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

    It is SO strange that Jimenez hasn't scored a hattrick i mean look at how many double digit hauls he's had all season...so odd

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

      On the other hand wellbeck has done nothing either...

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

        That's why I did Cinha Isak and Strand

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

    Barnes off 🙁

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

      Nevermind!!!

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

    Barnes and Willock off, CS locked for both
    Miley and Gordon on

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

      Nope, Murphy instead of Barnes.

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

    Wrong number, Murphy off

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

    Murphy off, Barnes stays on

    1. FPLAnon
      • 1 Year
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Scenes

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

    Need 1 more Isal

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

      Isak*

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

    Murphy coming off

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

      Yep not Barnes....there s still hope !!!

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

        Murphy always 60 minute plus sub!

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

    Who is this Joe Cesar that some people bought in goal?

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

    Clare Balding on

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

    Raul y/c

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

      what a joke.

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

      LOL

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

      Just excellent

  11. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Barnes over Trip and Raul over Bowen wrong 50/50 calls...

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

      Only went Raul as Muniz was out, took Larsen out!

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

    Goals dried up?

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

    ESR G

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

      although deflected

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

      Who’s esr?

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

        Emile Smith Rowe

      2. Towsor44
        • 13 Years
        1 year, 1 month ago

        emile smith rowe

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

    Leicester pen

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

      You are joking

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

      Vardy huge dive

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

    Of course it’s ESR

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

    Esr goal

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

      Iwobi assist

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

        Nice!

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

    Maybe Barnes assist for a pen...

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

      Ruled out...

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

    Pen Leicester!

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

      Please vardy. Score score score

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

        Lol no pen after all

        Bloody app !

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

          No, there was a pen...

  19. TAnderson
    • 1 Year
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Strand Larsen is on fire the latest matches

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

    Vardy pen saved by Sar!

  21. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Vardy lol. Pen saved by Sa.

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

    Sa save

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

    Damn it I've got double defence

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

      Oh

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

    SA PEN SAVE!!!!!!!

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

      Seen a few with sa and ran

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

        🙂

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

    I benched Asa

    Yes I did

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

      Sa

  26. Bada Bing
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Vardy got a penalty for kicking the goalie in the stomach. These refs are a joke... At least he missed it.

  27. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 1 month ago

    RAN saved by Sa. On for a lot of points still now.

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

    Andy gets lucky again

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

    As much as I'd have loved to see a few more goals from Vardy before season's end, I want my RAN cleanie points more.

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

    Sa the legend 🙂