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Wilson back in Bournemouth squad as Hanley starts for Norwich

Callum Wilson (£7.4m) returns to the Bournemouth matchday squad ahead of a Gameweek 18 meeting with Burnley.

After missing out against Chelsea, the centre-forward is named on the bench this afternoon.

Joshua King (£6.1m) leads the line in the starting line-up though, supported by a five-man midfield with Lewis Cook (£5.0m) and Ryan Fraser (£6.9m) on the flanks.

Meanwhile, Charlie Taylor (£4.2m) has shaken off his hamstring problem to start for Burnley, while Chris Wood (£6.2m) is good to start despite a knock to his Achilles tendon reported by Sean Dyche on Thursday.

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has made two changes for the trip to Brighton, one enforced, the other a tactical switch.

Luke Freeman (£5.1m) comes in for the suspended John Fleck (£4.9m) while Lys Mousset (£5.1m) finds himself benched for Oli McBurnie (£5.7m) to start alongside David McGoldrick (£5.4m).

Brighton line-up exactly as predicted in our team news section, as do Wolves who travel to Norwich.

The Canaries are forced to bring Grant Hanley (£4.0m) back into the side sooner than Daniel Farke would have wanted.

The centre-back has been named in the starting XI alongside Christoph Zimmermann (£4.4m) following the recent long-term injury to Ben Godfrey (£4.4m).

Todd Cantwell (£4.7m) starts on the left flank of attacking midfield while Teemu Pukki (£6.6m) has recovered from him his toe problem to lead the 4-2-3-1 formation as the lone centre-forward.

Jack Grealish (£6.2m) leads the Aston Villa attack from the left of the front-three again while Wesley (£5.7m) retains his starting berth through the middle.

A strong performance against Liverpool’s youth side in the EFL Cup midweek has not been enough for Dean Smith to consider bringing Jonathan Kodjia (£5.4m) in for Wesley.

For the second match in a row, it’s Matt Targett (£4.4m) and Frédéric Guilbert (£4.4m) named in the full-back positions.

Villa host a Southampton side still lined up in a 4-4-2 formation under Ralph Hasenhüttl.

An injury for Moussa Djenepo (£5.2m) sees Stuart Armstrong (£5.3m) come into the team on the right flank, which means James Ward-Prowse (£5.9m) can retain his central midfield role.

Danny Ings (£6.4m) and Shane Long (£4.6m) are the preferred centre-forward pairing for the fourth match in a row.

Crystal Palace welcome back Patrick van Aanholt (£5.5m) to the left-back. berth as their injuries mounted over the last week, while Martin Kelly (£4.4m) starts for the fifth consecutive match.

The Eagles travel to face a Newcastle side that has somewhat recovered from their most recent bout of absences as Jonjo Shelvey (£5.1m) and Miguel Almirón (£5.8m) make much-needed returns to midfield.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton; Targett, Engels, Hause, Guilbert; McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Hourihane; Grealish, Wesley, El Ghazi.

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Bertrand, Bednarek, Stephens, Cedric; Redmond, Hojbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong; Long, Ings.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale; Rico, Mepham, Francis, Stacey; Fraser, Billing, Lerma, Gosling, L. Cook; J King.

Burnley XI: Pope; C Taylor, Mee, Tarkowski, Bardsley; McNeil, Westwood, Cork, Hendrick; A Barnes, Wood.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Ryan; Burn, Webster, Dunk, Montoya; D Stephens, Pröpper, Mooy; Trossard, Maupay, Groß.

Sheffield United XI: Henderson; O’Connell, Egan, Basham; Stevens, Freeman, Norwood, Lundstram, Baldock; McBurnie, McGoldrick.

Newcastle XI: Dúbravka; Dummett, Fernández, Lejeune, Schär, Manquillo; Almirón, Hayden, Shelvey; Joelinton, Carroll.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; van Aanholt, Tomkins, Kouyaté, M Kelly; McCarthy, McArthur, Milivojevic; Zaha, Benteke, Ayew.

Norwich City XI: Krul; Byram, Zimmermann, Hanley, Aarons; Tettey, Trybull; Cantwell, McLean, Buendía; Pukki.

Wolves XI: Patrício; Saïss, Coady, Dendoncker; Jonny, Neves, Moutinho, Doherty; D Jota, Jiménez, Traoré.

1,528 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Waynoo
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Grealish needs to leave Villa

    1. Postman Ty
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Olympic diving team?

  2. screamer73
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 9 months ago

    Probably a stupid question but I'm a bit confused after reading couple of comments here. There will be autosubs for Liverpool players this week right?

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      mane and taa start

    2. Pinturicchio10
        4 years, 9 months ago

        No they're locked in if you started them.

      • Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        Of...course there will. Not sure if you're being serious or not.

    3. FPL Daniel
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Oh my. This is why we play fantasy football

    4. Gobigorgohome
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      GRELISHHHHHHHHHHH

    5. Nightcrawler
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Yessss grealish

    6. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Villa fan, not an owner.

      But take that you Grealish nay sayers.

    7. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Grealish

    8. FPL Daniel
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      We want more we want more. Come ooonn Jaccckkk

    9. suddenorgan
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      time for a parting gift Jesus

    10. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Oh baby.

    11. andres
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      what a goal grealish!!!

    12. Ha.
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      This is terrible. I hate you all. Merry Christmas.

    13. Ask Yourself
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      LMAO VAR check on villa goal

    14. Niho992
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Grealish owners didnt deserve that goal

      1. Old Man
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        and why not?

      2. HurriKane
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        Lol salty much.

    15. SAUCY SALAH
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Oo-er as If Grealish actually scores

    16. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Lundstram on for a bap

    17. Over Midwicket
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Why aren't we tripling up on Palace D? I'm so sick of people saying "they have too many injuries" or "it won't last". They're I'll keep cleans consistently for the next 2 months

      1. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        The injuries are helping them IMO. Means they have an excuse to play defensively, which suits them. Palace fans would be on their back if they played like this with a full strength squad. Now they can sit back and play counter-attack against everyone.

      2. supperspout
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        Jinx

      3. UshFPL
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        Bad timing lol

      4. supperspout
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        All players in the points for a split second

      5. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        you were saying ?

    18. Hect.OR 98th
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Let me guess....VAR check?

    19. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Grealish G VAR check.

    20. sirmorbach
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Lads, if I may bother you: I do apologise for asking mid-games, but I have just the money for this WC team, I have to use it this week or the next anyway. What do you say:

      Ramsdale
      TAA, Chilwell, Lundstram / Kelly, Rico
      Salah, KDB, Son, Mount / Cantwell
      Vardy, Abraham, Ings

      Good? Should I go with Alli/Maddie instead of Son/Mount? Start over?

    21. Gooner97
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Bla bla blah 😉

    22. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Grealish VAR check

    23. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Well done all 😀

    24. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Goal given, Grealish G.

    25. JammySprat
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Haters gunno hate

    26. Postman Ty
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      How do professional teams allow a player to be that wide open from a set piece, let alone the best player on the opposing team (Grealish).

    27. Rainer
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      😆

    28. OptimusBlack
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Yaaaaaay

    29. HurriKane
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Grealishhhhhhh yessssss

    30. _Ninja_
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 9 months ago

      Jimi goal

      1. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 9 months ago

        Yes! Captained him.