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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. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Partyyy... Pukki it's your turn

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

      I’m resigned to getting no points today lol

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

    Heaton still on 3 points, chillax

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

    Vardy's too old how does he have the energy to keep partying?

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

      chewing tobacco and red bull

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      People always laugh when I say this, but he is old in years, but not old in body effort.

      He hasn't put his body through that much compared to most pro-footballers of the same age. He was playing non-league and lower league for ages. So personally think his body has a few years left in him. I always compare to Rooney - Rooney basically ground himself down from 16 - 30. Vardy was still playing non-league when he was 23.

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

        I've heard that said before a while ago, makes sense to be fair

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

    could have sworn i read Kelly wasn't supposed to play

  5. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Absolutely Fukki week this one, no points anywhere

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

      Right?

  6. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Leicester finally click it seems.

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

      Without Perez, awkward!

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

    Shef United been great in the 2nd half!

  8. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ayew goal machine, essential

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

      good one lol

      1. Tasty Jerk
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Yep - as striker it is a good one, in the top 10 at £5mill, suck it up and admit you are wrong 😉

  9. Ode
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Chances of Dendoncker playing tomorrow?

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

      Slim, likely sub if fit

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

        Cheers. Have Kelly 2nd Sub

  10. Podge
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Aarons lad on the right for Norwich is dirt

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

    Offf. Kept away from Sterling 3 gamweeks, never liked that t-rex. Got him in this week because of growing ownership and price, gave him the armband. Great.

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      All your fault

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

        Really? Surely you`re trolling.

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

      Same here. He's always been a troll for me.

    3. Zenith UK
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Your fault

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

        For sure, I made the moves

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

      ... at the end of the season Sterling will be your highest pointing forward.

  12. Hect.OR 98th
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Too soon to WC? Seems there are still too many options and the game hasn't settled down yet. Feel like a kid in a sweet shop with players I want all over the place, yet my own team is doing ok.

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

      yeah i think thats reason not to wc

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

      never a right or wrong time, do it when it feels right to do so.

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

      The sweets will keep on coming. You can't have everyone afterall

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

      “... the game hasn't settled down yet ...”. Agree.

  13. Skalla
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    The silver lining though is that Sterling is still my top scorer so I am pretty good at picking captains 🙂

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

      😀

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

      same 🙂

  14. seaside
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Why does everyone get Mount in and no one James??

    1. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Because nobody has the gift of hindsight from one week to the next

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

      Not me

    3. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Chelsea look better going forward than United. Mount on some set pieces.

  15. Effe
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I’d love another Aguero goal here

  16. Aftermath
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Sterling,pukki-> kun,James?

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

      Yeah today

    2. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      points chasing

    3. Am sorry to say again it�…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      quit FPL

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

      Can you reverse time? If so then yes

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

      Right now go

    6. jtreble
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Jesus?

  17. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Silva off Silva on

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

    Silva off

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

      silva on

  19. DantheManinaPan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    With such good upcoming fixtures, I wonder if Ceballos could be a better purchase over the next few than Mount/James/Tielemans

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

      Ceballos is unknown No. 1 for me. It’s just not clear to me how Emery intends to use him.

  20. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    raheem score mate, what you doing

  21. Zenith UK
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Watching us get slapped 5-0 first game of the season then drawing 1-1 to Brighton I was fuming as a WH fan thinking here we go again... Now we've seven from a possible 12 (2Ws, 1D, 1L) and things are looking up, keep it up boys.

    Haller to stay good! Lanzini to go off this season too. Yarmo to be like a new signing. Just need a CDM and RB in winter window please 🙂

  22. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Cantwell fail

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

    Mount looked lively at all?

    Or crap

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

      Uninvolved

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

    cant believe Pukki is blanking, of all the games to blank in 🙁

    1. Alan Watts
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      so much for the 5-4, 4-3 score predictions...

  25. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Silva off on

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

    Silva goal

  27. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Bilva goal Aguero assist

  28. teddypicker
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Vardy, Haller, Tammy front 3 kneejerk let's gooo

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

    King blank banked.

  30. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Lol you have to laugh at this point