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FPL Gameweek 18: Saturday’s goals, assists, bonus + ‘DefCon’ points

27 December 2025 287 comments
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At the end of Saturday’s Gameweek 18 matches, our Scoreboard rounds up the Fantasy numbers.

Included in this article are the day’s leading teams and players for shots, chances created and expected goals (xG). This is official Opta data taken from our Members Area.

Meanwhile, the goals, assists and bonus summaries are from LiveFPL.

And, new for 2025/26, we’ll also round up Saturday’s defensive contribution (DC/DefCon) points.

GAMEWEEK 18: SATURDAY’S GOALS, ASSISTS AND PROJECTED BONUS POINTS

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GAMEWEEK 18: SATURDAY’S PLAYER AND TEAM STATS

DEFENDERS WHO QUALIFIED FOR DEFENSIVE CONTRIBUTION POINTS

MIDFIELDERS WHO QUALIFIED FOR DEFENSIVE CONTRIBUTION POINTS

TEAMS – GOAL ATTEMPTS (TOTAL)

MORE STATS IN OUR MATCH CENTRE

Chelsea1 – 2Aston Villa
West Ham United0 – 1Fulham
Liverpool2 – 1Wolverhampton Wanderers
Burnley0 – 0Everton
Brentford4 – 1Bournemouth
Arsenal2 – 1Brighton and Hove Albion
Nottingham Forest1 – 2Manchester City
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  1. Absolutely Muñozed
      2 hours, 16 mins ago

      Gudmundson to
      1. Dorgu
      2. Heaven

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      1. tbos83
        • 5 Years
        1 hour, 11 mins ago

        1

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    • The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      2 hours, 16 mins ago

      Was planning Semenyo to Cunha with FT, but now wondering if selling Foden instead might be better? Would give me an extra £1.4m for a rainy day too. Thought?

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      1. The Knights Template
        • 12 Years
        1 hour, 15 mins ago

        A lot of uncertainty of Semenyo’s role/minutes at Man City and Foden still looking dangerous.

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        1. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          1 hour, 8 mins ago

          Cheers. I get that, but it’s not like he’s new to the league or not fit. He could potentially walk straight into the team, maybe at Foden’s expense 😉

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          1. The Knights Template
            • 12 Years
            59 mins ago

            Yep, I currently own both and holding for the moment, but I really want Wirtz!

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            1. The Knights Template
              • 12 Years
              56 mins ago

              Might do Saka > Wirtz actually, we’ll see.

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          2. The Knights Template
            • 12 Years
            36 mins ago

            He will be like Mbeumo at Man U, no longer the main man like he was at Brentford, will share points with countless others, less baps too I suspect. Semenyo > Wirtz back on! Huzzah!

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            1. The Bandit
              • 15 Years
              29 mins ago

              I’ve just done Semenyo to Cunha 🙂

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              1. The Knights Template
                • 12 Years
                10 mins ago

                Good move given you already had Wirtz. How is your season travelling?

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    • Khalico
      • 10 Years
      2 hours, 14 mins ago

      Need to drop either Chalobah or Guehi for Gabriel, which one to take out?

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      1. Absolutely Muñozed
          2 hours, 13 mins ago

          may be Gabriel gets benched for another GW?

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      2. corderz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 hours, 12 mins ago

        Wirtz > Cunha? Or keep hold of Wirtz?

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        1. Weak Become Heros
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          1 hour, 38 mins ago

          Hold

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        2. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          1 hour, 36 mins ago

          I want both for this next week, but probably Cunha longer term

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        3. Ribus
          • 12 Years
          1 hour, 16 mins ago

          Why get rid of Wirtz now?? I assume you got him in not that lang ago.

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          1. corderz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            1 hour, 1 min ago

            Last week just to attack the Wolves fixture

            Looking to do the same with Cunha

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      3. Do I Not Like Orange
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 hours, 10 mins ago

        Got a defence of VVD Hincapie Lacroix Senesi Anderson.

        Do Hincapie > Dorgu? Would likely WC early & shift at least 2 of the others after that, Bournemouth defence a bomb scare & VVD is the worst pick in the game.

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        1. Absolutely Muñozed
            2 hours, 8 mins ago

            no need to WC just because of defenders

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            1. Do I Not Like Orange
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              2 hours, 4 mins ago

              I'd have to deal with Semenyo shortly thereafter & probably Thiago too

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        2. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 11 Years
          2 hours, 8 mins ago

          Def is
          Timber hincapie chalobah truffert alderete

          Just do truffert to dorgu and play
          Timber chalobah dorgu (hincapie alde

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        3. AC Pilkington
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          2 hours, 4 mins ago

          Was anything said after the game about the potential Ekitike injury?

