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Digne and Coleman set for wing-back roles as Everton face unchanged West Ham

Everton are the latest Double/Triple Gameweek 35 team off the rank, with the first of two matches for the Toffees this week taking place on Sunday afternoon.

It’s West Ham United up first for Carlo Ancelotti’s side, with kick-off at the London Stadium at 16:30 BST.

There are no surprises on either side regarding the starting XIs, with West Ham unchanged from their 2-1 win at Burnley on Monday.

Ancelotti has made three alterations following the 2-1 loss at home to Aston Villa last Saturday.

Michael Keane (£5.0m), Yerry Mina (£5.5m) and Tom Davies (£5.2m) are back, with the benched Mason Holgate (£4.8m), Andre Gomes (£5.3m) and Alex Iwobi (£5.9m) paying the price for some unconvincing displays against the Villans.

Recalls for Keane and Mina likely means that the blue half of Merseyside will be using a wing-back system, with Lucas Digne (£6.2m) and Seamus Coleman (£4.9m) deployed in more advanced roles.

The fit-again Abdoulaye Doucoure (£5.1m) returns to the visitors’ matchday squad for the first time in two months and is among the substitutes.

There is no James Rodriguez (£7.7m), as expected, with the Colombian a possibility to return for the rematch with Villa on Thursday.

LINE-UPS

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Diop, Cresswell, Soucek, Lanzini, Fornals, Lingard, Benrahma, Antonio.

Subs: Balbuena, Yarmolenko, Bowen, Ogbonna, Fredericks, Johnson, Odubeko, Coventry, Randolph.

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Godfrey, Mina, Keane, Digne, Davies, Allan, Sigurdsson, Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison.

Subs: Holgate, Delph, King, Doucoure, Iwobi, Nkounkou, Bernard, Gomes, Olsen.

PREVIOUSLY IN TRIPLE GAMEWEEK 35…

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There were points all round for Manchester United’s five most-owned attacking assets in part one of their Gameweek 35 triple-header.

The Red Devils came from a goal down to beat Aston Villa 3-1 on Sunday afternoon, with Bruno Fernandes (£11.5m), Mason Greenwood (£7.2m), Marcus Rashford (£9.6m), Edinson Cavani (£8.0m) and Paul Pogba (£7.6m) each registering an attacking return apiece.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.7m) claimed the assist for Greenwood’s goal but it was an otherwise forgettable day of owners of United’s defenders, who once again came unstuck against a side outside of the top ten.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s troops have played 18 matches against teams currently in the bottom half and have kept just five clean sheets.

And the loss of a shut-out was compounded by an injury concern for Fantasy managers who have Harry Maguire (£5.5m) in their squads.

The stopper hobbled off in the final quarter of an hour to end his remarkable run of never missing a Premier League minute for United.

His manager rather unhelpfully said after full-time:

Hopefully [the final] will be OK with Harry. I don’t know. We need to check it. It might be a few weeks or a month – we don’t know. It was his calf or lower leg. I think the player landed on him and he twisted something.

His fitness is very good – he’s robust. But, today, it looked like the boy landed on him and he twisted his ankle. I don’t know how serious it is. He might be available on Tuesday, he might not.

It was a miserable day for owners of Ollie Watkins (£6.5m), too, with the Villa man sent off for two bookable offences and now set to miss his side’s second Double Gameweek 35 fixture against Everton on Thursday.

Bertrand Traore (£5.8m) had earlier broken the deadlock for Villa to claim his tenth attacking return of 2020/21.

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701 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    I was looking at punting in Aguero. Too risky after yesterday’s antics?

    1. DRIZ ✅
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Better of punting Benteke

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Nostalgia pick, for fun only not for points

    3. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      I’d actually be a bit shocked to see him back in a City shirt. That was so disrespectful to the team, the opposition and the game ... Pep might well have had enough. He looked bang average and out of shape anyway. Sterling’s goal he would have belted in a year or two ago.

    4. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Money burning a hole in my pocket I guess. Bamford and Antonio it is.

    5. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      He’s just a portly 33 year old now who struggles to carry his own body weight

      Such a shame

    6. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      GW 38 only as long as the league is sown up.

