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13 March 2022 1176 comments
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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. The Train Driver
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Are you kidding me???

    1. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yes

    2. Nanoelektronicar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      No

    3. asr
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Maybe

    4. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Always

    5. Pariße
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Digne and Hwang owner

      1. The Train Driver
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Raph!

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

    Feeling very smug have Digne far down the bench.

    #elite

    1. Fish up a tree
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah me too but wanted him next week!

      Guess hits are half price next week to get more players out!

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

        Oh drat didn’t think of that

    2. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      2nd on my bench

  3. EL tridente
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Raph should have scored in the last 3 games..

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

    Watford 2-0

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

      Cucho again

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

    Watford 2 nil

  6. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Poor Norwich are truly awful

  7. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    watford 2 up

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

    For the West Ham villa game, the amount of time the ball has been in the air is more than it has been on the ground

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

    Chelsea dominating and but not scored. Newcastle have a chance here.

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

      We're watching a different game. Chelsea are far from dominating.

  10. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Southampton are a truly bizarre team

    1. Nanoelektronicar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Going back to norm.

      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Since I got their players in decided to be poor again!

  11. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Burn close

  12. Firmino
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Cucho 😮

  13. Reacher
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Ralphy deserves this for the shocking defensive line up he started with, at least we might see donkey Borja a bit earlier now

  14. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Chelsea fans sing Abramovich’s name, Newcastle fans respond with “Mike Ashley, he’s coming after you“ 😆

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

      Loool, that's a good one

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

        No more than you deserve

    2. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Hahaha very good

  15. Herger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Tempted to remove Adams for a hit right now

  16. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Southampton focussing on the Cup...

  17. jonnybhoy
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Provisionally looking to next week

    Digne + Willock to White + Barnes -4pts? Yeah or Nah?

  18. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Good old Roy 🙂

  19. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Bamford assist or James assist for Rodrigo goal? BBC said Bamford tried to control a ball and Rodrigo scored but given to James?

    1. Firmino
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      James

    2. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      James "assist"

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

    Solution for Watford was just to drop King?

  21. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Foster benchers getting trolled, just like in GW27..

    1. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Clean sheet locked?

    2. Il Capitano
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      He's going to outscore Ramsdale just like Ramsdale outscored Foster last week, can only get points when I bench him

  22. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Almost had a frontline of Hernandez and Toney this GW..

    1. TyroneGAA
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      What is it?

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

    DENNIS SERIOUSLY

  24. Nightcrawler
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Dennis assist?

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

      Nope

  25. Free Hat
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Who would have thought
    Watford are better without King...

  26. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Makes me laugh, never have I seen Sod’s law strike so much….everyone sells Watford assets and they start scoring again!
    Away to Southampton too

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

      Nobody has the player scoring though

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I know but it’s more the point of attacking returns your assets could be involved in.
        And if you have a player from said team then it’s a good indication to hold them

    2. Nightcrawler
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      The players people sold still blanking tho

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Just saying with reference to owning players in teams who score goals vs those that don’t.

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

    Written it on here many times before, but people don't like it.

    Brendan Rodgers is a better manager than Ralph Hasenhüttl. If Brendan Rodgers was Southampton manager and getting the same results as Hasenhüttl, then Rodgers would have been sacked by now.

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

      Where do you rank Rodgers amongst Premier League managers exactly?

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

        Top 5 in the PL.

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

          Noticeably not Top 4 then.

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

    Only a couple weeks ago Hasslehutl was being linked with Man Utd.

    Now they’re getting battered every week

  29. Pariße
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Rudiger is the funniest character in the league.

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      He’s a nightmare to own. Never know if it’s going to be a red or a goal.

  30. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Havertz yellow card