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        4. Pompel
          • 11 Years
          2 hours, 4 mins ago

          Semenyo owners, in light of transfer rumors, are you selling now? And if so, for who?

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          1. Mr. O'Connell
            • 13 Years
            1 hour, 19 mins ago

            Schade. Has to be.

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            1. Pompel
              • 11 Years
              1 hour, 5 mins ago

              Sounds like points chasing

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          2. fedolefan
            • 11 Years
            1 hour, 15 mins ago

            The transfer rumors were before the game against Brentford right? And he scored.

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            1. Pompel
              • 11 Years
              1 hour, 12 mins ago

              Rumors seem to gather momentum , ref post on previous page

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              1. fedolefan
                • 11 Years
                1 hour, 8 mins ago

                Pretty sure I read that while/just before Bournemouth were playing.

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        5. It’s gonna Ben Mee
          • 12 Years
          2 hours, 2 mins ago

          Arsenal - Villa on Tuesday is a very important game… A Villa win at Emirates and who knows how this ends

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          1. Mr. O'Connell
            • 13 Years
            1 hour, 47 mins ago

            With City winning the title

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            1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
              • 12 Years
              1 hour, 7 mins ago

              Yeah probably

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          2. RockLedge
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            1 hour, 14 mins ago

            A fair point. Why not Villa for the title?

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          3. PartyTime
            • 4 Years
            4 mins ago

            Arsenal were naive against Brighton. Running down the clock from the 70th minute. With 20 minutes left, kept pumping & clearing the ball to Brighton's half which gave BRI more possession of the ball during that phase. They executed the corner flag time wastage with about 8 minutes left to play ffs!

            I think Brighton made them miss out on winning the league or qualifying for UCL some years back when Bissouma trolled Arse at the Emirates. Maybe that's why Arse became so timid in the 2nd half.

            Villa & Brighton are alike. I can see an upset from Villa

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        6. Joyce1998
          • 9 Years
          1 hour, 58 mins ago

          Any of these transfer worth doing

          A- Semenyo>> Rogers before price rise
          B- Foden> Cherki allows extra funds
          C- Hold

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          1. Stranger Mings
            • 5 Years
            3 mins ago

            C

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        7. Khalico
          • 10 Years
          1 hour, 51 mins ago

          Which one?

          1. Kelleher, Chalobah
          2. Roefs, Guehi

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        8. shirtless
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          1 hour, 48 mins ago

          Sold Rogers for Saka > Rogers braces back-to-back
          Sold Pedro for Thiago > Pedro scores, Thiago blanks v Wolves

          After weeks of starting Dubravka, bring in Sanchez on wildcard -> Dubravka 11 pointer
          Sold Semenyo for Rogers > Semenyo scores, Rogers booked, Semenyo not booked

          At least Ekitike(c) & Keane did ok.

          I'll let you know what I do next week!

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        9. Khalico
          • 10 Years
          1 hour, 47 mins ago

          Guehi + Mukiele or Keane + Andersen?

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        10. MetallicaJack93
          • 2 Years
          1 hour, 44 mins ago

          Who would you take out? Or roll?

          Pickford
          Timber Guehi OReilly
          Foden Rice Rogers Wilson
          Haaland Ekitike Bowen
          Dub Miley Andersen De Cuyper

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          1. Mr. O'Connell
            • 13 Years
            47 mins ago

            Roll imo

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        11. SomeoneKnows
          • 9 Years
          1 hour, 41 mins ago

          Help me decide with 1FT + 0.7itb...

          A) Semenyo > Cunha
          B) Minteh > Gravenberch
          C) Lacroix > Thiaw

          Raya
          Timber, Keane, Andersen
          Saka, Foden, Semenyo, Bruno G, Minteh
          Haaland, Eketike

          (Dubravka, Lacroix, Gudmundsson, Guiu)

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          1. Mr. O'Connell
            • 13 Years
            46 mins ago

            Personally, I steer well clear of Brighton players. So Minteh out. Not sure Gravenberch is the answer, though.

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        12. Mr. O'Connell
          • 13 Years
          1 hour, 41 mins ago

          How to improve on perfection? Other than Sels out? And maybe Timber and Semenyo. Szoboszlai and Bruno G ain't great picks either.

          Sels
          Gvardiol, Nunes, Keane
          Saka, Szoboszlai, Bruno G, Semenyo
          Haaland, Ekitike, Thiago

          Dubravka, Timber, Le Fee, Alderete

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          1. Magic Zico
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            54 mins ago

            Perfection? 😉

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          2. fedolefan
            • 11 Years
            46 mins ago

            Depends on if you want the haul monster Dubrovnik going forward. If you want to back Dyche, I’d be tempted with a Dub -> John Victor transfer. Could also get Sanchez since they fluke random CSs and it’s best to have a keeper for such a team.

