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13 May 2023 1024 comments
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The Premier League action gets underway at Elland Road at 12:30 BST, a match that features one of just two teams to play twice in Gameweek 36.

Newcastle United’s ‘double’ begins with a visit to Leeds United, with a home game against Brighton & Hove Albion to follow on Thursday.

Virtually all of the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) interest in the lunchtime kick-off is on the Magpies, then, and the team news is broadly positive for the key Fantasy assets on show.

Callum Wilson and Alexander Isak start together for the second match running, the former presumably set to lead the line again and the latter stationed on the left flank.

Eddie Howe has made only one change from the team beaten 2-0 by Arsenal last Sunday, with Miguel Almiron replacing Jacob Murphy on the right wing.

As for the hosts, Sam Allardyce has recalled top scorer Rodrigo Moreno at the expense of the benched Wilfried Gnonto.

Patrick Bamford keeps his place.

The cheapest ‘forward’ in FPL, £4.0m-rated Sam Greenwood, also starts, as does Robin Koch.

Adam Forshaw and Marc Roca are back among the substitutes as a result.

Above: The Gameweek 36 ‘effective ownership’ stats of the top 10,000 FPL managers

Isak is the most-captained player of the Gameweek if we look at LiveFPL’s numbers for the current top 10,000 Fantasy managers, handed the armband by almost two-thirds of them.

GAMEWEEK 36 LINE-UPS

Leeds United XI: Robles, Ayling, Firpo, Koch, Bamford, Harrison, Rodrigo, Kristensen, McKennie, Wober, Greenwood.

Subs: Meslier, Forshaw, Aaronson, Roca, Summerville, Struijk, Rutter, Gnonto, Gray.

Newcastle United XI: Pope, Trippier, Botman, Schar, Joelinton, Wilson, Isak, Almiron, Willock, Burn, Guimares.

Subs: Dubravka, Dummett, Gordon, Saint-Maximin, Lewis, Targett, Manquillo, Murphy, Anderson.



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

    Bamford Miss

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

      Pope saves

  2. Gazzpfc
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Wilson and Isak together just don’t work

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Wilson should be used as a super sub

      1. JBG
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        This

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

    Pope SAVE

  4. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Piss poor pen

    1. Feanor
      • 17 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Bamford is bad at them.

  5. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Awful pen

  6. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Pope was the New def to get

  7. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    That is a HUGE save. Newcastle to go on and win this now

  8. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I knew I should have got Pope instead of useless Trippier

    1. DycheDycheBaby
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Same same haha

    2. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yah, Kieran has got to go!

  9. MGD
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Haha I knew it so badly beforehand.

    Zero confidence.

  10. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Had Pope as my planned transfer in until the March injury, ffs

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

    FPL DGW drama...we love to see it!

  12. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Well, well!

  13. Gandalf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Jammy Pope owners

    1. Tango74
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Why Jammy? Most people who have either 2 or 3 from Newcastle defence ?

  14. Mr. O'Connell
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Such an obvious miss. 0 bottle player. Flake.

  15. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Isak Wilson together not quite working again

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah bad Double up

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

    I'm sorry but Bamford so often fluffs easier chances than penalties, why is he on them?

    1. Feanor
      • 17 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Penalty NC

    2. bigwig
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Agree, but he's the striker. gotta put his name into the hat and have a go

    3. JBG
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      This... just thought to myself before that pen. "Isn't Bamford kinda meh at pens?".

      Rodrigo is probably a better pen taker.

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

    Well my score prediction is back on.

    Should have held Pope about 8 games ago!!

  18. bigwig
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Eddie Howe has likely been deliberating the Wilson vs Isak debate as much as the rest of us and went with both. But if it stays like this, who goes off first do we think?

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Isak imo

    2. Scalper
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Willy

  19. Lallana_
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bamford shocking

  20. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Put that in your Pope and smoke it

  21. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Penalty Newcastle

    Isak down

  22. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Isak pen taker ?

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Don't think so

  23. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Pen

  24. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    OMG

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

    And within a couple of mins...Newc pen!

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

      All the drama!

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

    Pen NewC

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Who’s taking?

  27. Urban Cowboy.
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Pope making me say some unreligious things.

  28. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    F***.
    Trippier (c) instead of Pope (c), should've just gone with the keeper.

  29. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Hope Wilson takes, cause I have both

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Bruno?

  30. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Wober wobbles