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Son benched as Alli returns while Wilson is fit to start

Five Premier League matches kick off at 15:00 GMT this afternoon.

The headline team news perhaps comes from St. Mary’s Stadium, where Spurs are the visitors.

Dele Alli returns to Mauricio Pochettino’s starting XI for the first time since Gameweek 23, while Son Heung-min is benched in the Premier League for the first time since December.

Kyle Walker-Peters, Eric Dier and Lucas Moura also start as Toby Alderweireld, the injured Kieran Trippier and Victor Wanyama make way from the side that drew 1-1 with Arsenal last Saturday.

Southampton are unchanged.

Jamie Vardy is fit to lead the line for Leicester City, with Demarai Gray replacing Wes Morgan as Brendan Rodgers switches from a wing-back system to a 4-2-3-1.

Scott Parker sticks with the same 11 players that performed well against Chelsea.

Manuel Pellegrini also names the same side that lined up for Gameweek 29, meaning that Marko Arnautovic has to be content with a place on the bench again. Fabian Balbuena is also among the substitutes.

Neil Warnock has made four changes for the visit of the Hammers, with Bruno Ecuele Manga, Harry Arter, Josh Murphy and Junior Hoilett back in the Bluebirds’ side.

The quartet to make way are Joe Ralls, Kenneth Zohore, Bobby Reid and Sol Bamba, who has been ruled out for the season with a knee injury.

Callum Wilson returns from a knee injury for Bournemouth, who have the England striker, David Brooks, Josh King and Ryan Fraser in the same side for the first time since Gameweek 23.

Jefferson Lerma returns from suspension, while Nathaniel Clyne and Jack Simpson drop to the bench.

Zanka, Elias Kachunga and Aaron Mooy return for Huddersfield as Karlan Grant, Terence Kongolo and the injured Jonathan Hogg drop out.

DeAndre Yedlin and Ki Sung-yueng replace the injured Sean Longstaff and Javier Manquillo for Newcastle, while Marco Silva recalls Richarlison and Andre Gomes at the expense of Theo Walcott and Morgan Schneiderlin.

Cardiff City XI (4-2-3-1): Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Ecuele Manga, Bennett, Gunnarsson, Arter, Hoilett, Camarasa, Murphy, Niasse.

West Ham United XI (4-1-4-1): Fabianski, Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Snodgrass, Noble, Lanzini, Felipe Anderson, Chicharito.

Huddersfield Town XI (4-4-2 diamond): LΓΆssl, Bacuna, Zanka, Schindler, Durm, Stankovic, Mooy, Billing, Pritchard, Mounie, Kachunga.

Bournemouth XI (4-4-2): Boruc, Smith, Mepham, AkΓ©, Daniels, Brooks, Lerma, Surman, Fraser, King, Wilson.

Leicester City XI (4-2-3-1): Schmeichel, Ricardo, Evans, Maguire, Chilwell, Ndidi, Tielemans, Maddison, Gray, Barnes, Vardy.

Fulham XI (4-2-3-1): Rico, Odoi, Nordtveit, Ream, Bryan, Chambers, McDonald, Babel, Cairney, Sessegnon, Mitrovic.

Newcastle United XI (3-4-2-1): Dubravka, Schar, Lascelles, Lejeune, Yedlin, Hayden, Ki, Ritchie, Almiron, Perez, Rondon.

Southampton XI (3-5-2): Gunn, Yoshida, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Valery, Hojbjerg, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Bertrand, Austin, Redmond.

Tottenham Hotspur XI (4-2-3-1): Lloris, Walker-Peters, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Rose, Dier, Sissoko, Eriksen, Alli, Lucas, Kane.

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  1. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    VARDY BARNES DREAM!!

  2. L'Aeroplanino
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    CHAT SH*T GET BANGED!!

  3. UshFPL
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Really regret not growing a pair and capping Vardy

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      First Captain decision I've got right for a few weeks.

      1. LosBlancos
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Same!

    2. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      same! hope sterling delivers

  4. Ravager
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Son better score. Blocking Richarlison

  5. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Never my players. Sigh

  6. MTPockets
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Barnes A

    • SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Rashford to Vardy 3 GW's ago, 4G's and 1A πŸ™‚

      1. Jekori
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Feels great doesn't it? Not your captain this week?

    • Ruinenlust
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      VAAAARDY

    • EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      unplanned son > vardy move last night could prove to be season defining

    • Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yeeeeeeehaaaaa

    • Deli Alli OxenFree!
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      This is going from bad, to worse pretty quickly!

    • TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Brilliant today except for me chickening our of Jiminez to Wilson.

      Thought I’d wait 1 more week..

    • FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Vardyyyy juhuuuu

      1. Yank Revolution
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Juhhuuu indeed sir

    • Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Schar now suspended. What a tool.

      1. DandyDon
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        This is good for Lascelles owners at least

      2. EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        thats been coming for weeks

    • Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      If I hear "great striker of the ball" one more time in this Ward-Prose love-in I'm going to cut off an appendage

    • jia you
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Vardy(c) / Rondon / Colin Quaner
      The forward line of dreams πŸ˜‰

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        one colin quaner, theres only one colun quaner

        1. jia you
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          πŸ™‚

      2. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        smha

        1. jia you
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          smha?

          1. Deulofail
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            shaking my head again

            1. jia you
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              haha and sry mate btw, forgot to thanks you for talking me into Vardy(c) πŸ™‚

      3. LosBlancos
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I have first two and Jimmy in the bench πŸ˜€

    • Patch
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Come on King stop being such a drama Queen

      Score or I will demote your to Prince!

    • Godfrey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Vardy as captain, finally a good start of a GW πŸ™‚

    • Firminooooo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      OH MYCAPTAIN STAT THE PARTY

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        hahahaha

    • noahzark22
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Vardy (C) differential worked for me this week!

      1. LosBlancos
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Same! So glad I did it

    • Rash
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Took the armband off vardy for Mané on Friday :/

    • TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Vardys not explosive they said

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

      Pereira cmon, grab one!

    • Jones Kusi
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Wanted to go Son, Jim to Fraser, Vardy for -4 but people told me to hold.
      Follow your guts πŸ™‚

      1. Deli Alli OxenFree!
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah mate. Similar situation here!
        Somehow I ALWAYS Forget to ask: “Which Move will I REGRET MORE, if I get this 50/50 WRONG?”
        ...cause imo, it’s the WORST FPL-Feeling; when u don’t trust your gut, and it would’ve comes thru big!

    • LosBlancos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Vardyyyyyyy PARTYYYYY
      All fellow captainers welcome to come to Bansko, Bulgaria for us to share a drink πŸ˜†

    • DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      All these goals today and one miserable assist so far...

    • Danstoke82
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I talked myself out of captaining Vardy!!

      Over to you Kun....

    • Champ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Triple cherries

    • Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Fraser got booked. Lame

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        stop being greedy

      2. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        For throwing ball away.

      3. DandyDon
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        He did that earlier in season when I had him

    • Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Almiron 1st on bench, Peltier last πŸ™

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

        Camarasa 2nd. Son & Smith blocking!

      2. tucaoneo
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Peltier 3rd on bench. Not ideal.