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9 February 2022 1481 comments
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Four more Gameweek 24 matches take place this evening, with Manchester City v Brentford, Norwich City v Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton all kicking off at 19:45 GMT and Aston Villa v Leeds United getting underway a quarter of an hour later.

It’s not often that the headline Fantasy Premier League (FPL) team news comes from Palace but that’s the case tonight, as the most-bought player of Gameweek 24, Odsonne Edouard, finds himself among the substitutes at Carrow Road.

Vicente Guaita, Wilfried Zaha, Joachim Andersen and Will Hughes are brought back into the side as Patrick Vieira makes four changes from the weekend win over Hartlepool United.

Angus Gunn, Max Aarons and Teemu Pukki are back in the Norwich City XI in Dean Smith’s three alterations from Saturday, with Josh Sargent missing out through illness.

The omission of Kyle Walker is the only real surprise in Pep Guardiola’s line-up.

The City boss makes five changes to the side that beat Fulham in the FA Cup on Saturday, with Ruben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Raheem Sterling replacing Walker, Nathan Ake, Fernandinho, Ilkay Gundogan and Jack Grealish.

Ivan Toney misses out with a calf injury for Brentford and he is one of three changes to the side that were beaten by Everton on Saturday. Ethan Pinnock, Frank Onyeka and Saman Ghoddos come in, as Mads Bech Sorensen and Vitaly Janelt also make way.

It’s straightforward team news from Villa Park, where both sides are unchanged from their last matches in Gameweek 23. That means a start for Raphinha, who had been flagged going into this contest.

In keeping with that theme, Antonio Conte sticks with the same Spurs side that beat Brighton in the FA Cup on Saturday – so that means new signings Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski have to be content with places on the bench.

Opponents Southampton make 10 changes to the side that beat Coventry at the weekend, with only the indefatigable James Ward-Prowse keeping his place.

There’s good news regarding Armando Broja, who recovers from a knee problem to feature, but there’s no Tino Livramento, who lasted 90 minutes on his comeback from injury on Saturday.

GAMEWEEK 24 TEAM NEWS

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Hughes, Schlupp, Gallagher, Olise, Zaha, Mateta,

Subs: Butland, Milivojevic, Tomkins, Ayew, Eze, Clyne, McArthur, Benteke, Edouard.

Norwich City XIGunn, Aarons, Gibson, Hanley, Williams, Placheta, McLean, Lees-Melou, Rashica, Pukki, Idah.

Subs: McGovern, Byram, Zimmermann, Gilmour, Dowell, Normann, Tzolis, Rowe, Giannoulis.


Manchester City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Stones, Dias, Laporte, De Bruyne, Rodri, Silva, Mahrez, Foden, Sterling.

Subs: Steffen, Walker, Ake, Gundogan, Grealish, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Delap, McAtee.

Brentford XI: Raya, Roerslav, Ajer, Jansson, Pinnock, Henry, Jensen, Norgaard, Onyeka, Ghoddos, Canos.

Subs: Fernandez, Lossl, Dasilva, Wissa, Mbeumo, Baptiste, Sorensen, Stevens


Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Royal, Sanchez, Romero, Davies, Reguilon, Winks, Hojbjerg, Son, Moura, Kane.

Subs: Gollini, Doherty, Sessegnon, Rodon, White, Bentancur, Kulusevski, Bergwijn, Scarlett.

Southampton XI: Forster, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Salisu, Perraud, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Elyounoussi, Broja, Adams.

Subs: Valery, Stephens, Diallo, Smallbone, Djenepo, Walcott, Long, A Armstrong, Caballero.


Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Digne, Konsa, Mings, Luiz, McGinn, Ramsey, Buendia, Watkins, Coutinho.

Subs: Sanson, Chambers, Young, Ings, Olsen, Hause, Chukwuemeka, Iroegbunam, Chrisene.

Leeds United XI: Meslier, Ayling, Dallas, Llorente, Struijk, Koch, Klich, Rodrigo, Raphinha, Harrison, James.

Subs: Forshaw, Roberts, Klaesson, Bate, Gelhardt, Hjelde, McKinstry, Shackleton, Kenneh.


  1. EL tridente
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Of couse my main rival got KDB (C) and Son…

  2. BigBillyBass
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Raphinha is massively overrated. Utter pish

    1. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Utter garbage.

    2. Kodap
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Lol, been our best player all season..

  3. Babit1967
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Looks at first 11 Kane 2 points, Edouard 1 point

    Looks at bench Ramsay 12 points Idah 5 points 🙁

    1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Same here

  4. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Crazy night of games, been a while!

