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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. Crystal Alice
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    MITOMAAAAAA!

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

    More points for cuhna

    But he might have his minutes managed…

    Cuidado

  3. tbos83
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Another Cunha a

  4. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Lighting a candle for the people getting fooled by the «Cunha won’t start» rumors

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

    Missed out on a huge Triplier haul.

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Good GE for me at long last on FH. But going Livramento over Trippier in an attempt to be slightly different stings a little

  6. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Why nothing for Munetsi 🙁

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Was going Cunha, SL & Munetsi but switched him out for Diaz in the end, seemed like too much

    2. Mighty Duck
      • 1 Year
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Your brother in suffering here. Munetsi bears a role of creating free space for JSL in the team + he horrendously missed a couple of sitters over last month.

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

        Should have kept Rogers, even if losing 1-2 fixtures!

  7. Shifty
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Tripper (c) paid off! Dreamland

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

      Wow, well played!

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

      Holy moly!

    3. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Seriously? Amazing. Well played

    4. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Well played

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

      Enjoy! You deserve it

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

      Wow!! Brilliant, well done!

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

    71 now, thanks (C)unha you beauty!

  9. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    CUNHAAAAAAA

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

    JSL over Cunha

  11. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    CUNHA ISNT FINISHED

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

    3 - 2

    Brighton

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

      Balbea

  13. Botman and Robben
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Thank goodness sold Burn for Tripps.

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

    He’ll make a baleba out of you

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

    SEEESEEGNOOONNN

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

    Why do I keep ignoring Bowen?

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

      He's short

  17. Admiral Benson
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Sess goal

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

      holy smoke

      1. Monklane
        • 16 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

        I think they have to do the conclave thing first.

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

    20 points benched on FH, god damn it

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Should’ve BB as well 😉

      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

        That is sickening though.

  19. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Sessegnon g! Get in!

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      90+2 winner 😀

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

      Redemption!!!

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

    Sessengon at the death

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

    SESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

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

    As if this week couldn't get any worse

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

    crazy FH week

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

      75 from 8 so far, usual ‘pool suspects to go tomorrow. Sizable chunk taken out of my ml rival 🙂

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

    This free hit malarky is going quite well isn't it

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      might be my best ever!

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

      Palmer Raul yeah ha

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

    SESSSS!!! Omg dreamland

  26. lespaul
    • 16 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Yess the Sess

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

    Nice sess goal

  28. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Sess goal lovely

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Needed that after swapping him for Trippier this morning

  29. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Sess? Haha, what a fluke that came through, I’ll take it

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Good finish

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

    Bend it like Beckham Baleba