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Thursday team news: Ings, Coutinho and Mount benched

Double Gameweek 37 comes to a conclusion this evening with three more Premier League matches.

Everton v Crystal Palace gets underway at 19:45 BST, with Chelsea v Leicester City and Aston Villa v Burnley kicking off 15 minutes later.

The match at Stamford Bridge is a bit of a glorified dead rubber but the other two fixtures are of huge importance at the foot of the English top flight, with Burnley and Everton battling to save themselves from the drop.

There is massive interest from a Fantasy Premier League (FPL) perspective, too. Of the 25 players with the highest ‘effective ownership’ (EO) figures in the top 10k, 16 have a fixture this evening (see below) – and 13 of them start:

Danny Ings, Philippe Coutinho and Mason Mount are the only three players in ‘green’ above who are among the substitutes this evening.

Coutinho and Ings drop out of the Villa XI, along with the similarly benched Marvelous Nakamba and the injured Ezri Konsa.

Emiliano Buendía, Calum Chambers, Carney Chukwuemeka and Jacob Ramsey are recalled.

Villa are tonight up against relegation-threatened Burnley, who make only one change from the narrow loss to Tottenham Hotspur.

James Tarkowski is back from injury, as Matt Lowton drops to the bench. The Clarets are again starting in a wing-back system, as they did in north London.

Over at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea make two changes from the FA Cup final as N’Golo Kante and Hakim Ziyech come into the side.

Mount is joined among the substitutes by the fit-again Kai Havertz but Mateo Kovacic and Timo Werner are injured and absent.

Kasper Schmeichel returns to the Leicester side this evening, with Kelechi Iheanacho, Daniel Amartey and Luke Thomas also starting.

Out go Danny Ward and Harvey Barnes, both of whom are on the bench, and the missing Youri Tielemans and James Justin.

Frank Lampard’s only alteration to the Everton line-up sees Michael Keane come in to replace the suspended Jarrad Branthwaite.

Patrick Vieira continues his end-of-season tinkering with Palace, as the midfield trio of Conor Gallagher, Cheikhou Kouyaté and Luka Milivojevic are replaced by Jeffrey Schlupp, Will Hughes and Jordan Ayew.

DOUBLE GAMEWEEK 37 LINE-UPS

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Holgate, Mykolenko, Iwobi, Doucoure, Gomes, Gordon, Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison

Subs: Begovic, Kenny, Godfrey, Allan, Davies, Van de Beek, Alli, Gray Welch

Crystal Palace XI: Butland, Clyne, Anderson, Guehi, Mitchell, Hughes, Schlupp, Ayew, Eze, Mateta, Zaha

Subs: Guaita, Ward, Kelly, Kouyaté, Milivojevic, Édouard, Gallagher, Rak-Sakyi, Benteke


Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Chambers, Mings, Digne, Ramsey, Luiz, McGinn, Buendia, Watkins, Chukwuemeka.

Subs: Sanson, Traore, Young, Nakamba, Ings, Coutinho, Olsen, Iroegbunam, Feeney.

Burnley XI: Pope, Roberts, Long, Collins, Tarkowski, Taylor, Brownhill, Cork, McNeil, Cornet, Barnes.

Subs: Lowton, Weghorst, Hennessey, Stephens, Lennon, Bardsley, Thomas, Dodgson, Costelloe.


Chelsea XI: Mendy, Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Rudiger, James, Jorginho, Kante, Alonso, Ziyech, Pulisic, Lukaku.

Subs: Arrizabalaga, Loftus-Cheek, Saul, Barkley, Mount, Kenedy, Azpilicueta, Havertz, Sarr.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Amartey, Fofana, Evans, Mendy, Castagne, Maddison, Dewsbury-Hall, Thomas, Vardy, Iheanacho.

Subs: Soyuncu, Barnes, Albrighton, Ward, Perez, Choudhury, Ricardo Pereira, Daka, Lookman.

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

    LOL @ defenders.

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

    Damn you Buendia.

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

      A true championship quality player. What a poor challenge that was.

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

        Yep

  3. Mr. O'Connell
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Cout CS point gone

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

    Lovely jubbley

  5. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Yikes!!!

