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11 February 2026 826 comments
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Gameweek 26 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) continues with five Wednesday night matches, featuring the likes of Aston Villa, Manchester City and Liverpool.

Wednesday team news

Although Crystal Palace v Burnley will be delayed by 10 minutes, due to heavy traffic delaying the arrival of the Clarets’ team coach.

TEAM NEWS

Pep Guardiola has made two changes to the side that beat Liverpool at Anfield, as Phil Foden (£8.2m) and Ruben Dias (£5.5m) come in for Abdukodir Khusanov (£5.4m) and Omar Marmoush (£8.3m).

That means that Nico O’Reilly (£4.9m) remains in the XI, and Rayan Cherki (£6.5m) is a substitute.

Other notable news is that a slight knee injury is keeping Matty Cash (£4.9m) out of Villa’s lineup, but Jan Paul van Hecke (£4.5m) is back for opponents Brighton and Hove Albion.

In the first part of their Double Gameweek, Wolverhampton Wanderers are starting three players called Gomes alongside two Buenos. Yerson Mosquera (£4.3m), Tolu Arokodare (£5.4m) and Mateus Mane (£4.6m) get the nod.

They visit Nottingham Forest, who’ve decided to pick Lorenzo Lucca (£5.5m). This ends Igor Jesus‘ (£5.8m) streak of 17 successive starts.

Popular outfielders Erling Haaland (£14.9m), Antoine Semenyo (£7.9m), Marc Guehi (£5.2m), Hugo Ekitike (£8.9m), Virgil van Dijk (£5.9m), Florian Wirtz (£8.4m), Morgan Rogers (£7.6m), Harry Wilson (£6.0m), Daniel Munoz (£5.9m), and Joachim Andersen (£4.6m) begin from the start, but Dominik Szoboszlai (£6.7m) is suspended.

Sunderland are as expected, though are trusting January signing Nilson Angulo (£5.0m) for the first time.


GAMEWEEK 26 LINE-UPS

ASTON VILLA XI: Martinez; Bogarde, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen; Onana, Douglas Luiz; Sancho, Rogers, Buendia; Watkins

Subs: Bizot, Wright, Lindelof, Digne, Pau, Barkley, Bailey, Alysson, Abraham  

BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION XI: Verbruggen; Veltman, van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu; Hinshelwood, Baleba; Gomez, Gross, Mitoma; Welbeck

Subs: Steele, Boscagli, De Cuyper, Howell, O’Riley, Georginio, Minteh, Milner, Kostoulas  


CRYSTAL PALACE XI: Henderson; Lerma, Lacroix, Richards; Munoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell; Sarr, Guessand; Strand Larsen

Subs: Benitez, Clyne, Riad, Devenny, Yeremy, Johnson, Uche, Hughes, Sosa  

BURNLEY XI: Dubravka; Walker, Worrall, Esteve, Humphreys; Ugochukwu, Mejbri, Laurent; Edwards, Flemming, Anthony

Subs: Weiss, Ekdal, Pires, Bruun Larsen, Florentino, Tchaouna, Barnes, Foster, Ward-Prowse  


MANCHESTER CITY XI: Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Guéhi, Ait-Nouri; Bernardo, Rodri, O’Reilly; Semenyo, Foden, Haaland

Subs: Trafford, Reijnders, Stones, Marmoush, Cherki, Nico, Khusanov, Alleyne, Lewis  

FULHAM XI: Leno; Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Sessegnon; Berge, Iwobi; Wilson, Smith Rowe, Chukwueze; Raul

Subs: Lecomte, Castagne, Cuenca, Robinson, Reed, King, Bobb, Kevin, Muniz  


NOTTINGHAM FOREST XI: Ortega; Aina, Milenkovic, Morato, Williams; Sangare, Anderson; Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Lucca

Subs: Gunn, Netz, Ndoye, Dominguez, Yates, Jair Cunha, McAtee, Awoniyi, Igor Jesus  

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS XI: Sa; Mosquera, Krejci, S Bueno; R Gomes, Joao Gomes, Angel Gomes, Mane, H Bueno; Armstrong, Tolu

Subs: Johnstone, Doherty, Wolfe, Lima, Bellegarde, Tchatchoua, Sutherland, Rawlings, Edozie  


SUNDERLAND XI: Roefs, Hume, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Reinildo; Diarra, Sadiki, Le Fee, Angulo; Brobbey

Subs: Ellborg, Cirkin, O’Nien, Geertruida, Rigg, Talbi, Mundle, Isidor, Mayenda  

LIVERPOOL XI: Alisson; Endo, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Ekitike

Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Kerkez, Jones, Nyoni, Ngumoha, Chiesa, Ramsay, Morrison  


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  1. The Night Trunker.
    • 3 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    17 point haul for Virg.
    Think I'll hold him.

    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      Solid hold

    2. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      I will also. But this wasn't good week to bench him 🙁

      1. The Night Trunker.
        • 3 Years
        6 months, 21 days ago

        Oooff!

      2. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        6 months, 21 days ago

        What? For whom?

  2. Brosstan
    • 12 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Every SINGLE time I play Ekitike hes shite, and when I dont he hauls. Its an absolute joke. Benched himagainst Newcastle and he hauls. This time I play him over O'Reilly and the result was inevitable. F U useless pos.

