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There are only two Premier League matches getting underway at 3pm BST this afternoon.

There’s not a huge deal of Fantasy interest in either fixture, with only Everton and all three relegated clubs in action.

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Everton’s David Moyes makes two changes to the side that lost at Chelsea last weekend.

Dwight McNeil gets his first league start of 2025, while Carlos Alcaraz jumps up to the starting XI.

Jack Harrison drops to the bench as Abdoulaye Doucoure misses out entirely with a personal issue.

The fit-again Dominic Calvert-Lewin is among the substitutes: he is back in the Toffees’ squad for the first time in over three months.

Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna makes two changes following last Saturday’s 3-0 defeat at Newcastle United.

Ben Johnson is suspended and Jack Clarke benched as Omari Hutchinson and Conor Chaplin get the nod to start.

Kalvin Phillips and Axel Tuanzebe are on the bench after missing out in Gameweek 34.

At the King Power Stadium, Leicester City manager Ruud van Nistelrooy makes five changes.

Four of them are enforced as Mads Hermansen, Ricardo Pereira, Bobby De Cordova-Reid and Facundo Buonanotte miss out with injuries.

Jakub Stolarczuk, James Justin, Jordan Ayew and Kasey McAteer replace them.

Opponents Southampton, by contrast, are unchanged.

Paul Onuachu is back on the bench after recovering from an ankle injury.

LINE-UPS

Everton XI: Pickford, Patterson, O’Brien, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Garner, Gueye, McNeil, Ndiaye, Alcaraz, Beto.

Subs: Virginia, Keane, Calvert-Lewin, Harrison, Chermiti, Young, Broja, Coleman, Iroegbunam.

Ipswich Town XI: Palmer, O’Shea, Wolfenden, Burgess, Greaves, Hutchinson, Morsy, Taylor, Chaplin, Enciso, Delap.

Subs: Walton, Phillips, Cajuste, Luongo, Hirst, Tuanzebe, Godfrey, Clarke, Boniface.


Leicester City XI: Stolarczyk, Justin, Faes, Coady, Thomas, Ndidi, Skipp, McAteer, Ayew, El Khannouss, Vardy.

Subs: Iversen, Okoli, Kristiansen, Daka, Soumare, Coulibaly, Golding, Evans, Monga.

Southampton XI: Ramsdale, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens, Walker-Peters, Downes, Ugochukwu, Manning, Fernandes, Sulemana, Stewart.

Subs: McCarthy, Aribo, Smallbone, Bree, Wood, Archer, Onuachu, Dibling, Robinson.


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  1. Free Hat
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Now just waiting for the inevitable Pickford yc to top things off...

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      We will be rewarded with a red.

    2. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      As I learnt the other GW, Ipswich usually score

  2. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Early thoughts…..

    If you could pick only one from next week…..

    A- RAN
    Or
    B- Trippier

    Cheers everyone!!

    1. BIGREDDOG
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Really tough... I think RAN tho, just

      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        Cheers mate!!! Realy close isn’t it!!

  3. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Any chance that’s a Vardy assist?

  4. BIGREDDOG
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    ive got triple arsenal defence on the bench. Hoping for a Bournemouth buster.

  5. el polako
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    So same teams in the ever repaying cycle of PL relegation\promotion.

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Go up, go down, invest the money and try to stay up second time around.

    2. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      It eventually works out for some teams, eg West ham Fulham & Wolves.

      Then you got Bournemouth who gone onto another level

      1. el polako
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        Or Man Utd

  6. BIGREDDOG
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    LOL When the ref went down, Vardy went down to blow the ref's whistle

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      The guy got some Gazza in him lol

  7. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Arsenal team out yet?

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Saka starting in hoping, comes out at 16:15

      1. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        Sold him for Mbuemo

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          10 months, 22 days ago

          Risky!

          1. Royal5
            • 14 Years
            10 months, 22 days ago

            As risky as not owning Mbo

            1. Scapegoat Salah
              • 9 Years
              10 months, 22 days ago

              I’m surprised he’s popular all of a sudden, wasn’t fun seeing him blank on Thursday

    2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      A very strong XI

  8. tsm
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    I went saka(c) so hoping he plays too

    1. tsm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Argh first reply fail of the season nearly made it the whole way with out lol

    2. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Brave, a lot of sales this week

    3. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Fingers crossed mate

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        Oh damn!! I’ve messed up, Saka is on my bench I didn’t press save it seems, also Watkins vice, messed up big time

  9. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Saka starts

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      YES!!!

