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Gameweek 38 team news: The line-ups for all 10 matches

The 2022/23 Premier League season concludes with the traditional simultaneous final-day kick-offs, all 10 Gameweek 38 fixtures getting underway at 16:30 BST.

ROTATION AT CITY, UNITED AND LIVERPOOL

The benching of Erling Haaland is perhaps the headline news, although there’s plenty of competition for that as rotation bites across the country.

Despite all the pre-match talk of ‘rhythm’ from Pep Guardiola, it’s an understrength Manchester City team that faces Brentford.

Ederson, Aymeric Laporte, Nathan Ake, Sergio Gomez, Kalvin Phillips, Julian Alvarez and Cole Palmer are the players coming into the City side today.

Haaland, Ilkay Gundogan, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, John Stones and Stefan Ortega are all on the bench, while Kevin De Bruyne joins Jack Grealish, Manuel Akanji and Ruben Dias on the sidelines.

For Brentford, Mathias ‘Zanka’ Jorgensen and Mikkel Damsgaard return in place of Mathias Jensen and Kevin Schade.

The champions’ cross-city rivals make six changes of their own.

Marcus Rashford is among the returnees, along with Alejandro Garnacho, Harry Maguire, Tyrell Malacia, Fred and Diogo Dalot.

Anthony Martial, Christian Eriksen, Raphael Varane, Luke Shaw and Aaron Wan-Bissaka have to make do with substitute duty, while Antony is injured.

Sasa Lukic for Harrison Reed is Fulham’s only tweak.

Jurgen Klopp makes seven alterations to the side that drew 1-1 with Aston Villa last weekend, with only Trent Alexander-Arnold, Curtis Jones, Fabinho and Mohamed Salah keeping their places.

The departing James Milner and Roberto Firmino start but Alisson Becker, Andrew Robertson and Virgil van Dijk are not in the squad.

Southampton’s only change sees Kamaldeen Sulemana replace Joe Aribo.

THE BATTLE TO AVOID THE DROP

There are three matches taking place in which Premier League survival is on the line.

At Elland Road, there is one change apiece.

Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford is injured and is replaced by Liam Cooper, while Pedro Porro comes in for the benched Arnaut Danjuma in the Tottenham Hotspur XI.

Rodrigo Moreno is fit to start for the hosts.

There’s a surprise at the King Power Stadium, meanwhile. It’s not too much of a shock to see James Maddison, Harvey Barnes and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall coming into the Leicester side, nor is it a bombshell that Harry Souttar and Wilfred Ndidi drop out.

But the benching of Jamie Vardy was less expected, as Kelechi Iheanacho ploughs a lone furrow up front.

Visitors West Ham United make six changes: Nayef Aguerd, Thilo Kehrer, Aaron Cresswell, Said Benrahma, Flynn Downes and Michail Antonio all come in, as Kurt Zouma, Angelo Ogbonna, Emerson Palmieri, Tomas Soucek, Jarrod Bowen and Danny Ings drop out.

Everton’s starting XI shows two enforced changes as the injured Nathan Patterson and Dominic Calvert-Lewin make way for Conor Coady and Demarai Gray.

Opponents Bournemouth recall Mark Travers, Dango Ouattara and Philip Billing for Murara Neto, Lewis Cook and Jaidon Anthony.

THE BEST OF THE REST

Aston Villa are unchanged in their quest to secure UEFA Europa Conference League football but Brighton and Hove Albion, who made sure of sixth place in midweek, make six alterations.

Joel Veltman, Adam Webster, Yasin Ayari, Deniz Undav, Alexis Mac Allister and Evan Ferguson are recalled, with Pervis Estupinan, Billy Gilmour, Jan Paul van Hecke, Danny Welbeck, Moises Caicedo and Kaoru Mitoma all rested.

Lewis Dunk is again only among the substitutes.

The benching of Callum Wilson is the stand-out team news from Stamford Bridge as Alexander Isak leads the line instead.

Martin Dubravka, Anthony Gordon, Allan Saint-Maximin and Matt Targett are recalled by the Magpies as Sean Longstaff and Nick Pope miss out through injury and Dan Burn is benched.

Thiago Silva, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Raheem Sterling replace Wesley Fofana, Carney Chukwuemeka and Mykhailo Mudryk for Chelsea.

Perhaps the biggest surprise from the Emirates is that Mikel Arteta makes no changes, so the ‘flagged’ Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard both start.

As for Wolves, Jose Sa, Mario Lemina, Raul Jimenez, Max Kilman, Matheus Nunes and Hugo Bueno come in for Daniel Bentley, Ruben Neves, Toti, Craig Dawson, Pablo Sarabia and the absent Daniel Podence.

Unchanged Crystal Palace face Nottingham Forest, who replace the injured Keylor Navas, Felipe and Danilo with Wayne Hennessey, Willy Boly and Brennan Johnson.

GAMEWEEK 38 LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, White, Kiwior, Partey, Gabriel, Xhaka, Odegaard, Jorginho, Saka, Jesus, Trossard.

