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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. Uncle Gamst
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Any chance that Richarlison gets a BP?

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

      no

      1. Uncle Gamst
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Ta

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

      Nope. Not after the Everton CS and Kepa penalty save.

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

        Even with winning goal baps?

      2. Uncle Gamst
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Enjoy his points

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

      No

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

    45 -8 thanks to Mane(c) many rivals played FH or captained Salah.

    Roll on FH32.. hows it look?

    Foster
    Lindelof Luiz laporte
    Sterling hazard pogba delufeau
    Higuain/kaku aguero Jimenez

    Boruc valary peltier bacuna

    .8itb ( if choose kaku)

    1. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Spurs ? First game in new stadium

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

    Keep or sell vardy to get Aguero

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

      Sell

    2. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      sell

      seems to have a low ceiling of 7/8 points

  4. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I took a -4 and 9 out of my players got only 1 or 2pts. Dreadful

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

      many such cases

  5. Fernando Torres
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Thoughts on this on FH.

    Kepa
    Shaw AWB Laporte Boly
    Hazard Sterling Pogba
    Kun Kane Rashford

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

      very good. slightly worried rash rotated given schedule + fact martial jlings and lukaku are presumably going to be fit

    2. gooberman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Kane only has 1 game which is Liverpool

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

        they should have a double imo

      2. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Likely to be 2.

      3. SHOOTER MCGINN
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Palace too already confirmed

    3. Dr. Agabuse
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      fair nuff but Kane DGW is likely?

      1. Fernando Torres
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yes Spurs playing Palace Wednesday 3rd April

    4. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Nice, on paper, traumatic few GWs with ‘good on paper’ team 😉

  6. Dr. Agabuse
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    None of my players had a yellow card.
    Can you match that.

    FOCUS on the positive!

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

      I can match that. But none of them kept a CS......

    2. MTPockets
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Mane! (1 or 2 for the rest)

      • EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        maddison got me a yc :’)

      • Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Wow congrats

    3. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      What’s the average for top 10k?

      1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Found it, no worries.

      2. THFC4LIFE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        36

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

          yikes

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

          That’s pre hits - 33.5 post hits

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

        i TCd him

        1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Ouch, sorry

    4. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      When Digne and Anderson are the highest scoring players in your team, you know how well the gameweek just turned out 🙁

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Ohh and Salah captain as well

      2. Party time
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Lmao

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

        Top 10k: 34 after hits
        Overall: 25 after hits

        On average, Free Hitters gained 4 points this GW and TC'ers 2.5.

        https://fpldiscovery.wordpress.com/2019/03/17/18-19-gw31-final-results/

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

          ouch

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

          FH31 was a flop. Thankfully I am FH in GW32. Want that to go well to punish all the GW31 FH now.

        3. twoplustwo
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Wow. I think I made about 40 using FH earlier in the season... (City blank?)

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

          OMFG

          Is this really worst gw ever ??
          😀

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

            I loved it 😀

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

              I got 30 so I can't say that 😀

        5. Party time
            5 years, 1 month ago

            I congratulate them for their gains. Something is better than nothing

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

              You annoyed bro ??
              Relax 🙂

        6. JT11fc
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Had enough. After the blanks no more chelsea.

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

            Correct move.

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

          Which teams have a DGW now? Thanks

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Go back a page for DGW32.

            1. Orion
              • 13 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Cheers TM

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

          Any early provisional LMS score. Cannot believe team I had with triple Liverpool Bournemouth and Chelsea and 2 Leicester ended up on 30 - 8 so 22

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            You may well be safe.

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

              Cheers TM- fingers crossed

        9. Tev
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          This game is so, so cruel

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

            Chin up mate.

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

              Spent weeks and weeks planning for this period, told myself the drop from 8k to 45k was due to focusing too much on planning. GW comes around, beautiful team on paper without hits... 26 all out.

          2. Magic Zico
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Many are in the same boat

        10. Scotty B
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          48-4 so 44 all out.

          Could have been better if I didn't bother getting Wilson in for a -4 and Maddison on the bench.

          Cost me 11 points I think and then that idiot Siggy cost me another 6 by missing pen as Rich would have got 3 for assist and 3 BAPS.