    1. MIGHTY JOE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Cash, Digne, Myko & Pickford. Love it.

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        That will be popular

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

        Yea I’m absolutely in troll heaven tonight cheers mate

      3. Josh.E
        • 2 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        don't forget Ings and Coutinho lol

      4. lonecomander
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        I’m with you Joe. But I think that was pretty popular with all the free hit. Of course Alonso has banged one in with James assist so on one player the majority of non-free hit will have more points from defenders. Of course since I forgot Everton are complete trash I went mykolenko over richarlison. It’s the dgw hype man. Always fun to get in a few even when it goes wrong.

  6. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Get down Everton

    1. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Down down down they deserve to go down

  7. GoonerGirl
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Right bring Ings on now Gerrard.

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

    Matty (C)ash - wooooof

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

      Wrong week mate 🙁

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

        as it turns out yep!
        haha

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

        Is there ever a right week for that?

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

      Digne captain for Lateriser too

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

        ah - didn't realise that.
        only a couple of minutes away from the first CS - that one hurt a lot.

  9. Cilly Bonnolly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Free guy’s a disaster. Don’t even want to count what my normal team’s score would have been but I know it had Maddison, Matip and Alonso.

    1. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      *Free hit

      Free Guy’s actually quite a good film.

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

    Why is Mount dropped every other week? Tuchel is a bit of a knob

    1. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      No worse than Rogers and Gerard can’t believe a word they say

  11. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Imagine conceding at home to Burnley.

    1. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Brainfart from Buendia gifted Burnley that goal. Very annoying.

  12. COLLIN QUANER
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Disaster free hit for all those double Villa and Everton defences

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

      Not really because ,TAA, Robertson, Cancello did nothing this GW as well.

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

    Happy days. Everton are screwed here

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

    Wood and nails are back on the menu boys.

  15. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Double Villa & Everton defence did someone spike my drinks?

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

    Entire FH defences in the mud

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

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

      Same dude you’re not alone

  17. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Double Villa def fail. How did they not get 1 cs. This FH has been frustrating

  18. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Leeds going down.

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

      Everton says 'Hold my beer'.....

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

      You have one goal, beat Brentford. Tough but you never know!

    3. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      If they can keep 11 on the pitch they have a chance.

  19. wulfrunian
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Ashley Barnes you legend!

  20. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    OMFG COME ONNNNNNN YOU CLARETS

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

    Diaz or Mount?

  22. Pep's Money Laundry
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    So Matip was the defndeer to own this week even with just one game and no cs.

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

      Stretching out on my bench lol

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

      Have him in my non FH team, gutted I'm missing him this week.

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

    Villa is going to be crushed at the Ethiad... what a bunch of knob jobs, Steven Gerard obviously overrated manager because is a former English international, he's horrible. Like Lampard is horrible. English managers are just awful.

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

      It was a penalty and burnleys first shot on target

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

      Absolute knob

  24. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Lol @ defenders from teams on the beach

    1. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      The unbeached defences haven't faired much better this week tbf

      1. how now brown cow
        • 9 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Ben davies did ok for me.

  25. COLLIN QUANER
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    50 points behind mini league leader. The chances of catching him during the final week are slim aren't they?

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

      Very

      1. COLLIN QUANER
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        My thoughts as well

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

      Got any chips left?

      1. COLLIN QUANER
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Unfortunately 0. He has 0 too.

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

          Just try some unconventional picks and have some fun with the last GW.

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

      0,001% chance

      1. COLLIN QUANER
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Damn it

  26. FCSB
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Digne Cash cleaners gone… love how we thought double Villa / Everton defence was a good idea 🙂

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

      We?

  27. jonnybhoy
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Need Mykolenko to assist Richarlison a few times in the next half and Cash to do the same for ings when hes on

  28. FPL_ UP_Down
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    INGS so annoying

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

    LFC fans can forget about Villa nicking a draw at the Emptyhaad.

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

      a draw won't do anything anyway

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

        City draw with Liverpool win will give title to Liverpool. City is only 1 point clear.

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

    Atm, I reckon Leeds still favourites to go down, then Everton and Burnley.
    It's probably like Leeds - 40%, Everton - 35%, Burnley - 25%.

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

      It's odds on Leeds.

      1. TyroneGAA
        • 6 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Leeds will beat brentford I’m an Everton fan we are going down