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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.

2,258 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Rico over Lundy worked out really well. I'm getting rid for Tanga

  2. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Well, that's it until Friday..

  3. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Bou will be related. They almost looked resigned to it.

    1. Skalla
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Being related does not seem so bad...

  4. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sharp 3
    Wilson 2
    Egan 1

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

      Surely they get revised and he gets something, he won the game. BAPs are bizarre, why on earth Wilson should get a bap idk

      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Forwards get 24 BPS for a goal.

        Lundstram kicked the ball once.

    2. Weilong7
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      If sharp and Wilson both same bps.. Egan gets 2 and will there be one pointer?

  5. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    The Lord giveth and the lord taketh

    1. The Fed
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Lol

    2. CMJC
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      The lord giveth and I tooketh him out

  6. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    I demand 3 baps for the Lord

  7. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    If you don’t own Lundstram should you play your WC (regardless of rest of your team?)

    1. DycheDycheBaby
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yes. Absolutely. Haha

  8. boc610
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Praise the Lord.

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

      Amen

  9. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Played Rico over Lundy. RIP.

    1. boc610
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      surely he will come in for a city player no?

      1. Ha.
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Dendo first sub, with only KDB

  10. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Wilder- please give John Lundstram his 150k p/w contract now!

  11. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    If I had Lundy points I’d write to FPL to ask them to deduct them from me. That’s how jammy they are

    1. boc610
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      bo*ox. some of us stayed loyal. we deserve those points.

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

    TAA to Lundstram yay or nay?

    1. TIME TO VARTY
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Hahaha

  13. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Rather have KDB & Mahrez playing this gw over those 8 points from the Lord & Rico

  14. GoonSquad
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Well that isn't a good morning to wake up and see no game for KdB or Kin this week, made worse by the armband on Kun for WHU, now everyone will have hom for a DGW.

    Way it goes.

    1. aborg
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      My thoughts exactly

  15. wulfrunian
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Lundstram what a guy.Lucky owners.

    1. boc610
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      you should make wine with those sour grapes....like others I started lund over rico knowing he'd get half an hour, how is that luck?

      1. wulfrunian
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        No mate.The whole planet knew that Lundstram will stay in the bench and you kept him.It was the wrong move but luck is luck.

        1. boc610
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          haha give over...you honestly though Lund would stay on the bench and get no minutes?check his history since he's been benched. he always comes on . spare me the luck garbage. i played the percentages. Lund getting some minutes is better than rico getting 90

  16. TIME TO VARTY
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    For Heaven's sake, the Lord is first on my bench. I hope City dont play this week GW now.

    1. Bonus magnet
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      you think lund outscores your city players?

      1. TRIPOS TOPPER
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        it's not just outright score - what other people own as well

        1. TIME TO VARTY
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Just had KDB so good for me.

  17. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    So, Doucoure 1st on the bench, Lundy 2nd. Pretty sure Soy (3rd on the bench) will get CS/goal.

    1. TIME TO VARTY
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Surely you got a city player??

      1. Rolls-Royce
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Just KdB.

        1. TIME TO VARTY
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Same . At least you know if you get a further blank you got some bullets GL mate

  18. XABI 15
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Need this Man City blank for Lundy first sub lol

    1. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      You don’t deserve the Lords points for benching him

      1. TIME TO VARTY
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        This

        1. TIME TO VARTY
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          As in me 2 haha

      2. XABI 15
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        had him since gameweek 1 too...

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

      ah at least he kept him, he can have the points imo 🙂

  19. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Lundstram EO after autosubs: 52.87% in the top 10k

    1. Trippier Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Is that assuming City won't play this GW? What is it if they do?

  20. Goonsquad245
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Benching or selling Lundstram this week was the right decision. Very weird decision to start him knowing he’s very likely to be on the bench

    1. sully29
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Depends on how terrible your alternatives were really. Some of us are still rocking Kelly on the bench.

    2. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I started him, though with a bench of Greenwood, Hayden, Reid I didn't have much choice lol

      1. Goonsquad245
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        This is fair

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

      He scored so obviously starting him was the right decision.

      FPL logic 101

    4. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yes, it actually was. Odds for him to score from bench not that high. But even correct decisions may result like this one. There is element of luck in this game.

      1. Goonsquad245
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Just because it worked out, doesn’t make it ‘correct’.

        If I offer you 50/1 odds on a fair coin toss and I win, I still shouldn’t have offered you the bet

      2. MrZ
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I've been checked his last goals & assists before decided to sell him.

        Should've been sell kelly first, but if lund blank again, his price will drop faster than Kelly

    5. DMP
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      This.

  21. Moose™
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Lundstram to O'Connell.... Gg

    1. Goonsquad245
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Right decision

      1. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Thing is, a lot of 'right' decisions haven't paid off for many this season. Which is why so many are struggling. So perhaps they are actually 'wrong' decisions.

        1. Am sorry to say again it�…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Definitely wrong decisions, people love blaming the season rather than themselves.

          1. Goonsquad245
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            What do you think the combined probability of SHU conceding and Lundstram scoring in 30 mins from the bench is? Do you think it’s higher or lower than a SHU clean sheet?

        2. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Luck 😉 lol

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

      I did the same - I don't think that it was unreasonable. We can't get everything right all the tiem. 😀

  22. Muchentuchel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Had a strange feeling before the gw and put Lund on 1st bench position ;-D
    It pays off sometimes

  23. potatoace
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sharp 31
    Callum 28
    Egan 21

  24. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Still keep Lundstram?

  25. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Lund has s halo in interview!

    1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      ...may of been a floodlight i guess

  26. Bonus magnet
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    with what's happened so far; worst case scenario is city game happening within this GW and Salah(c) benched for 70 minutes with Lundy first on the bench

    1. Harper (No more Penandes)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Salah would either play 0 or 90

    2. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Well the City game should happen this week, it's extremely unfair if not on those owners of Aguero, etc.

      1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Im sure City will think of those owners over their own plans

        1. Qaiss
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Their plans are probably to have the game this week you clown. I know it doesn't revolve around FPL but all I said is that it would be very unfair to those who have their players.

      2. jason_ni
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        If you are suggesting that the city game should happen, purely for fpl, that is crazy talk my friend.
        This is a game at the end of the day, they aren't going to force a reschedule to make sure the kun cappers get their points!

        1. Qaiss
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          I never said it should purely for FPL, I said it would be unfair in terms of FPL if not. And they probably will have the game this week because it'll be harder to reschedule later in the season. I don't even own Kun, grow up.

          1. jason_ni
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Haha.. chill out pal, reread what you posted, you may not have meant it, but word for word that is how it sounded!
            For sure isnt fair from fpl, but mane coming off after 30mins as a Tc wasnt fair either.

    3. Muchentuchel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Can't happen. City vs. WHU will be played in a few weeks.

      1. Dthinger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Could it be in gw28?

  27. Fresh_From_Desh
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Top banter from lundstrom this week

  28. elchilangles
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    just logged on to see how my captain Aguero was doing and not only did he not play but now Lundstram who I just sold this week scored!!!

  29. KINGS
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Kudo to those who start Lundy

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Thanks 😎

  30. camarozz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Genuinely thought I benched Lundstram but guess what?
    I didn't and I'm on 20pts which ain't bad.