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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. AlCapwnUK
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Home teams dominating

    1. Mario Balofail
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I hope Mane will break this "home team domination" effect today with a pair of goals and few assist 🙂

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

    Damn chalobah

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

    I need to ship Ings, Toney, Raphinha, Barnes, Shaw, White & Sanchez asap

    Is that worth a WC for GW2?

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

      Goforit

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

      Worth to wait until next season to start from gw1 again.

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

        True, probs best strategy….

    3. Kitman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Come on fella, no you don’t !

    4. 3 A
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Shaw and Barnes should stay

    5. Avery
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Why Barnes ?

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

      That just a little over 240min into the new season, so i would say no.

      But if you are not happy with your team, it will be best to revamp it than staying miserable.

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

        And i would just take out toney and white from that group

    7. JakeTheRed
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Complete knee-jerk, what happens when you wildcard and 2 or 3 of those players don't get a return that one week?

      You just named quite a few players that will get returns over the next few weeks.

    8. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      A lot of people didn’t get your sarcasm it seems

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

    Trevor lovely goal.

  5. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Chelsea in red hot form

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

      I wonder how lukaku will change the dynamic. Will Alison be allowed to go forward as much.

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

        Alonso

  6. luke
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Always fun to see the collective knee buckling on this site so early into things

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

    Trevoh Chalobah goal on his debut.

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

    Just in case any owners had the faintest but of hope, Amartey has been shocking today.

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

      He funded a bench boost. Job done

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

    Chalobah wagon….

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

    What a goal

  11. 3 A
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Thats beauty in your debut. I once just get assist and still happy in my debut. Amatuer league xD

  12. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Is this Chalobah going to be nailed-on?

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

      No chance

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

      No. Fighting with Azpi, Christensen, Silva, Rudiger and Zouma (and if they sell Zouma they are looking to sign a replacement)

    3. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      You can't honestly be interested in him

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

      Thiago silva

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

    Vieira in trouble? This palace team looks hopeless

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

      I would be worried, yeah.

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

      They're against the best team in the league, cut them some slack.

  14. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    So Ings was a trap??

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

      Was he subbed?

      1. Thanos
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Nopes, just a comment for the overall play

    2. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Placeholder for Lukaku

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

      I don't have him but right now i honestly couldn't tell you which mid priced striker to go for

    4. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      60 minutes into a season with a new club, who have just lost their talisman...

      Early days....

    5. mrtapio
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I left 4m itb for possible Ings > Lukaku for free. Also got Antonio. My plan is to evaluate those two (and their teams) after this GW, then transfer one of them out.

    6. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      But, tbf - Villa look a little underdone

  15. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Ivan Toney must be looking forward to playing Palace next week.

  16. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Forgot how useless Villa are without Grealish

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

      It is very hard to replace a star player. Saw it with:

      - Spurs trying to replace Bale.
      - Liverpool trying to replace Suarez.
      - Everton trying to replace Lukaku.

  17. Greasy Grealish Gang
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    How is Buendia playing?

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

      you wouldn't notice he's playing

    2. JakeTheRed
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Villa aren't great, but when they go forward he's getting involved around the box a bit.

      Could have potentially had an assist if the other bloke didn't mess it up. I'd say keep him for a week or two.

  18. lespaul
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Certainly not Hoevering up any baps

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

    Trevoh Chalobah £5.0m 0.1% owned defender for Chelsea who likes a shot on goal.

    Mouthwatering fpl player.

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

      Mouthwatering trap

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

        Well you would never know.

        One or two injury's and he might get a run in the first team.

        One for the watchlist anyways.

      2. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Because of game time?

  20. The Train Driver
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Didn't know Watford was such a physical and aggressive team.

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

      They are led by Troy Deeney

    2. Pep bites Kun
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Early days, but what's your take - good defensive unit for PL?

    3. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Sarr looks alright, they keep this up - they're certainly an option

  21. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    im on ten points from 8, wtf

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Template team?

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        bench boost team, mainly my defence and keepers have played so far, and done horrendously 🙁
        Leicester better get a CS

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

      How? Just how? Its impressive to be shaw

  22. bodgejob
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Wolves and Trincão in particular looking good

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

    Arsenal's recruitment is dreadful. Every player they fail to sign is a bullet dodged and Buendia looks like another one

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

      You Arteta in or out?

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

        Out. He's making players worse

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

    Pogba already at 35 on fplstats....

    1. lespaul
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Thought he was about 27

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

      Algorithms need tuning put should be there or thereabouts come Monday evening.

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

        He'll be going up tonight at this rate.

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

      Pogba to the moon. 🙂

  25. 3 A
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Dennis injured

    1. lespaul
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He was menacing

  26. jennmenn
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Any assist on the Trevoh Chalobah goal?

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

      Kovacic

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

      Kovacic i think

  27. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Bruno 20 points

    Rest of team 4

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

      Carries not only Man United

  28. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Dennis wagon broken at the station!

  29. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Not the most interesting games from an FPL perspective

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

    Azpi CS banked, James blocker.