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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. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    How many points can be made up in the last GW? 11 points off my ideal goal

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

      20+

    2. BantasyFootball
      • 2 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Sounds very doable as long as you have a couple of differentials and nail the captaincy

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        4/5 Captain fails suggests I won’t haha

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

      Captain needs to haul and maybe not be Son?

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Salah? 🙂

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

          Highly doubt he'll start, cameo if a goal is needed & City score is favourable.

          Chelsea boys look the best bet or Vardy.

          1. RAFA THE GAFFA
            • 7 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            Yeah I’ve only got Mount from all that

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

          Sell him for Son/KdB and try C Mount if your rival doesn't have him...

          What's your team and his?

          1. RAFA THE GAFFA
            • 7 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            It’s for Rank sorry my goal

    4. M2.0
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      I’m trying to make up 30 lol

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

      Is your goal moving target or not?

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        It’s rank so yes a lot will change

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

          Season before last I didn't attack enough and miscalculated my risk with armband. Thought that the best differential was good enough to own and lost top 10k with 1 pt.

    6. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Hoping to make up 225pts

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Haha 🙂 GL!!

  2. Hiiler
    • 2 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    122 points after Bonus points.Must say FH paid off, although it could have been better a bit if I had gone with Digne and Watkins for example instead of Ings and Mings. 🙂

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

      105 here. Toss up between starting KDB and Barnes and ended up starting KDB unfortunately. Went Mings over Digne too. Can’t complain at all though

    2. Our Tiny Windows
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Wow well done. I have 88 and am very happy.

      1. Hiiler
        • 2 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Well done yep, but still somehow got few in my mini league with better score then mine for GW37. Hoped to get a first place there for a GW at least once. 🙂

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

      82 pts without a FH (just a single hit to get in Digne)

    4. AC Yew
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Well done. Got 75 and feeling a bit indifferent

      1. Hiiler
        • 2 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Average is 45, so 75 shpuld be good also depenging on your rank. Although I understand also the being indifferent part. If you get 75 and you see others getting 100+ I guess it would make me too indifferent.

  3. Bobby
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    how many points can you realistically catch up do you think in the last week - 30 points, or more?

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

      That'd be very impressive. 30 is steep.

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

        I'm 34 ahead in my ml.

        Not confident!

        He has son and kane, I need to pick which I'm getting, and kane would make it 30 pt lead!

    2. @persecuted_by_mods
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Tough but it will "only" take a punt captaincy coming off

      • andymck
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Best I've done is 25, I suppose 30 isn't impossible...

    3. M2.0
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Chasing:

      a) Havertz (C)
      b) Barnes (C)
      c) Alonso (C)

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

        Alonso.

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

          Alonso or Mount.

          1. M2.0
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 3 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            ML rival has Mount so need to avoid unfortunately. Chasing a 30 point lead…

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

      Worst decision of the season came right at the end - Weghorst to Ings (c) for a hit 1 minute before the deadline. It led to captaincy change from Richarlison (I'm not 100% why I did it) and Eriksen first on the bench.

      I basically lost 25 points with this and most likely won't even make top 15k, where I was at the start of the gameweek. Unbelievable.

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

        It's been such a lottery with so many DGW's. There are always managers who are going to be more set up for a specific game week, that red arrows are almost inevitable.

        Fell from 15k to 50k in 3 GW's. Haven't had this overall rank since GW 14.

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

        Never leave it to last minute panic. I made stupid error with bench order, but (just) got away without being punished.

    5. lilmessipran
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      For gw 38 which option looks better-

      A Davies
      B Alonso (-4)

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

        B

      2. M2.0
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        B

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

      A. Salah —> Son
      B. Havertz + TAA —> Son + B.Davies (-4)
      C. None of them

      1. dunas_dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        A

      2. M2.0
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        a)

      3. HonestBlatter
        • 13 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        C and Salah will haul

      4. Indpush
        • 6 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Salah to Son

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

        C) Havertz to Mount

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

          And Salah to Son -4

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

      FH team average is 87
      BB 67
      TC 86
      No chip 63

    8. JELLYFISH
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      How was Vardy tonight guys? Weighing him up for my FH team but I leaning towards just going Maddison now

    9. M2.0
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Are Vardy and Lukaku still viable options? Been out of the loop this evening and not sure if any were injured or subbed due to playing poorly.

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

        Vardy, yes.

        Lukaku hype will calm down now.

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

        Vardy possibly but with Havertz getting a run out less confident about Lukaku

      3. M2.0
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Thanks guys

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

      Havertz to Mount seems not so smart now that havertz is fit right?

      Mount better pick but a sub is sideways

      1. M2.0
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        If there are absolutely no other transfers that could improve your team then yes. If not, no.

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

        Sideways, no better upgrade around your team?

        Few great defenders to own in 38!

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

        Yeah pretty sideways imo

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

      103 all out - how disappointing

      1. im1974
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Yep

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

      Salah to Mount (c) a good move?

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

        Depends, Salah could start still

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

        Wait for news surely. Salah v Wolves if fit is a great fixture

    13. Ange Ball
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      This season nuts was ahead my rival by 48pts took minus 16pts had 3 players not play now my rival is ahead by couple points. Should I still go ahead take minus 8 bring in Salah as he still got Salah?

