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Richarlison shakes off ankle injury to start for Everton

Richarlison (£8.0m) has overcome the ankle injury sustained midweek to start for Everton in Gameweek 4.

The Brazilian was one of many players discussed by Carlo Ancelotti in his Friday press conference, and it would appear that he has passed the fitness test.

That means Richarlison is free to make a fourth successive start in Everton’s front three, joined there by Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.5m), now owned by 41.6% of Fantasy Premier League managers, and James Rodríguez (£7.7m).

The Colombian, now sat in 30.3% of teams, has blanked in two of his first three league matches for the Toffees, but his last Goodison Park outing produced a 12-point haul.

However, Everton’s midfield trio is somewhat patched up today with Allan (£5.5m) and André Gomes (£5.5m) both missing out to a groin injury and a knock respectively.

They are replaced by Tom Davies (£5.4m) and Gylfi Sigurdsson (£6.9m) while Abdoulaye Doucouré (£5.5m) makes his fourth successive Premier League start of the campaign.

Brighton arrive on Merseyside on the back of some positive displays, so Graham Potter has tempered his tinkering once again, making just one change to the side that lost to Manchester United.

Yves Bissouma (£4.5m) is back in midfield, while Leandro Trossard (£6.0m) and Neal Maupay (£6.5m) start in support of Aaron Connolly (£5.5m).

Meanwhile, popular full-back Tariq Lamptey (£4.6m), owned by 10%, retains his berth on the right-hand side of a midfield four.

Everton XI (4-3-3): Pickford; Digne, Mina, Keane, Coleman; Sigurdsson, T Davies, Doucouré; Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin, Rodríguez.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI (3-4-2-1): Ryan; Webster, Dunk, White; March, Alzate, Bissouma, Lamptey; Maupay, Trossard; Connolly.

2,038 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Well eff you hamez, fpl gods really against me again

  2. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    James essential

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Not really

  3. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    HAMEZZZZ

  4. Arteta
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    James has been a solid buy eh 😳

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Still glad i got rid

      1. Utopsis
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Right

  5. Nimby
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Buying James in GW2 feels like my best ever transfer. Shame everyone else did it too.

    1. NWA
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      many transferred out in the past 2 weeks I think...

  6. Neevesy
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Oh Hamez......... What a beautiful man you are.

  7. IRBOX ⚽
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Everton are going to win the League

    1. XabiAlonso
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      You sound like we did for the last 30 years

  8. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    KDB playingvas CM

  9. Totalfootball
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Not fair .

  10. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    ⚽ Team News 📰
    LEE: Meslier, Ayling, Koch, Cooper, Klich, Costa, Dallas, Phillips, Alioski, Roberts, Bamford
    Subs: Caprile, Davis, Struijk, Llorente, Shackleton, Poveda-Ocampo, Rodrigo

    MCI: Ederson, Walker, Mendy, Dias, Laporte, Mahrez, Foden, Rodrigo, Torres, De Bruyne, Sterling
    Subs: Steffen, Stones, Aké, Fernandinho, Bernardo Silva, Palmer, Delap

    1. Nimby
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Glad Foden is starting. I can relax a bit about Lamptey being my first sub now.

  11. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Got lucky with Lamptey going off lol

  12. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks god I didn't go Hamez to Mahrez

    1. AC/DC AFC
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      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Thankfully i have both...

  13. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    JROD saving my season

    1. korbendallas82
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      brighton defence gone. twice he stood alone meters from defence.

  14. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    DCL needs to get on the end of these!

  15. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Poveda-Ocampo benched....

  16. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Kevin deep Bruyne.

    1. Bartowski
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Take your smut somewhere else please...

  17. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Go Foden + KDB!!!

  18. Neevesy
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Hamez is 6 points away fro. Single handedly equaling my last weeks score!

  19. NWA
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Doucoure is a beast shame is impact on the game is not translating into fpl points

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Ummm.. assists are FPL points bro

      1. NWA
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        I meant yes he has an assist but his influence and the stability he brings to the team his far greater than his total pts thus far

    2. Nimby
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Don't call black players 'beasts' please.

      1. IRBOX ⚽
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        No need to play the racial card there. That’s almost reverse racism, what a terrible comment

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Watch the dialogue. Black players are called beasts, white player units.

      2. Leaf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Stupid comment

      3. riot
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Terrible take, we call everyone beasts. It's Brit slang

      4. Tigers Time
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Dictionary definition - 'You can use beast to refer to something or someone in a light-hearted way, and to mention that they have a particular quality.'

      5. NWA
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Who said so am black myself lol

        1. Debauchy
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Perspective eh , 🙂

  20. Bleh
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Took out Hamez on WC. Time to quit?

    1. Legendary!
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Yep.

      1. Bleh
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        (Y)

  21. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Omg had no idea Hames had 30% ownership. Actually fooked lol

  22. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Foden and KDB positioning?

    1. Burger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Nice and deep, beautiful

  23. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Hot Rod fail.

  24. Brunsvigeren
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    James captain, and DCL peber, perfect

  25. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Booooo don’t sub him!

  26. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Do we think KDB will be playing deep?

    1. Legendary!
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Maybe.

  27. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    J rod runing my game week!!

  28. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Surely Hamez on pens now if they get one for the Hattie..

  29. The Mandalorian
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Still time for a JRod hattrick.

  30. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Both of those could've been DCL goals tbf... the crosser went to back post James both times instead of near post DCL