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Lucas Perez starts up front for West Ham as Hernandez misses out

The final match of Gameweek 19 takes place this evening as Southampton take on injury-hit West Ham United. Kick-off at St. Mary’s Stadium is at 19:45 GMT.

Already without the services of Marko Arnautovic (£6.9m), the visitors are also missing Javier Hernandez (£6.4m) through injury – so Lucas Perez (£6.2m) makes only his second league start of the season for the Hammers.

Manuel Pellegrini has made five changes in all to his West Ham starting XI, with Michail Antonio (£6.8m) shifted to right-back in place of the absent Pablo Zabaleta (£4.3m), and Grady Diangana (£4.5m) getting a recall on the wing.

Felipe Anderson (£7.3m) and Robert Snodgrass (£5.4m) retain their places.

Pellegrini has only been able to name six substitutes tonight, including youngsters Xande Silva and Conor Coventry (both £4.5m).

Lukasz Fabianski (£4.7m) is  the most-owned FPL player on show this evening.

The Saints are not quite so injury-ravaged and Ralph Hasenhuttl has made only one alteration to his side from the team that beat Huddersfield Town in Gameweek 18: the suspended Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (£4.4m) being replaced by Mario Lemina (£4.8m).

Danny Ings (£5.6m) has been transferred in by more FPL managers than any other budget asset in each of the last two Gameweeks: just over 350,000 Fantasy bosses have brought the Southampton striker in during this time.

By contrast, Felipe Anderson was the fourth-most-sold Fantasy player of Gameweek 19: over 165,000 managers shipped out the Brazilian midfielder, despite him recording an attacking return in five of his last eight starts.

Southampton XI (3-4-3): McCarthy; Bednarek, Vestergaard, Yoshida; Valery, Lemina, Romeu, Targett; Armstrong, Ings, Redmond.

West Ham United XI (4-2-3-1): Fabianski; Antonio, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell; Rice, Obiang; Snodgrass, Diangana, Anderson; Perez.

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4,485 Comments Post a Comment
  1. tibollom
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Hey guys, what to do with my 2 FT?

    Fab, Stek
    Robbo Alonso Digne Doherty AWB
    Haz Rich Sane FAnderson Camarasa
    Kane jimenez wilson

    1. Rocky FPL
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Wilson to Mitro?
      Mitro rotates quite well with Jimenez for the upcoming fixtures.

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

      Could backfire:
      Wilson -> Kamara
      Sane -> Salah if afford?

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

        yea was thiking of these options,, quite keen to get a pogba or something in there but proving difficult

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

      I had the same mid and fwd as you and i did
      Wilson -> quaner
      Camarasa -> Martial/Pogba

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

        that would be amazing but not enough cash for that... take a hit to do jimenez, wilson and camarasa out for pogba, kamara and vokes or something?

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

    1) Play Button (Everton home) or Patricio (Spurs away)?
    2) Wilson (United away) or AWB (Chelsea home) as first sub?

    1. Rocky FPL
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      1) Button
      2) Wilson

      1. puhd
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        That

    2. MTPockets
        5 years, 3 months ago

        button, wilson

    3. Gee_mm
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Deeney or Jimenez for this GW. 6.4 to spend.

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

      Rp
      Would you ditch Sane for Siggy or Eriksen if you had KDB? Asking for a friend.......

      1. MTPockets
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Why ditch Sane rather than KDB?

        • Rocky FPL
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          I would ditch Kdb tbh for short term alteast, kdb looks quite rusty and Sane is their best player now imo.

      2. BobbyDoesNotLook
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        How so you like my Wc draft? Later Holebas or Digne to TAA.

        Fab Speroni
        Robbo Doherty Digne Holebas Awb.
        Salah Hazard Pogba Richarlison Fraser
        Kane Jimenez Ings

        1. puhd
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Rethink Fraser. Everything else looks good.

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

          Really good, except it will give you a benching headache each week. Nice problem to have though!

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

          I have only 3 different players now on WC:
          Fraser Richa Jimmy —> F.Anderson Pereyra Kamara

        4. Roy Rovers
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Must have good TV and rank....

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

          Holebas can be Shaw if you trust ManU

          I would do Pereyra or Delofeu since you look for Watford attacking returns

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

          Thanks!

          Having a good season. Lack of Mr Anderson, Digne, Hazard and Pogba tripled my ranking this gw but still on a good mood. City can punish me but now I think it is time to get first handshake with Hazard.

