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Ings starts third straight match for Saints in Sunday’s only Gameweek 32+ fixture

Gameweek 32+ continues to move at a glacial pace, with just one Premier League fixture taking place on Sunday.

Southampton are the visitors to Watford, with kick-off at Vicarage Road at 16:30 BST.

Danny Ings (£7.2m) makes Ralph Hasenhuttl’s starting XI for the third straight match, quelling fears that he may have been rested amid the fixture congestion.

The Southampton manager has made changes to his starting XI elsewhere, however, with Stuart Armstrong (£5.2m), Yan Valery (£4.6m) and Michael Obafemi (£4.9m) all dropping to the bench.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (£4.8m) misses out with an ankle injury.

Oriel Romeu (£4.3m), Will Smallbone (£4.5m), Kyle Walker-Peters (£4.4m) and Shane Long (£4.7m) are the players replacing them.

Jannik Vestergaard (£4.5m) fills in for the suspended Jack Stephens (£4.4m) at centre-half, meanwhile, but Alex McCarthy (£4.5m) keeps his place after his high-profile error in the defeat to Arsenal.

Nigel Pearson has made three changes to his starting XI from the side that lost 1-0 at Burnley.

Craig Cathcart (£4.3m) replaces Christian Kabasele (£4.3m) at centre-half, while Roberto Pereyra (£5.6m) and Abdoulaye Doucoure (£5.6m), both of whom were rested in midweek, return to the side.

Danny Welbeck (£5.8m) and Tom Cleverley (£4.8m), as well as Kabasele, are all among the substitutes after their run-outs against the Clarets.

Three of Watford’s fringe players, Andre Gray (£5.5m), Nathaniel Chalobah (£4.4m) and Domingos Quina (£4.3m), have all been omitted from the matchday squad amid rumours of a “lockdown party” hosted by Gray.

Ings has been transferred in by approximately 260,000 FPL managers since his double-digit haul in Gameweek 30+.

The striker is by some distance the most-owned player on show in today’s fixture and has been handed the armband by just over 75,000 Fantasy bosses.

Over one in five of the top 10,000 FPL managers own Ings, too.

The forward and Ismaila Sarr (£6.3m) were both on target in the reverse fixture back in November, with Hasenhuttl’s troops running out 2-1 winners.


Watford XI: Foster, Femenía, Cathcart, Dawson, Masina, Hughes, Capoue, Sarr, Doucoure, Pereyra, Deeney.

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Smallbone, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Redmond, Long, Ings.

FPL Lessons Learned from Gameweek 32+

863 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Hi.....is foden an option in a 3 5 2 from gw33 onwards?

    Thanks

    1. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      yeah probably

    2. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      I think he might be. Got him on my WC this week.

    3. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Yes. As long as you can accept he will be benched sometimes.

    4. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Was just gonna say, looks good for next few, got 2 ft so could shift it around a bit.

      1. Flynny
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Yeah I have 2 ft and lots of cash....

        Looking at maybe bringing in foden, kane and pulisic (although he may have just come off injured)

  2. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Looks like we’ll have next season of no fans. Does anyone know if there’s a date set for the start?

    1. Right In The Stanchion
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      *with no fans

    2. Ron_Swanson
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      11/9

  3. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Long looked liked he was running for a bus.

  4. SADIO SANÉ
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    teams don't hoof it enough for my liking, Leicester look happy to end the game here

  5. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Foden & Nketiah are my “makeweights”

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Reply fail to Flynny

    2. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Thinking the same.

  6. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Blockhampton.

  7. EmreCan Hustle
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Will Hughes is a liability.

    1. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Lee Hughes is a murderer.

  8. Qaiss
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Leicester have been clueless since December

  9. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Chilwell laughing with Barkley just after the final whistle. That is such a pet peeve of mine. Your team have just went out of the cup and look to be struggling. Doesn't show a good attitude. You see a lot of players doing that these days.

    1. Ron_Swanson
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      He is joining Chelsea though

    2. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Chelsea would be stupid to buy him for 50/60m

    3. EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      The Leicester players feel they have already over performed so there's no point giving it a 100% now.

    4. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Goal came from Chilwell's side after he put his hands up - donut guy

    5. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Absolutely. Good enough reason to be benched, it just shows no respect for the club and the fans, and worst of all, a lack of winning mentality.

  10. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Smallbone pulled off by the gaffer 🙂

  11. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Smallbone withdrawn

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Is that what you call yours? 😉

  12. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Wish could get Giroud in for West Ham game now.....

    1. The Senate
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      one of my ML rivals has Giroud, another has Tammy. At least one of them will always be in pain!

  13. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    That 9-0 seems ages ago.

  14. Mini Mahouse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    First Watford game I watch - Should maybe have watched 1 or 2 before I got Sarr in, this is dreadful - Can't believe I own a player from them

    1. EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Yhe Liverpool game shows what he's capable of

    2. The Senate
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      quite lucky for them there's (at least) three worse teams in the league right now - it'd be a travesty if Bournemouth or Villa escape relegation at Watford's expense

  15. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Danny Ings will get a big move this summer. To who though? Everton? Spurs? Hmmmm????

    1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Hope he stays at Southampton, would be a real shame if he went to Spurs to be 2nd fiddle behind Kane

    2. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Not many clubs will have cash to spend.

    3. EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Spurs is a good move. Kane is often injured. And Ings might have had an injury free season but he may not be so fortunate next season.

    4. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Liverpool could do worse than bring him back. If he does move it'll probably to a team with top 6 ambitions - the likes of Everton or Arsenal I imagine.

  16. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Simpson & Sarr to Aurier & Foden (2FT’s) hmmmm

  17. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Q: What is Smallbone's special move called?

  18. fusen
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Sarr is walking about, making token efforts to track back without actually getting to the ball.

    He'll surely be subbed soon.

  19. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Not really a fan of Nigel Pearson's Sierra Cosworth Owners Club look...

  20. BNMC
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    The man with the small bones subbed off, the man with the strong arms subbed on. Perfect.

  21. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Ings G

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Foster A. Clown.

  22. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Ohhhhh noooooooooooo

  23. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Holy crap, Ings

  24. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Ingsyyyyyyyyyy

    Love it 🙂

  25. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Ffs Danny Bloody Ings

  26. Ron_Swanson
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Ings again!

  27. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Ings goal, Foster helped. Might get dropped.

  28. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Going Foster over Pope wasn't my best move this season

    1. beric
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Same. Might switch back this week

  29. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Foster you plum.

    Ruining my rank.

  30. EmreCan Hustle
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Ings could finish top scorer.