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De Ligt returns as all eyes on Depay for the Netherlands’ clash with Austria

The 22%-owned Memphis Depay (€10.0m) again lines up in the Netherlands forward line alongside Wout Weghorst (€7.0m) for the Oranje’s clash with Austria this evening.

Kick-off in Amsterdam is at 20:00 BST.

Gini Wijnaldum (€8.0m) will support that pair from an advanced midfield role in Frank de Boer’s 3-5-2 formation.

Denzel Dumfries (€5.5m) will look to build on his flying performance in Matchday 1, where the wing-back scored a late winning header against the Ukraine.

On the opposite flank, the familiar Patrick van Aanholt (€5.5m) keeps 9%-owned Owen Wijndal (€4.5m) out of the starting XI.

De Boer’s only change is to welcome back Matthijs de Ligt (€5.5m) at centre-half in place of Jurrien Timber (€5.5m).

David Alaba (€5.5m), listed as a midfielder in the Fantasy game, is expected to form part of Austria’s back three once more. That defence will line up in front of Watford keeper Daniel Bachmann (€4.5m), who was culpable for the goal his nation conceded against North Macedonia last weekend.

Marko Arnautovic (€7.0m) serves a one-game ban, meanwhile.

The only other change to Austria’s XI from the 3-1 win over North Macedonia is the inclusion of goalscorer Michael Gregoritsch (€5.5m) ahead of Sasa Kalajdzic (€7.5m).


Netherlands XI (3-5-2): Stekelenburg; Blind, De Ligt, De Vrij; Van Aanholt, De Jong, Wijnaldum, De Roon, Dumfries; Depay, Weghorst.

Austria XI (3-5-2): Bachmann; Dragovic, Alaba, Hinteregger; Ulmer, Laimer, X Schlager, Baumgartner, Lainer; Sabitzer, Gregoritsch.

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306 Comments Post a Comment
  1. JohnnyRev7
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Let's go Orange Chaps!

    1. JohnnyRev7
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Or play up Orange Pompey! Or summit.

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Gotta work on your first posts

        1. JohnnyRev7
          • 13 Years
          2 years, 9 months ago

          I know.

          * Goes to stand in the naughty corner *

  2. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    This isn't going to Depay off

    1. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      You should have been Immobile.

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Bet you would De Ligt in that

  3. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Sabitzer my punt here!

  4. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    “All eyes on Depay” incorrect. Gini Wijnaldum.

    1. Moxon
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      All eyes on Dumfries.

      1. RogDog_jimmy
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Dumfries and Wijnaldum for me.

  5. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Everything through Dumfries.

  6. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Dumfries winning a pen

  7. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Surely a Pen

    1. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Nailed

  8. Bun Rab
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Dumfries penalty win!

  9. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Sold Depay

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Me too.

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

    Points!

  11. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Depay scores!

  12. Now I'm Panicking
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Everyone relevant gets points!

  13. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Left Depay out in LL after eating a blank in MD1.

    1. RogDog_jimmy
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      oh yeah for sure i did that too

    2. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Schoolboy error

      1. RogDog_jimmy
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        p happy with my team, only 3 slots for fwds. immobile, mbappe & greizeman got the slots.

      2. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Not really, didn’t look great first game and scored a penalty

  14. RogDog_jimmy
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    happily take them Dumfries points.
    nice pen take too.

    1. BrockLanders
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      All day long

  15. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    2/6 pens successful (CR7 and Depay), 4 failed

    1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      What?

      1. OPTA FPL
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        so far in the tournament

        1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 9 months ago

          I see. Nice stat. Was cared when depay took that

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      knew loading up on penalty takers at this tournament would pay off

      1. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        You’re jinxing it now lol

    3. RogDog_jimmy
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Hojberg, Alioski, Malinovski all saved. Bale missed.

  16. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Anyone here doing fanteam and doing well?

    I’m just about skirting around 7k and breaking even.

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      I've entered 32 teams and only 8 are in the money haha. Not so great. But I've planned my teams better than most I think with lots of French players for this week so hopefully I can climb some ranks.

      1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        32 x £20?? That’s a lot. Fair play.

        I’ve got two. Any strategies with wildcards?

  17. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Sold Depay on WC lol

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      And to be different I went for PVA over Dumfries, you couldn’t write it

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Don't forget your Jorginho points

        1. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 9 months ago

          Haha yes penalties are racking up now but not for the penalty takers I own lol

  18. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    -1 for conceding a penalty is a interesting rule

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Oh yes and I have Alaba

      1. RogDog_jimmy
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        oh boy.

    2. The Reptile
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      And only 2 for earning a pen not a full assist

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        That's fair though

      2. RogDog_jimmy
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        yeah i like that. i think they should do that in fpl.
        also allows a pen winner to take the pen for goal +2 - super fun . (like Bale would have...)

  19. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Dutch clean sheet intact for now until Ake comes on

  20. rokonto
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Arnautovic ban.
    Can someone please explain to me what's all this about Albania and Macedonia and Austria, is it something political?

    1. The Train Driver
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Arnautovic is Serbian, Alioski is Albanian. Not much friendly history there...

    2. RogDog_jimmy
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      As a descendent of Croatian family....yes it's political. But also it's religious. And it's old old beef between a lot of the Balkans. Multiple wars, rulers, migration, etc.

      It's hard to believe that what Arnautovic wasn't driven by race/regionalism - even if the language he used wasn't specifically so. But I guess UEFA couldn't prove anything beyond insulting an opponent. (Or didn't want to get into a racism ban so early in the tournament)

      1. The Train Driver
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Or he didn't say anything racist at all, just insulting. Why would you assume he did so? It's like saying whenever a Croatian player fights with another Balkan player he's probably saying something fascist.

        1. RogDog_jimmy
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 9 months ago

          No, I agree he may not have used language that we understand to be racist.
          But I assume (and perhaps wrongly) that he was insulting Alioski because of where he's from.

          I don't want to get into an argument about what is or isn't racism - but I will say that to me, insulting someone because of their race is in the same world as using language that is understood to be racist.

          I hope that's clearer. It's a complex issue and I'm not trying to glib about it.

  21. Jrot94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Random question, anyone have any idea why Jonas wind (Denmark) didn’t get a minute today? I always come to this forum for the important questions

  22. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    What a miss Depay

  23. Bun Rab
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Mephmiss Depay.

  24. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Weghorst didn’t want to give me a PVA assist

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      So did Wiljnadum

      1. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Something fishy going on…..

  25. niko mate
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    He deserves -4 points for that.

  26. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    De Pie & Chips

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      De Pie and Dum-Fries

      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Washed down with Gin eee...although too much could make you Blind

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      De Pie and Dum fries 😉

  27. BrockLanders
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Dumfries gets into some wild dangerous areas. He'd be absolutely gold in FPL

    1. The Train Driver
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Except he's not in FPL...

      1. BrockLanders
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 9 months ago

        Oh I know. He'd be great if he did though

        1. The Train Driver
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 9 months ago

          Yeah, we need more of those, so fun to own...

  28. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    How Wiljnadum has not got any attacking points with all those chances and creations is a mystery

    1. dark91
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 9 months ago

      Even more baffling that Depay only got 1 goal so far

  29. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Depay(C) and Dumpries in FanTeam. Everything going perfect

  30. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 9 months ago

    Wijnaldum has to score in the 2nd half!