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Wednesday team news: Alonso and Mount start, Havertz benched again

Four Premier League matches take place on Wednesday evening as a mammoth Gameweek 36 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) slowly winds its way to a conclusion.

The north London derby will draw the Gameweek to a close tomorrow but there is plenty of Fantasy interest in tonight’s fixtures, with eight of the 12 ‘doublers’ in action.

Leeds United v Chelsea gets us underway at 19:30 BST, with Leicester City v Norwich City and Watford v Everton kicking off a quarter of an hour later. Finally, Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester City starts at 20:15 BST.

As for the team news, Thomas Tuchel has made four changes from the Blues’ disappointing 2-2 draw with Wolves.

Mason Mount is recalled along with Jorginho, Andreas Christensen and Trevoh Chalobah, as Cesar Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Timo Werner drop to the bench.

Marcos Alonso keeps his place as Tuchel attempts to draw a line under the tiff that he and the Spaniard had in the first half of Saturday’s game, while Kai Havertz has to again make do with a place among the substitutes.

Jesse Marsch has matched his opposite number and made four changes from the 2-1 defeat at Arsenal.

Rodrigo, Liam Cooper, Lewis Bate and Pascal Struijk come in for Junior Firpo, Mateusz Klich, Joe Gelhardt and the banned Luke Ayling.

The changes are plentiful at the King Power Stadium, too. Brendan Rodgers has made five of them, with James Maddison and James Justin both returning from injury to start.

Jamie Vardy, Harvey Barnes and Ademola Lookman also come into the team, as Wesley Fofana, Kelechi Iheanacho, Patson Daka, Ayoze Perez and Nampalys Mendy drop out. Fofana doesn’t even make the bench.

Dean Smith recalls Angus Gunn, Lukas Rupp, Dimitris Giannoulis and full debutant Tony Springett at the expense of the benched Tim Krul, Brandon Williams, Jacob Sørensen and Kieran Dowell.

Roy Hodgson has beaten all of the above managers for team tinkering, making seven alterations – six of which are enforced.

Jeremy Ngakia, Joao Pedro, Adam Masina, Ken Sema, Dan Gosling, Christian Kabasele and Samuel Kalu all start at Vicarage Road.

Craig Cathcart drops to the bench, while Kiko Femenia, Hassane Kamara, Tom Cleverley, Ismaila Sarr, Josh King and Emmanuel Dennis are absent through either suspension, illness or injury.

Frank Lampard, by contrast, makes just one tweak to his starting XI, and that too is enforced.

Yerry Mina is ruled out because of a minor calf injury, so the Colombian is replaced by Michael Keane at the back.

In the late kick-off, expected recalls for Fernandinho, Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden have materialised. The benched Jack Grealish and Gabriel Jesus and the injured Ruben Dias drop out.

There is again no place in the starting XI for Riyad Mahrez, however; that’s a fourth straight Premier League benching for the Algerian.

A ‘working from home’ Bruno Lage, still ill with Covid, has kept the Wolves changes to a bare minimum, as Chiquinho makes his first Premier League start in place of the injured Romain Saiss.

GAMEWEEK 36 LINE-UPS

Leeds United XI: Meslier, Koch, Cooper, Llorente, Struijk, Bate, Phillips, Harrison, Raphinha, Rodrigo, James.

Subs: Klaesson, Firpo, Gelhardt, Hjelde, Cresswell, Greenwood, Klich, Shackleton, Gray.

Chelsea XI: Mendy, Chalobah, Rudiger, Christensen, Alonso, James, Kovacic, Jorginho, Pulisic, Mount, Lukaku.

Subs: Kepa, Silva, Werner, Loftus-Cheek, Barkley, Ziyech, Azpilicueta, Havertz, Sarr.


Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Justin, Amartey, Evans, Castagne, Maddison, Tielemans, Dewsbury-Hall, Vardy, Lookman, Barnes.

Subs: Ward, Soyuncu, Albrighton, Iheanacho, Perez, Mendy, Daka, Thomas.

