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Fraser and Kean benched as budget FPL defender Rico starts

Bournemouth face Everton in the first of two Premier League matches to take place this Sunday.

Kick-off at the Vitality Stadium is at 14:00 BST.

There were a couple of surprises when the teamsheets were released, although we have come to expect the unexpected with Eddie Howe.

Lewis Cook (£5.0m) makes his first Premier League start of 2019 after recovering from a long-term knee injury, while Ryan Fraser (£7.3m) drops to the substitutes’ bench for the first time this season.

Adam Smith (£4.4m) has failed to recover from a hamstring problem so is replaced by debutant Jack Stacey (£4.4m) at right-back, while Chris Mepham (£4.9m) is only fit enough for a place on the bench after picking up an injury while on duty with Wales.

Nathan Ake (£4.9m) moves back across to centre-half, paving the way for a return at left-back for budget FPL defender Diego Rico (£4.0m).

Dominic Solanke (£5.4m) also starts for the Cherries, alongside Joshua King (£6.3m) and Callum Wilson (£7.8m).

Marco Silva has himself named two changes from the team that defeated Wolves a fortnight ago, one of which sees Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£5.8m) return up front at the expense of Moise Kean (£6.8m).

Morgan Schneiderlin (£4.5m) replaces the missing Andre Gomes (£5.4m) in Silva’s only other alteration.

The Everton boss has since confirmed that Gomes has picked up a rib injury.

Alex Iwobi (£5.9m) and ‘out of position’ FPL defender Fabian Delph (£5.4m) make their second successive league starts for the Toffees.

This fixture generally generates goals: 31 of them have been scored in eight meetings between the two sides since Bournemouth were promoted.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale, Stacey, S. Cook, Ake, Rico, Billing, L. Cook, H. Wilson, Solanke, C. Wilson, King.

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Mina, Digne, Delph, Schneiderlin, Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Iwobi, Calvert-Lewin.

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  1. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    iwobi with a rubbish shot

  2. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Siggy 15 pointer on the menu today

  3. Zlat-man
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Rp
    Want to get Son.

    Which route:

    A. Play 3-4-3
    Get Son and lose
    (1) Mount or
    (2) Martial

    B. Play 3-5-2
    Get Son for 4.5

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

      A2

    2. FPL Joker
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      B

      1. FPL Joker
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        No, A2

    3. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Who is the 3rd forward in A?

      1. Zlat-man
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Tammy/Barnes/Callum/Jimi
        Still not sure which.

        Will be downgrading from Kane to someone upto 8.6

  4. FPL Joker
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    I have Salah & Mane but no other City

    A) KdB, TAA, Zinchenko & Walker
    B) Sterling, Matip, Otamendi & Stones

    1. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Neither, why do you want a City double up at the back?

  5. HamezMace
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Afternoon all,
    Considering a maverick move this week;
    Martial to Zaha...am I crazy?

    1. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Potentially. Good fixtures tbf though... One of those, probs won't be much in it

      1. HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Cheers mate, good to see you, happy with your start this season?

        1. Tsparkes10
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          You too mate, FF wise... I'm doing awful and so tempted to wc. Check my post bottom of last page ;).

          Sheff U wise, mixed tbf. Good results at Chelsea and Bourne etc. Unlucky to lose against Southampton and Leicester but our own faults tbf. Ref didn't help but had loads of chances 🙁

          1. HamezMace
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            I’ll take a look.

            I’ve been impressed with SHU, to be honest, all the teams I’d expected to be in the bottom 6/7 teams have been decent, no real obvious relegation fodder like Huddersfield and Fulham last year

            1. Tsparkes10
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Yhh for sure. Going to be a fight til death probably. Everyone is playing well, it's just taking chances, getting decisions etc

    2. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Ebening. Surely there are better punts out there than Zaha

      1. HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        In the 7.5m area, who isn’t Mount, I’m open to ideas?

        1. JonBoy
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Lamela DSilva Lanzini Maddison

          1. HamezMace
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            I like Maddison actually, but I think the fixtures are a little unkind to Leicester in the coming weeks

            1. JonBoy
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Agreed.

      2. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Lanzini, only KDB has created more chances so far this season...

