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2pm team news: Schmeichel, Foden and Sa benched as Watkins and Laporte start

Five more Premier League matches follow the lunchtime kick-off between Tottenham Hotspur and Burnley.

Aston Villa v Crystal Palace, Leeds United v Brighton and Hove Albion, Watford v Leicester City, West Ham United v Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers v Norwich City all kick off at 2pm BST.

There are three ‘Double Gameweek’ sides in action, two of whom meet at Villa Park.

The big team news from that fixture is that Ollie Watkins is passed fit to start, and he’ll take his place in an unchanged Aston Villa XI for the visit of Crystal Palace.

Jacob Ramsey makes the bench after recovering from a groin problem.

Patrick Vieira is proving to be one of the trickier managers to second-guess in the run-in and the tinkering continues again this afternoon, with the Palace boss making four changes.

Tyrick Mitchell, Luka Milivojevic, Cheikhou Kouyate and Jean-Philippe Mateta are recalled, with Joel Ward, Will Hughes and Odsonne Edouard benched and Michael Olise absent.

Marc Guehi is fit to start but Vicente Guaita is only among the substitutes.

The other side who ‘double’ in Gameweek 37 to be in action this afternoon are Leicester, who have made three changes from midweek.

Two of them are predictable, as Daniel Amartey and Ademola Lookman are replaced by Wesley Fofana and Nampalys Mendy.

The other alteration comes as more of a shock, with Kasper Schmeichel replaced by Danny Ward between the posts.

Injury-hit opponents Watford are unchanged.

Manchester City have been boosted by the swift return from injury of Aymeric Laporte and Fernandinho, who limped off on Wednesday but who are passed fit to start at centre-half today.

Pep Guardiola has made changes, however: Riyad Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus and Jack Grealish are in for Ilkay Gundogan, Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden.

Tomas Soucek replaces Said Benrahma in David Moyes’ only tweak, with Mark Noble on the bench for his final appearance at the London Stadium.

In-form Brighton are unchanged at Elland Road, where hosts Leeds start Mateusz Klich, Junior Firpo and Joe Gelhardt at the expense of Pascal Struijk, Lewis Bate and the suspended Daniel James.

It’s three changes apiece at Molineux.

The hosts give starts to John Ruddy, Toti and Hwang Hee-chan at the expense of Jose Sa, Leander Dendoncker and Chiquinho.

Kieran Dowell, Ben Gibson and Mathias Normann are recalled by relegated Norwich as Milot Rashica, Tony Springett and Lukas Rupp make way.

GAMEWEEK 37 LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne, Luiz, Nakamba, McGinn, Coutinho, Watkins, Ings.

Subs: Olsen, Chambers, A. Young, Iroegbunam, Sanson, J. Ramsey, Buendia, Chukwuemeka, Traore.

Crystal Palace XI: Butland, Clyne, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Gallagher, Kouyate, Milivojevic, Eze, Mateta, Zaha.

Subs: Schlupp, Guaita, Ward, Hughes, Benteke, Kelly, Édouard, Ayew, Rak-Sakyi.


Leeds United XI: Meslier, Firpo, Koch, Cooper, Raphinha, Llorente, Rodrigo, Harrison, Phillips, Gelhardt, Klich.

Subs: Gray, Klaesson, Shackleton, Cresswell, Bate, Greenwood, Kenneh, Hjelde, Struijk.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Sanchez, Cucurella, Dunk, Bissouma, Mac Allister, Trossard, Gross, Welbeck, March, Caicedo, Veltman.

Subs: Lallana, Webster, Ferguson, Duffy, Offiah, Maupay, Steele, Lamptey, Alzate.


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

Subs: Bachmann, Etebo, Ekong, Kamara, Cathcart, Sierralta, Baah, Morris, Cukur.

Leicester City XI: Ward, Justin, Fofana, Evans, Castagne, Maddison, Tielemans, Dewsbury-Hall, Mendy, Vardy, Barnes.

Subs: Schmeichel, Soyuncu, Albrighton, Iheanacho, Perez, Amartey, Daka, Thomas, Lookman.


West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Lanzini, Bowen, Antonio.

