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Many Gameweek 34 Free Hit picks will be in action in the 3pm BST kick-offs, with four Premier League matches getting underway:

Newcastle United’s starting XI is finally changed after seven matches but it’s not Jacob Murphy or Harvey Barnes making way. Those two wingers start again as Anthony Gordon has to make do with substitute duty once more.

Eddie Howe’s one alteration is actually an enforced one, as Joelinton misses out with a knee issue. Joe Willock replaces him.

Fabian Schar is fit to start, while Sven Botman is named on the Magpies’ bench after recovering from injury.

Ipswich Town’s Kieran McKenna is the busiest boss of the afternoon, making four changes.

Luke Woolfenden, Cameron Burgess, Jack Taylor and Liam Delap come in, with George Hirst and Jens Cajuste dropping to the bench. Leif Davis is suspended and Axel Tuanzebe is unexpectedly absent.

The Tractor Boys do at least have Omari Hutchinson back among the substitutes.

Fulham are also facing a member of the bottom three in the shape of Southampton, who have Ross Stewart starting for the first time in six months. He replaces the absent Paul Onuachu.

The Cottagers themselves are without Antonee Robinson, while Sasa Lukic is demoted to substitute duty.

Willian and Harry Wilson return to an attacking-looking starting line-up, with Ryan Sessegnon presumably dropping back to left-back to cover for Robinson.

At Molineux, Jose Sa and Matt Doherty are fit enough to return to join Matheus Cunha and co in Wolverhampton Wanderers’ starting XI.

Dan Bentley and Santiago Bueno are the unfortunate men to make way.

Facundo Buonanotte replaces the injured Stephy Mavididi in Leicester City’s only change.

Finally, at the Amex, there are three alterations apiece.

Two of Brighton and Hove Albion’s changes are enforced as Jan Paul van Hecke is injured and Joao Pedro is suspended. Yankuba Minteh also drops to the bench.

Solly March, Simon Adingra and Yasin Ayari get recalls but Kaoru Mitoma again has to make do with substitute duty. Joel Veltman and Tariq Lamptey are on the bench after recovering from injury.

For the Hammers, Niclas Fullkrug, Carlos Soler and Vladimir Coufal drop to the bench.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Tomas Soucek and Konstantinos Mavropanos replace them.

LINE-UPS

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Verbruggen, Hinshelwood, Dunk, Baleba, Estupinan, Wieffer, Ayari, O’Riley, March, Adingra, Welbeck.

Subs: Steele, Lamptey, Gruda, Cashin, Minteh, Mitoma, Gomez, Veltman, Tasker.

West Ham United XI: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Mavropanos, Emerson, Soucek, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta, Kudus, Bowen.

Subs: Fabianski, Cresswell, Soler, Coufal, Fullkrug, Guilherme, Ings, Rodriguez, Irving.


Newcastle United XI: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento, Bruno Guimaraes, Tonali, Willock, Murphy, Isak, Barnes

Subs: Dubravka, Ruddy, Botman, Wilson, Gordon, Krafth, Osula, Longstaff, Miley.

Ipswich Town XI: Palmer, O’Shea, Woolfenden, Burgess, Greaves, Morsy, J Taylor, Johnson, Enciso, Clarke, Delap.

Subs: Walton, Chaplin, Cajuste, Hutchinson, Luongo, Hirst, Godfrey, Boniface, T Taylor.


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

Subs: McCarthy, Aribo, Smallbone, Bree, Wood, Archer, Dibling, Welington, Robinson.

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Sessegnon, Berge, Pereira, Willian, Wilson, Iwobi, Jimenez.

Subs: Benda, Reed, Cairney, Traore, Vinicius, Cuenca, Lukic, Castagne, Smith Rowe.


Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa, Semedo, Doherty, Agbadou, Toti, Ait-Nouri, Andre, Joao Gomes, Munetsi, Cunha, Strand Larsen.

Subs: Bueno, Hwang, R Gomes, Sarabia, Forbs, Bellegarde, Guedes, Djiga, Bentley.

Leicester City XI: Hermansen, Ricardo, Faes, Coady, Thomas, Ndidi, Soumare, El Khannouss, De Cordova Reid, Buonanotte, Vardy.

Subs: Justin, Okoli, Kristiansen, Skipp, McAteer, Monga, Ayew, Daka, Stolarczyk.



  1. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    78 mins of my 8 free hit players already close to outscoring my entire BB33 team of 24 players.
    This game..

  2. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    RAN
    CS
    Locked

  3. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Isak 6 points, hopefully Salah does better

    1. MikeS
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Get Wilson on for him asap

      1. MikeS
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

        AHH just seen he's off now thank god

    2. Bluetiger1
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      100% agree

  4. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Not sure if I'm happy with just a goal from Isak (C)

    1. MikeS
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Seems like he was lucky to get 1

    2. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Salah HT incoming

  5. MikeS
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Get isak off the pitch he is desperate for a rest

  6. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Palmer an Raul 2 disappointing picks

  7. C_G
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    please score Tonali, would take me top of my ML after chasing for 30 GWs

  8. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Soucek G

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Bowen A

  9. Free Hat
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Now Barnes only gets 3 points ofcourse

  10. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Isak and Murph out of the bps

  11. MikeS
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Now RAN is off we need a Leicester goal

    1. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Would be a-ok

  12. TOLV TUMS
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Hopefully Dr Tottenham has just the tonic to get Mo back to his scoring ways

  13. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    FFS Bowen again

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      never own him at the right time

      1. RICICLE
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Me neither, I should have gone him over fraud Palmer though for sure!

  14. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Osula G
    Trippier A

  15. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Osula G

  16. dunts1
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Tripps another assist?

  17. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Bowen 2nd assist, Soucek goal

    1. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Bowen!!

  18. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Bowen and trips DREAMLAND

    1. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      This very much

  19. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Got rid of Tripps on FH nice one

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      same

  20. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Starting Mitoma and benching Bowen is killing me

    1. FP El Wonky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Hey not so bad in the end ehh

  21. BIGREDDOG
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Trips another assist - changed him out late! Classic

  22. Cojones of Destiny
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    happy I went tripps over TAA last min

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Tara can still outscore him !

  23. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    More trippier points

  24. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Tripps assist again, yeah!!!

  25. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    tripps the true goat

  26. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Get in Trippier!!!!!!!!!

  27. FantasyTony
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Should have went Tripps over Barnes.

    1. FPLAnon
      • 1 Year
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Same

    2. Andy_Social
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      BBC says Trippier went off for Osula!

  28. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    What a great gameweek this is turning out to be.

    1. Andy_Social
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Well, high-scoring. i'm on 48 points and still have a red arrow

  29. Superflymonk
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Bowen and Trippier on my bench, oh the agony!

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      You're kidding???? Why ???

      1. Superflymonk
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

        I have barnes form and Sessegnon's out of position to thank for.

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

      Now that is torture

      Sa and cucu on my bench

      1. Andy_Social
        • 13 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Sanchez and Cucu is my sin

  30. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Saka > Bowen masterstroke 😎