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Many Gameweek 34 Free Hit picks will be in action in the 3pm BST kick-offs, with four Premier League matches getting underway:

Newcastle United’s starting XI is finally changed after seven matches but it’s not Jacob Murphy or Harvey Barnes making way. Those two wingers start again as Anthony Gordon has to make do with substitute duty once more.

Eddie Howe’s one alteration is actually an enforced one, as Joelinton misses out with a knee issue. Joe Willock replaces him.

Fabian Schar is fit to start, while Sven Botman is named on the Magpies’ bench after recovering from injury.

Ipswich Town’s Kieran McKenna is the busiest boss of the afternoon, making four changes.

Luke Woolfenden, Cameron Burgess, Jack Taylor and Liam Delap come in, with George Hirst and Jens Cajuste dropping to the bench. Leif Davis is suspended and Axel Tuanzebe is unexpectedly absent.

The Tractor Boys do at least have Omari Hutchinson back among the substitutes.

Fulham are also facing a member of the bottom three in the shape of Southampton, who have Ross Stewart starting for the first time in six months. He replaces the absent Paul Onuachu.

The Cottagers themselves are without Antonee Robinson, while Sasa Lukic is demoted to substitute duty.

Willian and Harry Wilson return to an attacking-looking starting line-up, with Ryan Sessegnon presumably dropping back to left-back to cover for Robinson.

At Molineux, Jose Sa and Matt Doherty are fit enough to return to join Matheus Cunha and co in Wolverhampton Wanderers’ starting XI.

Dan Bentley and Santiago Bueno are the unfortunate men to make way.

Facundo Buonanotte replaces the injured Stephy Mavididi in Leicester City’s only change.

Finally, at the Amex, there are three alterations apiece.

Two of Brighton and Hove Albion’s changes are enforced as Jan Paul van Hecke is injured and Joao Pedro is suspended. Yankuba Minteh also drops to the bench.

Solly March, Simon Adingra and Yasin Ayari get recalls but Kaoru Mitoma again has to make do with substitute duty. Joel Veltman and Tariq Lamptey are on the bench after recovering from injury.

For the Hammers, Niclas Fullkrug, Carlos Soler and Vladimir Coufal drop to the bench.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Tomas Soucek and Konstantinos Mavropanos replace them.

LINE-UPS

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Verbruggen, Hinshelwood, Dunk, Baleba, Estupinan, Wieffer, Ayari, O’Riley, March, Adingra, Welbeck.

Subs: Steele, Lamptey, Gruda, Cashin, Minteh, Mitoma, Gomez, Veltman, Tasker.

West Ham United XI: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Mavropanos, Emerson, Soucek, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta, Kudus, Bowen.

Subs: Fabianski, Cresswell, Soler, Coufal, Fullkrug, Guilherme, Ings, Rodriguez, Irving.


Newcastle United XI: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento, Bruno Guimaraes, Tonali, Willock, Murphy, Isak, Barnes

Subs: Dubravka, Ruddy, Botman, Wilson, Gordon, Krafth, Osula, Longstaff, Miley.

Ipswich Town XI: Palmer, O’Shea, Woolfenden, Burgess, Greaves, Morsy, J Taylor, Johnson, Enciso, Clarke, Delap.

Subs: Walton, Chaplin, Cajuste, Hutchinson, Luongo, Hirst, Godfrey, Boniface, T Taylor.


Southampton XI: Ramsdale, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens, Walker-Peters, Downes, Ugochukwu, Manning, Fernandes, Sulemana, Stewart.

Subs: McCarthy, Aribo, Smallbone, Bree, Wood, Archer, Dibling, Welington, Robinson.

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Sessegnon, Berge, Pereira, Willian, Wilson, Iwobi, Jimenez.

Subs: Benda, Reed, Cairney, Traore, Vinicius, Cuenca, Lukic, Castagne, Smith Rowe.


Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa, Semedo, Doherty, Agbadou, Toti, Ait-Nouri, Andre, Joao Gomes, Munetsi, Cunha, Strand Larsen.

Subs: Bueno, Hwang, R Gomes, Sarabia, Forbs, Bellegarde, Guedes, Djiga, Bentley.

Leicester City XI: Hermansen, Ricardo, Faes, Coady, Thomas, Ndidi, Soumare, El Khannouss, De Cordova Reid, Buonanotte, Vardy.

Subs: Justin, Okoli, Kristiansen, Skipp, McAteer, Monga, Ayew, Daka, Stolarczyk.



  1. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 8 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Salaaah!

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Isaaak!

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

        Not Palmer!

