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Watford v Norwich team news: Dennis and King start, Foster misses out

Double Gameweek 23 gets underway this evening as Watford play host to Norwich City at Vicarage Road.

Kick-off is at 20:00 GMT.

Claudio Ranieri makes four changes from last weekend’s 1-1 draw at Newcastle United, with Daniel Bachmann, Kiko Femenia, Christian Kabasele and Tom Cleverley replacing Ben Foster and Craig Cathcart, both of whom miss out due to illness, plus Jeremy Ngakia and Juraj Kucka.

That means the Hornets’ attacking trio remains the same, with Joao Pedro joining Emmanuel Dennis and Josh King in a 4-3-3 formation.

Imran Louza, Adam Masina and William Troost-Ekong remain at the Africa Cup of Nations. 

Meanwhile, Dean Smith makes just one change, with Angus Gunn coming in for Tim Krul, who misses out as expected with a shoulder injury.

Further forward, budget forward Adam Idah continues alongside Teemu Pukki in attack, with Josh Sargent and Milot Rashica flanking them.

Notably, the Canaries’ have scored the fewest (three) and conceded the most (25) away goals in the Premier League this season.


DOUBLE GAMEWEEK 23 LINE-UPS

Watford XI: Bachmann, Femenia, Kabasele, Samir, Kamara, Kayembe, Sissoko, Cleverley, Pedro, Dennis, King

Subs: Elliot, Ngakia, Sema, Fletcher, Tufan, Hernandez, Sierralta, Kucka, Morris

Norwich City XI: Gunn, Aarons, Hanley, Gibson, Williams, Sorensen, Lees-Melou, Sargent, Rashica, Idah, Pukki

Subs: McGovern, Byram, Dowell, Placheta, Kabak, Tzolis, McLean, Giannoulis, Rowe

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

    Looking forward to guaranteed grey arrows

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

      Did you recover your team mate?

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

        Fortunately not

  2. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    I guess some people just want to watch the world burn

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Is that you Alfred?

    2. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      With the current state of affairs, a majority do.

  3. Shultan
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Wow seems like more hacking going this week!
    Sorry to hear & hope can have old team restored by FPL

    Lot of pathetic sados out there

  4. HTL
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Dennis owner, hoping for a blank

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      snap

    2. jammie26
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Are you mental?

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

        Guessing due to non capper

        1. HTL
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 2 months ago

          Yep. Everyone around me in ML has captained him. I’ve stuck a safety £1 on him to score 2, at 12/1

          1. HTL
            • 5 Years
            2 years, 2 months ago

            (This time next year Rodney)

    3. Tango74
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Why would u want own player to blank even if I didn’t capt him

      Strange

      1. HTL
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        When EO is through the roof, you’re losing points to captainers

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

    https://twitter.com/BenFoster/status/1484604793473703937?s=20

    Foster says he has Covid. Mild/moderate symptoms, so he should likely be back for Burnley

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

      My bad. Already in the article. Ignore

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

        No probs.

        Unless you transferred him in.

    2. Esalman
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Ah come on!

    3. ringwraith
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      That's OK. I have Bachmann on my bench. Son of a mf'n b!!!H

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

        Ramsdale on bench

    4. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Would have been nice if he tweeted an hour earlier…

  6. Arteta
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Captain King Part 2: I'm ready to be hurt again

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

      Three strikes and he's out?

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

    Game on!!

  8. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    King hatty incoming

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

      ...

      1. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        You heard

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

    Has King scored yet?

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Any "King (c) fail" comments yet?

  10. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Does anybody know why Foster isn't playing? Is he injured again?

    1. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Covid

  11. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Dennis hatrick and tears for King owners incoming

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Cool kids own both

  12. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Sissoko is so reckless

  13. Boomerang V
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    let the goal fest begin!

    Dennis(c) / King

    1. Boomerang V
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      nil nil incoming

  14. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    What on earth is that Pedro

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

      If I was the ref I would send him off for that

  15. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Psyched for this. Can't remember if I ever had effectively 5 players from one team in a game before, let alone for a DGW. 10 games from one team this GW if there's not a postponement 😀

    1. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Wow!

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

      Good luck 🙂

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks!

  16. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    I somehow ended up captaining King over Dennis 🙁

  17. estheblessed
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    I'm guessing this means Foster out for Burnley game too...

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

      Not necessarily. Game is in 15 days.

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

        15 days wtf!

    2. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      2 week covid? Never heard of it

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

        Long covid. I didn't realise it was 2 weeks apart.

    3. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      He will probably be back, they dont play until the 5th of Feb and its not like a goal keeper needs that much training in comparison to an outfield player.

  18. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Norwich kit hurts my eyes

  19. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    I got Idah this week, what time does he score?

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

      Idahno

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

      Idunno

    3. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      lol

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

      Might defidah odds

      1. Sun God Nika
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        brilliant lool

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

    The legendary managers on LIVEFPL is showing average hits of -12.93 ….. can’t be right surely …. Possible hacking of some of their teams or just went big on hits?

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

      Hacks

    2. EffPeeEll
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      looks very much like a hack with those numbers

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

    Both sides look equally bad and equally good to me so far, somehow. It's confusing

  22. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Good film to watch then?

    1. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      how old are you, give me something to work with

      1. Dynamic Duos
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        30+

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 2 months ago

          I saw this recently, its not what you would expect me to recommend but it is good. Its a french film, based on a true story. Its in French, but you can find english subitiles np
          The Intouchables https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675434/

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

      In Diana Jones

  23. EffPeeEll
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    How can 1 in 6 managers have cappined Salah ffs

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

      Dead teams. Many, many dead teams

    2. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      FFFix currently estimate 45% of teams in FPL are inactive

      1. EffPeeEll
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 2 months ago

        geez

        1. Gudjohnsen
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 2 months ago

          Some people actually have real lives to live.

  24. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Watford are a poor side.

  25. Feanor
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Does Williams still wear regular boots with the laces pulled out?

    1. Feanor
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah, looks like it

  26. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Just noticed the Eredivisie table - Ajax 2nd despite having scored 59 and conceded just 4 in 19 games
    https://www.skysports.com/eredivisie-table

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

    Watching Watford v Norwich because you captained a Watford player was a massive oversight in this weeks captaincy decision.

  28. FPL price manipulators are …
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    Hurry up already

  29. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 2 months ago

    I get the feeling King is only going to score if they get a penalty.

    1. Kun Tozser
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 2 months ago

      Rebound from Joa miss?

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

    OMG Dennis

    Misses header.