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2pm team news: James injured as West Ham ring the changes

Double Gameweek 34 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) continues on Sunday, with Brighton and Hove Albion v Southampton, Burnley v Wolverhampton Wanderers and Chelsea v West Ham United kicking-off at 14:00 BST.

The big FPL team news comes from Stamford Bridge, where Reece James misses out through injury.

Malang Sarr, Andreas Christensen and Romelu Lukaku also drop out from the side that lost to Arsenal in midweek, with Thiago Silva, Trevoh Chalobah, Jorginho and Kai Havertz coming in.

Antonio Rudiger is absent because of an ongoing groin injury.

For the visitors, David Moyes makes six changes with one eye on Thursday’s Europa League semi-final.

Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen and Michail Antonio are among those who sit out, while defenders Kurt Zouma, Issa Diop and Angelo Ogbonna are all unavailable through injury.

Brighton welcome back Leandro Trossard after a brief illness saw him miss the midweek trip to Manchester City, while Adam Webster and Neal Maupay also feature.

Yves Bissouma, meanwhile, serves the final game of a two-match suspension.

Ralph Hasenhuttl makes six changes with Armando Broja benched.

Mohammed Salisu, Tino Livramento, Nathan Redmond, Nathan Tella, Shane Long and Che Adams are the ones who come into the starting XI.

Burnley remain without the injured quartet Ashley Westwood, Erik Pieters, Ben Mee and Johann Berg Gudmundsson, and make just one change from their Gameweek 33 win over Southampton.

Ivory Coast forward Maxwel Cornet misses out – not even making the squad with a ‘niggly knee’ – and is replaced by Matej Vydra.

For Wolves, Raul Jimenez returns after completing a two-game suspension, with Romain Saiss, Nelson Semedo and Leander Dendoncker also coming into Bruno Lage’s XI.

Max Kilman, Ruben Neves and Daniel Podence miss out through injury.


GAMEWEEK 34 LINE-UPS

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Sanchez, Veltman, Webster, Dunk, Cucurella, Mwepu, Caicedo, Mac Allister, Trossard, Welbeck, Maupay

Subs: Steele, Gross, Lallana, Alzate, March, Duffy, Offiah, Ferguson, Sarmiento

Southampton XI: Forster, Livramento, Bednarek, Salisu, Walker-Peters, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Redmond, Tella, Adams, Long

Subs: Caballero, Lyanco, A Armstrong, Perraud, S Armstrong, Broja, Elyounoussi, Diallo, Valery


Burnley XI: Pope, Roberts, Collins, Tarkowski, Taylor, McNeil, Brownhill, Cork, Vydra, Rodriguez, Weghorst

Subs: Hennessey, Lowton, Bardsley, Long, Thomas, Stephens, Lennon, Costelloe, Barnes

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Sa, Boly, Coady, Saiss, Semedo, Dendoncker, Moutinho, Jonny, Hwang, Silva, Jimenez

Subs: Ruddy, Hoever, Ait-Nouri, Marcal, Neto, Trincao, Chiquinho, Toti, Cundle


Chelsea XI: Mendy, Azpilicueta, Silva, Chalobah, Loftus-Cheek, Kante, Jorginho, Alonso, Mount, Werner, Havertz

Subs: Kepa, Kenedy, Sarr, Barkley, Saul, Pulisic, Ziyech, Lukaku

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Johnson, Dawson, Cresswell, Coufal, Soucek, Noble, Masuaku, Fornals, Benrahma, Yarmolenko

Subs: Areola, Fredericks, Alese, Rice, Kral, Lanzini, Vlasic, Bowen, Antonio

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668 Comments Post a Comment
  1. thegaffer82
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 hours ago

    I own Wood, James, Broja, Amartey & Doherty… season over!

    Nah, just kidding. But it does really suck!!

    1. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 hours ago

      Rubbish top post.
      Apologies.

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 6 hours ago

        Sometimes they'll knock it back to the bottom of the previous thread for ya.

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

    Do you guys play fantasy formula 1? It's pretty good...

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

      I don't. How does it work? Can see how it'd be interesting.

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

        You have 100m and pick five drivers and one team. Captains get double pts every week and there's wildcards and triple caps twice a season.

        1. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 5 hours ago

          How much does a Verstappen/Hamilton/LeClerc cost?

