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Four more Double Gameweek 29 matches take place on Tuesday, with Chelsea v Liverpool following the three 19:45 BST kick-offs.

The big Fantasy Premier League (FPL) team news arrives at Stamford Bridge, where Jurgen Klopp has made a host of changes to his starting XI. Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson are the highest-profile casualties and are all on the bench, while Virgil van Dijk misses out on the squad through illness. The front three consists of Diogo Jota, Darwin Nunez and Roberto Firmino.

In their first match since the sacking of Graham Potter, Chelsea make just two alterations, with Wesley Fofana and N’Golo Kante preferred to Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Mykhailo Mudryk. Raheem Sterling is back among the substitutes following injury.

Pervis Estupinan, Alexis Mac Allister and Kaoru Mitoma all start for Brighton, as Roberto De Zerbi opts to make just two changes to his starting XI. Evan Ferguson is fit again and returns up front in place of Danny Welbeck, while Adam Webster comes in for Levi Colwill at the back.

Their opponents Bournemouth also make two alterations, as Gary O’Neil brings in Hamad Traore and Ryan Christie at the expense of Joe Rothwell and Jaidon Anthony, both of whom drop to the bench.

At the King Power Stadium, Nampalys Mendy and Jamie Vardy both start, replacing Tete and Patson Daka. That means Kelechi Iheanacho is on the bench again and sits alongside goalkeeper Danny Ward.

Unai Emery, meanwhile, makes just one change: Leon Bailey in for Boubacar Kamara, who came off at half-time on Saturday and is absent from the matchday squad.

In Yorkshire, Patrick Bamford is back for Leeds United, replacing Crysensio Summerville. The other change sees Weston McKennie come into midfield in place of Rasmus Kristensen. He’s named on the bench, as well as Wilfried Gnonto and Rodrigo.

As for Steve Cooper and Nott’m Forest, they are unchanged.

GAMEWEEK 29 LINE-UPS

Bournemouth XI: Neto, Smith, Stephens, Senesi, Kelly, Traore, Lerma, Ouattara, Billing, Christie, Solanke

Subs: Travers, Cooke, Brooks, Rothwell, Tarvernier, Vina, Semenyo, Zabarnyi, Anthony

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Steele, Veltman, Dunk, Webster, Estupinan, Gross, Caicedo, March, Mac Allister, Mitoma, Ferguson

Subs: Sanchez, Colwill, Welbeck, Enciso, Undav, Ayari, Gilmour, Van Hecke, Buonanotte


Leeds United XI: Meslier, Ayling, Koch, Struijk, Firpo, Roca, McKennie, Sinisterra, Aaronson, Harrison, Bamford

Subs: Robles, Kristensen, Cooper, Gyabi, Summerville, Greenwood, Rodrigo, Rutter, Gnonto

Nottingham Forest XI: Navas, Williams, Felipe, Niakhate, Toffolo, Freuler, Mangala, Danilo, Johnson, Dennis, Gibbs-White

Subs: Hennessey, Worrall, Lodi, Kouyate, Shelvey, Scarpa, Awoniyi, Ayew, Surridge


Leicester City XI: Iversen, Castagne, Souttar, Faes, Kristiansen, Mendy, Ndidi, Dewsbury-Hall, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy

Subs: Ward, Iheanacho, Amartey, Daka, Pereira, Praet, Thomas, Tete, Soumare

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Young, Konsa, Mings, Moreno, McGinn, Luiz, Bailey, Ramsey, Buendia, Watkins

Subs: Carlos, Traore, Chambers, Duran, Olsen, Digne, Dendoncker, Sinisalo, Revan


Chelsea XI: Kepa, Fofana, Koulibaly, Cucurella, James, Enzo, Kante, Kovacic, Chilwell, Havertz, Felix

Subs: Mendy, Badiashile, Gallagher, Loftus-Cheek, Mount, Madueke, Pulisic, Sterling

