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3pm kick-off team news: Gallagher, Livramento and Pukki miss out

The dust of Gameweek 19 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) has barely settled but we’re already up and running for Gameweek 20, with three matches kicking-off at 15:00 GMT: Crystal Palace v Norwich City, Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur and Watford v West Ham United.

At Selhurst Park, Conor Gallagher is absent for the home side, with Jack Butland, James Tomkins and the suspended Wilfried Zaha also dropping out for Vicente Guaita, Marc Guehi, Jeffrey Schlupp and Jean-Philippe Mateta.

Norwich – who have scored just eight league goals all season – have made six changes from their Gameweek 19 defeat to Arsenal, with Sam Byram, Dimitris Giannoulis, Jacob Sorensen, Pierre Lees-Melou, Christos Tzolis and Adam Idah coming in for Max Aarons, Brandon Williams, Ozan Kabak, Kieran Dowell, Joshua Sargent and Teemu Pukki.

Elsewhere, Ralph Hasenhuttl makes six changes, with Shane Long and Adam Armstrong paired up front together. That means Armando Broja is a substitute, while Tino Livramento misses out altogether with fluid in his knee.

For Spurs, they make three changes from their 3-0 Boxing Day win over Palace. In come Ben Davies, Harry Winks and Dele Alli, with Japhet Tanganga, Oliver Skipp and Lucas Moura all dropping to the bench.

Claudio Ranieri, meanwhile, makes three changes for Watford’s first game since December 10th, as Francisco Sierralta, Adam Masina and Ozan Tufan replace William Troost-Ekong, Jeremy Ngakia and Tom Cleverley.

Their opponents, West Ham United, also make changes. Captain Declan Rice is suspended, so Mark Noble makes a rare start in midfield, with Jarrod Bowen, Manuel Lanzini and Said Benrahma lining up behind Michail Antonio in David Moyes’ usual 4-2-3-1 formation.

GAMEWEEK 20 LINE-UPS

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Guehi, Andersen, Mitchell, Kouyate, Hughes, Schlupp, Ayew, Edouard, Mateta

Subs: Butland, Matthews, Milivojevic, Tomkins, Benteke, Ferguson, Kelly, Riedewald

Norwich City XI: Gunn, Byram, Sorensen, Gibson, Giannoulis, Gilmour, Lees-Melou, McLean, Placheta, Tzolis, Idah

Subs: McGovern, McCracken, Dowell, Kabak, Williams, Sargent, Mumbo, Rowe


Southampton XI: Forster, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Salisu, Perraud, Diallo, Ward-Prowse, Valery, S Armstrong, Long, A Armstrong

Subs: Caballero, Small, Simeu, Romeu, Walcott, Elyounoussi, Tella, Redmond, Broja

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Sanchez, Dier, Davies, Royal, Hojbjerg, Winks, Reguilon, Alli, Son, Kane

Subs: Gollini, Doherty, Tanganga, Rodon, Skipp, White, Ndombele, Gil, Moura


Watford XI: Bachmann, Femenia, Sierralta, Cathcart, Masina, Kucka, Sissoko, Tufan, Cucho, King, Dennis

Subs: Angelini, Louza, Joao Pedro, Sema, Gosling, Fletcher, Morris, Conteh

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Diop, Johnson, Soucek, Noble, Bowen, Lanzini, Benrahma, Antonio

Subs: Areola, Masuaku, Fredericks, Kral, Alese, Ashby, Okoflex, Yarmolenko, Vlasic

2,048 Comments Post a Comment
  1. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Very rare this season that something has worked out well. WC1 played last night, brought in Bowen, Edouard, Son, King & Antonio.

    Kept Salah, Foden. Could be a big one.

    1. Iwantmorepointsthanks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Well played πŸ™‚

    2. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Nice work well done

    3. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Pump up the jam!

    4. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Nicely done there

    5. sulldaddy
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Nice work. Green arrows incoming!

  2. Firminooooo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Rival have Bowen first on bench….played Gallagher.

    1. Iwantmorepointsthanks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      :/

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Wow, almost like its a game of luck

      1. Pep bites Kun
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Can't class bench or autosubs as luck during this covid/fast turnaround period

    3. Fabreghastly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      I'm in that boat 😐

      It's nice for the luck to finally come around. I had 33pts on the bench in GW11 and several other double figure bench point hauls

    4. DARE TO BISCAN
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      A good bench is good management.

  3. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    When will the doubles be confirmed for 21 or 22?

    Before the deadline hopefully?!

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      21 should be pre-deadline. 22 probably not, it's a long way away yet.

    2. Root
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      I'd assume the GW 21 DGW will be confirmed before the GW 21 deadline.

    3. CroatianHammer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Ah, DGWs... will have a FT or FH for GW21, but can't be worrying about that until Friday. Villa second game is all but confirmed.

  4. manu4life99
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Currently have triple city and triple arsenal so many transfer hits required to achieve a good dgw22 team.

    Anyone else in a similar position?

    Considering using second FH chip in dgw22 rather than spending pts building for it (especially as city players I would be selling have good gw23+ fix)

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

      yeah, i'm kinda in the same boat and a FH is probably the way to go

    2. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Just play through it with good players then. History has shown sgw player can outperform dgw'ers

  5. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Any other Vardy owners in the room?
    Do we think he starts this one?

  6. El Presidente
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Captaining Son was a great idea.

    1. DARE TO BISCAN
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Ok

  7. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Which city mid wpuld you get on WC if any? Cheers

    1. sulldaddy
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      I suspect KDB may be safest long term. But Pep Roulette is a dangerous game as you know

  8. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    How many more times is Henderson going to slice volley over