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Digne starts for Everton as Guilbert finally earns place in Villa team

Lucas Digne (£6.0m) came through his fitness doubts this week to keep hold of his starting place at left-back for Everton.

He makes a third successive start of the season as the Toffees travel to Aston Villa for the latest edition of Friday Night Football.

Despite the summer signing of Djibril Sidibé (£5.5m), Seamus Coleman (£5.5m) still starts at right-back.

Everton manager Marco Silva continues to delay Moise Kean‘s (£6.9m) first Premier League start, leaving him on the bench once again.

In his place is Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£6.0m), who has not particularly impressed going forward in 2019/20, with just one effort on goal in two matches.

Judging by Silva’s pre-match comments, it does seem as if we’ll have to wait before Kean is the established number one centre-forward at Everton.

“(He will start games) when he shows me in training sessions he is ready to. He needs a better moment than the others. 19-years-old player, we have to give him enough time to perform in the way we want. Now we start with Dominic up-front with a solution from the bench and Moise is one of them.” – Marco Silva

Meanwhile, Silva was enforced into one change from the side that beat Watford in Gameweek 2.

Jean-Philippe Gbamin (£5.0m) misses out, which sees Morgan Schneiderlin (£4.5m) make an immediate return from suspension in central midfield.

There are just two changes for Aston Villa following their defeat to Bournemouth in Gameweek 2.

Frederic Guilbert (£4.4m) makes a first appearance of the season, which is good news for his ownership both in FPL and the Sky Sports Fantasy game.

The right-back comes in for Ahmed El Mohamady (£4.5m) having not been involved in either of the first two matches of the season.

However, Dean Smith’s pre-match quotes don’t particularly inspire confience that he will be in the side regularly though, as it sounds as if he has been thrown in to provide something different.

“I’ve always said you always have to earn the right to get into the team. You know, Elmohamady’s done okay but Fred’s been knocking on the door, working hard in training. I just felt after his performances in pre-season he might give us a different dynamic.” – Dean Smith

The other alteration is further up the field where Anwar El Ghazi (£5.5m) drops out for Jota (£5.9m).

“El Ghazi’s not really been at his best in the final third for us and I just felt Jota, who also had a really good pre-season, can create a little bit down that side.” – Dean Smith

Aston Villa XI: Heaton; Taylor, Mings, Engels, Guilbert; McGinn, D Luiz, Grealish; Trezeguet, Wesley, Jota.

Everton XI: Pickford; Digne, Mina, Keane, Coleman; A Gomes, Schneiderlin; Bernard, Sigurdsson, Richarlison; Calvert-Lewin.

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  1. Four Hit Wonder
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    LOL I just realized I'm on a free hit and don't actually own Digne at the moment.

    Well done, me.

    1. Lord Flashheart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      You are on a free hit on gw3?

      I don’t think well Done is the right adjective

    2. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Free hit now? Not sure u should be proud

    3. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Link team?

    4. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Is this real?

      1. C'mon the Fylde
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Someone in my league has activated his Free Hit.... d'oh!!

  2. FISSH
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Fickle people on here haha. You can't expect a defender in a mid table team to score hauls every week!

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

      No problem with Digne, though that last goal hurt.

      Sigurdsson is the issue. Utterly useless.

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

        Digne is the one to keep. It siggy has to go. I see it the same way

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

      he's got 18 from three games.

      even tonight he put two corners on Mina's head, set-up a chance for Iwobi, and had two shots

  3. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Everton are awful. More confident week by week, especially when we surprise Leicester tomz 😉

  4. JustPark
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Best fixtures they said. lol

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      This is fact. But without form good fixtures become useless.

  5. el polako
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    McGinn & Heaton - good start of the GW.

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Heaton conceeded

  6. Boomerang V
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    As a Mings owner I feel blessed!

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

      He was good

  7. as33
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Coleman to whom 🙂

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

      AWB

  8. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Decent start as a Heaton and Wesley casual 😉

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

      Well done

    2. pollz
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Woo! I'm in the same boat. Not gotten much the last two gameweeks from them though.

  9. Shultan
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Got McGinn on WC & kept & played Heaton! Think its all downhill from after today

  10. Arteta
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    King ➡ Wesley + Heaton = good ebening 🙂

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

      you have 16 players?

