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Mee starts for Burnley as Barnes misses out with thigh injury

Backers of Burnley clean sheets will be pleased to see Ben Mee (£5.1m) return to the starting line-up for Double Gameweek 25.

The centre-back sustained a head injury in the first of two Double Gameweek 24 matches against Crystal Palace and ended up missing the second.

Having conceded to low-scoring Fulham in Mee’s absence, the Clarets will welcome back their captain with open arms.

With Erik Pieters (£4.3m) still on the sidelines, Charlie Taylor (£4.4m) earns his second successive Premier League start since returning from his own fitness problems.

At 15.7% ownership, Nick Pope (£5.6m) is the most popular Fantasy asset at Turf Moor today, boosted by Mee coming in for Kevin Long (£4.3m).

Ashley Barnes (£6.0m) is the latest Burnley striker to suffer from injury problems, missing out with a thigh problem today which means Matej Vydra (£4.8m) and Jay Rodriguez (£5.8m) lead the line.

Mbaye Diagne (£6.0m) fronts West Bromwich Albion’s attack at Turf Moor having registered two assists and a goal in his first four Premier League outings.

Still, only 0.4% of Fantasy managers have shown any interest in him thus far, Matheus Pereira (£5.4m) the most-popular starting Baggies asset in just 1.5% of teams worldwide.

Double Gameweek 25 Line-ups

Burnley XI (4-4-2): Pope; C Taylor, Mee, Tarkowski, Lowton; McNeil, Westwood, Cork, Brownhill; Rodriguez, Vydra.

West Bromwich Albion XI (4-2-3-1): Johnstone; C Townsend, Bartley, Ajayi, Furlong; Yokuslu, Gallagher; M Phillips, M Pereira, Maitland-Niles; Diagne.

Double Gameweek 25 so far…

After Leeds assets produced a disappointing start to Double Gameweek 25 in their Friday-night defeat to Wolves, Southampton continued in similar style.

While Chelsea did not tear their defence apart in quite the same way as many anticipated, Alex McCarthy (£4.5m), Jannik Vestergaard (£4.7m) and company could not get a clean sheet, the former earning a late yellow card for time-wasting too.

Danny Ings (£8.5m) was the reason Southampton conceded, giving away a second-half penalty for a foul on Mason Mount (£6.8m).

Ings disappointed at the other end of the pitch too, blanking for the fifth time in his last six matches. His Gameweek 24 strike against Wolves is still his only attacking return since Gameweek 17.

Scoutcast differential Takumi Minamino (£6.0m) was the man that came through for the Saints, having produced a superior figure for minutes per shot than Ings over the two players’ last four Premier League matches.

Nathan Redmond (£6.4m) played the Liverpool loanee through in the first-half, who stabbed home with a cool finish.

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  1. SADIO SANÉ
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bartley nailed?

    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yes.

      1. SADIO SANÉ
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Sweet

  2. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Tark 3 baps

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

      That's what I paid the premium for last week.
      Before selling him on WC this week.

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

        😀

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

    Well I sure am glad I won't have Burnley players in next week.

    God they were absolutely awful!

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Lowton + Pope over the past 2 weeks have been the best players.

      Its about when you have the players 😉

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

        So true. They helped me rise from 4k to 1500 and about. Pretty close at top so just 2.5k.rise not bad

  4. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    LOWTON NOOOOO

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

      Still got the BAPs 🙂

      1. Scholes Out For Summer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        2 pt swing, could be worse i guess

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

    What a pointless last minute YC

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

      Literally

    2. Gizzachance
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah, have pope to, hopefully couple bonus for them

    3. El Matador
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Lowton? Wasn't pointless. He tried to clear the ball and caught the man.

    4. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Hacking a man just outside the box, take no prisoners rather than concede a goal chance.

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

    As a non lowton owner that yellow card made me chuckle.

    1. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      He’s still got a billion points, but yeah was slightly amusing

  7. Bambi
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    bps updated. that lowton yellow took him from 30 to 27 now on for 2bps

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

      27 joint with Tark?

  8. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Hoping DCL stays on bench, then

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

    Poop 2bps?

