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The Boxing Day programme continues in earnest with another six afternoon matches.

Stamford Bridge is likely to be the venue under the microscope for Fantasy managers, as Chelsea play host to Brighton.

The Blues boast two of the top captain selections for Gameweek 20 in Alvaro Morata – backed by 188,000 (3.4%) and Eden Hazard, who has the support of 133,000 (2.4%). Marcos Alonso will also go into this encounter with 93,000+ new owners and in 19.5% of squads, although Chelsea’s most popular signing heading into today’s deadline – Andreas Christensen brought in by 95,000+ – misses out through illness according to the club.

Another of the Gameweek’s big signings – Huddersfield Town’s Laurent Depoitre – also sits out as he makes way for Steve Mounie’s return in attack. The Belgian was signed by 200,000+ ahead of the clash with Stoke City but starts the match on the bench.

At Old Trafford, Zlatan Ibrahimovic starts his first Premier League match of the campaign as Jesse Lingard makes way. Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku – backed by 43,000+ and 752,000+ Gameweek captaincies – are both named in Jose Mourinho’s line-up, as is Phil Jones in defence.

Meanwhile, at Vicarage Road, Richarlison looks likely to be leading the Watford attack against Leicester City. Sold by 90,000+ ahead of Gameweek 20, the Brazilian is in the starting line-up while Andre Gray drops to the bench and Troy Deeney continues his suspension. Marvin Zeegelaar returns for the Hornets at left-back as Jose Holebas drops out.

Finally, Everton take on West Brom at The Hawthorns without Wayne Rooney in the starting XI once again. The veteran striker misses out through illness, with Yannick Bolasie – a 6.4 midfield option – earning a first start of the season.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. banskt
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    17 (-4) from 6 players. 🙁

    Plus Salah, Sterling, Silva, Otamendi.

    And Kane (C). :8

    1. Optimus.
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Finally my score looks decent

    2. banskt
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Hazard needs to go. But the question is -- this week or next?

      1. banskt
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        And Christensen needs to be replace by Azpi / Alonso. That will depend on the funds cleared from the sale of Hazard.

  2. Desperately Seeking Dusan
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Haz is killing me. I have, mini league rival has Lindgard. Just not doing it for a player of that value. Richarlison I can take given the price. Not at the Haz level.

    Time to get rid.

    1. thomashl
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Getting rid for Spurs’ dgw!

      1. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Same

    2. Ghost Gooner
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Haz taken off at 70. Rich full 90. Take off the one who might get rested 😕

    3. Gooner Kebab
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Getting rid for Silva or KDB

    4. HashAttack
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      he's such a troll .. you know he will get double figures when you sell him .... surely home to STK has to be one last chance
      He's going down tonight but that won't affect his SV for me ... hope he avoids a 2nd drop

    5. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Watched the Chelsea game earlier. He was unlucky not to bring in points. I'm holding for Stoke and then switching to a DGWer.

  3. thomashl
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    OT but:

    Leading this week’s FantasyBet freeroll with 96 pts, Salah and TAA to go 😀

    1. SADIO SANÉ
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Nice

  4. Fudge
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Linesman disallows Bournemouth's late equaliser. Bobby Madley goes over to him and incorrectly overrules him (it was both offside and handball)

    He also gave a yellow card for a dangerous studs up challenge to Kouyate's face: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DR_OMRDW4AESvDY.jpg:large

    What is the point.

    1. HALFSPACE
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Robbed today but upward curve for whu. Stick with 3atb iyo for WBA

      1. HALFSPACE
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        ?*

    2. HashAttack
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      and Wilson has been credited with the goal

    3. HALFSPACE
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Francis on Kouyate one was horrible

    4. Jekori
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Can't wait to watch motd. Picture reminds me of Nigel de Jong on Xabi Alonso in WC final 2010. Also only a yellow card given. And then Mané get's a red for almost hitting someone in the face. It ain't easy being a ref apparently

  5. Gazza2000
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Hazard and Mee to Lindgard and Alonso -4 ?

    1. RESULT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Arnie and Alonso?

      1. Jekori
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Even on here people aren't aware Spurs and WH blank next GW?

  6. cescpistols1
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    1 FT, 0.3 ITB. What change to make for next week?

    Fabianski Elliot
    Christensen Jones Zanka Ogbonna Mbemba
    Hazard Salah Sterling Richarlison RLC
    Kane Lukaku DCL

  7. wowBOBwow
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    I have Kane (C) and Alonso but a Quaner 8-pointer would b ethe highlight of my day.

  8. FPL Virgin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Quaner!

    12 penalty box touches, 3 goal attempts, 2 in the box, 2 chances created, 4 big chances created!!!!!

    Wow! 😯

    1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Who did you captain this week Virg?

      1. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        'Arry.

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      ... vs. Stoke

      1. Jairzinho
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Captain Alonso next week then? 🙂

    3. Ode
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Welcome to my team

    4. wowBOBwow
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Q4L

    5. GAMBIT
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Lukaku > Quaner -4?

    6. FPL Virgin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      2 big chances created, not 4 sorry!

    7. Tcheco
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      His 8 points are sitting nicely on my bench. Starting him with Kane sitting it out GW 21

  9. Old Wulfrunian
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Come on Roberto!

  10. donkey73
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Important strategy Decision:

    Assuming "free hit" to bring triple tot&whu for the dgw:
    Do "bought prices" return to their initial values when the "original" players return?

    I am not referring to "bank balalnce" which is clearly stated in the rules. I am reffering to "original acquisition values"
    Thanks for any help

    1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      If you have bought Richarlison at 6.3, and he is currently worth 6.4 for you with an actual price of 6.5, if you Free Hit him out you get him back for exactly the same stats.

