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Cantwell starts for Norwich as Lovren comes in for Liverpool

Todd Cantwell (£5.0m) has come through injury doubts to start Norwich’s Gameweek 8 meeting with Aston Villa.

The left-winger was reported to have suffered from a hamstring problem earlier in the week – but manager Daniel Farke was right to be positive about it in his latest press conference.

Still awaiting his first attacking returns since the Canaries’ last home fixture, Cantwell keeps his place on the left of an attacking midfield trio that also includes Marco Stiepermann (£5.4m) and Emi Buendía (£6.0m) in support of Teemu Pukki (£7.2m).

Elsewhere in the Norwich team, budget goalkeeper Michael McGovern (£4.0m) gets his first start of the season as Tim Krul (£4.5m) and Ralf Fährmann (£4.4m) remain ruled out with injuries.

The Northern Ireland international will face an Aston Villa side set up in similar fashion to the 2-2 draw with Burnley last week.

Dean Smith has retained the 4-3-3 formation once again but, for the second match in a row, has deployed Jack Grealish (£5.9m) on the flanks of the front-three, alongside Anwar El Ghazi (£5.5m) and Wesley (£6.0m).

Liverpool’s attacking assets are all as they should be this afternoon, leading the attack in 4-3-3 formation.

The big team news from Anfield is that Dejan Lovren (£5.3m) comes into the side for his first appearance of the season.

That might prove something of a concern for those invested in the Liverpool defence with Joel Matip (£5.5m) still out injured and Joe Gomez (£5.2m) coming in for criticism midweek.

Meanwhile, Leicester arrive on Merseyside with James Maddison (£7.1m) restored to the starting line-up after he missed the Gameweek 7 win over Newcastle.

Owners of Burnley attacking assets will be pleased to Johann Berg Gudmundsson (£5.9m) back in the side, making his first start since Gameweek 3.

The Clarets’ opponents Everton line up with Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£5.8m) leading the one-man attack once again.

Finally, Watford have bravely tried to match Sheffield United’s perplexing 3-5-2 formation with a similar system of their own.

Quique Sanchez Flores has deployed his players in a 3-4-1-2 formation while the Blades remain unchanged.

Burnley XI: Pope; Pieters, Mee, Tarkowski, Lowton; McNeil, Westwood, Hendrick, Gudmundsson; A Barnes, Wood.

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

Liverpool XI: Adrian; Robertson, van Dijk, Lovren, Alexander-Arnold; Wijnaldum, Milner, Fabinho; Mané, Firmino, Salah.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel; Chilwell, Söyüncü, Evans, R Pereira; Ndidi; Maddison, Tielemans, Praet, H Barnes; Vardy.

Norwich XI: McGovern; Lewis, Amadou, Godfrey, Aarons; McLean, Leinter; Cantwell, Stiepermann, Buendía; Pukki

Aston Villa XI: Heaton; Targett, Mings, Engels, Guilbert; McGinn, Nakamba, Hourihane; Grealish, Wesley, El Ghazi.

Watford XI: Foster; Cathcart, Prödl, Kabasele; Holebas, Cleverley, Doucouré, Janmaat; Pereyra; Welbeck, A Gray.

Sheff Utd XI: D Henderson; O’Connell, Egan, Basham; Stevens, Fleck, Norwood, Lundstram, Baldock; Robinson, McBurnie.

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  1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    What the hell am I going to do with kane?

    1. Team Cruel
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      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Upgrade to Connolly

      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Ha
        It is an upgrade too

    2. Kno
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      easy jump to auba surely?

      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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        4 years, 5 months ago

        Poss.... Cheers

    3. Gudjohnsen
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      4 years, 5 months ago

      Auba?

    4. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
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      Keep. Watford at home next. Asses afterwards

    5. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Make Cachaca and get pizzed....

    6. The Ejiptian King
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      4 years, 5 months ago

      Switch him to Auba yesterday.

