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Pickford benched as £4.0m FPL defender Nkounkou deputises for banned Digne

An under-strength Everton will attempt to bounce back to winning ways at St James’ Park this afternoon, following their first defeat of the campaign against Southampton.

The Toffees face Newcastle United in the second of four Premier League matches to take place on Sunday, with kick-off on Tyneside at 14:00 GMT.

Carlo Ancelotti is without the suspended Lucas Digne (£6.1m) and Richarlison (£7.8m) this afternoon, while James Rodriguez (£7.9m) and Seamus Coleman (£4.9m) miss out through injury.

Budget Fantasy Premier League defenders Jonjoe Kenny (£4.3m) and Niels Nkounkou (£4.0m) are brought into the full-back positions in the absence of the aforementioned first-team regulars.

That defensive duo are among five changes that Ancelotti has made from the Gameweek 6 defeat on the south coast.

Andre Gomes (£5.5m) and Fabian Delph (£4.9m) are recalled in central midfield, while the most notable alteration sees Robin Olsen (£4.5m) replace the benched Jordan Pickford (£5.0m) between the posts.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.7m), who blanked for the first time this season in that defeat at Southampton, starts up front.

Cenk Tosun (£6.0m) returns from a lengthy lay-off and is among the substitutes.

As for the hosts, Steve Bruce makes one change to the team that drew 1-1 at Wolves last Sunday.

Sean Longstaff (£4.8m) comes into the centre of midfield in place of Ryan Fraser (£5.7m), who drops to the bench.

Jamaal Lascelles (£4.4m) has recovered from a knock to start in the heart of the defence for the Magpies.

Digne and Rodriguez were the most-sold FPL assets of Gameweek 7, with each player transferred out by over 400,000 Fantasy managers ahead of Friday’s deadline.

Only Calvert-Lewin and Callum Wilson (£6.5m) have double-digit ownerships among the two starting XIs today.


Newcastle United XI: Darlow, Schar, Lascelles, Fernandez, Lewis, Hendrick, S Longstaff, Murphy, Almiron, Saint-Maximin, Wilson

Everton XI: Olsen, Kenny, Keane, Mina, Nkounkou, Gomes, Doucoure, Sigurdsson, Allan, Delph, Calvert-Lewin

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1,268 Comments Post a Comment
  1. ilikewud
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Where are all the DCL is TrAsH or DCL to Wilson for a hit crew?

    1. Supersonic Marv'
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Polishing their giant shoes (they're clowns).

      1. ilikewud
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Lol

  2. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    ^^Wilson, DCL, Hamez(=Podence) owner.

  3. Lucky Z
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    DCL on 8 points

  4. LewanGOALski
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    so many ppl in my ML own Wilson, I am surprised! :O

  5. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Havertz. Keep or Sell?

    1. 272MK
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      sell unless there are other more important issue. or maybe save FT

      1. Pep Roulette
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers mate

  6. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Calvert Lewin casuals win again. Sigh.

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Hehe

    2. ilikewud
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Salty

  7. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Wow, a proper race for the last bap.

  8. Aaa
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Wildcard this?

    Ryan/Button
    TAA/KWP/Taylor/Kilman/Mitchell
    Salah/Son/Grealish/Zaha/Burke
    Kane/Werner/Maupay

    1. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      TAA and Werner out. The rest isn't too bad.

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

      Nah - too early - solid squad for the most part - nothing that FT's can't sort to take advantage of fixtures in the short-term

  9. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    43 pts with Kane, Son(C) and Maupay left. I’ll take it I guess

    1. CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Don't think you have any other choice or?

    2. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      You’ve come to gloat

    3. sunzip14
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      47 with Kane, Son, Justin and Lamptey left.

    4. tafrère
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      74 with Kane & Son left.

      Finally a good gameweek, it's been a while...

    5. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      35 plus (K)ane, Son, Bruno, Dallas and Lamptey

    6. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      You have no choice but to take it.

  10. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Bernard close

  11. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    DCL goal made me up 100K place wow

    1. Harper (No more Penandes)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Sent me down about 200k lol

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

    Did dcl to bamford at half time, tempted to get him back for a -8

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Living up to your name mate

    2. Hattrick Harry
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      That’s right move

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

        Done

  13. pjomara
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Rage transferred DCL in 90th minute

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      In or out?

  14. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Where the DonkeyCL crew at now?

    1. ilikewud
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      He blanked once for 7.0 mil! Outrageous

      1. 272MK
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Once Richarlison Hamez Digne comes in he might even get brace / hattricks. undepriced

        1. ilikewud
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Even this is worth 7.0 I mean he’s still undervalued at 1 blank

    2. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      How one goal can change opinions aye

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

    Fair play to Newcastle for nailing both a Wilson & Fraser combo deal. Early days, but seems to be working out. Who's the guy/gal who put that deal together?

  16. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Lamptey, Trossard, Kane and TC Son left!
    On 28 points at the moment

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

      TC, wow!

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        nervous 😀

    2. Maddamotha
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      TC, but why tho..

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Brighton are shocking and Son is on fire

    3. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Why play TC now on Son?

      Genuinely interested. Was it a gut feeling? Impatience? Some statistical reason?

      I always wait for a DGW and then end up with TC fail anyway

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

    Sterling and Barkley differentials, f**** off!

    1. ilikewud
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Sterling I don’t fault you on but Grealish is the star of Villa. Barkley isn’t near as good and would never keep up with him. IMHO.

    2. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Especially Sterling. Done nothing and killed flexibility. Poor decision making by me.

  18. seewhyaxe
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    some comments here really aged badly...

    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Wilson will never score again

  19. xHaTr
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    44 with 4 left. Happy so far!

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      43 with 4 to go. Same!

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        *45

  20. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Own dcl but ugghhhh another cleanie gone injury time

    Lewis waste of space

    1. Plant Based FPLer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Can't have your cake and eat it too.

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Lewis cleanie far.more useful

        1. Plant Based FPLer
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          True.

          You set up that starting 11 with a Newcastle defender and an Everton attacker.

  21. Over Midwicket
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Wilson is so good on baps

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

      I mean, he scored two goals and he's a forward.

      1. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        He is right though, so clinical/lucky

  22. Plant Based FPLer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    No one blocking the Newcastle keeper there on the lobbing corner was poor.

  23. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    61 points with only Son remaining.. huge red incoming... 🙁

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Subtle brag Jafooli

    2. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Oh shut up

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

      Season over i reckon

    4. Firminooooo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Same, but Son and Lamptey. Lets cry together.

  24. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    650,000 Green arrow as it stands, all rests on what Kane does (don't own him)

  25. FFSbet.com
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    DCL 8 : 9 Man.City

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Madness of a stat

  26. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Need a Bissouma masterclass later

  27. Lanley Staurel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Is 4.30pm relegation 6 pointer in Sky or BT Sport?

    1. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Sky

  28. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Subs ??

    Saiss no show, Mitchell in position 1 but no show, I take he still comes in 🙁

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

      You get Pod

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

        Sorry i misread. You get next def.

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

          Youll get Lamptey

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

            So still 0 😛

          2. g40steve
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Binned Saiss last night 🙂

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

              Same, got Zouma as well.

        2. g40steve
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Lamptey 1 pointer, better than 0 🙂

  29. maditass
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone seen the news that got Kane injured at training and wont play today?

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah. Reason why he was sold by 700k this week.

    2. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Have you?

    3. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Fake news

    4. maditass
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Or is it just a friend of mine joking with me as he doesn't have him at fpl??

  30. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Toon win, DCL scores consolation! Perfect 😎