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Four more Premier League matches follow hot on the heels of an absorbing Manchester derby.

Brighton and Hove Albion v Liverpool is the headline act, with three bottom-half scraps on the undercard:

Both sides at the Amex are missing notable names today, with Leandro Trossard out of first-team contention for disciplinary reasons and Darwin Nunez joining Liverpool’s ever-growing injury list.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in for Darwin is the Reds’ only alteration from the draw with Wolves in the FA Cup third round. Cody Gakpo makes his first Premier League appearance since his move to Merseyside earlier this month.

As for Brighton, Alexis Mac Allister is handed his first start since winning the World Cup with Argentina. Budget attacking assets Kaoru Mitoma and Evan Ferguson again get the nod, while Pascal Gross is moved to right-back as Joel Veltman is benched.

Nottingham Forest make one change to the side that beat Wolves on penalties to reach the EFL Cup semi-finals, with Scott McKenna coming in for the injured Willy Boly. Taiwo Awoniyi is still sidelined.

Leicester make two changes to the XI beaten by Newcastle in the EFL Cup on Tuesday, as Jamie Vardy and Nampalys Mendy replace the benched Patson Daka and the injured Ayoze Perez.

At Molineux, Hugo Bueno is back in the starting XI after a midweek breather. Nathan Collins, Daniel Podence, Ruben Neves and Matheus Cunha also return after being benched in that weakened EFL Cup line-up.

West Ham make three changes to the side that beat Brentford in the FA Cup last weekend with Aaron Cresswell, Vladimir Coufal and Pablo Fornals replacing Craig Dawson, Ben Johnson and Emerson Palmieri.

Alex Iwobi makes a miraculous recovery to start for Everton, who again ditch the wingers to go 3-5-2/5-3-2 with Demarai Gray alongside Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

A 2-0 cup win over Manchester City hasn’t stopped Southampton boss Nathan Jones from making alterations up top, as Che Adams, Samuel Edozie and Mohamed Elyounoussi come in for Sekou Mara, Adam Armstrong and Moussa Djenepo.

GAMEWEEK 20 LINE-UPS

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Sanchez, Gross, Dunk, Colwill, Estupinan, Caicedo, Mac Allister, March, Lallana, Mitoma, Ferguson

Subs: Steele, Lamptey, Webster, Welbeck, Sarmiento, Undav, Gilmour, Van Hecke, Veltman

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Konate, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago, Salah, Gakpo, Oxlade-Chamberlain

Subs: Kelleher, Gomez, Milner, Keita, Jones, Elliott, Tsimikas, Carvalho, Doak


Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Godfrey, Coady, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, Iwobi, Onana, Gueye, Gray, Calvert-Lewin.

Subs: Holgate, McNeil, Gordon, Mina, Begovic, Doucoure, Maupay, Davies, Simms.

Southampton XI: Bazunu, Caleta-Car, Lyanco, Salisu, Lavia, Walker-Peters, Ward-Prowse, Elyounoussi, Diallo, Edozie, Adams.

Subs: Alcaraz, Orsic, Maitland-Niles, Aribo, Adam Armstrong, Caballero, Perraud, Mara, Djenepo.


Nottingham Forest XI: Henderson, Aurier, Worrall, McKenna, Lodi, Mangala, Yates, Freuler, Furtado Scarpa, Johnson, Gibbs-White.

Subs: Hennessey, Cook, Williams, Colback, O’Brien, Toffolo. Surridge, Mighten, Dennis.

Leicester City XI: Ward, Castagne, Amartey, Faes, Thomas, Mendy, Ndidi Tielemans, Albrighton, Barnes, Vardy.

Subs: Iversen, Soyuncu, Iheanacho, Daka, Vestergaard, Praet, Brunt, Braybrooke, McAteer.


Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa, Collins, Bueno, Kilman, Semedo, Moutinho, Neves, Nunes, Hwang, Podence, Cunha.

Subs: Sarkic, Ait-Nouri, Lemina, Jimenez, Jonny, Toti, Traore, Hodge, Campbell.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Cresswell, Ogbonna, Aguerd, Coufal, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Paqueta, Bowen, Antonio.

