Team News

The FPL Gameweek 3 team news and injury updates

After bringing you updates on the ten pre-Gameweek 3 press conferences that took place on Thursday, we continue our team news summary with this round-up of the remaining pressers that were held today.

Alisson (calf) is set to remain out until after the September international break at least, so Adrian will continue between the posts for Liverpool this weekend.

Jurgen Klopp said of Alisson’s return:

Not that close. Looks good, is in good shape, good mood, but will take time. No date really in my mind. In the beginning, he was on crutches, they are not there any more.

Earlier in the day, goalkeeping coach John Achterberg had said:

They haven’t given us a specific time he’ll be out as it’s difficult to say how quickly it will heal. That’s all with the medics. There’s an international break coming up and we’ll have to wait and see how long it takes after that.

Naby Keita (muscle) will also miss out this weekend.

John Stones (thigh) and long-term absentee Leroy Sane (knee) remain sidelined for Manchester City’s trip to Bournemouth, while Benjamin Mendy (knee) is not yet ready to feature having only just returned to training.

Pep Guardiola confirmed on Friday that Oleksandr Zinchenko is fit, however, saying:

Yeah, he’s fit. In training good, perfectly. It was cramp.

Asked about the prospect of Joao Cancelo playing, Guardiola said:

He can play, he’s ready. Now, one game a week. The people have time to recover. After the international break come the Champions League, Carabao Cup and everybody will be involved.

Eddie Howe didn’t bring us much in the way of fresh injury updates in Friday’s press conference, with the assumption being that Arnaut Danjuma (foot), David Brooks (ankle), Lloyd Kelly (ankle), Dan Gosling (hip), Junior Stanislas (knee) and Simon Francis (knee) remain out.

Lewis Cook (knee) is back in training but not yet ready to return.

N’Golo Kante will be assessed ahead of the trip to Norwich having picked up an ankle sprain but Frank Lampard said on Friday that Pedro is fine after having missed an open training session that Chelsea gave in midweek.

The Blues boss said:

N’Golo Kante has got an injury that he has carried all week so we’re going to assess that over the next 24 hours.

[Pedro] had a couple of aches that were nothing. He has trained the last two days.

Lampard confirmed that Antonio Rudiger (match fitness) is still not ready to feature, meanwhile, but be back in Gameweek 4.

Timm Klose (hip) and Christoph Zimmermann (knee) have returned to training this week but Zimmermann is still a week away from a playing comeback and Daniel Farke said on Friday that Klose is perhaps not ready to start.

Josip Drmic (hamstring) and Onel Hernandez (knee) remain out.

Tanguy Ndombele has sustained a minor thigh injury and joins Ryan Sessegnon (hamstring) and Juan Foyth (ankle) on the sidelines ahead of Spurs’ match against Newcastle but Dele Alli (hamstring) is back in training and Son Heung-min returns from suspension

On the Korean midfielder, Pochettino said:

He was training really, really hard to keep fit and improve in different areas. We are happy in the last few weeks, he was unbelievable in the way he was available to train and compete in every single training session.

I hope it’s going to help the team from now. I think it was a good opportunity for him to build his fitness and have a proper pre-season which sometimes when you’re involved in competition is difficult.

The plan was to provide him with good quality training to try to improve in different areas and when the moment he is available to play to be in the perfect condition.

Pochettino will decide on Alli’s involvement after one final training session but Giovani Lo Celso looks unlikely to start.

The Spurs boss said of Lo Celso:

He was in extended holidays after the Copa America, he didn’t have a proper pre-season and didn’t train too much. He’s training well but is still so far away from what we expect from him and we need to give him time.

Andy Carroll (match fitness), Florian Lejeune (knee), DeAndre Yedlin (groin) and Dwight Gayle (calf) remain sidelined for the Magpies going into Sunday’s trip to Spurs but Joelinton (hip) is available and Steve Bruce is “hopeful” that Allan Saint-Maximin (hamstring) will make the squad.

Christian Atsu (hamstring) has also been back in training.

Diogo Dalot was the only fresh injury concern reported by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Friday, with the right-back set to be sidelined until after the international break.

There were some interesting quotes from Solskjaer on the penalty-taking situation at the club, however:

I’m sure you’re going to see Paul Pogba score a penalty for Man Utd again! Definitely. Let’s see when we get the next one. We’re practising penalties still. Marcus [Rashford] and Paul are still on them.

It’s not that I’ve left it to the players to sort out. We’ve nominated two. Throughout the season you’ll have games when Rashford’s not playing [or] Pogba’s not playing. It’s not like there’s anarchy.

Robbie Brady (ribs), Steven Defour (calf) and Danny Drinkwater (match fitness) will miss Burnley’s trip to Wolves, who were in Europa League action on Thursday.

Matt Doherty wasn’t part of the 18-man squad in Turin but travelled with his teammates, with Nuno Espirito Santo saying the Irish wing-back was “OK” ahead of the game.


You can read our round-up of Thursday’s pressers by clicking here.

Predicted line-ups and more detailed information can be found in the Team News tab.