    2. HashAttack
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      believe they do .... pity really as it would be a nice was of earning extra profit

    3. BananaNose Maldonado
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Your previous team returns, and any price drops or rises they had also impact you. It's as if your players never changed.

    4. ChampChomp
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I would presume yes, but that's just me guessing

    5. Ghost Gooner
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Your original team get rises and drops as normal. Your free hit team will be limited to your team value

    6. donkey73
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      The question is kind of "tricky" in the sense that:

      Bought Salah @9.0, current price=10.1, sell @9.5, use 9.5 for Eriksen, get Salah back @ running price (say 10.2)
      will the "new Salah" have the property "bought at 10.1, current price = 10.2)?
      this could be a free profit scenario
      Are we certain?

      1. HashAttack
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        your Buying Price remains the same - e.g. 9.0
        For a GW 22 FH there won't be any rises / drops as it will only be 24 hours before you get your old team back

  11. Live Lad
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Kane and Ogbonna in my team. Which DGW players I should add:
    Alli is very likely to be added. Will have 2 more..
    (1) Son
    (2) Arnie
    (3) Lloris
    Which two?

    1. Live Lad
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Sorry.
      (1) Alli
      (2) Son
      (3) Lloris
      (4) Arnie
      Pick two

      1. Maddi Son
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        2 & 4

    2. French Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      5 Eriksen

    3. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Eriksen and Son

  12. Sterling is £11Mill..…
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    How many goals can Liverpool concede in five minutes today do we reckon?

    1. VFORVANDETA
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      2 or 3

  13. Kermit Special
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Sell Pogba to who> lingard/someone else

    7.9 available

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I did str8 back to lingard..

    2. Kuneshwar
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Lingard.. Pogba is shit..

  14. Rik Waller
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Nice finish by Wilson? Was it his left hand or right?

  15. thomashl
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Without Kane (c) this Saturday would be meagre so far

  16. SAY MY NAME
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    61 from 6 without bonuses, quite happy with that 🙂

    1. FISSH
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Wow

  17. Maddi Son
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Only a game but man it can put a downer on your mood :/

    Probably the worst week of the season for me. Let the red arrows flow through you.

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Truth

  18. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    0FT, 2.4 ITB
    DDG Fab
    Jones Ota Azpi Mee Gomez
    Salah Hazard Sterling Lingard Surman
    Firmino Rooney JAyew

    WHAT TO DO FOR NEXT WEEK?? (Have general plan for DGW though)

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I just shipped Haz. Feels so much better. Lingard and Alonso in.

  19. FISSH
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    2ft. Should use one..

    Richarlison > lingaard

    Or

    Gomes > Adrian for the double

    1. SAY MY NAME
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      quite tempted by rich to lingard myself, but might hang on for another week

  20. SoccerBoi69
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    72 projected points with 6 to play... :/

    1. UshFPL
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      That's ok I guess...

    2. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Piss off.

    3. Viper
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      SssShhhh. They get angry if you mention a score better than theirs

    4. Futile Tinkering
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Wow , congrats ! 100+ incoming!

    5. French Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      team id?

  21. UshFPL
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Naughton to Kenny on a FT?
    Or should I hold as I plan to do Maguire and Hazard->Alonso and Alli next week.

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Worth holding for your second option, I think. After their next game, Everton have a few tricky fixtures. May get the odd CS but I doubt you'll want Kenny to play for those.

      Alonso & Alli (looks much better right now) are solid buys for the coming weeks. (Especially Alli/Son/Eriksen, for the DGW.)

  22. liiusions
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Hazard has literally ruined my last 3 seasons, horrible player to own. If he didn't have pens he'd be 8.5m and people still wouldn't bother transferring him in

    1. French Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      capped him? i m thinking Hazard>Eriksen for DGW

    2. grumpyman
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      He's my FPL kryptonite. Destroys me whether I own him or not. My policy of late has been to own him and ruin him for everyone else.

    3. FISSH
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      He's ruined this season for me. I'll never own him again when I sell him.

  23. HALFSPACE
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    loftusqueef

    I did it bro

  24. Slurpy
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Richarl>Lingard worked out alright then
    except I'm a Burnley fan 🙁

  25. French Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    31 Points from Arnie in the past 3 GWs prior to the double gameweek coming up. Best "punt" I took this season

    1. HALFSPACE
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      same 9, 7, 15 with a dgw coming

  26. GXNG
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Everyone please sell Hazard

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Ok

  27. Jet5605
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Can anyone solve the riddle of how I get Alonso in for Stoke and Kane & Son/Arnie for the DGW for minimal hits? Already have 3 Chelsea so would need to lose one this week. 2 FT and 1.4 ITB:

    DDG
    Ota - Jones - Christensen - Kenny
    Salah - Sterling - Silva - Haz - Rich
    Morata

    Speroni - DCL - Ogbonna - Okazaki

  28. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    DDG/Jones got to go?

    1. Pompel
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Yes, thinking DDG - Adrian or Lloris for the DGW

    2. RESULT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      No

  29. cescpistols1
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    1 FT, 0.3 ITB. What change to make for next week? Thinking of holding Lukaku because of Kane blank.

    Fabianski Elliot
    Christensen Jones Zanka Ogbonna Mbemba
    Hazard Salah Sterling Richarlison RLC
    Kane Lukaku DCL

  30. Patch
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Had originally intended to get Pogba for GW19+ in place of Hazard...but they both as bad as each other

    1. Patch
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Decision: Swap Hazard after Stoke for either

      1. KDB
      2. Cout