Subs: Areola, Yarmolenko, Vlasic, Noble, Fredericks, Masuaku, Johnson, Král, Echezolachuku Oko-Flex.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Fernandinho, Laporte, Zinchenko, Rodri, De Bruyne, Silva, Mahrez, Jesus, Grealish.

Subs: Steffen, Ake, Sterling, Gündogan, Foden, Egan-Riley, Mbete, Palmer, Lavia.


Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Ruddy, Jonny, Coady, Boly, Toti, Ait-Nouri, Neves, Moutinho, Hwang, Neto, Jimenez.

Subs: Fábio Silva, Chiquinho, Marçal, Trincão, José Sá, Hoever, Podence, Dendoncker

Norwich City XI: Gunn, Giannoulis, Hanley, Byram, Gibson, Aarons, Gilmour, Dowell, Lees-Melou, Normann, Pukki.

Subs: Williams, Rowe, Tzolis, Rashica, Tomkinson, Krul, Springett, Sørensen, Rupp

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1,003 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Just think about it for one second that Holly Shand and all those so called experts on the fpl show are getting paid for their work.

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Good for them

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

          Exactly, there is obviously enough demand. Entertainment is entertainment.

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

            All of them said Son was the obvious captain choice

            1. @persecuted_by_mods
                1 year, 10 months ago

                Nobody gets everything right, and if you disagreed that much did you say it straight away or did you wait until he'd blanked?

              • TheTinman
                • 8 Years
                1 year, 10 months ago

                I guess that's in line with most of the community though, but then most of the community are sheep

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

          I have nothing against anyone in particular but I don't know what to make of Holly's articles on FPL on TheAthletic. A couple of weeks ago she said Spurs assets were "deadweight" after 2 blanks and before Leicester, they beat Leicester and next week she says Son is "essential". Feels like some of these "experts" are as kneejerky and point-chasing as the average player

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

            Just flavour of the week really, they're journalists at the end of the day. People genuinely playing can't change their opinions over the space of a couple of matches due to transfers, but the pundits of course don't have those limits

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

              True, and I understand that they may be leading from an advice standpoint but I'd like to see at least a bit of consistency with more of them, or at least an admittance of "yeah I jumped the gun with that"

          2. odannyboys
            • 12 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            I do wonder how many knew what FF even was 5 years ago!

        3. odannyboys
          • 12 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          FF has become such a commercial entity nowadays but the core element is about making your own informed decisions to create a perfect team.

      • No_Mo_Salah?
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Oh Schmeichel...

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

          Real strange one

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

            Had Pickford but switched just before the deadline. Oh well .

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

              To my disgust I'm on Pickford. He's arguable kept them in the league these last few matches.

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

        Just thinking of players for next season, there's no chance Bowen is less than 8m right?

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

          Unlikely. He's been excellent. Genuine goal threat and on plenty of set pieces to have a lot of assists too. Wouldn't be surprised to see him on pens in the future either, he's becoming talismanic

        2. @persecuted_by_mods
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Highly unlikely

          • Zimo
            • 5 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            8.5 probably

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

              Yeah I'm thinking the same, even 9 possibly. Can't even say I couldn't justify him at that price, he's been excellent this season and that's with a long EL campaign alongside the PL

          • Dammit_182
            • 3 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Do Bowen, Saha & kulu all get boosted to the 8 mil? Is Bowen likely to be higher than mahrez? Interesting one

        3. TheTinman
          • 8 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Hindsight yes, but Spurs always struggle against low block teams. That being said I didn't take any Spurs attackers on my FH for this reason.

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

            Yet they had won Burnley home 5-0 and 4-0 in last PL matches I believe

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

              Maybe outliers. I'm just talking purely eye test

        4. Casualspotted
          • 1 Year
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Son blanked. We are feasting !!!!

        5. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
          • 3 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Told you

          https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/24988833

          For consistency

          https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/24988840

          Congrats spurs on another game awarded to you by the referee.

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

            Time to get over it and move in with your day

            1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
              • 3 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              2 soft pens in a row. Somebody is getting paid

              1. George Sillett
                • 8 Years
                1 year, 10 months ago

                Someone is also seriously deluded.