          1. Bobby Digital
            • 6 Years
            2 years, 5 hours ago

            Verstappen and Hamilton are like 30m... Whereas Leclerc and Sainz are under 20m.

    2. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 6 hours ago

      Modern day F1 is boring af!

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

        Haven't watched since Schumacher retired tbh. I watch some highlights now and again, but as you say boring.

      2. Ginkapo FPL
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 5 hours ago

        Watch drive to survive instead. Just the curated best bits.

    3. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      Boring, FPL ruins watching football is enough

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 5 hours ago

        FPL makes football interesting for me. Especially mid/low table games.

  3. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 6 hours ago

    That Liveramento injury looked bad

    1. Danno - Emre Canada
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      Possible cruciate? Knew straight away, nope not

    2. Gazwaz80
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      Robbo starts ( sweat imoji) 😀

  4. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 6 hours ago

    Chelsea coming out for the second half looking a little like Dillian White energy in the ring!

  5. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 6 hours ago

    Salah cappers won't sleep tonight.

    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      Party all night?

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      All-nighter party?

    3. JBG
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      Because of 10min cameo and red card?

  6. DALEDOBACK
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    Got rid of Ronaldo Saka and JWP on free hit anyone beat that?

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      Awaits the Jesus & Joe L owners

    2. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      No. Nobody can 😉

    3. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      That is hard to beat.

  7. thegaffer82
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    Did Tuchel/Chelsea give any indication on the severity of James’ injury?

    Any chance he makes the 2nd game? My bench is a sea of zero’s 🙁

    1. JBG
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      Seemed minor from comments.

  8. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    The rumours must have come from hopeful Everton fans 😀

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      If you know something, why don’t you just share it?

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 5 hours ago

        Exactly

    2. JBG
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      I feel like these kind of "predicted" lineups are always troll attempts. Even though I would love if it were true this time.

  9. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    Chelsea are so one dimensional. Play out to the wing, cross. Play out to the wing, cross.

    Boring and easy to defend against.

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      Cross and inshallah!

    2. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      They've managed nearly 70 goals this season. Obviously they're not easy to defend against

  10. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    JWP brace

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      OMG

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      Yesss!

    3. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      JWP was in my FH team last week....

  11. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    2 2 Brighton Southampton

  12. tokara
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    Why didnt Brighton fall like this agst Spurs

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      3 home wins all season.

      Much better away.

      1. tokara
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 5 hours ago

        Interesting

  13. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    Sanchez on FH not going great lol

    1. Tic Tacs
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      I've done the same

  14. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    Brighton at home
    Doing Brighton things

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      On the beach…literally

  15. Walter White (WW)
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    Need a massive Mo haul today!

    1. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      More likely to get a mo-hawk 😀

  16. fish&chips
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    JWP to Mount this week. Ugh

    1. EmreCan Hustle
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      Ouch, sorry.

  17. Garlana
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    Just logged in to tell every I took jwp out this week for havertz. Only used one transfer. Yay

    1. fish&chips
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      See above. Haha

    2. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      Ouch

    3. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      Always frustrating especially when I got him in as a somewhat if a differential last week

    4. tokara
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      That smirk on ur face when u tot u did a master stroke

  18. EmreCan Hustle
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    This is so frustrating....had JWP on FH last GW 😆

  19. Milk, 1 Šuker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    When I own JWP he does nothing, when I don’t own him he’s banging them in

  20. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    Where was this last week JwP!

  21. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    OMG Vydra

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      Weghorst assist

  22. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    Burnley 1-0!

  23. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    Weghorst assist?

    1. Cojones of Destiny
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      yay!

  24. Mr. O'Connell
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    Assist for the Horse

  25. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 5 hours ago

    Burnley 1
    Everton are going down

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      Full strength 😆

      https://twitter.com/TheKopHQ/status/1518233412733222912?

      #LFC v Everton:

      Alisson, Trent Matip Virgil Robertson, Fabinho Thiago Keita, Salah Jota Mane

      1. JBG
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 5 hours ago

        Shocker.

  26. @persecuted_by_mods
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      This season is truly a curse 😛

    • Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      Everton going dowwwwwwn

    • Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      Liverpool basically full strength (Teamnewsandtix)

    • THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 hours ago

      C'MON Burnleyyyyyyyyyyy!

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 5 hours ago

        Lets go Weggy!