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Ben Mee (£5.0m) is the most notable absentee from Sunday’s early kick-off at Turf Moor between Burnley and Sheffield United.

The centre-back, previously an ever-present for the Clarets, misses out with a thigh injury.

Over 5,000 FPL managers had plumped for Mee’s services ahead of the Gameweek 33 deadline. The defender hauled 15 points in Gameweek 32 as his goal secured a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace.

Kevin Long (£4.3m) deputises for the Burnley captain. Nick Pope (£5.0m) owners will be hoping that Mee’s absence doesn’t make Sean Dyche’s team easier to breach.

Jack Cork (£4.9m) is also sidelined, so Josh Brownhill (£4.8m) continues in central midfield while defender Erik Pieters (£4.2m) keeps his place on the left side of midfield.

Returning to the Burnley line-up is Jay Rodriguez (£5.7m), who missed out in GW32 through injury. That pushes Dwight McNeil back into midfield, with the £6.1m man operating from the right-hand side of Dyche’s 4-4-2.

Chris Wood (£6.1m) and Johann Berg Gudmundsson (£5.9m) are part of the Clarets’ 20-man matchday squad. Neither player has featured for the club since the Premier League restarted.

Sheffield United are unchanged from their 3-1 victory at home to Spurs on Thursday.

The big news from Chris Wilder’s point-of-view is that Jack O’Connell (£4.6m) returns from injury to take a place on the substitutes’ bench.

The Blades boss ruled out John Lundstram (£4.7m), John Fleck (£4.7m) and Luke Freeman (£5.0m) for ‘a couple of weeks’ in his pre-match press conference.

Burnley XI: Pope; Taylor, Tarkowski, Long, Bardsley; Pieters, Westwood, Brownhill, McNeil; Rodriguez, Vydra.

Sheffield United XI: Henderson; Robinson, Egan, Basham; Stevens, Osborn, Norwood, Berge, Baldock; McBurnie, McGoldrick.


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

    Will Bournemouth get another point this season? There’s a really tasty run of fixtures to attack that defence especially if you have money up top

    Kane
    Vardy
    KdB Mahrez
    Ings
    Everton (had to break down somewhere)

    1. JIMMY TUGGINS
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      They'll probably beat Spurs.

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

        United were good for sure but think that was as much about Bournemouth. Palace and Newcastle made them look dumb too 🙂

        Only Wolves struggled

    2. Balls of Steel
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Looks fairly bleak with their defence.. can't see any clean sheets anyway!

  2. DeathoftheParty
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Desperate for that Burnley cleanie... Deeeeeesperate.

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

      How desperate? What are you willing to do for it

      1. DeathoftheParty
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Bad things... If you're the VAR ref hit me up.

      2. No Kane No Gain
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Watch the game kind of desperate

  3. Brosstan
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Go play in traffic hendo you useless blanket...

  4. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Pope make some saves asap..

    1. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      That would involve Sheff United being capable of having a shot

  5. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    team news??

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

      Lascelles starts

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Woohoo!!!

        (Don’t know why I am celebrating, he’s bound to concede)

  6. SHOOTER MCGINN
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Pope 5.5 next year. Priced out.

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

      5.0 more likely imo. Burnley is still Burnley.

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

    ⚽ Team News 📰
    NEW: Dubravka, Manquillo, Krafth, Fernández, Lascelles, Saint-Maximin, Shelvey, Joelinton, Hayden, Almirón, Gayle
    Subs: Darlow, Rose, Schär, Yedlin, Bentaleb, Lazaro, Matthew Longstaff, Ritchie, Carroll

    WHU: Fabianski, Fredericks, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Diop, Rice, Soucek, Bowen, Lanzini, Fornals, Antonio
    Subs: Randolph, Balbuena, Masuaku, Johnson, Wilshere, Noble, Xande Silva, Ajeti, Yarmolenko

    1. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Lascelles 🙂

    2. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Andy Carroll benched 😯

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

        That's my TC out the window

    3. THE Wild Rover
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Damn, stay on the bench Ritchie

      1. Bobby Crush
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Nah, he needs to get on asap, as Alonso also was benched.

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

          same - Dunk coming in for Alonso but last sub is Robinson

    4. el polako
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Bringing in Ritchie on WC must be one of mine worst decisions this year, first injury now glued to the bench.
      Wish that muppet Bruce were bit more honest about Ritchies fitness.

  8. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Lascelles Starte

  9. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    After all these GWs with Taylor's points on bench..

    Burnley hooolllddddd

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

    Anyone else starting Watford defender next week. Norwich haven’t scored in 5!

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      I have Masina
      But Watford are also shite

      1. Paul Psychic Octopus
        • 15 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Masina was benched yesterday. I have Kiko.

