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Double Gameweek 29 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) continues this Sunday lunchtime, with five matches kicking-off at 14:00 GMT:

  • Chelsea v Newcastle United
  • Everton v Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Leeds United v Norwich City
  • Southampton v Watford
  • West Ham United v Aston Villa

Starting at Stamford Bridge, Thomas Tuchel makes four changes from the 3-1 win over Norwich City, with Antonio Rudiger, Malang Sarr, N’Golo Kante and Hakim Ziyech coming in for Thiago Silva, Cesar Azpilicueta, Saul and Mateo Kovacic.

As expected, Reece James remains out with the muscular problem that caused him to miss the second part of Chelsea’s Gameweek 28 double-header.

Eddie Howe also makes four alterations: Emil Krafth and Ryan Fraser drop to the bench alongside Allan Saint-Maximin, while Jonjo Shelvey and Joe Willock are not in the squad.

In come Jamaal Lascelles, Javier Manquillo, Sean Longstaff and Miguel Almiron.

At Goodison Park, Everton manager Frank Lampard makes three changes following their heavy defeat at Tottenham Hotspur.

Ben Godfrey and Demarai Gray both return from injury, while Vitalii Mykolenko features at left-back. Michael Keane and Allan drop to the bench, while Dominic Calvert-Lewin doesn’t make the squad.

For the visitors, Bruno Lage also makes three changes, with Max Kilman, Marcal and Leander Dendoncker coming in for Willy Boly, Rayan Ait-Nouri and Daniel Podence.

Switching focus to Elland Road, Patrick Bamford makes his first start since September. That’s one of three changes, with Diego Llorente and Mateusz Klich also in the starting XI.

For the visitors, Ben Gibson, Lukas Rupp and Milot Rashica all come in.

At St Mary’s, Tino Livramento is not in the squad, while Armando Broja drops to the bench. That should mean one of Stuart Armstrong or Mohamed Elyounoussi moves up front alongside Che Adams.

Meanwhile, there are three changes for Watford, with Christian Kabasele, Juraj Kucka and Joao Pedro replacing Craig Cathcart, Tom Cleverley and Josh King, all of whom are substitutues.

Elsewhere, West Ham are without Jarrod Bowen but Declan Rice returns to Premier League action, while Steven Gerrard names an unchanged XI for the visitors.


GAMEWEEK 29 LINE-UPS

Chelsea XI: Mendy, Chalobah, Christensen, Rudiger, Sarr, Jorginho, Kante, Ziyech, Mount, Werner, Havertz

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Schar, Lascelles, Burn, Manquillo, Longstaff, Guimaraes, Targett, Murphy, Almiron, Wood


Everton XI: Pickford, Kenny, Coleman, Holgate, Godfrey, Mykolenko, van de Beek, Doucoure, Gordon, Gray, Richarlison

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Jonny, Neves, Moutinho, Marcal, Dendoncker, Hwang, Jimenez


Leeds United XI: Meslier, Ayling, Struijk, Llorente, Dallas, Forshaw, Klich, Raphinha, Rodrigo, James, Bamford

Norwich City XI: Krul, Aarons, Gibson, Kabak, Williams, Lees-Melou, Rupp, McLean, Sargent, Rashica, Pukki


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

Watford XI: Foster, Femenia, Kabasele, Samir, Kamara, Louza, Sissoko, Kucka, Cucho, Pedro, Dennis


West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Johnson, Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Lanzini, Fornals, Benrahma, Antonio

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Chambers, Mings, Digne, Luiz, McGinn, Ramsey, Coutinho, Ings, Watkins

  1. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Good luck yall

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

      Hope ASM gets on today & can start & haul v Everton?

      1. TheTinman
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I think it's likely. But probably just the 1pt today sadly!

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

          Good luck squire!

    2. BECKS TO THE FUTURE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      You too, bud!

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

      Good luck!

