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Ward-Prowse back from injury as Redmond misses out for Saints

The key Fantasy Premier League assets are in place for the Gameweek 26 clash between Southampton and Burnley.

Danny Ings (£7.0m) is the most popular player for the lunch-time kick-off, starting the match with ownership of 29.9%.

Behind him in second place is Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope (£4.7m), who has recently made a swift return to the Fantasy good-books.

Ings has three goals in his last three outings while Pope has averaged 9.3 points per game since Gameweek 23 – so it will be interesting to see which of them comes out on top this afternoon.

There was encouragement for Ings owners with the creative option James Ward-Prowse (£5.8m) back in the side following an injury, while Kyle Walker-Peters‘ (£4.4m) debut at right-back means a return to midfield for the former.

However, Southampton will be without Nathan Redmond (£6.2m) who misses the game through injury.

“Prowsey’s cut was ok, so he could train yesterday and finally he made it. The not so good thing is the injury for Redmond. A muscle injury. It’s hard to saw how long it will take, but for today he is out.” – Ralph Hasenhuttl

Meanwhile, Burnley have received boosts of their own in defence as Charlie Taylor (£4.2m) is cleared to play left-back respectively, while Matt Lowton (£4.2m) misses out on the other side.

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Bertrand, Vestergaard, J Stephens, Walker-Peters; Boufal, Hojbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong; S Long, Ings.

Burnley XI: Pope; C Taylor, Mee, Tarkowski, Bardsley; McNeil, Westwood, Cork, Hendrick; Rodriguez, Wood.

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

    Starting a Soton defender over Leicester defenders seems to have back fired 🙁

    1. Botman and Robben
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Soy didn't like that too.

  2. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Double Southampton defence was probably the wrong decision then.....

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Probably.

      1. Syd.
        • 15 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Definitely this gameweek

  3. Syd.
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Vydra

    Sounds like a James Bond villain

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

      AI villain

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

      Hail Vydra

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

    It's not Saints defence that is s***.
    It's just Vestergaard.

    1. Fantasy Gold
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Get Bednarek on

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

        Love Ralph, but he really gets on my nerves sometimes. He said pregame how "Vestergaard is better with the ball" and that BS. Utter bo**ocks.

  5. Botman and Robben
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Why were people eager to get Soton defenders?

    1. Fantasy Gold
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Cheap. Fixtures.

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

      attacking potential

    3. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Easy CS points....

    4. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Members' area stats and price.

      1. Forza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Getting McCarthy allowed me to afford Aguero over Vardy in GW 20. Not awful value even if he's mediocre.

      2. Botman and Robben
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Must be the Mem stats part.

    5. jtreble
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Stats.

      1. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Even xGA?!?

    6. DycheDycheBaby
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Because easy cs points (only if Vestergaard doesn't play)

  6. Woy_is_back
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Imagine investing in defensive assets from Saints yikes

    1. Fantasy Gold
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I’ll repeat again:

      Pipe down Woy.

      1. Woy_is_back
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        U mad? Only speaking the truth

        1. Fantasy Gold
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Nobody cares about your opinion. Especially given in hindsight.

          Now bore off ya frube

          1. Woy_is_back
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Hindsight? I warned a few times ahead of this gw to stay away from Saints defence.

            1. Fantasy Gold
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 8 months ago

              Maybe you should put Pro Pundit in front of your name as you clearly know it all?

              1. Woy_is_back
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 8 months ago

                I don´t everything and calling yourself a pro is cringy asf

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

        Please don’t feed the troll.

        1. Woy_is_back
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          I´m a troll cause you don´t like what I have to say, makes sense smh

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

            Nah Woy, you’re one of the top trolls on here. :).

            1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
              • 15 Years
              4 years, 8 months ago

              He's a top bragger too. He would be a fine pro pundit. Not as if you need any type of CV to be labelled a pro in this game 😉

    2. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      😉

    3. HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      should have gone with the scout picks instead - Stevens and Digne?

    4. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      They are cheap 🙂 (for a reason though)

  7. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Ings hardly been in the game since his goal

    1. FOO FIGHTER
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Could pull a Vardy 😀

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Rebekah Vardy?

    2. Royal5
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Are you even watching?

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yes and I watch many Southampton games he's not been his usual self

        Just because he's scored doesn't mean he's done well

        1. DycheDycheBaby
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          You must be high or watching a different gamr

    3. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Come on say the line, OMG Ing....

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

    The fact that we rejected 15m from Leicester for Vestergaard in January is baffling.

