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Richarlison back up front for Everton as Bernard and Walcott return

The final match of Gameweek 16 takes place at Goodison Park this evening, as Marco Silva faces his old employers for the first time.

Silva has recalled Bernard, Theo Walcott and Michael Keane for this encounter, meaning a return to the striking role for Richarlison – who is also up against his former club this evening.

The Brazilian scored in this fixture last season while on Watford’s books, with a dramatic match ending 3-2 to the Toffees.

Javi Gracia has made two changes from the side that lost 2-1 to Manchester City last Tuesday, with Ken Sema and Domingos Quina making their first Premier League start for the Hornets.

Will Hughes hasn’t recovered from a hip injury, while Nathaniel Chalobah drops to the bench.

Andre Gray is also missing from the matchday squad due to a leg injury, while Watford failed in their appeal to rescind Etienne Capoue‘s red card so the former Spurs midfielder is unavailable too.

It’s hit or miss for Richarlison in home fixtures this season: the Brazilian has blanked in three of his appearances at Goodison Park, but averages 11.33 Fantasy Premier League points in his other three starts on home soil.

Richarlison is by some distance the most popular FPL asset on show this evening, sitting in 32.8% of Fantasy managers’ squads.

The former Watford winger was also the tenth-most-popular captaincy choice of Gameweek 16, with 95,936 FPL bosses handing him the armband.

Gyfli Sigurdsson has a similar strike rate, with four blanks in eight home starts but an average of 9.25 FPL points in his other four appearances at Goodison.

The Iceland international has already been involved in the same number of goals this season (six goals, two assists) as he managed in the whole of 2017/18.

Everton XI (4-2-3-1): Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Mina, Digne, Gueye, Gomes, Walcott, Sigurdsson, Bernard, Richarlison.

Watford XI (4-4-2): Foster, Femenia, Kabasele, Cathcart, Holebas, Doucoure, Quina, Sema, Pereyra, Success, Deeney.

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2,888 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Garth Marenghi
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    How many points will Gylfi get today?

    1. Alan The Llama
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      One

      1. Garth Marenghi
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        10 would be better.

        1. J T
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          1 x 0

      2. Garth Marenghi
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        0 points, he got 0 points Alan.

    2. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Tell you at 9pm

      1. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I mean 10 🙂

    3. Tomerick
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Twelvety

    4. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Hopefully some!!

    5. acidicleo
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      5

  2. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Digne masterclass please, and Richarl quite

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      wow - quiet*

    2. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Both to haul !

  3. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Digne do your thing geeza!

  4. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Richarlison will be classed as a striker next season if this carries on and be irrelevant for FPL

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Losing CS points & -1 point for a goal but +6bps... he'll be relevant in a Marco Silva team.

  5. J T
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Just need 20 points from Rich to get me a green arrow, Cmon Lad

    1. Dosh
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      1 pointer incoming!

      1. Rhodes your boat
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Hope so

  6. zotter
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Ryan
    Vvd. Doherty. Diop
    Silva. Sane. Salah. Eriksen
    Laca. King. Jiminez

    Hart. Awb. Richarlison. Digne

    Two FTs

    Thinking Laca and dilva to Kane and 4.5?

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Or could just do silva to son if confident Laca plays. But have big exposure to Kane then

    2. J T
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Get Kane

    3. Cheezeweasel
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Have a look at Ryan's upcoming fixtures. Might be more worthy of investment

  7. Dybala10
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Rich goal and Digne clean sheet would be nice.

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Hear hear

    2. Tomerick
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      *Siggy goal

      1. Rhodes your boat
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Here here

    3. Samwise the Brave
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      It would be a godsend for me

  8. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Goals for Gueye and Sema please

  9. Earn your Spurs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    0-1 win for Watford please

    1. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      A battling 1-0 for ten men Everton after Rich gets sent off on the 29th minute, Clean sheet and goal for man of the match Keane......3,000 pts for being an all round good bloke too........

      1. Zladan
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        He’s not started head butting already has he?

  10. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Would you rather have Doherty or kolasinac ? Thanks

    1. Woy_is_back
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      D'oh

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        As in

    2. Zladan
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Kola

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks . Wolves fixtures are getting trickier. Kola seems nailed for now ...

        1. Zladan
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Exactly my thoughts. I’m a fan of playing the fixtures.

          Doherty’s attacking returns are surely unsustainable and clean sheets for Wolves are scarce these days.

    3. Rage Against The Raheem
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Doherty

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks

    4. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I have both, think both are great value

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Cheers

    5. acidicleo
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Both

    6. Volley127
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Doha.

  11. Releasebreaks
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Why Jimenez was benched last week?
    I was considering to bring him in as Arnautovic replacement, but now I don't know anymore.

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Think it was a one off

    2. ILOVEBAPS
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Had a rest

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Just rested like everyone else, it's happened to Salah and Kane too

    4. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I d get chicharito thouh

  12. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Rich hatty 🙂

  13. ILOVEBAPS
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Please keep a CS Eve!

    1. AuFeld
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Very possible.

  14. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Digne +xA

  15. WVA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Hey guy's, who should I play this week?

    TAA, Bennett or AWB?

    Ryan
    Alonso Laporte
    Salah Hazard Son Snodgrass
    Kane Wilson* Jimenez
    Hamer Hojbjerg

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Taa

  16. Richd
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    This has been the longest GW ever I swear. Is it still not done ?!

    Richarlison and Digne here. Standard.