You can view a video round-up or listen to the podcast summary of today’s press conferences below.


Lessons learned from Gameweek 2

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  1. We ain't got no histor…
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Some help here lads

    Play one:
    A. King
    B. Dendo
    C. Lundstram

    Captain:
    A. Mo
    B. Raz
    C. KDB

    Thanks lads

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      A, B

    2. evilfish
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      C, B

    3. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      bb

      1. L S P
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        this

    4. We ain't got no histor…
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Wow. Very different views on whom to start.

    5. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      CB

  2. andres
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    1 martial + firmino (and one of the GK is 4.0)
    2 son + barnes (two 4.5 GK)
    3 kane + Ceballos (two 4.5 GK)

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      1

      1. Pukki Blinders
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        if you have one of Salah or Mane I'd probably go 2 though.

        1. andres
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Mane and I am on the WC

    2. Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      3 and downgrade one of the keepers. Kerching

    3. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      whichever you chose dont waste money on gk rotation

      1. andres
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        which keepers would you go for? Ryan + Button?

      2. Artemis Titans
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I have 2 x 4.5 keepers. Ryan this week, Pope on bench. Don't normally. Seeing if better.

  3. BT31 - WE ARE ALL TINKERMEN…
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Dendoncker or Montoya 1st on bench?

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Monty

  4. Tonyawesome69
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    C and C

    1. evilfish
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      chips and cheese?

  5. DickFranDyke
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    A) Son and Rashford
    B) Kane and Trossard

    I prefer A) but am unsure on Son. What do you prefer.

    1. andres
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      a

    2. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Now there’s a blast from the past! A for me but then again the memory of our Zhirkov Capt is still raw 😀

      1. DickFranDyke
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Ha,haven't been here for years. Hope your well boss and still picking random captains like me 🙂

    3. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Chicken

    4. Karhumies
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Son may not get full 90 minutes this GW. Possibly only 45. If you can take KDB + Kane, that would be my choice. Personally, not sure if Rashford is better than Lacazette and I think Kane/Auba are worth the extra over Rashford/Lacazette.

      1. DickFranDyke
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I have KDB. I prefer A as Son can become Pepe and Rashford Lacazette in a few weeks time.

  6. ShaunGoater123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    play robinson or greenwood?

    1. Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Robinson

    2. nxh84
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I suggest you re-evaluate your team selection. It seems quite dire to have to choose between Robinson or Greenwood, when most FPL Managers consider Greenwood as bench fodder.

      1. ShaunGoater123
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        he absolutely is bench fodder, but alot of Man U fans are thinking he might be given a start this week so with robinson looking like he might potentially be dropped it might be a opportunity to use the squad rather then same 11 each week.

  7. Hits from the Bong
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Is this okay? Feels like a mistake benching Lundstram now he’s on a scoring run

    Pope
    Digne AWB Dunk
    Sterling Mane Martial Cantwell
    Kane(c) Rashford Pukki

    (Button Lundstram Ceballos Kelly)

    1. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Scoring run you say...

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

      > scores once

      1. Hits from the Bong
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Every run starts somewhere. Now he has the taste for it..

        1. EMBOLOFAN
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          every non-run also starts somewhere

          1. Hits from the Bong
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Ha this is true, but when he’s benched he’s bound to carry on

    3. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I’d take Lund over Dunk.

      Nice team.

    4. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Similar, benching Cantwell.

      1. Hits from the Bong
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Double Norwich in an early kickoff doesn’t really appeal to me, but no Kante could be good

  8. Snevitz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Lundstram starting, Zinchenko on my bench...fingers crossed.

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      ?

      1. Snevitz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I've decided to go with stats.
        Lundstram beats lots of £8m and below mids for xGI.

    2. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      No faith in a City clean sheet v Bou?

      1. Snevitz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Maybe slightly below 50%.
        I just think Lundstram has a higher ceiling for points this week...and also much more variance.

  9. Plagued by indecision
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    G2G? A couple of knee jerk transfers but there you go.

    Heaton
    KWP / TAA / Zinchenko
    Salah / Sterling / Martial (c) / Trossard
    Kean / Jota / Pukki

    Subs: Pope / Soyuncu / Dendoncker / Guilbert

    Advice on starting XI, bench order and captaincy welcome.

  10. SUPER MOKH
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Start Wilson (MCI) or Cantwell (CHE)?

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Willy

  11. DVassell
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Play Soyuncu or Lundstram?

    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Got to be the midfielder?

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

      It’s tricky as Lundstram has attacking threat but Leicester have higher CS percentage

  12. snowman
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Digne or Dendoncker to start?

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Digne for sure

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

      digne by miles?

    3. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Digne by a long way

    4. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      digne

    5. Shineonme
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      That's not even worth thinking about. Digne by a country mile.

