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Ings and Grealish start as Digne benched for Everton

Major changes have been held to a minimum in the 3pm matches in Gameweek 20.

Danny Ings (£6.6m) returns to the Southampton line-up after earning himself a rest at Chelsea on Boxing Day.

He starts up-front in Ralph Hasenhüttl’s 4-4-2 system alongside Che Adams (£5.3m).

Michael Obafemi (£4.9m) misses out through illness while Stuart Armstrong (£5.2m) drops to the bench.

“This was the reason Danny (Ings) didn’t play against Cheslea, because I knew two games in three days with his history was too high a risk fir me. It is the same for Stu(art Armstrong), who was out for a long time and played nearly 90 minutes last game, so he starts on the bench.” – Ralph Hasenhüttl

Visitors Crystal Palace hand another start to key Fantasy Premier League assets Martin Kelly (£4.4m) and Vicente Guaita (£5.1m) while Jairo Riedewald (£4.5m) fills in at left-back for Patrick van Aanholt (£5.5m).

Newcastle have made three important alterations to the side that was thrashed 4-1 by Manchester United on Boxing Day.

Key midfield assets Jonjo Shelvey (£5.1m) and Isaac Hayden (£4.4m) are back in the side while Andy Carroll (£5.4m) returns up-front alongside Joelinton (£5.6m) in what looks to be a 3-5-2 formation.

Meanwhile, Carlo Ancelotti has kept faith with the 4-4-2 system, pairing Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£5.7m) with Moise Kean (£6.4m) up-front and deploying Richarlison (£ on the left flank of midfield.

Perhaps the most important piece of team news for Fantasy managers sees Lucas Digne (£5.7m), the most popular Everton asset (12.1%) left on the bench for Leighton Baines (£4.9m) to captain the side from left-back.

Djibril Sidibé (£5.3m), who registered a 12-point haul in Gameweek 19, keeps his place on the right of defence.

Aston Villa have named a relatively strong side to face Watford at Vicarage Road, with Jack Grealish (£6.4m) potentially back in his advanced position on the left of a front-three.

Matt Targett (£4.4m) and Ahmed El Mohamady (£4.2m) keep their starting berths after helping secure a clean sheet on Boxing Day.

Watford line-up in a 4-2-3-1 spearheaded by Troy Deeney (£6.2m) with Gerard Deulofeu (£6.1m) and Ismaïla Sarr (£6.2m) on the flanks.

Newcastle XI: Dubravka, Yedlin, Schar, Fernandez, Lejeune, Willems, Shelvey, Hayden, Almiron, Joelinton, Carroll.

Everton XI: Pickford; Baines, Holgate, Keane, Sidibé; Richarlison, Davies, Sigurdsson, Walcott; Kean, Calvert-Lewin.

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Bertrand, Bednarek, J Stephens, Cedric; Redmond, Ward-Prowse, Højbjerg, Boufal; Ings, Adams.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Riedewald, Sakho, Tomkins, M Kelly; Meyer, McCarthy, Milivojevic, McArthur; Ayew, Zaha.

Watford XI: Foster; Femenía, Cathcart, Kabasele, Mariappa; Capoue, Hughes; Deulofeu, Doucouré, Sarr; Deeney.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton; Targett, Hause, Konsa, El Mohamady; Hourihane, D Luiz, Lansbury; Grealish, Wesley, Jota.

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  1. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Hopefully Palace keep a clean sheet because Magnus has Kelly starting!

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      He knows

    2. MagicMessi
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I have him benched so CS locked

  2. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Donkey Almiron ruining my Willems assist.

    1. DAZZ
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Useless, should have buried it

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

    Is Trossard getting 1 bonus or is Jahan?

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

      Trossard

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

    For the record, I believe the goal should have stood.

    In the current way VAR and offisides are interpreted, thats a goal. But come on, VARmpits disallowing goals? The whole interpretation should change.

    The sport should support goals, not discourage them. Its what makes the sport great to watch on the pitch. Change the rulings. HDT makes a good case, any part is onside, its a goal. See the amount of goals go up.

    1. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Pack it in, was clear and obvious

        1. CloudSky
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          You can't score with your arm.

        2. Hotdogs for Tea
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Offside is one of the laws of association football, codified in Law 11 of the Laws of the Game. The law states that a player is in an offside position if any of their body parts, except the hands and arms, are in the opponents' half of the pitch, and closer to the opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent (the last opponent is usually, but not necessarily, the goalkeeper).[1]

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

      Typical CPFC supporter

      1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Look at the link above you numpty

      2. Tasty Jerk
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Since when did we play in red and white? numpty

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

          😆 fish caught.

    3. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      100% agreed

    4. Futile Tinkering
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Noways that's offside

    5. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Zaha's VARmpit is closer to goal than Stephens

  5. EL TANO
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    In other news: Walcott’s hair is really annoying

    1. Mo Salah No Mane
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I never know it's him on the ball lol

    2. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I keep thinking its Holgate

    3. EL TANO
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Jesus, maybe Yedlin’s is worse

      1. EL TANO
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        No, Calvert-Lewin’s perm is actually worse

  6. Dacra
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Should I do Alli and Zaha to Traore and Mane for free?

    1. Slam
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah, do it right now.

    2. Burger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yes, right this second.

    3. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      of course, what would be the argument against it ?

    4. Effe
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yes

  7. Rhodes your boat
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Bring in mane or sterling for richarlison? Also have salah and can’t wait for mane rise

  8. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Almoron is so good.

