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2pm team news: Schmeichel, Foden and Sa benched as Watkins and Laporte start

Five more Premier League matches follow the lunchtime kick-off between Tottenham Hotspur and Burnley.

Aston Villa v Crystal Palace, Leeds United v Brighton and Hove Albion, Watford v Leicester City, West Ham United v Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers v Norwich City all kick off at 2pm BST.

There are three ‘Double Gameweek’ sides in action, two of whom meet at Villa Park.

The big team news from that fixture is that Ollie Watkins is passed fit to start, and he’ll take his place in an unchanged Aston Villa XI for the visit of Crystal Palace.

Jacob Ramsey makes the bench after recovering from a groin problem.

Patrick Vieira is proving to be one of the trickier managers to second-guess in the run-in and the tinkering continues again this afternoon, with the Palace boss making four changes.

Tyrick Mitchell, Luka Milivojevic, Cheikhou Kouyate and Jean-Philippe Mateta are recalled, with Joel Ward, Will Hughes and Odsonne Edouard benched and Michael Olise absent.

Marc Guehi is fit to start but Vicente Guaita is only among the substitutes.

The other side who ‘double’ in Gameweek 37 to be in action this afternoon are Leicester, who have made three changes from midweek.

Two of them are predictable, as Daniel Amartey and Ademola Lookman are replaced by Wesley Fofana and Nampalys Mendy.

The other alteration comes as more of a shock, with Kasper Schmeichel replaced by Danny Ward between the posts.

Injury-hit opponents Watford are unchanged.

Manchester City have been boosted by the swift return from injury of Aymeric Laporte and Fernandinho, who limped off on Wednesday but who are passed fit to start at centre-half today.

Pep Guardiola has made changes, however: Riyad Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus and Jack Grealish are in for Ilkay Gundogan, Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden.

Tomas Soucek replaces Said Benrahma in David Moyes’ only tweak, with Mark Noble on the bench for his final appearance at the London Stadium.

In-form Brighton are unchanged at Elland Road, where hosts Leeds start Mateusz Klich, Junior Firpo and Joe Gelhardt at the expense of Pascal Struijk, Lewis Bate and the suspended Daniel James.

It’s three changes apiece at Molineux.

The hosts give starts to John Ruddy, Toti and Hwang Hee-chan at the expense of Jose Sa, Leander Dendoncker and Chiquinho.

Kieran Dowell, Ben Gibson and Mathias Normann are recalled by relegated Norwich as Milot Rashica, Tony Springett and Lukas Rupp make way.

GAMEWEEK 37 LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne, Luiz, Nakamba, McGinn, Coutinho, Watkins, Ings.

Subs: Olsen, Chambers, A. Young, Iroegbunam, Sanson, J. Ramsey, Buendia, Chukwuemeka, Traore.

Crystal Palace XI: Butland, Clyne, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Gallagher, Kouyate, Milivojevic, Eze, Mateta, Zaha.

Subs: Schlupp, Guaita, Ward, Hughes, Benteke, Kelly, Édouard, Ayew, Rak-Sakyi.


Leeds United XI: Meslier, Firpo, Koch, Cooper, Raphinha, Llorente, Rodrigo, Harrison, Phillips, Gelhardt, Klich.

Subs: Gray, Klaesson, Shackleton, Cresswell, Bate, Greenwood, Kenneh, Hjelde, Struijk.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Sanchez, Cucurella, Dunk, Bissouma, Mac Allister, Trossard, Gross, Welbeck, March, Caicedo, Veltman.

Subs: Lallana, Webster, Ferguson, Duffy, Offiah, Maupay, Steele, Lamptey, Alzate.


Watford XI: Foster, Ngakia, Kabasele, Samir, Masina, Sissoko, Kayembe, Gosling, Sema, Pedro, Kalu.

Subs: Bachmann, Etebo, Ekong, Kamara, Cathcart, Sierralta, Baah, Morris, Cukur.

Leicester City XI: Ward, Justin, Fofana, Evans, Castagne, Maddison, Tielemans, Dewsbury-Hall, Mendy, Vardy, Barnes.

Subs: Schmeichel, Soyuncu, Albrighton, Iheanacho, Perez, Amartey, Daka, Thomas, Lookman.


West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Lanzini, Bowen, Antonio.

Subs: Areola, Yarmolenko, Vlasic, Noble, Fredericks, Masuaku, Johnson, Král, Echezolachuku Oko-Flex.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Fernandinho, Laporte, Zinchenko, Rodri, De Bruyne, Silva, Mahrez, Jesus, Grealish.

Subs: Steffen, Ake, Sterling, Gündogan, Foden, Egan-Riley, Mbete, Palmer, Lavia.


Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Ruddy, Jonny, Coady, Boly, Toti, Ait-Nouri, Neves, Moutinho, Hwang, Neto, Jimenez.

Subs: Fábio Silva, Chiquinho, Marçal, Trincão, José Sá, Hoever, Podence, Dendoncker

Norwich City XI: Gunn, Giannoulis, Hanley, Byram, Gibson, Aarons, Gilmour, Dowell, Lees-Melou, Normann, Pukki.

Subs: Williams, Rowe, Tzolis, Rashica, Tomkinson, Krul, Springett, Sørensen, Rupp

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1,003 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Had too many Guinness last night and didn’t set my team. Salah captain still and bench not correct. Whoops

    1. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Who is the Guinness VC?

      1. Paqueta Rice
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 11 months ago

        Son

  2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Mahrez pen incoming

    1. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      That’s why city are the best. 2-0 down and had zero doubt they’d come back

  3. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Digne wipout

  4. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Take that pen KDB

  5. Ruinenlust
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    NOOOOO

  6. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Hate Mahrez, not sure I’ve had him for a single return this season

  7. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Oh p*** off Palace.. bad FH so far

  8. fplgaruda
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Damn dawson

  9. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Great day of scenes!

  10. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Its Flappy hour

    1. Hect.OR 98th
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Housemartins' new song?

    2. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Heard it here first

  11. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Mahrez miss

  12. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Hahaha

  13. 2999 - Lady of Legend
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Saved

  14. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Wtf

  15. Alan The Llama
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Mahrez is a bottle merchant

  16. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Retake

  17. Danstoke82
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Why on earth did Mahrez take that penalty??! I thought KDB would take it!!

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      He always takes them when on

  18. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Damn it was nearly a Pool B team

    1. Not again Shirley
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Still should be. Surely klopp will realise that City will beat Villa at the weekend so PL is over now.

      1. Haalander
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 11 months ago

        You’re forgetting one thing! The manager of villa might have some thing in mind to ruin the city party

  19. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Let KDB take the retake lmao

  20. COLLIN QUANER
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Retake

  21. fplgaruda
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Yessss

  22. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    KDB should have taken it!

  23. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Damn the pl really want city to win it

    1. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      Why?

  24. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    KDB should take the retake IMO!

  25. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    VARchester City not even hiding it now.

  26. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Idiotic not to let kdb take it

    1. Fish up a tree
      • 2 Years
      1 year, 11 months ago

      KDB owner spotted

  27. Ruinenlust
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Mahrez fail

  28. Zimo
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Really hard to miss a penalty these days what with all the retakes

  29. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Now grab the winner

  30. R.C
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 11 months ago

    Mahrez has been scoring pens so why not