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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. jonnybhoy
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Hey Alexa how do I delete my FPL team

    1. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      Tried that, unfortunately AI takes over and starts updating you with your OR every hour - nightmare wormhole....don't go there

  2. dansmusen
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    People who went Leno on FH need to learn. Saints been pretty good lately.

    1. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      Look how many times Southampton scored a goal this season?

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        7 months, 21 days ago

        they seem to be scoring almost every game recently

    2. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      I need to learn

    3. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      Oh shush lol

    4. Yes Ndidi
      • 6 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      And Sessegnon? What was all that about?

    5. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      Any way to minus a post ??

  3. pakornk
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    is it me or there's no perma-captain picks during the latter end of this season? Salah has been poor, Isak as well. Haaland is injured, Marmoush is crap, and Palmer is on vacation.

  4. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Knew Southampton would score and Robinson wouldn't feature, that's why I'll hopefully be in the top 1 million OR by end of GW 😎

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      #FPLGenius

      1. Jafooli
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 21 days ago

        #SimplytheBest

        1. tiger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          7 months, 21 days ago

          How do I subscribe to your content?

          1. Jafooli
            • 13 Years
            7 months, 21 days ago

            Available on MumsNet for free...the housewives dig it...

            1. tiger
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              7 months, 21 days ago

              Subscribing now 😀

    2. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      You can do it.

      1. Jafooli
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 21 days ago

        Also transferred out Leno this morning, so double up side

    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      They can't keep a good man down

      1. Jafooli
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 21 days ago

        Well they have for 33 x GWs so far lol...

    4. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      HaveVVD. Sounds more of a STD than TAA

      1. Jafooli
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 21 days ago

        Everything in this game is a unwelcome addition 😉

        1. Crunchie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          7 months, 21 days ago

          Haha

        2. Crunchie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          7 months, 21 days ago

          Everytime I score I seem to get one. May it continue lol

  5. The Big Fella
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Stephens essential. Why didn’t Southampton play like this before getting relegated?! They may have avoided the drop

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      Pressure now off and playing a team that’s already quit on the season?

      1. The Big Fella
        • 9 Years
        7 months, 21 days ago

        Not just this game the last 5 or so

    2. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      New manager bounce

  6. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Screw you Leno

  7. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    This already looks like a disaster of a GW.

    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      It is every gameweek, the league is embarrassing at the moment

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 21 days ago

        It's a very poor standard, yes.

    2. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      Another one coming up. Captaincy is going to be huge

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 months, 21 days ago

        Got it on Cunha, who will obviously blank today.

  8. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Hinshelwood with that Brighton assist?

  9. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    The bottom 3 will upset everyone will be typical!!!

  10. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    All my team at the beach

  11. Quality Quality Qualit
    • 16 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Leno owners got Bernd

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      I didn't get that one

      Quite liked it tho.

  12. JBG
    • 7 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Goals from 2 home teams, but the wrong ones...

    1. Mozumbus
      • 4 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      Both in the right direction for my FH team so far

  13. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Go Semedo and RAN!

  14. BIGREDDOG
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Pages used to fly by on a matchday! Has it slowed down a bit?

    1. The Big Fella
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      I don’t think the site gets nearly as much traffic. Too many betting articles, member’s area is just data you can get for free elsewhere and bugs (I haven’t had an email notifying me of replies in about 6-12 months and they can’t fix it

  15. Egg noodle
    • 15 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Can't believe nobody recommended Ayari, Jackson and Stephens on WC

  16. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    that robinson absense hurts sess owners the most

    his only attraction was points from the wing. fulham dont keep cleanies

    1. Kellz86
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      Exactly - started Sess for the OOP over Cucu on FH

  17. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    This game man, end the season.

  18. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Leno and Sessegnon bust.
    Palmer blank

    Another awful week

    1. Saka White Rice
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      I mean why on earth would you go double fullham defense? Chelsea Newcastle Liverpool and Wolvds had higher CS odds

  19. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Goal Newcastle. Better be Pope...

    1. Zladan
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      Offside

      1. Zladan
        • 8 Years
        7 months, 21 days ago

        Foul on keeper even.

    2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      Disallowed but will go VAR

    3. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      VAR check

  20. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Went without any Fulham, Soton scored in 6 of last 7 now

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      only have Robinson

      1. The Big Fella
        • 9 Years
        7 months, 21 days ago

        Which means you went without Fulham

  21. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Oh, just remembered have Iwobi, involved in anything yet? Apart from the recriminations for the Southampton goal...

  22. fusen
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    5 cleansheets in 34 games, 1 cleansheet in the last 11 games. Did people really expect a Fulham cleansheet? Sessegnon was bought as an OOP defender, Robinson has had a decent season in terms of assists. Not sure what the lure of Leno is.

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      Sess playing RW. Sods law that Robinson misses his first game of the season.

  23. FantasyTony
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Need a Murphy A Barnes G Isak YC for removing his shirt in the celebrations

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      Very specific...it's grrreat!

  24. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Justice for Robinson owners

    1. Kellz86
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      No show better than not starting if you have a decent bench option

  25. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Just need Barnes to blank for my ML, everything else I couldn’t care less, every team on the beach

  26. Crunchie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Bring back Tindle

  27. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Pfff benched Cucu, played Sess, hoped he will be RW

    1. Kellz86
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      Same - but that’s FPL

      All a dice roll

    2. Sailboats
      • 10 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      Same

      1. Sailboats
        • 10 Years
        7 months, 21 days ago

        Theres still time for Sess to score a hat trick though

    3. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      Had to play sess v Southampton

      1. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        7 months, 21 days ago

        Yeah, my thinking

  28. BIGREDDOG
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    RAN Big chance

    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      We should get points for that

  29. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    Apologies for telling everyone to go treble Newcastle attack ....

    1. Crunchie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      I did too lol

  30. x.jim.x
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 21 days ago

    You just have to look at the panic of Cunha being benched on here to see how far this website has dropped off, just full of attention seekers and begs

    1. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 21 days ago

      Cunha benched??

      1. DropkickMurphys
        • 4 Years
        7 months, 21 days ago

        Wait WHAT