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Two Premier League matches kick off at 14:00 BST today – Brighton and Hove Albion v Leicester City and West Ham United v Manchester United.

At Brighton, Graham Potter makes just one change as Adam Webster (£4.5m) is sidelined with a hamstring injury and is replaced by Solly March (£5.4m).

Pascal Gross (£6.0m) is continuing to self-isolate due to Covid-19 regulations, but Enock Mwepu (£5.9m) does return to the bench along with Tariq Lamptey (£4.4m).

As for Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester City, Boubakary Soumare (£4.9m) makes his first Premier League start and comes in for Marc Albrighton (£5.4m), while Ricardo Pereira (£5.5m) replaces Timothy Castagne (£5.4m) at right-back.

Meanwhile, Michail Antonio (£7.9m) is suspended for West Ham United after being sent off against Southampton in Gameweek 4. As a result, either Jarrod Bowen (£6.3m) or Nikola Vlasic (£6.0m) will lead the line, with Said Benrahma (£6.4m) and Pablo Fornals (£6.0m) completing David Moyes’ front four.

For Manchester United, Scott McTominay (£5.4m) starts alongside Fred (£5.0m) in a double pivot following groin surgery. That means Paul Pogba (£7.8m) could move back into a more advanced role on the left of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s 4-2-3-1 formation.

Mason Greenwood (£7.7m) starts ahead of Jadon Sancho (£.9.1m) on the right, who drops to the bench along with Donny van de Beek (£5.8m) and Victor Lindelof (£4.9m), both of whom featured in Europe.

GAMEWEEK 5 LINE-UPS

Brighton XI: Sanchez, Veltman, Duffy, Dunk, March, Lallana, Bissouma, Cucurella, Trossard, Maupay, Welbeck

Subs: Steele, Lamptey, Burn, Richards, Mwepu, Alzate, Mac Allister, Moder, Connolly

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Soyuncu, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Tielemans, Ndidi, Soumare, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy

Subs: Ward, Castagne, Dewsbury-Hall, Amartey, Choudhury, Daka, Lookman, Iheahancho, Albrighton

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Zouma, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Vlasic, Benrahma, Fornals, Bowen

Subs: Areola, Masuaku, Dawson, Noble, Kral, Lanzini, Fredericks, Diop, Yamolenko

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Maguire, Shaw, Fred, McTominay, Greenwood, Fernandes, Pogba, Ronaldo

Subs: Heaton, Dalot, Matic, Martial, Sancho, Lingard, Bailly, van de Beek, Mata

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  1. jack88
    5 years, 1 month ago

    is christensen starting?

  2. Lingard’s Shin Guards
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Cristiano last minute winner written in the stars

    1. Gunneryank
      5 years, 1 month ago

      It feels exactly like that sort of game.

  3. Liberate HK - antichinazi
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Chelsea with out Mendy ......

    1. Liberate HK - antichinazi
      5 years, 1 month ago

      SONNNNNNNN

  4. JONALDINHO
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Penaldo at it again

  5. Thomas Magnum
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Why’s that not a yellow for simulation

    1. Rainer
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Not a dive, not a pen.

    2. Hotdogs for Tea
      5 years, 1 month ago

      because there was very strong contact ?

      1. Harry the Hack
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Strong contact initiated by Ronaldo!

  6. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Well I'm sure glad I punted on Chilwell on WC last week and used my ft to move him to James this week

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Tuchel hates Nate Dogg confirmed

    2. Khark
      5 years, 1 month ago

      James house got burgled. It's no suprise he isnt playing.

      1. Harry the Hack
        5 years, 1 month ago

        he's on the bench..

      2. Hooky
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Did they steal his boots?

      3. Postman Ty
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Surely this happens to everyone right? Not just me? Feels like every few weeks something like this happens.

      4. Nate(U)dog(ie)
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I wouldn't say it's solely that, unfortunately has happened to a lot of players when playing European games in particular and they still play afterwards

  7. Khark
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Mendy not playing.

    Fantasy really has been mental this weekend.

  8. Rainer
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Not all contact in the box is a pen this season.

    Rule change after last season and Sterling in the Euro's.

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Ronaldo initiated that contact anyway. Shouldn't have been a pen last season either.

