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Raphinha and Digne passed fit to start as Antonio returns from ban

Following the lunchtime double-header at Stamford Bridge and Old Trafford, four more Premier League matches kick off at 15:00 BST: Everton v Norwich City, Leeds United v West Ham United, Leicester City v Burnley and Watford v Newcastle United.

There were injury worries aplenty for Leeds going into this afternoon’s game but Raphinha makes a swift recovery from a hip problem and starts at Elland Road.

Luke Ayling isn’t involved, however, and Jack Harrison is only among the substitutes.

Patrick Bamford was ruled out of this fixture with an ankle problem.

West Ham bring back Michail Antonio after the striker served a one-match ban last weekend, with Nikola Vlasic the man to make way.

Watford are unchanged from the team that beat Norwich, while Newcastle make just one alteration from their draw with Leeds as Federico Fernandez replaces the injured Jamaal Lascelles. Joe Willock had been ruled out this match by Steve Bruce but is fit to feature from kick-off.

There is just a single change to the Everton side that lost 3-0 to Aston Villa in their last league outing, with Jordan Pickford back to replace Asmir Begovic between the posts. Lucas Digne has shaken off a midweek calf problem and starts.

Daniel Farke makes two changes to the Norwich City side that lost 3-1 to Watford, with Pierre Lees-Melou and Ben Gibson replacing Billy Gilmour and Milot Rashica. The Canaries appear to have stuck with the wing-back system they employed in the EFL Cup in midweek.

Ademola Lookman makes his first Premier League start for Leicester. He replaces the benched James Maddison in Brendan Rodgers’ only change from Gameweek 5.

Sean Dyche has made two tweaks, with summer signing Maxwel Cornet and Matej Vydra coming in for Johann Berg Gudmundsson and Ashley Barnes.

GAMEWEEK 6 LINE-UPS

Everton XI: Pickford, Godfrey, Keane, Mina, Digne, Allan, Doucoure, Gray, Townsend, Iwobi, Rondon.

Subs: Begovic, Lonergan, Kenny, Holgate, Gordon, Davies, Branthwaite, Simms, Dobbin.

Norwich City XI: Krul, Aarons, Gibson, Hanley, Kabak, Williams, Normann, Lees-Melou, McLean, Pukki, Sargent.

Subs: Gunn, Rupp, Gilmour, Dowell, Rashica, Tzolis, Giannoulis, Idah, Omobamidele.

Leeds United XI: Meslier, Shackleton, Cooper, Cresswell, Firpo, Phillips, Raphinha, Klich, Dallas, James, Rodrigo.

Subs: Hjelde, Drameh, Harrison, McCarron, Greenwood, Klaesson, Roberts, Gelhardt, Summerville.

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

Subs: Areola, Diop, Dawson, Johnson, Kral, Noble, Vlasic, Lanzini, Yarmolenko

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Soyuncu, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Tielemans, Ndidi, Soumare, Lookman, Vardy, Barnes.

Subs: Ward, Castagne, Evans, Dewsbury-Hall, Albrighton, Maddison, PΓ©rez, Iheanacho, Daka.

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

Subs: Barnes, Lennon, Collins, Cork, Hennessey, Bardsley, Thomas, Pieters, Gudmundsson.

Watford XI: Foster, Femenia, Cathcart, Troost-Ekong, Rose, Sissoko, Kucka, Sarr, Cleverley, Dennis, King.

Subs: Elliot, Sema, Tufan, Masina, Etebo, Kabasele, Ngakia, Hernandez, Pedro.

Newcastle United XI: Darlow, Manquillo, Clark, Fernandez, Hayden, Ritchie, Joelinton, Longstaff, Willock, Almiron, Saint-Maximin.

Subs: Gillespie, Lewis, Fraser, Gayle, Hendrick, Murphy, Anderson, Krafth, Schar

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1,587 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Need a Sarr wonder goal ASAP

    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Support

    2. Licky
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      I'd take a scrappy one, pinball in the box before Sarr hits it across the line with his shin or something. XD

      1. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        I’d take that too

  2. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Nacho on

    1. GROBARI
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      He needs to be a starter

  3. Philosopher's Stones
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    You just know some crazy team which sits at 7m OR, took a -32 hit and triple captained Villa defender Hause is gonna be the top scorer this week.