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Gomez, Konate, Matip, Tsimikas, Fabinho, Jones, Henderson, Jota, Darwin, Firmino

Subs: Kelleher, Phillips, Alexander-Arnold, Robertson, Milner, Arthur, Carvalho, Gakpo, Salah

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

    3 - Sinisterra (34)
    2 - Roca (31)
    1 - Harrison (30)

    3 - Webster (30)
    2 - Enciso (28)
    1 - Ferguson, Mitoma (27)

    3 - Watkins (32)
    2 - Faes (27)
    1 - Buendía, Traoré (24)

    3 - Chilwell (33)
    2 - Koulibaly (32)
    1 - W.Fofana (30)

    1. gart888
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Enciso stealing my Mac10 haul. 🙁

    2. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Steele and Dunk on 26. I have both. Great.

  2. Shultan
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    How did fofana go from 37 baps to 30?

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

      Sounds like he may have dropped below a passing % threshold. Or some other similar threshold.

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

        Yeah he was 89% passing accuracy, so lost 2 BPS for it falling under 90%. Not sure on the other 5 lost though. Unless incorrectly entered.

    2. theplayer
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      The game just seems a total fix sometimes. The low owned player mysteriously loses all that baps to let the highly owned player take the 3

    3. Ask Yourself
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      All the manipulators own chilwell

  3. Haalander
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Liverpool have scored 4 goals away from home since week 18. They’re beyond poor.

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Good thing we'll all go crazy for the double home fixture in 34

      1. Haalander
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Think I’ll give it a miss biggsy. Already carrying salah and Nunez and will dump in 33 when I wild card. Not even sure they’re worth a punt at home.

    2. Hairy Potter
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      2 of them against Newcastle.

  4. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    It's tough in the top 5K:

    You Safety
    85 100
    You need to gain 15 more points for a green

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

      enjoy

      Or wallow?

      1. Haalander
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Well it won’t bother me. I’m ha I g the same dilemmas at 500k!!

    2. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah this season is pretty brutal. The standard every week is very high.

      You miss two of the top high owned players like Mitoma + Watkins and you get a red arrow even if the rest of your team keeps up/does well.

      1. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Only got myself to blame for punting on Felix. He's mostly useless.

        1. Haalander
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Same with me with that donkey havertz!

      2. gart888
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I mistakenly played Maddison over Mitoma on my WC week and it's the difference between my current 31k rank or a 19k rank. Such fine margins.

  5. EWH2020
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    114 with 7 to go. Can't believe it

    1. Silecro
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Congrats!

  6. COLLIN QUANER
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Cooking with 125 points. Itchy gooch though

    1. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Bit of talc will sort that

  7. jonnybhoy
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Really need a Rashford double tomorrow

    1. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      You and me both dude

  8. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Estupinan owners keeping? Chelsea, Spurs and blank upcoming

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

      Benching where necessary. Squad is class.

      1. gart888
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Yeah. I'll want him for all those doubles.

    2. Steve Stiffler
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Might keep for another week, have other more important problems. Chelsea look terrible aswell

    3. Zimo
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Bench against Spurs. Play against Chelsea. Free Hit in blank.

    4. S.Kuqi
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      No. Probably Mings for me.

      1. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Considering the same

    5. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      No cleanies coming that’s for sure

    6. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Easy benching until GW34.

  9. Bada Bing
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Enciso plays for measly 20 minutes and gets 2 bonus points for scoring one goal. Bonus points system is broken.

    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Bring back The Man in the Stands who would have given 3 BP to Steele.

  10. Bennyboy1907
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    117 (-4) BB with 7 plus captain left

    1. Bennyboy1907
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      90k >> 51k

      1. Steve Stiffler
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Well done mate thats a class score. Who did you captain this week? Im on 101 with 6 to go not too bad

  11. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    That’s it.
    Maddison to a City mid it is
    BOU I don’t care

    1. WATERMELONS
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Wise

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

      Gundogan could be the one. Assuming Mahrez and Grealish play Bayern.

