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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.

1,915 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Another dull GW

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

      Every gameweek, season already a write off

  2. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Got out of jail by playing McGovern over Heaton.

    1. The Senate
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Played him over Foster - both 9 I think

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

      Oh man me too. Play him over adrian

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

    Pukki > ?

    1. Better luck next year
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      C. Wilson

    2. The Senate
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I’m tempted by Maupay - if only I had the cash for Vardy

    3. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Greenwood?

  4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pukki the fraud get out of my team

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

    Liverpool, Liverpool, Liverpool 🙂

  6. Better luck next year
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pukki party over. Pukki -> Wilson it is!

  7. SkeletONv01
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pope and Lundstram my only pointscorers, hilarious GW ^^ Humble brag, 21 with Sterling, Ota, Tammy and Ayew to go....

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

    Congrats Salah non owners

    Takes a bit of nerve to go without him and pit your wits against him that you can find better value and/or points.

    Got to enjoy days like this

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

    Elimate one;

    Abraham
    Wilson
    Auba
    Vardy

    Thank you

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

      Wilson

    2. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Wilson , I love my att.

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

      Thanks guys

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

      Wilson

    5. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Based on fixtures, it would be Wilson, but who else ya got?

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

        Wilsons's next two are better than anyone else's next two????

        1. Pep bites Kun
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          I was looking more long term. I base my strikers on >3/4 week FTs, but I take your point. I wouldn't sell any of the above.

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

        Building a WC team

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

    21 with Abraham, Mount and Sterling to go

    oh what a season

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I hope Sterling is your (c)

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

        fortunately

  11. Manani
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    got quite a few want to transfer out, time to WC?

    Pukki, Haller, Salah, Matip, Dendocker, Greenwood

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Deffo

    2. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah don't be scared to use your WC and you got 2 weeks to build TV

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

    McGovern with 5 FING GOALS CONCEDED and still 2 bps. As if we needed more proof that the bonus points for penalty saves was busted...

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

      It’s one of the few things in BPS that needs fixing.

      1. Plant Based FPLer
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        There's got to be more, let's see:

        - DM's never getting bonus? They're on the pitch, aren't they?

        - BPS for players scoring on one shot but being absent the whole match, sometimes the worst player on the field (Wilson v. Southampton)

        Well, that's not even a few. The system is consistent though so that's something to keep in mind.

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

      owners McLovin' it

  13. TAT
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Turns out the transfer I should have done this GW was Heaton out to a GK with clean sheet potential…

    15 from 6. Any worse?

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

    What a disaster, Heaton concedes a late goal, so does Liverpool, Pieters comes off few minutes before a clean sheet, brought in Mount instead of Maddison, it was a 50-50 decision, Norwich being awful in attack also... Maybe it is WC time.

  15. Hart-ake
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pope to sneak a BAP?

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

    How you doing guys? i'm on 26pts, 4 to play.

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

      I am bad all my guys have 2 points 4 to play sterling captain..

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

      20, 7 to play

    3. SkeletONv01
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      21, 4 to play 😛

    4. The Senate
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      17+2bps then 6 to play including (C)

    5. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      13 with 6 to play :/

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

      16, 4 to play 🙁

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        15, 4 to play with Sterling cap

    7. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      14, 5 to play, Auba (c)

    8. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      22, 4 to play including cap

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

      20 points, 4 to play

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

      29, 5 to play.

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

      33 post baps/autosubs I think.

      2x City and 3x Chelsea to play

      😎

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

        Nice

    12. AzzaroMax99
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      20 (-4) & 5 to play including cap

    13. PogChamp
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      31 with 5 to play. Sterling (c)

    14. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      34 + 3 to play

    15. Indpush
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      31 with four to play including my captain

  17. dshv
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Digne and pukki -> abraham and which defender ?????

    Please help

    1. jimmy.floyd
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Pereira

    2. The Senate
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Someone from Leicester

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

    in a horrible 'my team doesn't look that bad' but is bad spell at the moment I think, no doubt if I wildcard they'll all become amazing

    1. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Unless you had mane, most people are in the same boat today.

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

        yeah, just mean generally - same last week too

  19. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Son to KDB or Salah to Sterling ?

  20. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    20 from 7. Any good?

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

      Same with me, ha

    2. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Very good , 5pts per player avg , so 60points would be your gwk score , which is a solid score every week.

  21. antis0cial
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    My sub keeper concedes 5 goals and only gets 4 points less than the total my 4 starters managed!

  22. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    o_O my mate ebcnhed Pereira, Cilson & Maddison lol. You would think maybe he was trying to bench boost but his back up keeper is button so i dont think so. Weird, he played rico over Wilson... and Kante playing for him also

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

    The important question is do we need any Liverpool assists going into the next 4 GWs? Mun,Tot,City,Villa

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      United spurs probably two of the easiest fixtures right now

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

      Yes

      Mane

      Man Utd struggling
      Tottenham imploding
      Man City no defence
      Villa arevVilla

      1. Plant Based FPLer
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        ^ This ^

  24. Limbo
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Another shocker. W/C rage activated.

    Digne and Salah get out.

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

    Wolves to do one over City irrespective if I have Kun 🙂

  26. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    come on Yarmo I need big things!

    1. Plant Based FPLer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Same. Took a hit last second giving up on Everton, Marco Silva and Iwobi, rightly it seems.

  27. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    How come Salah didn't take the penalty?

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

      Milner was playing.

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

      Subbed off. Could be injured.

    3. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      1. Milner is first choice
      2. He wasn't on the pitch

    4. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      subbed off just before, is he injured? not sure maybe

    5. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      He wasnt on the pitch and Milner was on the pitch.

  28. Rash
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Must resist rage transferring barnes and pukki out!

    1. Plant Based FPLer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Barring whatever happened today, Pukki looked lackadaisical a week or two ago. It's probably time to sell.

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

      Why resist? DO IT!

    3. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I think it's time to leave pukki out

  29. Manani
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    if on WC, would you keep KDB? got him in teh beginning so will be losing a fair bit of value

    1. Plant Based FPLer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Just hold until the deadline to see if he's fit in 2 weeks, what you thinkin'?

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

      Keep, specially when so many people is selling him.

  30. N00B
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    I will make the moves after the international break but what do you think?

    Pukki and James out >
    Wilson and Maddison in

    1. N00B
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      For a hit (-4)

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

      What else did Maddison do other than getting a goal?