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

      Typo is accurate

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

      Really?

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

      Yet you call him a Moron ?

  9. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    It's amazing how many here don't understand and/or like VAR getting the offside calls correct. It's basically the only thing VAR does right.

    1. Slam
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      +1

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

      There is a margin of error in VAR offside calls - timing of ball being released, frame rate, drawing of lines to a body part that if allowed to score.

      The question is whether some of these calls are so close they fall within the margin of error.

      1. CloudSky
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        How do we decide where we draw the line in a margin of error, when it's a subjective interpretation at best?

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

          I don't know. I'm not saying it isn't the best solution we have at present, but it cant guarantee it's always right.

          It's something we just need to get used to. Like previous old-school offside decisions
          They will even themselves out over time.

        2. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Calculate the margin of error and dont overturn results within the margin of error.

          1. CloudSky
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Margin of error for Sterling's goal was reportedly 38 centimetres. Surely that's too much?

            Its going to be hard calculating the standard deviation in this kind of scenarios.

      2. Klip Klopp
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        It's never going to not have a margin of error though? Even a speeding camera gets it wrong sometimes. I think people expected it to be 100% right

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

          Indeed. Now it's been adopted just got to accept it.

        2. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Speeding camera's are set high to account for the margin of error..

    3. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      There is a much higher margin of error than some are willing to admit. Its not clear cut.

    4. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      It's pretty moronic on here tbh. VAR denies their FPL a goal or assist and it becomes useless. Admittedly there do have appeared to be errors but it is a good thing in principle

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

      They do understand they just want the rules to change. Same with encroachment on penalties

      1. CloudSky
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Those are the same rules that supposedly worked for some time now.

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

          VAR makes the shortcomings of the rules more apparent.

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

      thats whats annoying, they literally could watch a dive 15 times cluelesssly and give a pen.
      But soon as someone is offside by a freckle they disallow it. Its pathetic, because VAR is total cack in every other regard they are enforcing strict offsides to try and make it seem like VAR is good.

      VAR is total absolute cack, ruining countless games and results. Give me biased refs any day

      1. bodgejob
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Moaner

  10. Chirsbom
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    How the hell does Grealish comb his hair in the morning and think "yeah that will work"..?

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

      Terrible isn't it lol

  11. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Tammy to Jimmy for free?

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

      I would!

    2. Burger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yes just before Tammy scores a brace and Jimmy blanks.

      1. Pep Roulette
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Tammy against Brighton & Jimmy against Watford!

  12. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    When will my double palace defenders have their clean sheet wiped? 64mins i reckon

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

      Well done. 14 points locked.

    2. Burger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      88 mins.

  13. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    The other donkey Andy Carroll ruining another Willems assist

  14. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    What do I hope for as an guiata and ings owner?

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

      Multiple pen saves with Ings scoring after save

      1. Champions League Varane
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Correct

  15. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    played Rico over Kelly and I'm certain it'll haunt me.

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

      Same

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Same. Magnus knows.

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

      Yeesh

    3. beric
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Benched them both for lubdstrum and targett...fingers crossed

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

    Bednarek blazes it over from a beautiful JWP delivery. Thats a defender's strike for you.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah Befnarek

  17. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    What did a Southampton defender missed. Wow

  18. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Good plans?

    Schmeichel (Button)
    TAA Aurier Rico Kelly (Lundy)
    Mane KDB Martial (Luiz Dendo)
    Kane Vardy Tammy

    2 FT 0.0 ITB

    GW21 - Tammy to Jimmy for free
    GW22 - Kelly to Burn for free

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

    Kelly first on bench.

    Any chance of an Alli no show?

  20. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Kelly Shot off Target

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Kelly? A shot? In the oppo half? What is the world coming to?

  21. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Except hands and arms ....

    Offside is one of the laws of association football, codified in Law 11 of the Laws of the Game. The law states that a player is in an offside position if any of their body parts, except the hands and arms, are in the opponents' half of the pitch, and closer to the opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent (the last opponent is usually, but not necessarily, the goalkeeper).[1]

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

      Funny thing is that the hand is a part of the arm

      If they're going hardcore anatomy, then they're excluding forearms, so I don't think they are. Just a bit funny to me

    2. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      VAR is not penalizing against hands and arms!!! Armpits, yes, because that's part of the chest and an area you can score with!

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

      To be fair, as ridiculous as VARmpits are, at least there has been some consistency with the implementation, I'll give them that. Donn't agree with it, but at least they stick to it.

  22. dansmusen
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Kelly hitting birds

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

      He should be reported to the authorities for Domestic violence

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

    On today's episode of "This won't end 1:0"...

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

    Zaha causing problems to Cedric with the scraps he's getting. JwP needing to help him out.
    Zaha owners, keep faith., still a long game to go.

  25. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Kelly close

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

      to what, the moon?

  26. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Pretty sure it is possible to understand how VAR works and to want the rule to change - I do like the idea of using VAR to find any part of the player Onside instead of any part of the player Offside. Seems like a reasonable use of technology since if a shoelace is onside then there isn't clear daylight.

    If you can introduce VAR you can introduce a rule change or a new interpretation of an existing rule.

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

    Everton fixtures are bizarre. Horrible fantastic awful. I only checked in a moment of regret that I went Maupay over DCL.

  28. EL TANO
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Carroll is a dominator....never loses a header duel
    I bet big Ferg wishes he was wearing blue today

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

    Deeney goal

  30. Bartowski
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Walcott is poo