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Podence recovers from injury to start as Traore and Lacazette drop to the bench

Following the lunchtime double-header at Leicester and Southampton, there are another two Premier League matches kicking off concurrently at 14:00 BST.

Two sides who have yet to gain a point are on the road this afternoon, with Arsenal playing host to Sheffield United and Wolverhampton Wanderers entertaining Fulham.

The headline team news from Molineux is that Daniel Podence (£5.6m) is fit to feature, with the Portuguese winger replacing Adama Traore (£6.4m) in Wolves’ three-man attack.

Leander Dendoncker (£4.9m) and budget Fantasy Premier League defender Max Kilman (£4.0m) are also brought into the side, with Joao Moutinho (£5.5m) dropping to the bench and Ruben Vinagre (£4.4m) not in the squad at all.

Reports on Friday suggested that Vinagre was set for a switch to Olympiacos.

Raul Jimenez (£8.6m), signed by a further 329,362 FPL managers in the run-up to Gameweek 3, leads the line for the hosts but Marcal (£4.9m) hasn’t recovered from injury and misses out.

Scott Parker’s ongoing search to find his best starting XI has seen him rotate yet again, with the Fulham teamsheet showing three changes from the 3-0 defeat at Aston Villa.

Michael Hector (£4.4m), Denis Odoi (£4.5m) and the injured Kenny Tete (£4.5m) make way in defence, with Antonee Robinson (£4.4m), Ola Aina (unpriced) and Maxime Le Marchand (£4.4m) all starting in their steads.

Aleksandar Mitrovic (£6.0m), the only Fulham player owned by more than 3% of FPL managers, and budget midfielder Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (£4.5m) both start.

At the Emirates, Sheffield United’s sole alteration sees John Egan (£4.9m) replace Ethan Ampadu (£4.5m) at the heart of the defence.

Bargain-bin FPL midfielder Oliver Burke (£4.5m) is again part of a two-man Blades attack, with the transfer of Rhian Brewster (£4.5m) not completed in time for the ex-Liverpool striker to feature this afternoon.

Mikel Arteta has made four changes from Monday’s defeat at Liverpool, the most notable of which sees Alexandre Lacazette (£8.5m) – who has yet to blank in FPL this season – drop to the bench.

Eddie Nketiah (£5.8m) instead joins Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.9m) and Willian (£8.0m) in a three-man attack.

Rob Holding (£4.5m), Granit Xhaka (£5.5m) and Ainsley Maitland-Niles (£5.0m) are also omitted from the line-up, with Gabriel (£5.1m), Dani Ceballos (£5.0m) and Bukayo Saka (£5.3m) handed recalls.


Arsenal XI: Leno, Bellerin, Luiz, Gabriel, Tierney, Ceballos, Elneny, Saka, Willian, Nketiah, Aubameyang.

Sheffield United XI: Ramsdale, Basham, Egan, Robinson, Baldock, Lundstram, Berge, Osborn, Stevens, McGoldrick, Burke.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Patricio, Saiss, Coady, Boly, Kilman, Neves, Dendoncker, Semedo, Neto, Jimenez, Podence.

Fulham XI: Areola, Bryan, Ream, Le Marchand, Aina, Cairney, Anguissa, Robinson, De Cordova-Reid, Cavaleiro, Mitrovic.


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1,688 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Drip Doctor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Well well well....

    I'm just taking W after W on this website.

    Bennerman and everyone else, it's time for you to post that i am an "absolute genuis"

    https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2020/09/29/state-of-fulham-defence-bodes-well-for-wolves-options-in-gameweek-4/?hc_page=4&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_22564190

    1. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      genius*

      damnit!

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        You don't need to impress anyone. You're okay as you are.

        1. Harry the Hack
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Without approval on FFS forums he really isn't.

    2. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 5 months ago

        "Genuis" indeed

        1. DRIZ ✅
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Lol

    3. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Son will only last until half time 😉

      1. Ha.
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Rested after his hatty

        1. Old Man
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Rested after his hammy

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

      Van de Beek must be fuming.....big transfer to peck around on the bench....

    5. Zilla
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      ffs Mourinho, could've sold Werner for anyone..

    6. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Neto you greedy pleb

    7. The_FF_King
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Bloody Son

    8. mgilbert86
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Atleast I did Mitro to DCL this week, avoided stubborn avoidance

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

      Dumbass Neto running into the same channel as Jimenez and ruining the attack

    10. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Hate to say it but owning jiminez is the ultimate sheep move. U want to maximise returns vs crap teams u go with explosive players not a notorious non hauler just becuase everyone else was. Deserved blank..

      1. Drip Doctor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        He's proven to be one of the most consistent scorers over the last two seasons.

