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11 February 2026 826 comments
FPL Marc FPL Marc
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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. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Palace G

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      JSL

      1. Utopsis
        • 6 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Band wagon loading

    2. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      JSL G
      Lerma A

  2. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    2 of my Defenders on the bench doing well to get me negative points well done

  3. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Burnley should end up below Wolves

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

    Zophar buying JSL looks genius. Great pick. Had the fixtures and everything.

    1. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      He did no such thing

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

        Oh it wasn't Zoph. It was Tom Freeman. Great pick!

    2. Free Hat
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Pras did...

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

        And Pras yes. He deserves some luck.

  5. tucaoneo
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Larsen is the new DCL 😮

  6. WVA
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Dubravka over Verbruggen we all said….

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      No we didn’t

      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Show me someone that didn’t? Villa are very good at home, Palace are terrible

  7. Free Hat
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Haaland vs JP cpt next gw will be interesting

    1. Supersonic_
      • 4 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      I'm on Palmer

      1. Free Hat
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        3 pens incoming!

    2. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Especially if BrunoG is out

    3. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      JP for me

      1. Free Hat
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Still wait and see here. New also sandwiched in between CL games...

  8. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Richards with a yellow. He almost pulled the player's shorts off!

    1. Supersonic_
      • 4 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Brilliant

  9. Essem
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Getting nervous about going without Palmer against BUR. Already on triple Chelsea with Chalobah, Enzo, Pedro.

  10. Qaiss
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    It’s nice that Sarr got me a goal last week but what is his problem? He always does this!!

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      I’ve been trapped by him multiple times last season, I should’ve learnt my lesson

  11. The Mandalorian
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Everytime Semenyo gets points my rank goes back 10 years

  12. Punned It
      1 month, 16 days ago

      I'm not learning "get JSL", I'm learning "get whoever's playing Burnley".

      1. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Precisely

        And sell Dubravka

        1. Punned It
            1 month, 16 days ago

            Yeah, but waiting till I WC. Prolly Kelleher.

        2. keefy59
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          JSL away at Wolves in gw27

      2. Pep Roulette
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        People who bought JSL this week, well done! He was bound to haul in this week and next!

        1. Count of Monte Hristo
          • 12 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          Simon Jordan said he was a donkey 😆

      3. jonnybhoy
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Munoz please score tonight

        1. RICICLE
          • 3 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          Fingers crossed

        2. g40steve
          • 8 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          CS points puft

      4. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Burnley G

      5. Ignasi M
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        The league is over. Congratulations City. I can't see them dropping points from now until the end of the season. The machine has clicked.

        1. F4L
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          fulham always roll over for city

        2. JabbaWookiee
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          Sounds like someone is trying to sway fate

          1. Ignasi M
            • 8 Years
            1 month, 16 days ago

            I wish

      6. Pep Roulette
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Palace CS wiped!

      7. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Hung on to Cash for the plum fixtures…

        1. Ze_Austin
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          Not expected to be out for long

          1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
            • 12 Years
            1 month, 16 days ago

            Fingers crossed

        2. Waynoo
          • 12 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          Same

      8. RICICLE
        • 3 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Oh excellent, Burnley score, pathetic

        1. Utopsis
          • 6 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          Yesssssssssssss!

          1. RICICLE
            • 3 Years
            1 month, 16 days ago

            Just terrible

      9. Count of Monte Hristo
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Burnley goal is delightful

        1. Ze_Austin
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          Hill ascendency

      10. WVA
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Of course Verbruggen keeps his only clean sheet in 7 weeks away at Villa when I bench him

      11. Riverside Red
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Sold O'Reilly for Munoz....need an assist at least from Danny boy

      12. Pep Roulette
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Mbeumo & Mane to Rayan & Thiago for a hit?

        1. Ze_Austin
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          What has Mbeumo done wrong?

        2. lespaul
          • 16 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          Maybe mane to kroupi?

          1. Ze_Austin
            • 7 Years
            1 month, 16 days ago

            Kroupi was just benched

            1. lespaul
              • 16 Years
              1 month, 16 days ago

              Likely rested

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

                I don't think so. Rayan has 3 returns in 3 games and looks great. It's his place to lose.

      13. Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Surely Palace def owners have no one to blame but themselves??

        1. RICICLE
          • 3 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          So any defender that concedes is a bad pick?’

      14. Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Decent first half that. Haaland goal. Sels and Cash CS in tact.

        1. Ze_Austin
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          Congrats

      15. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Those asking about Palace defence, just got the answer avoid

        1. Riverside Red
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          To true...one week punt has backfired badly

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

        Getting itchy for Palmer
        He looks lite on his feet and is being fed PKs by Pedro

        2 FT
        A - Chalobah - Semenyo to Palmer - Alderete - 0.5 Bank
        B - Chalobah - Rogers to Palmer - Alderete - 0.0 Bank
        C - Roll for 3FT

        Sanchez-Dubravka
        Gabriel-Chalobah-Timber-Guéhi-Cash
        Wilson-BrunoF-Rice-Semenyo-Rogers
        Haaland-Pedro-Thaigo

      17. WVA
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Why is this website not working properly at all?

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

          There is a fly in their soup

      18. F4L
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        gomes at ht has 16 defcons for wolves

      19. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Anthony G