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Mee absent from Burnley squad as Clarets seek third consecutive clean sheet

Ben Mee (£5.0m) is the most notable absentee from Sunday’s early kick-off at Turf Moor between Burnley and Sheffield United.

The centre-back, previously an ever-present for the Clarets, misses out with a thigh injury.

Over 5,000 FPL managers had plumped for Mee’s services ahead of the Gameweek 33 deadline. The defender hauled 15 points in Gameweek 32 as his goal secured a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace.

Kevin Long (£4.3m) deputises for the Burnley captain. Nick Pope (£5.0m) owners will be hoping that Mee’s absence doesn’t make Sean Dyche’s team easier to breach.

Jack Cork (£4.9m) is also sidelined, so Josh Brownhill (£4.8m) continues in central midfield while defender Erik Pieters (£4.2m) keeps his place on the left side of midfield.

Returning to the Burnley line-up is Jay Rodriguez (£5.7m), who missed out in GW32 through injury. That pushes Dwight McNeil back into midfield, with the £6.1m man operating from the right-hand side of Dyche’s 4-4-2.

Chris Wood (£6.1m) and Johann Berg Gudmundsson (£5.9m) are part of the Clarets’ 20-man matchday squad. Neither player has featured for the club since the Premier League restarted.

Sheffield United are unchanged from their 3-1 victory at home to Spurs on Thursday.

The big news from Chris Wilder’s point-of-view is that Jack O’Connell (£4.6m) returns from injury to take a place on the substitutes’ bench.

The Blades boss ruled out John Lundstram (£4.7m), John Fleck (£4.7m) and Luke Freeman (£5.0m) for ‘a couple of weeks’ in his pre-match press conference.

Burnley XI: Pope; Taylor, Tarkowski, Long, Bardsley; Pieters, Westwood, Brownhill, McNeil; Rodriguez, Vydra.

Sheffield United XI: Henderson; Robinson, Egan, Basham; Stevens, Osborn, Norwood, Berge, Baldock; McBurnie, McGoldrick.


FPL Lessons Learned from Gameweek 33+

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  1. Glad He Ate Her
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Salah captainers,

    Who is your VC?

    1. km79
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Fernandes
      Barnes first sub

    2. Dannyb
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Bruno

    3. bialk
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Bruno

    4. Amey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      😀

    5. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Bruno

    6. Botman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      triple captained. bruno VC, egan 1st sub

      1. Glad He Ate Her
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Clench

        1. Botman
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          it's basically going to determine whether i finish top 10k or not

          1. Glad He Ate Her
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            What's your current rank?

      2. Firminooooo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        You could pay a hitman to take him out.

  2. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    After seeing Sheffield's performance, Jiminez & Saiss look good for next week.

    1. Botman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      then they'll pull out another performance like they did against spurs. prem is so unpredictable these days.

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        This

  3. SweepaKeepa
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Dear Mr Egan, thanks for the goal and putting me (temporarily) at OR 13.

    1. Glad He Ate Her
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Amazing, well done. Deflect all the salty comments coming

    2. Firminooooo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Fantastic. Good luck.

    3. Reddonkeyham 42
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Liverpool game will be interesting for you. Good luck.

      1. SweepaKeepa
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        I am living in the present.

    4. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Well done!

    5. SweepaKeepa
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Thanks, all, for the comments. You won’t hear from me after the Liverpool game.

  4. Glad He Ate Her
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Egan to get 2 BAPS. Get in

  5. HTL
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Nice to see Salah and Mane are still at Sting and Stuart Copeland levels of friendship on the pitch.