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Richarlison fit to start but Fraser drops to the bench

Following West Ham United’s 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the early kick-off, four more Premier League matches get underway at 15:00 BST.

Crystal Palace host Everton, Fulham entertain Cardiff City, Southampton take on Bournemouth, and Watford play Wolverhampton Wanderers in a rematch of their FA Cup semi-final.

Richarlison is fit to start at Selhurst Park, despite being described as a “major doubt” by his manager on Friday.

Lucas Digne has recovered from his own minor injury as Marco Silva names the same starting XI that beat Manchester United last Sunday.

Patrick van Aanholt returns at the expense of Joel Ward in Roy Hodgson’s only change.

Despite slight concerns for owners of Wolves assets over possible rotation, Nuno Espirito Santo keeps faith with the same 11 players that beat Arsenal in midweek.

Javi Gracia has made three changes to his defence, however, with Adrian Mariappa, Kiko Femenia and Jose Holebas replacing Christian Kabasele, Daryl Janmaat and Adam Masina.

Ralph Hasenhuttl looks to have changed shape this afternoon and has reverted to a back four.

Danny Ings and Yan Valery come in for Stuart Armstrong and the ill Maya Yoshida but Shane Long and Ryan Bertrand are fit to start.

Scott Parker and Neil Warnock have made one change apiece for their meeting at Craven Cottage this afternoon.

Tom Cairney returns at the expense of Jean Michael Seri for the Cottagers, while Leandro Bacuna replaces the injured Joe Ralls for Cardiff.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, van Aanholt, Dann, Kelly, Wan-Bissaka, Meyer, Kouyate, McArthur, Milivojevic, Benteke, Zaha.

Subs: Ward, Townsend, Hennessey, Ayew, Batshuayi, Sako, Riedewald.

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Zouma, Digne, Gueye, Schneiderlin, Bernard, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

Subs: Jagielka, Walcott, Tosun, McCarthy, Stekelenburg, Lookman, Baines.

Fulham XI: Rico, Odoi, Ream, Le Marchand, Bryan, Anguissa, Chambers, Babel, Cairney, Sessegnon, Mitrovic.

Subs: Kebano, Ayite, Christie, Seri, Mawson, Ramirez, Elliott.

Cardiff City XI: Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Manga, Bennett, Bacuna, Gunnarsson, Mendez-Laing, Camarasa, Hoilett, Niasse.

Subs: Richards, Ward, Reid, Cunningham, Harris, Brian Murphy, Healey.

Southampton XI: Gunn, Valery, Bednarek, Stephens, Bertrand, Hojbjerg, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Redmond, Ings, Long.

Subs: Austin, Armstrong, Lemina, Targett, Sims, Forster, Ramsay.

Bournemouth XI: Boruc, Aké, Cook, Simpson, Clyne, Gosling, Mepham, Lerma, Brooks, King, Wilson.

Subs: Mousset, Ibe, Hyndman, Fraser, Begovic, Solanke, Surridge.

Watford XI: Foster, Femenia, Cathcart, Mariappa, Holebas, Hughes, Doucoure, Capoue, Pereyra, Gray, Deulofeu.

Subs: Gomes, Janmaat, Success, Masina, Sema, Chalobah, Kabasele.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Patricio, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Doherty, Dendoncker, Moutinho, Neves, Jonny, Jimenez, Jota.

Subs: Ruddy, Cavaleiro, Costa, Gibbs-White, Saiss, Vinagre, Traore.

1,292 Comments Post a Comment
  1. FC Hakkebøf
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    1-0 in favour of Brighton. Duffy scores a goal in the box after a bad clearing from a corner. Ryan makes a 90 minute penalty save for maximum baps

    Too much to ask for?

    1. Weilong7
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      i think a CS will be enough for me..

  2. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    100 points yassssss

  3. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Hmmm I benched Jiminez in favour of Rashford and... Babel. Fek.

    1. Unfathomable Ruination
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      My condolences ... though it's not over yet.

  4. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Jota essential

  5. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Why on earth don't I have Jota as well as Jimmy

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      On bench is more painful

    2. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Cant have em all

    3. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Sold Jota for Mane this week 😕

      1. Pep bites Kun
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 day ago

        Must have had a lot in the bank!!

    4. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Have both! But benched Jimmy...

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

      Thinking the same...

      Ofc ML rival does too!

  6. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Quadruple Wolves next weekend!

  7. TAT
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Eriksen over Jota on WC hasn't really gone well.

  8. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Jota owners only have him because they forgot to transfer him out.

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

      Nope, intended to keep him, whilst my rival made a schoolboy error and transferred him out lol

  9. LIARS POKER
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Played Wilson over Jota. Come on Wilson get another

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

      Same.

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

    Jota... if only

  11. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Got Moura instead of Jota

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

    What an absolutely heartbreaking bench. Wilson, Jota and Valery

    1. Unfathomable Ruination
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Oof ... rough.

      Who did you play instead?

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

        Doherty, Jimi and JWP. The rest of my team is a given; Three pool, 2 city, son

    2. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Wow

    3. JJO
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      really bad luck
      but more then 3 at the back rarely is succesfull

  13. SH1M1
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Any chance Deu assist gets given? Surely it has to be reviewed at the least

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

      Zero chance

    2. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      No

  14. Unfathomable Ruination
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Well done, you persistent Neves owners ... all the way back to his free-kick against Everton when Jagielka was sent off...

  15. tafrère
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Jota and Valery in my bench.

    Doucouré and Bednarek in my starting XI.

    KMN lmao.

    1. FPL.team
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Why play the DM over the AM?

      1. tafrère
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 day ago

        Thought Doucouré has more chances of getting returns at home than Jota away from home...

        1. FPL.team
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 day ago

          Sounds like a strange conclusion given the 2 players

  16. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Jotaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

    for a moment there I doubted playing him over Redmond when he assisted long.

  17. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    92 pts with Ryan, Dunk and Aguero left. Will I get 100?

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

      Definitely 🙂

    2. RoysCallerAnne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      You would be very unlucky not to.

    3. PepTalk
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Hard to say but I'm on tenterhooks I can tell you

  18. Planet Head
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Jota, get off my bench 🙁

  19. Peter Ouch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    I have Vertoghen. 3 defenders starting.
    1st sub Jota, 2nd Kolasinac and 3rd AWB.

    Please don't tell me that Kola will come in, just don't!

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Kooa will not come on

    2. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Ouch.

      Peter Ouch

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

      Likely will come on and play

  20. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Success on for Cathcart

  21. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    That Watford Wolves game could not be going much better for me

    Jota on three bonus - Gray on two bonus - Jimenez on one bonus

    1. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Deulofeu assist the icing on the cake

  22. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Success on for Cathcart.

    Another Wolves goal on the break inc.

  23. Planet Head
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    I suck success is coming on

    1. RoysCallerAnne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      ...your face?

  24. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Why would anyone bench Jota?

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      For deulofeu 🙁

    2. XabiAlonso
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Strong benches from last week

    3. tafrère
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      Poor away form all season.

    4. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      For Wilson.

  25. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Why did I play Foster over Ryan?

  26. tm245
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Ings off, Armstrong on

  27. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Just to give people an idea of what a good score is the predicted score for the top 1k is currently 68 on fantasy football fix.

    1. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 day ago

      That's pretty high with 4 games to go

  28. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Almost Doherty goal

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

      Dammit! Would be golden

  29. tucaoneo
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Jota you beautiful little man. I know I didn't bench JWP for nothing.

  30. Burger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 day ago

    Camarasa(TC) didn't go too well then 🙁