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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. Feanor
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Idiots not giving it to KDB

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

      Kdb hates pens

  2. Random Name
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Gary Neville STFU - "they're looking to see if he's off the line" wut

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        1 year, 10 months ago

        You want commentators to not tell you what's going on?

      • x.jim.x
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        That’s exactly what they were doing?

      • moment
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Weirdly the US commentary made zero mention of any VAR check

    2. DycheDycheBaby
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      UNBELIEBABLE

    3. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Ffs villa, that cs would have been lovely

    4. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Mahrez probably banished to the bench now for 38, great

    5. yousunkmybattleship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Pep pen roulette

    6. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Leicester again. FFS

      1. Duke Silver ☑
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Barnes G

    7. dshv
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      10 points loss on villa cs

      1. yousunkmybattleship
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        For pretty much everyone so meh

    8. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Mahrez cost them before missing v Liverpool

    9. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Really didn’t see this Leicester performance coming. Been poor for so long

    10. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Vardy (c), you beaut. Should have been brave and TCed the man.

      1. yousunkmybattleship
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        How have you got a TC left?

      2. BeaversWithAttitude
        • 5 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        What are you saving your triple cap for?

        1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
          • 12 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Son next week, apparently. Would have TCed him today but got (thankfully) talked out of it.

    11. g_jannyg
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Barnes huge haul

    12. R.C
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      For the love of football, West Ham please score!!

    13. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Barnes monster haul!

    14. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Barnes again ffs... maddy a

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Hooray for Maddison at least!

        1. yousunkmybattleship
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          This

      2. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        I had H Barnes trolling for some weeks starting from gw1. At least I have Maddison now though.

    15. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Barnes omg!

      Yesssss

    16. Ruinenlust
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Barnes again

    17. FPL price manipulators are …
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Double Villa CS + Digne assist was too good to be true

    18. In Bale We Trust
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Not to be too dramatic, but if that Watkins goal isn’t rightfully changed to an og then I’ve lost my mini league.

      Do we reckon it will be changed?

      1. Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 12 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Was it defs an OG?

      2. SHOWSTOPPERRR
        • 6 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Seems like Watkins touched from the other angle.

      3. noissimbus
        • 1 Year
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Still got one GW to go tho if it's that tight?

    19. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Maddy assist?

    20. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Keep going, Leicester!

    21. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Bloody Cash loses his clean sheet. FFS!!!!!

    22. Wolfman180
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Wow buried by Leicester:'(

    23. Free Hat
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Thats it. A chelsea mid Cpt next gw

    24. Kodap
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      No Maddison or Vardy, killing me 🙁

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

        My rival has Maddison and Barnes fml

    25. Ode
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Barnes finally paying off after all the benchings

    26. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Maddy you beaut !!!!

    27. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Every donut I asked here recommended the wrong 'son' to captain. I'm the bigger donut for listening 😉

      1. Randaxus
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        You are the donut lord

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

      Az loving that Barnes sale

    29. R.C
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Hugeeee haul if you own Maddison + Barnes + Vardy