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

          Hoping for Kiko haul!

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

      Foster

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

        Foster owners due a break, even my Patrício pick hasn’t been that bad!

    3. Greek Freak
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      No better time to score than against Watford.

  11. Brosstan
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Shelvey (c) lets goo lad!

  12. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    lascelles blocking jammy Saka pts. You love to see it.

    1. Rosey Palmer
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Blocking my Soy 7....switched at the last moment

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

    Sheffield United doing anything?

    1. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Doing their best to finish 12th

  14. Lukakuna
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Laaaaaaaaaaaaascelles

  15. FPL Emu
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    I need to construct some sort of bad-ass differential WC team

    How does this look? Bench boosting week after this one.

    Pope / Fabianski

    Doherty / Azpilicueta / VVD / Aurier / Holgate

    Fernandes / Martial / Foden / Willian / Salah

    Vardy / Kane / Greenwood

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

      Looks good

    2. FPL Emu
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Let me add that this is more of a differential team in mini league terms

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

        Yeh thats the ideal differential front 3 rn imo, would love to own both Kane and Vardy for the next few weeks

  16. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Best defender for 5.4 or under? Aurier?

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

      Already have awb and wolves defence

    2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Gomez

    3. The Red Devil
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Burnley defender

    4. HashAttack
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Not Ritchie, apparently

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

    get Pope off now.

    1. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Burnley coming under a lot of pressure. But only 1 save so far.

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

    Captain

    A. KDB
    B.Fernandes
    C. Salah
    D. Kane

  19. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Can't wait for the Lascelles auto-sub for Saiss...

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

    Lascelles starts - might need that point or two off my bench later

  21. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Fingers crossed KDB gets a complete rest from this evening's game

    1. have you seen cyan
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      hopefully

    2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      I think I’d triple cap possibly if that was the case

      Even with minutes from th bthe nah

      But that GW38 NOR fixture screams KDB 2G 2A If he got the start there

    3. Rosey Palmer
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Doubtful...10 minute cameo

    4. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Switched from KDB to Mahrez on my FH so hopefully. KDB has started 27 of 29 games when he has been available this season so a rest in the league is rare.

    5. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      He did take a knock last game. And Man City will be thinking about the CL, not the PL.

      Pep should put him on the bench, race into a 2 or 3 goal lead, and leave him there.

  22. Holmes
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    I wonder when they will concede...

  23. have you seen cyan
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Thinking to next season who do you think the staples will be/what kinda team do you think you will get?
    Heres mine so far
    Pope
    TAA - Saiss - AWB
    KDB - Bruno - Pulisic - Salah -? (Martial/Mane)
    Jimi - ? - ? (Ings/Vardy/Rashford)

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

      Thats literally just everyones current team..

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        lol true

    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Hendsrson (at Utd)
      TAA (8 mil)
      KDB Ziyech Bruno
      Werner Greenwood

      Salah and Mane will be strikers finally

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

        If they play on the wings they're not strikers in fpl tho..

        1. HuttonDressedasLahm
          • 16 Years
          6 years, 1 month ago

          Auba is 😉

      2. have you seen cyan
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Thats alot of faith in two unproven PL assets

    3. robredo10
      • 17 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Even without the question marks and subs, that team alone will probably cost £100m

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

        True, all their prices gonna go way up otherwise it'll be super template again

      2. have you seen cyan
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Its not too unrealisitc, filling some questions marks is hard, and yes prices will rise alot.

    4. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Ings, Greenwood etc. will be priced much higher.
      Martial may be classified as a forward, finally.

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Rash, Martial and Green all forwards? I cant see Rash being moved to midfield by FPL

    5. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Leeds GK, 4.0 (8.5)
      TAA, 4.5, 4.5, 4.5 4.5 (26.0)
      KDB (perma), Bruno, 7.5, 5.0, 4.5 (39.0)
      Rashford, Ings, Jimmy (26.5)

      There may not be any need for any other captain with KDB on pens, DFKs & Corners... Bruno/Rash can back him up

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        I'd like a Leeds keeper, but I cant miss out on Pope again..

  24. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Let’s go team Fabianski!!

    **Tumbleweed

  25. HollywoodXI
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Just travelled forward in time and Pope still hasn’t conceded a goal December 2021. Get him in lads.

  26. CarsonYeung
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Nick Pope is a terrorist, big points every GW after Burnley's first team squad of 12 players nick a 1-0 win every game

  27. Shark Team
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    They were complaining about Poch while his main left back is benched in NUFC

  28. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Lascelles blocking my Pieters haul 😡

    1. Dont give a fuchs
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Hi Chucky. Just looked you are from Pakistan too. Nice OR!

  29. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Is Maguire really a better centre back than Tarkowski?

  30. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Lascelles cut my assss