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Maupay benched again as injured Sarr misses out

The second of two Premier League matches to take place on an unusually quiet Saturday sees Brighton and Hove Albion and Watford meet at the Amex Stadium.

Kick-off on the south coast is at 17:30 GMT.

Nigel Pearson’s only change to his Watford side from Gameweek 25 sees Will Hughes (£5.3m) come in for Nathaniel Chalobah (£4.4m), who suffered a back spasm against Everton last weekend.

Chalobah is at least fit enough to be among the substitutes but there is no place in the matchday squad for Ismaila Sarr (£6.2m), who misses out again with a muscle problem.

Not one of Watford’s players is owned by more than 5% of Fantasy Premier League managers overall and they boast similar differential status within the top 10,000, with Ben Foster (£4.9m) the most-selected Hornets asset in both cases.

The unfathomable Graham Potter has again sprung more surprises with his teamsheet, making four changes from the 3-3 draw against West Ham United.

Neal Maupay (£5.9m) is still a substitute, however, with Glenn Murray (£5.4m) again leading the line.

Albion’s backline is completely different bar Lewis Dunk (£4.8m), who keeps his place at centre-half.

Shane Duffy (£4.8m), Solly March (£4.6m), Ezequiel Schelotto (£4.0m) and the fit-again Dan Burn (£4.5m) are all recalled, with Martin Montoya (£4.4m), Adam Webster (£4.4m), Bernardo (£4.3m) and the injured Dale Stephens (£4.4m) omitted.

Dunk and goalkeeper Mathew Ryan (£4.9m) both boast double-digit FPL ownerships but the other nine players in Albion’s starting XI are owned by 1% of Fantasy managers or less.

The Seagulls have kept only one clean sheet in their last 14 league games.

Watford have registered six shut-outs in that time, although are on a three-game winless run in the top flight.


Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Ryan; Schelotto, Dunk, Duffy, Burn; March, Propper, Mooy, Trossard; Gross; Murray.

Watford XI: Foster; Mariappa, Kabasele, Cathcart, Masina; Capoue, Hughes; Pereyra, Doucouré, Deulofeu, Deeney.

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

    Can welbeck play 8 mins without getting injured?

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Maybe he can

    2. HVT
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Who is WellbZ?

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

    Is that Ryan close to a bap?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      1 bps off.

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Shamefully, he is. Which just shows how poor this game has been.

  3. Traction Engine Foot
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Foster still on for a bap

  4. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Welbeck to have the ars-lei moment back from injury, just the other end of the table this time

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

    Ryan rewards owners with a bap

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

      Don't.... Too painful

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

    Time for just one measly Ryan save surely

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

    Mariappa ...
    Bad start for the BB

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Is there any chance that og taken off him ?

      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 14 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        no

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Cheers TM

      2. potatoace
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        No, he skillfully thumped it into tbe net.

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Bloody hell 😀

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

        Sorry bro... hope others will compensate!

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Fingers crossed 🙂

      4. Party time
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Those type of goals remain untouched

          1. Amey
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Cheers mate

            1. Party time
                4 years, 2 months ago

                GL for the rest of the gw buddy

                1. Amey
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  Thanks buddy. Need big performance from Vardy Son & VVD

                  1. Party time
                      4 years, 2 months ago

                      You're gonna smash it champ!

          2. Party time
              4 years, 2 months ago

              😆

              Marry her, Pa

            • FPL Pillars
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Unlucky mate, gl for the other 14 🙂

              1. Amey
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 2 months ago

                Thank you 🙂

          3. potatoace
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Was that a last second foster save?

          4. Maddi Son
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Can't believe I nearly held onto Maupay this week. Glad I came to my senses last night.

            1. Tsparkes10
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Wish I had followed :p

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

            Leeds bottle job in full swing

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

              This

            2. Will Kane
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Yeah, apparently running a really thin squad into the ground and having no proper striker doesn't really work....

          6. jonnybhoy
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            DCL + Ryan > Ings + McCarthy for free?

