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Simultaneous top-flight Saturday 3pm BST kick-offs make a welcome return today, with five Premier League matches getting underway at the traditional time.

Patson Daka (£7.5m) and Kelechi Iheanacho (£7.5m) are both on the bench for Leicester City’s clash with Wolverhampton Wanderers, as Brendan Rodgers goes with Harvey Barnes (£7.0m) and Ayoze Perez (£6.0m) to support Jamie Vardy (£10.5m) in attack.

£4.0m defender Daniel Amartey starts, while Luke Thomas (£4.5m) is deputising at left-back after Ryan Bertrand (£5.0m) tested positive for Covid-19.

Bruno Lage has opted for a 3-4-3 for his first Wolves match, with the starting XI not showing too many shocks. Nelson Semedo (£5.0m) is only fit enough for a place on the bench, however, with budget FPL defender Ki-Jana Hoever (£4.0m) starting in his stead.

Aston Villa are not only without the departed Jack Grealish (£8.0m) but also Ollie Watkins (£7.5m), who misses out with a bruised knee.

New signings Emiliano Buendia (£6.5m), Danny Ings (£8.0m) and Ashley Young (£5.0m) all start, the latter seemingly in an ‘out of position’ midfield role, with Leon Bailey (£6.5m) and Axel Tuanzebe (£4.5m) on the bench.

Watford boss Xisco Munoz hands debuts to new signings Emmanuel Dennis (£5.0m) and Juraj Kucka (£5.5m).

Troy Deeney (£5.5m) is on the bench.

Trevoh Chalobah (£5.0m) makes his Premier League debut for Chelsea at centre-half.

N’Golo Kante (£5.0m) and Hakim Ziyech (£7.5m) are both injured, while Kai Havertz (£8.5m) is among the substitutes after his two-hour run-out in midweek.

Romelu Lukaku (£11.5m) is not available because he is quarantining after his move from Inter Milan.

Marc Guehi (£4.5m) starts for Palace in Patrick Vieira’s first match in charge but fellow summer recruit Joachim Andersen (£4.5m) is on the bench.

Adam Armstrong (£6.0m) gets his Southampton debut up front alongside Che Adams (£7.0m), with Nathan Tella (£5.0m) only among the substitutes.

£4.0m FPL defender Tino Livramento and Romain Perraud (£5.0m) also make their Saints bows.

Richarlison (£7.5m) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£8.0m) start for Everton, who also include new signings Andros Townsend (£5.5m) and Demarai Gray (£5.5m) in the starting XI.

James Rodriguez (£7.0m) is one of five players who are isolating but Lucas Digne (£5.5m) features.

Nick Pope (£5.5m) is between the posts for Burnley as Jay Rodriguez (£5.5m) gets the nod to support Chris Wood (£7.0m) up top.

Brighton are without Joel Veltman (£4.5m) for the trip to Turf Moor.

LINE-UPS

Burnley XI: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Cork, Gudmundsson, Wood, McNeil, Westwood, Rodriguez

Brighton XI: Sanchez, Webster, Dunk, Duffy, Alzate, Bissouma, Mwepu, March, Maupay, Trossard, Gross

Chelsea XI: Mendy, Rudiger, Christensen, Chalobah, Azpilicueta, Alonso, Jorginho, Kovacic, Mount, Pulisic, Werner.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Mitchell, Guehi, Kouyate, McArthur, Riedewald, Schlupp, Ayew, Zaha, Mateta.

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Holgate, Keane, Digne, Gray, Allan, Doucoure, Townsend, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Stephens, Livramento, Salisu, Perraud, Walcott, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Djenepo, Armstrong, Adams.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Amartey, Soyuncu, Thomas, Tielemans, Ndidi, Perez, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy.

Wolves XI: Jose Sa, Saiss, Coady, Kilman, Hoever, Neves, Joao Moutinho, Marcal, Traore, Jimenez, Trincao.

Watford XI: Bachmann, Etebo, Ekong, Cleverley, Masina, Sema, Cathcart, Sarr, Dennis, Kabasele, Kucka

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Targett, Konsa, Ngoyo, Mings, McGinn, Buendia, Young, Nakamba, Ings, El Ghazi

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  1. Del Griffith
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Watch Vardy go on a monster scoring run now

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Were you here before Laca or has he really been at Arsenal for 6 years?

