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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. seewhyaxe
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Who asked Leicester 2nd?

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

      Assisted

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

        Barnes

      2. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Barnes

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

      Thanks!

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

    Sterling about to slap me silly.

  3. fusen
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Alonso with a clean sheet and a goal is on less BPS than CHO

    o.o that's pretty impressive for Hudson-Odoi

    Very annoying that FPL hide the stats that make up the BPS this season

    1. tm245
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Agreed, and I miss the old drop down that showed the box score for all players.

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

      CHO has had a brilliant game TBF.

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

    I'm bored

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

    Cancelo is going to be so good

  6. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pep going for total football, what a wizard.

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

    Man Utd should get Lovren & Otamendi....

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

    Cantwell subbed

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Good. CS point banked.

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

    Pep needs a fooking smacking. Cmon palace!

  10. Benteke10
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Please stay on the bench Kun!!!!

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

      F THAT

  11. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Should I be scared about not having Sterling?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah

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

        I shouldn’t have picked Aguero 🙁

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

      Nah, likely blank again

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

    Tammy WTF

    Sitter of all sitters

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

    Come on Palace !

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

    Abraham open goal

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

    Burnely equalise

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

    Lundstram off the bench for Otamendi, might not even be that bad

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

    Brilliant from Yedlin

    1. RealVirg
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Unless a goal idc

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

    omg tammy

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

    I think the lesson from this GW is never captain anyone other than a Citeh/Pool player

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

      Kun cappers agree

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

    Woy busy changing tactics looking at Pep's backline 😀

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

    Cantwell CS banked

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

    OMG Wood.

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

      Stop boasting...

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

    It's been a while but the patience has paid off, THANK YOU ALONSO

  24. Vlad Tepes
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    So another bad week, I am so surprised

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

    Tammy WHY

  26. TwiggsJameson
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Don't feel so bad about capping tammy over kun now.

  27. The Mandalorian
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pep playing 9 midfielders legend!

  28. Jimmy Boy
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    How did that not go in from Tammy

  29. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    C'mon (C)allum don't be a troll...

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      This pleaaaase

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

    FPL is a government test. What a crap game.