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Walker-Peters back in Saints defence alongside Vestergaard

Kyle Walker-Peters (£4.7m) has returned from a quad injury to start at right-back for Southampton, as the Saints try to halt a run of five successive league defeats.

This dreadful form includes a 9-0 mauling at Manchester United and a remarkable 3-2 defeat to a Newcastle United side who had to play the final 15 minutes with only nine men.

However, Ralph Hasenhuttl’s men started their recovery with a midweek FA Cup victory over today’s opponents Wolves.

Both sides have made changes from their meeting 72 hours ago, with Alex McCarthy (£4.5m) back in goal, Jannik Vestergaard (£4.7m) coming into defence and Takumi Minamino (£6.0m) being cup-tied for the 2-0 win.

That means Nathan Redmond (£6.4m) again starts up front alongside Danny Ings (£8.4m), after impressing his manager in this role. “I like him more, to be honest,” said Hasenhuttl on this positional switch. “He gives me more deep runs and his quality on the ball causes problems for the opponent.”

Che Adams (£5.8m) therefore takes a place on the substitutes bench, a previously popular FPL asset but without a goal since 13th December.

Southampton are struggling in defence, having conceded 18 goals in the five matches since their last clean sheet in Gameweek 17. Jan Bednarek (£4.9m) has had a particularly torrid time, scoring -7 at Old Trafford thanks to an own goal, red card and conceding nine times. He followed with an own goal at Newcastle, although this was mercifully credited to Miguel Almiron (£5.6m).

They will be confident of shutting out Wolves, a side struggling for goals after the long-term injury of Raul Jimenez (£8.2m) added to the high-profile summer sales of Matt Doherty (£5.6m) and Diogo Jota (£6.6m).

Head coach Nuno Espirito Santo heavily rotated for Thursday’s cup tie but his line-up here contains only one change from the side which drew 0-0 with Leicester last Sunday. Cheap defender Max Kilman (£4.0m) makes way for Romain Saiss (£4.9m).

Hopes were higher for Adama Traore (£6.0m) this season, after bagging four goals and nine assists in 2019-20. Recent weeks have finally brought consistent minutes to the pacy winger, as he aims to add to the one solitary assist of this campaign.

At left wing-back, Santo continues to manage the minutes of Jonny Otto (£5.4m). The Spaniard is being eased back into action after a long-term anterior cruciate ligament injury, being replaced at half-time against both Southampton and Leicester.

Pedro Neto (£5.7m) starts again, being Wolves’ only consistent goal threat of the season. Almost ever-present, Neto has tallyied up four goals and six assists so far.

SOUTHAMPTON XI (4-4-2): McCarthy; Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Bertrand; Armstrong, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Minamino; Ings, Redmond

WOLVES XI (3-4-3): Patricio; Dendoncker, Coady, Saiss; Semedo, Moutinho, Ruben Neves, Jonny; Traore, Willian Jose, Neto

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  1. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    It's Cavanis birthday today

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

      I'm sending him kisses.

      1. Champions League Varane
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I’m not.

    2. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      1 point/year would mean 34 points, too much to ask for?

      1. TRIPOS TOPPER
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        the way people carry on here, any less than Gundo's points and it will be a fail

        1. Pukki Party
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          I'm happy with one return, but o guess WBA get's your hopes up.

    3. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Hope his stomach is bloated from eating heavily.

    4. grooveymatt65
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      he gunna get a card then?

      1. Pukki Party
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Palace twitter admin once made a joke about Benteke getting a card on his birthday

    5. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Then he had better enjoy it with a Hatty with Bruno assisting.

  2. TRIPOS TOPPER
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Ings vs Kane for next 4?

    1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Kane

    2. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Kane

    3. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Defo Kane but both if possible

      1. TRIPOS TOPPER
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        both!

        I aint made of money!

    4. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Kne

    5. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Ings next week, then Ings to Kane

      1. TRIPOS TOPPER
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        You spin me right round, baby
        Right round like a record, baby
        Right round, round, round

  3. Tonyawesome69
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I was getting interested in bringing in a Soton defender with all their main players back from injury. Is McCarthy the issue or the defence?

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      All of them.

      Avoid IMO.

      1. Tonyawesome69
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Haha cheers

    2. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      The issue is referees.

      The moment they start doing their job it’ll be easier for all of us

      1. jammie26
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Lol, its all down to the refs.

    3. jammie26
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I wouldn't be going anywhere near the Southampton defence.

    4. Dennis System
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      they are rubbish, don't matter how many games they have or who against

  4. Atimis
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    What are you doing with Bruno and Salah on WC?
    Keeping for 26?

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Bruno is surely a keep. Salah could tempt me to switch to Son and double-up on Spurs

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

      Keeping, replaced by whom is the question

    3. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Keeping

  5. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I was planning DCL to Ings, but if DCL is fit on wed, and everton get the predicted gw26 fixtures, its tempting to keep him instead.

    Liverpool defence not exactly shining.

    Would you switch?

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I'm not switching and keeping DCL.

