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Higuain recovers from illness to start up front for Chelsea at Everton

The last of five Gameweek 31 fixtures takes place on Merseyside this afternoon.

Chelsea are the visitors to Goodison Park, where Everton have only won one of their last eight league fixtures.

Gonzalo Higuain is fit to lead the line for Chelsea, having missed the win over Dynamo Kyiv on Thursday due to illness.

Higuain lines up in a front three alongside Pedro and Eden Hazard, who is the third-most-popular Gameweek 31 captaincy choice among “active” Fantasy assets.

Marcos Alonso returns at left-back at the expense of Emerson Palmieri, while Ross Barkley starts in place of Mateo Kovacic in midfield.

Seamus Coleman returns to the Everton side as Jonjoe Kenny drops out of the match-day squad.

Yerry Mina makes his first Premier League start of 2019 in place of the ineligible Kurt Zouma, while Jordan Pickford keeps his place between the sticks.

The Toffees are otherwise unchanged, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin leading the line ahead of an attacking midfield three of Richarlison, Bernard and Gylfi Sigurdsson.

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

Chelsea XI (4-3-3): Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Rüdiger, David Luiz, Alonso, Kanté, Jorginho, Barkley, Pedro, Higuaín, Hazard.

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  1. FDMS All Starz
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Does this mean Brighton vs spurs will happen in GW32?

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

      No it'll be some time in the future

    2. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      No 35.

    3. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      This or Brighton - Chelsea.

      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Chelsea is 32.

        1. Twisted Saltergater
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          yep, I should have more faith in my spreadsheet 🙂

          1. TorresMagic™
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            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            And update it more 😛

            1. Twisted Saltergater
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              I think I last updated it 2 week ago! Long overdue.

              Shoddy editing...

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

    What does the Brighton win mean for upcoming GW’s?

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      32 Chelsea, 35 Spurs, Cardiff in a midweek most likely.

    2. Pras (FPL)
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      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Spoon is coming.. don’t worry

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        LOL

  3. Chirsbom
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Why is it that whenever I watch an Everton match I think "Yeah, this is boring...".

    1. Dr Van Nostrand
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      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Boring club

      1. Marvin Moon
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        You misspelled sh*te.

    2. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  4. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Poor result. Would rather Aguero and Sterling aren't given reduced minutes because City have a tough FA Cup tie than Brighton have an extra DGW.

    1. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Aguero and sterling are so vital to city that they should both start every league game now (even if they come off at 60 mins)?

      1. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        90 mins in all PL games better than 60 mins in PL games and 60 mins in FA Cup semi.

    2. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Didn’t look much to split Brighton and Milwall today

      1. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Millwall at home today. Different story at Wembley.

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Need to fix Spurs 32

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        cheers, done!

        1. TorresMagic™
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          • 14 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Need to fix GW35 😛

    2. MTPockets
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers

        1. MTPockets
            5 years, 1 month ago

            *ars/wol is 35

            1. Twisted Saltergater
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              noted, thanks!

              1. MTPockets
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  spurs at home vs palace

        2. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Che/Bri & Spurs/Pal double in 32.

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

          @Rostah

          Congrats on that OR mate - mental!

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

            Cheers mate, still getting flashbacks to giving the C to TAA over Sterling last week haha

            1. g40steve
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              At least you held C Mane

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

                Very true!

                1. TheDragon
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  Awesome rank and GW score - you can win it!

            2. Richd
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Wow well done ! Win it

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

                That's the plan anyway, here's hoping!

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

              Awesome job mate, you had Mane all season?

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

                Nope had him at the start of the season and again from around 5 or 6 weeks ago

        4. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Jarvish looking spot on for the DGWs 🙂

        5. BIG TONES
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          So I triple capped Salah today - I have NEVER once got a single return from a TC haha. Guess it's just not for me!

          1. Marvin Moon
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Let it out of the bag early in GW1 next year? I never know when to use it either.

          2. Chirsbom
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Use it in a conformed DGW. On a in form player. Ups your odds at getting a return 😉

        6. Team Cruel
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          • 8 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Casuals fuming

          1. Mysterion
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Casuals in blissful ignorance... casuals casualing

          2. diesel001
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            I'm a casual.

            - No grav
            - Got chips left
            - Wanted Millwall to win

            1. Team Cruel
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              • 8 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Casuals aren't regulars on here

        7. Pariße
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          DGW 32: Brighton, Spurs, Wolves, M. United, M. City, Watford, Fulham, Cardiff.

          1. TheDragon
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Chelsea?

          2. Pariße
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Is that correct?

          3. FDMS All Starz
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Wait what? All these teams have a double next week?

