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King, Son and Doherty benched as Gameweek 9 continues

Fantasy Premier League managers who took the cheaper route into Bournemouth’s attack for Gameweek 9 were left disappointed on Saturday afternoon.

Ahead of a plum home clash with an out-of-form Norwich City side, Josh King (£6.3m) has been named on the bench – after picking up 100,000+ new owners this week.

The Norwegian international has largely operated from the left-flank of midfield in a 4-4-2 system this season but Ryan Fraser (£7.1m) reclaims his berth for a first start since Gameweek 4.

This news is potentially massive for those who possess Callum Wilson (£8.0m) this weekend as King’s absence might see the England centre-forward take over penalty kick duties for Gameweek 9.

Meanwhile, Lewis Cook (£5.0m) and Adam Smith (£4.3m) return to the starting line-up for Bournemouth.

Opponents Norwich look to have altered their system after running into a poor patch of form in 4-2-3-1 before the international break.

Marco Stiepermann (£5.4m) drops to the bench to potentially facilitate a 4-1-4-1 formation with Alex Tettey (£4.5m) at the base of midfield.

Meanwhile, Kenny McLean (£4.9m) and Moritz Leitner (£4.5m) take up the central roles in the main midfield quartet, flanked by Todd Cantwell (£4.9m) and Emi Buendía (£6.0m).

Naturally, Teemu Pukki (£7.1m) retains his place up-front.

Also causing Fantasy managers frustration on Saturday afternoon is Son Heung-min (£9.8m) who finds himself on the Spurs bench for a favourable home meeting with Watford.

Mauricio Pochettino has handed a recall to Dele Alli (£8.4m) and Lucas Moura (£7.1m) in support of centre-forward Harry Kane (£10.9m).

Meanwhile, Watford go for a back-three for the second match in a row as Quique Sanchez Flores tries a 3-5-2 formation which features Roberto Pereyra (£5.7m) in a strike pairing with Danny Welbeck (£5.9m).

Suggestions of a return to FPL viability for Matt Doherty (£6.0m) were quashed by a second successive benching.

Adama Traoré (£5.1m) gets a second start in a row in place of the Irish international.

Aston Villa line-up as expected for the visit of Brighton, with John McGinn (£5.9m) in the central midfield trio and Jack Grealish (£5.9m) in the front-three.

Meanwhile, Graham Potter’s men are led in attack by Aaron Connolly (£4.5m) and Neal Maupay (£6.0m), while Pascal Groß (£6.4m) and Aaron Mooy (£4.8m) provide the width.

After missing the last four Premier League matches with injury, Leandro Trossard (£5.8m) has been named on the Brighton bench.

Chelsea line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation against Newcastle, with Fikayo Tomori (£4.7m) alongside Kurt Zouma (£4.7m) in defence.

Mason Mount (£6.8m) and Tammy Abraham (£7.7m) come into Gameweek 9 both owned by more than 35% of Fantasy managers.

It will be interesting to see how the Chelsea attack fares against Newcastle’s back-five, as Steve Bruce goes for the usual 5-3-2 system.

Both Longstaff brothers feature in midfield while Miguel Almirón (£5.8m) continues to be used out of position in the front-two.

Jay Rodriguez (£5.7m) comes in for the injured Ashley Barnes (£6.4m) as Burnley travel to face Leicester.

The Foxes are led by Jamie Vardy (£9.0m) while James Maddison (£7.2m) looks set for a central role in the 4-1-4-1 system.

The Starting XIs

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

Brighton XI: Ryan; Burn, Webster, Dunk, Montoya; Groß, Pröpper, D Stephens, Mooy; Connolly, Maupay.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale; Rico, Ake, S Cook, Smith; Fraser, Billing, L Cook, H Wilson; Solanke, C Wilson.

Norwich XI: Krul; Lewis, Godfrey, Amadou, Aarons; Tettey; Cantwell, McLean, Leitner, Buendía; Pukki.

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Alonso, Zouma, Tomori, Azpilicueta; Jorginho, Barkley; Hudson-Odoi, Mount, Willian; Abraham.

Newcastle XI: Dubravka; Willems, Clark, Lascelles, Schär, Yedlin; Saint-Maximin, M Longstaff, S Longstaff; Almirón, Joelinton.

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

Burnley XI: Pope; Pieters, Mee, Tarkowski, Lowton; McNeil, Westwood, Hendrick, Brady; Rodriguez, Wood.

Spurs XI: Gazzaniga; Rose, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Aurier; Winks, Sissoko; Moura, Alli; Kane

Watford XI: Foster; Kabasele, Dawson, Cathcart; Holebas, Chalobah, Cleverley, Doucouré, Janmaat; Welbeck, Pereyra.

Wolves XI: Patrício; Boly, Coady, Bennett; Jonny, Neves, Moutinho, Dendoncker, Traoré; Cutrone, Jiménez.

Southampton XI: Gunn; Bertrand, Yoshida, Vestergaard, Bednarek, Valery; Ward-Prowse, Højbjerg, Romeu; Redmond, Ings.

1,961 Comments Post a Comment
  1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    OMG Webster

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

    Brighton goal

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

    Spurs should be ashamed... new stadium and everything.

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

      Packed out for NFL games, Levy is loving it.

      Spurs results well down the order.

  4. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone watching the Bournemouth game? How's it going?

    1. King Carlos
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Boring, so far

      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        I'm expecting lots of goals there...so it will be 0-0

  5. L'Aeroplanino
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Heaton useless

  6. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    CHO looking very very good. Assist incoming.

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

    GK CS gone already 😎

  8. derdourily
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Webster G

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

    Alonso booked 🙁

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

    Alli SOT

  11. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Almost CHO assist, Mount goal

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

      Dial up?

    2. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I would have been very pleased

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

    Alonso YC

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

      VAR check for red.

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

    im getting like 13 points this week by looks of it

  14. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Is this GW8 all over again? Please bring the FPL fun back 🙁 ?

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

    Alonso yellow

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

      hypocrit

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Waaayyy.

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

    Should have played Pope. Heaton is pants

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

      Keeper rotations never work

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

        This

        Pick a 4,5 and a 4,0
        Never look back (unless on WC)

    2. The Wise Owl
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Not as good as he was. The amount of money they spent on defence too.

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

      GK set and forget > rotation

  17. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Guilbert CS gone. At least it was by someone irrelevant FPL-wise.

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

      Connolly to get the next 🙂

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

    Kane taking a while to get his customary goal

    1. The Quiff
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      *penalty

      Fixed that for you.

  19. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    The day we all captain the striker playing Norwich, they tighten up, typical

  20. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone else having a gameweek from hell?

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

      Lol barely started

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

      Expecting it to become one.

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

      Are you a sad red panda?

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

        Lol

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

      Every GW, used to it

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

      Spurs, West Ham and villa back line?

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

    CHO looking the part.

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

    Joelinton close

  23. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    City assets to punish non captainers

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

    Is Tammy going to blank :-(. Luckily did not cap him...

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

    Potter’s good at this. Trossard still to come back in too.

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

      He's doing great.

  26. aborg
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    I have a feeling that goals will only start coming in the second half for all games !! All games so frustrating to watch at the moment, except for Watford goal.

  27. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Leicester CS gone

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

      T_T

  28. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Toon goal incoming

  29. Jekori
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Got in Gazza on WC.
    Got in Webster on WC.
    Scraping the barrel isn't always bad, hopefully my Chelsea trio of CHO, Mount and Tammy(C) can secure a big green this week

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

    Wood goal