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

        Thoughts on best cheapie Wilson replacement?

        A- Ings
        B- Deeney
        C- Vokes
        D- Calvert-Lewis
        E- Kamara
        F- someone else?

        Other forwards are Kane and Jimmy. Thanks!

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

          Arnie is due to come back!

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

          B

      4. chilli con kone
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        A. Sane > Pog
        B. Sig > Rich
        C. Other
        D. Save

        Pat / 4.0
        Robbo / Digne / Doherty / AWB / Schindler
        Salah / Haz / Sane / Sig / Camarasa
        Kane / Mitro / Ings

        0.0itb

        Thanks.

        1. puhd
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          A

      5. BitefromBarcelona
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I have ryan and Pat as my Keepers.

        Should I use a transfer to replace Ryan (with guaita) or play Patricio till Ryan comes back.

        1. Srv210
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Play pat and get button In for ryan

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

            Will he start over Steele?

            Guaita is the better option imo. Almost same price, nailed and plays for a better defense.

            1. Srv210
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              But is guaita nailed with Hennessy lurking?

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

          Patricio

      6. Srv210
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Should I do

        Sane+Luiz to Salah +TAA (-4)

        This will result in no city cover ,but I can't afford a Salah price rise so thinking of doing it now

        1. puhd
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Yes

        2. Rocky FPL
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          What's rest of your team?

        3. MTPockets
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Not the best timing for Liv defence (ARS, mci) but maybe

            1. Srv210
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              They shut city once and Luiz is also not keeping many CS

              1. MTPockets
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  True but even a cs is only break even on -4

            2. BitefromBarcelona
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              No. Arsenal and city next.

          • Gee_mm
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Deeney or Jimenez for this GW. 6.4 to spend. Rondon also looks attractive

            1. Differential C (Mark)
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Deeney

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

                Although he doesn't score much goals ?

                1. Differential C (Mark)
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Fixures have not beenbeen too kind. Watford have a favorable fixure run now, so I expect Deeney to score well.
                  Also, he is on pens.

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

                    STRONG POINT

          • The 12th Man
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            1FT 0.3m itb

            Fabianski
            Digne,Doherty,TAA
            Salah,Son, Richarlison, Martial, Lingard
            Kane(c)Aubameyang

            Hamer, AWB,Kolasinac,Kamara

            1. Roll FT
            2. Kolasinac > Periera and play instead of Doherty
            3. Try and get Hazard or Pogba in somehow but would probably mean taking a hit involving Aubameyang but he has Fulham in a weeks time.

            1. Pompey5
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              If hold and use double FT next week. Do you need Pogba, Martial and Lingard?

              1. The 12th Man
                • 10 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Pogba would probably come in for one of Lingard or Martial.

          • Dream Killers 2.0
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Merry Christmas everyone. Was thinking about the following moves. What do you think?

            A)Sterling to Hazard
            B)Sterling and Jimenez to Salah and Kamara (-4)
            C)save ft

            Fabianski (Hamer)
            Robertson, Alonso, Doherty (AWB, Kelly)

            Sterling, Sane, Anderson, Martial (Camarasa)

            Kane, Rashford, Jimenez

            1. Pompey5
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              I did Sterling to Haz this week. Salah has some tougher fixtures for next two so wait for a bit.

              1. ChrisPire
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Arsenal is not so good at defence. Will they be able to keep Salah in control?

                Hazard has Cry which is defensively better organised I think

          • Pompey5
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            So I still have my wildcard and I think I lose it if I don’t use it now? But am happy with team apart from bench and don’t want to change main team to fix. Suggestions...

            Fab
            Robertson Doherty Digne
            Salah Pogba Hazard Richarlison F. Anderson
            Kane Ings

            Boruc Wan Bissaka Success Peltier

            1. MTPockets
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Yes this is last week.
                Up to you

              • circusmonkey
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Just get the Brighton keeper then.

              • Holmes
                • 10 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                do something with success/peltier/boruc

                dropping success for kamara, borruce to speroni gives extra 0.2, not the most exciting use of WC though

                1. Pompey5
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 10 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Thanks.
                  If I do this I can go Ings to Jiminez which could be a better long term option.

                  1. Pompey5
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    Or change Kane to Abumayang and upgrade Richarlison?

              • Fantasydreamer
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Yeah, that would pretty much be my wildcard if I could do it today!

