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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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FPL Marc Broadcaster, writer and overthinker. Hoping that ‘differential potential’ will catch on.

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  1. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    45 points

    Raya Gabriel Gyokeres (c) to got

    1. fedolefan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      44 Gabriel Timber Gyokeres (c) to go

  2. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Haha, just saw Oxlade scored the winner, minutes into his Celtic debut.

  3. Tic Tacs
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    43 points but barely a green due to not having JP or Semenyo! Annoying rank can depend on just two players

    1. fedolefan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Stop it. I have JP Semenyo Sa and still only 44.

      1. Tic Tacs
        • 6 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        I too have Sa, I need to get at least Semenyo to make any gains even when my differentials do well

  4. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Raya (expensive)
    Dubravka (no reason needed)
    Nunes (59 mins merchant)
    Alderete (injured)
    Keane (dropped)
    Rice (yawn)
    Enzo (useless when Palmer plays)
    Le Fee (blunt, but sexy)
    Ekitike (Darwin Mk II)

    Pull the wildcard trigger?

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      I intend to keep hold of Nunes. This is a rare scenario usually it's O'Reilly that goes off before the hour.

    2. Gazwaz80
      • 6 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      I would

    3. GCHILD2K16
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Disagree with Rice..Even though Arsenal will lose against Brentford and Win/draw against Wolves, He will be Arsenal's top points scorer this DBGMWK.
      Definitely you need to WC, Keep Rice and Nunes [replace with O'Reilly] and BIN the rest.
      Keeping blank 31 in mind [avoid CRY, bench Gab, Haaland and Semenyo], you need to be looking at Ast/Brentford/Sun for Keeper, Consider Double up on Liv [VVD and Wirtz], Need palmer, B. F, Semenyo, Rayan/Summerville in mid and Haaland, Thiago up top. Play about with the rest.

  5. Chasing Shadows
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Roefs, Richards, Cash, and KDH on bench boost for a massive 4 points! My expectations were low but that is a joke! Just sacked myself as manager of my own FPL team.

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 15 days ago

      On paper that's a pretty damn good bench boost this week.

      1. Chasing Shadows
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Yeah, that's why I went for it instead of TC on an Arsenal player. Had no idea Cash would be out and Palace would lose the plot against Burnley! Brought in Henderson and Sarr from Palace too... Season well and truly over.

        1. GCHILD2K16
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          Told y'all not to jump on the CRY bandwagon.

          Sacking yourself is hilarious..ha ha ha ;-p If you don't want to listen to FFS anymore, feel free to hit me up for some suggestions.

  6. Punned It
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Come on, OPTA, find two more DC for Mukiele. How's that final Chalobah DC coming, btw?

      1. Punned It
          1 month, 15 days ago

          There we go! Now Mukiele as well, please, thank you.

          1. Scalper
            • 9 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            Now Guehi & Manè plz

        • Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          And Ndiaye on 11, +1 pls 😛

          1. Tic Tacs
            • 6 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            This! He was on 11 defcon for the last 30 mins

      2. Buck The Trent
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Would you do Rice to Palmer for free?

        1. GreennRed
          • 14 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          Yes

        2. Bleh
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          Definitely

        3. FantasyClub
          • 5 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          Yep

        4. GCHILD2K16
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          Get Palmer for sure but keep Rice. Who else you got in midfield?

      3. fedolefan
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Man, why do I own Wirtz and Rogers. Both are useless.

        1. Bleh
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          I benched Rogers for his 10 pointer last week but played him for his 2 points on either side.

          1. fedolefan
            • 11 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            He's a never bench but a useless troll.

          2. Gazwaz80
            • 6 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            Same

      4. 1justlookin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        What a disastrous GW this is, only 14 points so far!!

        More annoyed that I didn't bring in Semenyo or Joao Pedro for Ekiteke.... listened to the noise saying that I shouldn't transfer him out!

        1. Drizzle
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 2 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          It's been so grim. I've actually been avoiding looking at live fpl which is not like me.