    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      TC Luiz

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      I saw the rank #4 had triple city def...

  4. The Senate
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    This is just gonna be one of those GWs

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Gonna be? It already is haha

    2. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      I have these every week, standard stuff

  5. jackruet
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Firpo is such a bad player

  6. Towsor44
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    13 from 8, captain played and I wildcarded. Bye bye top 100k now and hello my first red arrow of season πŸ™‚

  7. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Matip still getting decent game time…..at least somethings going right

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Must be rather seductive

  8. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Soucek close again

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

      Need those 2 points this week

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Will he play 60?

        1. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          Surely he will, would be harsh to take him before when he’s on a hat trick πŸ˜‰

    2. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Jota(C) here πŸ™‚

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        You sir are in for a treat! Feel it’s Jota’s day today

      2. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Good luck, that was me last week

    3. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      His 2 points will be precious this GW

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

    Meslier denies Soucek G Cresswell A

  10. LochineFDC
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Normann looks quite a player

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      This

  11. The Polymath
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Hooray! Just hit double figures!

  12. Fabreghastly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Benrahma playing a blinder

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

      No pints to show for it though!

      1. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Too early

  13. Nanoelektronicar
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Meslier an easy pick on wildcard.

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Leeds are terrible at set pieces... Wouldn't go there.

  14. Drogo
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Cursed myself for +6 seasobs for not having Schemichel as GK. Decided to put an end to that and have him this entire season. Talk about completely jinxing that one.

    1. Bartowski
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Every season I play this game is in fact a seasob...

  15. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Kilch miss

  16. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Klich lol
    Missed raph assist

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

    Klich wastes Raph assist...

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

    Klich, mate.

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

    Raph getting one return here would be awful.

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Standard though

    2. GROBARI
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Like always...

  20. ClassiX
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    This is going to be one of those Kane(2G, 1A) and Son(2A, 1G) weekends, isn't it?

    1. Nanoelektronicar
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      NLD, for sure.

    2. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Hope so!

      1. ClassiX
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Commiserations on your unlucky Bruno(c)

        1. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 6 months ago

          Thanks, can’t wait for my luck to turn lol

    3. Zilla
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Not even, NLD is stoppable force vs movable object.

      1. Ze_Austin
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        lmao

      2. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        πŸ˜†

      3. ClassiX
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        πŸ˜†

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

      Noooo sold Kane for Ronaldo ha what a week to do it

    5. SINGH
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Not gonna happen. Likely nil nil or one nil to Arsenal

  21. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    It's ok folks Jota and the xG gods will save us

    1. Zilla
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      2 points is huge this GW tbf

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

    Ok starting to get nervous.

    Should just perma captain Salah and be boring. Just get punished otherwise

    1. JBG
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Say this literally every season and always fail to do it.

  23. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Why is Raphina still flagged on FPL with 50/50?

    He’s actually playing lol…and scoring

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      They’re always late and sloppy with those things

    2. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Expecting him to go off injured

    3. Drexl Spivey
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      It'll be some Take That fan in charge, no doubt.

  24. Thanos
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Really thought Leeds would get smashed with all their problems. Damn it!

    Hammers look spent! Antonio isolated.

    1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Started Ayling, had a feeling Leeds would keep a CS

      1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 6 months ago

        Timing haha, have Cash coming on πŸ™‚

    2. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Well...

  25. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Bowen a
    Firpo og

    1. JBG
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      GW for OGs it seems.

    2. Eh, just one more thing ...
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Sadly … no good to anyone.

  26. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    Goal …. Own goal Firpo

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

    Firpo OG or Bowen G

    No useful assist...

  28. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    What on earth is this

  29. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 6 months ago

    ⚽ Team News πŸ“°
    BRENTFORD : Raya, Ajer, Jansson, Pinnock, Canos, Janelt, Norgaard, Onyeka, Henry, Mbeumo, Toney.
    Subs: Fernandes, Jensen, Forss, Wissa, Ghoddos, Zanka, Baptiste, Bidstrup, Roerslev.

    LIVERPOOL : Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Henderson, Jones, Salah, Jota, Mane.
    Subs: Kelleher, Konate, Gomez, Tsimikas, Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Minamino, Firmino, Origi.

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 6 months ago

      Mo Salah!
      Mo Salah!
      Mo Salah!