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Calvert-Lewin and Allan start as Hasenhüttl benches McCarthy

Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.8m) makes a much-anticipated return to the Everton starting line-up as they host Southampton in Double Gameweek 26.

The forward missed each of the Toffees last two matches through injury and featured only as a second-half substitute in the 2-0 win at Liverpool last time out.

Back in the side from the off tonight, Calvert-Lewin comes into Double Gameweek 26 captained by 8.7% of the top 10k.

His last Premier League start produced his third double-digit haul of the campaign in a 3-3 draw against Manchester United, although the forward’s Gameweek 6 trip to Southampton resulted in his first blank of the 2020/21 campaign.

Calvert-Lewin backers will no doubt have half an eye on the Everton midfield tonight considering that James Rodríguez (£7.7m) misses out and remains without a full 90 minute outing in the Premier League since Gameweek 21.

Gylfi Sigurdsson (£6.8m) is tasked with the number 10 role again at Goodison Park although there is still a boost deeper in the midfield with Allan‘s (£5.2m) first league start since Gameweek 13.

Lucas Digne (£6.2m) and Mason Holgate (£4.8m) are either side of Ben Godfrey (£5.0m) and Michael Keane (£5.1m) in the back-four while Jordan Pickford (£4.8m) makes a third successive start.

Meanwhile, Ralph Hasenhüttl has made a brave call for Southampton’s trip north.

Alex McCarthy (£4.5m) misses out on the starting XI for the first time since Gameweek 17 when he was injured for the 1-0 win over Liverpool.

Fraser Forster (£4.0m) comes in for just his second Premier League start of the season, supported by a back-four with Jan Bednarek (£4.9m) at right full-back.

With Oriol Romeu (£4.5m) out for the season with an ankle fracture, winger Stuart Armstrong (£5.5m) occupies a central-midfield role alongside James Ward-Prowse (£5.9m).

Nathan Redmond (£6.4m) and Moussa Djenepo (£5.4m) provide the width either side of Danny Ings (£8.4m) and Che Adams (£5.8m).

Double Gameweek 26 line-ups…

Everton XI: Pickford; Digne, Godfrey, Keane, Holgate; Gomes, Allan, Doucouré; Sigurdsson; Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

Southampton XI: Forster; Bertrand, Vestergaard, Salisu, Bednarek; Djenepo, Armstrong, Ward-Prowse, Redmond; Adams, Ings.

Double Gameweek 26 so far…

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  1. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Pickford denies Vest goal

  2. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Pickford hero

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      First Sot sog

  3. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    England’s #1!!!

    1. Third Eye Vision
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      Correct.

  4. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Rich off

  5. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Rich rested

  6. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Who will score a Premier league goal first?

    A) Adams
    B) Brewster
    C) Maupay
    D) none of them will ever score again

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      D

    2. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      E - upvote

    3. Dthinger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      B

  7. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    King on
    Rich off

  8. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    my 3 DEF 7, 6, 6
    my 4 MF 3, 3 ,2 ,1

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      Your MF sucks

      1. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        salah, bruno, gundo, barnes

  9. Kiwivillan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Sub Digne off

  10. Aster
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    20 votes for poor DCL captainer.

  11. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Rich rested so him and King can start v wba.

  12. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Pickford's overhead double-handed punches are worrying me.

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      Got caught by one of DCL's hooves.

  13. Catastrophe
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Keane robbed of MOTM

  14. Kaneyonero
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Rich CS banked

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      Have an upvote.

      1. Catastrophe
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Those who give, shall receive; upvoted

    2. Rashers
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 28 days ago

      Went looking for him last week in midfielders alright and couldn't find him

  15. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 28 days ago

    Josh King alert-- hope you're watching Southgate!

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Classic

      • Niho992
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Mate, he is Danish.

        1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 28 days ago

          Norwegian, even.

          1. @persecuted_by_mods
              3 years, 28 days ago

              Got a live one

              1. Yank Revolution
                • 12 Years
                3 years, 28 days ago

                Now time to land him

            • Niho992
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 28 days ago

              Danish, just like Elmander and Forsberg

              1. Chrisitis
                • 12 Years
                3 years, 28 days ago

                They are swedish

            • Pompel
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 28 days ago

              And he's been nailed on for the striker spot on Norway's team for a few years now. Say's something of our quality...

          2. Kiwivillan
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 28 days ago

            Southgate?

          3. Hulk Smash
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 28 days ago

            You can't just call someone a pastry, mate.

        2. Kiwivillan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 28 days ago

          Søuthgaard

          1. Yank Revolution
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 28 days ago

            Got this one scaled and cleaned, Q

      • Biggsy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        We'll, I guess Bamford to DCL (TC) for a hit has me at least even...

        Bring on the six pointer on Thursday

        1. ‘Tis the Season
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 28 days ago

          He’ll be benched

          1. Biggsy
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 28 days ago

            Then I guess even it is

      • Now I'm Panicking
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Djenepo auditioning to be the voice of T-Rex in the next Jurrassic Park film

      • lewis1290
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        is it FT yet?

      • tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Upvote was the real winner tonight

        1. Paqueta Rice
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 28 days ago

          Did you TC him?

          1. tiger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 28 days ago

            bottled it at the last minute...

      • Niho992
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Djenepo idiot. Diving and wasting time while his team losing

        1. Duke Silver ☑
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 28 days ago

          Here. Have an upvote.

          1. Hulk Smash
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 28 days ago

            OMG upvoted

      • McSauce
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Which is the better sub;

        A) Salah --> KDB(c)
        B) Barnes --> Lingard (Kane captain)
        C) Bruno —> Son

      • Kaneyonero
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Upvote (TC)

      • Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        DCL = Dominic Captain Loser

      • Saka_me_sideways
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Has Djenepo got through a game without being injured yet?

      • ‘Tis the Season
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Pants down knob jockeys

        1. Hulk Smash
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 28 days ago

          Upvote worthy

      • Scholes Out For Summer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Digne not in the BAPs 🙁

        Will take the CS though

        1. Tcheco
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 28 days ago

          I should've went for Keane. Yes I am greedy

      • Tcheco
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Blow the F'ing whistle ref

      • Catastrophe
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        God sake, 95th min corner and Pickford is so dodgy at corners

      • sminkypinky
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        God. They’ll concede eh?

        1. sminkypinky
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 28 days ago

          Phew

      • AzzaroMax99
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 28 days ago

        Blow your whistle.