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

      If DCL is fit, 100% no switch

  6. Plagued by indecision
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    A) TAA > Dallas
    B) wildcard

    Pope / Martinez
    Cancelo / Stones / Bednarek / Shaw / TAA
    Salah / Bruno / Grealish / Gundogan / Saka
    Bamford / Antonio / DCL

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      TAA to Dallas then do you have enough funds to do Antonio to Kane?

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

        If not TAA > Alioski

      2. Plagued by indecision
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Sadly not. Will involve a 4-pointer for 26. Wondering about Vardy as alternative to Kane.

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

      I won't WC and will get Raphinha for DGW25; but obviously depending on plan for few GWs forward

      1. Plagued by indecision
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I have 2 plans.

        A) TAA > Dallas 25; Antonio > Kane and Pope > 4.0 (TC Kane) 26

        B) TAA > Dallas 25; Antonio > Vardy and Bednarek > Burn (BB with Pope, Saka, Bamford and Dallas)

        Keep WC for 30 and FH for 29 (though would prefer a proper DGW to utilise it)

      2. Plagued by indecision
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        For context, I was around 1m OR for ages, have surged into top 400k in past four weeks but benched a lot of points (Justin, Martinez, DCL).

        I am in a dead heat for my mini league (haven’t won it since 2017). Main rival has already used free hit and wildcard, so don’t want to mess this up.

        Any advice is welcome!

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

          Yeah lots of info there mate specific to your situation. My impression is that with WC and FH in hand your current team will strive GW25-29 above the average providing good captaincy nailed-ish. You then try to catch the ML rivals with your WC and FH at the final stage of the season, GL!

          1. Plagued by indecision
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Thanks. That’s the plan. Mustn’t mess it up! Already made a lot of mistakes the past few weeks, with Shaw over Lowton the latest

    3. InterUranus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Don't keep the nostalgia pick in Trent. Shift to Dallas immediately.

    4. jammie26
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Bednarek? Not for me!!

  7. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bamford (C) is locked. The TC though...

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I think I'm sticking the TC on Kane or Gundo on a double GW

    2. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Every passing day it’s getting me more and more tempted..

      I need a revive aswell

      1. Champions League Varane
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        ESP with BB in 26

  8. @persecuted_by_mods
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Adams great clearance

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Lol

    • Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Adams, 2 goal chances, misses both

      1. Iwantmorepointsthanks
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        🙁

      2. Tonyawesome69
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Deja vu from earlier in the season

    • MikeS
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Grealish to raphina?

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Keep Grealish.

        1. MikeS
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Who to get out for raph double though from:

          Sakah-bruno-son-grealish-gund

          1. MikeS
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Meant Salah not sakah

          2. Tonyawesome69
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Do you plan to wc25/26?

          3. Nomar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            I wouldn’t lose any of them for Raphina personally.

      2. Tonyawesome69
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Not for me when villa has double in 26 and a game in 29

      3. InterUranus
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I used to believe in one week punts but I don't think they're sensible. Unless it's really, really obvious.

    • My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Che Adams wtf

    • JBG
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Che Adams does what he does best... Misses great chances.

    • Iwantmorepointsthanks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      What would you do for DGW:

      A) Raphina (-4), bench DCL
      B) play DCL, bench Soucek

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        A

        Leeds should whup this sorry Southampton slop.

        1. Iwantmorepointsthanks
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Thanks, leaning that way

    • Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Guys, I have Kane and Son.

      Is it worth keeping both and swapping Antonio for Watkins, or swap Son for Grealish?

      I’m leaning towards Antonio to Watkins...

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

        Watkins

      2. Ragabolly
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Keep them both

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Want a Villa attacker.

          1. Ragabolly
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            I meant Kane and Son, get rid of Antonio

      3. TRIPOS TOPPER
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I'm gong to get Kane and swap Antonio to Maupay (to be benched til 29)

        gives me front 7

        Bruno Salah Son Souk Gundo
        Kane DCL (Maupay)

        If Gundo is injured becomes Raffinha

      4. Iwantmorepointsthanks
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Go for Watkins!

      5. Jordan.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        antonio to watkins is fine,blokes a constant sicknote

      6. Tonyawesome69
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Watkins

      7. Indpush
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Keep Kane and Son

    • Homer21
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Wolves are a different team this half

    • Iwantmorepointsthanks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Still time for a brace Ingsy

    • RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Dallas and Bamford enough Leeds, or also get Raphina for Grealish, Rashford or Salah?

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Enoy

      2. Tonyawesome69
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Probably enough but I would be tempted if WC26

      3. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks!

    • Mika-eel
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Feel a bit sorry for that poster of yesterday that forgot to press bench boost, and has McCarthy starting instead of Pope.

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        That would be me.

        1. Mika-eel
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Unlucky. At least you have BB to use now in a future game week.

          1. Nomar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Thanks man. It happens.

            More peed off with myself for not double checking my team when I woke up on Saturday morning. I know I had other things to do, but a quick check would have taken me 30 seconds to rectify it.

            So much for trying to please my wife by not logging onto my fantasy team first thing in the morning. Look where that’s got me!

            1. Mika-eel
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Can just imagine the shock when you checked your team and it wasn't activated. I suppose it could've been worse checking your team and seeing BB active and you don't have a playing bench.

