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26 December 2021 1895 comments
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Gameweek 19 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) gets underway this afternoon, with four Premier League matches kicking off at 3pm GMT.

The fixtures in question are Manchester City v Leicester City, Norwich City v Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace and West Ham United v Southampton.

Pep Guardiola makes two changes from the side that beat Newcastle United 4-0 last weekend, with Ilkay Gundogan and Fernandinho coming into the team for the benched Gabriel Jesus and the absent Rodri.

Phil Foden and Jack Grealish are again only among the substitutes.

Brendan Rodgers has made six alterations with Jannik Vestergaard, Marc Albrighton, Kelechi Iheanacho, Ayoze Perez, Daniel Amartey and Ademola Lookman brought in.

Ricardo Pereira, Caglar Soyuncu and Patson Daka are all missing, while Wilfried Ndidi, Boubakary Soumare and Jamie Vardy – who himself suffered a hamstring strain in midweek – drop to the bench.

West Ham have made four changes from Wednesday’s Carabao Cup defeat by Spurs, with Lukasz Fabianski, Vladimir Coufal, Pablo Fornals and Said Benrahma in for Alphonse Areola, Ben Johnson, Harrison Ashby and Manuel Lanzini.

Michail Antonio is only among the substitutes after his recovery from Covid-19.

Southampton have also made four alterations from their last match 11 days ago, with Fraser Forster, Jan Bednarek, Theo Walcott and Mohamed Elyanoussi replacing Willy Caballero, Lyanco, Nathan Tella and Will Smallbone.

Mikel Arteta makes just one change from last week’s win at Leeds, with a Covid-hit Takehiro Tomiyasu missing out and Rob Holding recalled. Emile Smith Rowe is on the bench, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missing again.

Norwich make three changes from their last game, with Angus Gunn in for Tim Krul – who has tested positive for coronavirus – in goal. Kieran Dowell and Josh Sargent return to the line-up, with Todd Cantwell and Jacob Sorensen dropping down to the bench.

Antonio Conte has made five changes from Gameweek 18, as Ben Davies, Ryan Sessegnon, Dele Alli, Harry Winks and Tanguy Ndombele drop out and Sergio Reguilon, Japhet Tanganga, Oliver Skipp, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Lucas Moura come in.

Crystal Palace’s Covid outbreak hasn’t really affected Patrick Vieira’s team selection too much, with Joachim Andersen in for Marc Guehi the only change.

GAMEWEEK 19 LINE-UPS

Man City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Dias, Laporte, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Bernardo, Sterling, De Bruyne, Mahrez

Subs: Steffen, Carson, Ake, Jesus, Grealish, Kayky, Foden, Mbete, Palmer.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Albrighton, Vestergaard, Thomas, Amartey, Tielemans, Maddison, Dewsbury-Hall, Perez, Iheanacho, Lookman

Subs: Jakupovic, Bertrand, Vardy, Choudhury, Ndidi, Castagne, Soumare, Nelson McAteer.


Norwich City XI: Gunn, Aarons, Kabak, Gibson, Williams, Dowell, Gilmour, McLean, Placheta, Sargent, Pukki.

Subs: McGovern, Byram, Cantwell, Tzolis, Sorensen, Lees-Melou, Mumba, Giannoulis, Idah.

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, White, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney, Partey, Xhaka, Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli, Lacazette.

Subs: Leno, Smith Rowe, Pepe, Tavares, Mari, Sambi Lokonga, Elneny, Nketiah, Patino.


Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Reguilon, Sanchez, Dier, Royal, Tanganga, Skipp, Hojbjerg, Moura, Son, Kane

Subs: Gollini, Doherty, Winks, Gil, Rodon, Alli, Bergwijn, Ndombele, Davies

Crystal Palace XI: Butland, Ward, TomkinsAndersen, Mitchell, Gallagher, Hughes, Kouyate, J Ayew, Edouard, Zaha

Subs: Matthews, Guehi, Mateta, Schlupp, Kelly, Ferguson, Riedewald


West Ham United XI: Fabianski; Coufal, Dawson, Diop, Masuaku; Soucek, Rice, Fornals; Bernrahma, Vlasic, Bowen.

Subs: Areola, Yarmolenko, Antoniio, Lanzini, Noble, Fredericks, Johnson, Kral, Ashby

Southampton XI: Forster; Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Salisu, Livramento; Romeu; Ward-Prowse; Redmond, Elyanoussi, Walcott; Broja

Subs: Caballero, Long, Adams, A. Armstrong, Perraud, S.Armstrong, Diallo, Simeu, Valery

  1. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Laca, White and Ramsdale my 3 Arsenal 🙂

    1. Gearoid
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Laca, White and Saka

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Well done, great result that.

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Laca Marti and Tierney here!

  2. Salan
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Laca my hero

  3. Utopsis
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    So with KDB, Son and Reguilon on the bench, Laca ends up with a decent haul. He would never have been my captain otherwise. Silver linings

  4. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    City goal

  5. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Lacatalent huge goal!

  6. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling!!!!!

  7. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling G

    1. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Assist?

  8. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Bernardo, it's time to go!

    1. HonestBlatter
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      He will come good...next season

  9. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling yes!

  10. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling G
    Dias A

  11. Randaxus
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    44 points with james and rudiger to play

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

      Not bad, should make the average

      1. Randaxus
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        The overall average on live fpl is 22.34

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

          Yeah, so after Ronaldo (C) etc I think you’ll be around the top 10k average

          1. Randaxus
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Also I captained Cancelo over Lacazette lol

  12. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Raheeeeeeeemmmm

  13. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Dias hand...

  14. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Dias A

  15. Egg noodle
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Bernardo gtfo

  16. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Bernardo and Foden… well and truly awful

  17. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    I know it’s 10 men but Spurs look scintillatingly good

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Especially when you consider the reverse fixture performance!

    2. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Moura having the game I wanted son or Kane to have =[

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        It will come, don’t worry. I was SO close to getting Moura as well, and only didn’t because I already Kane and Son

        1. TomSaints
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Not having Saka or Moura is so painful as both in so many drafts!

          I need Mount to do something

  18. Feloh
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    DIasssssssss.

  19. HonestBlatter
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    DIAS ASSY...neeedeed

  20. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ugh not Dias

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Haha this

  21. Steevo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    How many points have Free Hits netted for people vs. their non-FH plans?

    1. La Roja
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      75 FH vs 46 actual team for me

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I look forward to sitting down and working out how much not playing it has cost me

    3. kempc23
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      About 40 so far, with (R)on to go

    4. Kabayan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Earn 40 points atm for my team.
      DDG, Dalot and Ronaldo

  22. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling!!!! Woohoo!

  23. One More Hit
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    This g/w has delivered!

    Any thoughts on Skipp as fifth mid? Seems to have been mentioned a lot by the commentators, though no goals/assists this season.

  24. HARLEY
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling essential!!

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I'll never bring that fraud back in my team, two seasons now where I've stood by it, absolute waster

  25. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    God sake Dias just bugger off!

  26. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Pretty much impossible not to have smashed the free hit this week

  27. HARLEY
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling (C) woohooo

  28. WVA
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ronaldo over KDB/Sterling may not have been a good shout

  29. tambourineman
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    ESR goal

    1. Hect.OR 98th
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Again. FGS.

    2. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Of course

  30. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    17 City goals now with nothing for Silva. Jesus christ!