We bring you the best of the FPL Gameweek 4 Saturday matches and what they mean from a Fantasy Premier League perspective, as Ronaldo scores twice while Antonio is now banned for Gameweek 5.
Don&#8217;t forget to check out our <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fantasy-premier-league-ultimate-guide/">FPL Ultimate Guide</a> for all the very best Fantasy Premier League tips which will be regularly updated before every deadline!
<h2></h2>
<h2>FPL Gameweek 4 Saturday Match Reports</h2>
<h3>Crystal Palace 3-0 Spurs</h3>
Goals: Zaha (pen), Edouard x2
Assists: Gallagher x2, Zaha
Red card: Tanganga
A second bookable offence saw Japhet Tanganga (£4.6m) sent off for Spurs, ruling him out of Gameweek 5. Centre-back partner Eric Dier (£4.6m) limped out of the action after just 12 minutes.
After Tanganga&#8217;s dismissal, a Conor Gallagher (£5.5m) cross was handled in the area by substitute Ben Davies (£4.4m). Wilfried Zaha (£6.9m) converted the resulting penalty.
Odsonne Edouard (£6.5m) made an instant impact on his first appearance, with the substitute firing home from a Zaha pass.
Edouard doubled his tally before full time, a goal which saw Gallagher pick up a second assist. The budget midfielder is certain to be on many radars after two big scores in a row. He managed a huge six shots, though only found the target with one effort.
With Cristian Romero (£4.9m) and Davinson Sanchez (£4.5m) only returning to Spurs on Saturday, their centre-back situation is up in the air ahead of Sunday&#8217;s clash with Chelsea.
Nuno&#8217;s team managed just two shots against Palace, neither of which were taken by Harry Kane (£12.3m).
Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Mitchell, Guehi, Andersen, Ward; Gallagher, Kouyate (Milivojevic 67), McArthur; Zaha, Benteke (Edouard 84), Ayew (Olise 86).
Spurs XI: Lloris; Reguilon, Dier (Rodon 12), Tanganga, Royal; Winks (Davies 60), Skipp, Hojbjerg; Moura, Kane, Alli.
<h3></h3>
<h3>Arsenal 1-0 Norwich</h3>
Goals: Aubameyang
Assists: Pepe
A scrappy Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£9.9m) goal was enough to land Arsenal their first points of the season.
The Gunners totalled 30 shots against Norwich, though put just six of those on target.
Andrew Omobamidele (£3.9m) made his first start of the season in Gameweek 4.
Ben White (£4.4m) returned to the Arsenal XI, while Aaron Ramsdale (£4.5m) was preferred to Bernd Leno (£5.0m) in goal. On Ramsdale, Mikel Arteta said:
<blockquote>&#8220;I think he was terrific. Not only what he did on the technical side, it&#8217;s what he transmits. His chemistry with the backline&#8230;I had to make a decision today and Aaron was the right one to do so.&#8221;</blockquote>
Arsenal XI: Ramsdale; Tierney, Gabriel, White, Tomiyasu (Smith Rowe 62); Lokonga (Partey 62), Maitland-Niles (Cedric 62); Saka, Odegaard, Pepe; Aubameyang.
Norwich XI: Krul; Williams, Omobamidele, Hanley, Aarons; Rupp (Idah 80), McLean, Lees-Melou; Tzolis (Rashica 69), Pukki, Dowell (Cantwell 62).
<h3></h3>
<h3>Brentford 0-1 Brighton</h3>
Goals: Trossard
Assists: Mac Allister
Leandro Trossard (£6.4m) settled this contest late on, much to the displeasure of David Raya (£4.6m) owners.
Ivan Toney (£6.4m) recorded a third blank in four games.
Adam Webster (£4.5m) was forced off in the first half with an apparent hamstring injury. His absence could lead to a greater security of starts for Shane Duffy (£4.2m).
Brentford XI: Raya; Pinnock, Jansson, Ajer; Henry, Janelt (Jensen 68), Norgaard, Baptiste (Onyeka 75), Canos (Roerslev 61); Mbuemo, Toney.
Brighton XI: Sanchez; Dunk, Duffy, Webster (Moder 37); Cucurella (March 82), Bissouma, Lallana, Veltman; Trossard, Welbeck (Mac Allister 64), Maupay.
<h3></h3>
<h3>Leicester 0-1 Man City</h3>
Goals: Silva
Assists: Cancelo
Bernardo Silva (£6.9m) lifted the ball past Kasper Schmeichel (£5.0m), after the keeper saved a Joao Cancelo (£6.0m) shot, to give City the lead.
The popular Ferran Torres (£7.1m) was brought off after 64 minutes, having had four shots &#8211; all inside the box, one on target &#8211; from a central striking role.
Kevin De Bruyne (£11.9m) and Phil Foden (£7.9m) were both back on the bench for City but neither player was brought on.