        2. Bleh
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          Ridiculous gameweek

      5. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 15 days ago

        I'm glad I didn't bench boost. I was very close.

        Darlow (che) Enzo (LEE) Chalobah (LEE) Reinildo (LIV)

        Combined for a whopping 7 points.

        1. Punned It
            1 month, 15 days ago

            I was kind of considering it as well. Four points, all told.

          • Tic Tacs
            • 6 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            I’m thinking of playing it in GW27

        2. Bleh
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          2 FTs, would you consider Rice > Semenyo? Fallen 30pts behind my ML leader the last few weeks so need to attack the fixtures.
          Would leave me with this:

          Sanchez
          Gabriel, Timber, Mukiele
          Bruno F, Rogers, Semenyo, Enzo
          Haaland, Ekitike, Thiago

          (Dubravka, Lacroix, Senesi, Wilson)

          1. Camzy
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            I like it.

          2. GCHILD2K16
            • 9 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            Lose Enzo, keep Rice.
            You can also lose Wilson for Rayan and Drop Timber to Hill to see if you can get palmer.
            Replace Senesi with an attacking 4.2/3..Aston villa or Maguire man u

            1. Bleh
              • 9 Years
              1 month, 15 days ago

              Thanks for this! Enzo absolutely needs to go, useless when Palmer plays.

        3. Camzy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          Which line is better?

          Lammens Darlow
          Gabriel Timber Nunes Chalobah Reinildo
          Fernandes Mbeumo Rogers Rice Enzo
          Haaland Pedro Mane

          3FTs, 0.0m ITB

          A) Mbeumo, Rice, Mane > Semenyo, Rayan, Thiago
          B) Rice, Mane > KDH, Thiago

          I'm leaning A actually. I think Semenyo has enough upside to be worth the transfer and looking at how my team lines up, Rayan is going to have to be played many weeks and his fixtures are better than KdH plus he's more attacking.

          1. Ze_Austin
            • 7 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            Thiago can wait one more GW. Brighton aren't conceding that many, while I wouldn't lose either of your mids this GW

        4. fedolefan
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          Lol, fpl points page is a little messed up. Sa in my team shows: 9, NFO(A), ARS(H).

          I'll take an extra fixture against Forest away after the 12 pointer.

        5. Pilgrim62
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          Why Haaland was replaced?

          1. Ze_Austin
            • 7 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            Took a knock from a heavy tackle. Will probably be fine

            No risks taken at 3:0 by half time

          2. GCHILD2K16
            • 9 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            With a nice rest in FA Cup this week, He has got 10 days before he plays again so will be perfectly fine.

        6. Vasshin
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          No more honest work anymore… everyone is so inconsistent

        7. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          Play one:
          A. Virgil (nfo)
          B. Hill (whu)
          C. Richards (WOL)

        8. pundit of punts
          • 13 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          GW 27 GTG?

          Raya
          Gabriel - Saliba - Richards
          Palmer - Bruno F - Semenyo - Mbuemo - Rogers
          Watkins - Pedro

          Verbruggen - Ekitike - Reinildo - Nallo

          Plan is

          GW 28 - Palmer + Watkins ➡ Haaland + Stach for -4
          GW 29 - Pedro ➡ Thiago
          GW 30 - Save
          GW 31 - Semenyo + Nallo + Richards ➡ Wilson + Konsa + Andersen for -4

          1. GCHILD2K16
            • 9 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            Keep Semenyo, just bench him 31

        9. DARE TO BISCAN
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          62 + Raya, Gab TC, Rice to go.

          Wolte, Wilson > JSL, Semenyo went well 🙂

          1. Magic Zico
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            Nice

        10. Tonyawesome69
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 15 days ago

          "Legacy asset" with a 17-pointer...

