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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
    10 months, 29 days 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
      10 months, 29 days ago

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

      1. Saka White Rice
        • 11 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        That's why I did Cinha Isak and Strand

  2. BIGREDDOG
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 29 days ago

    Barnes off 🙁

    1. BIGREDDOG
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 29 days ago

      Nevermind!!!

  3. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 29 days ago

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

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 29 days ago

      Nope, Murphy instead of Barnes.

  4. Free Hat
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 29 days ago

    Wrong number, Murphy off

  5. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 29 days ago

    Murphy off, Barnes stays on

    1. FPLAnon
        10 months, 29 days ago

        Scenes

    2. JBG
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 29 days ago

      Need 1 more Isal

      1. JBG
        • 7 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        Isak*

    3. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 29 days ago

      Murphy coming off

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

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

        1. Gizzachance
          • 11 Years
          10 months, 29 days ago

          Murphy always 60 minute plus sub!

    4. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 29 days ago

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

    5. BIGREDDOG
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 29 days ago

      Clare Balding on

    6. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 29 days ago

      Raul y/c

      1. Differentiator
        • 10 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        what a joke.

      2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
        • 9 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        LOL

      3. RICICLE
        • 3 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        Just excellent

    7. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 29 days ago

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

      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

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

    8. Kaneyonero
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 29 days ago

      Goals dried up?

    9. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 29 days ago

      ESR G

      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        although deflected

      2. Vazza
        • 5 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        Who’s esr?

        1. tiger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          10 months, 29 days ago

          Emile Smith Rowe

        2. Towsor44
          • 13 Years
          10 months, 29 days ago

          emile smith rowe

    10. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 29 days ago

      Leicester pen

      1. RICICLE
        • 3 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        You are joking

      2. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        Vardy huge dive

    11. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      10 months, 29 days ago

      Of course it’s ESR

    12. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 29 days ago

      Esr goal

      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        Iwobi assist

        1. Royal5
          • 14 Years
          10 months, 29 days ago

          Nice!

    13. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 29 days ago

      Maybe Barnes assist for a pen...

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        Ruled out...

    14. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 29 days ago

      Pen Leicester!

      1. Vazza
        • 5 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        Please vardy. Score score score

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 11 Years
          10 months, 29 days ago

          Lol no pen after all

          Bloody app !

          1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
            • 14 Years
            10 months, 29 days ago

            No, there was a pen...

    15. TAnderson
        10 months, 29 days ago

        Strand Larsen is on fire the latest matches

      • tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        Vardy pen saved by Sar!

      • diesel001
        • 9 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        Vardy lol. Pen saved by Sa.

      • Royal5
        • 14 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        Sa save

      • TheBiffas
        • 5 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        Damn it I've got double defence

        1. TheBiffas
          • 5 Years
          10 months, 29 days ago

          Oh

      • Tonyawesome69
        • 7 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        SA PEN SAVE!!!!!!!

        1. Gizzachance
          • 11 Years
          10 months, 29 days ago

          Seen a few with sa and ran

          1. Tonyawesome69
            • 7 Years
            10 months, 29 days ago

            🙂

      • RICICLE
        • 3 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        I benched Asa

        Yes I did

        1. RICICLE
          • 3 Years
          10 months, 29 days ago

          Sa

      • Bada Bing
        • 9 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

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

      • diesel001
        • 9 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

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

      • Differentiator
        • 10 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        Andy gets lucky again

      • Drop Dead Tsimikas
        • 14 Years
        10 months, 29 days 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.

      • TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        10 months, 29 days ago

        Sa the legend 🙂