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            1. Mr. O'Connell
              • 13 Years
              35 mins ago

              No doubt Sels gets his place back the minute I do that. Does free up some cash, though.

              Looking at the weak links, it's Semenyo (assuming this transfer is on) and Sels. Timber has low-key been an awful pick riding high in the charts from that 23 pointer in GW2.

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              1. fedolefan
                • 11 Years
                26 mins ago

                I recommended Dub—> John which guarantees you a forest keeper, so you don’t really care when Sels gets his place back. Else if you don’t want that then the Sels -> Sanchez transfer. I still prefer the first. Dub is generally useless, happy with the 11 pointer this week though. Own Semenyo and Timber as well. But not getting rid of either this week.

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        13. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          1 hour, 38 mins ago

          For three weeks only GW19-21:
          A. Dorgu (WOL lee bur)
          B. O'Reilly (sun CHE BHA)
          C. Hall (bur CRY LEE)

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          1. Atimis
            • 9 Years
            1 hour, 7 mins ago

            A, C, or KLP, can’t decide myself tho I have B already

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          2. SashOK2025
              1 hour, 4 mins ago

              Hall

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          3. marcus2704
            • 15 Years
            1 hour, 38 mins ago

            I've got Calafiori - is it time to bring back in Gabriel?

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            1. The Knights Template
              • 12 Years
              35 mins ago

              I’m giving it another week. Villa will score.

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              1. Mr. O'Connell
                • 13 Years
                31 mins ago

                Stoic advice

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          4. Gudjohnsen
            • 8 Years
            1 hour, 30 mins ago

            Palmer C anyone?

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            1. RockLedge
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 4 Years
              38 mins ago

              No

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            2. Deer-in-headlights
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 5 Years
              35 mins ago

              Some uncertainty about his minutes.

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              1. g40steve
                • 7 Years
                31 mins ago

                Did you see his reaction to getting pulled off?

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                1. Herger
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 4 Years
                  30 mins ago

                  I bet he was elated, lucky guy

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                  1. Mr. O'Connell
                    • 13 Years
                    27 mins ago

                    And boom goes the dynamite

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                  2. The Knights Template
                    • 12 Years
                    4 mins ago

                    By Maresca unfortunately!

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          5. el polako
            • 8 Years
            1 hour, 24 mins ago

            Best Calafiori replacement in the similar process range?

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            1. el polako
              • 8 Years
              52 mins ago

              *price

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            2. Magic Zico
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              7 mins ago

              Hall (GW19-22), Chalobah (GW23-27), Guehi (GW26-30)

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              1. el polako
                • 8 Years
                2 mins ago

                Thanks

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          6. BUZZBOMB ♡
            • 10 Years
            1 hour, 19 mins ago

            RP - Looking for some help re: FH19

            Current Team:

            Pope Dubravka
            Timber Senesi Rodon Richards OReilly
            Saka Ricen Foden Cunha LeFee
            Haaland Ekitike Guiu

            Would appreciate any advice who to target / drop for 1 week?

            Target: ?
            Dalot, Sesko v Wolves (H)?
            Hall, Schar, Gordon v Burnley? (A)
            Palmer, Enzo, Caicedo v Bounemouth (H)?
            MGW, CHO v Everton? (H)?

            Drop: ?
            Feel losing Arsenal and City 6 could massively backfire even though its Villa and Sunderland.
            Cant drop Ekitike?

            Thoughts?

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            1. Mr. O'Connell
              • 13 Years
              57 mins ago

              Generally don't like giving advice on free hits as variance is off the charts, but the target teams all have their flaws.

              United injury hit and Wolves did ok at Anfield/Emirates. Cunha shoots a lot and playing old club. Dorgu Oop also fine.

              Newcastle can't score away from home. I would take a defender. Thiaw/Hall.

              Chelsea mins lottery. Palmer and James have high ceilings, though.

              Forest low ceiling picks Vs pretty solid Everton team.

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              1. BUZZBOMB ♡
                • 10 Years
                3 mins ago

                Yeah I get that. Thanks tho buddy. Appreciate your thoughts,

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          7. have you seen cyan
            • 6 Years
            1 hour, 15 mins ago

            Team of gringes

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          8. Miguel Sanchez
            • 9 Years
            1 hour, 14 mins ago

            Which move:

            A) Semenyo to Wirtz
            B) Burn to Gabriel

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            1. Bobby Digital
              • 8 Years
              19 mins ago

              B

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            2. Mr. O'Connell
              • 13 Years
              18 mins ago

              Don't see the appeal of this week. I'm monitoring A if this transfer saga progresses.