  13. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Biggest question marks on WC

    1 - Salah or Mané+£1.0m Bank
    2 - Pool defenders - 1 or none
    3 - Zinchenko or 4.5+£1.0m Bank
    4 - No Spurs cover

    1. OLLY G
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      For my WC:

      1. Mane
      2. No Pool
      3. Still undecided but worried that Zinc is really not nailed
      4. Son

    2. Mr Peanutbutter
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      mane
      none
      4.5
      son/kane

    3. L S P
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      1 Mane
      2 1
      3 Stretch to Laporte
      4 Can't have em all

    4. Lallana Del Rey
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      1. Mane
      2. Trent
      3. 4,5
      4. Kane

    5. Karhumies
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      1 mane
      2 vvd or none
      3 laporte
      4 kane

  14. xRedArrow
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Final decision on WC, get one of:

    A) Maguire
    B) AWB
    C) Coleman

    1. OLLY G
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      AWB

    2. Athletic Nasherbo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      B

    3. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Everton Defender

    4. Shineonme
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Easy B

  15. RUUD!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Jimenez or Pukki?

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      To start? Jimenez. To buy? Pukki

  16. tim
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Pope
    Zinc Digne VVD Lund
    Salah Moura Perez Sterling(VC) Dendo
    Kane(C)

    2FT for next week, lets hope for the best!

    1. Mr Peanutbutter
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      is kane your only playing striker?

  17. MFish16
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Norowood, Cantwell, Greenwood, Pope , play bench boost ?

    1. GE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      No

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

      with Greenwood is a nope

    3. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Nope.

  18. Fingonfin
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Pick any 3 starters:

    Pieters, Lundstra
    McGinn, Perez
    Barnes

    1. Onana Whatsmyname
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Barnes, McGinn, Perez

      1. Fingonfin
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        tks

    2. GE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      The three last

      1. Fingonfin
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        tks

  19. GE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Play King or Lundstram?

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      King

    2. tim
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Lund here

    3. Messiah Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      King

    4. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      same dilemma but picked lundstram

  20. xRedArrow
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Guys which team has shown the potential to be better

    A) Everton
    B) United

    1. Poseidon.
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Lol

      1. Poseidon.
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I would say the one that’s won the title 21 times

        1. EMBOLOFAN
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          isnt it 20? everton have won it 9 times

          1. Poseidon.
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Maybe, I know we’ve won it a lot - i dont remember everton ever winning it

    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      A

  21. Tonyawesome69
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Am I GTG?

    pope
    VVD TAA digne lundstram walker-pieters
    mane sterling (c) kdb perez
    pukki

    heaton king dendoncker greenwood

  22. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I feel for the fans of Bury FC...that owner is a real joke isn't he?

    1. Artemis Titans
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yep. I grew up round Gig lane in the 70's. Watching the matches through the railings in the Cemetary at the side. Some good local battles with Bolton who are buggered also. They should have an emergency fund like maybe part of all parachute payments, tv payments etc. To help in times like these. All that history...

      1. Yank Revolution
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Good point about the league having some sort of rescue funds to step in at times like this.

        Thats cool you have some good memories...yeah, Bolton screwed too. Its just amazing to me in this day and age of wealth and television rights that any team can be in dire financial straits.

        1. Now I'm Panicking
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Because clubs will just run themselves into the ground knowing they will be bailed out probably.

          1. Yank Revolution
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Not a massive fund, but a few million couldnt hurt and wouldnt encourage teams to overspend imo (Bury needs less than 3 mill to survive apparently!)

  23. Artemis Titans
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Right. That's it, pens down. Vardy has been doing the Hokey Cokey in and out of my team all week. I'm done. Son(c) locked and loaded. Am I nuts? Will I resist Rashford, Kdb (c). Not long to wait.

    Ryan, (Pope)
    AWB, Digne, Pieters (Lundstram, Kelly)
    KDB (v), Mané, Son (c), Martial (Cantwell)
    Vardy, Pukki, Rashford

    0.2 itb wc deployed. Glory all the way or -500k places?
    Cheers & good luck.

  24. TurboTastic!
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Who would you start?

    Boly (BUR)
    Lundstram (LEI)

    Leaning towards Lund.

    Burnley good form, wolves match yesterday and also next midweek.
    Sheff U tight at the back (?), but maybe Leicester is due a goal...

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      lund

    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      big lund

    3. Lallana Del Rey
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Bolt for me

  25. TherryOnWii
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Drop one (for the next 10 gameweeks):
    A. Walker
    B. TAA
    C. AWB
    D. Digne

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Not checked fixtures, based on possibility of rotation - A or B

  26. Lallana Del Rey
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Chances of these to lads to start this gw
    A) Abraham
    B) Lacazette

    1. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Lacazette will start I reckon

  27. snowman
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Salah or Sterling Captain?

    1. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Monreal and Luiz vs Salah.

      That is why I am going Salah.

    2. TherryOnWii
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      sterling

  28. Merlinsnose
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Would you play -

    A Barnes
    B Lundstram

    Many thanks all.

  29. danlynch13
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    What are people thoughts on Haller? Should I go him or Barnes?

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Depends if you want to punt or play safe.

      1. danlynch13
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Would be my only punt so might do it

  30. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Start King or Dendoncker? King's on pens but Dendoncker's advanced positioning can lead to a goal from open play...

    1. snowman
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I am starting perez over king right now