        1. TOLV TUMS
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          Not Palmer!

  2. Seaman
    • 2 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Playing with 10 on WC. FFS Robinson! All week we had the Sessegnon mystery....

    1. Utopsis
      • 5 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      If youre on WC, you'll have autosub. Hardly 10

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        3 Man City?

        1. Utopsis
          • 5 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          Well...

        2. Seaman
          • 2 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          Yes

  3. The Knights Template
    • 12 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    It’s nearly midnight!

    1. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Get a chippy Chips Sandwich and a Victoria beer

      1. The Knights Template
        • 12 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        With a Violet Crumble chaser!

    2. Merlin the Wraith
      • 9 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Tis the witching hour & long past your bathtime.

  4. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Some guy in my ML with triple Chelsea def, including Chalo, Christ…

    1. Sailboats
      • 10 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Wow, he went all in

    2. Utopsis
      • 5 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      High risk high reward

  5. faux_C
    • 13 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    So annoyed it let myself be talked into getting Palmer.

    1. Utopsis
      • 5 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Reserve judgement until other options play

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        It's still a bad pick regardless of how others do

        1. Utopsis
          • 5 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          You're entitled to your opinion

        2. Goodfeathers
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          Haha. You really have a chip on your shoulder about Palmer aye?

          1. Utopsis
            • 5 Years
            8 months, 1 day ago

            A lot don't understand that if you wait for a player to start returning before you get him, you've lost first mover advantage.

            So they play safe and rely on stats, and finish around 500k.

            1. fusen
              • 13 Years
              8 months, 1 day ago

              But equally if you move to someone who then doesn't perform then you're playing with a dud player for many weeks

              1. Utopsis
                • 5 Years
                8 months, 1 day ago

                Yep correct - so getting your stick or twist decisions are key throughout the season. Less relevant on FH though.

            2. Nightcrawler
              • 6 Years
              8 months, 1 day ago

              take risks is all i do.ranked top 30 for 2nd chance league but OR is 6 digits which shows risks pay off sometimes and sometimes they backfire. Palmer was anything but a risky pick this gw

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

      I didn't understand why many were tipping and picking Palmer

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Scared in case he does well.

        1. The-Red-1
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          This. For me it was thinking about my ML. He's been rubbish, but I wouldn't have been surprised if he'd got a penalty and 10-15 points, which was the fear

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

          I started the season with him but you can't just rely on season stats.

          It's the budget issue I feel.

      2. WiredWeasel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        For fun! Rank's not going to win any prizes so who cares?

    3. Effe
      • 15 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Same

  6. Crunchie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Any non Salah captainers?

    Isak here

    Captain my Captain

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Ditto

    2. The Big Fella
      • 9 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Isak too my rival has gone salah and FH but is 50 points ahead

      1. Crunchie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Same here. He is on FH. I am on WC35 and BB probably 38. May bench 3 arsenal lol GW38

  7. Gandalf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    I'm confused, is Sessegnon playing today or not? Fotmob says he isn't in the starting line up nor the bench.

    1. Herger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      He’s starting. Are you sure you’re looking at Fulham?

      1. Podorsky
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Same, not starting on fotmob.

        1. Herger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          Are you sure you’re looking at Fulham though?

        2. Gandalf
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          Glad Cucurella didn't score now!

      2. Gandalf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Thanks. Yup looking at the right squad - must be a bug in the app as they are showing Robinson as starting.

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 11 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          Same happened to me last week with Sarr and mateta and saka starting midweek...was a bit of a downer....

      3. The Knights Template
        • 12 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        He’s looking at Hobbiton!

    2. The Big Fella
      • 9 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      That is Southampton you are looking at

    3. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Fotmob isn't very good.

      1. Gandalf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Yup, clearly need to switch! Any recommendations?

  8. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Cunha(C) I want 4 goals from today. We deserve it for not following the crowd

    1. Sailboats
      • 10 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Let's go!! Wolves 5-0

      1. Crunchie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        2 0 SL double

        1. Crunchie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          Why don't smilies work?

          1. The-Red-1
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            8 months, 1 day ago

            They sometimes do 🙂

          2. TOLV TUMS
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            8 months, 1 day ago

            I’ve always wondered this

          3. Merlin the Wraith
            • 9 Years
            8 months, 1 day ago

            There used to be a smilies guide hereabouts ages ago, maybe someone remembers it. I learnt what works by trial & error.

      2. Utopsis
        • 5 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Lol this would be quite something

  9. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Why Robinson benched ffs...lol...muppets unite!!

    1. Goodfeathers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      He’s not even in the squad by the looks of it.

      1. Jafooli
        • 13 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Cheers Goodfeathers, good to know...

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      First miss of the season. Who is on your bench ?