Asked if he is managing Jannik Vestergaard (£4.9m) and Jonny Evans (£5.4m), Brendan Rodgers said:
<blockquote>&#8220;Yes. Both of those players. Jannik Vestergaard, you could see there was a little bit of tiredness in the legs starting to kick in. But I thought he was excellent. Jonny Evans got an important 30 minutes. They will be important for us.&#8221;</blockquote>
Leicester XI: Schmeichel; Bertrand, Soyuncu, Vestergaard (Evans 61), Castagne; Ndidi; Barnes (Lookman 73), Tielemans, Maddison (Iheanacho 73), Albrighton; Vardy.
Man City XI: Ederson; Cancelo, Laporte, Dias, Walker; Gundogan, Rodri, Bernardo; Grealish, Torres (Sterling 64), Jesus (Fernandinho 64).
<h3></h3>
<h3>Man Utd 4-1 Newcastle</h3>
Goals: Ronaldo x2, Fernandes, Lingard // Manquillo
Assists: Greenwood, Shaw, Pogba x2 // Saint-Maximin
Cristiano Ronaldo&#8216;s (£12.5m) debut goal came with a huge slice of fortune, as Newcastle keeper Freddie Woodman (£4.5m) palmed a Mason Greenwood (£7.7m) cross into the striker&#8217;s path from yards out.
Newcastle levelled from a swift counter-attack that saw Allan Saint-Maximin (£6.5m) feed budget defender Javier Manquillo (£4.0m) to make it 1-1.
Ronaldo grabbed his second soon after, firing through Woodman&#8217;s legs after being set into the box by Luke Shaw (£5.5m).
Bruno Fernandes (£12.0m) rewarded those who kept the faith with a screamer from outside the box to make it 3-1.
Ronaldo (6) had more shots than any other player on the pitch, including Fernandes (5). Five of the striker&#8217;s six efforts were taken inside the box.
Asked if he ever considered not starting Ronaldo, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said:
<blockquote>&#8220;No. Of course not. This is what Cristiano is about. This was a day for everyone to enjoy.&#8221;</blockquote>
On Callum Wilson (£7.4m), Steve Bruce said:
<blockquote>&#8220;I cannot put a timescale on it. It’ll be touch and go whether he is ready for next week.&#8221;</blockquote>
Man Utd XI: De Gea; Shaw, Maguire, Varana, Wan-Bissaka; Matic, Pogba; Sancho (Lingard 66), Fernandes (Martial 85), Greenwood (van de Beek 85); Ronaldo.
Newcastle XI: Woodman; Ritchie, Clark (Lewis 84), Lascelles, Hayden, Manquillo (Murphy 77); Almiron, S Longstaff, Willock (Hendrick 85); Saint-Maximin, Joelinton.
<h3></h3>
<h3>Southampton 0-0 West Ham</h3>
<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-32960 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/FPL-Antonio.jpg" alt="antonio banned gameweek 5 red card fpl" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/FPL-Antonio.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/FPL-Antonio-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/FPL-Antonio-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/FPL-Antonio-610x407.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />
Michail Antonio (£8.0m) is now banned for Gameweek 5 after receiving a second yellow card during injury time at St Mary&#8217;s. David Moyes said:
<blockquote>&#8220;[Antonio] had been booked for the first one; you just don&#8217;t make any more challenges and give the referee a decision to make. My feeling was, from where I was, it was probably a booking and he got sent off for it.
&#8220;He was stupid to lunge in but these things in football can happen. We will not make a big deal of it.&#8221;</blockquote>
Said Benrahma (£6.4m) lasted 63 minutes before being replaced by new signing Nikola Vlasic (£6.0m). Moyes added:
<blockquote>&#8220;It looked like they had all been away [on international duty], Pablo [Fornals], Said, Mich, so we lacked a real connection.&#8221;</blockquote>
Tino Livramento (£4.1m) started again for the Saints, picking up a clean sheet in the process for any owners lucky enough to have him in their XIs.
Southampton XI: McCarthy; Perraud, Salisu, Stephens, Livramento; Ward-Prowse, Romeu (Diallo 53); Djenepo, Elyonoussi; Armstrong (Broja 74), Redmond.
West Ham XI: Fabianski; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Dawson, Coufal; Rice, Soucek; Benrahma (Vlasic 63), Fornals, Bowen (Yarmolenko 83); Antonio.
<h3></h3>
<h3>Watford 0-2 Wolves</h3>
Goals: Sierralta (OG), Hwang
Assists: Marcal x2