Norwich City XI: Gunn, Aarons, Hanley, Byram, Giannoulis, Rupp, Gilmour, Springett, Lees-Melou, Rashica, Pukki.

Subs: Krul, Gibson, Dowell, Placheta, Tzolis, Sorensen, Williams, Gibbs, Rowe.


Watford XI: Foster, Masina, Kabasele, Samir, Sema, Ngakia, Gosling, Sissoko, Kayembe, Kalu, Pedro.

Subs: Bachmann, Etebo, Ekong, Cathcart, Sierralta, Morris, Çukur, Blake, Grieves.

Everton XI: Pickford, Iwobi, Coleman, Keane, Holgate, Mykolenko, Gordon, Doucoure, Delph, Gray, Richarlison.

Subs: Begovic, Kenny, Allan, Calvert-Lewin, Gomes, Davies, Branthwaite, Rondon, Alli.


Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Jose Sa, Boly, Coady, Jonny, Chiquinho, Dendoncker, Neves, Moutinho, Ait-Nouri, Jimenez, Neto.

Subs: Ruddy, Hoever, Marcal, Trincao, Mosquera, Silva, Toti, Hee-Chan, Cundle.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Fernandinho, Laporte, Zinchenko, Rodri, Gundogan, Sterling, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Foden.

Subs: Steffen, Ake, Jesus, Grealish, Mahrez, Egan-Riley, Mbete, Palmer, Lavia.

1,909 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Milk, 1 Šuker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Captain KDB reporting for duty!! Boom!!! How are all you Salah cappers feeling now?

    1. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Terrible, thanks:)

    2. Nightf0x
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      117 with nketiah and son to go with salah(c), BB success and still got FH for gw38

    3. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      I was never going to get KDB so pretty good, ta

      1. Nightf0x
        • 8 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Dame

      2. Nightf0x
        • 8 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        *s

  2. mixology
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Does it get any worse?

    GW35: Sterling (c)

    GW36: on FH: Deadline swap of KDB (c) to Salah (c).

    And Mahrez in for KDB to strengthen elsewhere. Sterling out

  3. Philosopher's Stones
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Stop, Kevin. People have a family.

  4. Subzero (-4)
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Just logged in tonight guys. Have KDB captain. Has anyone mentioned anything? 😉

  5. Fefguero
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Coutinho out for zaha?

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      I think so. Saka the other possibility.

      1. Fefguero
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 2 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Yes already have Saka cheers man. Limited money in bank so might pull the trigger on zaha now as I’m pre empting price rise.

  6. Stranger Mings
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    with KDB playing 90mins, assume doesnt mean he is benched GW37?!

    1. Feanor
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      I doubt it. Pep doesn't want the title race to go to the last day

      1. Stranger Mings
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        true its just strange he played full 90 when been out injured

  7. chaser123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Can anyone beat this?

    Started the gameweek ranked on top 4000. Now outside top 11000.

    Started the gameweek ranked top of mini leagues. Now no chance of winning, losing over £300.

    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      No cash mini league, but doubled my rank to 150k with Kane and Kulu to play 🙁

  8. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/48391/history

    I’ve had a decent GW I suppose!

    KDB(tc), Sterling & Cancelo!

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Oof the TC as well. Well played.

    2. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      200 is within reach

    3. Paqueta Rice
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Go and do the lottery

      1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        I did put £10k in crypto 5 years back, quite a jammy ‘fu**er’ I am haha

    4. Arteta
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      *clapping*

    5. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Sterling got 26! Wow

  9. El Presidente
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Going for Liverpool assets instead of City assets has totally killed it. When everyone was expecting City to crumble and Liverpool to rise up it was exactly the opposite. Funny game this one.

    1. Walter White (WW)
      • 2 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      True

    2. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      I disagree about "everyone"

      1. Utopsis
        • 4 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Agree

      2. El Presidente
        • 4 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Yes "everyone", except FH's and people looking for extreme variance. Robbo/Salah vs Laporte or Cancelo/KDB is absolutely massive this DGW and that was not expected at all.