    1. ILOVEBAPS
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Either you or I will be happy by the end.

      Siggy & Keane here. 😉

      1. Richd
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Im the template, you’re the hipster !

  17. Zladan
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I need Everton to concede more than I need Rich to score tonight.

    Few too many Everton defence double uppers in my MLs.

  18. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Love having 2 players in the last game of the gameweek but they rarely deliver for me, need that trend to be reversed tonight

  19. AuFeld
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    AWB at home. LEI struggling to put together goals.

    1. AuFeld
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Fail.

    2. Zladan
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      AWB will be rooted to my bench unless Robbo/TAA are benched and I find out before the deadline.

  20. Drip Doctor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    How did Digne end up at Everton. He's better than He's better than Shaw, Kolasinac, Alonso and Davies.

    1. AuFeld
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      That is subjective.

    2. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Form fluctuates with these players so much.

      Remember when Fellaini was the GOAT?

    3. Zladan
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Wrong on all counts there, buddy.

      1. Drip Doctor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I'm not. Take FPL out of it, Alonso and Kolasinac are very poor defensively.

        1. WVA
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Alonso's defending is hilariously bad, did you watch him v city? God knows how he didn't cost them a goal

        2. AuFeld
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Jesus. If that's the case, we may as well argue that Ramos is better a defender then Digne.

          1. Drip Doctor
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            What?

            1. AuFeld
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Taking FPL out of the question, Sergio Ramos is a better defender then Digne.

    4. TAT
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Don't know about the others, but Arsenal got Kolašinac for free.

  21. zotter
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Predictions

    City v Everton. 2-1
    Palace v Leicester. 1-0
    Huddersfield v Newcastle. 1-1
    Spurs v Burnley. 4-0
    Watford v Cardiff. 3-1
    Wolves v Bournemouth. 1-1
    Fulham v West Ham. 2-1
    Brighton v Chelsea. 0-2
    Saints v Arsenal. 1-2
    Liverpool v united. 2-0

    1. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I never know what to do with these posts. Is it a prediction league ?

      1. zotter
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Nothing. Just for comment from like minded well knowledged individuals. Ignore if you wish !

      2. Syd.
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I know what to do with them

        Ignore them

      3. All de Gea no iDier
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        He thinks he's on Reddit

    2. Zladan
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      A lot depends on the fixtures to be honest.

      Ask again on Friday.

      1. Zladan
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Midweek fixtures*

    3. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I don't think Spurs will score that many - Burnley defence slowly improving.

  22. FFSbet.com
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Digne owners keep or sell?

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Bench x 2

    2. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I’m keeping everyone and trying to roll the transfer. I’m happy with him and no pressing urgent replacement as I have Doherty.

    3. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I am selling but first selling Richa to Son.

      1. Zladan
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        You reckon Son starts next match?

        He won’t if he plays midweek.

        1. zotter
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          This

    4. zotter
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Keep though Everton lack of sheets and his lack of actual returns will soon frustrate

  23. Bolivian Seaman
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Rich is so bad at holding the ball up front. I don't know why he doesn't sap with Walcott, Walcott had some good games for arsenal up front and he's only good when he plays off the last defender anyway

    1. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Walcott is a terrible striker.

      1. zotter
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Tosun then. But richarlison almost as bad up top

      2. Not again Shirley
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Walcott is terrible full stop.

    2. zotter
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      This is a good point. With Coleman in right wing Everton would be more threatening with a right forward who cuts in

    3. FPL price manipulators are …
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      It's a lot of pressure playing up top getting bullied by the CBs. As a young player with a bright future ahead of him it would be counter-productive to throw Walcott up top. Allow him to develop on the wing

  24. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Everton fixtures after City and Spurs are nice for a while, think I’ll keep Digne

    1. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I was thinking Digne had been good. No idea why, I guess cos been concentrating on the big hitters.

      6, 2, 2 since most of us got him.

      Today he must reward us!

  25. fc_skrald
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I would really like to have 4 big attackers but is seems to kill the team - could have the nice midfield-team below. I'll have only one bench player that will of course be a problem.

    a: use wildcard now and get the team
    b: wait, the willdcard will be more valuabel at Christmas time

    Wildcard-team:

    Plyers removed: Aubameyang, Jimenez, Bennett, Zabaleta, Camarasa, McDonald

    Ederson
    Robertson, Doherty, Alonso
    Sterling, Anderson, Salah, Fraser, Richarlison
    Kane, Kamara

    Hamer, Schindler, Quaner, Peltier

    0.0 million in the bank

    1. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Don't Like Kamara and Doherty playing Every game.

    2. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Downgrade Fraser to Gunnarson and Ederson to Fab
      Then the extra funds can get Schindler for Peltier and anybody you choose for Quaner, preferably Chicha

      Right?

      1. fc_skrald
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        that would give me 3 players from West Ham - I dont want to go there (already got 3 Wolves players in my current team 🙂

  26. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Digby has got a few good crosses in

    Pity Everton don’t have a 12ft centre forward

  27. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Digne the poor mans Robertson in more ways than one, great delivery.

  28. joersherman
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sane & Digne > Son & Kosialnac for free?

    1. Rage Against The Raheem
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I wouldn't

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Selling Sane? Nope.

  29. FPL price manipulators are …
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    The answer to your question is yes if he scored this week and no if he didn't

    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Aguero it is

  30. potatoace
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Digne is a fancy RB, puts in some lovely crosses to Walcott.
    And that's where this story ends.