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Ings and Minamino benched as Llorente returns to face Southampton

Double Gameweek 25 has gone from bad to worse for some Fantasy Premier League managers as Southampton name a rotated squad for their Tuesday-evening meeting with Leeds.

Fresh from blanking against Chelsea on Saturday, and giving away a penalty, Danny Ings (£8.5m) finds himself among the substitutes tonight.

The striker was signed by 640,000+ FPL managers for Double Gameweek 25, more than any other asset but his owners now face an uphill struggle for an immediate return on their investment.

Che Adams (£5.8m) and Nathan Redmond (£6.4m) lead the line at Elland Road tonight as Ralph Hasenhüttl lines his troops up in the usual 4-2-2-2 formation.

However, Ings is not the only one to suffer from the Austrian’s rotation as Saturday’s goal-scorer Takumi Minamino (£6.0m) is also on the bench.

Nathan Tella (£4.3m) and Stuart Armstrong (£5.5m) staff the flanks in his absence, either side of James Ward-Prowse (£6.0m) and Oriol Romeu (£4.5m).

Meanwhile, Leeds make just one change from the side that lost 1-0 at Wolves on Friday night.

Diego Llorente (£4.4m) comes in for Jamie Shackleton (£4.8m) to play at centre-back for only the third time this season, his most recent outing lasting just nine minutes before he sustained an injury.

Marcelo Bielsa’s faith in his first-team personnel means another start for this season’s best-value forward Patrick Bamford (£6.9m), who has produced 19.4 points per million spent thus far.

Stuart Dallas (£5.0m) remains at left-back while Raphinha (£5.4m) is stationed on the right-hand side of midfield.

Double Gameweek 25 Line-ups

Leeds United XI (4-1-4-1): Meslier; Dallas, Cooper, Llorente, Ayling; Struijk; Harrison, Roberts, Klich, Raphinha; Bamford.

Southampton XI (4-2-2-2): A McCarthy; Bertrand, Vestergaard, Salisu, Bednarek; Tella, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong; Redmond, Adams.

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

    Vestigaard yc

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Great play from Roberts

    2. Roy Hudd
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Wish I'd have known the pitch was going to be an absolute disgrace. Clean sheets all round....congratulations defensive owners for groundsman foresight. (cue a goal in 3...2....1...)

      1. No Professionals
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        It’s been a disgrace for weeks

      2. Simon69
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Very dramatic

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

        Groundsmen should not play fpl it’s unethical and unprofessional

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

      Roberts. Useless

    4. fedolefan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Useless VesterYCaard.

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

      There have been about four or five decent chances . . why are people complaining about the pitch. Ain't the pitch.

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

        Players sliding about.

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

          That's not stopping people scoring.

    6. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Llorente has to go and header that at goal from a raphina free kick

      Instead heads it into a packed box

    7. djman102
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      How many shots has Cooper missed this GW?

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

      How the game looking? Unfortunately I can only watch the second half

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Fortunately*

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

        Multi billion pound league and they are playing on this disgrace of a pitch.

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

          Billions of pounds won't change the weather.

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

            Yeah because every pitch in the country is rubbish isn't it.

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

              Every pitch in Leeds.

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

                Honestly think people are just looking at reasons for a boring game. Players seem to be running just fine.

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

        FPL Blackbox stat that Bamford hasn’t blanked in a pair of fixtures this season. You just know it will happen now. When I’ve TC him of course.

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

        this is de ja vu from Friday
        Raph denied multiple assists
        cooper missing chances
        Roberts being Roberts

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

          ^ this. As a Bamford TC I can confirm it’s not pretty viewing.

      5. @persecuted_by_mods
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Pitch ruins another promising break for Leeds

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

          I’m sorry everyone but this is going to be 1-0 to saints oriel Romeu G

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

          Glad I didn’t end up TC Bamford

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

            I did. It doesn’t feel good.

        • Weak Become Heros
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Raphina’s movement is class. He’ll be moving to a bigger club soon.

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

          Bruno VC is painful

        • Salan
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Two awful teams

        • g40steve
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Why do I have three a Leeds & Ings in my team?

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

            Dallas Raph Bam Ings

            Snap. Shocking.

        • Stupendous
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Leeds really are average.

          Bamford to Vardy is a must I think for 26

        • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Bamford c will go down with the Carroll’s and Duffy captain fails from dgw of yesteryear

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

          saints pen

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

            dive

        • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Penalty Southampton and no ings

        • g40steve
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Pen

        • Gudjohnsen
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Bad game this

        • SharkyT
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          The World No. 1’s previous best finish was 1635618.

          Hope for us all

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

          JWP please

        • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          That’s a dive

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

            definitely

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

          Penalty, come on Ings

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

            Dive, ruled off

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

          Glad to of already sold Leeds assets on wc

        • BeWater
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          How is that a pen. No chance.