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

        to be fair a -16 hit is madness! I would go without Salah and hope he just gets a cameo, dont want to be another -8 down going into the last game

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

      GTG ? No FT
      Dubravka
      Robbo Cancelo Alonso (Schär White )
      Eriksen Son© Maddison Díaz (Saka)
      Richarlison Toney Kane

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

        Nice, G2G

      2. The White Pele
        • 6 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Saka ahead of Richa

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

      Leeds going down apparently

    16. Eleven Hag
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Guyz appreciate any help here.

      Who would you bench and how would you use my FT?

      Dubravka
      TAA Robbo Cancelo Alonso
      Son (c) Mount Maddison Zaha
      Richa Niketah
      - Ramsdale Ings Coutinho Cash

    17. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Is James now too much of a risk to bring in after playing full game?

    18. BantasyFootball
      • 2 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      A) Mount + Maddison (-4)
      B) Mount + Alonso (-4)

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

        A

    19. AzzaroMax99
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Kane, Jota, Nketiah in
      Rica, Zaha, Watkins (-8) out

      Y or N?

      I have 60 pts lead in ML so it should be safe to play a bit in the last gw right?

      1. C0YS
        • 8 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Go for it

        1. AzzaroMax99
          • 7 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Thx

      2. Our Tiny Windows
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Looks fun!

    20. bso
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Help you Pundits! What do I do with this lot? 1 FT 6.6 mib and 25 pts behind ML leader.
      Will Vardy and Mount start? Much appreciate your thoughts.

      Dubravka
      Alonso - Matip - Cancelo
      Saka - Mount - Son - Salah - DH
      Kane - Mateta
      Bench: Pickford - Ings - White - Mykolenko

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

      110 for me this week. Finally into the top 100k. FH for the final week. Not too shabby

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

      ML leader team (27pt lead)

      Mendy
      Robbo Zinchenko Alonso Cancelo
      KDB Son Mount Diaz Saka
      Toney

      (Guaita Emerson Pukki Nacho)

      My team

      Pope
      TAA Robbo Cancelo James
      Salah KDB Saka Martinelli
      Watkins Eddie

      (Kasper Cash Gordon Vydra)

      Best move to win my ML
      A. Salah & Watkins to Kane (c) & Jota (-4)
      B. Salah to Mane (c)
      C. Salah to Mane & Watkins to Jesus (-4)
      D. Salah & Vydra to Eriksen & Kaku (-4)
      E. Anything else?

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

        Think I’d go A seems like the highest upside

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

          Thanks. How about Vardy and a 10.4 midfielder?

    23. putana
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      110 all out. Thank you captain maddison

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

      One of few teams to score worse with my FH team than regular team, kicking myself I didn’t roll. But I’ve just gone top of my mini league for the first time for a long time. All rides in next week:

      Me: Salah, Mount, Richarlison, Jesus, Matip, Alonso + 7

      Him: Son, Zaha, Watkins, Pukki, Robbo, James

      Rest of the team is the same:

      Schemical (Foster)
      TAA Cancelo Laporte
      Maddison Saka Gordon
      Nketieh

      What’s the play?

      A) Safe Salah -> Son (c) Hope the wing backs don’t hurt me
      B) Salah + Jesus -> Kane (c) + Diaz

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

        A

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

      Weird old week.
      71(-8)
      226k > 239k

      Bad captain (Cash) cost me - but I had VC on Zaha so would have only gained 2 points.
      Vardy & Holgate (and Trossard) in was worth the hit in the end.

      Hope others had a better one!

    26. SouthCoastSaint
      • 12 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Coutinho to Mount seems a no brainer?

      Something makes me want Bowen but Brighton fairly solid

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

        Even Coutinho to Pogba would be a good transfer

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

        Cout > Son for me with a hit for TAA > 4.6m or less to fund it.

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

        Coutinho to Mount + Cash to Sesse (-4) locked in for me

    27. Flynny
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Hi....what moves would you make here? 40 ahead of rival who has kane, Mount, James and alonso

      Maybe vvd salah and ramsey to son Mount and sessegnon - 8?

      Thanks

      Schmeichel
      Taa vvd cancelo rudiger (schar)
      Salah saka kulu coutinho (Ramsey)
      Jesus pukki (broja)

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

        How about vvd salah and coutiniho to Son, Mount and Alonso? To cover off your rival

        1. Flynny
          • 9 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          I'm a fool....

          I have kdb and not coutinho!!

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

          Yes^ decent blocking tactics. However, is he capable to try something very different?

      2. C0YS
        • 8 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        I like it

        1. Flynny
          • 9 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          Thanks

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

        Do you ever help input into anyone else's team or simply put yourself first and foremost with your own questions?

        1. Flynny
          • 9 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          A bit of both

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

            I've never seen the other tbf

            1. Flynny
              • 9 Years
              1 year, 10 months ago

              OK. I do try . Will try harder . I have an obsessive personality that often exhibits itself on here

    28. C0YS
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Hello armchair pundits - who would you prefer to have in your team for GW38?

      A) Bowen
      B) Trossard

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

        A

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

        A

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

        A

    29. Tinfoil Deathstar
      • 3 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Ings (c) a disappointment on FH but I’m 5.7k and 5 points off top 5k, so in a decent position going into final GW. I’m looking at bringing Son (c) in for Salah with the FT. Would you do anything for a hit here?

      Dubravka
      Cancelo - Trent - Robbo - James
      Salah - Saka - Kulu - KDB (c) - Mount
      Nketiah

      Bench: Foster; White, Broja, 4.5

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

        Nice team with Son on id say you're good

      2. Indpush
        • 6 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        No hit needed.