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Bamford, Bale, Aguero and Forster on the bench for Gameweek 38 matches

Patrick Bamford is on the Leeds bench for their Gameweek 38 meeting with West Bromwich Albion.

Ahead of facing the Premier League worst defence this season, Marcelo Bielsa’s number-one forward was the most-bought player for the final round of matches.

But the Leeds boss has taken the return of Leeds fans to a home top-flight game for 17 years to offer farewell starts to Gaetano Berardi and Pablo Hernandez.

The latter starts at number 10, pushing Rodrigo into Bamford’s centre-forward berth with Raphinha and Jack Harrison on the flanks of what appears to be a 3-3-3-1 formation.

As promised, Kiko Casilla starts in goal ahead of Illan Meslier while Fantasy favourite Stuart Dallas keeps his place on the right-hand side of Leeds’ second bank of three.

Ryan Mason’s two alterations are both at the back, with Matt Doherty and Davinson Sanchez in for Japhet Tanganga and Eric Dier.

Gareth Bale is benched again.

If Sergio Aguero is to sign off his Manchester City Premier League career with a goal, he will have to do it from the bench where he is named alongside Ilkay Gundogan and Ferran Torres.

Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden appear to be either side of Gabriel Jesus while Riyad Mahrez and Kevin De Bruyne look set for slightly deeper midfield roles.

Liverpool are as to be expected with Diogo Jota only fit enough for a bench role and Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah either side of Roberto Firmino in the front-three.

Crystal Palace have opted for a more robust set-up than their usual 4-4-2 set-up in what appears to be a 4-3-3 system featuring Cheikhou Kouyate, Jairo Riedewald and James McCarthy protecting a back-four of Tyrick Mitchell, James Tomkins, Gary Cahill and Joel Ward.

David Moyes has made two changes to the West Ham United side that beat West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday.

Lukasz Fabianski has passed a late fitness test on a knee injury and replaces Darren Randolph between the posts, while Jarrod Bowen comes in for Said Benrahma down the right flank.

Southampton make five alterations to the team beaten by Leeds United in Gameweek 37.

The return of Danny Ings to the starting XI is the headline news, with Ibrahima Diallo, Nathan Redmond, Takumi Minamino and Jan Bednarek also recalled.

Alex McCarthy keeps his place, with Fraser Forster only along the substitutes.

The injured Che Adams misses out, with Oriol Romeu back on the bench after three months out.

Moussa Djenepo, Theo Walcott, Nathan Tella and Jack Stephens make way.

Dean Smith has named an unchanged team, with Jack Grealish handed another start.

There’s only one tweak to Thomas Tuchel’s line-up, with the injured N’Golo Kante replaced by Mateo Kovacic.

The fit-again Kai Havertz has to make do with a place on the bench.

Arsenal have made two changes to the side that won 3-1 at Crystal Palace on Wednesday.

Martin Odegaard and Granit Xhaka are back in midfield, with Mohamed Elneny and Bukayo Saka dropped.

Brighton also make a pair of alterations.

Lewis Dunk and Leandro Trossard start, with the injured Danny Welbeck and the benched Steven Alzate missing out.

Martin Dubravka, Joe Willock and Allan Saint-Maximin are deemed fit to start for Newcastle, with Sean Longstaff in for the injured Joelinton the only change that Steve Bruce has made.

Alphonse Areola, Mario Lemina and Harrison Reed make way from Scott Parker’s first XI, with Marek Rodak, Kenny Tete and Josh Onomah brought into the fold.

Burnley are in 4-5-1 for their trip toSheffield United, featuring Chris Wood as a lone centre-forward. Ben Mee and Nick Pope both miss out due to injury, replaced by Will Norris and Jimmy Dunne.

As expected, Manchester United are heavily rotated for Gameweek 38. Mason Greenwood, Marcus Rashford and Aaron Wan-Bissaka are on the bench but Luke Shaw, Bruno Fernandes, Paul Pogba and Edinson Cavani are all absent.

Gameweek 38 Line-ups

Arsenal XI: Leno, Chambers, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney, Xhaka, Partey, Ødegaard, Pepe, Smith Rowe, Aubameyang.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Sánchez, White, Webster, Dunk, Burn, Jahanbakhsh, Groß, Bissouma, Trossard, Moder, Mac Allister.

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

Chelsea XI: Mendy, James, Rudiger, Silva, Azpilicueta, Chilwell, Jorginho, Kovacic, Mount, Werner, Pulisic.

Fulham XI: Rodak, Tete, Ream, Adarabioyo, Bryan, Anguissa, Onomah, Cavaleiro, Carvalho, Lookman, De Cordova-Reid.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Krafth, Fernandez, Dummett, Murphy, Willock, S Longstaff, Shelvey, Ritchie, Almiron, Saint-Maximin.