Subs: Randolph, Johnson, Zouma, Scamacca, Lanzini, Downes, Kehrer, Emerson.


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  1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Come on Ward grab a save pt and we can all go home happy

    *awaits Forest 2nd goal*

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Woah, a save point? Dream on

  2. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Chelsea bid 100m for Mudryk

    1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Yawn

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Broja Mk II

      1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Totally different positions and styles of play.

        You don’t know football son

        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Tbf never even heard of Mudryk until a couple of weeks ago so you have a point

    3. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      That’ll solve their problems…

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

      Arsenal in the Mud.....ryk

    5. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Crazy. Need to sort out their FWD issues first:

      Mendy
      James Koulibaly Fofana Chilwell
      Kovacic Kante Jorginho
      Mount Sterling
      ?????

      Kepa
      Azpilicueta Chalobah Badiashile Cucurella
      Gallagher Zakaria Chukwuemekwa
      Havertz Pulisic
      Broja

      Extra: Bettinelli, Silva, RLC, Ziyech, Fofana
      Sell / Get rid of: Aubameyang, Felix
      Buy: Ivan Toney

  3. Shark Team
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Best PL managers:
    1) Arteta
    2) Howe
    3) De Zerbi

    1. Amartey Partey
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Because Ten Hag doesn’t exist?

      1. Shark Team
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Not in my top 3, maybe 4th

        1. Amartey Partey
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          And he moves up to third if United win the league right?

          1. Shark Team
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 7 months ago

            No then he is maybe 1st, Arteta and Howe surely have done a better job this season than Ten Hag considering his squad

    2. Tcheco
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      4) ETH

    3. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      1

    4. TanN
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Hahaha where's Pep?

      Won the PL so many times now

      1. Shark Team
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Sorry, meant this season. Ofc Pep is the best overall

        1. TanN
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Howe for me. Newcastle squad is decent but not amazing, and he's got them to a champions league spot at the minute

          De Zerbi has carried on where Potter left off, doing great stuff with a good little squad

          ETH should not be considered at all! United were terrible for the first half of the season (lost 4-0 to Brentford!)

          Arteta only doing well because of the fact Man City gave them Arteta, Zinchenko and Jesus. Learnt everything from Pep!!

          1. Shark Team
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 7 months ago

            I agree in everything you said but Arteta’s side is very much above expectations in my eyes so as long as they are first he is the best

    5. FantasyTony
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      10) Hag

    6. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      1) Guardiola
      2) Klopp
      3) Conte
      4) Arteta
      5) Howe
      6) Ten Hag
      7) Potter
      8) Moyes
      9) Frank
      10) Rodgers

      1. Shark Team
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Meant this season. Your order is according to who has better managerial careers and I agree

  4. TanN
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    City so robbed !!

    Need big things from Haaland against Spurs otherwise the TC was a waste

    1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Hopefully and angry City win 5-0

      1. TanN
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Would be great!

    2. Tcheco
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Robbed of their dignity after getting sparked by Southampton & United

      1. TanN
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Any football fan can see rashford interfered with play. Should not have stood at all. Akanji would have got the ball but rashford was in the way

        1. Debauchy
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Anybody with a brain cell agrees

          1. TanN
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 7 months ago

            Thank you! An honest person!

            United fans trash talking when it's a clear and obvious howler from the ref! I think a draw would have been fair tbh.

        2. Tcheco
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          2-1 and Haaland looked like a donkey (i captained him too)

    3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      *narrators voice* “The TC was a waste”

  5. Tcheco
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Liverpool’s American ownership reverting to type after very brief success. Look at what happened to United, Chelsea now. They’re on the way

  6. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    At this point, Mitoma is just having fun

  7. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Pool four changes, panic!

  8. JBG
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Should have just started Bueno over Cancelo haha.

  9. Mirror Man
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Liverpool and West Ham might end up swapping managers this afternoon.

  10. FPL Brains
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Chelsea in with €100mil for Mudryk. - Source Fabrizio Romano.

