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The Premier League action gets underway at Elland Road at 12:30 BST, a match that features one of just two teams to play twice in Gameweek 36.

Newcastle United’s ‘double’ begins with a visit to Leeds United, with a home game against Brighton & Hove Albion to follow on Thursday.

Virtually all of the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) interest in the lunchtime kick-off is on the Magpies, then, and the team news is broadly positive for the key Fantasy assets on show.

Callum Wilson and Alexander Isak start together for the second match running, the former presumably set to lead the line again and the latter stationed on the left flank.

Eddie Howe has made only one change from the team beaten 2-0 by Arsenal last Sunday, with Miguel Almiron replacing Jacob Murphy on the right wing.

As for the hosts, Sam Allardyce has recalled top scorer Rodrigo Moreno at the expense of the benched Wilfried Gnonto.

Patrick Bamford keeps his place.

The cheapest ‘forward’ in FPL, £4.0m-rated Sam Greenwood, also starts, as does Robin Koch.

Adam Forshaw and Marc Roca are back among the substitutes as a result.

Above: The Gameweek 36 ‘effective ownership’ stats of the top 10,000 FPL managers

Isak is the most-captained player of the Gameweek if we look at LiveFPL’s numbers for the current top 10,000 Fantasy managers, handed the armband by almost two-thirds of them.

GAMEWEEK 36 LINE-UPS

Leeds United XI: Robles, Ayling, Firpo, Koch, Bamford, Harrison, Rodrigo, Kristensen, McKennie, Wober, Greenwood.

Subs: Meslier, Forshaw, Aaronson, Roca, Summerville, Struijk, Rutter, Gnonto, Gray.

Newcastle United XI: Pope, Trippier, Botman, Schar, Joelinton, Wilson, Isak, Almiron, Willock, Burn, Guimares.

Subs: Dubravka, Dummett, Gordon, Saint-Maximin, Lewis, Targett, Manquillo, Murphy, Anderson.



  1. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Trippier had any attacking threat yet?

    1. fantasist
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      No just poor free kicks

    2. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Not for months

    3. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      He's on set pieces so always a chance of an assist

    4. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Man United game.

  2. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    That’s why GW is 4.5

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      4.0*

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Didn’t check price 🙂

  3. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Wilson penalties scored 16 missed 3
    Isak scored 8 missed 4

  4. Dat Guy Welbz
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Let’s say a bomb was dropped on this match and all the players died. Would we still get to keep our captain points so far from Callum Wilson?

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Wtf?

    2. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Damn son

      1. Sun God Nika
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Call the feds

    3. Dušan Citizen
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      MI 6 wants to know your location

    4. Sure You Did
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I suspect so. You’ll get a lot of crying babies with this post though.

    5. TKC07
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      What are you smoking?

    6. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I'd imagine football would be temporary suspended and a period of mourning would begin. They might even end the season.

    7. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I’d worry less about your captain points if I were you and more about going to have a chat with someone

    8. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Full metal jacket

    9. Red Star Toro
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      If you read the rules you'd know that in case of any unforeseeable circumstance which is beyond the control of the Premier League, or any unavoidable event, even if foreseeable, so called “Force majeure”, points are given to Harry Kane.

    10. SpaceCoyote97
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Is it wrong that this post made me laugh out loud?

      1. Dat Guy Welbz
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        No

  5. Nightcrawler
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Wilson non owners buried DEEP in MUD with Nowhere to go

    Love to see it oh yes u do

  6. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Please sub off Almiron

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      This

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

      For Murphy

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

    Miggy ruining Isak & Wilson

  8. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    All these DGWs only make me wanna puke, like Brighton mids last week

  9. jason_ni
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    That's a huge 2 min swing as a Pope and wilson(c) owner.

    Finally some good luck!

    1. DannyDrinkVodka
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Nice one!!

  10. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bonus Points

    3 - Wilson (28)
    2 - Pope (23)
    1 - Ayling (22)

    Isak (10)

    Does feel like saving a penalty gets a bit too rewarded in FPL, when a keeper scores more from them than a CS

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

      Saving a pen is a pretty big deal

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Huge in the context of this game, especially.

      2. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Agree, just wonder whether it should have a point less perhaps. Keeper who saves a penalty in a 3-0 loss gets the same points as one who keeps a CS atm.

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      It's a fairly rare event tho so I think it's okay.

    3. Unliklinho
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      But a keeper can get clean sheet points with no saves whatsoever.

    4. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Scoring a penalty should get less pts.