    3. gart888
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I'll let him have one more easy fixture, and then swap him to Bruno just in time for Casemiro to return.

  12. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Worth giving Maddison one more game vs Bou ?

    1. Steve Stiffler
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nope get him out, first time owning him this season and he had two games. Good luck to ye

    2. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      If I'm not bringing Haaland back I think Maddi to Grealish might be on

      1. Biggsy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        If not, Haaland in and an easy bench spot for Maddi

      2. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Tbh may punt on Grealish

    3. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Depends if fit- sat down on pitch and then hobbled off apparently

      1. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Uhhh, makes me sell him even more, just don’t know whether eventually warrants a hit if I bring Haaland

    4. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      He’s 100% gone for me. Had him since 26 and he’s done my head in.

      1. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Yeahhh

  13. Eleven Hag
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Overall rank : 3680
    GW rank : 21k
    GW score : 126 (-8)

    Bruno, Rashford, Shaw, Toney and Raya left to play tomm.

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

      Very noice.

      106 with Isak(c), Bruno, Rashford, Trippier, Shaw to go.

    2. Milk, 1 Šuker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Incredible! Good luck for tomorrow

    3. 1justlookin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Very well done. I'm on 114(-4) pre bonus with 5 to go.
      Rashford(c)

    4. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Woah - that’s an impressive score. Bravo.

    5. squ1rrel
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nice! 118 here but did Toney -> Ings for a hit which is my worst transfer all season I presume. Shaw, Trips, Rashford, Pinnock, Ings left

    6. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Brilliant rank fair play.

    7. Hairy Potter
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nice. I'm on 123 (no hits) with Botman, Isak, Trippier, Toney and Rashford to go.

    8. Silecro
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Congrats. Im on 127 with Rashford, Botman, Trippier and triple Brentford (Raya, Mbeumo, Toney)

  14. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Is Maccy injured?

  15. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    (Humble brag, apologies in advance)

    Will probably have my best ever score in 6 years of playing. After bonuses i'm on 127 with 6 to play. Could break 150 if Brentford and Newcastle fellas play like they did in the first game

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

      Turned out nice!

  16. Mweene
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    If I wasn't bench boosting I wouldn't have done Haaland to Watkins, so no point even checking my bench score. It was worth it.

    1. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I got also lucky for the same reason.

  17. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Considering this is a fantasy football site, where people discuss their teams highs and lows, why is there such hostility whenever someone shares a score?

    Doesn’t even need to be a particularly impressive score and cue the usual salty replies.

    Life’s short, let people enjoy their little wins.

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      It's a circle. You share your little succes, everyone claims you're bragging. So you feel salty that others are bragging when you don't feel confident. Its weird, we help each other out but hate anyone else's success

      1. Haalander
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Well put

    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      That’s where posters like Fudgy and Super Saints are missed

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

        Create some balance

    3. PascalCygan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Plenty of good people and good chat here most of the time but I tend to limit my time on the site on match days - things get salty, hostile, bitter, petty…

  18. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Steele lost 3p due to unnecessary yc. Otherwise pretty good day even without Mitoma with Steele, Estu, Chillwell, Kepa and Watkins (and March).

  19. WATERMELONS
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    The thing that has made me the happiest this week is not my score or bench boost, which has all been solid.

    It is the absolute relief of getting through the week with only one Brighton midfield asset when the content creators were making those in my boat would be left on the field of battle to die a horrible painful death.

    As it is, I now only have Mitoma and can navigate the next two weeks easily.

    Rest of you with Brighton assets. Stick or twist?

    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Stick

    2. Milk, 1 Šuker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Stick probably as I have Steele, Estup and Mitoma. Tempted to play Mitoma v Spurs and Chelsea.

    3. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      All the mids are cheap so no worries. I only have March and he was unlucky to not get an assist so happy to keep.