      1. ZimZalabim
        5 years, 1 month ago

        It would have been a pen in the early part of last season when they gave any touch as a pen, but then they altered their rule after about 10-12 games iirc, after that wouldn't have been a pen, Ronaldo literally jumped into Coufal so apart from when refs were giving very soft pens no chance its given

  9. HuttonDressedasLahm
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Greenwood next on my out list then

  10. diesel001
    5 years, 1 month ago

    The pre-season predictions were correct when they said Man Utd would get fewer penalties because of more lenient refereeing.

    1. ☈☾
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Also no Martial

    2. Ze_Austin
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Their main penalty winners haven't been playing this season: Martial and Rashford. But yes, fewer penalties all round

      1. Postman Ty
        5 years, 1 month ago

        You mean divers?

  11. Bartowski
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Is it just me or does Maguire look like the quintessential evil witch?!

    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      5 years, 1 month ago

      are evil witches quintessential ?

      1. Bartowski
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Everything can be quintessential if its the most fitting example.

      2. el polako
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Aren't witches evil by definition ?
        Can you get good witch ?

        1. Bartowski
          5 years, 1 month ago

          I think its best you watch all seven seasons of this https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3906732/ and let us know if that's true or not.

    2. Fabreghastly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      5 years, 1 month ago

      It’s just you

    3. ZimZalabim
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I can see it, Wicked Witch from Wizard of OZ lol

  12. The Train Driver
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Yarmo looking like the most tired player on the pitch, lol.

  13. JohnnyCroat
    5 years, 1 month ago

    James benched... but Duffy for 5 just in case. Still feels like an odd GW

    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      5 years, 1 month ago

      James cameo incoming

    2. Ze_Austin
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He'll very likely be subbed on

  14. Tango74
    5 years, 1 month ago

    What do I do Harvey Barnes, any decent mid price miss

    Not jota or benrahma?

    1. Hooky
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Sarr

    2. Heisenberg W. W.
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Gray or Raphina (if passed fit)

  15. Liberate HK - antichinazi
    5 years, 1 month ago

    So Shaw --> James went well!

    1. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Well you haven't exactly missed a Shaw haul.
      This was my planned move this week, now reconsidering.

    2. g40steve
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Tell me about check my link for GW5 WC f##k up

  16. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Should I ship Traore or Torres this week? Think I want Torres for Burnley in GW8 but don't know if holding him for Chelsea and Liverpool away is worth it. Especially when there's no guarantee he starts vs Burnley.

  17. Illu
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Behrama goal not own goal ?

    1. Rainer
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Nope.

    2. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Benrahma goal is Benrahma goal, otherwise it wouldn't be called Benrahma goal

  18. Rainer
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Ronaldo embarrassing himself now.

    1. Postman Ty
      5 years, 1 month ago

      3 goals from 3 keeper errors, but nobody will remember the errors...

  19. 3 A
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Always cry for penalty. Goat my ass

  20. The Senate
    5 years, 1 month ago

    yeah that one actually should have been given

  21. Lingard’s Shin Guards
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Lol Ronnie trying his hardest to get a pen

    1. The Train Driver
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Should have had 2 sonfar

  22. JONALDINHO
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Maguire is such a bad centre half. That’s all

    1. The Senate
      5 years, 1 month ago

      this is one of the biggest football myths haha

    2. Lingard’s Shin Guards
      5 years, 1 month ago

      His immobility hurts him the most

  23. nerd_is_the_werd
    5 years, 1 month ago

    STOP DIVING AROUND!

  24. My heart goes Salalalalah
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Ronaldo doing a Neymar

  25. Pep Roulette
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Keep Odegaard or sell for Gallagher?

    1. ClassiX
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Keep

  26. Forza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Gravity owners in heaven, all over Ronaldo at the moment.

  27. Under my Cucurella
    5 years, 1 month ago

    All the wrong decisions on the wildcard, my previous team and the other wildcard draft I didn't opt with doing better this week

  28. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    5 years, 1 month ago

    One more save Sanchez!

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He will concede if you wish for that.

  29. The Train Driver
    5 years, 1 month ago

    VAR went from give everything to ignore clear penalties.

    1. Harry the Hack
      5 years, 1 month ago

      'clear penalties' lol

  30. ClassiX
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    5 years, 1 month ago

    How frustrated are the few remaining Barnes owners right now?

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      5 years, 1 month ago

      His mum is still holding out hope.