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Ings starts third straight match for Saints in Sunday’s only Gameweek 32+ fixture

Gameweek 32+ continues to move at a glacial pace, with just one Premier League fixture taking place on Sunday.

Southampton are the visitors to Watford, with kick-off at Vicarage Road at 16:30 BST.

Danny Ings (£7.2m) makes Ralph Hasenhuttl’s starting XI for the third straight match, quelling fears that he may have been rested amid the fixture congestion.

The Southampton manager has made changes to his starting XI elsewhere, however, with Stuart Armstrong (£5.2m), Yan Valery (£4.6m) and Michael Obafemi (£4.9m) all dropping to the bench.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (£4.8m) misses out with an ankle injury.

Oriel Romeu (£4.3m), Will Smallbone (£4.5m), Kyle Walker-Peters (£4.4m) and Shane Long (£4.7m) are the players replacing them.

Jannik Vestergaard (£4.5m) fills in for the suspended Jack Stephens (£4.4m) at centre-half, meanwhile, but Alex McCarthy (£4.5m) keeps his place after his high-profile error in the defeat to Arsenal.

Nigel Pearson has made three changes to his starting XI from the side that lost 1-0 at Burnley.

Craig Cathcart (£4.3m) replaces Christian Kabasele (£4.3m) at centre-half, while Roberto Pereyra (£5.6m) and Abdoulaye Doucoure (£5.6m), both of whom were rested in midweek, return to the side.

Danny Welbeck (£5.8m) and Tom Cleverley (£4.8m), as well as Kabasele, are all among the substitutes after their run-outs against the Clarets.

Three of Watford’s fringe players, Andre Gray (£5.5m), Nathaniel Chalobah (£4.4m) and Domingos Quina (£4.3m), have all been omitted from the matchday squad amid rumours of a “lockdown party” hosted by Gray.

Ings has been transferred in by approximately 260,000 FPL managers since his double-digit haul in Gameweek 30+.

The striker is by some distance the most-owned player on show in today’s fixture and has been handed the armband by just over 75,000 Fantasy bosses.

Over one in five of the top 10,000 FPL managers own Ings, too.

The forward and Ismaila Sarr (£6.3m) were both on target in the reverse fixture back in November, with Hasenhuttl’s troops running out 2-1 winners.


Watford XI: Foster, Femenía, Cathcart, Dawson, Masina, Hughes, Capoue, Sarr, Doucoure, Pereyra, Deeney.

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Smallbone, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Redmond, Long, Ings.

FPL Lessons Learned from Gameweek 32+

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  1. Stupendous
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Danny boy!!!&!&!&!&!&!!!!!!

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Wellbeck?

  2. SADIO SANÉ
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    How many of Rashford's goals were penalties?

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      5 i guess
      4 he earned himself
      1 was from Williams

      (Stats as per MBP 😛 )

      1. SADIO SANÉ
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        MBP stats eh... he probably omitted a couple of random gameweeks because it was really windy or something

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          😛

  3. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    My Foster clean sheet hopes lasted 16 minutes, awesome

  4. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Tough one to take for non owners. 🙁

  5. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Dannniiieieieiee

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

    Is Ings the new Kane ?

  7. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pretty poor from Watford

  8. SADIO SANÉ
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Ings never even looks up, England's no.1

    1. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      *9

    2. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Should replace C Wilson or Abraham. Better than both.

      1. Tempestic
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Better than Kane at this point xD

        1. Piggs Boson
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Different type of striker. Kane is world class as a support striker imo. He works well with Sterling/Rashford running beyond him - tore apart Spain last year.

          1. Piggs Boson
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            2 years ago. Blimey.

      2. SADIO SANÉ
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Rashford Ings Sancho, inject it

    3. Tempestic
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Ings over pickford any day

      1. SADIO SANÉ
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        might be on to something here

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

    Ings is going to win the golden boot isnt he?

  10. Greek Freak
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Not sure why none of my players can score goals, but Ings sure can.

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Felt that

  11. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Ings delivers again!

  12. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    How is Ings still fit to play?

    1. Digital-Real
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      must be on the juice 😉

  13. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Ffs... might have to get Ings after all. So annoying

  14. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Now hang on McCarthy my friend

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

    Kiko captain fail for some ?

  16. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I went full maverick and played Ings and benched Foster (played Dubravka). Usually doesn't pay off!

  17. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I own ings and foster...

    1. beric
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Same, im pleased

      1. Fudgy
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        I'm not tbh lol

        1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Are you ever?

  18. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Every week I ask about Ings and every week I get told he is a bad pick due to fixtures / risk of rotation and every week he starts and he scores

    Aaggghhhhhhhhh

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Still poor fixtures and risk of rotation. Dont buy

    2. Tempestic
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Ahaha, its so annoying isnt it. the man doesnt stop scoring and I just keep ignoring him!

      1. TheDragon
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        It’s not a joke to say I’d probably be top 1k if I’d done the Abraham to Ings transfer that fateful week Abraham was injured.

        Rage inducing

  19. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Ings picked up whatever Kane has lost

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

    Ingsy is our best striker since Rickie Lambert left us. Love him.

    1. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Very unlucky with Liverpool poor lad. Good to see him flourish now

      1. Tempestic
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Yeh its nice to see, glad he moved on he deserves this

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

          20m, cheers for the bargain.

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

      No competition on that

    3. Hooky
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Graziano Pellè was pretty decent.

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

        Pelle was very good. Had a great link with Mane and Tadic

  21. FPLHaggis
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Thank you Dings!

  22. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    City, Everton, United up next, but worth keeping Ings anyway?

    Bought him for 6.4m...

    1. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      a goal in that 3 is very doable, cheap enough to bench...

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

    Also, what about that Smallbone assist. Will be some player when he develops.

  24. fusen
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Previously owned Sarr this season and then got him back in for the restart, yet I can't wait to get rid of him probably this week for Pulisic.

    Watford do not look good. One of those situations where even if the player is decent, they just aren't going to do much in a poor team.

  25. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Selling ings with my unlimited free transfers coming into 30+ was definitely a mistake in hindsight!!

    1. jason_ni
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Owned him for 6 gws prior.. and he got me 1 goal.. timing is everything in this game!

      1. Collie01
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Very similar for me. Owned him for the weeks he didn't score and sold him before the restart. Just one of those annoying things where timing is wrong!

  26. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Smallbone. teehee

    1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Wayne Bogie the best name of a footballer in the last 30 years!! Haha

      1. Egg noodle
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        hahahaa

  27. el polako
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Lets hope Foster racks up some save points then...
    Should have gone Pope on WC.

    1. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I did pope to foster lol

      1. grumpyman
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Same. Feel sick.

  28. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Very tempted to do Simpson, DCL and Sarr to Aurier, Nketiah and Pulisic (-4)

    1. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Honestly looks like a good hit

      1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Think I may go for it if Sarr doesn’t deliver anything this game

  29. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Every season there's always one player I never bring in, even when they're scoring. It always seems like it's too good to be true. Ings has proven me so wrong this season

    1. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      He isnt a good pick though - it makes logical sense not to bring him in each week but he still scores every week

      I can’t take it anymore!!!!!!!

  30. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Would you do this for -8?

    Mount Barnes Auba to Mane(C) Martial Greenwood

    1. Easy Cheesy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Does greenwood need to play. I know no one likes waiting around but don’t mount and barnes have good fixtures next gw?

      1. Pep Roulette
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Yes they do! Good point!

    2. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      No

    3. grumpyman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Doesn't feel like the time to be jumping on Liverpool players. I'm probably ditching Salah this week.