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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. TitusShambles
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Which of the 3pm KOs is worth watching?

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

      None. Newcastle isn’t least sort of lively

  2. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Hahaha sessegnon hype went down the drain

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 16 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      At least he was getting pts

      People paid 10.6m for a player who hasn’t scored for 16 games 😆

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

    Ben Johnson yellow for diving!

  4. Crunchie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Come on.

    Need another Murphy goal from a cross

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

    Cunha G!

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

      RAN A i believe

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

        Beleive it is

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

        Lovely move

        RAN cross

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

      points for everyone!

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

        Points for those not giving in

        Or who gave in in January

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

          😀

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

    GOAL
    Wolves

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

      Cunha

    2. Merlin the Wraith
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Houston... we have lift off...

  7. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    OMG cunha

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

      Back of the Leicester net

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

      RAN A

    3. Thicksolidtight
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      7

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

    Wolves goal cunha

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

    Please let it be cunha or ran
    ...

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

      Both!

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

        Splendid! Have both and capped Cunha.

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

    Get in Cunha!

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

    Swerving Cunha another excellent decision

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

    Points for everyone anyway

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

    Your turn now Isak

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

    Damn I picked strand larsen

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

      Still a long way to go

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

        I think he's actually a better option when Cunha isn't playing

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

          JSL will be subbed at 65 while Cunha bags a hattrick.

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

          You might be right....

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

      Plenty of time

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

    Ran assist !!!

  16. Thiga
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    (C)unha let's goooo!

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

    Tho didn’t (c) him due to these rumours

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

      Always captain a player playing for a new contract or a move away

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

    RAN A to Cunha G - The dream!!!

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

    RAN Cunha combo!

  20. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Cunha X Nouri. The dream goal we all needed

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

    Dream combo

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

    Oh RAN assist too!! Needed! Excellent stuff!

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

    Cunha (C)

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

    Next a Livra Barnes combo please

    1. Vazza
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Correction: Trippier x Isak combo needed

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

        With a bit of Murphy

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

    Cunha + RAN ...Let's Go!!!

  26. Vazza
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Need a Leicester goal asap

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

    Cmon Isak, need to do better there

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

      Twice

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

    Isak volleys over the bar

    1. Vazza
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 1 month ago

      It was a header

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

        there was a header and then a volley moments after.

  29. Crunchie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Coafy nutmegged. Damn

  30. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Isak sitter