            1. Bun Rab
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Yes if you have another playing keeper.

          7. Bun Rab
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Bielsa is gonna be better than ArsenalTv.

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

            has there ever been a player who scored an own goal and got a red in the same match????

            1. Nightcrawler
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              No but walters scored two own goals and missed a penalty once

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

              Woodgate Real Madrid debut

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

            Zero corners

            1. Maddi Son
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              1-1 that's a bold prediction. Rarely ever see that scoreline.

              1. FPL Pillars
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 2 months ago

                Oh Sonny, you’ll get a brace against Villa.

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

              stephens 1 - 0 Burnley?

              1. FPL Pillars
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 2 months ago

                I’m afraid not

                1. OverTinker
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  then you are no good

          10. BigBillyBass
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Joe Lolley is Forest’s Jack Grealish

            1. g40steve
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Quality & unselfish

          11. Tsparkes10
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Oh Leeds hahahaha, buzzing to watch playoffs this year without thinking ffs I wish it was us :p

            1. Fred54
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              The WBA contingent in my area will be boing boing as they say.

          12. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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            • 14 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Bonus look final

            3 - Capoue (29)
            2 - Doucouré (24)
            1 - Pröpper (19)

            1. OverTinker
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              great

            2. Bun Rab
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Capoue get the 3 for his tackleassist? Harsh on Doucoure.

            3. FPL Pillars
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              TM what’s the LMS safety score, is it still in minus ?

              1. OverTinker
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 2 months ago

                1.

                1. FPL Pillars
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  Going out as standing then 🙂

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

              How to find out how many managers remaining in LMS? apart from going to the last page to find out

              1. Ragabolly
                • 14 Years
                4 years, 2 months ago

                655 remaining

                1. OverTinker
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  Thanks

          13. BigBillyBass
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Can anybody who transferred Neal Maupay in recently kindly explain to me what their thought process behind it was? Genuinely baffled as to why anyone would make this move. Could anyone offer me an explanation?

            1. Tsparkes10
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Did it 5 or 6 weeks ago. Was in form, Brighton playing well and nice fixtures. Also cheap... Owells

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

              He scored a few goals. Goals are worth points in FPL.

            3. Bun Rab
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Had good stats and some nice fixtures.

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

              He must be one of the worst options in the game right now

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

              Things seemed very different in early December amigo

            6. Third Eye Vision
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              There seemed to be a lot of Maupay or DCL posts at the time. I wondered why you’d pick the Brighton attacker, but, hey, hindsight and all that.

            7. jtreble
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Aye Captain Hindsight. Non-owner.

            8. BigBillyBass
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              He’s stinking out the game right now

          14. OverTinker
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Bri should give chance to Jahanbakhsh i feel

          15. Tsparkes10
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            2-0 Blades
            4-1 City

            1. ritzyd
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              1-1
              3-1

            2. Old Bull
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Wind 60mph Football nil.

            3. FPL Pillars
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              1-0
              2-1

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

              Blades called off.
              City 7-1.

          16. Bun Rab
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            For those that haven't seen it

            https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/1226221229390139394

            Classic strikers finish.

            1. pingissimus
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Pearson at the end 🙂

              1. Bun Rab
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                4 years, 2 months ago

                Frog sales? 😀

            2. Party time
                4 years, 2 months ago

                I feel fot the Lad but no one knows if he got bribed for that. Hopefully he remains a starter

              • Party time
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  + I have scored an OG similar to that but not from that distance 😆

                • ZeBestee
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  He has that in his locker.

                • El Presidente
                  • 4 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  There's no way that's not intentional...

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

                Was erring towards selling DCL and keeping Deeney (benching if required), but after these two fixtures - not sure.

                Both rubbish fixtures.

                1. TorresMagic™
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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                  • 14 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  Sold Deeney this week. Looks the easy sell between those 2.

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

                    Yep - it probably is.

                    Good news, because I can afford to sit on some transfers across the next couple of weeks. Deeney gives me 0.3 sell value more than DCL.

