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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. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Isak cap what a miss 🙁

  2. BIGREDDOG
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Isak with 2 big chances in a row

  3. Crunchie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    FFS Isak twice!

  4. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    BHA 2 nil

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Offside

  5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Isak 2 sitters in a minute

    1. jwong23
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Harsh

  6. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Ipswich down to 10 men,

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Ouch...

      Oh well

      Have Murphy Isak Barnes here, front 3

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Ben Johnson

  7. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Murphy creating but Isak wasting

  8. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Johnson red for Ipswich

  9. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Johnson r/c

  10. Zladan
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    The Gordon gamble hasn’t backfired just yet… Get on the pitch soon though please fella.

  11. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Johnson RC, Ipswich down to 10 men

  12. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Ipswich red

  13. JBG
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    BJ doing too much

  14. BIGREDDOG
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Ben Johnson off - Ipswich down to 10 men.

    1. BIGREDDOG
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Great skill from Isak to skin him with a meg I think.

  15. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Ffs Ipswich

  16. TOLV TUMS
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Ipswich down to 10, Johnson RC

    1. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Hopefully should help Newcastle remember how to score goals.

    2. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Clean sheet locked

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        11 months, 20 days ago

        Ipswich always scored (except last week when they were 10 men...)

  17. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Cunha (C) we need 2/3 more returns pal

    1. Zladan
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      He’s already got 3 bonus secured now. 9 points is decent.

      1. Make United Great Again
        • 13 Years
        11 months, 20 days ago

        We want more!

        WE WANT 4

  18. Crunchie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Johnson RC

  19. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Fill yer boots Newc

  20. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    And I'm losing my favorite game
    You're losing your mind again

  21. JBG
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    If Isak doesn't haul now..

    1. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      I mean, this very very much

  22. FantasyTony
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Can rest Isak now Eddie.

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      They are not even ahead

  23. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Hopefully avalanche of goals for Newcastle in 2nd half

  24. Bada Bing
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Tractor boys getting red cards in every match lately.

    1. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Mentally tired. The constant precipice of relegation….

  25. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    even when my wolves combo delivers its very unexciting almost everybody has them

    Very boring gameweek

    1. Thicksolidtight
      • 3 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Go outside for a bit

  26. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    How do you guys react to a bad BJ performance?

    1. Vazza
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Need to demand a refund

    2. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      What?

    3. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Brennan Johnston?

    4. Yes Ndidi
      • 6 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      I tell dad to get someone else to do it next time.

  27. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    C'mon Cunha, need a 2nd goal

    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      How greedy

  28. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Getting West Ham players was pretty stupid in hindsight

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Along with Fulham

    2. el polako
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Not as stupid as getting Palmer.

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        11 months, 20 days ago

        I did both! 😀

        1. el polako
          • 8 Years
          11 months, 20 days ago

          Oh dear 😉

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Sit 17th in the league for a reason

  29. el polako
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    Can someone please explain to the Newcastle players that they don’t have to hockey in the ball into the net.

  30. FantasyClub
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 20 days ago

    If I make transfers BEFORE activating the FH, not after, can the FH be deactivated?

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      Nope

    2. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 7 Years
      11 months, 20 days ago

      No. Once you make a transfer the free hit can no longer be cancelled if it is engaged.