England v Iran team news: Maguire + Saka start, Foden a sub

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GW18 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Ekitiké	LIV	8.9m	108.6%	Very Likely
James	CHE	5.6m	98.2%	Maybe
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	94.7%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	94.2%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	7.3m	91.1%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	85.9%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	84.8%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	80.6%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	78.8%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	77.5%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	74.5%	Unlikely
Stach	LEE	4.8m	73.4%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	71.0%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	72.6%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.6m	71.1%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.3m	67.2%	Unlikely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.8m	66.9%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	66.8%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	66.8%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	66.2%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	65.1%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	58.3%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	58.3%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	56.6%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	54.7%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	53.5%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	53.6%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	51.9%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	49.9%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	48.3%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	47.4%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	46.1%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	45.0%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	44.4%	Unlikely
Kamara	AVL	4.9m	43.3%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	42.9%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	5.9m	41.1%	Unlikely
Evanilson	BOU	7.0m	43.1%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.9m	42.5%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	41.2%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	556.3%	Very Likely
Mamardashvili	LIV	4.3m	103.9%	Very Likely
Isidor	SUN	5.5m	102.7%	Very Likely
Vicario	TOT	4.9m	102.9%	Very Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.2m	102.8%	Very Likely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	101.7%	Very Likely
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	99.6%	Likely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	101.3%	Very Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	101.2%	Very Likely
March	BHA	5.8m	101.0%	Very Likely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	100.8%	Very Likely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	100.4%	Very Likely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	100.3%	Very Likely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	100.3%	Very Likely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.3m	99.9%	Likely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	100.3%	Very Likely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	100.2%	Very Likely
Muñoz	CRY	5.9m	99.5%	Likely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	99.6%	Maybe
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	98.4%	Maybe
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	97.7%	Maybe
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	95.8%	Maybe
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	96.0%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	96.4%	Maybe
James	LEE	5.3m	95.2%	Maybe
Doucouré	CRY	4.9m	95.1%	Maybe
Udogie	TOT	4.4m	94.4%	Unlikely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	94.5%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.2m	92.6%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	93.3%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	93.6%	Unlikely
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	93.5%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	92.5%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.6m	91.9%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	91.4%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	90.7%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	90.1%	Unlikely
Yoro	MUN	4.3m	89.3%	Unlikely
Hannibal	BUR	4.8m	88.5%	Unlikely
Odobert	TOT	5.3m	87.0%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B, Vs, Sus
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:40am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Andersen	FUL	C
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
No Change	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	B
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	B
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:42am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
No Change	Szoboszlai	LIV	B, Vs, Inj, Sus
No Change	Minteh	BHA	C
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Sus
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:49am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	A, Vs
Up	Bowen	WHU	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B, Rest

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:51am

GW18 Chip Poll

Dugout Discussion

21 November 2022 470 comments

avfc82

England kick off their 2022 World Cup campaign against Iran on Monday at the Khalifa International Stadium.

Kick-off is at 13:00 GMT.

Gareth Southgate hands Bukayo Saka a start on the right wing for England, with Raheem Sterling lining up on the opposite flank. That means Phil Foden is named among the substitutes.

Elsewhere, Harry Maguire partners John Stones at the back in what is presumably a 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 formation.

As expected, Kyle Walker and James Maddison are not fit enough to be involved.

For Iran, former Brighton and Hove Albion forward Alireza Jahanbakhsh is selected and is expected to feature in attack alongside dangerman Mehdi Taremi.

MATCHDAY 1 LINE-UPS

England XI: Pickford, Trippier, Stones, Maguire, Shaw, Bellingham, Rice, Mount, Saka, Sterling, Kane

Iran XI: Beiranvand, Moharrami, Pouraliganji, Cheshmi, Hosseini, Mohammadi, Nourollahi, Karimi, Hajsafi, Jahanbakhsh, Taremi

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Revival
3 years, 1 month ago
Bellingham first player to score in a world cup born after year 2000
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1. Deulofail
  3 years, 1 month ago
  Milleningham
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  1. Mozumbus
    3 years, 1 month ago
    Nice!!
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2. Piggs Boson
  3 years, 1 month ago
  Saka the 2nd then?
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Shark Team
3 years, 1 month ago
England dont have a reliable defence in order to win the World Cup, attack is powerful but its not enough to win the trophy imo
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1. Deulofail
  3 years, 1 month ago
  Defence is a weak spot that makes it less likely, but it's weird to have an opinion that something that's possible is impossible.
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2. Piggs Boson
  3 years, 1 month ago
  They'll probably play a back 3 against better sides.
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DavvaMC
3 years, 1 month ago
Not seeing Sosa in many predicted lineups and just subbed him on for Trippier.