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yeah I was just thinking that.

    2. Syd.
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He sounds like a James Bond villain

  9. The Fed
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Hassenhuttle logic: Our defence has been working really well, but lets loan out our right back to Arsenal and start Vestergaard, the worst defender in PRL.

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Cedric is injured though?

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

      Dropping Bednarek is looking really stupid now. But hey, I'm not complaining. Lundstram off the bench!

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

      Love the guy, but he really annoys the f*** out of me at times.

  10. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Vardy and McCarthy will be sold en-masse this week.

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Vardy yes, McCarthy not so much.

      1. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        McCarthy is 2nd gk in many teams, I doubt people taking hits for him.

    2. Botman and Robben
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Will keep both. McCarthy is bench player.

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Vardy yes but makes no sense to sell McCarthy with the run of fixtures he has coming up

  11. how now brown cow
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    2pm team sheets out.

    Oh.

  12. rokonto
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Surely there should be an assist for the Burnley first goal whoever won the corner?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Only for free kicks and pens in that way.

  13. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Vardy > Jimenez (-4)

    It's tempting. It's a perfect fixture swing this week. And Jimenez is completely outperforming Vardy on almost all metrics.

    1. Woy_is_back
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I wouldn´t for a hit

      1. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        It depends. Postponing a hit is not a good idea either.

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Form-wise yeah. I wouldn't say there's a fixture swing though. Similar or slightly better fixtures for Leicester of the next few.

      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Swing THIS week.

        MCI vs NOR

        As in Jimenez can make up the hit instantly.

        1. Epic Fail
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Oh you just meant Jimi has a much better fixture this coming GW. Yeah definitely. If you're happy to ignore the following fixtures then I'd go for it.

  14. tm245
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    McCarthy does not exactly inspire confidence.

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      At least he doesn't sound like a Bond villian.

      1. tm245
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        No, Mr. Clean Sheet, I expect you to die.

  15. FPLtfs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Is the Nor - Liv game confirmed to go ahead? Or still some uncertainty?

    1. Syd.
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Still going ahead

      1. FPLtfs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Cheers

  16. Brosstan
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    McCarthy + baps clearance

  17. FPL Pillars
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    MCCarty so crap. Stuck with that plank for the next four...

  18. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Jack Stephens sounds like a Basildon Bond villain...

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      More shaken than stirred

    2. Syd.
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Cooperman

  19. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Bardsley close...

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

    KWP out. Decent performance.

    Obafemi on.

  21. Boomerang V
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Not owning Ings has destroyed my season 🙁

    I will get him for next week for sure, the fixtures are awesome. The question now is who do I take out:

    Aguero, Auba or Jimenez?

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Auba.

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 15 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Come on Auba explode and prove Camzy wrong 😉

    2. Woy_is_back
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      too late

    3. FOO FIGHTER
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Wait till the GW is over. You have to consider Aguero blanks coming up and who knows, Auba could just haul. He has been consistent.

  22. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    ffs get that McCarthy save point 🙁

    1. 1zverGGadeM
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      This :/

  23. Brosstan
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    J Rod goal robbed by VAR... big club bias

  24. DAZZ
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    So which strikers would you take to the Euros? Tough one with Kane/Rashford injuries but surely Ings goes. Does anyone see Southgate trying to persuade Vardy out of retirement?

    1. Syd.
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Just play Sterling as a striker

      1. Brosstan
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Lol

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Deeney

  25. Cok3y5murf
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Ings doesn't score more than a goal a game

    1. Fantasy Gold
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Famous last words

    2. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Reverse double bluff jinx I hope.

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 15 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Come on Danny boy prove him wrong !!!

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

      never captain, never bench

  26. BigBillyBass
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Any chance McCarthy gets dropped for Gunn after today? He’s been woeful

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

      With all due respect, you don't know what you're asking for there.

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

    Ings captain fail ?

    1. Zladan
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Nah 7 points is alright

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

        Winning goal bps will change that

        1. Zladan
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Don’t think it will tbh still take it though!

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

            down to 1 bap now

  28. FPL Daniel
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Thoughts on bench boost in gw 29? Does it has to be in double? My bench boost players will be Fernandez Eagan ASM Pope.

    Please advise

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      If you think those players on your bench can get you say 15 points or more then yeah it's worth a serious consideration.

  29. Brosstan
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    At least Pope outscored McCarthy 🙂

  30. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Aguero/Martial to Jimmy/Mane for -4?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      See what happens with Mane later, but potentially yeah.