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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, Mikel Arteta, Mathieu Debuchy, Jack Wilshere
Doubt: Tomas Rosicky, Kieran Gibbs (rotation)
In: Nacho Monreal, Theo Walcott (maybe), Danny Welbeck (maybe)
Win: Santi Cazorla
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Out: Jack Grealish, Alan Hutton (both suspended), Nathan Baker, Aly Cissokho
Doubt: Ron Vlaar, Christian Benteke, Philippe Senderos
In: Matthew Lowton, Leandro Bacuna, Charles N'Zogbia (maybe)
Win: Gabby Agbonlahor
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Out: Dean Marney, Matt Taylor, Kevin Long
Doubt: N/A
In: N/A
Win: Kieran Trippier
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Out: John Obi Mikel
Doubt: Cesar Azpilicueta, Willian, Gary Cahill, Ramires (all rotation)
In: Nemanja Matic, Juan Cuadrado (maybe), Filipe Luis (maybe)
Win: Eden Hazard
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Out: Mile Jedinak (suspended), Frazier Campbell, Jordon Mutch
Doubt: Marouane Chamakh, Lee Chung-Yong, Yaya Sanogo, Dwight Gayle (rotation)
In: Glenn Murray, Wilfried Zaha (maybe), Joe Ledley (maybe)
Win: Joel Ward (hunch)
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Out: Gareth Barry (suspended), Bryan Oviedo, Aiden McGeady, Christian Atsu, Stephen Pienaar
Doubt: Leighton Baines, John Stones
In: Luke Garbutt, Antolin Alcaraz (maybe), Darron Gibson
Win: Tim Howard
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Out: Robbie Brady, James Chester, Mohamed Diame, Robert Snodgrass
Doubt: N/A
In: N/A
Win: Dame N'Doye
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Out: Dean Hammond, Anthony Knockaert, Liam Moore, Chris Wood
Doubt: N/A
In: N/A
Win: Jeffrey Schlupp
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Out: Lucas Leiva, Jordon Ibe, Jon Flanagan
Doubt: Martin Skrtel, Joe Allen, Adam Lallana (rotation)
In: Steven Gerrard, Mamadou Sakho (maybe), Lazar Markovic (maybe)
Win: Daniel Sturridge
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Out: N/A
Doubt: Bacary Sagna, Aleksandar Kolarov, Martin Demichelis (all rotation)
In: Gael Clichy, Pablo Zabaleta, Vincent Kompany, Wilfried Bony (maybe)
Win: Sergio Aguero
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Out: Jonny Evans, Angel Di Maria (both suspended), Robin van Persie
Doubt: Ashley Young, Luke Shaw
In: Adnan Januzaj, Ander Herrera (maybe)
Win: Wayne Rooney
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Out: Papiss Cisse (suspended), Paul Dummett, Cheikh Tiote, Rolando Aarons
Doubt: Massadio Haidara, Mehdi Abeid (rotation), Gabriel Obertan (rotation)
In: Ryan Taylor, Jack Colback, Remy Cabella (maybe)
Win: Daryl Janmaat (hunch)
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Out: Joey Barton (suspended), Richard Dunne, Leroy Fer
Doubt: Adel Taarabt, Darnell Furlong, Eduardo Vargas
In: Mauricio Isla, Niko Kranjcar (maybe)
Win: Steven Caulker
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Out: Jay Rodriguez, Jos Hooiveld
Doubt: Maya Yoshida, Filip Djuricic, Graziano Pelle (all rotation)
In: Toby Alderweireld, Dusan Tadic, Shane Long (maybe)
Win: Ryan Bertrand (hunch)
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Out: Stephen Ireland, Bojan Krkic
Doubt: Phillip Wollscheid, Ryan Shawcross, Peter Crouch (rotation)
In: Geoff Cameron (maybe), Jonathan Walters
Win: Victor Moses
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Out: Lee Cattermole, Adam Johnson (both suspended), Emmanuele Giaccherini
Doubt: Will Buckley, Jack Rodwell (rotation)
In: Ricky Alvarez, Jordi Gomez
Win: Patrick van Aanholt
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Out: Kyle Bartley
Doubt: Leon Britton (rotation), Nathan Dyer (selection)
In: Jack Cork
Win: Jonjo Shelvey (hunch)
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Out: N/A
Doubt: Ben Davies (rotation)
In: Danny Rose
Win: Harry Kane
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Out: Claudio Yacob (suspended), Graham Dorrans, Callum McManaman
Doubt: Victor Anichebe, Brown Ideye, Saido Berahino
In: Craig Gardner, Stephane Sessegnon (maybe)
Win: Chris Brunt (hunch)
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Out: Andy Carroll, Winston Reid, Carl Jenkinson
Doubt: James Tomkins, Enner Valencia
In: Joey O'Brien, Kevin Nolan, Nene, Alex Song
Win: Stewart Downing
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As you can see, there are a lot of players suspended this week, whether it's due to yellow card accumulation, red cards or retroactive bans. In addition to the high number of injured and fatigued players, this should afford a number of low-cost options the chance to start, and I'm banking on a few of those options with my current team:
Courtois
Cresswell, Zouma, Moreno
Hazard, Puncheon, Walcott, Cuadrado
Sturridge, Kane, Aguero
Bench: Sinclair, Upson, Okore, Schwarzer
I'm not sure if I'll stick with this team with doubts over Walcott and Cuadrado starting, but I have decent enough bench coverage that I may just risk it. I think all 4 members of my bench (combined cost: 4.01) will start, so even if Courtois and Zouma are also missing I think I'll still be fielding a full 11. Unless any definitive news comes out stating players will miss out, this is likely how my team will stay.
How is your team coming together? Do you need to make any last-minute alterations due to the news above?