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

    Should I just stick with Anderson the DEFCON warrior or better with the likes of Ndiaye/Dango/Wilson?

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

      anderson if u dont want big green arrows or red arrows happy with current rank

      id personally risk someone capable of scoring goals

    2. z13
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Dango for me

    3. fedolefan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Burnley 2

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

      Wilson and VVD to Semenyo and Hill for free? Leaves me in a pickle for 31!

      Verbruggen
      Gabriel Guehi Chalobah
      Bruno Semenyo Rogers Enzo
      Haaland (C) Pedro Thiago
      Dub Rice Timber Hill

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

      Of course Burnley equalise, of course

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

      Burnley squander a perfect counter

      Palace sliced open again

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

        This was seconds before the OG. In a separate move

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

      Burnley again

      2-3

      Hahahahaha

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

      Burnley G x3

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

        This game. More pain benching Thiaw and playing Richards

    9. fedolefan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Burnley 3

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

      Lol

    11. z13
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Burnely madness

      • g40steve
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Palace getting buggered

      • jonnybhoy
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Not watching but that Burnley score has got to be a joke

      • AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        That Munoz transfer going down like a lead balloon

        For many

        Unless he scores

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

          I took out Semenyo to fund him....

          Will be handing my team back to towers and taking a leave of vacation until August 2026

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

            But I kept Ekitike so looking forward to those sweet sweet XGI that never materialise into actual points....

      • F4L
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        well maybe palace have no chances of winning ecl either now, didnt replace guehi

      • BeaversWithAttitude
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Burnley is waay out of control! Lol.

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

        The f**k kind of capitulation is that from Palace? 😆

      • MIGHTY JOE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Oh dear!!! I won’t even get a clean sheet against burnley with my Chelsea defenders.

      • adstomko
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        I knew it, triple captain Burnley player was the play.

      • Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Burnley goals - 40, 44, 47mins

        1. Effe
          • 15 Years
          1 month, 16 days ago

          Wow

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

        Lerma OG

      • Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Lerma cancels out his assist with an OG

        All action

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

          Dangerous in both penalty areas
          Box to box player

      • Supersonic_
        • 4 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Right. Gykores you best bag me at least 3 tomorrow

      • Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        When you bring in Richards (0pts and going backwards) and bench Hill (9pts)…still got it

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

          -1
          Benched 11

          1. Jafooli
            • 14 Years
            1 month, 16 days ago

            Oh yeah -1pt and more to go…

      • Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Burnley turnaround in the blink of an eye

        reminds me of the pool arsenal game years ago

      • Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Sunderland vs Liverpool is a lot tamer, in comparison to the Palace madness

      • Do I Not Like Orange
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Brought Richards in specifically for BB, so of course he gets booked & concedes minimum 3 vs the worst team in the league

      • RICICLE
        • 3 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Oh my sweet christ Palace! Wtf

      • The Night Trunker.
        • 2 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        Thank God for the 2up pay out rule at me bookies!!

      • Supersonic_
        • 4 Years
        1 month, 16 days ago

        How is Wirtz looking? Locking in his 2 pter for me

      • Punned It
          1 month, 16 days ago

          I also learnt, avoid Palace defenders for the time being.

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

            And Sarr it seems