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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. Shultan
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Would like to jinx the nott forest & villa CS but it's not happening

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

    People laughing at people getting Malen at the start of the game.

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

      Shocking choice tbf, got very lucky

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

      Nice one I gave 47 his last chance

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

    Oh fck off Rogers

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

    Murphy to Roger’s
    Isak to Watkins ?

  5. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    ROGERS ASSIST

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

    Finally Rogers

  7. Nightcrawler
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Asensio what a troll

    -2 then Rogers gets an assist. Unbelievable

  8. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Benched Pickford, benched Tarkowski, bought Asensio -4, bought Glasner -4

    Anyone want advice for gw33 contact me on FPLdonkey@noidea.com

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

      BB is best played without the hype weeks

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 year, 2 months ago

        Have AM active so wasn’t a possibility

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

    Had Roger’s from gw1, rid on 30 w/c, after few 1-2 pters, trolled me since!

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

    Rogers wants a goal now as well haha
    What a player

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

    NFO actually under pressure here from Everton

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

    Get in the baps Neco!

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

    Roger is so good with BAPS

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

      He hasn't got any

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

        Yeah I was looking at past weeks when he gets a return, don’t think his returns are done here yet, Southampton so open haha

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

          They are done

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

            He’s got an extra point outta nowhere!

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

              Ah cleanie! Lovely always forget about cleanies for mids!

  14. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Needed that 0-0 at the Amex, instead it's Pickford's seven (and counting) points on my bench and CHO/Wood in the starting lineup. Lovely.

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

    Sou close

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

    Hold NFO and Everton

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

    Leicester all over Brighton, but Daka oh dear

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

    Cmon Everton, bust that Milenkovic CS

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Feck off 🙂

  19. Skonto Rigga
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    https://twitter.com/MsiDouglas/status/1911083445570228618

    Howe admitted to hosptial, Tindall to manage tomorrow

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

      Hope he's okay.

  20. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Can’t believe I’ve 19 points on my bench from Pickford and Tarkowski

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

      Elite

      Played BB yet?

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

    For anyone that cares, Wood has been awful this match(most NFO attackers actually)

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

    Villa pen

  23. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Everton the ultimate party poopers

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

    Everton G

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

      Saved

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

        Ignore

  25. HelmutCool
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    God damn murillo
    Doucoure G...

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

      Rip 9 points...

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 year, 2 months ago

        He wasn’t on 9

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

          Had sels and n.williams...

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

    Doucore G.. ffs Murillo was on 2bps as well

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

      Murillos fault even

  27. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Lovely Forrest cleanie wiped

  28. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Asensio pulling some points back... guess its better than nothing

    1. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 2 months ago

      oh no he missed again lol

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

      Jinxed yourself I'm afraid

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

    Bought Milenkovic to play over Konsa…

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

      Im done.

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

      Same

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

    Murillo you absolute clown