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

            I think everybody expected them to get another dodgy penalty if they needed it. Not really worth quoting that as a prediction

            1. George Sillett
              • 8 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              Except the penalty wasn't dodgy

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

                You need to watch it mate

                1. George Sillett
                  • 8 Years
                  1 year, 10 months ago

                  I've watched both "mate". This individual is truly clutching at straws .

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

                    Are you ok?

                    1. George Sillett
                      • 8 Years
                      1 year, 10 months ago

                      Marvelous thank you. Had a lovely day meeting up in York with my daughter and been round to a friend's house this evening for a party to celebrate her recovery from cancer. Doesn't get much better than that.

          3. George Sillett
            • 8 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Subjective myopic bias.
            If you require a definition of any of the above phrase please don't hesitate to ask.

        6. FPL price manipulators are …
          • 10 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Thanks Pope. Son crying

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

          3 from 2, solid start to the game week

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

            Steady away! Least spuds are looking good for top 4. Chin up

        8. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Everytime I've got Son, he blanked. Not having him, he's done mental! Should I retire from FPL 😛

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

            No. You should tell us when you have Son in your team.

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

              I'll tell you now. He's gonna be permanent in my team 😆

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

            I have the same experience. In autumn jumped on Son+Kane early with great fixtures. Got 1+1 in total from 4 easy games or so. Today the second time owning Son this season 😀

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

              😉

          3. TheTinman
            • 8 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Just one of those things. Try keeping him longer next season. It's hard at £10m if he doesn't perform for a couple of weeks, but rest assured goals are always around the corner with Son

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

            Please

          5. Weilong7
            • 7 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Same. Didnt had the chance to own him.. FH him in and he did nth. Only owned him twice I think. Sigh. I will still get him in next week with FT though.

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

          F*** OFF REF, CAN YOU NOT SEE SON GOING IN ON GOAL.
          HE HAS A GOLDEN BOOT TO WIN.

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

          Season over, MLs over… all because of these two Pope saves.

        11. Danstoke82
          • 9 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Can never seem to get Son and the armband right. I captain Kane and Son hauls, Vice Versa and it’s the other way. Seriously wondering whom to captain out of the two v Norwich?

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

            Yes

          2. Yome
            • 12 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            KDB captain at this rate

        12. Casualspotted
          • 1 Year
          1 year, 10 months ago

          So glad I didnt pick Son on FH.

          1. Botman and Robben
            • 7 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Better than picking Kulu

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

          Straight into the 3 o'clocks - not even time for a pee.

          1. Well you know, Triffic
            • 13 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Nappy?

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

            Even worse, it's 2pm

          3. Dammit_182
            • 3 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            It’s like their on an hour early or something!

            1. Andy_Social
              • 11 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              That explains it - it's only 8 pm here

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

          Good to see the Leicester cs lasting 4 mins…

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

            Give them some credit Tom. It was 5 and a bit minutes.

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

          1-0 Watford

        16. tiger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Watford 1 Leicester 0

        17. Jock Grealish
          • 2 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          lol leicester

        18. Well you know, Triffic
          • 13 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Haha take that Rodgers!

          (Kasper owner)

          1. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Rodgers is an idiot

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

            Hope Kasper is on the bench both matches. Have Pope coming in.

        19. Jock Grealish
          • 2 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          castagne og

          1. Jock Grealish
            • 2 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            pedro*

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

            Really? I supported someone punting on Castagne on fh

            1. NABIL - FPL otai
              • 11 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              Castagne here! 😀

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

                I've got him. Was hoping this match was potential of a double digit return

          3. TheTinman
            • 8 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Seriously?

        20. BobbyDoesNotLook
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Dawson should have buried that chance. (5mins ago)

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

          Is Amartey gonna be out both games?
          I somehow get Laporte off the bench...

        22. Andy_Social
          • 11 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Schmeichel CS wipe out. Hang on...

          1. Dynamic Duos
            • 10 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Haha lol

        23. FPL price manipulators are …
          • 10 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Dennis involved?

        24. fedolefan
          • 9 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Hodor Watford!!

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

          Jammy Schmeichel owners

        26. Boomerang V
          • 7 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Did Ings score yet?

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

            On a hatty already.

        27. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          In the mud 🙁

        28. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Joao Pedro owners rewarded for their patience

        29. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Brendan Rodgers masterclass.