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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. fc_skrald
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 7 days ago

    How long will Kelly be out? I would like the Lundstram, Rico, Kelly combination now 🙂

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Ot doesn't matter. Playing with 2 defenders only at this point of time looks like no difference

  2. TRIPOS TOPPER
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 7 days ago

    how does Michael Keane get in the England squad? Championship level

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Mark and FPl skills more important. Please see below

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Did you watch England defence in the last two games?

      1. TRIPOS TOPPER
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        yes - they were garbage

  3. FPL Daniel
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 7 days ago

    Mark is a genius. Of course he has Wilson. Omg. How is doing it?

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Match fixing

    2. how now brown cow
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Owning a player who has returned points every week?

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        Tell me anyone else here who has Wilson!!! Tell me. Please

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          well me since GW1

        2. how now brown cow
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          If not kneejerking every week is genius, then fair play.

          I dont have him, but if I had had him gw1 I wouldn't have sold.

        3. Maddamotha
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          Ive had him since the start...

        4. Pinturicchio10
            5 years, 7 days ago

            o/

        5. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          This and he has soft spot on Wilson

      2. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        Don't you get bored of this?

        1. Rolls-Royce
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          He's a sycophant.

          1. FPL Daniel
            • 15 Years
            5 years, 7 days ago

            Reported

            1. Rolls-Royce
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 7 days ago

              🙁

        2. FPL Daniel
          • 15 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          I am taking about fpl and want to learn from the best. Please be aware of the language.

          Trying to learn a skill.

          1. have you seen cyan
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 7 days ago

            Wilson was a good pick at the start of the season, everyone had double Bournemouth. Double was too much so King or Fraser went out. Just dont transfer out a player who got you points that week, its as simple as that.

      3. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        Too lazy to transfer out?

        1. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          😉 The other transfers were rubbish I guess ...

        2. FPL Daniel
          • 15 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          Too lazy? Even with all those bandwagons at striker spot and loosinf 0.2m in the meantime? Unreal. He might be psychic who knows. He can predict future?

          1. Maddamotha
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 7 days ago

            You really ridin him hard

            1. FPL Daniel
              • 15 Years
              5 years, 7 days ago

              Well he is best of all time. That we know. Well done.

          2. Epic Fail
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 7 days ago

            Surely a psychic would have a better rank 😀

            1. FPL Daniel
              • 15 Years
              5 years, 7 days ago

              Well he is not that bad. Look his end of season every season. Stelar rankings

          3. Magic Zico
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 7 days ago

            Wow you are persistent admirer

          4. how now brown cow
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 7 days ago

            He's scored points every week. How is that mystic?

      4. luk46
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        Hi, me Wilson keeper 🙂

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 15 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          Well done Luk. I was talking about the regulars

      5. Cok3y5murf
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        FPL Virgin has two accounts?

    3. Guy Demel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Got a feeling this will be Walcott's breakthrough season

      1. how now brown cow
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        Which year of the archive is that quote from? So many to choose....

      2. BoleynWin
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        I love those throwback Sunday comments to 2010

    4. Rolls-Royce
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Getting Rico off the bench for Digne no show. 😎

      1. fgdu
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        digne is playing bro 8)

        1. Rolls-Royce
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          🙁

    5. BoleynWin
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      That Arsenal bench is shocking, no depth whatsoever. Although can’t see them needing it today, I sense an absolute hiding...

      1. Chill, we'll call you
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        Cue Watford shock victory.

    6. FOO FIGHTER
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      There goes my overall rank with Digne getting a nice round 0 🙁

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        Hard to tell.

    7. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      I now have only one decision to make on a wc. Once that is made, I'll have around 1M ItB

      1. Tsparkes10
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        What is it? And how you looking

        1. The Overthinker
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          Vardy or Firmino... Would love to have both , but can't have em all.

          If today pepe plays better than auba, I might go with Pepe and look for another striker

          Pretty happy with the team

          Leno button
          Lowton soyunchu Keane* zinchenchko mings
          Son sterling Lanzini hayden mount
          Auba pukki Firmino/Vardy

          * Not yet decided on Keane.

          Have 1M itb, he could become awb,aurier, alder

    8. Cubillas
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      What happened to Digne? Did he leave the match early because of injury?

      1. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        He did a Ozil

        1. Cubillas
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          HAHAHA!!!

    9. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Jammy rival has Digne playing and AWB first sub coming off the bench

      1. DAZZ
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        Lol dont rub it in

    10. RichardNixon
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      There's been some incredibly poor individual defensive performances this season from top players. Everton today and last week v Wolves, Man City for each goal yesterday, Chelsea all season, Liverpool at times, Man Utd at times, Arsenal. What on earth is going on? I mean schoolboy stuff........ basic positional errors, ball watching, not tracking the runner, taking too much time, etc. At this level its inexcusable, can't work out why its happening so much!

