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Mousset benched as Carroll gets his first league start of the season

Gameweek 15 comes to a head this evening with matches at Bramall Lane and the Emirates.

Sheffield United take on Newcastle United in the 19:30 GMT kick-off, while Arsenal v Brighton and Hove Albion gets underway at 20:15 GMT.

The headline team news from South Yorkshire sees Chris Wilder make two changes to his starting XI, as the Blades boss revisits his rotation policy up front.

Unfortunately for the most-bought Fantasy Premier League asset of this Gameweek, that means a benching for Lys Mousset (£5.1m).

David McGoldrick (£5.4m) is also among the substitutes as Billy Sharp (£5.6m) and Oli McBurnie (£5.7m) are given a chance to impress in attack.

John Lundstram (£5.1m) keeps up his ever-present record as Wilder continues to keep changes to a minimum in his defence and midfield.

Steve Bruce’s only alteration to his team also comes up front, with Andy Carroll (£5.7m) making his first league start of 2019/20 at the expense of Joelinton (£5.4m).

This fixtures sees the joint-first and third-highest-scoring sub-£5.0m FPL defenders go head to head, as George Baldock (£4.7m) comes up against Jetro Willems (£4.6m).

Eight points or more for Lundstram would put him back to the top of the FPL points-scoring list outright among players in his position.

Freddie Ljungberg has made three changes from Gameweek 14, with Hector Bellerin (£5.4m), Sokratis (£4.9m) and Lucas Torreira (£4.7m) replacing Calum Chambers (£4.4m), Shkodran Mustafi (£5.2m) and Matteo Guendouzi (£4.6m).

Brighton’s team shows two alterations, with Neal Maupay (£5.8m) and Steven Alzate (£4.5m) in for Yves Bissouma (£5.0m) and Martin Montoya (£4.5m).

Just over 100,000 FPL managers bought Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£10.9m) ahead of Gameweek 15.

He is also the third-most-popular captaincy option of this set of fixtures.

Sheffield United XI: Henderson, Basham, Baldock, O’Connell, Egan, Stevens, Fleck, Lundstram, Norwood, Sharp, McBurnie.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Manquillo, Clark, Fernandez, Dummett, Willems, Saint-Maximin, Hayden, Shelvey, Almiron, Carroll.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Bellerin, David Luiz, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Torreira, Xhaka, Willock, Ozil, Aubameyang, Lacazette.

Brighton XI: Ryan, Alzate, Dunk, Webster, Burn, Stephens, Propper, Gross, Mooy, Maupay, Connolly.


Gameweek 15 – FPL Match Reports

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  1. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Some dive by Laca

  2. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Welcome to the Henderson club.

  3. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Arsenal are SHITE

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Unfair to SHITE

    2. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Understatement of the season.

    3. Dr Dream
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      From top to bottom, and all down to attitude...including the fans. Rubbish.

    4. Dthinger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      It just doesn't make any sense how they line up! They have a squad that's clearly built for 4-3-3 but they keep lining up in this weird ass 4-3-1-2

  4. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Shelvey 2 in 2. Just saying

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Voldemort is on fire

    2. kamdaraji
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Shelvey (C) locked in

    3. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      He'll be comically crap next week.

    4. TOPCAT1960
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Next 3 = Sou, Bur & Palace ...but still no thanks

  5. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Keep it up in second half, Ryan!

  6. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    So Pope to whom? 5 m to spend.

    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Pope

      1. Stockport Hatter
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        This

        1. Peter Ouch
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          That

          1. Differentiator
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            These

            1. @persecuted_by_mods
                4 years, 3 months ago

                Those

      2. Differentiator
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Bank FT, sit back and relax

        1. DA Minnion (Former great)
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Have 2 and nought to do.

          1. Pukki Party
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            Backup keeper to thatwestham4.0guy?

      3. Karhumies
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Guaita 5.0 because Palace fixtures

    2. Dthinger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      And Leno keeps racking up the save points...

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

      Would anyone really be having a tantrum if Lundstram was a 4.5 mid on 75 points?

      FPL is a harsh mistress

      1. TheDragon
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        He is scoring incredibly for his price - of course he is.

        The issue is now that everyone is terrified to bench him because he has so much potential points wise. But he is going to get loads of 1 to 2 pointers.

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

          It's one game.

          He blanked against wolves Becausr wolves are excellent and SHU were playing away. Entirely predictable.

    4. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Starting Lundstram over Rico seemed logical.

      1. kamdaraji
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Maybe start doing the non logical thing

        1. TheDragon
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          This is 100% the correct strategy this season.

          Logic = red arrows this year

      2. Pinturicchio10
          4 years, 3 months ago

          It was.

        • Karhumies
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          If Rico was not subbed off before Bournemouth eventually conceded, we would not be having this discussion right now.

          1. FPL Blow-In
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            Meh no point in talking about “if’s” in fantasy football. If my dad was a women he’d be my ma

          2. TOPCAT1960
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            Nice analagy and very true...comes down some just wishing they had made better choice .... with a massive dose of hindsight

            1. Karhumies
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 3 months ago

              I predicted Bournemouth conceding. They did.

              I did not predict Rico getting subbed off past the 60 min mark with CS intact and getting 3x BP on top. The odds for that were way worse than Lundstram CS or attacking returns odds. IMO.

              I made the better choice by choosing the better odds, but ended up being worse off because the lower odds hand won on the river card (if you think this is Texas hold'em poker). In gambling, even if you always make the correct choice, you don't always win. FPL is a form of gambling, it's not chess. It's the random reward nature of gambling that makes FPL both addictive and emotional.

