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Lundstram benched again as unchanged Sheffield United face Bournemouth

While Manchester City v West Ham United has fallen victim to Storm Ciara, the Premier League’s other scheduled game on Sunday goes ahead.

Barring any late developments, Sheffield United v Bournemouth will kick off at 14:00 GMT.

The Blades are unchanged from Gameweek 25, meaning that John Lundstram (£5.0m) is benched for the third league match in a row.

Lundstram was the most-sold ‘defender’ of Gameweek 26 but is still in 43.3% of Fantasy Premier League teams overall and almost two-thirds of all top 10k squads, although his effective ownership statistics suggest a significant number of those benched him ahead of Saturday’s deadline.

Of course, with City v West Ham now postponed and not guaranteed to be rescheduled within the winter break, Lundstram could well be auto-subbed into many of those sides.

Sander Berge (£5.0m) is handed his Bramall Lane debut, while Billy Sharp (£5.6m) makes his third successive start up front.

Dean Henderson (£5.1m), George Baldock (£5.1m) and John Fleck (£5.1m), who each enjoy double-digit ownerships in the top 10,000, all start.

Eddie Howe has made only one change to his Bournemouth side, with Andrew Surman (£4.7m) replacing the suspended Jefferson Lerma (£4.8m) in midfield.

Josh King (£6.1m) and Jack Stacey (£4.3m) are among the substitutes after six-week absences.

Diego Rico (£4.3m), who still sits in almost 25% of teams within the top 10k, also starts at left-back.

The Cherries have failed to score in four of their last five away matches, while Sheffield United have kept five shut-outs on home soil this season.


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

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale; Smith, Francis, Ake, Rico; Surman, Gosling, Billing; H Wilson, C Wilson, Fraser.

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  1. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Can I rage about that Cilson goal? Double Shf defense here and no Lundstram !!!!!

    1. fgdu
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      yes you can.. baldock assist incoming though!!

      1. villa_til_i_die
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Hope so!

    2. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      join the club

    3. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I transferred our Cilson this GW so you cant.

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Last week maybe was better week to WC... At least Shf pts in the bank

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

    BBC Sport gave Stevens the assist. Wrong...???

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

      Wrong

    2. FPL.team
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Wrong.

  3. Bavarian
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    O'Connell or Egan ?

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

      Pick one ... guaranteed the other scoring more points

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

        Hahaha indeed

  4. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Enda Stevens was very good in 1st half and he will end this game at 0 or 1 point...

    Great GW.

  5. Ady87
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Hopefully it stays with Egan!

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      why it shouldn't ?

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

        This

    2. FPL.team
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      There's no way it won't. It's as clear an assist as I've seen this season.

  6. COLLIN QUANER
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Did Lund > Egan.
    Also have DCL.
    Great gameweek so far.

    1. Ady87
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Got Egan but did DCL > Ings.

      1. COLLIN QUANER
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I'm sure Ings will score. Good luck Ady

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

      Nice one. Good move

      1. COLLIN QUANER
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks Dazz

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

      Noice!

      1. COLLIN QUANER
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks Pillars!

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

      Me too. High fives all around.

      1. COLLIN QUANER
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Great stuff, Svasei

  7. b91jh
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    I do think Lundstram could start next match given Berge's performance.
    I'm a non-owner anyway.

    1. Sterling Malory
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Sander will get a good run in the team to get used to how we play and up to speed with the prem.

      If we were in a relegation scrap I would have agreed with you though.

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

      Berge is best player on the pitch

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

        hahahaha

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

      I'm not sure about that
      Berge is looking better as the game has gone on and is still getting used to the system and teammates
      Lundstram to remain an impact sub, 60-70 mins in, a bit like Mousset

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

      What?

    5. Mooster©️
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Berge is a CDM, why do they make him run forward and on the wing all the time?

  8. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Please tell me Eagan assist !!! I am owner !!!

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I Kante confirm it

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        *Kane

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

      yes o/

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        juuhuuuu thanks lads, I lav you

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

          Hopeful of a Egan header to win it.

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

      It is

  9. Long ago I drew a walrus
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Sitting in Manchester with a bright blue sky, no rain, no wind. What a day.