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          9. MetallicaJack93
            • 2 Years
            1 hour, 7 mins ago

            Worth getting Gordon or Cunha over any of my current players?

            Foden
            Rogers
            Rice
            Wilson

            I could bench Rogers this week for one of them

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            1. Pompel
              • 11 Years
              7 mins ago

              Nah, hold

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              1. MetallicaJack93
                • 2 Years
                6 mins ago

                Surely Wilson done at this point though fixture wise? Who would you pick for him out of those two?

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                1. Pompel
                  • 11 Years
                  1 min ago

                  Cunha out of those

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          10. Pompel
            • 11 Years
            1 hour, 5 mins ago

            Is the following worth a hit:

            Semenyo -> Cherki
            O'Reilly -> Gabriel

            The latter is needed to free up a spot for triple City attack

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            1. Mr. O'Connell
              • 13 Years
              48 mins ago

              And here I am with double City defence. Seems ok tho. Funny if Semenyo took Cherkis position when they sign him.

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              1. Pompel
                • 11 Years
                just now

                Haha, that would leave me with egg in the face

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            2. MetallicaJack93
              • 2 Years
              48 mins ago

              Looks good

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            3. Miguel Sanchez
              • 9 Years
              42 mins ago

              Quite like the moves if you have lost faith in the City defence

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              1. Pompel
                • 11 Years
                40 mins ago

                I'll be moving back to double Arsenal + Guehi and then probably Chalobah

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                1. Ignasi M
                  • 8 Years
                  16 mins ago

                  Gabriel is a must now. Arsenal's only match winner.

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              2. Capocannonieri
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 7 Years
                3 mins ago

                People are tired, even Arsenal conceded a tired goal today

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          11. Stranger Mings
            • 5 Years
            55 mins ago

            Rogets to cherki?cheers

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            1. The Knights Template
              • 12 Years
              10 mins ago

              Thesaurus? Great trade!

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              1. Stranger Mings
                • 5 Years
                1 min ago

                Opps rogers

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            2. x.jim.x
              • 11 Years
              7 mins ago

              Yeah Rogers has been really rubbish recently, not scored for days!

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              1. Stranger Mings
                • 5 Years
                just now

                Will keep

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          12. Punty McPuntface
            • 9 Years
            53 mins ago

            Would I be mad to ship out Woltemade for Ekitike this week?

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            1. The Knights Template
              • 12 Years
              52 mins ago

              Nope

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            2. Radulfo28773
              • 4 Years
              1 min ago

              Yes

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          13. Count Olaf
            • 1 Year
            48 mins ago

            Which defenders would you get on a WC?
            Thinking Gabriel, Timber, Van Dijk, Chalobah(or James), Alderete and play 4 at the back.
            Anyone else you'd add?

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            1. el polako
              • 8 Years
              19 mins ago

              What’s the appeal of Van Dijk aside from being content creators sweetheart?

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              1. Ignasi M
                • 8 Years
                17 mins ago

                Not much. Liverpool defence is trash.

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              2. Count Olaf
                • 1 Year
                15 mins ago

                I know he hasn't kept any lately, but should have good clean sheet odds for 3 of the next 4.
                Who would you suggest instead?

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                1. Ignasi M
                  • 8 Years
                  13 mins ago

                  You'd have thought Liverpool would have kept a clean sheet v Wolves. Wolves had the better of the second half and should have been 2-2.

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                  1. Count Olaf
                    • 1 Year
                    just now

                    Clean sheets are hard to predict. Arsenal also conceded against Wolves. Still, following the odds tends to work out more often than not. Anyway, who would you suggest instead?

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            2. Magic Zico
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              11 mins ago

              Hall Tarkowski Chalobah Gabriel* Dorgu

              *if ready

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              1. Count Olaf
                • 1 Year
                just now

                Thanks, nice picks. Newcastle and Everton have some good fixtures, while Hall has good attacking potential and Tarkowski defcons to add to the clean sheet potential. Dorgu too short term I think.

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          14. matthew_1991
            • 11 Years
            48 mins ago

            Have price rises happened yet?

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            1. Count Olaf
              • 1 Year
              2 mins ago

              No, roughly 2 hours and 40 minutes left.

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              1. matthew_1991
                • 11 Years
                just now

                Good, just got Rogers and Etikete in

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          15. Ignasi M
            • 8 Years
            42 mins ago

            Just watching MOTD highlights. Can you imagine how many goals Arsenal would score if they had a world class striker? (lots)

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            1. el polako
              • 8 Years
              15 mins ago

              Any striker…

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              1. Ignasi M
                • 8 Years
                14 mins ago

                Yeah. Would take DCL over Gyokeres anyday.

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