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Having seen two of the Gameweek 33 ‘doublers’ in action already today, we get to observe another one now.

Aston Villa head down to Southampton for one of three 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League:


Wood start

Unai Emery has rotated some of his troops for this middle fixture in a Paris Saint-Germain sandwich but Emiliano Martinez, Youri Tielemans and Morgan Rogers maintain their records of having not been benched in a single Premier League game this season.

Ezri Konsa also starts for the Villans.

Emery, in fact, only makes four alterations from the midweek defeat in France.

Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Boubacar Kamara and John McGinn all make way, with Tyrone Mings, Ian Maatsen, Amadou Onana and Marco Asensio handed recalls in their places.

Anticipated starts for Donyell Malen and Ollie Watkins haven’t materialised, with those two attackers warming the bench again. Marcus Rashford leads the Villa line once more.

Southampton interim manager Simon Rusk makes two changes to Ivan Juric’s final line-up as Saints boss.

Jack Stephens and Paul Onuachu replace Joe Aribo and Tyler Dibling, who are both among the substitutes.

There’s some interesting team news from the City Ground, too, where Chris Wood recovers from injury to start for Nottingham Forest.

The Kiwi striker, Alex Moreno and Jota Silva all come into Nuno Espirito Santo’s line-up.

Anthony Elanga is only fit enough for substitute duty, while Morato and Ryan Yates drop to the bench.

Everton boss David Moyes also makes three alterations, bringing in Armando Broja, James Garner and the fit-again Vitalii Mykolenko.

Beto, Nathan Patterson and Tim Iroegbunam lose their spots.

Finally, at the Amex, Joao Pedro returns to the Brighton and Hove Albion starting XI, along with Simon Adingra and Yasin Ayari.

Jan Paul van Hecke is suspended, Kaoru Mitoma misses out and Diego Gomez drops to the bench.

Leicester City boss Ruud van Nistelrooy recalls Stephy Mavididi, Kasey McAteer and Caleb Okoli.

Wout Faes and Victor Kristiansen are both absent, while Patson Daka is on substitute duty.

LINE-UPS

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Verbruggen, Hinshelwood, Estupinian, Dunk, Baleba, Minteh, O’Riley, Ayari, Adingra, Welbeck, Pedro.

Subs: Rushworth, March, Gruda, Cashin, Gomez, Wieffer, Tasker, Simmonds, Howell.

Leicester City XI: Hermansen, Justin, Coady, Okoli, Thomas, Soumare, Ndidi, El Khannouss, Mavididi, McAteer, Vardy.

Subs: Stolarczyk, De Cordova-Reid, Ayew, Daka, Pereira, Skipp, Coulibaly, Aluko, Evans.


Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Williams, Murillo, Milenkovic, Moreno, Dominguez, Anderson, Silva, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wood.

Subs: Miguel, Morato, Boly, Abbott, Sangaré, Yates, Danilo, Elanga, Sosa.

Everton XI: Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gueye, Garner, Harrison, Doucoure, Ndiaye, Broja.

Subs: Virgínia, Patterson, Keane, Young, Alcaraz, Iroegbunam, McNeil, Beto, Chermiti.


Southampton XI: Ramsdale, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Stephens, Harwood-Bellis, Manning, Ugochukwu, Fernandes, Archer, Sulemana, Onuachu.

Subs: McCarthy, Aribo, Smallbone, Stewart, Bree, Wood, Sugawara, Dibling, Robinson.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen, Onana, Tielemans, Rogers, Asensio, Ramsey, Rashford.

Subs: Olsen, Disasi, McGinn, Watkins, Digne, Torres, Garcia, Malen, Kamara.


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  1. Haa-lala-land
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    OH MY GOD!!

  2. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Can’t beleive my verbruggen cs gone fs

    1. Merlin the Wraith
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Oh just love that BB Buster lol!

      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Cheers !

        1. Merlin the Wraith
          • 10 Years
          1 year, 2 months ago

          Munoz owner here lol!

  3. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Leicester have scored, this is not a drill

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      The week I play Dunk too!

      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Play Verbruggen!

  4. Sgt. Schultz
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Fernandes YC

  5. Ser Davos
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    anyone bench boosting in 37?

    Struggling for 34

    1. Ser Davos
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      36 rather

  6. putana
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    bench boosters in the mud

  7. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Bb not going well with Verbruggen!!

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

    Vart Berbruggen

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      All Vart, no Boo

  9. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Brighton cleanie wipeout is delicious

    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Sure is! 😉

  10. ebb2sparky
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Who would you bench for gw33?
    A) Isak (avl)
    B) Bruno (WOL)
    Currently on B but it's close.

