Villa v Fulham team news: Robinson starts, Digne benched

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Gordon	NEW	7.3m	86.2%	Likely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.6m	87.8%	Likely
Stach	LEE	4.8m	86.4%	Likely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	92.9%	Likely
James	CHE	5.6m	98.8%	Likely
Woltemade	NEW	7.3m	90.1%	Likely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	89.3%	Likely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	92.1%	Likely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.8m	79.8%	Likely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	95.1%	Maybe
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	93.6%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	82.8%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	73.4%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.7m	39.9%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	75.9%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	79.1%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	59.6%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	5.9m	55.9%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	75.3%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.8m	30.0%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.7m	27.5%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	60.5%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	62.5%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	67.5%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	53.8%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.2m	21.4%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	64.0%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	64.8%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.1m	26.5%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	58.9%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.0m	11.3%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	45.4%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.3m	25.5%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	9.0m	11.2%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	51.3%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	47.6%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	54.9%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	52.7%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	52.8%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	42.3%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	152.2%	Very Likely
Barnes	NEW	6.2m	99.0%	Likely
Muñoz	CRY	5.9m	106.1%	Very Likely
Mamardashvili	LIV	4.3m	102.9%	Very Likely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.3m	104.7%	Very Likely
Vicario	TOT	4.9m	103.8%	Very Likely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	101.6%	Very Likely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	101.5%	Very Likely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	102.1%	Very Likely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	100.7%	Very Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	101.2%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.1m	73.3%	Likely
Ajer	BRE	4.4m	97.2%	Likely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	97.4%	Likely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	98.4%	Likely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	100.2%	Very Likely
James	LEE	5.3m	96.1%	Maybe
March	BHA	5.8m	98.0%	Maybe
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	100.0%	Maybe
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	95.0%	Maybe
Udogie	TOT	4.4m	95.6%	Maybe
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	93.6%	Maybe
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	100.6%	Maybe
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	85.4%	Maybe
Trafford	MCI	4.6m	93.1%	Maybe
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	98.0%	Maybe
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	95.3%	Maybe
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	94.3%	Unlikely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	93.3%	Unlikely
Yoro	MUN	4.3m	90.7%	Unlikely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	94.4%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	94.7%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.3m	80.1%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	94.1%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.3m	87.3%	Unlikely
Hannibal	BUR	4.8m	89.5%	Unlikely
Johnson	SUN	3.9m	83.9%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	88.2%	Unlikely
Bayindir	MUN	4.8m	86.4%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	90.1%	Unlikely

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

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:46pm

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

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:50pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Matheus Cunha	MUN	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	A
Up	Wirtz	LIV	B, Vs
Up	Grealish	EVE	B, Vs
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Sus
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Minteh	BHA	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:54pm

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

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:56pm

The Gameweek 35 action continues this Saturday lunchtime with Aston Villa v Fulham.

Kick-off is at 12:30 BST.

Unai Emery mostly trusts the same players to make amends for last weekend’s deflating 3-0 FA Cup semi-final defeat at Wembley.

There’s just one change from the loss to Crystal Palace, with Ian Maatsen coming in for Lucas Digne.

Youri Tielemans and Morgan Rogers keep up their records of having started in every Premier League match they’ve been available for in 2024/25.

Ollie Watkins, relieved of competition from positional rival Marcus Rashford due to the loanee’s injury, is again up front.

As for Fulham, they welcome back Antonee Robinson from injury. Sasa Lukic also gets a recall.

Willian drops to the bench, while Andreas Pereira is missing altogether.

Both of these sides are still in the hunt for European qualification for next season.

Villa really need all three points to keep up with those in the mix for a top-five spot, while Fulham are currently in pole position for eighth place, which could be enough for UEFA Europa Conference League involvement in 2025/26.

LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Pau, Maatsen, Kamara, Tielemans, Rogers, Asensio, McGinn, Watkins.

Subs: Olsen, Mings, Barkley, Digne, Garcia, Malen, Onana, Bailey, Ramsey.

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Lukic, Berge, Sessegnon, Wilson, Iwobi, Jimenez.

Subs: Benda, Reed, Cairney, Adama, Vinicius, Cuenca, Castagne, Willian, Smith Rowe.

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Pep's Money Laundry

7 months, 27 days ago

When I used BB Konsa got me 3 points over 2 games, now he is sitting on my bench with 7 points. Frustrating to say the least

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Bobkat
7 months, 27 days ago
Same. He’s sat right next to Ruben on mine, bench is doing much better than the rest of my team so far
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St Pauli Walnuts
7 months, 26 days ago
Same boat, but with a Martinez cherry on top. Raya and Saliba benching would be lovely but unlikely.
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SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE

Played Emi Martinez (9) & Gvardiol (8) over Raya & Saliba 🙂

Nightcrawler
7 months, 27 days ago
Who are the other defenders
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Egg noodle

Did many captain Saka? I'm now increasingly worried of a no show or a low show

Bobkat
7 months, 27 days ago
I sold him
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FPL Scoop

Phewwww - and breathe.

AC/DC AFC
7 months, 27 days ago
Hull City?

A Pompey goal would have put them down, not Luton Town again.
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1. FPL Scoop
  7 months, 27 days ago
  Villa! UCL still a possibility, probably would have been out of reach if points were dropped today.
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  1. Bobkat
    7 months, 27 days ago
    Good result. As a toon fan I was hoping for a last minute Fulham goal. Looks like the UCL spots are gonna go all the way to the end of the season
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Twisted Saltergater

Rogers looks like he needs a rest

Scapegoat Salah
7 months, 27 days ago
Don’t understand why he subbed Watkins off and not Rogers
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1. Waylander
  7 months, 27 days ago
  Watkins was shocking
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2. Twisted Saltergater
  7 months, 27 days ago
  He plays 90 mins of every game so I’m not surprised his performances have dipped a little. Thought he was struggling vs PSG physically but Emery trusts him.
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AC/DC AFC

Too much to ask for an Ipswich goal?

In a mini league cup I'm up against a wildcard team with triple Everton defense.

Kabayan

Martinez and Ruben on my bench.

Andy_Social
7 months, 27 days ago
I sold Martinez (would have benched him for Raya anyway) for Pickford. C'mon Jordan!
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