                2. Bun Rab
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  Carlo always has his teams scoring goals and even though tough fixtures only Liv is a decent defence. Ditch Deeney i say.

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

                  Keep DCL and sell Deeney, then he goes on to bag a double against United.

              • ZeBestee
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 2 months ago

                I have Deeney, Ryan and Sidibe.

                What's wrong with me this season. Tried to watch those 2 games and its absolutely not an enjoyment. Think I will need to stop playing and enjoying my life with other stuff.

                1. Bun Rab
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  At least you can downgrade Sidebe and have some spare cashish. These two games were always gonna be a grind. I had 3 playing today, and i onl;y got rid of Maupay this week.

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

                  I recommend two of long walks, spending time with loved ones or hard-core s&m.

                3. Old Bull
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  I’ve had seasons where it seemed whatever choices I made it would be the wrong ones, or fate conspired against me. Rather than quit the game, I started to play for fun.....tried to field a team with no one playing excluding injured players (more difficult than it sounds), took massive hits etc. It stopped being so serious.

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

                  Cheers all.

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

                  Holgate and Ryan. Lets hold hand and cry together.

              • Esalman
                • 14 Years
                4 years, 2 months ago

                A. KDB+Martial+Greenwood -> Son+Jimenez+Trossard/Traore (-8)
                B. Martial+Greenwood -> Jimenez+Fleck/Jorginho (-4), KDB -> Son next week

                1. Bun Rab
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  I wouldn't get rid of KDB with a -8 so B with Fleck.

              • OverTinker
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 2 months ago

                Keep DCL or sell for Jimenez?

                1. Bun Rab
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  I say keep. All those big teams have no good defences and they are gonna have european football to play as well

                2. clodhopper
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  Arsenal next droooolllllll

              • Fred54
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 2 months ago

                Why is there no Captaincy Hot Topic pre-deadline anymore?

                1. TorresMagic™
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • Has Moderation Rights
                  • 14 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  Aguero owners picked him, the rest Salah.

                  1. FPL Pillars
                    • 7 Years
                    4 years, 2 months ago

                    Number 27 OR capt Richarlison 🙂

              • TorresMagic™
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                • 14 Years
                4 years, 2 months ago

                Pretty decent for a -16?

                ins - Outs

                Traoré Sterling GW26
                Aubameyang Ayew GW26
                Ward Webster GW26
                McCarthy Foster GW26
                Ings Maupay GW26

                1. Bun Rab
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  Can only justify 4 of 5 atm. Ward in is bench fodder. Stick to -12 if you must.

                  1. TorresMagic™
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 14 Years
                    4 years, 2 months ago

                    Wasn't me, someone in top 2k. Looks decent to me.

                    1. Bun Rab
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 11 Years
                      4 years, 2 months ago

                      Wow. Yeah good transfers, are they still in the top 2k after a -16?

                      1. TorresMagic™
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • Has Moderation Rights
                        • 14 Years
                        4 years, 2 months ago

                        Inside 5K with 11 to play. Auba(c)

                        1. Bun Rab
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 11 Years
                          4 years, 2 months ago

                          Yeah i just saw. I didn't know LMS was on LiveFPL. Maybe thats what it takes to get to that level.

                2. diesel001
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  So far so good. Now need the replacements to fire.

                3. FPL Pillars
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  Shocked he is in top 2k with those players

              • LewanGOALski
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 2 months ago

                Kelly ➡ Lascelles an abvious cheapies replacement..?
                I think I am gonna risk and do it tonight as today/tomorrow it could be 0.2 swing between those 2

                1. Bun Rab
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  Solid move. You gotta hope for no other injuries in the next week or two though. I'd rather have the info than the small price rise.

                2. clodhopper
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  Price change reasons are a waste now id wait

              • Boxwoods
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 2 months ago

                Which keeper from next week (have Lascelles):

                A. Dubravka
                B. McCarthy

                1. Bun Rab
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  B or Pope.