      1. The Big Fella
        • 9 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        My rival has Trent which worries me

      2. Jafooli
        • 13 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        TAA - is Robinson on the bench?

    3. The Big Fella
      • 9 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Not even benched. Not in the squad. Sess playing back in defence. Dodged a bullet there

      1. Jafooli
        • 13 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Ah righto, TAA coming on, so not overly fussed, though Robinson would come on for 5mins point blocking shenanigans lol

        1. Crunchie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

          Cool

    4. Seaman
      • 2 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      He is not in the team. If U have a playing sub

      1. Jafooli
        • 13 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        TAA is fine then, okay with that, many thanks...

    5. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Unless your not on a FH do you have a bench?

      1. Jafooli
        • 13 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        All good, see above, many thanks Crunchie...

  10. Merlin the Wraith
    • 9 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Hehe! Waiting for Virg to 'congratulate' Scout picks on their Palmer c/s & Cuc benching. Ice cream to a Labrador. 😀

    1. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Lol. How do you get smilies to work. On chrome on phone. Never works haha

  11. Egg noodle
    • 15 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    reading the title of this article, Why was Murphy a doubt to start?

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      People who couldn't fit him in to their FH decided it would make them feel better to say he might be rested...

      1. Egg noodle
        • 15 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        🙂

  12. JBG
    • 7 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Hopefully Southampton win 2-0

    1. Egg noodle
      • 15 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      And Leicester 2-0 too

      1. JBG
        • 7 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        They can win 3-2, Cunha 2 goals

      2. Crunchie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Think Southampton beat Leicestnjer next week

        1. TOLV TUMS
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          8 months, 1 day ago

  13. BIGREDDOG
    • 8 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Palmer was a good and obvious pick. Pipe down experts.

    1. Egg noodle
      • 15 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Last goal GW21

    2. Utopsis
      • 5 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Let them have their moment, they are understandably feeling vindicated

    3. The Big Fella
      • 9 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      No he wasn’t

    4. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Too much expectation in this game, it’s always disappointment so the way it should be seen is, Palmer owners are 3 points up at the moment

      #FPLPointsontheboard

    5. Roland The Headless Thompso…
      • 14 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Palmer didn't score against Leicester / Southampton / Ipswich - when we got him in - why would going for himget him in for Everton? I really didn't get it with all the content creators

    6. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Palmer was a truly awful pick

  14. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Ipswich neatly scored:)

    1. The-Red-1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Have they?

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Jack Clarke according to the radio

    2. Utopsis
      • 5 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Ban

      1. BIGREDDOG
        • 8 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        He meant nearly, was a typo.

    1. Egg noodle
      • 15 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      hahaha you know yourself all too well

    2. BIGREDDOG
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Hahaha. The old anti-jynx attempt!

    3. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Joked yesterday it will be a Cucu Jackson haul.

      Never thought it would happen

  15. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    This is all very exciting:)

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      What you up to?

  16. Effe
    • 15 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Has anything happened yet?

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

      Chelsea won

    2. Sailboats
      • 10 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      All 8 team CS are locked in

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Imagine if the best formation this week is 541

  17. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Cunha (c) goals sorely needed this afternoon.

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Cunha hatty would be beautyful

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        beautiful*

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

    Ipswich going for it.

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      They’re not relegated yet

    2. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Greaves get me a return lad

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

        Good luck to ya

  19. Crunchie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Olise goal!

  20. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Willian close, would be Sessegnon A.

    1. Silecro
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Sess creating some solid chances this last 13mins

  21. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Please let it be wellbeck.....

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

    Brighton GOAL

  23. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Brighton G
    Ayari

  24. Egg noodle
    • 15 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Brighton goal. Ayari

    1. BIGREDDOG
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Absolute screamer also

  25. FplmorelikeFml
    • 1 Year
    8 months, 1 day ago

    48 mins of game time across 4 matches has gone by and still no goals. Best league in the world they say sigh

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

    Southampton bust Fulham up

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

      Stephens with the goal

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

        Header

        Free kick

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Cucu on bench trully gutting....

  27. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Southampton goal !!!!

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Always nick one! Glad I didn’t go double full def!

  28. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Southampton G
    Stephens

    1. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      Redemption for robinson

  29. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    8 months, 1 day ago

    Of course SOU score, of course

    1. Egg noodle
      • 15 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      they always do

      1. Crunchie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        8 months, 1 day ago

        Yep nearly always scored one

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

          It's the 78 goals conceded that's been an issue

    2. BIGREDDOG
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 1 day ago

      His first goal in 5 years!