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Perez, Bernardo and Deulofeu among the benched FPL assets in Gameweek 4

Six Premier League matches kick off at 15:00 BST today, with Manchester City v Brighton and Hove Albion among the games taking place this afternoon.

A number of key Fantasy Premier League assets have dropped to the bench, one of whom is Bernardo Silva: the Portugal international is replaced on the right flank by Riyad Mahrez for the second time this season.

Rodri ousts Ilkay Gundogan from central midfield in Pep Guardiola’s only other change.

Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Kevin De Bruyne all start.

Graham Potter has had a bit of a reshuffle, with Solly March joining the front three and Bernardo coming in at left wing-back.

Adam Webster replaces Shane Duffy at centre-half, while there is another start for Leandro Trossard.

Fikayo Tomori makes his first start for Chelsea in place of Andreas Christensen, who drops to the bench.

That is Frank Lampard’s only change, with opposite number Chris Wilder also making only one alteration: Oli McBurnie in for David McGoldrick.

Ayoze Perez has paid the price for a sluggish start to the season as he drops to the bench for Leicester’s match with Bournemouth.

Ben Chilwell, Wilfred Ndidi, Harvey Barnes and Marc Albrighton are recalled as Christian Fuchs, Hamza Choudhury and Dennis Praet also make way.

Harry Wilson in for Charlie Daniels is Eddie Howe’s only change.

Javi Gracia has made three changes from the West Ham defeat and appears to be going with a wing-back system: Jose Holebas, the injured Etienne Capoue and Gerard Deulofeu make way, with Christian Kabasele, Daryl Janmaat and Roberto Pereyra taking their places.

Amid all the injury talk at Newcastle, there are only two changes: Christian Atsu and Jetro Willems in for the sidelined Allan Saint-Maximin and Matt Ritchie.

West Ham have named an unchanged side from their win against Watford, while Daniel Farke has made just one alteration from Gameweek 3: Christoph Zimmermann replacing the injured Grant Hanley at centre-back.

Dean Smith and Roy Hodgson have named unchanged teams from Gameweek 3 as Crystal Palace take on Aston Villa at Selhurst Park.

Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Tomori, Emerson, Jorginho, Kovacic, Pulisic, Barkley, Mount, Abraham.

Sheffield Utd XI: Henderson, Basham, Egan, O’Connell, Baldock, Freeman, Norwood, Lundstram, Stevens, McBurnie, Robinson.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Kelly, Cahill, van Aanholt, Milivojevic, Kouyaté, McArthur, Schlupp, Zaha, Ayew.

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

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Evans, Söyüncü, Chilwell, Ndidi, Albrighton, Tielemans, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale, Mepham, Cook, Ake, Smith, H. Wilson, Billing, Lerma, Fraser, King, C. Wilson.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Laporte, Zinchenko, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, D Silva, Sterling, Mahrez, Aguero.

Brighton XI: Ryan, Burn, Dunk, Webster, Montoya, Pröpper, Stephens, Bernardo, March, Maupay, Trossard.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Schar, Lascelles, Dummett, Krafth, Hayden, Longstaff, Willems, Atsu, Joelinton, Almiron.

Watford XI: Foster, Dawson, Kabasele, Cathcart, Janmaat, Cleverley, Doucouré, Kiko Femenía, Hughes, Pereyra, Gray.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Masuaku, Noble, Rice, Felipe Anderson, Yarmolenko, Lanzini, Haller.

Norwich City XI: Krul, Aarons, Zimmermann, Godfrey, Lewis, Leitner, Trybull, Cantwell, Stiepermann, Buendia, Pukki.




2,369 Comments Post a Comment
  1. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Newcastle ffs

  2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    OMG KDB

  3. Zladan
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    City 1-0

  4. adibo
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    De buryneee

  5. Hect.OR 98th
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Not sure what to expect from Ryan today. Probably -2 for goals and 2 back for saves?

  6. twoplustwo
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Where's that clown from midweek stating KDB was poor value...

    1. Regin
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      was it me? but i got in kdb. Lol!

  7. IRBOX ⚽
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    KDB! Shouted him for (c) earlier.. didn’t go through with it. Mauling incoming!

  8. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    KDB goal, Dilva assist

  9. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Hughes the daddy

  10. Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    KDB goal
    Silva assist

  11. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    OMG Hughes

  12. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Kevin you ginger beauty!

  13. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    No KdB 🙁

  14. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    KDB is back fellas.

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

    Boom!!!!! Kev!!!

  16. Peter Ouch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Kdb my boy

  17. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Still couldn’t want KDB less

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Lol

  18. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    KDB is making a mockery of that 9.5m

    He’s going to be 10.5 at least next year and probably still value at that price

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      11.0 once he hits 220+

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

      All the injury brining his price down once he gets going it will shoot up so fast

  19. Hect.OR 98th
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    My Sterling/KDB combo running along nicely since GW1.

    1. PogChamp
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Same

  20. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    So cute of Brighton to roll over straight away

  21. @persecuted_by_mods
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Who was the Newcastle fan saying he was gonna cap Hughes because he's either awful or absolutely world class against them

    • Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      City make it look so easy.

    • Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Hughes

    • twoplustwo
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      200+ points for 9.5m

    • RashFraud
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      De Bruyne captainers unite!!!!

      1. The Enlightener
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Bad spellers untie!

    • Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Zinchenko played Silva in with a lovely ball to make the chance. Nice assist of the assister.

    • jia you
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      De Bruyne OUT
      Aguero IN
      My late WC change up is working out well so far!
      lol@me

      1. Eat my goal!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Why?

        1. jia you
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          ...obviously because I thought Kun was the better pick in the short term! Early days 🙂

      2. Nightcrawler
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Indeed

      3. Debauchy
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Same, early days though

        1. jia you
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Yup, loads of time for a hat full of goals in this game!

    • Bury94
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Pukki blank would be just lovely

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        New owner. It’s a given

      2. Zladan
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        He doesn’t do blanks.

    • Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Kane, Robinson to KDB, Pukki good so far 🙂

    • Tcheco
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Dilva flying nicely under the radar. Reminder that he's retired from international football. He's the City attack triple up enabler

      1. Collie01
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Rotation though when CL and cups start.