  10. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    If course I went Mee, no BAPS

  11. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Pope so close to a 10 pointer - one save would have done it

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

      THIS

    2. Weilong7
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Shouldn’t that save before tark goal line clearance count as a save?

      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I had hoped so but can see why they didn’t give him it

        It was still going in after he touched it, took Tark to block it off the line

        1. Weilong7
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Sigh. So close yet so far feeling.. thought he have got the save point with 3..

      2. Wılly
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Wasn't a save because the ball went past him towards the goal, if Tarkowski wasn't there (or another Burnley defender) then it would have gone in

        1. Weilong7
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Fair enough.. 🙁

  12. money face bandwagon
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    as a pope and lowton owner i guess its still 4pts bps

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

    Lowton still a legend.

    Two heroic GWs.

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      agreed. Tom Freeman knows

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

        He benched him :p

  14. Pulp Minion
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    DGW fever lead to me playing McCarthy over Pope, meh!!

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

      Everyone on here told me to play Pope over McCarthy. Thanks for the advice...

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

    2 BAPS for Pope?

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

      Yup’

  16. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Tarkowski (27)
    Lowton (26)
    Pope (26)
    Johnstone (25)

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

      Hopefully 3 after the big chance created

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

    Lowton my highest scoring player even after captain

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

    No lowton, argh well can’t be greedy, 8 is a very good score and hopefully more than Dallas will get

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

      7 🙁

  19. Firminooooo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    That Lowton yellow card cost me two points. Season over.

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      but just imagine if you were a Mee owner lol

    2. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      😀

  20. dogtanion
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Such a pity that Burnley and Wovles will be in the pl next season..offer absolutely nothing in terms of entertainment

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

      Lowton baps very entertainng to me

  21. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Has there ever been any more undeserved baps than what Pope has just got ? 2 "saves" in the first half. Then nothing all game 😆

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

      Was the same all of last season. Drove me crazy!

      1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        They proper need a revamp. It is actually comical

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

      After at least 11 years playing, this is your most notable injustice observed?

      1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        One of them yes. McCauley's "goal" from his strand of hair was the worse. That one summed FPL up nicely but their hero Sutherns had him so expected

        Did you watch the game ? Pope was virtually non existant

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

      De Bruyne's against West Brom

  22. DandyDon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Could have been better without yellows for Mee and lowton (thought first one was after a tark tackle!?) but at least WBA didn’t score one of those sitters. Can’t exactly argue if tark gets max bps, great goal line clearance

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

      The Mee one was off the ball.

      Tark tackle looked clean.

  23. Party time
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Wish they could just relegate west brom already

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

        Played a lot better than Fulham did last game drawing 1-1 with Fulham. Burnley’s defence was actually most comfortable against Fulham out of last 3 but kept CS’s in other two.

    • Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Lowton owners in the mud... losing us 2 points in the last minute of the game like an absolute fool

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

        Only losers will crib after that goal line clearance. I welcome it even with 1800 ovr rank

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

          Amazing way to fit in a subtle brag

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

        Found this very amusing.

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

      Highlights from that game Mike Dean jogging to the screen and multiple slow mo replays of him reaching to his backpocket

    • BeaversWithAttitude
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Makes you wonder what the result would have been without the sending off...

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

        Probably 0-0

      2. Party time
          3 years, 1 month ago

          2 nil Burnley

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

          -1 - -1

        • Weilong7
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Wba almost won though one man down..

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

        Pope looking the correct decision over EMI then, I expect Leicester to score

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

          Yes 2 minimum I predict

      4. Joey Tribbiani
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        triple burnley def bringing in the points

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

        The bench nightmare continues lol

        GW15: Dallas 6 Soucek 10
        GW17: Soucek 11
        GW18: Mitchell 8
        GW19: BB 8 points TOTAL
        GW21: Bamford 15 Dallas 7
        GW22: R.James 8
        GW23: Martinez 9 Foden 16 Dallas 12
        GW24: Martinez 12 Cresswell 12
        GW25: Tarkowski 9

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

          Ouch

        2. Pukki Blinders
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Play all those and you’d be winning fpl right about now

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

          Quite similar to mine since the wasted BB in GW19

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

        15 points from Pope and Lowton - Can't complain even after the yellow.