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Four more Premier League fixtures take place this evening on the penultimate night of Double Gameweek 33.

Chelsea v Arsenal, Everton v Leicester City and Newcastle United v Crystal Palace all get underway at 19:45 BST, with Manchester City v Brighton and Hove Albion kicking off 15 minutes later.

Pep Guardiola has made six changes to the side that lost 3-2 to Liverpool at Wembley on Saturday, with many of the big guns returning.

Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez are all brought into the midfield, with Ederson and Aymeric Laporte recalled at the back.

Fernandinho, Gabriel Jesus, Jack Grealish, Raheem Sterling, Zack Steffen and Oleksandr Zinchenko drop to the bench, while Ruben Dias is once again a substitute.

Graham Potter has made two alterations to the Brighton side that prevailed in north London at the weekend, both of which are enforced.

Yves Bissouma is suspended and Leandro Trossard is absent from the matchday squad due to illness, so Solly March and Danny Welbeck come into the side.

Over in west London, Chelsea make four changes from their own cup semi-final.

In come Ruben Loftus-Cheek, N’Golo Kante, Romelu Lukaku and Malang Sarr, as Kai Havertz and Jorginho drop to the bench. We knew that Mateo Kovacic would not be in the squad due to injury but Antonio Rudiger‘s absence has caught us on the hop – he is not involved due to a minor groin problem.

Opponents Arsenal make three changes from the defeat at Southampton, as Emile Smith Rowe, Rob Holding and Mohamed Elneny come in for the benched Cedric Soares, Gabriel Martinelli and Albert Sambi Lokonga.

Alexandre Lacazette is on the bench after recovering from Covid-19.

The Leicester rotation continues on Merseyside as Brendan Rodgers makes seven changes following his side’s injury-time loss to Newcastle on Sunday, reverting to the bulk of the side that played in the Europa League last Thursday.

The back four are completely overhauled, while James Maddison, Harvey Barnes and Kelechi Iheanacho are all reinstanted in attack.

Yerry Mina returns in place of Michael Keane as one of two changes for Everton but Frank Lampard has lost Dominic Calvert-Lewin to a quad muscle injury that could keep him out for 10-14 days. Demarai Gray steps in.

An unchanged Newcastle, still without the injured Ryan Fraser, take on a Crystal Palace side showing five changes to the team that lost 2-0 to Chelsea on Sunday.

Conor Gallagher, ineligible at Wembley, returns alongside Vicente Guaita, Nathaniel Clyne, Michael Olise and Odsonne Edouard.

Jack Butland, Joel Ward, Eberechi Eze, Jean-Philippe Mateta and James McArthur all drop to the bench.

GAMEWEEK 33 LINE-UPS

Chelsea XI: Mendy, James, Azpilicueta, Sarr, Christensen, Alonso, Kante, Loftus-Cheek, Mount, Lukaku, Werner

Subs: Kepa, Jorginho, Thiago Silva, Pulisic, Chalobah, Saul, Barkley, Ziyech, Havertz

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, White, Gabriel, Holding, Tavares, Xhaka, Elneny, Odegaard, Smith Rowe, Saka, Nketiah

Subs: Leno, Lacazette, Soares, Pepe, Lokonga, Martinelli, Azeez, Swanson, Hutchinson


Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Mina, Godfrey, Mykolenko, Allan, Delph, Iwobi, Gordon, Gray, Richarlison

Subs: Begovic, Kenny, Holgate, Keane, Doucouré, Gomes, Van de Beek, Alli, Rondón

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Fofana, Evans, Castagne; Mendy, Maddison, Tielemans, Dewsbury-Hall, Barnes, Iheanacho

Subs: Ward, Justin, Söyüncü, Amartey, Albrighton, Pérez, Choudhury, Lookman, Daka, Lookman


Newcastle XI: Dubravka, Krafth, Schar, Burn, Targett, Guimaraes, Shelvey, Joelinton, Almiron, Wood, Saint-Maximin

Subs: Darlow, Lascelles, Ritchie, Fernandez, Manquillo, Murphy, Willock, Gayle, Longstaff

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Kouyate, Andersen, Guehi, Clyne, Olise, Gallagher, Schlupp, Mitchell, Edouard, Zaha

Subs: Butland, Ward, Tomkins, Ayew, Eze, Hughes, Mateta, McArthur, Benteke


Man City XI: Ederson, Joao Cancelo, Stones, Laporte, Ake, Rodri, Gundogan, Mahrez, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Foden.

Subs: Dias, Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, Grealish, Zinchenko, Steffen, Fernandinho, Palmer, Lavia.

Brighton XI: Sanchez, Veltman, Dunk, Cucurella, Lamptey, Gross, Caicedo, March, Mac Allister, Mwepu, Welbeck.

Subs: Webster, Maupay, Lallana, Steele, McGill, Leonard, Offiah, Ferguson, Sarmiento.

  1. @FPL__Engineer
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Lamptey playing up front

  2. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Azpi goal

  3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    OMG azpil

    1. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      😮

  4. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Azpi G
    Mount A

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

    Just 10 clean sheets in 25 home games in all comps for Chelsea this season, seems to be an issue particularly at home

  6. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    My final 2 decisions on FH were:
    1. Kane or Salah
    2. follow az on Fernandes or keep an arsenal midfielder

    Only about a 40 point swing at the moment

  7. DycheDycheBaby
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    What a game!!

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Two cracking little sides.

      1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        You support is city right?

        Michael Vonk was your best ever player before the oil money.