            2. circusmonkey
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Is a squad value of 103.3 a big problem? What's yours?

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

                not really. 104.2 with 0.3 ITB

              2. BitefromBarcelona
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                104.1. it's never enough.

              3. Holmes
                • 10 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                nah, its not a problem

                mine is 102.6

              4. Differential C (Mark)
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                104.7. Meh.

              5. MTPockets
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  105.6 but there are loads of good value options so not really an issue

                • The 12th Man
                  • 10 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Plenty of value options so not necessarily.

                  My TV. 105.3 SV = 103.4

                • Whats the Huth
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  103.1

                  Rubbish but managing ok

                • FPLord
                  • 14 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  There are so many great cheap options out there that value isn't that much of a factor so far this season with the likes of Anderson, Fraser, Pereyra and Wilson keeping up with premium assets. You don't need them all, just at the right time 🙂

              6. Whats the Huth
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Rashford could be rotated this weekend right?
                Or is it too soon for Sanchez and lukaku?

                1. MTPockets
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    Could be, but another week where maybe many others rotated too

                  • circusmonkey
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 13 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    I don't think it is too soon for those two to play. But don't buy them obvs.

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

                  What is better to have on WC:
                  A) Doherty + 1.3m INB
                  B) Trippier

                  1. BobbyDoesNotLook
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    A

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

                  Bench two at GW20:
                  A) Kamara v Hud (H)
                  B) Ings v MC (H)
                  C) Doherty v Tot (A)

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

                    B.C.

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

                  Ings or Jimenez on WC?

                  1. Pompey5
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    I have same debate. On Ings at mo.

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

                      Me too

                  2. BobbyDoesNotLook
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    Both

                  3. FPLord
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    Be aware that Ings will get subbed at the hour mark in most games. Jimenez the safer option for me , but not as explosive.

                5. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Is Pogba the most nailed on United attacker right now?

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

                    Yes

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

                    Martial also nailed.

                  3. badhombres
                    • 5 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    Martial much better long term pick

                    1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
                      • 7 Years
                      5 years, 3 months ago

                      Planning a Lacazette to Auba switch. Martial would not allow that.

                  4. Arteta
                    • 8 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    I'd say so. And he has finally been unleashed!

                6. circusmonkey
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Does anyone know how far back (in rank or points) someone has been at this half way stage and gone on to win it?

                7. sentz05
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Alonso and Bednrak out Digne and Luiz in?

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

                  On WC currently and not sure what to do:

                  Fab - Speroni

                  Robbo - Dohorty - Digne - Shaw - Awb

                  Salah - Son - Pogba - Rich - Delofeu

                  Kane - Ings - Jimenez

                  1.2 in the bank

                  A) Son + Ings to Hazard and Kamara

                  B) Robbo + Son to Taa/Holenas and Hazard

                  C) Salah + Delofeu + + Ings + Shaw / Robbo to Hazard and Fandersen + Rashford + Holebas

                  D) Delofeu to Pereyra

                  E) other

                9. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Planning Sane to Pogba this week to facilitate Laca to Auba in the next. That leaves me with no City cover. Makes sense?

                10. Arteta
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Fabianski Button
                  Alonso Digne Doherty AWB Kiko
                  Hazard Pogba Felipe Snodgrass Billing
                  Kane Auba Rashford

                  Any ideas how to improve this sad lot? I don't mind taking hits and have £1.3 in the bank.

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

                    No players from two title contenders will soon be an issue.

                11. Don Kloppeone
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Morning all. Is this lot G2G? Bench/ order? Anything worth a hit?

                  £3.2itb 0FT
                  Fab
                  VVD, Luiz, Doherty
                  Haz (C), Son (v), Sané, Martial, Snoddy
                  Kane, Wilson

                  (Hamer) (AWB, Kamara, Schindler)

                  Hoping to build up cash itb to switch Son to Salah after GW22. Will move Luiz to Digne at some point, but when?

                  Thanks!

                12. Bookmark
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Have to sell Alonso, pick the best option

                  A. Trippier (have son and Kane)
                  B. TAA ( no Liverpool player)
                  C. Luiz ( have Hazard)
                  D. Holebas
                  E. Other?

                13. FPL Maldini
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  What should I do? My h2h rival has defo taken a hit....

                  A) Balbuena —> Digne (start Jimenez)

                  B) Balbuena and Brooks —> Digne and Snodgrass / Deulofeu