  11. The Chosen One...
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Guilbert starts and a cs. Hopefully plays from now on

  12. Nice to Finally Michu
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Heaton cleanie is huge

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

      Yep - like many we were 50/50 as to play Pope so great result

  13. Ambrosiana Inter
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Hopefully mcginn can rise another 0.01 and then we can shift with profit 🙂

  14. 5os
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    McGinn my enabler this week and the hit might pay off! Did Perez, Fraser, Wilson -> McGinn, KDB, Pukki.

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

      Def pays off

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

      I did the same thing

      1. 5os
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Nicely done 🙂

  15. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Coleman owners no doubt getting a Lundstram 15 pointer off the bench tomorrow.

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

      Scoring 0 doesn't sub you out 😛

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

        can u ever just let a joke exist

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

          Says the ultimate killjoy. You literally go around trashing everyone's team.

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

            Ahahah THIS

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

            thats actually funny though

    2. Lord Flashheart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Too soon

  16. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    woot a rise of 20k with Heaton and a -4 😛

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

    Right now McGinn has same number of points as Mo and Kane 🙂

    1. Supersonic Marv'
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      My god I'd forgotten about pingu. Thank you for reminding me.

    2. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      It won't last. Enjoy it.

  18. Krafty Werks
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Mixed feelings, Coleman 0, McGinn 6...ok i'll take it.

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

    Drop digne as liability to cs it seems?

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

      Kneejerk to the Nth degree. He looks very attacking. I get him for that. He will blank some weeks. It's fine.

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

        I’ll hold for sure but I can see wolves smacking the life out of Everton.

    2. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I don’t mind tonight I enjoyed his hauls last 2 weeks so

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

    Had Heaton McGinn Wesley last week and sold Heaton on WC oh well

  21. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Marco Silva is overrated. Deluded substitutions killed the game.

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

      Lol, who rates him? Usually, a manager of that height can't do well.

    2. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Absolutely. Needed Siggy creativity, very strange tactics

    3. RichardNixon
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      they looked more in the game AFTER the substitutions! Iwobi hit the post, had another shot that was partially blocked into Heaton's hands, Kean set-up Walcott (lol) for that miss. Nothing wrong with the subs, they were chasing the game and to be fair both Siggy and Bernard were ineffective

      1. Touré De Force
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        This, comment is silly, he's clearly a good manager.

  22. Drip Doctor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Iwobi made a big difference to Everton. He'll also get Digne in good crossing positions.

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

      seemed like digne kept givin him ball instead of crossing

    2. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      McGinn will get 2 pts in most games

  23. Hairy Potter
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Quite enjoyed that match even though I don't particularly like either team and had no FPL players in it. Well done to Villa getting some points.

  24. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Everton are challenging big six they said ...

    1. el polako
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Not without striker.
      Finishing was shocking.

    2. MTPockets
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Pinocchio said

      • EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        said no1

    3. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Pickford
      Coleman Mina Keane Digne
      Gomes Gbamin
      Iwobi Siggy Richarlison
      Kean

      Very poor tactically from Silva there imo. Wouldn’t be surprised if Everton had the higher xG, just no composure in the box or final third. Well done Villa

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

        Siggurdson and Calvert Lewin are holding them back. No pace or creativity. Siggy is a massive disappointment so far...

    4. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Don’t know who to rage sell Siggy for yet (has to be sub6.0 mid), but shoving him on the bench has made me feel slightly better in the meantime.

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

        ill try this

      2. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        We all know you wont rage sell.

    5. Tcheco
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Please keep top baps Wesley

    6. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Everton have failed to come from behind at HT to win a PL game since September 2015 at West Brom (W0 D5 L33 since).

      1. WWF
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Wow

    7. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Guilbert laughing at me from the bench.

      Coont.

    8. Stupendous
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      As it stands Digne is the top scoring defender AND joint 3rd (I think), highest scorer in the FPL game.

      Happily holding for 6m

      He's their best player by a mile and they have plenty of good fixtures for weeks now.

      Sell away people.

      1. Weasel Boy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        100% hold on to him

        1. Stupendous
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Think I said that

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

        DIGNE PARTY

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

          Epstein's pad.

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

            bottomed again by you know who

      3. Coolbean
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        He’s also played 50% more games than any other player.