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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, 2 months ago

    Does this mean Brighton vs spurs will happen in GW32?

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

      No it'll be some time in the future

    2. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      No 35.

    3. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      This or Brighton - Chelsea.

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

        Chelsea is 32.

        1. Twisted Saltergater
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          yep, I should have more faith in my spreadsheet 🙂

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

            And update it more 😛

            1. Twisted Saltergater
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

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

              Shoddy editing...

  2. Londongeezaa
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

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

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

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

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

      Spoon is coming.. don’t worry

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        LOL

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

      Boring club

      1. Marvin of all he surveys
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        You misspelled sh*te.

    2. Eze Really?
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

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

  4. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months ago

      Didn’t look much to split Brighton and Milwall today

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

        Millwall at home today. Different story at Wembley.

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

      Need to fix Spurs 32

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        cheers, done!

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

          Need to fix GW35 😛

    2. MTPockets
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Cheers

        1. MTPockets
            5 years, 2 months ago

            *ars/wol is 35

            1. Twisted Saltergater
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              noted, thanks!

              1. MTPockets
                  5 years, 2 months ago

                  spurs at home vs palace

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

          Che/Bri & Spurs/Pal double in 32.

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

          @Rostah

          Congrats on that OR mate - mental!

          1. Rostah
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

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

            1. g40steve
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              At least you held C Mane

              1. Rostah
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 2 months ago

                Very true!

                1. TheDragon
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 2 months ago

                  Awesome rank and GW score - you can win it!

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

              Wow well done ! Win it

              1. Rostah
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 2 months ago

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

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

              Awesome job mate, you had Mane all season?

              1. Rostah
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 2 months 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, 2 months ago

          Jarvish looking spot on for the DGWs 🙂

        5. BIG TONES
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months 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 of all he surveys
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months ago

          Casuals fuming

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

            Casuals in blissful ignorance... casuals casualing

          2. diesel001
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months 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, 2 months ago

              Casuals aren't regulars on here

        7. Pariße
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

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

          1. TheDragon
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Chelsea?

          2. Pariße
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Is that correct?

          3. FDMS All Starz
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

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

            1. g40steve
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Wake up

            2. TorresMagic™
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              • 14 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              yes, will be added this week

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

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

          4. WVA
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            What about palace and saints?

        8. Amey
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

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

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

            TC Dunk/Duffy 😮

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

              😉

          2. WVA
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Duffy or Murray TC?

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

              Duffy

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

              Old mans legs are the worry.

              Grob finding a bit of form would be brilliant.

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

                Yep
                BPS machine !!

        9. BIG BOY BRUNO
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Digne looking good

        10. TorresMagic™
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          • 14 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Pickford to be top scorer this GW.

        11. tm245
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

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

        12. FDMS All Starz
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          So who are the blankets for GW33

          1. FDMS All Starz
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Blankers*

        13. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Watford vs Wolves
          Man City vs Brighton

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

            Rotation Central.

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

              Exactly.

          2. tucaoneo
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

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

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

            Jesus will do for Brighton.

            Confident Kun starts ful & CAR 🙂

        14. Colonel Shoe 肝池
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          cant believe im relying on richarlison to save my week 🙄

          1. TheDragon
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            That’s not a good place to be!

            1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

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

              1. TheDragon
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 2 months ago

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

                1. TheDragon
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 2 months ago

                  *soul!!

        15. The 5% Team
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          the FA cup draw will be tonight right?

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

            Look at the post above

          2. Mysterion
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Pep took care of it earlier today

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

              £€¥¢$

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

            Dial up

          4. TorresMagic™
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            • 14 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            It's done

            1. The 5% Team
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              yeah, say it too late...thnx

              1. The 5% Team
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 2 months ago

                * saw

        16. Sandy Ravage
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          0-0 written all over this

        17. Weasel Boy
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          • 11 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          So Brighton win is good for DGW right?

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

            Just adds another DGW for them and Cardiff.

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

              Worryingly this is gonna tempt me for the TC.

            2. Amey
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Camarasa TC looking good option too

            3. Pierce34
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

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

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

                😀

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

          3. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Is indeed

            1. DandyDon
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

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

              1. Rostah
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 2 months ago

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

          4. Weasel Boy
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            • 11 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Thanks all

        18. fusen
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 2 months 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, 2 months ago

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

        19. TAT
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

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

          Just know Haz will blank.

          1. TorresMagic™
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            • 14 Years
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            Same

            1. TAT
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 2 months 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, 2 months ago

          Pickford makes Joe Hart look good

        21. Klein
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Salah on -112 on fplstats LMAO

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

            not for me?

          2. Ross From Friends
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Why do you lie

          3. TorresMagic™
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            • 14 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            -96.7

          4. Klein
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

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

        22. FDMS All Starz
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          So who will have DGW next week?

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

            Scroll up

        23. Ross From Friends
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

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

        24. Patch
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Need a brace from Luiz no assists.

          Keep that CS

        25. FDMS All Starz
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months 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, 2 months ago

          All that money spent and everton still look crap