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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. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Gawd! Why did I free hit out Trippier for triple Toon attack? Arghhh!

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

      Sorry dude...

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

    Kind of Isak C fail imo

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

      Feels that way doesn’t it

  3. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Trippier my GOAT

  4. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Darn, went with Livramento instead of Trippier

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

    Almost everything going through the right hand side. Pity as a Livra owner

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

      It was foretold….

  6. Il Capitano
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Nice job Bowen punters

  7. pakornk
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    why is Fulham so crap?

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

      Troll team

  8. squ1rrel
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Sa, RAN, Cunha triple up 🙂

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

    Need a Raul goal Iwobi assist

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

      nvm Iwoboff

  10. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Was so close to (T)rippier as well

  11. SpaceCadet
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    After all the tinkering went with Sa. Relief

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

      Told you to keep tinkering!

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

    Come on, WH, get a shot on goal, I need that third Verbruggen save, at least.

  13. The Philosopher
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Need a Leno pen save to save my season

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

      It was Sa today

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

    Absolutely need a Raul goal

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

    Jimmy farted

    But no poo

  16. WVA
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Barnes over Trippier gone horrendously, apologies to anyone I advised otherwise x

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

    Cmon Welbeck !!!!!

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Did he?

  18. HelmutCool
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Cunha A

  19. Punned It
    • 1 Year
    1 year, 1 month ago

    I'm glad the Cunha captaincy paid off.

  20. Fresh_From_Desh
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    I will never buy a Fulham player again

    And I'm a Fulham Fan

  21. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Wolves 3

    Who got the Brighton 2-2

  22. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Mitoma G

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Almost had him

  23. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Welbz, Barnes & Sess failures!

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

    No Welbz involvement

  25. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Uhhh Barnes stinks, too greedy

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

    65 with Sels, Salah, Bruno, Mbeumo to go.

    That’s with 10 men thanks to Robinson no show.

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

    Strand Larsen over Cunha disaster

  28. The Philosopher
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Went Welbeck instead of Mitoma as Brighton cover. Classic FPL.

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

    Yes Mitoma!

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

    Thats a cunha mega haul