Here’s my fantasy premier league match analysis for Saturday GW9 part 2 covering Aston Villa v Everton, Norwich v Cardiff and Southampton v Fulham. I’ll be focusing on lineup issues and player analysis
Line ups and ratings from the Daily Mail
Aston Villa 0 Everton 2
Aston Villa: (4-4-2) Guzan 6, Bacuna 7, Vlaar 6, Baker 6, Luna 6; (Clark 44, 6) Tonev 5, (Helenius 77, 6) Westwood 6, Delph 7, Weimann 5; Agbonlahor 6, Benteke 5.
Subs not used: Steer, El Ahmadi, Sylla, Kozak, Lowton.
Everton: (4-3-3) Howard 7, Coleman 6, Jagielka 6, Distin 7, Baines 8; McCarthy 6, Barry 9, Barkley 5; (Osman 58, 8) Mirallas 6, (Deulofeu 90) Lukaku 7, Pienaar 6. (Naismith 80, 6)
Subs not used: Robles, Jelavic, Oviedo, Stones.
Goals: Lukaku 68, Osman 81
Line up comments
Aston Villa: Pretty much as expected except Tonev instead of El Ahmadi
Everton: Pienaar started instead of Osman
Player comments
Defences
Much better performance than recently from Everton. Aston Villa were their as to be expected poor self.
Benteke
Missed a penalty but a constant threat and only Lukaku had better shooting stats
Lukaku
Was top quality and always looked dangerous. Goal was no surprise and had the best shooting stats
Mirrallas
No returns but had good underlying stats as we come to expect.
Osman
Came on for half an hour or so and it was 1 shot and 1 chance created and it led to a goal and an assist. Only question is whether this threatens Barkley. It’s hard to see that Martinez can eulogise about Barkley and then drop him so suddenly but it was an impressive substitution
Southampton 2 Fulham 0
Southampton (4-4-2): Boruc 6; Clyne 6, Fonte 6, Lovren 7, Shaw 6; Ward-Prowse 7 (Cork 90), Wanyama 7, Schneiderlin 6, Lallana 7; Rodriguez 8 (Do Prado 78), Lambert 7.
Subs not used: K Davis, Ramírez, Lee, Chambers, Hooiveld.
Fulham (4-4-1-1): Stekelenburg 6; Riether 5 (Hughes 46 5), Senderos 5, Amorebieta 5, Richardson 5; Ruiz 5 (Kacaniklic 80), Sidwell 5, Parker 5, Kasami 4; Berbatov 4; Bent 5 (Rodallega 75 5).
Subs not used: Stockdale, Karagounis, Duff, Zverotic.
Line up comments:
Southampton: Most notable was Lambert for Osvaldo. JWP came in for the injured Davis
Fulham: No real surprises was the surprise from Martin Jol
Player comments
Defences
Predictable in the sense that the Southampton defence was fantastic and the Fulham defence awful
Lallana
Got forward and into the box but no returns and pretty limited shooting and chances created stats. Unfortunately a little par for the course
Lambert
Was fantastic with a goal and an assist plus great shooting stats. It was Fulham though and whether he will retain his spot over Osvaldo is questionable.
Rodriguez
Great shooting stats plus a goal and an assist.
JWP
No returns but great set pieces and created chances all over the place. Davis will probably return though
Norwich 0 Cardiff 0
Norwich: (4-1-4-1) Ruddy 6; Martin 5, Turner 6, Bassong 6, Olsson 6; Tettey 6; Snodgrass 8, Fer 7, Howson 8 (Van Wolfswinkel 87mins), Pilkington 6 (Redmond 72mins 6); Hooper 8 (Elmander 72mins 5)
Subs not used: Nash, Whittaker, Johnson, Bennett
Booked: Tettey
Cardiff: (4-1-4-1) Marshall 8; Theophile-Catherine 6, Caulker 7, Turner 7, Taylor 6; Medel 6 (Bellamy 73mins 5); Odemwingie 5 (Cowie 46mins 5), Kim 5 (Gunnarsson 46mins 6), Mutch 6, Whittingham 6; Campbell 6
Subs not used: Lewis, Hudson, Mason, Maynard
Booked: Odemwingie
Line up comments
Norwich: Pilkington held his place over Redmond and Hooper started over RVW who was an injury doubt
Cardiff: Kim and Campbell returned.
Player comments
Defences
The Norwich defence was barely threatened. The Cardiff defence was under siege and it was only the GK which got them a point.
Fer
Seemed to be the only one on the planet who thought you could score from an injury related throw in. The biggest goal threat but its hard to think of anyone who’s got 1 assist in his first 8 games and who plays in such an attacking challenged team
Hooper
Had a hatful of chances to score but just couldn’t make it happen. No returns in 200 minutes of mainly sub appearances
Snodgrass
Created loads of chances but no one to finish.
Campbell
Did pretty much nothing. if you’re one of the 7.4% who own you really should be selling
That’s it
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