      1. Amartey Partey
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        It used to be extra points I think?

  11. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Score predictions:

    Leeds Utd 1-3 Newcastle
    Aston Villa 2-1 Spurs
    Chelsea 1-1 Notts Forest
    Crystal Palace 2-1 Bournemouth
    Man Utd 2-0 Wolves
    Southampton 1-2 Fulham

    Sunday
    Brentford 2-2 West Ham
    Everton 1-3 Man City
    Arsenal 3-2 Brighton

    Monday
    Leicester 1-2 Liverpool

    1. Dat Guy Welbz
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I think Leeds Newcastle will be 0-0

      1. Sun God Nika
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Same

    2. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Not sure Soton and Leicester have enough fight left in them to keep the scores that close.

    3. The Mentaculus
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      AVL 1-0 TOT
      CHE 1-3 NFO
      CRY 3-2 BOU
      MUN 1-0 WOL
      SOU 1-2 FUL
      BRE 0-0 WHU
      EVE 1-1 MCI
      ARS 3-1 BHA
      LEI 1-5 LIV

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Your boys need a win today

        Or not to lose!

      2. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Hope you're right on the Everton result.

        That match and Arsenal v BHA is a tough one to guess.

  12. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    In Pope we trust

  13. Lallana_
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Newcastle Robin Koch of the 3 points

  14. Shark Team
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    So Bamford has costed 5+ pts to Leeds in their fight for survival

  15. The Ilfordian
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone got more points already than last week?

    25 vs 34(-8)

  16. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Murphy for Almiron in the 2nd half

  17. DannyDrinkVodka
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Dang, was considering Steele to Pope for a -4 all week……..

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

      Why?

      1. DannyDrinkVodka
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Thought Steele might be benched and would open up another attacking spot to go along with Mitoma & Mac A

    2. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Had Raya to Pope planned before the bloody March injury!

  18. TanN
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Is Isak looking lively?

    1. Red Star Toro
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yes and more central

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Lively enough. Moved to the middle towards the end of the half.

  19. JBG
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Something to laugh about for everyone having a bad start to this GW.

    https://twitter.com/City_Zone_/status/1657349277465604098

    1. Sure You Did
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      You find this funny? Only Man U fans would find this funny and for a bigger laugh, they just need to look at the state of their own club. No, I’m not a City or Pool fan.

      1. JBG
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Ofc it's funny that a professional player says and has this opinion about a "large " club in the PL. Only City fans themselves don't find this funny.

      2. Biggsy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        For someone who isn't a City fan, you're awful salty about a bit of banter

        1. JBG
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Also this.

  20. tim
    • 16 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Still early but having both Isak and Wilson has been a 10k green arrow to top 20k.

    1. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Hopefully they’ve both got several goals in them

  21. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    At least Isak will be on pens on Thursday

    1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 17 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Thanks Eddie

      1. Sure You Did
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        He’s just upset he has double NewC defence and Isak C

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

          And you’re just excited about your first good gameweek

        2. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Better than mine trio tbf

  22. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Greenwood off

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Watkins to Greenwood move fail...

  23. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    The Knights template finally getting his Ayling haul

    1. Fitzy.
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      He doesn't own him, but that won't stop him rabbiting on about it anyway... 😆

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Ah ok fair lol

  24. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    What's the best Fast & Furious film? Only seen 1.

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      They get samey around number 24 but good again by 37

  25. Gazzpfc
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Benching headache

    DDG
    Shaw Stones Estupinian
    Mitoma Salah Mac Mahrez Rashford
    Haaland Isak

    Raya Trippier Wilson Trent

    Anything to change???

    1. Sandy Ravage
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Jeez! Bench boost?

      1. Gazzpfc
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I wish absolutely nightmare but can’t drop a dgwer so Trent trippier and Wilson have to be benched

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

    Looks like Rashford not starting. Enjoyable afternoon sweating on a cameo then.

    I blame Solly March.

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

      Is he on the bench?

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

        Looking for that info, but can't find. Hope not, but my poor decision deserves to be punished.

      2. JBG
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Haven't seen any pics off him with the squad that showed up as of yet.

  27. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Heeey Callum Wilson!

  28. Red Star Toro
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    what's the deal with the "men's restroom" badge Sam is wearing?

    1. House Frey Wedding Planner
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Prostate Cancer awareness badge

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Prostate cancer?

  29. Dušan Citizen
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Schar always touches or is close to the ball after set pieces, but never scores...

  30. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    ASM time?

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      BST