    1. adstomko
      • 10 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      A rich man’s Watkins

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      Obviously you play him at home to Newcastle

      Over Sunderland away

      I blame the decision maker here

      1. Brosstan
        • 12 Years
        6 months, 21 days ago

        Its not a one off thing.

        ive owned him for 19 game weeks. Average 2.1
        7 game weeks I ahve not owned or played him. Average 8.7

        Abolute trashcan pos joke

      2. Brosstan
        • 12 Years
        6 months, 21 days ago

        The decison was Mukiele v Burnley or Ekitike v Newcastle and Ekitke v Sunderland or O'Reilly v Fulham. Not "Ekitike v Newcastle at home or Ekitike v Sunderland Away"

    3. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      Too much cash for a non pen taker forward.

    4. tucaoneo
      • 7 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      I've been a proud owner of Watkins, Gyokeres and Ekitike (in that order). All fine gentlemen priced around £9.

    5. 1justlookin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      I'm the same with Enzo, useless!

  3. Mr. O'Connell
    • 14 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Ekitike wants a card before he's subbed

    1. THE Wild Rover
      • 16 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      Too late

    2. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      Early Val's Day gift?

  4. Mr. O'Connell
    • 14 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Ekitike blank locked

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      Consistent

  5. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Lost 14 points going for Ekitike over Pedro a week ago

  6. Kaneyonero
    • 10 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Can't catch a break with these useless sods

  7. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Ekitike can feck all the way off and out of my team.

  8. BR510
    6 months, 21 days ago

    1. Verb to Kelleher
    2. Dorgu to Hill

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      The injured guy to the game's form defender

  9. #1 Arne Engels Fan
    • 2 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    So in the space of time JP has got 3 assists just for throwing himself to ground

    Ekitike has missed 3 absolute sitters

  10. F4L
    • 11 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    anderson had 7 shots today

    even nico williams had 7 shots!

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      35 Forest shots, the most by a Dyche team in PL - a stat I saw on Twitter

  11. Qaiss
    • 10 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Ekitike and Saka

    I don’t even know what to say

  12. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Sarr Enzo Bruno Ekitike with a gigantic 8pts among them, what a week! 😛

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      Bruno, Enzo, Enzo, Ekitike, Rogers. The big 12.

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 14 Years
        6 months, 21 days ago

        And I can't count.

        1. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          6 months, 21 days ago

          There must be another body there 😛

  13. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Annoyed that I kept Ekitiké on my GW25 WC instead of getting Pedro.
    It's just JP is such a troll when I own him, he never scores when he is in my team.

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      So, Ekitike is the new Pedro?

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        6 months, 21 days ago

        Getting Pedro this week, so expect a Ekitiké brace in GW27

        1. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          6 months, 21 days ago

          Ok, I will play him then 😛

  14. Aaa
    • 12 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Enzo & Ekitike -> Palmer & Kroupi worth a -4? Would captain Palmer

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      Kroupi didn't start

      1. Aaa
        • 12 Years
        6 months, 21 days ago

        He should going forward though

    2. RICICLE
      • 4 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      Burnley probably win knowing this season

  15. F4L
    • 11 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    salah's been decent today. been posting some real strong underlying stats of late. just needs to start getting that 2+ attacking returns again, i think he has it in him

  16. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Benching Ekitike was successful at least

  17. RICICLE
    • 4 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    What was I thinking getting Wirtz

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      He's been good tbf

      1. RICICLE
        • 4 Years
        6 months, 21 days ago

        So I’ve heard, just wish he’d do something, no chance now though

  18. Kaneyonero
    • 10 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Jones tekkers

  19. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Salah near miss

  20. THE Wild Rover
    • 16 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Mr Onefoot

  21. F4L
    • 11 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    salah 🙁 this has been such a frustrating match

  22. Boberella
    • 9 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Rogers > Semenyo for a hit?
    Semenyo my rank killer

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 14 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      Same here but for free

  23. jonnybhoy
    • 13 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    21 points with Rice, Timber and Gabriel (TC). Needing 2 Arsenal clean sheets and a couple of Gabriel goals to redeem this week

    1. Brosstan
      • 12 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      Wont even be enough to get a green. Fn uesless trash joke game.. impossible to have a SINGLE gw of just mediocre luck at best

      1. jonnybhoy
        • 13 Years
        6 months, 21 days ago

        I'm on a 68% rank drop right now. Brutal

  24. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Can Gabriel beat Virgil this week?

  25. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Sunderland impressed me tonight

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      Great at home, Mukiele performed well

  26. Kaneyonero
    • 10 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Surely anyone can't be worse than 14 points from 8 players?

    1. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      Close with 17…

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      On the plus side at least it's only 9 days 15 hours and 16 minutes to the next deadline

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        6 months, 21 days ago

        Don’t forget this weekend lol

  27. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Thanks Virgil, saving me from pretty bad week 😉

  28. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Need a mega haul from Timber tomorrow to justify Thiaw to Timber move

  29. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    Harry Wilson keeps up his incredible record of only blanking when I own him

  30. F4L
    • 11 Years
    6 months, 21 days ago

    damn has semenyo not even been subbed in 5 matches now

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      6 months, 21 days ago

      He was subbed vs Liverpool

      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        6 months, 21 days ago

        fair enough, cheers