    11. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Ceballos playing deep.. :/

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        Auba
        Ceb Ozil Pepe

      2. Tsparkes10
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        Should dominate.. Guen and Xhaka will sit. He'll get forward 🙂

      3. Eddie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        Looks fine. He'll play infront of Guendouzi and Xhaka.

    12. Ask Yourself
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Digne nearly got an assist out of nothing there thanks to bernard’s Greed

    13. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Everton would be a better team if they used Coleman and Digne in the same way that Liverpool use TAA and Robertson. Might mean dropping one of the attacking midfielders, but they don't exactly create loads - its all pot shots.

      1. fgdu
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        yeah for sure, I think when baines was in the team they used to do that, used to be massive in fpl

      2. goriuanx
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        They haven't got Fabinho cleaning up. Nor the best CB itw.

        It's easier said than done.

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          3-5-2

          Pickford
          Holgate Keane Mina
          Coleman Sigurdsson Delph Gomes Digne
          Richarlison Kean

      3. BoleynWin
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        They have Michael Keane at CB who’s an absolute clown, you can’t bomb forward knowing there’s a circus behind you

    14. WrightnBright
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      That’s it, I’m replacing my expensive def of VVD, Digne, Robbo & Zinchenko with 4.5s and having abit more attacking fun with my team.

      Screw team balance. A quartet of Mane, Salah, Sterling & KDB along with Cantwell, Mount/Tammy/Barnes & Pukki just makes it more exciting.

      Yes I’ve had that bad of a week

    15. Weeb Kakashi
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Wilson Abraham Pukki the go-to front line on WC

      1. Fpl Richie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        It was Haller and Barnes a week or so ago

    16. No Professionals
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Pope
      VVD Digne Otamendi Lundstram
      Salah Sterling Mount Cantwell
      Aguero Pukki

      Button Kelly McGinn Greenwood

      1ft and 1.1m

      Sterling and Greenwood to KDB and abraham feels good?

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        Maybe on Friday.

        1. No Professionals
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          True, still leaves 0.6m so can afford to ride out a couple of price rises

    17. Shankly611
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Tomori nailed?

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        No, but making a good case for himself. I may consider him after Liverpool.

    18. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Give Lucas a fk!

    19. SADIO SANÉ
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      I was told to cheer up, so as cheerily as possible - I did Trossard, Martial, Wilson -> KDB, D.Silva, Ayew (-8) this week haha absolutely delighted about it. This is someone who said KDB was too expensive and Everton can't defend 😀 see you next weekend guys 😀

      1. JIMMY TUGGINS
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        lol, cya then.

    20. DAZZ
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Auba first goal Xhaka first card 40/1

      1. Eddie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        Great odds.

      2. Eddie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        How much just for Xhaka first card?

        1. DAZZ
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          8/1

      3. Brosstan
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        Xhaka wont get the first card because Watford wont have the ball

    21. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      5 mins for Digne to register a wonderful 30 yard volley

      1. Eddie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        Or this.

    22. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Comon, Digne. Grab an assist.

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        This

    23. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      A. Wilson
      B. Abraham
      C. Barnes

    24. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Completely agred that a front 3 of Pukki, Wilson & Abraham looks wonderful! But let Haller play this week, then decide the most perfect front 3 to go with!

      1. Pep Roulette
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        agree*

    25. CelticBhoy1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Clean sheets. What are they?

    26. Waynoo
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Rico struggling

    27. Rainer
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      Rico subbed for/to a standing ovation.

    28. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 7 days ago

      when a player comes off the bench and plays for like 1 min do they bother to wash the kit or use the same one next week?

      1. MTPockets
          5 years, 7 days ago

          Do they even wash them, or unwrap a new one every week?

          1. have you seen cyan
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 7 days ago

            ye think they wear new kits every week

        • Differentiator
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          These guys are on >£20,000 a week....

        • goriuanx
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          Can't think of a more important question in life than this.

        • JonBoy
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          There's a new kit every game.

        • how now brown cow
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          What if they dont come off the bench.

          Sub keeper wearing same socks all season?

      2. trinzoo
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 7 days ago

        C Wilson or Tammy for long term? I did Wilson > Tammy yesterday to catch price raise and need to know how stupid I am 😀

        1. Eddie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 7 days ago

          Both look good, both have decent fixtures. Wilson will not get rested / rotated while fit.