  2. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Havertz hat trick please

    1. TheTinman
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      As long as Neacastle score 4 🙂

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

        yeah that works 🙂

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

        And it's all Chris Wood 😉

        1. TheTinman
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Now you're just being silly 😀

          1. Zimo
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            😆

  3. Tcheco
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Willock do something

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      He is sick

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

      NOT IN THE SQUAD 😡

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

      Like recover quickly?

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

      Brew up some chicken soup

    5. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Drink Lemsip?

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

    Armstrong Oko-Flex.
    Moyes always names the funniest names on the bench. Remember he was coaching Sunderland and I couldn’t believe it when Gooch, Love and Honeyman appeared there.

  5. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Get ready for the Bruno G show 😎

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

    Differential time with Burn, Elyounoussi and Bamford, mind I should probably be happy if I manage to get 2pts each from Burn and Bamford

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

      A cool selection but you know they’re all twos.

    2. TheTinman
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I think Newcastle will give Chelsea a right good game today.

      1. Sandy Ravage
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Park the bus and catch them on the break, simple

        1. TheTinman
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Pretty much. Almiron and Murphy have a lot of pace. Wood to flick it on

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

      Elyounoussi looks a shrewd pick. Had him for a while then thought he was dropped but he’s getting good game time

    4. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Bamford is scoring today.

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

        Is Raph providing the assist?

        1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Raph haul. I don’t own him

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

      Good luck with BamBam, deserve it!

  7. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Warn Prowse I said you’d never get a chance again. But today is your final chance.

    If you don’t haul today you’ll never play for England or get a big move to another club.

    Now do it you double barrelled bore.

    1. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      lol - I got him as well unfortunately, last chance saloon this GW.

    2. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Sold him for Saka for a hit, after I bought him for Saka in gw27 for a hit too.

      Don't worry he'll score.

  8. Firmino
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Wow, missed the deadline in GW28 by 3 minutes (slept through alarm) so Willock stayed in my team instead of Martinelli (held Willock because he had risen in price and would have transferred him out because he didn't rise twice). For this GW i transferred out Coutinho for Kulusevski because of Villa's long term fixtures and he would have gone for a Leicester midfielder the week after anyway. Thought that why not keep Willock instead of Coutinho because of DGW and tends to score well in away games. And now he's ill all of the sudden!

    Watch Coutinho and Martinelli absolutely smash it today!

    1. TheTinman
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      TLDR

    2. pakornk
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      you could have used less words bro.

      1. DF
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Fewer*

  9. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Just read that Chelsea could be docked 9 points, any likelihood of this?

    Get them out of the top 4

    1. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Why not make it 40 and get the relegation fight more interesting 😉

      1. Zimo
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        If they wanna sanction it should be the highest amount u know 😛

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

      In what magazine?

      Fishing today...

    3. Pariße
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I heard but don’t think this will happen. They haven’t broken any rules as a club. They just can’t do money moves.

  10. Ask Yourself
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    On FH which 2 of these 4 strikers would u pick? x

    A) Laca (avl)
    B) Jimmy (LEE)
    C) Daka (BRE)
    D) Toney (lei)

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

      Jimmy if he impresses today.

      Need to watch Leicester on Thursday, Daka/Nacho starts & is impressive, early sub etc I'd get on one!

    2. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Laca and Jimi. Guessing Leicester strikers seems too difficult and I can’t trust that Toney has suddenly become the leagues top strikers

    3. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Still too early to tell

  11. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Jimmy will surely score now, as I benched him for Weghorst.

    1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Everton are so bad, I think he might get 10 points today.

      1. NABIL - FPL otai
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        That's what we think, actually.

        Everton are pretty decent at home..

      2. Ady87
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        If Jimi ever gets double digit points ever again I’ll eat my hat.

    2. TopBinFC
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I fancy Everton to win that

      1. NABIL - FPL otai
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I concur. Jekyll and Hyde show to continue..

      2. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Not with fat frank in charge

  12. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ait-Nouri benching is good news to me, as he should now start in GW30 for me.