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

      Mac and Estupinan are on the potential sell list
      Bournemouth probably should have scored, not convinced on the CS potential in upcoming games
      Mac might drop deeper depending on the Caicedo and his own injury
      Mitoma looks fantastic - never bench him
      March underwhelming tonight

    5. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah same. I have Mitoma and Steele. Selling Mac Allistair a couple of weeks ago wasn’t great though.

    6. gers23
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Stick. Great value

  20. Milk, 1 Šuker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Ben White has been a real gem for me these past few weeks including this GW’s score. Tempted to keep him and just rotate with someone else.

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

      Definitely. Nailed on with the Tomiyasu injury.

      1. Milk, 1 Šuker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Indeed

  21. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    All have done well here judging from the scores being posted? 😛

    I am doing BB and red arrow, how come? Got Maddison and no Watkins!

  22. ZeBestee
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    No BB with 100. Rash, Trippier, Raya and Toney left. Hoping for a 2-0 win for Brentford tomorrow.

    1. Milk, 1 Šuker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      With Ben Mee scoring or assisting both!

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

      100 with no BB is great!

      Watkins scored 17 alone, and I'm on 120 -with- BB (albeit 7 more to play).

      So aside from Watkins + bench, you've done great.

      1. ZeBestee
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Yeah. Expected a massive rank loss but somehow gained ranking. Rashford blank will be the icing on the cake but anything else will take me down.

  23. Arteta
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Haaland ➡ Watkins for free a few weeks ago gained us 22 points. What a transfer.

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

      Imagine telling someone that a few weeks ago too!

    2. Milk, 1 Šuker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Snap!

    3. ZeBestee
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Brought him in from gw25. Gained me many points.

      1. Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I went Havertz over him 😥

        1. ZeBestee
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Tough luck. But Havertz doesnt just cut it in my eyes. He is just not PL player. Will do well in other leagues.

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

      Vs 0 for Haaland the best part

    5. Hairy Potter
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Did Kane to Watkins in GW25 to allow me to bring in Salah for Mahrez, so feel that's worked out okay.

    6. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I actually kept Haaland and did Andreas > Buendia instead. That got me 17 points so at least I kinda kept pace and still have Haaland I supppose

    7. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yep good move all round

    8. PascalCygan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Very happy with that!

  24. jimbe4mXL
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    So close to beat the 100 point mark first time this season, daym, seems impossible not to with trio manu and 2 newc playing still. BB got me 11 points tho, failure of a chip.

  25. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Play 2 of:

    A) Maddison
    B) Toney
    C) MacAllister.

    1. jimbe4mXL
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      BC

    2. ZeBestee
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      AB

  26. CrouchDown
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Seems like everyone played BB this week

    Rank hasn’t moved an inch

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

      High rank?

      1. CrouchDown
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        30k

        Was banning on making moves this GW

        1. CrouchDown
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          *banking

  27. Sure You Did
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Salah punishing those poor FPL managers.

  28. bso
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Good week for BB 107 pts with 4 to go. 40k in the bag (for now lol).

  29. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Punished for opting for going with Donkey Havertz over Watkins. Brutal!!!

  30. Old Wulfrunian
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Maddison captain fail.

    1. ZeBestee
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah chin up. Think as much as Leicester are still bad, its just a matter of time til Madders gets back to scoring points. He is their talisman.

    2. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Gutted I went March over Mitoma. Was dithering between the two...

      1. Fit_to_drop
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        March is classic ‘all duck or no dinner’. This week it was. I dinner. I found him a stressful own and moved him on with my WC27

    3. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Better option at NewC or United Leicester are rubbish

    4. Fit_to_drop
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I watched him closely against Bre a few weeks back. Lei were a shambles and he didn’t do an awful lot TBH. I still went ahead and signed him because of his fixtures (stupidly) but should have gone MacAll as I had planned to do. Lei are just so poor this year in both PL and FPL