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Four Premier League matches kick off at 3pm BST today, including reigning champions Manchester City against newly promoted Norwich City.

Aston Villa v Newcastle United, Crystal Palace v Brentford and Leeds United v Everton are the other top-flight fixtures taking place at the traditional Saturday afternoon start time.

The headline team news comes from the Etihad as Pep Guardiola makes five changes to the side that lost 1-0 to Tottenham Hotspur.

Aymeric Laporte, Kyle Walker, Rodri, Gabriel Jesus and Bernardo Silva are all recalled to the starting XI, with Raheem Sterling, Riyad Mahrez, Nathan Ake, Benjamin Mendy and Fernandinho dropping to the bench.

An ankle injury keeps Kevin De Bruyne out, while John Stones isn’t part of the hosts’ matchday squad.

Norwich are unchanged from the side that lost 3-0 at home to Liverpool last Saturday.

That’s also the case with Brentford, as Bryan Mbeumo gets set for another out-of-position run-out alongside Ivan Toney.

Summer signings Conor Gallagher and Joachim Andersen get their first Palace starts, with Christian Benteke also recalled. Jordan Ayew, Jairo Riedewald and Jean-Philippe Mateta drop to the bench.

Aston Villa boss Dean Smith makes two changes to the team that lost to newly promoted Watford last weekend, with Jacob Ramsey and Douglas Luiz replacing Matt Targett and Marvelous Nakamba.

Targett’s benching means that Ashley Young starts at left-back.

Joe Willock starts for Newcastle as Steve Bruce makes three changes to the Magpies side that lost at home to West Ham last Sunday.

Willock replaces the injured Jonjo Shelvey in midfield, with Fabian Schar and captain Jamaal Lascelles coming into defence in place of Emil Krafth and Ciaran Clark.

Kalvin Phillips and Junior Firpo are make the Leeds line-up after fitness-related benchings in Gameweek 1, with Robin Koch and Rodrigo dropping to the bench.

Yerry Mina for Mason Holgate and Alex Iwobi for Andros Townsend are Everton’s two alterations.

GAMEWEEK 2 LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Young, McGinn, Ramsey, Douglas Luiz, El Ghazi, Buendia, Ings

Subs: Steer, Targett, Wesley, Hourihane, Tuanzebe, Nakamba, Hause, Philogene-Bidace, Chukwuemeka

Newcastle XI: Woodman, Murphy, Schar, Fernandez, Lascelles, Ritchie, Hayden, Willock, Almiron, Wilson, Saint-Maximin

Subs: Gillespie, Clark, Joelinton, Lewis, Hendrick, Krafth, Fraser, Gayle, S. Longstaff

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Kouyate, Schlupp, McArthur, Benteke, Gallagher, Zaha.

Subs: Butland, Matthews, Tomkins, Ayew, Mateta, Kelly, Riedewald, Rak-Sakyi.

Brentford XI: Raya, Ajer, Jansson, Pinnock, Henry, Janelt, Onyeka, Mbeumo, Norgaard, Canos, Toney.

Subs: Goode, Forss, Wissa, Fernandez, Ghoddos, Dervisoglu, Bidstrup, Sorensen, Roerslev.

Leeds: Meslier, Ayling, Struijk, Cooper, Firpo, Phillips, Raphinha, Dallas, Klich, Harrison, Bamford.

Subs: Forshaw, Roberts, Klaesson, Helder Costa, Rodrigo, Summerville, Shackleton, Cresswell, Drameh.

Everton: Pickford, Coleman, Mina, Keane, Digne, Allan, Doucoure, Gray, Richarlison, Iwobi, Calvert-Lewin.

Subs: Kenny, Holgate, Delph, Townsend, Begovic, Gbamin, Davies, Kean, Branthwaite.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Dias, Laporte, Walker, Gundogan, Rodri, Grealish, Silva, Torres, Jesus.

Subs: Steffen, Ake, Zinchenko, Mendy, Fernandinho, Sterling, Mahrez, Doyle, Palmer.