    7. BigBillyBass
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Hahahahaha do it!!!

  2. Karan14
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Watkins available for Palace game?

    1. DRIZ ✅
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Suspended rightly so

    2. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Yep he will miss Everton this gameweek

  3. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Just checking in to see how my one week Watkins punt paid off.... Any feedback?

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Ollie-Oops 🙁

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      He’s no Paul Pogba.

      1. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        again, pogba was CLEARLY fouled in the penalty box. Watkins dove like the master Salah

    3. DRIZ ✅
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Suspended rightly so

  4. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    DCL

  5. estheblessed
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    DCL!!!

  6. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Yes!

  7. Fer Fuch's Ake
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Will FPL update Watkins score if the RC gets overturned? There was contact

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Needs to happen before the update.

    2. Patio Kev
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Red card won’t get over turned before the scores for today are final tonight.

    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      He dived, hence the red card.

      That's the no contact bit you need to focus on for a second yellow card!!

      And no, it wouldn't change either if rescinded.

    4. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Sorry, the contact came in the slightest after he had dived and was falling like a tree.

      It won't be overturned in my view.

    5. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      What contact there was (minimal) came after he had commenced his dive..............

  8. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    DCL 🙂

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      I’m so smart I didn’t get him or Greenwood, but don’t worry, Rashford and Watkins are sure to do very well.

  9. Rassi
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Getiiinn

  10. Milk, 1 Šuker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Calviiiiiiiiii

  11. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Get IN

  12. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Wow DCL

  13. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Godfrey and DCL owner. In heaven.

    1. Iwantmorepointsthanks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Nice one!

    2. PascalCygan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Awesome!

    1. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Of course DCL had to score ffs. Literally every possible thing is going wrong

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Cheeto knows.

  14. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Oh screw this honestly. 0.1m in difference and I’d be feasting on the DCL points with obviously more to come.

    Instead stuck with Ollie freaking Watkins. Who may as well change his name to Tom Daley at this point, with that bloody idiotic diving

    1. BigBillyBass
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Dry your eyes mate

  15. Milk, 1 Šuker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Vardy out DCL in. Lovely.

  16. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Kane or DCL next week? 😛

    1. Milk, 1 Šuker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Well if he keeps up this form he may well get the armband. Currently vice. Sonny Cap

      1. Milk, 1 Šuker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        DCL that is

  17. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Sole joy, finally!

  18. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    ok Siggy and Digne do someting now

  19. el polako
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Time and space Godfrey was given is criminal.

  20. Fer Fuch's Ake
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Going Richa over DCL paid off, just like Vardy over Nacho. My 33% v differential team paying off..

  21. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    I have 10 double game weekers. All my players have produced attacking returns with the exception of Watkins. Bruno is my captain. Good times.

    1. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      12 DGWers here but only 6 attacking and one CS. I'm in the 70's sounds like your in the 90's ?

  22. Burger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    GW live rank 4.5k 😎

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      How many points?

      1. Burger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        83

        1. Milk, 1 Šuker
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 15 days ago

          Nice one Burger. You want any baps with that?

  23. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Team’s in a bit of a shambles. Should’ve just ditched Kane, the useless bugger

    1. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      He had a DGW of Southampton and West Brom last time and blanked, that crossed a line...

      1. Qaiss
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 15 days ago

        Dcl *

  24. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Dom Dee Dom!!!

    Holding this dumb@ss for the past 10 GWs is finally paying dividends lol

  25. JBG
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Come on DCL at least one more!

  26. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Is Digne on set pieces, looks like Siggy is on most.

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Siggy dominates

  27. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    DCL yuhuuuu

  28. KAALI_DAAL
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Bench boost looking like a success so far.

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      You benched Mendy, Nacho, Greenwood and Godfrey?

    2. Guru Mediation
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 15 days ago

      Of course your real bench would have been Johnstone, Aina, Dallas, El Ghazi
      But to be fair Dallas alone would make it a successful bench boost so far

  29. PascalCygan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 15 days ago

    Maaan, couldn’t quite find the money for DCL so brought in Watkins. Painful viewing this afternoon!