dog, and his cat, and his cat's fleas will have triple city for the rearranged fixture.

        1. villa_til_i_die
          • 14 Years
          6 years, 1 month ago

          Taking a chance is how you become great in this game, you have to do it to move away from the rest, sometimes it pays off, sometimes it dont

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Poor decision by Man City to postpone.

      They have made a lot of poor decisions this season.

      1. Moderately content penguin
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        The dumb part was taking the decision just as the storm hit at 11. Had they waited just an hour and decided to factor in possibly late ko it would have been an easy decision

    3. villa_til_i_die
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Unlucky mate, but don’t let it get you that down, your rank is brill, you must know what you are doing. Stay calm, still lots to play for

      1. Geriatric Unathletic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        I know overreacting. It's just these "small", I believed well thought out plans can make such a difference.

  17. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    How's the weather in Manchester?

    1. clodhopper
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Lovely sunny and calm

  18. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Fabulous game for us Lundstram Rico owners so far

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Rico is on the field

  19. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    O'Connell over Egan on the WC does not seem like it was good a decision. Dunno why I did not go Egan cheaper and Irish

    1. Champions League Varane
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      One of our own

      1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
        • 16 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        😀

  20. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Wilder and Surman fight

  21. Shark Team
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Fleck is now on corners < 3

    1. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Does not matter if he does not score/assist.

  22. Epic Fail
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Surman about to get banged by Wilder 😀

  23. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    wow that is wild

  24. Marvin.
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Flash point!

  25. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    What the Fleck is wrong with this guy? Does he look like scoring/assisting?

  26. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Wilder by name....

  27. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    wilder yellow card

  28. Am sorry to say again it�…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    -1 for Chris Wilder

  29. jason_ni
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Wilder down to 1 point..

  30. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    McBurnie and Sharp 🙁 ...