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Poland v Austria team news: Lewandowski still on bench, Arnautovic in

Day eight of this European Championship continues with team news from the Group D clash between Poland and Austria. It kicks off at 17:00 BST in Berlin.

Both narrowly lost in Matchday 1 but know that a win here still gives a great chance of progression, as most third-placed teams reach the round of 16.

With no player exceeding three per cent ownership, there’s very little Fantasy interest in this one. But it’s interesting that Robert Lewandowski (€9.5m) still isn’t ready to start after his thigh injury. Instead, he’s on Poland’s bench.

They’ve made four changes, seemingly switching from a 3-4-2-1 formation to 3-4-1-2 now that Krzysztof Piatek (€6.0m) has replaced Sebastien Szymanski (€6.0m).

Furthermore, Bartosz Slisz (€5.5m), Jakub Piotrowski (€5.5m) and Pawel Dawidowicz (€4.0m) are in for Kacper Urbanski (€5.5m), Taras Romanczuk (€5.0m) and Bartosz Salamon (€4.0m).

As for Austria, both centre-backs have been switched. Instead of Kevin Danso (€4.5m) and Maximilian Wober (€4.5m), it will be Gernot Trauner (€4.5m) and Philipp Lienhart (€4.0m).

Up front, Marko Arnautovic (€7.0m) is given the nod rather than Michael Gregoritsch (€6.5m).

MATCHDAY 2 TEAM NEWS

Poland XI – Szczesny; Bednarek, Dawidowicz, Kiwior; Frankowski, Piotrowski, Zielinski, Slisz, Zalewski; Buksa, Piatek

Austria XI – Pentz; Posch, Trauner, Lienhart, Mwene; Seiwald, Grillitsch; Laimer, Baumgartner, Sabitzer; Arnautovic



FPLMarc Newcastle fan that spends far too much time thinking about FPL.

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  1. x.jim.x
    • 10 Years
    9 months, 16 days ago

    France XI: France XI: Maignan, Kounde, Upamecano, Saliba, T Hernandez, Kante, Tchouameni, Rabiot; Dembele, Griezmann, Thuram

    Netherlands XI: Verbruggen; Dumfies, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Ake; Schouten, Frimpong; Simons, Reijnders, Gakpo, Depay

    +2
    1. Fabreghastly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 months, 16 days ago

      Is Mbappe on the bench?

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      1. x.jim.x
        • 10 Years
        9 months, 16 days ago

        Yeah

        "For France, there’s no Kylian Mbappe. His broken nose means the striker starts the game on the bench and may not even feature. He is replaced with Aurelien Tchouameni in the starting team in what is Didier Deschamps only change."

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        1. jacob1989
          • 3 Years
          9 months, 16 days ago

          Interesting. Replacing one of top strikers in world with a defensive midfielder. Would have thought giroud starts

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          1. x.jim.x
            • 10 Years
            9 months, 16 days ago

            Replacing one of the top strikers in the world with Giroud is worse, he's 37 now

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    2. jacob1989
      • 3 Years
      9 months, 16 days ago

      Yes LL success! Brilliant

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    3. F4L
      • 10 Years
      9 months, 16 days ago

      cheers

      both gone with pretty defensive set ups, well compared to what they could've done

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  2. F4L
    • 10 Years
    9 months, 16 days ago

    Baumgartner motm 😎

    10 pointer

    +4
    1. jacob1989
      • 3 Years
      9 months, 16 days ago

      Brilliant!

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    2. Tonyawesome69
      • 6 Years
      9 months, 16 days ago

      Stick (c)!

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    3. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 months, 16 days ago

      Lovely. Didn’t captain but that’s good

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    4. dirtmcgirt
      • 8 Years
      9 months, 16 days ago

      Forgot to change my captain today

      Even when I win lose lol

      Still chuffed about him and Mwene though.

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  3. Fabreghastly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 months, 16 days ago

    Christoph gets MOTM 🙂

    +1
  4. Goro Majima
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    9 months, 16 days ago

    Anyone sticking with Baumgartner captain now? Can twist to Lukaku or Bruno tomorrow but tempted to bank the points.

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    1. jacob1989
      • 3 Years
      9 months, 16 days ago

      Definitely stick if u c him. Dont get greedy

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    2. Leaf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 months, 16 days ago

      It’s not even a decision

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    3. Tonyawesome69
      • 6 Years
      9 months, 16 days ago

      I'm sticking, can't be bothered with the Ronaldo/Lukaku/Bruno headache

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    4. Goro Majima
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      9 months, 16 days ago

      Thanks all, stick it is.

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    5. dirtmcgirt
      • 8 Years
      9 months, 16 days ago

      A complete no brainer. Wish I did the same with Wirtz MD1.

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  5. ★Kuntheman★
    • 9 Years
    9 months, 16 days ago

    I switched from Musiala(c) to Baumgartner(c), completely moronic decision but somehow it’s paid off

    He was unlucky not to grab another two assists too!

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    1. jacob1989
      • 3 Years
      9 months, 16 days ago

      U gained 1 valuable point! But yeah bit crazy

      +1
  6. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 8 Years
    9 months, 16 days ago

    Verbruggen captain.. c'mon!

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    1. jacob1989
      • 3 Years
      9 months, 16 days ago

      My only player is kounde. Hoping for cs and like 9 recoveries

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  7. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 5 Years
    9 months, 16 days ago

    Frimpong starts on the RW.
    Huge opportunity for goals / assists / CS points incoming if you own him!

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    1. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 months, 16 days ago

      Glad I kept him.

      Own goal and red card incoming.

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    2. Pomodoro
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 months, 16 days ago

      Captain armband is on him too. Fingers & toes crossed!

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      1. Weasel Boy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 months, 16 days ago

        Nice

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  8. PompeyUpNorth!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 months, 16 days ago

    Apologies not had time to read owt but if I have Lunin Captain n Verb on bench, will Verb come in as captain? I think he’s auto subbed in, but will he be Captain like FPL?

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  9. The Train Driver
    • 9 Years
    9 months, 16 days ago

    What are your 'must haves' for MD3?

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