      3. Egg noodle
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        I doubled up on Sheffield defence last night for a hit

        1. lindeg
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          rip

        2. Maddamotha
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Last night? In the middle of the gameweek and before Sheffied played?

          1. Egg noodle
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            Was getting priced out of the rest of my other transfers.

            Did Martial Jiminez Robertson > Alli Rashford OConnell

      4. Peter Ouch
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Last 5 games

        Shelvey £5.0 30 points

        Sterling £12.0 15 points

        1. Gudjohnsen
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Salah and sterling have been complete flops for their price.

      5. Feanor
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        I already have 20 points on my bench from Dedon, Dunk and Rico.

        1. TheDragon
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          I’ve got 23 - hope that makes you feel better

          1. Feanor
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            It does!

            Although a CS and bonus for Rico would put it at 25+.

            1. Feanor
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 3 months ago

              *Dunk

          2. how now brown cow
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            26 (but I'm getting some at least)

        2. DA Minnion (Former great)
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Poor enough. I've 27 on mine.

        3. La Roja
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          26 here

          1. kamdaraji
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            only 12!

      6. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        I have no clue how Willock continues to feature in the first 11!

        1. kamdaraji
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Pillock

          1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            Bad passes everywhere. Had a great opportunity to score and does not! Why???

      7. GreennRed
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        This Saint Maximin chap is quite good.

        1. Egg noodle
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Great to watch, underwhelming end product

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

          Some end product was nice, didn't expect his 1st to be a header.

      8. lindeg
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        some people captained lundstram ...

        1. kamdaraji
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          nice fat 2 points right there

        2. Dthinger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          My brother captained Mousset.

      9. Dr Dream
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Newcastle deserve a bit of joy. Really well organised in defence most of the time, they just need a few more goals.

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Drop Almiron, play Saint-Maximin in Almiron's position (so they have someone with real pace closer to Joelinton) and play Ritchie / Longstaff instead of Almiron.

      10. dynamike
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Gents

        Would appreciate thoughts on KDB & Traore > Zaha & Ali ?

        1. Egg noodle
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Zaha is a really poor option

          1. TOPCAT1960
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            lol

          2. dynamike
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            Yeah, don't think he's got a huge hall in him, but with those fixtures he could tick over??

            1. Egg noodle
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 3 months ago

              Not what the stats say

              1. dynamike
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 3 months ago

                Care to divulge? I thought he had good xg?

        2. GreennRed
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          I wouldn't sell De Bruyne.

          1. dynamike
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            Cheers, just think he's gonna keep coming deep, n fixtures not the best

      11. Playing_the_Numbers
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Connolly assist to be awarded forBrighton's first goal?

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

          No, he lost possession.

        2. Maddamotha
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Nah

        3. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Nope he has blown several points chances and probably will be hooked pre 60 to wrap up a great week

      12. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Wilder at the wheel

      13. The Train Driver
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Newcastle muat be the most incosistent team I've ever seen...

      14. kamdaraji
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        what was all this hype about doubling up on sheff utd defenders?

        1. EMBOLOFAN
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          trust the xgc 🙂

        2. kamdaraji
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Glad I kept lord pope!

          1. kamdaraji
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            seemed to be a wasted transfer

      15. andres
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        any advice? Jimi to tammy? Tielemans out?

        Hedno
        TAA Soy Lund
        Mane KDB Son Tielemans
        Rash Vardy Jimenez

        Kelly, cantwell, Pieters 0.6 ITB 1FT.

      16. KaBoZ: Kids,don't Drin…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Pope, button
        Soy, Roberson, lund, tomoroi, rico
        Salah, kdb, cantwell, ? ,?
        Jimenez, vardy, Abraham

        I have 2fts, and only 15m:
        A) Alli + grealish
        B) Madison + zaha
        C) Maddison + Pulisic

      17. kamdaraji
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        well done you blades!

      18. manu4life99
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Sell Maddison or Pulisic for Alli?

        1. Syd.
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Keep them both

        2. dynamike
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Pulisic, more rotation risk

        3. kamdaraji
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          no

        4. JustPark
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          If Silva gets the sack, Pulisic.

          1. how now brown cow
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            Silva has got the sack

      19. Syd.
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        This Thursday night football malarkey is a bit disappointing

        #BoycottAmazon

      20. Digital-Real
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Chris Wilder learning the hard way, don't underestimate any premiership team

        1. Stockport Hatter
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Or Premier League team. It's not been Premiership for a few years. 😉

          1. Digital-Real
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            since when!!

            1. Stockport Hatter
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 3 months ago

              It's the FA Premier League not Premiership.

            2. Stockport Hatter
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 3 months ago

              On wiki it explains. 2007 was the last year it was called The Premiership. It's just The Premier League now

        2. kamdaraji
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          it is Europa league tonight?

      21. Karhumies
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Auba to Abraham/Rashford for a hit? Which one?

        1. Egg noodle
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Abraham, but also find a way to get Rashford in

          1. Karhumies
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            I can upgrade Jimenez to the other one (Rashford) next week, and I should be all set.

      22. Ruinenlust
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Salah out for Mane - yay or nay?

        1. Stockport Hatter
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          In the long term yes but a possibility of Salah playing and Mane rested at weekend.

        2. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Did exactly that in week 3.

        3. jtreble
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Have you got that backwards?

        4. TOPCAT1960
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Missed the boat with that one by a few weeks...definitley yay

      23. Ace Ventura
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Cheeky Carroll punt?

        1. kamdaraji
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          do it

        2. how now brown cow
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Triple captain