Marcal (£4.5m) was the unlikely Fantasy hero as Wolves earned their first points of the campaign. The left wing-back picked up the assists for both of Wolves&#8217; goals.
The defender was just about beaten to three bonus points by new signing Hee-chan Hwang (£5.5m), who came off the bench to net a debut goal.
Ismaila Sarr (£6.0m) recorded a third consecutive blank, while Adama Traore (£6.0m) made it four games in a row without an attacking return.
Watford XI: Bachmann; Rose, Sierralta, Troost-Ekong, Ngakia; Kucka, Etebo (Sema 77), Sissoko; Dennis, King (Hernandez 53), Sarr.
Wolves XI: Sa; Saiss, Coady, Kilman; Marcal, Neves, Moutinho, Semedo; Trincao (Hwang 63), Jimenez, Traore (Podence 81).
<h3></h3>
<h3>Chelsea 3-0 Aston Villa</h3>
Goals: Lukaku x2, Kovacic
Assists: Kovacic, Azpilicueta
Romelu Lukaku (£11.5m) made it three goals in three starts with a brace on Saturday evening, as FPL bosses ponder the best way to fit in the Chelsea striker ahead of a great <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fixture-ticker/">fixture run</a> from Gameweek 7.
Many might be convinced to move sooner for Lukaku considering Spurs&#8217; issues at the back, though he will have a tougher test at home to Man City in Gameweek 6. The striker scored his two Gameweek 4 goals from just two shots in total.
On benching Andreas Christensen (£5.0m), Tuchel said pre-game:
<blockquote>&#8220;He played every minute [for Denmark] so it would have been quite a bit worrying if he would have played again, having in mind that we play Tuesday again.&#8221;</blockquote>
Chelsea XI: Mendy; Rudiger, Thiago Silva, Chalobah; Alonso, Saul (Jorginho 45), Kovacic, Hudson-Odoi (Werner 82); Havertz (Azpilicueta 63), Lukaku, Ziyech.
Aston Villa XI: Steer; Mings, Konsa, Tuanzebe; Targett, McGinn, Luiz (Nakamba 79), Ramsey (Bailey 56), Cash; Watkins, Ings (Traore 69).
<h2></h2>
<h2>Check out our Fantasy Premier League Gameweek 4 Ultimate Guide 2021/22</h2>
Our <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fantasy-premier-league-ultimate-guide/">Ultimate FPL 2021/22 Guide</a> has everything you could ever need to be a successful FPL manager including guides, team previews, player picks, strategy articles, tools, <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a>, expert team reveals and much much more…
<h2></h2>
<h2>We have all the other main Premier League fantasy football games covered too…</h2>
Be it <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/sky-fantasy-football-tips/">Sky Fantasy</a>, <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/FT-fantasy-football-2021-22-tips-the-ultimate-guide/">FanTeam</a>, <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/dream-team-fantasy-football-tips-the-ultimate-guide/">Dream Team</a> or <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/telegraph-fantasy-football-tips-the-ultimate-guide/">Telegraph Fantasy</a>, we have all the very best fantasy football tips, advice, tools and everything else you could wish for to become a better fantasy football manager and dominate your mini-leagues.
&nbsp;

<h3>Become a Fantasy Football Hub member</h3>
<div class="ff_inline_message">
<div class="large-font">Dominate at Fantasy Football</div>
<div class="desktop-trial-text">
<div class="standard-font">7 DAY FREE TRIAL</div>
</div>
<button><a style="color: white; text-decoration: none;" href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/freetrial">Join the Hub</a> 
</button>
</div>
<iframe loading="lazy" title="Main_LONG.mp4" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/579320338?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>
&lt;a 

<h3>Follow the Hub</h3>
<a href="https://twitter.com/FFH_HQ">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ffootballhub/">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/FantasyFootballHub/?sub_confirmation=1">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/FFH_HQ/">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@FFH_HQ">Tiktok</a> 
And view all our latest fantasy football tips on our <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/">Homepage</a>

Cristiano Ronaldo nets brace on debut as Michail Antonio sent off | FPL Gameweek 4 Saturday Match Reports

Win Your FPL Mini-League

Community & tools