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Below is a breakdown of what each of the categories means:
Out: Fantasy-relevant players who have been confirmed out for the week, either through injury or suspension
Doubt: Players facing the dreaded late fitness test, rotation concerns and those who are out of form/favor
In: The likeliest replacements for the Outs & Doubts
Win: Fantasy player to watch / my hunch pick of the week
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Out: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mathieu Debuchy, Jack Wilshere
Doubt: Alexis Sanchez, Hector Bellerin, Danny Welbeck
In: Theo Walcott, Mesut Ozil
Win: Santi Cazorla
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Out: Philippe Senderos
Doubt: Ron Vlaar, Joe Cole, Fabian Delph, Gabby Agbonlahor
In: Nathan Baker, Carles Gil, Scott Sinclair (maybe)
Win: Jores Okore
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Out: Matthew Taylor, Stephen Ward, Kevin Long
Doubt: Michael Duff (selection)
In: N/A
Win: Danny Ings
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Out: Diego Costa (3-match ban), Petr Cech (rotation)
Doubt: Cesc Fabregas, Kurt Zouma, Filipe Luis (both rotation)
In: Didier Drogba, Cesar Azpilicueta, Gary Cahill
Win: Eden Hazard
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Out: Mile Jedinak, Yannick Bolasie (both international duty)
Doubt: Shola Ameobi, Marouane Chamakh (rotation)
In: Wilfried Zaha, Jordon Mutch (maybe)
Win: Yaya Sanogo (hunch)
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Out: Tim Howard, Leon Osman, Stephen Pienaar
Doubt: Kevin Mirallas, James McCarthy, Silvain Distin, Darron Gibson
In: Ross Barkley, Aiden McGeady (maybe)
Win: Steven Naismith (hunch)
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Out: Mohamed Diame, James Chester, Liam Rosenior, Robert Snodgrass
Doubt: Robbie Brady, Alex Bruce, Gaston Ramirez, Abel Hernandez, Nikica Jelavic, Andrew Robertson
In: Sone Aluko, Tom Ince, Maynor Figueroa
Win: Sone Aluko
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Out: Matty James (suspended), Riyad Mahrez (international duty), Kasper Schmeichel
Doubt: Matthew Upson, David Nugent (rotation)
In: Andrej Kramaric, Marc Albrighton (maybe)
Win: Leonardo Ulloa
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Out: Jon Flanagan, Brad Jones, Kolo Toure (international duty)
Doubt: Mamadou Sakho, Daniel Sturridge
In: Glen Johnson (maybe)
Win: Raheem Sterling
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Out: Wilfried Bony, Yaya Toure (both international duty)
Doubt: Eliaquim Mangala, Samir Nasri
In: James Milner, Martin Demichelis
Win: Sergio Aguero
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Out: Michael Carrick, Ashley Young
Doubt: Radamel Falcao (rotation), Jonny Evans, Chris Smalling
In: Robin Van Persie
Win: Wayne Rooney
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Newcastle United
Out: Paul Dummett, Siem De Jong, Rolando Aarons
Doubt: Papiss Cisse, Davide Santon
In: Massadio Haidara
Win: Jack Colback (hunch)
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Out: Sandro, Adel Taarabt, Armand Traore
Doubt: Stephen Caulker / Nedum Onuoha (rotation)
In: Richard Dunne, Yun Suk-Young
Win: Charlie Austin
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Out: Toby Alderweireld, Shane Long, Morgan Schneiderlin, Victor Wanyama
Doubt: Emmanuel Mayuka, Florin Gardos (rotation)
In: Maya Yoshida (maybe), Sadio Mane (maybe)
Win: Graziano Pelle
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Out: Bojan Krkic, Robert Huth (suspension), Erik Pieters, Peter Odemwingie
Doubt: Mame Biram Diouf
In: Marc Muniesa, Peter Crouch
Win: Victor Moses
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Out: Lee Cattermole, Valentin Roberge, Jack Rodwell (suspended)
Doubt: Connor Wickham (selection)
In: Liam Bridcutt
Win: Jermain Defoe
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Out: Ki Sung-Yueng (international duty), Gylfi Sigurdsson (suspended), Kyle Bartley (suspended), Wayne Routledge
Doubt: Leon Britton
In: Nelson Oliveira, Federico Fernandez, Jefferson Montero
Win: Jefferson Montero
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Out: Nabil Benteleb (international duty)
Doubt: Moussa Dembele (rotation)
In: Ryan Mason, Emmanuel Adebayor (maybe), Erik Lamela (maybe)
Win: Christian Eriksen
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Out: Youssuf Mulumbu (international duty), Sylvestre Varela
Doubt: Jonas Olsson, Chris Baird (rotation)
In: Callum McManaman (maybe)
Win: Victor Anichebe
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Out: Modibo Maiga
Doubt: James Collins, Carl Jenkinson, Joey O'Brien, Alex Song, Cheikhou Kouyate
In: Winston Reid, Diafra Sakho
Win: Andy Carroll (hunch)
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With so many big names set to miss out this weekend, I'm sure we'll see a bunch of very different teams. I'm planning on starting pretty much from scratch from the draft team I had put together earlier in the week as I had planned on bringing in Alexis at retail. I'll surely be agonizing over my team selection right up to the deadline this week.
How have these injuries and suspensions affected your thinking for this week? Are you planning on holding onto your discounts, or bringing in new players?