        1. Hotdogs for Tea
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          He is a troll. Im surprised people still reply seriously

          😉

          1. Drip Doctor
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Only room for one troll around here.

        2. @persecuted_by_mods
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Did you not read what he said? Jimi isn't explosive

          • Coys96
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Exactly. I got him last GW with fixtures against West Ham, Fulham & Leeds in next 3. Classic example of FPL bad-luck

        3. Steve The Spud
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          He’s been solid for aegis it’s hardly a bad move, just unfortunate the wolves seem to be going backwards

        4. TyroneGAA
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Not really he’s playing Fulham

        5. @persecuted_by_mods
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Agreed, and I own him. He's a troll and a DM, yet always avoids criticism as does Nuno for always playing defensive and counter attack football no matter the oppo

          • pablo discobar
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Like ings v west brom you mean?

            Wind your neck in you silly cont

          • Muchentuchel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Great fixtures and essential in the future 😉

          • Piggs Boson
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Your house must be filled with fish by now.

          • Legendary!
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Disagree with your sheep label but agree with the content. Raul is hardly explosive and Wolves does this very annoying thing where, from a FPL perspective, (anecdotally - I haven’t looked at the stats) they don’t beat “weaker” teams or they beat them 1-0/2-1with a player like Dedoncker (read “unimportant”) scoring. Can be very frustrating. Raul will hopefully do well based on history but you just have to stick with him and is not really a. C option unless against the big teams

        6. Begbie.
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Ugh. I know it's wrong but why does wanting to sign Lookman feel so right?

        7. Iceball
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Son starts...first sub for James no show. Maybe some luck this week but limping off after 10 minutes wouldnt surprise

        8. TheSteel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Tooting my own horn: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/22570428

        9. Coys96
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Who else has Jimenez, KDB (c), Podence, Foden, Ings and R.James.

          1. TheSteel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            You probably still have more points than me currently

            1. Coys96
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 5 months ago

              Doubt it, 21. 3 to go

          2. Iceball
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            All those except Ings

          3. BeWater
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            KDB, Adams, Werner, Mitro, Barnes and Podence here. Salah captain needs to save me.

          4. _Ninja_
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            All expect Ings... But i have barnes, lamptey mitchell brewster as well.

            1. Coys96
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 5 months ago

              Yeah Lamptey on for James for me...

              The last 3.. ouch. Mind you, it never looked like Brewster would start

          5. TAT
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Got them all…

          6. KGFC
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Same but Ings captain 🙁

        10. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          I’ve put Son back in already lol

          1. Begbie.
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Why on earth would you do that?

            1. Big boy Bowen
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 5 months ago

              At the annoyance that I should never have taken him out, Mourinho such a fraud

          2. TyroneGAA
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Lmao

        11. Kodap
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          PLEASE Jimmy, do something.

        12. Jafooli
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          *Adds Mitrovic to never ever again list

          1. Debauchy
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Page 3 ?

        13. MIGHTY JOE
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Son starts... Took a hit to get rid of him *passing out*

        14. Says
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Scott Parker needs a stylist

        15. Flair
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Sterling (C) singlehandedly carrying my team in these dark times

          1. Steve The Spud
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Now imagine a dcl 6 pointer carrying your team

          2. mgilbert86
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Same

          3. Ohhhhh Gary Macca!
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Hamez (c) for me

            1. Salah’s Sonnet
              • 12 Years
              3 years, 5 months ago

              Get out

          4. Society
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Saiss my highest so far if he holds the clean sheet

        16. HellasLEAF
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Assume you were on WC, aside from Pool defenders whom would be your top defender transfer in??

          1. Begbie.
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            I like Castagne.

          2. PapaWengzz
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Chilli

        17. Bruce Lee
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Auba (c) - sub him nowwww 😎

        18. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          If it wasn't for the rumored Son injury I surely wouldn't have wildcarded. Jose you lier . He was the key reason to spread his cash and Werner's one

        19. Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Neves wasting Jimmy assist. Useless plonkers

        20. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Jimmy in the bin, now.

        21. The Reptile
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          2nd on my bench after Bassouma!!!

        22. Firmino
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          So If I wouldn't have made a single transfer since beginning of the season I would have 41 points more and Martial&Son yet to play...

        23. Bobby Digital
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Neto, good pick by the scouts.

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

          What are KDB owners doing? Already regretting picking him over Sterling!

          1. TAT
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Considering options.

          2. Flair
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Captaining him next week.

          3. Ode
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Keeping until he gets injured

          4. Collie01
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Staying patient. KdB should come good.

          5. DRIZ ✅
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Lol after one week

          6. Critical Observer
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Have both, keeping both

        25. The Reptile
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Son that is..... Help

        26. Ode
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Sheffield will go the whole season without scoring

          1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            No

          2. _Ninja_
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 5 months ago

            Timing lol

            1. Ode
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 5 months ago

              Lol i’m so stupid