      2. Silecro
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Current UCL and World Champions vs Arsenal you mean

  8. Duke Silver ☑
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Almiron goal. You've got to be kidding me.

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

      Assist?

      1. Duke Silver ☑
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        No idea yet mate. Relying on sofascore to update

      2. A. PRISE
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Bruno

        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Had my mortgage on him to score tonight. Obv will assist 3 goals instead.

          1. A. PRISE
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            He is playing a bit deep so it won't be easy to score

            1. Mr. O'Connell
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Ended up homeless betting on Kane goals to cover his FPL points. Yet he'd still haul.

      3. Gandalf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Sofascore says Bruno but not sure

      4. GENERATION X
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Az heaven

      5. brianutd-why always we? 20
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        None

      6. Duke Silver ☑
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Bruno G apparently. Should've known tbh.

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Wood (c) and ASM. Thought I was in the money there. Nope.

    3. A. PRISE
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      It was a good one too

    4. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Surely it doesn't matter to you?

  9. BeWater
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    In retrospect, bench boosting with DDG and Ramsdale was not a great idea.

    1. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Ahead of time I’d have said 2-3 clean sheets seemed reasonable…

      Obviously went DDG over budget Fraser because premium keepers are worth it …

  10. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    That should’ve been Reece 🙁

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

    Get in! Was hoping this would be a goal fest

    (James, saka and martinelli owner)

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      😆

    2. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Aren't you even Saka or Marti C?

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

        Marti cap 🙁

  12. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Mount has done two clear fouls now, neither given. Should have got a yellow 10 mins ago.

    The refs have a serious England players agenda.

    1. Feanor
      • 17 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Been going on for decades. Rooney never got carded. *__*

  13. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Now Bruno is getting assists as well…

    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      He is the real bruno!

  14. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Bruno taking the piss now...

  15. mad_beer ✅
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Gabriel. 2 points in two games. Thanks

  16. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Bruno assist given
    Az wtf!

  17. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Can’t wait for black box when Az has Bruno G captained

    1. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Mark wont show

      1. GENERATION X
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Its Az getting the vertigo now

  18. jimmyharte
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    35 points on free hit lollll what a joke I am

    1. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Beats my 30

    2. Forgetmeknot
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Ouch, how my many points original team got? I’m on 50 oh fh but original team scored 60+

    3. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Same. Every 50:50 has backfired.

      I didn’t really want to play it but injuries forced hand and I should still outscore my non FH team.

      But damn it’s been painful

  19. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    6 goals not 1 point for me with 7 outfield players

  20. Botman and Robben
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Budget Bruno the real deal?

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

      If he keeps Willock out of the side he can be, he's been excellent of late

    2. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Too late. 3 terrible fixtures coming up after norwich

    3. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      He won’t get another attacking point this season.

      Just one of those freak fpl moments when a player hits form for a game or two

  21. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Most disapointing fpl player this season has 100% been Foden imo.

    What's your most disapointing fpl Player this season?

    I'm not talking about a player that you had in your team often just what you expected?

    1. jimmyharte
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Lukaku has to be up there

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I actually got his brace 🙂

    2. Snake Juice
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      It's definitely Foden

    3. Botman and Robben
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Maupay

    4. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Lukaku

    5. BeWater
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      DCL and Martinelli.

    6. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Maguire

      1. The 12th Man
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        He said player.

      2. Botman and Robben
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        🙂

    7. The 12th Man
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      He’s way overhyped on here.
      He’s a great player, no argument but for FPL. No thanks.

    8. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Harvey Barnes from start

    9. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Grealish i would say.. 100 million man

    10. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Antonio

    11. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Lukaku
      Rashford
      Ings

    12. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Watkins, missed his goals, nothing when I had him!

    13. The 12th Man
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      The whole Everton squad.

    14. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Dallas

    15. HashAttack
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Ronaldo has been far worse for me than Lukaku

      Played Ronaldo 8 rimes for 44 points (Captain 3 times for 10 points)
      Plated Lukaku 5 times for 36 points (Captain 2 times for 30 points)

      Only Dennis has been a worse captain for me

  22. Not again Shirley
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Lukaku by a country mile!

  23. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Thoughts?
    Kulu to mount for dgw? Exact funds
    Cheers

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I like it.

      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers, can bring Kulu back in on f/h for his dgw

  24. Oggle22
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Ramsdale
    TAA White James Schar
    Salah Saka Havertz Kulu Barnes
    Kane

    Sa Rudi Cucho Richardson

    Sa/Saka and Rudi to Schmeichel/Mount and Laporte -4?

    Cheers

    1. el polako
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      You're welcome.

      1. Oggle22
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Having a bad game week?

        1. el polako
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Yes, but a pretty good season.

          1. Oggle22
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Thought as much with your helpful reply chin up mate there's still time

  25. Pariße
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Not one PL ref out there that doesn’t look like a racist cop.

    1. A. PRISE
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Truer words have never been spoken

  26. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    This ref is letting Chelsea get away with so many fouls. No yellows

  27. jimmyharte
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Cmon Wood or Cancelo just do something ffs.

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Wood. Haha.

      1. el polako
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Just want him to get stuck in.

    2. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Wait till tmoz mate

      1. jimmyharte
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        ?

  28. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Who should I ditch for Mount?

    A) Saka
    B) Maddison

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      B for me. Saka has looked good.

    2. el polako
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Maddison, easy.

    3. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Saka

  29. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Saka surrounded by clowns, what a delivery!

  30. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    City are about to score

    You can feel it in the air.