        1. HamezMace
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Cheers, I’ll monitor them tomorrow night

    3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Palace fixtures are horrid

      1. HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Are they?
        I thought they looked pretty good from an attacking return perspective

  6. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    How have SkyBet not awarded that Sigurdsson effort as a shot on target? Ridiculous

    1. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      well it was just a bad cross

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Was a cross

  7. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Why is King listed as a forward?

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      King has been overrated ever since he went on that hot streak in the second half of the 16/17 season.

      1. Eddie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Not very good at football is he.

  8. Kreedas
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    In light of pep managing KDB minutes is KDB to son a good idea?

    1. the dom 1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Think Pep wont bench KDB again soon lol

    2. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      i think its safe to say when arent going to be seeing kdb benched too often given that horror show. KDB will probably be the most secure city attacker moving forward imo

    3. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      All City players will have ‘managed minutes’

    4. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      He's obviously not getting benched regularly. 170 minutes for Belgium and Pep was confident they could beat Norwich without him

    5. TheBrazilianRonaldo
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Over the season seems more likely KDB better option. Getting Son for those 5 weeks where he goes ballistic is a must. That’s usually around November - but - maybe this season is different and Son gets 200+ and is consistently played

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        this, I think Son gonna be right around 200 points this season

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

    Rico first on my bench.

    Doesn't really matter but it's good to see him starting again

  10. onceuponatyne
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    There are no 4.2 defenders worth a look are there?

    #IKnowTheAnswerButAmLookingForMagic

  11. DantheManinaPan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Have 2FT and no major concerns, so thinking Dendoncker - > Cantwell sounds sensible

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I'm thinking of that boring move aswell. Will wait for the games to end though and see if there's any injuries.

    2. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      yes after midweek

  12. JonBoy
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Pope Gunn
    TAA Digne Vestergaard Soy Lund
    Mane Lamela Mount KDB Cantwell
    Aguero Pukki Tammy

    Thoughts?

  13. Dannyb
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Everyone except me in mini league has Digne, come on Bournemouth, just one.

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

      Callum will fix it for you, dont you worry.

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

        See I told you.

        1. Dannyb
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Haha boom

  14. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    DCL missing a sitter as per usual.

    1. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Ramsdale did good there

  15. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Richarlison bar

  16. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Good ebening

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      And to you

    2. JonBoy
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Abfternoon.

  17. Eddie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    King SOT, Richarlison shot off target.

  18. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Cmon, bang a couple goals in and keep the CS Dingy

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

      Dingy, Dinghy, Dingo, Dean, Digne, Deeney

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        One of those things is not like the others

  19. elchilangles
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    is Salah for Son for the next few weeks a crazy one?!

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I’m honestly wondering the same.

      Would mean no Liverpool other than Trent for me though...

  20. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Sterling(C), Mané(VC), Pukki 1st on bench. 23 point swing if Sterling was not in squad. Fine margins

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Pukki on bench 😮

      1. My heart goes Salalalalah
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Never again

    2. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      The captaincy is unlucky.

      Benching Pukki was a bit silly though

  21. EL tridente
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Sterling and Haller to Son and Auba?

  22. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Fraser's start to the season has been rough.

  23. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Feeling people will regret selling Sterling next week

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Many will cap him.. I know I will.

  24. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    1-0?

    1. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      dial up

  25. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Wilson G

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Which one?

  26. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Cheers Coleman.

  27. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    King A

  28. 1zverGGadeM
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    King assist

  29. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Rico on corners

    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Think he was that the other game he played this year too? A shame he only plays every 4th match

  30. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Oh dammit