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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. FPLAnon
    • 1 Year
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Sess steals max bonus!

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

      9 point goal

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

      Rigged game.

    3. Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Winning goal!

    4. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Yes! Got him in for a hit. Wss gutted i didnt go for ait nouri.

    5. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Unreal

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

      you beauty - i was annoyed I had picked him in front of trippier there is a god - thanks Fplanon

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

        omg - missed the last 10 mins hadn't realised he had scored - yes

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

    Treble Newcastle attack at least looked good on paper....

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

      Treble defence was the play

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

        Yeah right.

        People never would have gone without Isak.

        That's major captain hindsight talk.

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

      So typical, swapped Barnes for Trippier

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

    Why, just why did all my bench players have to return well like this lmao!
    What a joke

  4. KeanosMagic
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    That Sessegnon goal and Trippier haul have absolutely murdered me.

    Don't own either.

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

    69 (-12) with Salah Diaz and Kepa left. Any good?

    1. Sly Fly
      • 16 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Not really, no.

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

      Wow - I’d say so

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

      Meh, middling with the -12. On the same with TAA, Salah, Diaz to go, but on FH in fairness so can’t really compare

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

      obviously

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

    Andy on 48 from Sa, Tripp, Sess, Ran

    Nice last second decision there

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

    Sessegon goal is a killer

  8. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Trippier Sess Bowen RAN Murphy Isak (c) all doing good.

    But last minute switch Cunha to Raul for the fear of benching was the real letdown.

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

    back to back 11 pointer for Sess 😎

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

      Thats why hes the GOAT

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

    Gruda was the obvious pick from Brighton this GW.

  11. TorresMagic™
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 17 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Snuck into the top 10K at least for a day 🙂

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

      Congrats TM!

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 17 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Thanks mate, pity it's not GW38.

    2. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Huge!

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

      Very nice!

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

      Congrats!

    5. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Cheers all.

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

      Congrats TM - form is temporary - class is permanent - cream always rises to the top

      Anymore chips left?

      TM - GW35 / GW26 / GW37 / GW38 - do you know when DGW possible pending will be announced will it be
      on Monday after the two semi-finals of the FA Cup?

  12. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Points for everyone on free hit.

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

      75 with three to go

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

    78 with Kluivert, Diaz and Salah(c) to go. Buzzing

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

      ditto

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

    Sa, RAN and Cunha treble combo. Dreamland!

  15. For Fuchs Sake
    • 16 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Wow, not had a defence like this before!

    José Sá 11

    Sessegnon 11

    Aït-Nouri 11

    Trippier 15

    Total 48 points!!!

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

    Wolves trio of RAN, Cunha and Sa went massive today. Thanks foxes!

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

    Barnes over Trippier devastating swing, went really ok otherwise

  18. Pep's Money Laundry
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    If only we could use two chips at the same time, my bench already has double the points it did when I played BB.

    24 points with Mbeumo still to play

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

    6 returns from 8 players and still feels like a rubbish GW

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

      Think there are lots with 8 from 8 so yeah….

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

    West Ham did you have to throw it away 😥

  21. Saka White Rice
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Sa saving a pen is so unfair

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      In what way?

      1. Saka White Rice
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Well it's just pure luck they happen to own him on FH. No other keeper will save a pen this week

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

          Hoping Allison saves two toorrow

  22. Mr. O'Connell
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Where the hell was this scoring when I played my FH in GW29 eh?

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

    82 with Salah and Sels to go

    Not bad

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

    Ryan Sessegnon, you came through...thank you sir

  25. Nightcrawler
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Sessgnon Ait Nouri Tripper

    Lovely. Glad I avoided Cucurella now

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

    Sa (11)
    Trippier (15) Sessegnon (11) RAN (11)

    Big at the back is back!

    Palmer, Barnes & Jimenez - you three suck though.

    1. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 16 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      That's nice, but I don't get why Palmer is in the scout picks. He's just logged off for the remainder of the season.

  27. Drexl Spivey
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Hope Wolves' transfer window reflects just how much graft they've put in the last few weeks. Phenomenal upturn.

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

    Sess pulls back a blank, 9 pt goal in extra time; hasn’t played 90 all year

    Lucky lucky owners

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Great management.

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

      Here...have a tissue 🙁

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

        Don’t worrry, I’m still winning

    3. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Lol - everyone got him for his goal threat. And he scored.

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

      All you experts had him playing 90+ min right? And a haul with no CS?

      You soooo smart!

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

      He was first name on my free hit. Look at his numbers.

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

    59 with TAA Salah (C) and Diaz to go

    My bench you ask?

    Sa, Sess, Mbuemo, Cucu

    Have I lost here? Or still decent ya reckon?

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

      No, not decent I’m afraid

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

    My 5 at the back is smashed it

    43 points from 4 with TAA to go