          1. Magic Zico
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            Here o/ 😛

        11. BR510
            1 month, 15 days ago

            1. Verbruggen to Kelleher
            2. Evanilson to Thiago
            3. Rice to Rogers
            4. Dorgu to Hill
            5. 2 for a hit

            1. Count of Monte Hristo
              • 12 Years
              1 month, 15 days ago

              2

            2. Jordan.
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              1 month, 15 days ago

              4 injured to nailed on atm

            3. GCHILD2K16
              • 9 Years
              1 month, 15 days ago

              1 and 2

          • Jordan.
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            semenyo seems to be playing as a striker

          • The-Red-1
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            Shocking week so far.
            Glad I didn't bring in Munoz and Sarr this week. Was really tempted but not entirely convinced.

            1. FantasyClub
              • 5 Years
              1 month, 15 days ago

              Same man. Almost brought in Sarr for a hit for Wilson to attack fixtures. Phew!

          • Stimps
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            Absolute stinker of a GW where only Nunes (4) and Haaland (5) have returned

            Thiaw haul on my bench

            1. Saint Domingo
              • 14 Years
              1 month, 15 days ago

              Nunes 4 pointer should be 1 really,how they gave that as an assist is ridiculous,never an assist that.

          • fedolefan
            • 11 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            Man, I'm not sure I want to do JP to Ekitike in GW28. One's bang in form and the fixtures after 28 - avl, NEW, eve aren't terrible or anything.

          • KeanosMagic
            • 4 Years
            1 month, 15 days ago

            After this FA cup weekend, does the picture around blanks/doubles get clear enough that those without a 32 WC can plan transfers?

            I'm guessing it might clear a little bit won't be fully known until after the next round?

          • robbunt
              1 month, 15 days ago

              I've cracked and wildcarded:
              Martinez, Darlow
              Gabriel, Timber, Hill, Guehi, Dalot
              Semenyo, Mbeumo, Palmer, Bruno, Anderson
              Thiago, Pedro, Haaland
              I'll almost certainly still make a transfer next week because I have self-control issues.

              1. GCHILD2K16
                • 9 Years
                1 month, 15 days ago

                Ha ha. Looking very good.
                Dyche has just been fired.
                Given Chelsea fixtures change soon, Not sure about JP. Drop him down to a Kroupi jnr to replace anderson with a wirtz/Rogers/Rayan?

              1. Gazwaz80
                • 6 Years
                1 month, 15 days ago

                Haha, sorry Ze, beat me to it 😀

                1. Ze_Austin
                  • 7 Years
                  1 month, 15 days ago

                  It's all good 🙂

            • FantasyClub
              • 5 Years
              1 month, 15 days ago

              Who else has Semenyo & Haaland and is ready to move Haaland on for high risk high reward?

              1. robbunt
                  1 month, 15 days ago

                  There's not really anyone to spend the money on that I'd rather have than Haaland

                  1. FantasyClub
                    • 5 Years
                    1 month, 15 days ago

                    JSL could be a pick with the fixtures. Shouldve scored last game too. Thiago could be an option after Brighton

                    1. robbunt
                        1 month, 15 days ago

                        Both of those are quite cheap though, most people can afford them and Haaland

                        1. robbunt
                            1 month, 15 days ago

                            OK not dirt cheap, but not selling Haaland to afford levels either

                    2. Kingy109
                      • 4 Years
                      1 month, 15 days ago

                      Given the sad state of premium assets the only high reward I can think of from selling Haaland is being able to afford Palmer or Salah

                      One has had 3 pens in 2 games and talks openly about not being fully fit. Chelsea are about to hit worse fixtures and Champions League games midweek.
                      The other has looked way below the standard all season
                      Selling Hasland unless i jured just

                      1. Kingy109
                        • 4 Years
                        1 month, 15 days ago

                        Unless injured just feels high risk, don't see the reward

                    3. GCHILD2K16
                      • 9 Years
                      1 month, 15 days ago

                      Whatever you are drinking or smoking, put it down..loll

                  2. Saint Domingo
                    • 14 Years
                    1 month, 15 days ago

                    Just watched the highlights of the Man city match,Nunes assist ? How has that been given.? Surely that'll be removed.