  5. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Cash YC

  6. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Raph may be carded here

  7. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Raphina involved in being dragged around like a rag doll by mings

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Closest Mings has got to a Leeds attacker all night.

      Dan James outjumped him for the equaliser 😆

  8. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Raph Foden Ronaldo > Ramsey Olise Broja + tons of money! 😛

  9. WATERMELONS
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Honestly, there are some big double game week traps out there. Ronaldo (don't do it), Fernandes (not convinced), Son (Spurs blow hot and cold), Man U defence etc.

    I do think some in form single GW players may go bigger. Who is ballsy enough to go without a Utd asset next GW and instead pick a Coutino, Ramsey, and dare I say it, Trippier!

    1. thattreblefeeling
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      DeGea and Bruno are staying in prefer pver Tripp and Ramsey, have Couthino already

      1. WATERMELONS
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Lucky you!

  10. No_Mo_Salah?
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ramsey supersub 🙂

  11. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Cash booked for a perfectly legitimate tackle

  12. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    8 minutes for a Leeds winner

  13. Sif
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Raphina > Coutinho after the double looks an easy move.

    1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I may do it this week, not convinced by keeping him

      1. Sif
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I just feel he's scored too many goals out of nowhere not to play the double.
        Nearly got one just now.

  14. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Card for Cash

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

      Will he be withdrawn?

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Or cloned

  15. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    8 mins extra time … Leeds going for it …

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

      They don't like it up them!

  16. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    I have 2 FT. Thinking of doing....

    Gray -> Salah
    Ronaldo -> Maupay

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

      Broja?

      1. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Good shout, but obviously I like the double GW angle on Maupay.

    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Can see why you’re doing it, but not a chance I’m removing Ron before DGW.
      Even if he ends up getting me 3points over the 2 games - he’s my captain next week (then he’s out for Kane DGW)

    3. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Maupay has a goal and 3 assists in his last six games. Ronaldo has 1 goal and no assists in his last six games.

      1. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        You don’t get previous weeks points though

        1. Feanor
          • 16 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Uh huh. But Ronaldo is in awful form, and you don't usually get a lot of points from players in awful form who aren't even guaranteed 90 minutes anymore.

          1. Pat Bonner
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Take him out then. I’m just saying there’s no point looking back at previous gws, you’ve got to look to next gw and whether it’s the right time to take ronaldo out. In hindsight we would all have removed him/never got him in the first place

      2. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        As I said… I know why you’re doing it!

        I just wouldn’t be able to live with myself if Ronnie plays both and gets a few goals…

  17. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    KDB(c), Sterling, Cancelo, Bowen

    The rest utter rubbish

  18. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Come on Raph

  19. Weak Become Heros
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Rolled a transfer but I want to play my WC now 🙁

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Me to !
      Watkins Antonio foden b silva not doing anything

      1. Weak Become Heros
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I’ve been in this situation before, roll and transfer but then feel that WC is better option but feel like I’ve wasted the hold on a FT.

        1. Gizzachance
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          First chance I ve had in weeks to roll trans, usually a hit or two cause of postponements etc

  20. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Raphinha looks like he’s trying to get sent off

  21. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Raph whiskers away from a YC

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      hope he didn't try kick a cat?

  22. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Watkins still trolling even with the easy fixtures

    1. FPL_Crisis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      the new Antonio (and I own both)

      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Me to! Keeping for good fixtures all the time, still nothing

  23. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Get up Martinez. Should get a YC

    1. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      What happened to the 6 second rule!

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

      Who shot him??

  24. MikeS
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Come on digne

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Game Over

    2. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Lol too late for that mate.

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

      Shush otherwise he'll get a YC.

    4. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Against Newcastle he can't be much worse!

  25. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    On 48 with a wildcard and 22 left on the bench.

    I will take the 48 - Salah no show a strong possibility if he is on the bench and not needed. That is what I am hoping anyway. For those Ramsey 14 points.

    It could have been much worse if KDB (c) was not gifted that goal.

    1. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Salah no show a slight chance

      1. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Tiny chance (after Klopp’s comments)

      2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I won't be watching the pitch at all if Salah is on the bench. Just Klopp and the fourth official!
        Annoying part is I did consider benching Salah and playing Ramsey. But I said don't be silly!

  26. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Rodrigo YC

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

      Bless his cotton socks!

  27. Fish up a tree
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Utd double against Saints & Brighton is no piece of cake & Utd probably underdogs in both games at home. No BS!

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

    Salah without Mané tomorrow...

  29. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Coutinho looks sore.

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Jarred his knee attempting to score

  30. jason_ni
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Madness to lose kdb before Norwich for -4?

    Kdb & King out for salah and broja.

    Exact cash for above move. Can always wait and move for idah instead or broja.