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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. @ocprodigy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Projected 440k -> 46k with 5 to go.. it’s incredibly tight at the moment

    1. @ocprodigy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Rubbish top post sorry

      1. SkeletONv01
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        How many points?

        1. @ocprodigy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          64 (-4)

    2. Iceball
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      From 27k to 96k, just KDB doing something...

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

        thanks all

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

      wait are you referencing a tool that predicts your ranking, where can I find that?

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

        livefpl.net

      2. Iceball
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        livefplnet

    4. El Matador
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      How? You got 30 odd points and a captain fail

      1. @ocprodigy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        You’re looking at the wrong team mate...

  2. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Fraser pips Wilson to 1 BAP.

    Wilson on 5 points, 4 GWs in a row.

    1. FDMS All Starz
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I’d prefer if he got 10pts and blanks than this tbh

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

      Definition of Mr. consistent ?

  3. Kristobal
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Best defender for 6.0?

  4. Moose™
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    50 post baps. VVD Salah and Digne left to play.

    Vardy might be a season keeper. Almost ditched him last weeks. What a turnaround.

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

    28 (-4) ugh. Haha

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

    Just did AWB 》 Otamendi.

    Not overthinking.

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

      More like underthinking. AWB should be sold, but City defence not an attractive option after Laporte's injury. Otamendi is error-prone.

      1. ZeBestee
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah, they will still keep cleanies with those fixrures.

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

      Enjoy the 2 week wait till next GW, better hope for no injuries...

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

    Would Pep dare to drop Aguero after that performance?

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

      Surely remains the Prem ST, with Jesus getting the easy CL & cup games.

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

        So just like last season then? Pretty sure the consensus was very different here

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

      Only FFS think Aguero will be benched this season. Kun will always be ahead of Jesus.

    3. FDMS All Starz
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      When given the chance Jesus has done well too so maybe to keep the competition high he might give Jesus the odd game

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

      No...not after consecutive braces, and scoring in every game...even before today, Aguero likely to retain starts after the return of Jesus

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

        It's not as simple as that.
        Even if he starts, once Jesus is fit he's likely to get subbed on the hour.
        Jesus will def get some starts, not least because of the cup comps and Europe too.

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

          Not so sure, was he not carrying niggles last year when getting subbed? Usually around 65-70mins.....even still capable of doing damage

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

            He can DEF do damage... but Pep's gonna want to give Jesus more minutes as he's developed - and Aguero's gonna be saved for starts in some of the Euro games. He'll be sharing minutes.

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

    Masuaku BPS 😀

    WTF!

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

      Haller 2/3 ?

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

        2

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

      He played very well.

    3. Critical Observer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Masuaku easily the best performer in that match

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

    Aguero (C) Kdb and Kelly 🙂

  10. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    There’s good news and there’s bad news

    The bad news is that fitting in Sterling, Salah, Kun, KDB, Vardy is impossible

    However, the good news is that fitting in Sterling, Salah, Kun, KDB, Vardy is impossible - as long as you have 3 or 4 of them you’re grand 🙂

    1. Moose™
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Had Sterling, KdB, Salah, and Vardy.. I dont think I can fit Kun in without sacrificing my VVD and Digne..

      It would be totally unbalanced team..

    2. FDMS All Starz
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      4 of them?! How

      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Well KDB & Vardy aren’t total team wreckers budget wise... 4 doable but a stretch

    3. The Big Fella
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I have the first 3. Really want KDB though.

  11. Wilshere Knowledge
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    What a differential Zouma was for me today...

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

    Disappointing start to owning Mount then.

    Hopefully not a trap pick but who knows

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

      same, was just saying how I fell for this Mount trap!

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

      Is Mount the trap or is Chelsea the trap?

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

    man if I captained Vardy would be laughing

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

      wish he would retire ,impossible to get right

  14. Nabs Kebabs
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Has Kun been called up for Argentina during IB?

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

      Nope.

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

    So double LIV defence now a differential...

    Low Effective ownership for TAA and VVD, even separately

  16. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Let's go Pool! VVD TAA and Salah lets goooo!

  17. El Matador
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    AWB to?

    A) Burnley defender
    B) Matip
    C) Other?

    Have Digne and Zinchenko.

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

      Patience

  18. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Can't stand Carragher. Going on about how City were lucky when they came to Burnley last season as got a late goal... yet their goal was scored in the 63rd minute. Lol. So biased

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

      i dislike Carragher also, should have lost his job after he spat on a child tbh

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

      Typical Scouser

  19. The Big Fella
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Is 350 from 3 players good?

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

      Decent

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

    don't see that many Aguero (c) brag posts

    why the humility?

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

      There aren't many!

    2. MTPockets
        4 years, 7 months ago

        They still captained Sterling?

      • Jack Burton
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I did but had laporte and got no liverpool defence so kind of deflated a bit dont know why still got salah

      • @ocprodigy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        People just not needing a complete brag about it yet...

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

      Anyone watch the West ham game? How did Anderson look?

      1. F4L
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        best player on the pitch by miles.

      2. Critical Observer
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Bossed the field together with Masuaku. Special mention for Yarmolenko who looked like a petty idiot.

    4. Whats the Mata?
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      One of the worst starts to the season in all these years. 🙁

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

      How the heck the Scouts missed Aguero?

      1. Tomerick
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        They didn’t. They clearly mentioned that they couldn’t afford to fit him into their picks.

      2. MTPockets
          4 years, 7 months ago

          groupthink

      3. MITHRRANDIRR
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Let the gloating begin!

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

        Do we think Vardy’s form will carry over to the next couple of fixtures or is now a good time to move on?

      5. F4L
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Jordan Ayew saving my GW 😀 Bargain

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

        If you could only pick 3 on WC, who would you leave out? Salah, Sterling, KDB or Kun?

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

          Same dilemma. I can fit them all but my D would be crap. I’m thinking of leaving KDB out

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

          Kun. Hes the most expensive.

          1. @ocprodigy
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Sterling is? And Aguero (with pens) > Sterling. Sterling played in the middle beginning of the season, he’s back out wide again now.

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

              Yes, by 0.1, my bad. I love Kun, but Id rather have Sterl/KDB over him.

          2. Zladan
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Salah is most expensive.

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

          Kun

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

        Help me choose:
        A) Haller
        B) Abraham

        A) Mount
        B) James

        1. Coys96
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          A
          B

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

          AA

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

          AA

      8. SkeletONv01
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Soooo... i guess most of us have a pretty POS GW 😛

        KDB and Haller my only guys who delivered something :/

        1. FPL DONKEY
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          I didn't even have KDB or Haller or anyone who returned.

          WC now active

      9. OPTA FPL
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Kelly sub tactical or something else?

        1. MTPockets
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Injury according to sofascore, but not sure