      1. Random Name
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Here before

    2. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Red card incoming.

    3. ClassiX
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      No team link, so can't tell if you followed through...

      1. Random Name
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        It's amazing what you can do without TAA. Might come back to bite me though

  2. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Rafa Benitez in trouble already.

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He has started perfectly 😎

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yeah starting Michael Keane was criminal …

  3. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Leiecester purring now. Come on Barnes do something.

  4. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Chillwell against the big teams and Alonso v the lower table

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Agree.

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      IFFFF one or two 4m defenders keep starting, Alonso will be worth carrying.

      1. Paqueta Rice
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Must check last season as to if he made many cameos from the bench

        1. Paqueta Rice
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          He is so high up the field

        2. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Recall him doing it once, while he had a bit of a bandwagon. Not much more than that.

  5. DandyDon
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    HT and still no fantasy points. Could be in line for my worst fantasy week ever here! come on Ings and DCL!

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Im just as bad. No Fernandes, Ings, Digne, Martinez, Toney, Raphinha

    2. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Did you remember to do a team?

    3. Fitzy.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Well, that's just a fib

  6. El Presidente
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Well well well

  7. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Feels weird having only 1 playing in the 3pm kick offs!

  8. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Any other player apart from Bruno get a return in your team?

    1. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Nope

    2. Steinburg FC
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Sar and Armstrong

    3. Nanoelektronicar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Greenwood, Ayling is on the bench.

    4. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Mbuemo cleanie

    5. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Sarr.

    6. fc_skrald
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Alonso

    7. shiraz
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      greenwood and sarr

    8. Old Bull
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Sarr. Ayling and Pinnock on the bench

    9. Zalk
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Does a Barnes potential clean sheet count?

    10. Podge
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Greenwood, Dennis on my bench

    11. Harry the Hack
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      With all these 1 points around, i'm chuffed with the 2 Toney returned.

    12. RogDog_jimmy
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Greenwood and Ayling.
      Only Sanchez, Shaw and Ings with blanks so far.
      Plenty of the team still to come.

    13. Arvin-ation
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Alonso and Ayling 2nd on my bench 😆

    14. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Not yet. High hopes on Jota. Barnes not so much, he will be subbed soon.

    15. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Paul Pogba

  9. Ginkapo FPL
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Instead of Bruno and Bamford/Ings/Watkins I have Son and Vardy. Clearly not coming out on top this week but hardly armaggedon

  10. El Presidente
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Villa looking poor

  11. BrockLanders
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    NO POINTS, NO POINTS FOR EVERYONE, EXCEPT CASIALS

    1. BrockLanders
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      *Casuals ffs*

    2. ClassiX
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Casuals who can spell...

    3. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Year of the casual...

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Again 😉

    4. Drexl Spivey
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Casuals who picked Vardy, Alonso and Sarr?

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Class!

        Love Alonso pick, hopefully a 15 pointer for you.

        1. Drexl Spivey
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Ah mate, I've got none of them. Shifted two of them out yesterday. Just back-patting those who took the plunge.

    5. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Who is Casials. Send me his teams link

  12. Over Midwicket
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Wolves to go down? Look an absolute mess.

    1. Steinburg FC
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      you watching the game?

    2. @persecuted_by_mods
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Sticking with nunos dreadful 5 at the back for some reason, hopefully there's changes at half time

    3. Alisson WondHaaland
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Hmm Wolves didnt look THAT bad, Barnes is fairly quiet so far

    4. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      No 2nd Mount assist as his cross was intended for Werner, who missed the ball (shock), Guaita parried it to Pulisic.

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Guaita assist then?

        1. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          He got the last touch before Pulisic, so I'd give it to him.

    5. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Martinez still worth 5.5m ?

      1. I Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Never was.

      2. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        6m!

      3. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Sanchez is rubbish

    6. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Benharama over Sarr already looking like a bad decision

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah. Benrahma is on 0. Useless.