      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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        Yeh good fixtures too

    7. Big boy Bowen
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      100% keep

      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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        Not sure about your impartiality

  2. Hazz
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    Pukki & Cantwell almost in the points then D:

  3. Collie01
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    McGovern already on 5 saves. Norwich must be really under pressure

    1. Party time
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Lol

    2. El Matador
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      4 years, 5 months ago

      Pukki goal incoming

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
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        4 years, 5 months ago

        Hopefully...

    3. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Tom Heaton CS has just been locked in.

    4. Hazz
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      Wesley brace

      1. Rainer
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        OMG

    5. Team Cruel
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      4 years, 5 months ago

      Norwich suck

    6. Top Lad Dakes.
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      4 years, 5 months ago

      Christ Norwich

    7. El Matador
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      4 years, 5 months ago

      Hourahane goal

      1. El Matador
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        4 years, 5 months ago

        Wesley*

        1. Rainer
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          4 years, 5 months ago

          Easy to mix the pair up.

      2. Hazz
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        Assist*

    8. g40steve
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      4 years, 5 months ago

      Wes 2G

    9. Colonel Shoe 肝池
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      Pukki poorty

    10. Sim Simma
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      4 years, 5 months ago

      Pukki to Wesley done

    11. Top Lad Dakes.
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      Pukey to Wes

    12. L'Aeroplanino
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      wesley weagon

    13. hueycho
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      Pool game is dry as a peanut

      1. Gudjohnsen
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        4 years, 5 months ago

        Not really. Pretty good game.

    14. Team Cruel
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      Pukki > Wilson (C) is such a no brainer

      1. Rainer
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        Wesley*

      2. JELLYFISH
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        4 years, 5 months ago

        Pukki > Vardy is my plan

    15. Party time
        4 years, 5 months ago

        McGovern in for 20 saves today it seems

      • Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Gonna be a quiet weekend with Matip injured....

        1. Debauchy
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          1 more can of coke fella

          1. Jafooli
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            That’ll be the 9th......still safe?

      • Yoshioka
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        Sadio Mane might just be the best RB in the league.

        1. HurriKane
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          TAA should learn

        2. Business Cat
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          ...appears to be doing TAA's job for him 🙁

        3. luke
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          Most expensive anyway

      • It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 10 Years
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        Are the days of Norwich double attack over?

        1. Business Cat
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          Looks like

        2. Old Man
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          Quite possibly.

      • El Matador
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        Pukki (c)

        I really don't want a blank.

      • La Roja
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        Pukki yc

        1. Rainer
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          LOL

        2. El Matador
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          4 years, 5 months ago

          Captain here

      • Team Cruel
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        Firmino sitter (TAA A)

        1. Yoshioka
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          Sitter is a bit much, but good chance and incredible pass.

      • Greenbackbøøg…
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        YESS BIG BOI WESLEY

      • Rainer
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        Firmino fluffs Trent cross.

      • KGFC
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        4 years, 5 months ago

        Lovely ball TAA! Booby should have done better

        1. Top Lad Dakes.
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          Sucks when Booby disappoints

      • Laurel and Vardy
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        4 years, 5 months ago

        WTF, why did I bench Ryan for McGovern.......Norwich really suck lately 🙁

      • Typo
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        Question: all these podcasters always referre to their «buss team» or something like that. What is a Buss team?

        1. Business Cat
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          4 years, 5 months ago

          Bus team.

          After the deadline passes, set up your team for the next gameweek (captaincy, bench...).

          Then if you get hit by a bus, at least your FPL team will survive another week 😆

          1. SomeoneKnows
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            4 years, 5 months ago

            LOL 🙂

      • FC Hakkebøf
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        4 years, 5 months ago

        Pukki Party over.. time to Wesley WInning

        Never understood why people actually captained a guy with two consecutive blanks playing for a Norwich team

        1. Typo
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          4 years, 5 months ago

          Well, look at his previous scores at home.

      • Tomerick
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Kane/Aguero > Wesley/Connelly -4?

        1. Sid1891
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          Save