      1. Traction Engine Foot
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        But he's on your bench apparently

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          10 months, 22 days ago

          Yes but always chance he comes on

      2. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        Why are you cheering if you benched him? And who is your Captain if Watkins is vice?

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          10 months, 22 days ago

          Because in case he comes on, my captain is Salah

        2. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          10 months, 22 days ago

          Plus guess if he hauls but doesn’t come on have the benefit of not having to rush to buy him etc

  10. The Philosopher
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Don't think Saka starts, but I guess we'll see in a bit.

    1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      The team is out, Saka in the XI

  11. el polako
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Saka limping already.

  12. JBG
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Can't even keep a fcking CS at home against Ipswich

  13. Egg noodle
    • 16 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Saka (C) starts!

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Well done:)

  14. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    I can't believe Saka starts.....

    1. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Yeah man. Mental from Arteta.

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        Saka looks way off the pace every time I watch him play. Maybe he needs the minutes.

        1. Bushwhacker
          • 6 Years
          10 months, 22 days ago

          This. Play him for 55 minutes . . .he needs conditioning.

  15. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Saka starts as expected. If u sold him cuz of the upcoming fixtures fair enough but too many selling cuz he wouldn't start was strange

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Mixture of both for me

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        Yeah sold him for KDB but expected him to start

    2. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Sold him for Mbeumo, not worth the headache

    3. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Depends on minutes as well asstsrts

    4. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      He's still a minutes risk despite the start

  16. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Benched Saka

    FTS

  17. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Arsenal XI: Raya, White, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly, Rice, Partey, Odegaard, Saka, Martinelli, Trossard.
    Subs: Setford, Tierney, Zinchenko, Clarke, Merino, Nwaneri, Butler-Oyedeji, Gower, Sterling.

    Bournemouth XI: Arrizabalaga, Araujo, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez, Cook, Adams, Tavernier, Kluivert, Ouattara, Evanilson
    Subs: Dennis, Senesi, Smith, Soler, Hill, Brooks, Scott, Jebbison, Semenyo

    1. Merlin the Wraith
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Lol! benched Saka.

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        Told you he would start!

      2. Gudjohnsen
        • 9 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        same

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Cheers WR. Am liking both Rice and Partey starting.

    3. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Why have Arsenal got 12 players playing?

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        Lewis and Skelly?

        1. Defcons are for Kinnear
          • 12 Years
          10 months, 22 days ago

          😆

        2. Utopsis
          • 6 Years
          10 months, 22 days ago

          The rogues

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Just annoyed I didn’t press save so have Saka benched in my own team, D’Oh!

    2. Merlin the Wraith
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Here, looking after my own team. I don't shy away. 🙂

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        Hehe I don’t recommend multiple teams it’s stressful as hell!

        Already told my mate if he wants me to do it next season he will have to pay so he said he’ll give fpl a miss lol

        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          10 months, 22 days ago

          Tough to collect payment off imaginary people tbf

          1. Scapegoat Salah
            • 9 Years
            10 months, 22 days ago

            Probably more reliable actually, like AI or Alexa, they never let you down 😆

        2. Admiral Benson
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          10 months, 22 days ago

          You’re fooling nobody pal

          1. Scapegoat Salah
            • 9 Years
            10 months, 22 days ago

            Why’s it so hard to believe? Odd

            1. Admiral Benson
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 5 Years
              10 months, 22 days ago

              Most of my mates have given up. Never crossed my mind to pick up one of their teams as it’s cheating to have 2 teams.

              1. Scapegoat Salah
                • 9 Years
                10 months, 22 days ago

                Not if you keep it in their name? You are just being proxy, I know loads of people who manage their girlfriend’s teams etc.

                Just makes me laugh how people react on here to it when it’s way more rife than people realise, I’m just open about it.

                Wouldn’t surprise me if one year it turns out the winner is being managed by someone else

                1. Admiral Benson
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 5 Years
                  10 months, 22 days ago

                  It’s more you celebrating your points from 22 players every week on here that’s annoying

                  1. Scapegoat Salah
                    • 9 Years
                    10 months, 22 days ago

                    Ok fair enough that does make sense, and I find it annoying myself because I get mixed up which team they’re in.