Leeds United XI: Casilla; Berardi, Cooper, Ayling; Alioski, K Phillips, Dallas; Harrison, Hernández, Raphinha; Rodrigo.

West Bromwich Albion XI: Johnstone; Bartley, Ajayi, O’Shea; C Townsend, Gallagher, Yokuslu, Maitland-Niles, Furlong; M Phillips; Robinson.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Thomas, Fofana, Soyuncu, Castagne, Ndidi, Tielemans, Maddison, Albrighton, Vardy, Iheanacho.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Doherty, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Winks, Alli, Kane, Son, Bergwijn.

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Robertson, N Phillips, R Williams, Alexander-Arnold; Thiago, Fabinho, Wijnaldum; Mané, Firmino, Salah.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Mitchell, Tomkins, Cahill, J Ward; McCarthy, Riedewald, Kouyaté; Zaha, Ayew, Townsend.

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Zinchenko, Stones, Dias, Walker; Mahrez, Fernandinho, De Bruyne; Foden, Jesus, Sterling.

Everton XI: Pickford; Digne, Godfrey, Keane, Holgate; Doucouré, T Davies, Allan; Sigurdsson; Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

Sheffield United XI: Ramsdale; Robinson, Egan, Basham; Stevens, Fleck, Norwood, Osborn, Baldock; Jebbison, McGoldrick.

Burnley XI: Norris; C Taylor, Dunne, Tarkowski, Lowton; McNeil, Cork, Westwood, Brownhill, Gudmundsson; Wood.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Bowen, Lingard, Fornals, Antonio.

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Salisu, Diallo, Armstrong, Minamino, Ward-Prowse, Redmond, Ings.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Patrício; Saïss, Coady, Boly; Aït-Nouri, Neves, Moutinho, Dendoncker, Semedo; F Silva, A Traoré.

Manchester United XI: D Henderson; Telles, Bailly, Tuanzebe, B Williams; Matic, van de Beek; D James, Mata, A Diallo; Elanga.

2,075 Comments Post a Comment
  1. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Mendy injury on the post.

    Pulisic misses..

  2. KAALI_DAAL
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    God Damn Pulisic almost!

  3. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Pen Leics

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Assist ?

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Maddy

        1. Sim Simma
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Sold him

      2. _Ninja_
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        No assist as Vardy won it

  4. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Mendy ffs!!!

    This GW not going my way!

    Knocked out top 10k as it stands 😥

  5. Cilly Bonnolly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Who won the Leicester penalty?

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Vardy

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Find out in a sec probs.

  6. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Vardy again

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Maddy A

      1. robredo10
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Why? Vardy was fouled

      2. Bartowski
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        ?

  7. 272MK
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    We better jot down our notes based on what we learnt today

  8. WVA
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    I dread to think how many captain fails I've had, could be close to my 33 blanks last season

  9. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Vardy won the pen and scores the pen.

  10. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    OMG vardy.

  11. The Ilfordian
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Can I apologise to the person I advised not to get Vardy

  12. Party time
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Party time boys unfortunately I am not there 😆

      1. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Was so close to getting him, in the end I had to get Aguero for the hoorah

    • AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Vardy pen or free kick??

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Penalty kick...

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Goal

          1. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 10 months ago

            Vardy PARTY!!

    • BobB
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      If Leic and Liv win, is a draw enough for Chelsea?

      1. Limbo
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        No

      2. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        No

      3. dark91
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Nope

    • JJO
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      How can that be penalty hahahahah

    • OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Tuchel sacked in the morning

      1. Party time
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Give us our Lampard back

        • KAALI_DAAL
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Loses FA cup final.
          Loses top 4 spot.
          Will probably lose CL final.

          Doesnt look good on a CV.

      2. Botman and Robben
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Vardy party at the last game.

      3. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        I thought Aguero was coming on at HT?

      4. Muchentuchel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        soft pen

      5. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Kane has to leave this shower behind?

      6. Paqueta Rice
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Mendy over Martinez 😥

      7. TomSaints
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        I’ve had Vardy for 14 weeks this season and 12 blanks...

        1. TomSaints
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Lloris 2 penalty save chances too

      8. TheSteel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Vardy G Vardy A

      9. WVA
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Haha of course I started Nacho this week

      10. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Penalty to Chelsea

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Sorry Villa.

        2. Cookie Kid
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          ?

        3. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          Martinez haul

        4. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          So pens to both teams?

      11. Limbo
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Come on Leicester. Would be great end to their season.

      12. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Villa pen

      13. BobB
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Happy St Totteringham's Day!

      14. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Really need a James goal