Norwich City XI: Krul, Aarons, Hanley, Gibson, Giannoulis, Lees-Melou, Gilmour, Rupp, Cantwell, Pukki, Rashica.

Subs: Gunn, Omobamidele, Dowell, Tzolis, Sorensen, McLean, Sargent, Mumba, Idah.

FANTASY5

There’s still time to enter today’s Fantasy5 contest, in which you can win £10,000 without paying a penny.

Simply pick five players from the nominated Gameweek 2 matches and, if they all exceed their Fantasy ‘points targets’ (a par score set by Fantasy5 for each asset), you’ll be in the money.

The deadline is at 3pm BST – so get those entries in now.

We’ve selected our own picks for Gameweek 2 in the article below, with Ted Talks FPL following suit.

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  1. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Bamford fail.
    Meslier fail.
    Raphina fail.
    So far.........

  2. dark91
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Gundo yc

  3. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Gundogan yellow?

    1. Mika-eel
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yip.

  4. Chalobah's Witness
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    how's Ingsey doing?

    1. asdf_1
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Invisible

    2. Lingard’s Shin Guards
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Quiet

    3. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Better than last week, he had a chance.

  5. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Wilson yc

  6. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Wilson YC 🙁

  7. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    mBOOMbo hits the bar

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Where's Tiger Toney?

    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Lovely, 5.5 gem

  8. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    LMS safety score currently 20 with live bonus.

    https://www.livefpl.net/LMS

  9. WVA
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I've had more yellow cards that goals this season

  10. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Klich G
    Bamford A

    Digne howler

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      FFS!!!!

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Keane howler

    3. WVA
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Raphina get involved FFS

  11. Thomas Magnum
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Klich

    1. Thomas Magnum
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Loves an early season goal that man

  12. northernmuppet
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Are FPL now updating their league tables in real time? That's pretty cool..

  13. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Klich goal

  14. Dragon Arcana
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Finally bamf

  15. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Sold Bam Bam for DCL...

    1. Postman Ty
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      You're complaining that you got rid of an assist for a goal? Shut up...

  16. Fabreghastly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Key pass was from Rahpa

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Great

  17. Postman Ty
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    FPL: Pick defenders by who has the best fixtures.
    Everton: Hold my beer.

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      lol, it’s funny because it’s true

      1. Postman Ty
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I have zero faith in them, and I do this for a little period every year for some reason.

  18. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Both cleanies gone, great.

  19. One for All
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Sanchez
    Taa, Ayling. Shaw. Amartey
    Raphinha, Son, Bruno, Salah
    Ings, Antonio

    Foster, Bissouma, Tsimikas, Obafemi

    2 FT 0.5 ITB

    What to do?

    Team looks fine will sell Ings next gw, but team looks fine this gw...

  20. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Digne another binary score

    1. Thomas Magnum
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      4 point merchant

  21. @persecuted_by_mods
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Micheal Keane Bambi on ice

    • Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Mbeumo bar!

    • Thomas Magnum
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Don’t you face imprisonment for lighting a flare at a stadium in the UK haha

    • Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Get in Leeds wipe that cleanie

    • ☈☾
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Why is Doucoure going for golden boot

    • Delhidynamo
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Somebody buy Grifo pls

    • Fabreghastly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      So good to see sane refereeing again

    • Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Bemba, my guy, give me an OMG PUKKI please

    • Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Get Ings & Raphinha out my team

      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        This
        And Barnes and Toney

      2. 1984 TC
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Sure, will do! But will need your username and password though…

      3. On The Up
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Haha you need to stfu. Actually keep spouting rubbish it helps them score!

    • the dom 1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Once this GW is over who is the best replacement for Veltman? 4.5 itb

      1. fusen
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Why do you want to replace Veltman?

        1. the dom 1
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Not sure on having 2 x BHA in def now...

      2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Ayling maybe good from gw5 gw3 game ok from what I remember

        1. the dom 1
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Yep thinking Ayling from GW5 but what about Tanganga?

      3. Feloh
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Keep him.

        1. the dom 1
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          should he be covid clear next gw?

      4. Chalobah's Witness
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Duffy might work out perfectly.