  11. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    That Forest CS must go, Sels obligatory 10 pointer otherwise

  12. putana
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Joao Pedro is a 5 goal a season player without pens

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      I don’t understand how he’s so jammy to get so many, it’s almost unfair for other teams/strikers

      1. putana
        • 8 Years
        1 year, 2 months ago

        he looks for them

    2. boc610
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Such a youtube forum comment how many does he win?strikers are their to take pens, how many did kane rack up every season for spurs?

      1. Gubby-Allen
        • 4 Years
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Andy Cole took one in his career I think.

  13. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Absolutely riveting 3pm games

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Could cure insomnia

    2. Haa-lala-land
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Leicester scored a goal!!

  14. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Another day, another locked-in Forest clean sheet.

    1. Haa-lala-land
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      I think I'd much rather have double Forest defence than double Arsenal, after 33

    2. Shultan
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      This I'd bet my car on a NF CS

      1. Haa-lala-land
        • 5 Years
        1 year, 2 months ago

        I will collect the keys next week

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

      Hope so!

  15. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Verbruggen cs lost. Nice.

    1. Merlin the Wraith
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      I just know this is gonna bounce back against me BB with Areola next week.

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

        I am Verbruggen owner and I certainly do hope that Soton smashes Wham next week.

  16. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Didn’t trust to start Konsa and he will deliver CS all of the sudden lol

    1. Feanor
      • 17 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      His 2nd or 3rd of the year, I think

      1. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Crazy

    2. boc610
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Jinxed it. Nice work.

    3. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      With you there fella!

  17. FPL Sanky
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Come on Rogers, grab a goal lad

    1. DeSelby
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      No.

  18. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Villa looking like they might score at all?

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Any moment now…

  19. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Can anyone tell how Asensio has played? Bought him as a punt but can’t watch today.

  20. Athletic Nasherbo
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Pens down for the Freehit already.

    Raya
    Gvardiol Munoz Bradley
    Salah Saka Bowen Eze Rogers
    Marmoush(C) Mateta

    Areola Ndiaye Todibo Agbadou

    1. Gubby-Allen
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      I will be doing mine later. 10 DGW and Salah.

    2. notlob legin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Similar to mine but I've gone KDB and VVD ,over Bowen and Bradley, and Sarr over Rogers with no Munoz (can't see them keeping a clean sheet) but Saliba

      1. Gubby-Allen
        • 4 Years
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Will probably do KDB. Oddly Man City are the more reliable for rotation

    3. WVA
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      My non FH BB team will be,

      RAYA
      GVARDIOL DIAS SALIBA MUNOZ
      SAKA SARR RASHFORD ROGERS
      MATETA MARMOUSH
      Sels KONSA Salah Isak

      1. notlob legin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Great team that

  21. Gubby-Allen
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Could do with Forest and Villa staying 0-0

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      A Saints goal would be even better

      1. Gubby-Allen
        • 4 Years
        1 year, 2 months ago

        My only three players today apart from Mbuemo are Pickford, Milenkovic and Konsa.

        1. JBG
          • 8 Years
          1 year, 2 months ago

          MGW, Pickford and Murillo here. Mbuemo on the bench (for Mateta who I brought in for Wissa, Mbuemo will probably haul).

  22. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Why do Southampton insist on not starting their best player?

    1. Hairy Potter
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Le Tissier? He retired.

    2. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Egil Ostenstad?

    3. Gubby-Allen
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Kevin Keegan?

  23. Norco
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    What plants are on sale down at the garden centre?

    1. Gubby-Allen
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      You need a second mortgage at my one. £3.99 for a packet of biscuits.

  24. Goodfeathers
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Another Pedro penalty loading..

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Joke the first one took 20 replays

  25. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Pen again, the time it takes is a joke

  26. FPL Sanky
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    So Rogers was hauling from my bench for the last two weeks and this week when I played him, he will blank....nice

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      That’s the Rogers I know

    2. WVA
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      That’s what he does, troll

  27. putana
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    why do refs even waste time going to the monitor if they always change their decision anyways. Stop putting on a show and just get on it with it

  28. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Pedro brace

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Ghost teams take a bow

    2. Sandy Ravage
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      boom

  29. JBG
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    JP Morgan strikes again

  30. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Pedro is an all-time troll, isn’t he?

    Anyone got him?

    1. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Yup

    2. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Only in FanTeam.

    3. FPL Sanky
      • 2 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Yeah, the person who is first and third in my ML, I am second and don't have him

    4. Merlin the Wraith
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Yeah, my son

    5. HadiSLIM
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      FPL Fran has him too

    6. Dean1980
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Yeah got him in this week for Jimenez