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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. el polako
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    That feeling when your team looks great on paper for the coming week...
    I mean Ings & Jimi at home against WBA & Fulham, what can possibly go wrong.

    🙂

  2. Das Boot
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Mourinho. You bum nut.

  3. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    It will take a miracle for me not to do Foden to Bruno over the IB

    1. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Who goes the other way? Is there really 4 mill itb?

  4. stat sifter 888888
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    What another horrible week lol. Wilson with a huge haul but everyone else blanked and only Salah (C) and Penandes still to play.

  5. korbendallas82
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    kdb to mane?

    1. Over The Mounié
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Or Jorginho?

    2. stat sifter 888888
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Sterling surely but yes.

  6. The Polymath
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Mourinho remember this!

    Sometimes when you lie, the lie can become a reality.

    1. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      It's called Karma

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

    Struggling to score close enough to 60 pts per GW for 3 GWs in a row is something that I could not recall happening before ...

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      “Boo hoo”

    2. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Stuff it pal

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

      60?! We should be so lucky 🙂

    4. stat sifter 888888
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Great first 2 GW's but I feel your pain.

  8. FPL price manipulators are …
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    We actually took -4 to take out Son for Mahrez. SMH

    1. stat sifter 888888
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Is Son fit?

      1. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Starts

  9. yousunkmybattleship
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Aurier to punish Bruno sellers

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Now that IS funny!

    2. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      And Doherty owners

  10. Yes Ndidi
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Son -> Bruno the minute Jose mentioned the hammy. I guess the next 90 minutes will tell me if that was a good or bad move.

  11. Urchin
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    0 0 written all over this

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

      DDG and Lloris have blunders in them

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

        1-1 then

        1. Fer Fuch's Ake
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          Two own goals

    2. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Hopefully the pool game

    3. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Over 2.5 at 1.60 and going down...

  12. Fer Fuch's Ake
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Martial to get 60mins max per game with Cavani arrival right?

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Greenwood could be dropped. Cavani up top with Bruno in the hole and Martial and Rashford wide. I don’t think Cavani will play week in week out though.

      1. Fer Fuch's Ake
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        That sees about right cheers

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

    yet another disgusting week

  14. djoker_nole
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Saiss , Coady and McCarthy saving my gameweek. Never thought I would be saying that!!

  15. FPLShaqiri
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Think my team is close to a WC. Worth hitting the button today or saving?

    Ryan Steer
    TAA Robertson Doherty Ayling Ferguson
    Salah KDB Pereira Rodriguez Podence
    Ings Mitrovic Davis

    Issues:
    a) Podence poor performamce, and looking like an error to bring him in. Also far from nailed imo with Traore/Neto about
    b) Doherty not starting. Depends on Aurier's performance but this could be a sign he isn't first choice.
    c) Mitro. Price dropping, not a bad pick imo for next few games (esp. on pens) but other strikers are better
    d) Davis. Price dropping. Probably want 3-4-3 formation.

  16. DandyDon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Martial looking like the player I thought I had in my team before I sold him

  17. potatoace
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Resisted selling Son this week.

    Sitting on my bench .

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

    I have Son on the bench kill me now...

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

    How can they have Son in Red when he wasn't even injured

  20. villa_til_i_die
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Liverpool will smash Villa they said, villa will go down they said!!!!!

  21. EL_FENOMENO
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Had i kept Son it would've been a good week. Guessing i'm not the only one

  22. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    What’s better?

    A) Soucek & Brewster rotation
    B) Watkins & Bissouma on bench