    1. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      🙁

  11. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Solly March scoring as many goals today against Liverpool as he managed in the entire 19/20, 20/21 and 21/22 seasons across 71 league appearances…

    1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Adama Traore v City

      (Except March is actually good)

  12. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Genuinely had no idea West Ham were that far down the table

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

      West Ham, Everton, saints

      All long standing solid PL teams with a very good chance of going down this season

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

    Salah sellers patting themselves on the back

    1. RICICLE
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Wish I was doing

    2. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      -4 to KDB already would have broken even with a home game vs Spurs still to go, silly not to do it in hindsight

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

        Easy game with the power of hindsight mate. Not to worry

        1. Sun Jihai
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          Did think this Brighton game would have plenty of goals in it … just not only for Brighton!

    3. Tommy J
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Yep, brought in Rashford for him….

  14. RICICLE
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Literally cannot wait to Salah

    1. RICICLE
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Sell!

      1. FantasyTony
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Mohamed Sellah

    2. Royal5
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Who did you buy?

      1. RICICLE
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Didn’t buy this GW, I kept

      2. RICICLE
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Oh, who? I’m confused

        1. Royal5
          • 15 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          You wrote literally 😉

          1. RICICLE
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 7 months ago

            Still confused bud.

            1. Royal5
              • 15 Years
              3 years, 7 months ago

              ..means you already sold.

              1. Royal5
                • 15 Years
                3 years, 7 months ago

                Just forget it 😛

              2. RICICLE
                • 4 Years
                3 years, 7 months ago

                But I said ‘cannot wait’ lol!

                Yep just forget it lmao

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Could be like 10m by the end of the season at this rate!

      1. RICICLE
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        I’m Wildcarding anyway and he’s soooooo gone

  15. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Bueno first on bench if Lewis no show

    1. Bluetiger1
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Good bench selection if it stays as it is

  16. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Surridge is not Prem quality, missed a sitter

  17. Bishopool
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    I dont get this Liverpool. Its like they have chosen to not win.

  18. notlob legin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    BBC showing Toney playing as left wing back??

    1. FantasyTony
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Elliot summoned Darwin there

  19. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Currently 12 points on bench boost.
    You'd have to say that's not very good right?

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

      Going to need a bit more info fella

      1. nerd_is_the_werd
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Ward (3) + Bueno (6) + Castagne (2) + Greenwood (1)

    2. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      20 or more is a successful bench boost imo

      1. nerd_is_the_werd
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Sounds about right, 12 is probably a little below average.

  20. Not again Shirley
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    You’re right. Bit like Solanke. Missed a hatful of chances last week against Blackpool too. Bang average.

  21. OPTA FPL
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Who tf is Mudryk? Never heard of him until lately

  22. Dynamic Duos
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Best Foden replacement?

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Salah

    2. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Mitoma

    3. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Solly March

    4. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Mitoma or March

    5. Dynamic Duos
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      I will ask again when March dust has settled , because he is stupid answer

  23. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    West Ham 19th … wtf happened

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Moyes happened

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

      David Moyes

    3. Royal5
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Overachieved for a good while

    4. SamH123
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Antonio was really good for them, not so much this season though

      1. Royal5
        • 15 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Is Bowen even playing?

        1. Royal5
          • 15 Years
          3 years, 7 months ago

          He used to be good

  24. Old Wulfrunian
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Neves you beauty..how unlucky

  25. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Oh my god. Is Mbeumo playing left-back today?

    1. notlob legin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      BBC showing Toney is

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        BBC line-ups are always wrong.

  26. dshv
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    All prayers are sending for Toney hattrick!

  27. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    HOLD Brighton and Forest!

    1. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Meth is kicking in I see...

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 7 months ago

        Saving it for tomorrow for Father & Son timr

  28. Bartowski
    • 15 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Pretty sure a lot of these young Liverpool players are no longer going to be 'wonderkids' in the next instalment of Football Manager.

  29. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    Pickford lol

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      JWP x2G

  30. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 7 months ago

    The Ev are losing against Southampton...

    JWP free kick

    1. Bluetiger1
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 7 months ago

      Time for Frank Lampard to go first in the Sack race?