Do you think he starts for Croatia?

Damn
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1. Gizzachance
  3 years, 1 month ago
  Can you wait till Croatia game for line ups? Or does it have to be done now?
  Can you reverse it? Not sure on rules
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  1. DavvaMC
    3 years, 1 month ago
    Because the rules are a shambles I have no idea, but it look like I cannot revert this now o will have to hope he starts.
    
    Only 1 point will be missed.
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    1. jay01
      3 years, 1 month ago
      You can sub sosa off i believe
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El Presidente
3 years, 1 month ago
Pickford, Trippier and Kane(c) great fantasy picks....
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Lucky Z
3 years, 1 month ago
Muslera is not No1?
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1. El Presidente
  3 years, 1 month ago
  Nope
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Arteta
3 years, 1 month ago
It's only Iran lads...
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bruuuno
3 years, 1 month ago
Best captain out of Dumfries or Giroud in MD1?
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jay01
3 years, 1 month ago
Struggling to understand rules on captain.. if i switch from trippier to bergjwin now.. can i change from bergjwin to messi tomorrow?
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1. Revival
  3 years, 1 month ago
  no only 1 captain change allowed
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  1. jay01
    3 years, 1 month ago
    Whoops i did it so i guess i have a lot riding on this game haha
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2. DavvaMC
  3 years, 1 month ago
  Don't think so, it gives you one chance, I might be wrong though.
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lugs
3 years, 1 month ago
transfer hack done, Kane ---> Lewandowski vs Saudi Arabia next week, Telles ---> Blind vs Senegal today, not sure Telles plays and since its the last game i can't transfer him then to someone the same price for Brazil, just need Blind to outscore Dumfries now 🙂
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1. SpaceCoyote97
  3 years, 1 month ago
  Kane for Lewandowski is a good choice. If SA somehow do OK against Argentina (highly unlikely), then maybe Bale instead of Lewandowski.
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  1. lugs
    3 years, 1 month ago
    Bale is an interesting punt, but its too late for me now the moves are done, although i could still use WC if i get any injuries
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    1. SpaceCoyote97
      3 years, 1 month ago
      Yeah, I think Lewandowski is the better decision anyway, you've probably made the right move.
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2. BobbyDoesNotLook
  3 years, 1 month ago
  What hack
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  1. lugs
    3 years, 1 month ago
    its not hack its part of the game, its just a way to earn more money for other transfers later in the gw, look how the above transfer works as an example
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3. bso
  3 years, 1 month ago
  How do you transfer someone who costs less for someone who costs more? (Is this what you are doing?)
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  1. lugs
    3 years, 1 month ago
    Kane(Locked) to Lewa, i keep Kanes points as this transfer only becomes active matchday 2 as kane played and is locked, that transfer left me 1m itb so i was able to transfer Telles(4.5m) to Blind(5.5m) both of whom hadn't played at the time of transfer and are unlocked so i get Blind's points this week but not Telles, the same concept works if you sell Kane to fodder, a different fodder in your team to premium
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    1. bso
      3 years, 1 month ago
      Thanks Lugs. Appreciate the explanation. Interesting rules here.
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Gizzachance
3 years, 1 month ago
3 transfers in sky for the round?
Can I do say trippier to Argentinian def for tomorrow?
Cheers
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1. lugs
  3 years, 1 month ago
  yeah, you'll keep Trippier's 7pts too
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  1. Gizzachance
    3 years, 1 month ago
    Cheers
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gooberman
3 years, 1 month ago
Imagine paying for tickets for this match and having to put up with this constant racquet around the stadium from these morons. Im only watching it on TV but on the verge of turning it off as its so annoying.
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1. Gizzachance
  3 years, 1 month ago
  Same! Can’t even fill stadiums either
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  1. gooberman
    3 years, 1 month ago
    I'm assuming its drums. They shouldn't be allowed to bring them into the stadiums.
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    1. Gizzachance
      3 years, 1 month ago
      Seen something that they didn’t want certain things in ground an spoil the atmosphere, especially for those watching on tv !
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Baps Hunter
3 years, 1 month ago
I have Di Maria, Martinez, Messi and Skov Olsen playing tomorrow. Sabiri 4.0 mid (0.5 million itb has his fixture on Wednesday. Supposing one of those 4 players blanks, I should sell him for a locked cheapie and buy someone decent mid from Brazil or Portugal to play for me this week?
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1. Baps Hunter
  3 years, 1 month ago
  I believe this is "the legal cheat" allowed by rules(?)
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  1. SmasherLagru
    3 years, 1 month ago
    No
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