          Oh and blew TC on Salah but think still somehow pleased!!

          Roll on FH 32 and take it from there.

          At least can have Wilson in 33 with full 11 and have Anderson on the bench away at Chelsea who will probably pop up with a hat trick that week.

          Happy international break one and all, peace out for 2 weeks 🙂

          1. Scotty B
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Add Mane's 3 BAPS on

          2. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Cool story

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

            What about Mane?

            And all those people who would have transferred in Mane?

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

          BAPS for Keane? He may be my top scorer this gw, who would have thought

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

            Nope, BPS look final now.

        12. HIT HAPPY
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          I dont get all this negativity about Salah - he scored twice as many points as any of the other 10 players on my team.

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

            😀

        13. It’s gonna Ben Mee
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Mane TC GW36 looking likely

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Blank incoming

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

              pls

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

            Would have gone this week 🙁

            Should be 70 after hits so still please but still

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

            4 days before Barca a big worry.

        14. La Roja
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Ospina head injury

          Taken to hospital

        15. Red Devil Swede
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          a) Will there be teams added to the DGW's we know of?
          b) Will there be more DGW's other than DGW32 and DGW35?

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Yes and Brighton/Cardiff likely to have mini DGW.

            1. Red Devil Swede
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Thanks!

        16. Cletus
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Wow, FH team, and 10 of the players didn’t get more than 2 points. I’m glad that’s out of the way, next season I’m using that chip in week 2 to get it out of the way. Thank the wee man I captained Mane.

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

          Would have been fine with this GW had I not used the TC. Oh well!

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

          Need some help! I am confused by rules -

          1.) If I play the Free Hit for this week, and begin transferring players in and out based on possible price rises/falls, do I pocket the $ for just this week, and my squad returns back to same value once GW is over, or do I pocket the money going forward for GW 33?

          2.) Can I activate my Wildcard if I have it, make transfers to pick up price rises/falls, and then de-activate with that additional $, and then use it to improve what I can do with my Free Hit squad by then activating that before GW 32 commences?

          Thanks!

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            1. Just the week
            2. Can't cancel WC/FH

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

              Thanks very much Torresmagic, I appreciate everything you do on this site.....one more question, when will we definitely know the teams with DGW in 32?

              1. TorresMagic™
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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                • 14 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Cheers, next 48 hours probably.

        19. Scotty B
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          BAPS for RICH?

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

            no.

          2. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            No, good night.

        20. HD7
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          After this GW... Im really not looking forward to the strategy of FH32 :/

          Spurs United Chelsea are in bad form
          Brighton Watford Wolves rotations around the cup

          I like only City and maybe JWP Valery options.

          We need to hope something changes in the International Break and Spurs United Chelsea players get going...

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

            chelsea were doing alright until today. united are doing fine. dont overextrapolate from this weekend

            1. HD7
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              United didnt play good vs Saints, just lucky. Vs Arsenal not good enough, vs Wolvs the worst match since Ole came. No energy, no quick attacks (United fan)
              Chelsea couldnt best Wolves at home and lose to Everton away.
              Extrapolate this, mate...

              Just remeber last year how in spring we bought Chelsea Leicester for the DGWs and it was a very bad experience...

        21. sovietrockettes
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          No free hit, so I’m wildcarding DGW 32 - thoughts welcome:

          Ryan Guaita
          Robertson Azpi Luiz AWB Valery
          Sterling Pogba Hazard JWP Deuloufeu
          Aguero Rashford Rondon

        22. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          No reason to wait before activating FH now right?

        23. Zenith UK
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Wildcard team;

          Leno, Boruc
          TAA, Shaw, Kola, AWB, Bennett
          Sterling, Mane, Pogba, Tielemans, Hayden
          Aguero, Higuain, Rashford

          FH GW33

          Thoughts/opinions please?

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Higuain trash
            Defence could be better
            Not too keen on mid, but ok

          1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            In the new stadium too

          2. Red Devil Swede
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            For 35 you mean 🙂

        24. Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          What a cruel joke this game week has been.

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

            Plan for months, get 20 points.

            1. HIT HAPPY
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Amen. 23 (-4)...beaten by 11pts in my ML by a rival with 5 players, 4 of which i have