              Tell the wife she has to make it up then!

              1. Nomar
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                I was mortified.

                Ever seen a grown man cry? 😀

                1. Mika-eel
                  • 6 Years
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  Every day on this website 😉

            2. Indpush
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Got you not divorced?

              1. Nomar
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                No

                Fair play to her for putting up with me for 21 years now.

    • @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Football really is the beautiful game, Fabio Silva gets to share pitch time with his idol Che Adams

        1. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          I don’t. No way is Pope a genuine bench pick

          1. Wild Rover
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Oops, rf to above

            1. Nomar
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              I got Pope in for Forster. Which automatically put him on my bench.

              I also got Shaw and put him in instead of Rudiger. I then chose Bench Boost but forgot to save it, went to bed and didn’t check my team till after the deadline yesterday.

              I wouldn’t deliberately put McCarthy over Pope, especially not in a Burnley DGW.

              My bad for forgetting to save.

      • Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        My original plan for next two was:
        GW25: Soucek > Raphinha (roll 1FT)
        GW26: Antonio, Pope > Kane, fodder (2FT)

        Stick with it or attack the doubles more aggressively and make it more difficult to get Kane - ie. get Ings also for Antonio GW25?

        2FT 3.4itb
        Martinez, Pope
        Dias, Stones, Shaw, Dallas, Coufal
        Salah, Bruno, Gundo, Son, Soucek*
        Bamford, DCL, Antonio

        Cheers!

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

          Stick, good plan and it's enough attack to DGW. Key info is DCL fit or not.

          1. Don Kloppeone
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Thanks mate

            I guess if he’s not fit then Ings is an easy switch!

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

              Not convinced by Ings and tough-ish fixtures. I am thinking LEI boys with those fixtures ...

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

                Away to Martinez next so that's a blank.

                1. Don Kloppeone
                  • 6 Years
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  V true!

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

                  Talking about DGW26 onwards, they still can do something to AVL

              2. Don Kloppeone
                • 6 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                Remains to see re Vardy tho if worth it. Maddison looks good but it’s only a striker spot available

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

                  No pressure, just what I would do to get 1-2 differentials. The game is more fun with that ...

        2. Amey
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Ings for Antonio in 25 then Kane

          1. Don Kloppeone
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Will be painful if Ings does well and has other doubles to come to then switch him to Kane tho!

      • Surfeit of Lampteys
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Real shame this game has hinged on an awful handball decision/rule.

        1. Surfeit of Lampteys
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          To compound this awful officiating, referee then doesn't add on thirty seconds for injury time sub not for marcal keeping ball from djenepo for throw in

      • MoSalad
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        AWB on my Bench this GW going to nervy watch of the West Brom game.

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

          I'm gonna be honest, playing Decordova-Reid over AWB is a bit of a punt!

          1. MoSalad
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            My whole GW is a punt tbh HA

      • Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Forster is 100% back in next week

        1. Dennis System
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          back? last played 7 weeks ago in the league

        2. Lubic87
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Doubt it. There was an interview with the manager the other day, where he defended McCarthy and said Forster was the cup keeper, and had no thoughts about playing him in the league.

      • Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        At least get one more save McCarthy!

      • Bartowski
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Would you BB this next week - Martinez, Cancelo, Stones, Soucek?

        I'm playing two Leeds defenders and Sanchez in goal.

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Yes.

          Martinez alone makes it worth BB’ing.

      • BigBillyBass
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Even if Saints had a quadruple gameweek next week I still wouldn’t get any of their players

        1. MikeS
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Ings worth it

        2. Arteta
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          I don't believe you.

          1. Indpush
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Me neither.

      • Flair
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Southampton (0.88) 1-2 (1.30) Wolves

        Considering they were facing Wolves...

      • Vlekz
          3 years, 1 month ago

          How many 8 million plus assets are people keeping/getting on their wildcards?
          A)salah
          B)kane
          C)son
          D)sterling/kdb(if fit)
          E)bruno
          F)rashford
          G)werner
          H)vardy
          I)ings

        • jason_ni
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Transferring in cavani for wilson, and forgetting to put him in my 11 is really going to bite me in the arse today..

          Hes last on my bench 🙁

          1. Arteta
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Always check your team twice. And deadlines. Write them down on a piece of paper or just make an alarm on the same day, 10 minutes before it starts or something like that.

            1. jason_ni
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Yeah, was done late on Friday, and just had a lot on pre deadline, first really deadline fluff since starting 5 years ago!

        • Fudgy
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Not lucky forward to today's games. If Everton or united win big it will make me wanna quit

          1. Fudgy
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Looking*

          2. Big boy Bowen
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            After the week you’ve had so far?!

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

            Steadily going from a week from heaven to a week from HELL?

            1. Fudgy
              • 4 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              I was inches away from rashy or hamez for sonny so I'm absolutely fuming if they haul

          4. Stupendous
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            We are all waiting for that day to ACTUALLY come

          5. Pukki Party
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            You're on 98 (-4), i advice you not to quit Fudgy.

            1. Fudgy
              • 4 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Ok thanks