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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. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Oh lol. Villa can't get a decent pen taker.

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      Watkins/Rashford next time

    2. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      Watkins isn't decent though, I agree.

    3. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      Rogers on them from now on

  2. putana
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    RAMMSDALE

  3. HadiSLIM
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    i got Asensio in 30 secs before the deadline, but the transfer didnt go through as the FPL site jammed 😀

  4. kempc23
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Im freehitting 33. Time to take a few punts. Would you take a chance on De Bruyne?

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      Foden to KDB is on cards, might get early game news

    2. notlob legin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      I am - also on FH

  5. putana
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    would have had a negative scoring bench boost this week

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      OFFT

  6. WVA
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Correct decision benching Saka, Got away with benching Rashford but Konsa has out scored my entire defence so far!

    1. Atimis
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      Could have started Konsa instead of getting and starting Milenkovic

  7. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Wally G

  8. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Watkins G

  9. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Rogers on pens

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      Watkins had a couple didn’t he?

  10. Bushwhacker
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Ascensio sums up my season. So random.

  11. Sgt. Schultz
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Tielemans A?

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      Konsa AA imo

    2. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      Y

      1. Sgt. Schultz
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 4 days ago

        thanks pal. Any luck for u so far?

    3. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      Yep

  12. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Isak to Watkins confirmed.

  13. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Watkins!!!! Yes!!!!

  14. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Yes Watkins! Been painful since WC30

  15. FPL Sanky
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Ohh Rogers, you are such a troll

  16. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Thought it’s Rogers lol

  17. EWH2020
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    MGW was such a consistent returner until I put him in

  18. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Akoli G

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      Leicester level

    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      Okoli

  19. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Started Saka and Asensio first on bench :S

  20. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Villa only had 4 cs this year
    Had Konsa since gw1, had two of them, benched this week!

  21. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Is Paul Merson capable of pronouncing anyone's name correctly

    1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      What do you mean, he pronounces Yow Pedro's name correctly

    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      Useless, should just call keeper Bart, Verbererbruugen

  22. Baron Penguin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Genuinely thought Asensio would take end hence why I brought him in for a -4. Good process.

    1. Baron Penguin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      Pens, not end!

  23. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Watkins sending a message to Emery.

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      Malen also sending a message to Emery.

  24. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Pickford and Mykolenko staring at me from the bench.

  25. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Played verbruggen!
    Leic saving goals for this !

  26. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Malen G

  27. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Malen owners delight

  28. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Malen goal

  29. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Rogers A

    1. It's Fergie Time
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      of course it is

  30. Radzio
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 4 days ago

    Great BB for me! Double Brighton defence losing 2 goals to Leicester and Asensio missing a pen:) Saliba to go, wondering what he can achieve to beat them!

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 4 days ago

      BB chip is shite

      1. Gudjohnsen
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 4 days ago

        It really is the worst chip

      2. Count of Monte Hristo
        • 12 Years
        1 year, 4 days ago

        Barely even a chip, more like potato peel.