    1. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Hard to know. I can’t understand why Lage can’t stick with one team maybe that’s why the results are so up and down. All wolves supporters I read are saying Ait nouri should be playing yet he’s missing more than playing lately. Think it’s time to
      Move him on

      1. NABIL - FPL otai
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Trying to keep everyone happy? Ait-Nouri still young though..

    2. banskt
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      It is becoming frustrating to own him lately. Much too difficult to predict his game time.

      I think I will sell him at the earliest opportunity. He is not like Mahrez/Sterling -- who also gets occasional starts but gurantees point returns when starting.

  13. 824545201
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    How's this for a GW30 Free Hit:

    Ramsdale
    Tierney - Saiss - Coady - Kilman
    Son - Maddison - Coutinho - Kulusevski - Saka
    Kane
    Raya - Toney - White - Daka

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

      Wouldn’t play a double arse defence

      1. Drexl Spivey
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Why not? Villa are often quite shaky going forward.

    2. Sandy Ravage
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Double Arsenal worries me

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

      Good side, would start Toney over Tierney

    4. Claudio555
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Why not Laca and Jimmy?

    5. HashAttack
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Don't get double Arsenal defence and Coutinho ... Prefer Schmeichel as GK, which would allow you a second Arsenal attacker. Wouldn't go treble Wolves either, I'm contemplating getting Bamford

  14. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Livramento benched...harsh, he's their best player imo

    1. Sandy Ravage
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      KWP is better

    2. Brehmeren
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      He is not in the squad today

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

      Knee issue, I saw someone say. KWP has been their best player this year though.

      1. La Roja
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        JWP says hello

    4. @persecuted_by_mods
        4 years, 1 month ago

        That's a heck of a (bad) shout

    5. Sandy Ravage
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Digne safely finds touch deep in West Ham's 22

    6. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      5 games but pretty underwhelming fixtures and only 3 players with Broja subbed.

      Oh and as usual, another weekend and another set of games not on tv despite paying for 3 different fees.

    7. Herger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Lol, BB’d Dubravka, Adams, Broja, Saiss. Literally 3 points from 4 players. Titanic

    8. Sandy Ravage
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Digne down

      1. La Roja
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Downgne

      2. Sandy Ravage
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Digne out

      3. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Please stay down so I can get rid

        1. Haalander
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Same here he has trolled me for long enough never ever again! I’m taking him out right now!!!

      4. _Ninja_
        • 15 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Another man down for next week

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

          Benchboost and GW30 plans in the mud!

        2. g40steve
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Justin, Fofana, Thomas

    9. banskt
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Game time. Good luck everyone.

      Bought ASM for a hit, sold Fraser. Want ASM to get subbed in early tonight.

    10. Free Hat
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      You couldnt got injured in training last gw did you... Useless.

    11. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Digne such a bloody disappointment every single time

    12. @persecuted_by_mods
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Digne subbed, trolling to the end

        1. g40steve
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Last on my bench, relief

          1. @persecuted_by_mods
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Same!

        2. NABIL - FPL otai
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          How do we pronounce Digne?

          1. Differentiator
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Doughnut

          2. Sandy Ravage
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Dingy

            1. NABIL - FPL otai
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Digne Houdini (act)?

          3. tiger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            i say Lucas Troll

          4. La Roja
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Donkey

          5. Lord Flashheart
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            B, U, S, T

          6. g40steve
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Never again will he enter my team troll

        3. Bubz
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Digne is an absolute joke

        4. Viprin
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Hwang down

          1. La Roja
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Hwang on, are u serious?

        5. tambourineman
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Rodrigo goal

          1. @persecuted_by_mods
              4 years, 1 month ago

              And cucho

          2. BobB
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Dead knee

          3. Wolfman180
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Ffs Digne, why did I ever get him in, such a trap! Had a choice of playing either Digne, Livramento or Coady.. went for Digne. Need Everton to wipe that Wolves cleanie haha

          4. mo 10 years on FFS? Join my…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            hesgoal replacement?!

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

              Navmix on an app store.

              Next visible and for registration on March 23 for a day.

            2. g40steve
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              No longer showing prem matches, bugger

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

            Leeds United goal

            Watford goal