        1. lilmessipran
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Used the word already if you could read

          1. Zalk
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Who's Benharama?

          2. Zimo
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            I'm sorry what do u think the word already does 😛

            1. EmreCan Hustle
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 8 months ago

              😆

      2. Alisson WondHaaland
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        You'll regret saying this tomorrow

    7. I Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Here come the Toney to Armstrong/Dennis transfers.

      1. BrockLanders
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Armstrong is definitely on the radar now

      2. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Good.

    8. Napoleon IV
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I've coded a hack which means I can have a chip every week. I reckon that gives me a pretty good chance of winning FPL this year if it doesn't get traced.

      1. Alisson WondHaaland
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Lol

      2. Drexl Spivey
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        No, they'll never notice 38 chips.

      3. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Sell the hack ASAP.

      4. Random Name
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        lol. Hypothetically speaking though how would it not get traced when your captain is scoring triple every week

        1. HashAttack
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          I'd use the FH/Wildcard chip each week

        2. Napoleon IV
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          my hope is that with 8 million players or whatever it will go unnoticed!

          1. Ginkapo FPL
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            It would go unnoticed as you wouldnt get to the top anyway

            1. Napoleon IV
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 8 months ago

              I've had a couple of top 5k and several top 50k finishes playing fairly, so I'd say with the hack I'm in with a decent shout.

              1. Drexl Spivey
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 8 months ago

                Create a new account every week. Sell whatever shite you win.

        3. Fitzy.
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          And you're coming onto FFS to tell everyone about it

          1. Napoleon IV
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            nobody here knows me or my team, so no probs there!

            1. Baps Hunter
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 8 months ago

              Keep your OR below one million so that it may go unnoticed 😉

      5. Konstaapeli
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        😆

        Team ID?

      6. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        You need a code to hide also 😉

        1. Andy_Social
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Given that the guy who won FPL 2 seasons back got disqualified when they found an old racist tweet, I'd say your chances of getting away with it are zilch.

          1. Bucky Barnes
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            How does him/her being a racist have any baring on FPL

    9. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      There’s a lot of knee jerky around here isn’t there …

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Back to normal so.

        You'd miss the RMTs...

      2. Jordan.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        had a quick jerk here

        barnes to sarr
        balogun to adamstrong

        arsenal lol

    10. El Presidente
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Is anyone watching Brighton? Could easily be 3 down already. Whatever xGc they had last season... its gone!

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        I don't have any Brighton players, but it's only the first GW of the season.

        Genuinely no need to panic yet.

        1. El Presidente
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          No panic just surprised

          1. Nomar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            First gameweek of the season always catches some teams cold.

      2. Andy_Social
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Veltman back after a wrist slap, Burn back - with a full-strength defence they'll improve. Need to know how long that takes as I'll want to bench a couple.

    11. BrockLanders
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Fella who just started playing fantasy this year in my ML. Has, Alonso, Sarr, Mount, Bruno (c)

      *sigh*

      1. Bushwhacker
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Casuals always win. That’s why the “pro” tag always cracks me up

        1. Simon69
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          What a bad opinion.

    12. 'Broadsword Calling Da…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Who would you rather have for the next few gameweeks out of Pogba or Greenwood?

      1. BrockLanders
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Greeners

      2. Arvin-ation
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Greenwood

        1. 'Broadsword Calling Da…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Fairs lads, thanks. Guess Greenwood looking safe for next few and playing in the advanced position (stats looked fine too).

      3. Random Name
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Pogba is tempting cos he has a track record now of starting off the season on fire. Then tails off after gwk 8 or so

    13. ☈☾
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      How is Buendia looking like?

      1. Licky
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Some good moments, but, as people have said, Villa look disjointed.

    14. jackoasean
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Let me guess, year of the casuals again?

    15. Alisson WondHaaland
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Home advantage is huge

      1. Paqueta Rice
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Unless you’re at Goodison

        1. Alisson WondHaaland
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          If it wasnt at Goodison they'd be 4-0 down!

          1. Paqueta Rice
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Lmao

    16. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Benching Amartey & playing Shaw not turning out correct?

    17. Firmino
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      TBH, Sarr's goal was pretty lucky.

    18. ☈☾
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Wow people here actually picked Sarr

      1. Paqueta Rice
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Good pick

      2. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah, I did.

    19. Jordan.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      in 37 years im sure ings has never scored for me

      1. Paqueta Rice
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Has he been playing that long!!