    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Yet Salah will be a firm hold.

      There's no point asking on here as most held him through his 5 goal drought last season.

      He's ingrained and rightly so for many reasons.

  10. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    I wanted that fifth goal for Kevin (not for myself, lol.)

  11. fantasist
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    160pts so far and still got 3 players tomorrow

    1. Mr Arsenal
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Jog on

  12. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Composed play again by Grealish. Chance wasted.

  13. Mighty Banana
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Mahrez goal to finish it off please!

    1. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Disgusted with myself for buying him… for a hit!

      What was I thinking 🙁

      1. Paul Psychic Octopus
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        You weren't.

  14. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Could've been 5 goals + 2 assists for KDB (c).
    Too bad Foden and Sterling missed those big chances...

    That would've been 39 * 2 = 78 points for DGW36

    1. nerd_is_the_werd
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Correction... +3 bonus.... would be 84 points.

  15. Ajaxeeding
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Can we start with the Rough and Smooth HT? I’ll start…before this GW, I had a 74 point lead in my ML…today I’m losing by 1 point

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      ML rival gained 103 points on me in one single GW and still has Nketiah to go

      1. Ajaxeeding
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        That is rough. My rival has Nkrtiah and Son to play! My differential is Saka

    2. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Damn

  16. fusen
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Foster probably hurts most of all.

    He scores absolutely nothing for many many gameweeks and then the week lots of people play their bench boost he gets a 14 point score.

    Killer for those that don't own him

    1. NorCal Villan
      • 2 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Killer for those who did 😎

  17. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    You *idiot*, Cancelo. That could really have sorted my season

  18. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Cancelo CC..

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Might sneak back to 2 BAPS.

  19. Jump in Micah
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Generally speaking, people ahead (c) Salah and those chasing (c) KDB - sets up a good last couple of weeks across many leagues

  20. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Haaland deal off, Kev up top next season

    1. fantasist
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Haha yep

  21. BullDogTevez
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Massive fail Salah (c) 135 points with Eddie to go. *sigh*

    1. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      135 is still a great score

    2. Nightf0x
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      117 salah (c) with eddie & sonny

  22. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Season ruined if you owned no KDB.

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Not even highly owned, if it was salah on the hand

    2. NorCal Villan
      • 2 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Speak for yourself

  23. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Cancelo was poor tonight

    Should have laid it back at least 3 times for an assist. Poor

    1. Stranger Mings
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      looks like lost his 1bp!

  24. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    TC Salah earlier this season was the wrong call after all, who knew!

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      No it wasn't tbh

    2. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Yeah, I remember the smack talk. Kevin triple cap for my last minute dive across the line, woo wee!

      1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Well done mate! Only (C) here but a mate of mine did it that's 4th in my.ML and battling for 2nd, looked out of it after the guy in 2nd's BB points so far, properly turned it around now!

  25. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    My greatest FPL GW. Thanks KDB (c), reminding me why I love this silly game

    1. fantasist
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Nice. Hopefully we can celebrate securing 4th tomorrow

      1. Scots Gooner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        God I hope so. Will be a nervous wreck tomorrow evening though

  26. TeddiPonza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    How is this FH team?

    Pickford
    Cash Digne Van Dijk (or Mykolenko)
    Son Kdb Zaha Diaz (or Jota)
    Watkins (or Ings) Richarlison Kane

    Thanks

  27. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Cancelo messed up massively there...now out of the bonus. I really, really needed that. Will he get +1 for Mahrez chance at the death???

  28. Oooo Matron
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    FH G2G?

    Martinez
    Digne Robertson Cancelo
    Zaha Gordon Salah De Bruyne Son
    Nketiah Richarlison

    Subs: Foster, Andersen, Clyne, 4.5 striker

  29. Philosopher's Stones
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Still on a small green despite no KDB(on a BB). Would've probably been inside 50k if KDB madness didn't happen. Congrats to all who owned and more so to those who C and TC.

  30. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Sonny hope you were taking notes

    1. Nightf0x
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Yes need him to minimize kdb damage