Here’s the first of our fantasy premier league pre-season round up articles. We’ll analyse each game and look out for the bargains, form and value players to help plan your GW1 team. First up we look at West Ham, Newcastle, Watford, WBA, Sunderland and Southampton
fantasy premier league pre-season round up July 2nd to July 10
Darlington 0 Newcastle 1
Goal Cisse pen
Game Lineups
Newcastle first half (4-2-3-1): Darlow; Janmaat, Lascelles, Williamson, Haidara, Anita, Colback; Gouffran, Sissoko, De Jong, Gouffran; Cisse
Newcastle second half (4-4-2): Woodman; Bigirimana, Satka, Good, Ferguson; Obertan, Tiote, Perez, Aarons; Armstrong, Riviere
Form players in this game
The highlighted players in this game were Cisse, Haidara and Armstrong. DeJong playing as a number 10 after his injury was also interesting. Overall hard to take much from a
Players of interest
No sign of cheapie Steven Taylor £4.0m defender who’s still recovering from injury
£6.5m forward Cisse started well.
£6.5m mid De Jong has a good position bbehind the striker
Possible GW1 lineup
Very early but here goes: Krul – Janmaat Haidara/Dummett, Williamson, Coloccini – Tiote, Sissoko, Wijnaldum, Cabella,Dejong – Cisse
GW1 first 6 fixtures:
Southampton (H)
Swansea (A)
Man Utd (A)
Arsenal (H)
West Ham (A)
Watford (H)
Southampton 4 Leipzig 5
Goals: Juanmi (25), Rodriguez (53 & 90+1), Cédric (79)
Lineups
Southampton: Maarten Stekelenburg (Kelvin Davis 46), Jason McCarthy, Jack Stephens (c), Jordan Turnbull (Will Wood 46), Josh Debayo (Cédric Soares 69), Dominic Gape, Harrison Reed (Armani Little 46), Gastón Ramírez (Sam McQueen 46), Lloyd Isgrove (Jake Hesketh 46), Juanmi (Ryan Seager 46 (Shane Long 69)), Sam Gallagher (Jay Rodriguez 46).
Another game of mass substitutions which mean little in assessing a lineup
Form players in this game
Isgrove, Rodriguez
Players of interest
GKs – £5.0m Steklenburg and £4.5m Kelvin Davis shared duties
No sign of £4.5m defender Yoshida
No sign of £8.0m Mane or Pelle
Possible GW1 lineup
Again very early but: Steklenburg/Davis – Soares/Martina, Yoshida,Fonte, Bertrand/Targett, Wanyama, Reid, Tadic, Mane, Rodriguez – Pelle
GW1 first 6 fixtures:
Newcastle (A)
Everton (H)
Watford (A)
Norwich (H)
West Brom (A)
Man Utd (H)
Darlington 2 Sunderland 4
Goals: Giaccherini 2, Graham, Wickham (pen)
Lineups:
Sunderland XI: Pickford (Mannone, 46), Jones (T Robson, 74), van Aanholt (Matthews, 46), Bridcutt (Smith, 74), Brown (Brady, 46), Beadling, Giaccherini, Defoe (Wickham, 46), Graham, Cattermole (Buckley, 46), Johnson.
Little to learn from a game of mass subs
form players in this game:
Giaccherini
Players of interest:
£6.0m fwd Wickham scored and took the pen
£5.5m fwd Defoe
Possible GW1 lineup:
Too difficult to predict at this stage
GW1 first 6 fixtures:
Leicester (A)
Norwich (H)
Swansea (H)
Aston Villa (A)
Spurs (H)
Bournemouth (A)
St Albans 0 Watford 4
Goals: Ighalo x 2, Deeney, Smith
Lineups:
Watford XI: Gomes (Arlauskis – 45); Anya (Paredes – 73), Angella (Prodl – 45), Cathcart (Belkalem – 60), Pudil (Hoban – 45); Watson (McGugan – 45), Capoue (Smith – 53); Forestieri (Dyer – 55), Abdi (Lewis – 67), Ighalo (Vydra – 45); Deeney.
Subs not used: Gilmartin, Young, Doherty, Martin, Fabbrini.
form players in this game
Ighalo, Dyer and Deeney
Players of interest:
£4.5m mid Anya – Played 45 minute but of little consequence given the amount of subs
£4.0m defenders: Pudil Hoban and Doyley – too many subs to work anything out here
£5.5m fwd Deeney – Played well but has to be looked at in the context of the opposition
£5.0m fwd Ighalo – As above
Potential GW1 Lineup
Too difficult with a new coach but here’s a starter for 10.
Gomes/Arlauskis – Parades, Holebas, Cathcart/Angella, Prodl – Watson, Capoue, Anya/Abdi, Vydra – Deeney Ighlo
GW1 first 6 fixtures:
Everton (A)
West Brom (H)
Southampton (H)
Man City (A)
Swansea (H)
Newcastle (A)
Salzburg 3 WBA 1
Goal: Nabi
Lineups:
WBA (first 50 minutes) (4-4-1-1): Myhill; Dawson, Olsson, Lescott, McClean; Gardner, Fletcher, Yacob, McManaman; Sessegnon; Anichebe.
WBA (last 40 minutes) (4-2-1-3): Rose; Ward, Fitzwater, Donnellan, Pocognoli; A Nabi, Campbell; Sessegnon; Leko, Ideye, Roberts.
A game of multiple changes with little to take from it
Form players in this game
No one
Players of interest:
£4.5m GK Myhill
£4.5m def Olsson
£4.5m mid Fletcher
£6.5m Berahino injured no return date
Possible GW1 lineup:
Myhill – Dawson, Olsson, McAuley, Lescott – Brunt, Yacob, Fletcher, Gardner, Sessegnon – Berahino/Ideye
GW1 first 6 fixtures:
Man City (H)
Watford (A)
Chelsea (H)
Stoke (A)
Southampton (H)
Aston Villa (A)
West Ham 3 Lusitans 0
West Ham: Randolph 6; O’Brien 7 (Cullen 60, 6.5), Tomkins 7, Burke 7, Page 7; Amalfitano 7.5, Oxford 7, Poyet 7, Jarvis 7.5; Sakho 8 (Lee 62, 6), Zarate 6.5 (Pairfitt-Williams 74, 6)
Subs not used: Spiegel, Westley, Knoyle, Nasha
Goals: Sakho 40′ 45′ Tomkins 58′
Lusitans 0 West Ham 1
West Ham XI: West Ham: Randolph 6, O’Brien 6.5 (Burke 62), Oxford 8, Tomkins 7, Page 6.5, Jarvis 6.5, Cullen 7, Poyet 7.5, Amalfitano 5 (Parfitt-William 75, 6), Sakho 4, Lee 7
Subs not used: Spiegel, Westley, Brown, Knoyle
Goal: Lee 21
Despite being a competitive Europa League qualifier the opposition from Andorra meant that this didn’t seem to warrant a full team being put out
Form players in these games:
Sakho in the first although sent off in 2nd. Oxford in the 2nd.
Players of interest:
£4.5m defender Collins not involved
£7.5m mid Payet – not involved
£6.5m fwd Sakho – Played well game 1 sent off game 2
Potential GW1 lineup:
Too difficult with new manager at the moment.
GW1 first 6 fixtures:
Arsenal (A)
Leicester (H)
Bournemouth (H)
Liverpool (A)
Newcastle (H)
Man City (A)
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