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Gameweek 8 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) begins on Friday with two matches in the Midlands: Aston Villa v Southampton and Nottingham Forest v Fulham.

Both games kick-off at 20:00 BST.

Steven Gerrard makes two changes from the side that drew 1-1 with Manchester City in Gameweek 6, with Ashley Young and Philippe Coutinho coming in for the injured Matty Cash and Douglas Luiz.

That means Emiliano Martinez and Ollie Watkins both start, despite feeling unwell during the week, alongside Leon Bailey, who continues on the right wing.

Southampton, meanwhile, make just one change, with Moussa Djenepo replacing Joe Aribo.

At The City Ground, Steve Cooper has reacted to his side’s 3-2 loss to Bournemouth by making three changes.

In come Willy Boly, Remo Freuler and Taiwo Awoniyi, with Joe Worrall, Cheikhou Kouyate and Jesse Lingard dropping to the bench.

Serge Aurier is still awaiting visa approval.

As for the visitors, Issa Diop starts alongside new signing Willian, but Antonee Robinson misses out through injury.


GAMEWEEK 8 LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Young, Konsa, Mings, Digne, Kamara, McGinn, Ramsey, Bailey, Coutinho, Watkins

Subs: Olsen, Chambers, Augustinsson, Nakamba, Dendoncker, Douglas Luiz, Sanson, Buendia, Ings

Southampton XI: Bazunu, Walker-Peters, Bella-KotchapSalisu, Perraud, DialloWard-Prowse, Elyounoussi, Djenepo, A Armstrong, Adams

Subs: McCarthy, Lyanco, Caleta-Car, Aribo, S Armstrong, Mara, Edozie, Larios, Walcott


Nottingham Forest XI: Henderson, Boly, Cook, McKenna, Williams, Yates, Freuler, Lodi, Gibbs-White, Awonoyi, Johnson

Subs: Hennessey, Biancone, Worrall, Lingard, O’Brien, Toffolo, Surridge, Kouyate, Dennis.

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Adarabioyo, Ream, Diop, Palhinha, Reed, Andreas, Reid, Willian, Mitrovic

Subs: Rodak, Duffy, Kebano, Cairney, Chalobah, James, Mbabu, Vinicius, Harris


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  1. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    What are Villa waiting for? Just sack Gerrard!

  2. Nomar
    • 16 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Hope Mitrovic can score tonight!

    1. Botman and Robben
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Hope he stays quiet.

  3. Mid budget coach
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Bailey

    1. Feloh
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Goal?

      1. Khark
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 6 days ago

        nope

      2. Mid budget coach
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 days ago

        Two almost assists,let down by Watkins positioning

  4. DARE TO BISCAN
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Is William any good? I remember him not being good whenever he left last time

    1. Khark
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      He was good at chelsea garbage at arsenal

      1. DARE TO BISCAN
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 days ago

        Yep. That's how I remembered it

      2. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 6 days ago

        Good at Chelsea till he was garbage.

        Then good for the move.

        On his debut good for Arsenal, then garbage again.

        must like London living.

    2. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Would be better than Charles

      1. DARE TO BISCAN
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 days ago

        Dammit! Thought I'd beaten the predictive text. Snuck in at the last

      2. DARE TO BISCAN
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 days ago

        Prefer Will-i-am, of the 3

    3. Zladan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      He’s pretty uninvolved here. All Mitro Andreas Paulinha.

  5. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    I'd be damned in Neco Willliams keep a cleanie here when I was only considering the likes of Patterson and Emerson on my wildcard. Were it not for WC, Patterson and Emerson would have never seen the inside of my team.

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Forest don't do cleanies dw

  6. Yank Revolution
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    YC Boly

  7. Botman and Robben
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Must be one of the few planning to keep/get Salah on a WC later.

    1. Zilla
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Always remember that here isn't representative of all FPL opinions.

    2. Nomar
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      8m keeping

    3. FPL Daniel
      • 17 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Yep, he was the reason I’ve hold

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 17 Years
        4 years, 6 days ago

        *held

    4. DARE TO BISCAN
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Keeping or getting, is quite a wide range

  8. FPL Daniel
    • 17 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Magnus Karlsen with Son on WC and threemium

    Wow

    1. ☈☾
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      link?

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Wow indeed

    3. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Wow?

    4. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      oWw

    5. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Also bought in Digne? on a WC

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 6 days ago

        WowWowWow

  9. ☈☾
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Gerrard needs to be sacked

    1. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Sack 'me all, sack everybody.

  10. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Perrera looking dangerous here.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 17 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      I am considering promoting him in permanent starter

  11. FPL Daniel
    • 17 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Shoot that one Bailey damn it

    1. Khark
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      screaming to be hit don't get it

  12. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Digne dropped from 7 BPS to just 3... 🙁

  13. Peter O'Hanraha-hanrah…
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Andreas looking golden at 4.5 I think

  14. Zladan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Fulham have played Forest off the park here. I can’t believe they are losing this match.

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      plenty of time to go

  15. Khark
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    If Bailey comes out second half then Gerrard has been on TikTok instead of watching the game

    1. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Bailey doesn’t even look like he wants to be there. He was half way outside the penalty area for the goal

  16. FPL Daniel
    • 17 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Fabio with 3 transfers first hit and no WC

    1. Zladan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Surprised. Taking a hit the week before a wildcard, even though the wildcard teams in GW8 & 9 are so similar. In fact many benched a few players who everyone will be picking in WC9 anyway.

      1. Zladan
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 days ago

        Unless of course… he doesn’t wildcard next week.

    2. Free Hat
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Same here.

      Feel like a Fpl expert/legend already

  17. FPL Daniel
    • 17 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Is that Bailey assist ?

    1. Khark
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      no

    2. Digital-Real
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Don't think so

  18. tbos83
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Ramsey G

  19. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Ramsey G

  20. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Villa Goal

  21. Patio Kev
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Well deserved - Get in there Villa !!!

  22. Rainer
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Ramsey G
    No assist.

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Intended target!?

      1. Rainer
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 6 days ago

        Keeper save then defensive touch away from goal.

        1. Bobby Digital
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 days ago

          I know 😛

          1. Rainer
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 6 days ago

            He plays for Newcastle now anyway... 😛

  23. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Bailey near the half way line when that goal was scored!

  24. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Villa looking great, should make top four now.

  25. Patio Kev
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Waiting for VAR really sucks all the excitement out of games.

  26. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    So Ramsey was the one I was supposed to get.

  27. ☈☾
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    offside goal given.. var continuing to be atrocious

  28. TomSaints
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    How was that goal given?

    What is the ******* point of VAR

    1. TomSaints
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      We always seem to be on the end of these shockers and it’s no point getting an apology after the game

    2. how now brown cow
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      It's not VAR, it's the offside rule.

    3. El Presidente
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Appalling really

    4. im1974
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Where was the offside? Goal in real time & after 200 replays

  29. banskt
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Things I want to happen this GW:
    1) KDB to outscore Bailey / Maddison / Bowen.
    2) Toney to outscore Jesus.
    3) Haaland to outscore Kane.

  30. A. PRISE
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 days ago

    Stevie G is such a likeable person

    1. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 days ago

      Should be manager of the month.
      Every month.