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Taylor returns but Pieters and Mee miss out as Burnley face unchanged Fulham

The four teams with two fixtures in Gameweek 24 round off their double-headers this evening, with Burnley v Fulham first up.

Kick-off at Turf Moor is at 18:00 GMT.

The Clarets can put 11 points between themselves and 18th-place Fulham with a win this evening, while Scott Parker’s side can cut the deficit to safety to four points if they emerge victorious from Lancashire.

The Cottagers are unsurprisingly unchanged from Sunday’s win over Everton, a match in which Josh Maja (£5.5m) scored twice on his full debut for the west London side.

Burnley captain Ben Mee (£5.1m) misses out because of the Premier League’s concussion protocol, with Kevin Long (£4.3m) starting at centre-half in his absence.

Charlie Taylor (£4.4m) comes in at left-back for Erik Pieters (£4.3m) in Sean Dyche’s other alteration from the 3-0 win at Crystal Palace.

Mee was the most-bought FPL defender of Gameweek 25, with over 350,000 managers transferring him into their sides.

Dyche was again adamant that his influential defender was “fine” despite his unavailability tonight, saying:

Ben Mee is fine but the rules state that he can’t play. We have had so many injuries all season, this is not new territory for the players. They all know who they are and who is playing.

Fulham haven’t lost any of their last nine Premier League matches against clubs outside the current top four, keeping clean sheets in five of those games.

The Clarets also traditionally prosper against the also-rans: only one of their last eight matches against the bottom-half teams has ended in defeat.


Burnley XI: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Long, Taylor, Gudmundsson, Westwood, Cork, McNeil, Barnes, Rodriguez.

Fulham: Areola, Tete, Andersen, Adarabioyo, Aina, Loftus-Cheek, Reed, Lemina, Lookman, Maja, Reid.

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1,123 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Oh bugger off, really needed that Areola CS

  2. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Rodriguez hauling

    Not the Everton one

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

    Lol. That was like Jokanovic era Fulham

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

    Laporte essential again 😮

  5. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Cancelo?

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

      Cancelo Dias Laporte Zinchenko

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

    Stones benched f off

  7. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Dias Cancelo Sterling START

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

    Sterling hatrick. Official confirmation in 2 hours

    1. HonestBlatter
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      THIS..needle needle needle

  9. JBG
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Martinez and Lowton owners the real winners.

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

    Huge Barnes haul 😆

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

      Fudge what even is your team? Seem to be having a good week.

  11. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bugger off Stones/Pep

  12. Mr. O'Connell
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling captainers out of jail

  13. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Cancelo starts

  14. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Fudgy captainers unite!

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

      😆 shame about the Fulham goal lol

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

        It's not

  15. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Both cleanies gone in seconds ugh

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      One was the realistic hope for this DGW
      Neither are great teams defensively

  16. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Noticed that Pep’s never played Stones vs Everton.

  17. Limbo
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Everton Lineup Leak:

    Big Dunc starting up top

  18. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    1-1 perfect!

  19. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Need Cancelo or Digne to be highest scorer in this with Stones benched and Gundo(c) out...

  20. Steve McCroskey
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling starts! LOOKS LIKE MEATS BACK ON THE MENU BOYS

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Hope he hauls

    2. as33
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Who said

    3. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Ha haha ... I need it to be a full hog roast ... I need to fest on those captain points!!!!!

    4. 7shadesofsmoke
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      FPL BONERRRR

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

      I suppose you’ve had nothing but bread for three stinking days?

      1. Baron Penguin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Maggoty bread, that is.

  21. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Where do people get the early Man City lineup?

    1. Vlekz
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Twitter

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

        Rockstar maybe

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

      Time for Stones to leave the team? Not reliable anymore ...

    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      KDB and Aguero on the bench tonight.

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        So say the reliable sources, not the rumour mill.

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          3-4-2-1 Everton v

          4-3-3 Man City with Cancelo on the left hand side and Walker on the right?

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

        Scene

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

      Best option for the team below ?

      1. WC and BB
      2. FTs and 1/2 hits towards 26, no BB, maybe TC

      Martinez/Martin
      Robo/Cancelo/Stones/Tarko/Coufal
      Salah/Bruno/Grealish/Gundo/Stephens
      DCL/Antonio/Bamford

    5. wulfrunian
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Baaaaaaaarnes you legend!!!!

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

        Wooop

      2. El-Kloppico
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Dial up

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

      Cue pandemonium... Places everyone!!

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

        Action!

    7. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Need saves and a penalty save now, Alphonse

    8. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Pep has no stones.

    9. CRO KLOPP
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Zinchenko going under the radar?

    10. Digital-Real
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Should be a sending off for Brady.
      John Moss is a waste of space.