                    Not doing again for sure, too stressful, just hate seeing teams go dead, ruins the game in my opinion

              2. Scapegoat Salah
                • 9 Years
                10 months, 22 days ago

                Plus he asked me I didn’t ask him

          2. Scapegoat Salah
            • 9 Years
            10 months, 22 days ago

            Millions of teams are dead teams every season

            1. Scapegoat Salah
              • 9 Years
              10 months, 22 days ago

              So if I didn’t take over it’s just another dead team

          3. Nightcrawler
            • 6 Years
            10 months, 22 days ago

            Amazes me why people bother. It's not been funny ince

            1. Scapegoat Salah
              • 9 Years
              10 months, 22 days ago

              Never tried to be funny with it in all fairness

    3. Studs Up
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      one of those i told u so guys when they get a call right...dont be that guy

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        As you can tell from my post I was very confident he would start, it was largely sheep groupthink that he wouldn’t, the response of “dream on” is why I posted it as I bookmarked it at the time haha

        1. Merlin the Wraith
          • 9 Years
          10 months, 22 days ago

          Your teams are now as dead as your opinions fella

          1. Scapegoat Salah
            • 9 Years
            10 months, 22 days ago

            Not really, I was right 😆

  18. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 12 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    I bet Arteta never shuts down his laptop the way he treats Saka

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Saka said he wants to play though

    2. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Hahaha brilliant

    3. FplmorelikeFml
      • 2 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      I don't get it. I want to get it but I don't! Is this a dirty joke haha

  19. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Sod’s Law saka starts when a lot got rid

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Happy I kept him

    2. Effe
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Same 🙁

    3. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Glad to have booted him honestly

      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        Got him on w/c goal off bench! Then benchings subbing etc
        Rid this week

      2. Utopsis
        • 6 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        I'm same, can't be dealing with the uncertainty. 1 bad tackle and he'll be subbed

  20. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Played Rogers, sold Saka, benched Konsa, pffff….

    1. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Yup, me too

  21. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Ipswich goal 2-2

  22. Sgt. Schultz
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Ips 2nd G

    1. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Hirst G

      1. Sgt. Schultz
        • 9 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        Hutchinson A

  23. The Philosopher
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Lol nearly got an Everton defender

  24. TOLV TUMS
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Ahhh, two teams with nothing to play for

  25. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Moyes AM fail then. Oh well.

    1. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      He was my first choice before choosing Pep yesterday. Never know about 10mins left for a winner

    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Still gets points for draw I think

  26. JBG
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Can't believe how sh*t most defenders and GKers have been this season.

    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      To score a goal, usually the defender or GK needs to do something shite. I'd wager only about 10% of goals are pure quality attacking play

    2. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      FH week may have been the only gw this season where my entire defense retuned. It’s been atypical I think, would love to see stats v the past several seasons

      1. JBG
        • 7 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        It's not only getting "entire defense" to return. But how about 2 every GW.. feels like we've been lucky if 1-2 defenders got a CS or return.

        1. TOLV TUMS
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          10 months, 22 days ago

          Yeah, very much this. Feel like 6 pts across the back line in a gw used to be more common - could be bias though

          1. JBG
            • 7 Years
            10 months, 22 days ago

            No you're not wrong.

            1. TOLV TUMS
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              10 months, 22 days ago

              Entirely possible - thus the ‘bias’ comment

    3. have you seen cyan
      • 6 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      A bargain defence has done incredibly well this season. It’s premium defenders which have largely sucked. I have been targeting the most attacking defenders mainly under 5mil Andy defence has been a stormer. I won’t work it out, but honestly, I probably have one of the highest scoring and most valuable defences on this website. No arsenal defence since 23 for example.

      1. TOLV TUMS
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        Now that’s a very interesting perspective!

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 6 Years
          10 months, 22 days ago

          It’s honestly done so well for me, I have gained so much team value from it too. Loads of the defenders I got were like 4.4 mil and went up to over 5mil. Hall, Munoz, Cucu, Kerkez, Robinson etc. I just always had them at the right times.

      2. JBG
        • 7 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        I've had Murillo, Robinson and Kerkez for the most of the season. But they've still been sh*t/disappointment.

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 6 Years
          10 months, 22 days ago

          Yea nfo defenders too. I had Aina for months when everyone ignored NFO early on

  27. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Another shitty gw

    1. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      So far - can’t disagree sadly

  28. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Timber not even on bench, time to get rid?

    1. have you seen cyan
      • 6 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      TIMBER!

    2. Traction Engine Foot
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      He has a minor knock according to my mate on our Arsenal Whatsapp group

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        He’s not reliable, need someone for run in, have Raya

  29. Bobby Crush
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 22 days ago

    Poor teams don't have good fixtures.

    1. have you seen cyan
      • 6 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Delays tempts me, he has some nice fixtures. But doubt I have room for him.

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 6 Years
        10 months, 22 days ago

        Delap

        1. TOLV TUMS
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          10 months, 22 days ago

          Lucky to not get a second yellow for that ‘challenge’

    2. Pep bites Kun
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 22 days ago

      Amen