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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. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Save!

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

    Annoying as you know that if the ref had awarded a penalty then VAR wouldn't have overturned it.

    1. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      How so?

      1. Pukki Party
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Not clear and obvious mistake iguess

  3. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    VAR denies Pope Penalty Save

    1. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Never a pen that

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

    ball travelled a long distance, could have moved his arm out of the way easily in the time

    1. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      You've had too many hotdogs! It was fairly close and he was clearly moving his arm away.

  5. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    How was that a natural position? Whose arms are on the side of their body ffs.....

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

      Absolute madness ikr

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

      Irish dancers?

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

        😛 true that....

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

        😀

  6. BNMC
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    So Burnley are now the form team? Maybe I need Pope after all.

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

    One more Danny

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

      It’s comING

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

    Just saw a boat sailing down my road

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

      If you live in Venice it doesn't count

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

      Bullseye speed boat prize winner?

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

        Such an useless prize for most people ... and you end up having to share it with a mate

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

          Always won by people in the Midlands....

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

    Cmon Ings get involved yah twerp..

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

      Stephens should’ve had two goals and an assist... absolutely robbed

  10. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Djenepo seems to have lost his early season mojo. He still has the skills, but it's like his confidence and guts are shot. Always choosing for the more conservative option at times.

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

    Obafemi naughty. Better hope the ref knows hes Irish

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

    Aside from the goal, how has Ings looked today?

    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Lacked service.

    2. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Also want to know this

    3. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Fairly sharp. Not had many goal scoring opportunities. First goal was his fault but he's not in our teams for his defensive acumen.

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

        Yeah, I have that feeling as well as an Ings owner. I don't care if Saints lose 7-1 as long as he gets the one goal.

        1. St Pauli Walnuts
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Blimey I do, McCarth is my keeper haha.

    4. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Apart from that Mrs Lincoln...

    5. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Like Harry Kane

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

    Who else wants Bednarek to come on to stop Camzy’s Lundstram points?

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

      3 subs already used

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

        Damn

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

          lol.

          This is literally best case scenario for me. Vestergaard had a bad game so I think he's dropped for next game.

  14. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Martins yellow

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Should have been a red

    2. Rolls-Royce
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Of course, I started Stephens and Holgate over Lundstram and Soy!

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

        Snap - it sucks

      2. Citizenkane91
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Rather than say OFC, debrief and think if there are any patterns from the decision making you can learn from. If you conclude you'd do the same again / this pattern hasn't hurt you before, at least you know deviation between the outcome and decision proxy is due to natural variance. Often, though, one unearths insights that are relevant for future decisions, where in similar situations one will act differently.

        Helped me massively improve my decision making in the last two seasons, when to hold and when to take hits, leveraging probabilities in my favor. May not work (outcome wise) every time, but more often than not.

    3. SomeoneKnows
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      What would you do with 1FT and 0 itb? Currently with 4 non-playing in GW28

      Guaita
      TAA, Stephens, Soyuncu (Lundstram, Rico)
      Salah, Mane, KDB, Fleck (Cantwell)
      Aguero, Ings, DCL

      A) Lundstram > Fernandez
      B) Lundstram > Lascelles
      C) Lundstram > Boly
      D) Aguero > Jimenez
      E) Aguero > Vardy
      F) Other ideas

      1. FPL Theorist
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        C or D for me. Do you expect a DGW29 for City and if so, would you captain Aguero in it?

        1. SomeoneKnows
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Oops C should be Saiss, my bad...

          Don't think that I would captain Aguero even if they end up with DGW29 as I think he will be rested for one of the games

          BTW any timeframe in regards to when will they announce if there's a DGW29 or not?

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

      2 more saves Al

      1. St Pauli Walnuts
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        It took so ruddy long the 3rd to arrive I wouldn't hold your breath.

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

      Reports that the Norwich game might be off due to the storm intensifying

      1. La Roja
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Which reports?

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

          @FPLWeatherClown

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

        Link?

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

          Daily Mirror. Which is always a reliable source

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

        Nah

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

        Winds in Southampton now are 66mph.

        Winds expected for the Norwich match are 58mph.

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

      Hojbjerg wasting Bertrand assist... absolute sitter

      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        You don’t score those against The Pope

    7. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Pope would do really well at a club with a solid defence.

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

        Chelsea? Kepa's been trash

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

          Chelsea? Solid defence?

        2. FOO FIGHTER
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Chelsea defence not that great either.

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

            I know, but at the same time a lot of their goals conceded have been down to Kepa and not necessarily the defenders, whereas at somewhere like Arsenal it's the exact opposite.

      2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Great shot stopper, must be one of the best in the league

        Terrible distribution though, genuinely panics any time he has to use his foot to do anything other than block a shot

        1. @persecuted_by_mods
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Has periods of being an awful shot stopper and everything going in. Doesn't seem to get as much stick as Pickford for it but they've both been equally poor this season

            1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Chelsea (x2) Man City, spurs games excepted

              1. @persecuted_by_mods
                  4 years, 2 months ago

                  Against weaker teams too sadly, seen some absolutely awful shots go in. Henderson looks the best bet for England keeper, Pope overly reliant on Burnley just having 60 men behind the ball every game

            2. FOO FIGHTER
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Could be down to Burnley defence.

          • RamaJama
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Liverpool?

          • DAZZ
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Pope with pickfords distribution is an ideal goalkeeper

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

              Chelsea defense stats are more than decent. Its Kepa fault

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

          Would you rather:
          A) DCL Son
          B) Vardy 6.9m mid

          Currently have Vardy, DCL, Martial. Thinking of selling Martial and a fwd with 2FT

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

            A.

          2. FPL Theorist
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            A

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

          Snow already quite deep just outside Norwich....

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

            Luckily they have webbed feet to navigate it. Shouldn't be an issue.

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

              😆

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

              Have you been to Norwich? It's all art colleges and indie bakeries. The webbed toe brigade are out in the sticks

            3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              If Partridge heard you at that you’d be a dead man

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

            But volcanic eruption should should soon deal with that.

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

              😉

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

            Perfect for Pukki, used to play in 2 feet of snow in Hautapääki

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

              Sounds like you’ve got Corvid-19 mate, get to a doctor asap....

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

            Oh my. Carnage

          5. FOO FIGHTER
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Tsunami to silence all the doubters.

          6. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            What Sweden?

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

          Atrocious attendance at Saints match.

          Bit of rain and wind. We are English ffs!

          1. Deulofail
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Southampton is still in the EU. They have palm trees.

            1. Stupendous
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Brill!

        5. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Just saw Alan Partridge flying by.

          1. Deulofail
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            I knew it. The gypsies have tampered with the sights!

          2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Probably just on his way to BnQ for some tungsten-tipped screws

            He’s never gonna use ‘em though

            Never gonna use ‘em 🙁

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

          Might just start Grealish against this saints defence next week

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

            Mad not to.

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

            As someone who owns both Grealish and Ings I'm looking forward to that game - plenty of goals for both teams guaranteed.

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

            Keeping him for this game

        7. Gobigorgohome
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Grealish essential next GW

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

          Daniel Farke looks like a James Bond villain

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

          Djenepo was absolute garbage this game

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

            Yeah terrible since he came on. Couldn't beat his man all game.

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

          Djenepo more like Djenepoo

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

            Ridiculous from Southampton in last minutes!!

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

            Sounds like the main henchman of a Bond villian.

          3. jia you
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            damn he was rubbish today!

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

          Burnley in form. Who to start next week? Pope or Hendo?

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

            tricky . same call for me to make. 50/50

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

            I have Pope ahead of Henderson as playing Stevens so hedging bets!