  10. Jet5605
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    A big thanks to those on here who talked me out of doing Vardy > Kun (c) for a hit. I was never comfortable with it and knew it could knacker my squad up and am so glad I stuck with Salah (c).

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Well done. Would have been a dangerous move to bring in a City asset this week with the weather warnings. Hope Vardy rewards your loyalty.

      1. Jet5605
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Leicester have outstanding fixtures after their next two and I have a feeling Vardy could go into beast mode again. I'm also keen to get Harvey B.

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

      I was considering DCL to Aguero (c) all week. Really Rrally glad that didn't happen!

      1. Jet5605
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Nice one. It almost feels like a captain's haul!

        The Kun(c) fail would have been bad enough but a knackered up squad would have been tricky to fix without taking hits.

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

      Aguero has mucked me up too many times, although dgw will prob be too good to resist now!

      1. Jet5605
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        That's the irony of the game. Non Aguero owners this week will be so tempted to get him for the next double he has.

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

        We will all get him then.

  11. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Goal! Billy Sharp (Sheffield Utd) fires the rebound into the roof of the net after the ball breaks to him in the box. The score is 1:1.
    45+2' John Egan (Sheffield Utd) reacts well to latch onto a rebound inside the box, but his shot is well blocked.

    Egan owner juuuhuuuuu 😀

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

      Enjoy

  12. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Egan owners deserve those points. Geniuses

    1. FPL.team
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Breakfast Club did suggest he was a good option.

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

      3 points and yet the drama, blimey

    3. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      thanks!

      I used this formula to pick him:

      \pi=\sum_{n=0}^\infty(-1)^n\frac{4}{2n+1}.

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

    Cant believe how lovely the weather is up here in manchester

    1. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Cant wait for Kun hattie today !!!

  14. fgdu
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    So.... where's the points at this week

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Not at the Etihad

  15. Lecky Legs FC
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    James Pearce:

    "Gini Wijnaldum contract discussions are ongoing and I believe a deal will be agreed."

    1. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      It's been rattling on for ages that one. Not sure what the hold up is.

    2. Fantasy Gold
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      This changes everything

  16. Geriatric Unathletic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Winter Break FFS! If they are going to do a break make it the f'in same for everyone. I hate htis week :(. I was/am doing O.K. overall and thought, I know, I'll use my W.C. to keep the momentum going and bring in an extra City player as the fixture is sooo tasty. Sometimnes I could sit and cry, really 🙁 :(.

    1. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Same. WC ruined. Season over.

      1. Geriatric Unathletic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I just wanted to take a chance and keep ahead of mini league rivals. Well I suppose that's what happens if you take a chance :(.

        Now everybody, and his dog, and his cat, and his cat's fleas will have triple city for the rearranged fixture.

        1. villa_til_i_die
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Taking a chance is how you become great in this game, you have to do it to move away from the rest, sometimes it pays off, sometimes it dont

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

      Poor decision by Man City to postpone.

      They have made a lot of poor decisions this season.

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

        The dumb part was taking the decision just as the storm hit at 11. Had they waited just an hour and decided to factor in possibly late ko it would have been an easy decision

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

      Unlucky mate, but don’t let it get you that down, your rank is brill, you must know what you are doing. Stay calm, still lots to play for

      1. Geriatric Unathletic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I know overreacting. It's just these "small", I believed well thought out plans can make such a difference.

  17. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    How's the weather in Manchester?

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

      Lovely sunny and calm

  18. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Fabulous game for us Lundstram Rico owners so far

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Rico is on the field

  19. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    O'Connell over Egan on the WC does not seem like it was good a decision. Dunno why I did not go Egan cheaper and Irish

    1. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      One of our own

      1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        😀

  20. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Wilder and Surman fight

  21. Shark Team
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Fleck is now on corners < 3

    1. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Does not matter if he does not score/assist.

  22. Epic Fail
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Surman about to get banged by Wilder 😀

  23. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    wow that is wild

  24. Marvin Moon
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Flash point!

  25. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    What the Fleck is wrong with this guy? Does he look like scoring/assisting?

  26. Now I'm Panicking
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Wilder by name....

  27. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    wilder yellow card

  28. Am sorry to say again it�…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    -1 for Chris Wilder

  29. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Wilder down to 1 point..

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

    McBurnie and Sharp 🙁 ...