            1. g40steve
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Wake up

            2. TorresMagic™
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              • 14 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              yes, will be added this week

            3. Chirsbom
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Dosent matter, you dont want all of those teams on your field 😉

          4. WVA
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            What about palace and saints?

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

          Brighton Cardiff should be done on gw 36.
          New & Cardiff Home 😮

          1. Rainer
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            TC Dunk/Duffy 😮

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

              😉

          2. WVA
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Duffy or Murray TC?

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

              Duffy

            2. Rainer
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Old mans legs are the worry.

              Grob finding a bit of form would be brilliant.

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

                Yep
                BPS machine !!

        9. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Digne looking good

        10. TorresMagic™
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          • 14 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Pickford to be top scorer this GW.

        11. tm245
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          FPL should do a DGW draw, just pull the fixtures out of the bowl.

        12. FDMS All Starz
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          So who are the blankets for GW33

          1. FDMS All Starz
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Blankers*

        13. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Watford vs Wolves
          Man City vs Brighton

          1. TorresMagic™
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            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Rotation Central.

            1. diesel001
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Exactly.

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

            Man City really got lucky every step of the way...

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

            Jesus will do for Brighton.

            Confident Kun starts ful & CAR 🙂

        14. Colonel Shoe 肝池
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          cant believe im relying on richarlison to save my week 🙄

          1. TheDragon
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            That’s not a good place to be!

            1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              yep just lowering my trousers and bending over one more time for gw31

              1. TheDragon
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                It’s sole destroying. All that planning to lose to people with teams of 3 players

                1. TheDragon
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  *soul!!

        15. The 5% Team
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          the FA cup draw will be tonight right?

          1. diesel001
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Look at the post above

          2. Mysterion
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Pep took care of it earlier today

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

              £€¥¢$

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

            Dial up

          4. TorresMagic™
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            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            It's done

            1. The 5% Team
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              yeah, say it too late...thnx

              1. The 5% Team
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                * saw

        16. Sandy Ravage
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          0-0 written all over this

        17. Weasel Boy
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          • 11 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          So Brighton win is good for DGW right?

          1. TorresMagic™
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            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Just adds another DGW for them and Cardiff.

          2. Rainer
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Means we get an extra one and good chance thats its NEW & CAR for Brighton. ful & bri for Cardiff.

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

              Worryingly this is gonna tempt me for the TC.

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

              Camarasa TC looking good option too

            3. Pierce34
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              This is going to be like Andy Carroll (TC) all over again.

              1. Rainer
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                😀

                Can't be worse than Salah today or Sane in the double, surely...

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

            Is indeed

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

              Spurs just confirmed first home game at new stadium is DGW 32 fixture against Crystal Palace

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

                Hopefully means we'll get the full DGW fixtures this evening so

          4. Weasel Boy
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            • 11 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Thanks all

        18. fusen
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Random Salah bashing note

          Salah was never appearing in https://www.anewpla.net/fpl/live/bps.php?fixture=305&gw=31&showall=yes because there was a bug that wouldn't show the lowest BPS player.

          He never rose above the bottom BPS player from at least half time onwards...

          Bug has been fixed so you can marvel in how exactly he managed -11 BPS

          1. Mysterion
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Must be a record low for a non-carded non-own goalscoring player?

        19. TAT
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          My transfers this week (-8):
          Fraser
          Wilson
          Hazard

          Just know Haz will blank.

          1. TorresMagic™
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            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Same

            1. TAT
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Worst thing is; just doing the sideways move of Salah > Mané for free instead, would have made a massive difference.

        20. Alli 3',17',64�…
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Pickford makes Joe Hart look good

        21. Klein
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Salah on -112 on fplstats LMAO

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

            not for me?

          2. Ross From Friends
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Why do you lie

          3. TorresMagic™
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            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            -96.7

          4. Klein
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Was on -112. Now -96
            Mane was 104. Now 97
            They keep changing

        22. FDMS All Starz
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          So who will have DGW next week?

          1. TorresMagic™
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            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Scroll up

        23. Ross From Friends
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          I have Digne and my sofa isn't big enough....

        24. Patch
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Need a brace from Luiz no assists.

          Keep that CS

        25. FDMS All Starz
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Does this team need to be free hit next week?

          Allison
          TAA - Doherty - Wanbisa
          Pogba - Son - Salah - Hazard
          Wilson - Barnes - Vardy

          Subs : Speroni - Fraser - Bednarek - Bardsley

        26. mgilbert86
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          All that money spent and everton still look crap