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Injury-hit sides in action in two early-evening Double Gameweek 26 kick-offs

The narrative surrounding the two early kick-offs in the Premier League on Wednesday evening is as much about the players who aren’t involved as those who make the four starting XIs.

The most-bought player of Gameweek 26 is one of the most noteworthy absentees: Harvey Barnes (£6.9m) was transferred in by over a million Fantasy Premier League managers ahead of Saturday’s deadline but has now been ruled out for around six weeks after undergoing knee surgery.

His club, Leicester City, are also without James Maddison (£7.3m) and Jonny Evans (£5.5m), among others, for their clash with a Burnley side who are no strangers to an injury crisis.

In the other game, Aston Villa continue to be without Jack Grealish (£7.6m) for their trip to a short-on-numbers Sheffield United.

Evans and Barnes are among three Leicester players who make way from the weekend, with Luke Thomas (£4.2m) also dropping out.

Nampalys Mendy (£4.2m), Daniel Amartey (£3.9m) and Hamza Choudhury (£4.7m) are recalled as Brendan Rodgers sacrifices a bit of width to flood the midfield.

For the Clarets, Chris Wood (£6.2m) returns to the hosts’ line-up and replaces Jay Rodriguez (£5.8m) up top.

At Bramall Lane, budget FPL forward Rhian Brewster (£4.4m) starts in place of Oli McBurnie (£5.6m) in Chris Wilder’s only alteration.

Dean Smith sticks with the same starting XI that began the 1-0 win over Leeds, with Ross Barkley (£5.9m) again only among the substitutes.


Burnley XI: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Brownhill, Westwood, Cork, McNeil, Vydra, Wood.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Castagne, Amartey, Soyuncu, Ricardo Pereira, Tielemans, Mendy, Ndidi, Choudhury, Iheanacho, Vardy.

Sheffield United XI: Ramsdale, Ampadu, Jagielka, Bryan, Baldock, Lundstram, Norwood, Fleck, Stevens, McGoldrick, Brewster.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Elmohamady, Konsa, Mings, Targett, McGinn, Nakamba, Ramsey, Traore, Watkins, El Ghazi.

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  1. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    EMI 10 points incoming

  2. Threat Level Midnight
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    I miss Harvey already

  3. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    C'mon Watkins and Targett!

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      Zip

  4. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Leicester becoming Losster

  5. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Pereira CS bust

  6. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Screw you Ricardo

  7. AC Yew
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Hit for Leicester defence has worked well then this week!!

  8. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Pereira CS gone always. Absolutely useless Leicester

  9. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Pereria not a good punt then... Should've gone Reguilon

  10. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    I need to WC again

    1. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      Hahaha me too 🙂

  11. Jimmy Boy
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Castagne has been a great wildcard pick...

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      Cantstandya

  12. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Can feel a Dyche and pope masterclass coming on here

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      I read Dyche poop masterclass....

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 25 days ago

        I’ll prepare some toast.

  13. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Lowton assist?!!

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      Is it GW 24 again???

      1. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 25 days ago

        Just checking 🙂

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      Have you switched on the telly today?

      1. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 25 days ago

        Still working 🙁

        1. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 25 days ago

          Best to check the FPL page/Twitter rather than ask aimlessly with no context.

          Only setting yourself up for disappointment.

          1. Big boy Bowen
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 25 days ago

            I like you lot, and this community better

          2. Rupert The Horse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 25 days ago

            Bloody hell. Where’s that come from?

            1. Hazz
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 25 days ago

              Multiple times previously with continuously asking "has [player they own] assisted" even though they're not actually watching the game & their player was nowhere near it.

              1. Rupert The Horse
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                3 years, 25 days ago

                Ah ok. Just seemed a bit out of character. Fair enough.

            2. Hazz
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 25 days ago

              The disappointment bit is not to be mean, just that blindly asking when you aren't watching is more likely to leave you disappointed as there's a low chance of it being your player..

  14. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Two goals for Leicester and my score prediction can still work out. But that needed to be a Lowton assist.

    1. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      Yes need Burnley to concede.

  15. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Martinez will still somehow manage to get 3 saves and 3 baps

    1. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      He's going to break Friedel's FPL record of 182 points.

  16. Sif
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Anyone who said get Vardy in can just say they misspelled Vydra

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      Heheh

  17. Vazza
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Although highly unlikely, I’m really hoping Sheffield Utd to score this evening.

    Anyone else in the same camp wishing the same?

    1. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      Martinez Pen Save and El Mohamedy assist would be nice

      1. Konstaapeli
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 25 days ago

        I'm on this camp!

      2. Egg noodle
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 25 days ago

        Atta boy!

  18. Parsnips
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Glad I picked Digne instead of Pereria...

  19. REDMOND IN SANDALS
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    If Mee outscores cancelo in this DGW i might have to retire

    1. Vazza
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      Not mee

  20. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Wake me up when Mee scores. I'll even take an own goal with the how boring the footy has been lately.

  21. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    McGinn misses a good chance

  22. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    McGinn fluffs Ollie assist

  23. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Justin cleanie gone

    1. REDMOND IN SANDALS
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      will be benched for ricardo soon

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      For who?

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 25 days ago

        I missed kick off too, just in and saw cleanie gone.

        1. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 25 days ago

          Someone got it.

  24. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Wtf McGinn?!?

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      ... Dial-up

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 25 days ago

        Bobby Analogue

  25. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    From the BBC feed

    "Sheffield United striker Rhian Brewster hasn't touched the ball yet. Everyone else has had at least four touches."

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      thats just mean lol

  26. Super John McGinn-
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Just looking at some early ideas for getting rid of Harvey Barnes, looking for GW29 players as only have 5 atm, wildcarding 31

    Martinez, Pope
    Cancelo, Dias, Digne, Dallas, Lowton
    Salah, Bruno, Gundo, Barnes, Raphinia
    Kane, DCL, Bamford

    1 FT 0.2 ITB (WC, TC)

    A) Barnes > Lingard/Lookman
    B) Barnes + Salah + Cancelo > KDB(C), Son + Burn (-8)
    C) Barnes + Pope + DCL > Son + Fabri + Watkins (-8)
    D) Barnes + DCL > Son + Reid (-4)
    E) Barnes + Digne + Pope > Son + Fabri + Dunk (-8)

  27. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Where have the live commentators on here gone? Us cheapskates without football subscriptions are relying on your updates 🙂

    1. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      Or that both games are a bore fest!

    2. FPL price manipulators are …
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      Me too. I'm in an Internet cafe f5ing FFS

  28. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    OMG BREWSTER FIRST TOUCH

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      This is it. We've entered the parallel universe.

  29. Warby84
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Big scores from Pope/Martinez and Mee please..

  30. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 25 days ago

    Is Emi on 6 saves yet?

    1. Vazza
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      Emi is going to concede 6 tonight mate (he says wishfully)

    2. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 25 days ago

      0 I think