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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. Sharkytect
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    De Bruyne now at -56%
    He was at -98% this morning.

    Fixed

    1. SouthCoastSaint
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Martial all over again

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      FPL towers tampering with their algorithms shock horror

    3. Drexl Spivey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Injured.

    4. FDMS All Starz
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Lovely

    5. MTPockets
        4 years, 5 months ago

        He's on -92

        1. Sharkytect
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          I’m looking at fantasy football fix. You?

        2. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          FFFix vs. FPLStatistics

      • SADIO SANÉ
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        might go up in price if anything

      • Ógie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        He might make a cameo tomorrow get his flag lifted and get reset to 0%

    6. Peter Ouch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      What happened to McGinn assist

      1. SouthCoastSaint
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Never had one. Ignore live score

        1. Peter Ouch
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Fook
          Cheers

      2. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        It was entered incorrectly. It was meant to be a YC.

    7. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Going from bad to worse. Son blank.

      Pukki and McGinn yellow.

      Red arrows incoming!

      1. Eddie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        But early for that. Most people have Pukki anyway.

    8. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Cant wait to sell Salah next GW. Fraud.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        fickle

      2. Pumpkinhead *non-expert*
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        LOL GL

    9. MattysFantasyFooty
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Make GW 8 great again never forget Tadic

      1. Tired and weary
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        An immense day!

      2. Mr Peanutbutter
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        tadic with kun captain

    10. Pacer.
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Bottomed

      Is yarm a mid or a striker? Thinking about ditching Pukki for him in the telegraph game and just wondering how many chances he gets

      Anyone give me a brief low down

      1. SouthCoastSaint
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Replied

      2. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        I wouldn’t get him. Answered on previous

      3. Pacer.
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers. Abraham it is then

    11. FDMS All Starz
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Sheffield defence very underrated, worth starting every week bar the hard games now...Lunds no long a bench folder??

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

        Don't jinx it. 45 mins left.

        1. Sim Simma
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          too late

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

        Lunds is no folder :p... but kidding aside I’m starting him barring MCity or Pool games...

    12. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Mané and double Pool defence owner here. Rank 2.5m 😆

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Matip and Gomez?

        1. My heart goes Salalalalah
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Ha! TAA and VVD. Selling VVD next week. Bu if the tide is changing...

      2. Yoshioka
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        If fancy pool to confer but score a couple more.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        huh?

      2. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Sticky fail 🙂

    13. Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Is anyones flashscore app really slow today? Only just added the Liverpool goal for me.

      1. MattysFantasyFooty
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Yeah very slow took an age to put up the pool goal

      2. Supersonic Marv'
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Forza football is what you need.

      3. MTPockets
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Desktop site says "A technical error is currently causing delays to some updates. "

        • Annie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          They’ve apologised for technical issues on the web page

        • Marmalade Forest
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          SofaScore

      4. Pedram
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Only three goals so far, is this going to be a low scoring week?

        1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Just one goal from Watford I'll be happy

          1. HurriKane
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Followed by lundy goal should do

        2. SADIO SANÉ
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          not for 5 atb teams

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

          Points at the back...

      5. fc_skrald
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Owning and playing McGovern is my first FPL luck in a long time

        1. Sim Simma
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          What attracted you to a 4.0m starting goalkeeper ?

          1. Fred54
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Aye, link or didn't happen.

        2. Party time
            4 years, 5 months ago

            It is just so sweet. He is a Legend!

        3. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Early thoughts...
          Salah, Pukki -> Mahrez, Auba -4?

          Would give me

          Heaton
          Trent Tomori Soyuncu
          Sterling KDB Mahrez Mount
          Auba Wilson Abraham

          (4.0 Cantwell Rico Lundstram)

          1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Yay or nay, anyone?

        4. Maddamotha
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Anybody watching the Norwich game? How they playing? 45min left for Pukki to get smth or get out of my team.

          1. Hazz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Not great at all.

          2. MattysFantasyFooty
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            He’s gone for me after this week barring any other injuries vardy looking tastier with those fixtures

          3. fr3d
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Cantwell has been involved, but their delivery to Pukki has been non existent

          4. FDMS All Starz
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            If Norwich score he will be involved, they just haven’t scored the last 2 games...when they score he will get pats don’t worry

          5. Maddamotha
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Cheers yall

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

          Lundy and Dunk nailed to my bench

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

            Pukki and Cantscore blocking

        6. FDMS All Starz
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          If Pool keep a CS today would you hold onto the double pool defence? With Mun,Tot,City in the next 4?

          1. MattysFantasyFooty
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Honestly with the states united and spurs are in they could easy keep cs those games

          2. Swanremainsthesame
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            TC potential for the Tot game, only 1 of the the top 6 in their next run of games, triple up on lpool.

          3. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Only have one but wouldn't mind two.

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

          How lucky are spoon fed Mane owners?..

          1. Supersonic Marv'
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Yawny McYawnface.

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

            Here comes the hattrick aeroplane :-3

          3. MattysFantasyFooty
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Boring

          4. KGFC
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Lucky? Dude they took the decision to choose him over Salah... you sound too salty

          5. ‘Tis the Season
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Stoked. One more to come

        8. Bury94
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          If Pukki blanks today will you sell?

          1. SADIO SANÉ
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            probably yeah

          2. fr3d
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Think I'll sell no matter what

          3. The Enlightener
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Hardcore consideration for sure

          4. The 12th Man
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Might do Pukki > Wilson.
            Can afford with 0.1m to spare.

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

            Yes

          6. mookie
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            It's him or Haller to Vardy for me if no injuries during IB.

          7. Hazz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            I have Ashley Barnes too, so who knows.

          8. Forza Papac
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Vardy party > Pukki party

          9. FDMS All Starz
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            No, Norwich score Pukki will be involved it’s just a matter of time before they score one

          10. Business Cat
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            I think it's time, yeah

          11. how now brown cow
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Maybe. Thought it was just away form but maybe Norwich bubble might have burst.

          12. Hits from the Bong
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Sold him last night

        9. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Bayern Munich not up against Spurs this week

        10. g40steve
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Lloris elbow injury looks bad in the vids, arm does not bend that way 🙁

          1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Try harder

        11. Railwayman
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          What was that VAR situation with TAA ?

          1. mookie
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Red card check

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

            Check.

          3. Yank Revolution
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            He should have gotten a yellow for it, but didnt.

        12. how now brown cow
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Dunk 1st sub.

          Somebody please dont turn up.

        13. Kun Tozser
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          The the week to be taking hits!

        14. El Matador
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Please Pukki no blank please

        15. Stoic
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          PL winner coming on

          1. HurriKane
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Albrighton 1-0 Gerrard

          2. Forza Papac
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Drinky?

        16. Party time
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Come on Salah! Show No mercy buddy

          • Team Cruel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Salah sitter (TAA A)

            1. IRBOX ⚽
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Sitter? Haha.. he was offside anyway

              1. Pumpkinhead *non-expert*
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 5 months ago

                simmer

          • Royal5
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            How old is Mark Albrighton? Feel he played with Agbonlahor and Marlon Harewood.

            1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Used to feed Lineker with crosses

              1. Hits from the Bong
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 5 months ago

                Crisps*

          • IRBOX ⚽
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Salah close from TAA cross