Subs: Turner, Tierney, Smith Rowe, Nketiah, Holding, Vieira, Nelson, Bandeira, Walters.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa, Semedo, Collins, Kilman, Bueno, Nunes, A Traore, Lemina, Gomes, Jimenez, Hwang.

Subs: Bentley, Ait-Nouri, B Traore, Neves, Cunha, Dawson, Sarabia, Toti, Hodge.


Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Digne, Mings, Konsa, Cash, Luiz, Kamara, Ramsey, McGinn, Bailey, Watkins,

Subs: Olsen, Carlos, Chambers, Young, Dendoncker, Traore, Buendia, Revan, Patterson.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Steele, Veltman, Colwill, Webster, Ayari, Gross, Undav, Buonanotte, Enciso, Mac Allister, Ferguson.

Subs: McGill, Estupinan, Dunk, Van Hecke, Hinshelwood, Gilmour, Caicedo, M.itoma, Welbeck.


Brentford XI: Raya, Hickey, Pinnock, Mee, Zanka, Henry, Onyeka, Janelt, Damsgaard, Mbeumo, Wissa.

Subs: Strakosha, Schade, Dasilva, Ghoddos, Ajer, Baptiste, Roerslev, Stevens, Trevitt.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Laporte, Ake, Gomez, Phillips, Lewis, Mahrez, Alvarez, Foden, Palmer.

Subs: Ortega, Stones, Gundogan, Haaland, Rodri, Silva, Charles, Robertson, Knight.


Chelsea XI: Kepa, Hall, Silva, Chalobah, Azpilicueta, Fernandez, Loftus-Cheek, Gallagher, Sterling, Madueke, Havertz.

Subs: Mendy, Kovacic, Pulisic, Felix, Mudryk, Koulibaly, Chukwuemeka, Fofana.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Targett, Botman, Schar, Trippier, Guimaraes, Anderson, Gordon, Almiron, Saint-Maximin, Gordon.

Subs: Karius, Gillespie, Dummett, Wilson, Lewis, Murphy, Ashby, Burn, Miley.


Crystal Palace XI: Johnstone; Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell; Doucoure, Hughes; Olise, Eze, J Ayew; Edouard.

Subs: Whitworth, Lokonga, Mateta, Clyne, McArthur, Richards, Ahamada, Adaramola, Riedewald.

Nottingham Forest XI: Hennessey, Worrall, Boly, Niakhate, Aurier, Yates, Mangala, Lodi, Gibbs-White, Johnson, Awoniyi.

Subs: Shelvey, Lingard, Toffolo, Surridge, Mighten, Kouyate, Freuler, Dennis, A Ayew.


Everton XI: Pickford, Tarkowski, McNeil, Onana, Gray, Mina, Doucoure, Iwobi, Gueye, Coady, Garner.

Subs: Begovic, Lonergan, Holgate, Keane, Maupay, McAllister, Simms, Welch.

Bournemouth XI: Travers, Kelly, Brooks, Lerma, Solanke, Christie, Ouattarra, Smith, Senesi, Zabarnyi, Billing.

Subs: Randolph, Stephens, Cook, Mepham, Stacey, Vina, Moore, Anthony, Sadi.


Leeds United XI: Robles, Ayling, Forshaw, Koch, Cooper, Harrison, Rodrigo, Struijk, Kristensen, McKennie, Wober.

Subs: Meslier, Firpo, Aaronson, Roca, Summerville, Rutter, Gnonto, Greenwood, Chilokoa-Mullen.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Forster, Skipp, Sanchez, Son, Kane, Royal, Kulusevski, Porro, Davies, Lenglet, Bissouma.

Subs: Austin, Richarlison, Danjuma, Tanganga, Moura, Sarr, Craig, Alonso, Abbott.


Leicester City XI: Iversen, Castagne, Evans, Faes, Thomas, Dewsbury-Hall, Tielemans, Soumare, Barnes, Maddison, Iheanacho.

Subs: Smithies, Vardy, Souttar, Amartey, Daka, Ricardo, Mendy, Praet, Tetê.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Aguerd, Kehrer, Cresswell, Rice, Downes, Benrahma, Paqueta, Fornals, Antonio.

Subs: Cornet, Bowen, Ings, Aréola, Soucek, Ogbonna, Zouma, Emerson, Lanzini.


Manchester United XI: de Gea, Dalot, Maguire, Lindelof, Malacia, Casemiro, Fred, Garnacho, Bruno Fernandes, Sancho, Rashford.

Subs: Martial, Eriksen, Varane, Shaw, Weghorst, Pellistri, Wan-Bissaka, Butland, McTominay.

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Adarabioyo, Diop, Antonee Robinson, Lukic, Joao Palhinha, Wilson, Cairney, Willian, Mitrovic.

Subs: Rodak, Reed, Kebano, Solomon, Cedric, Reid, James, Vinicius, Dibley-Dias.


Southampton XI: McCarthy; Bree, Bednarek, Lyanco, Walker-Peters; Walcott, Ward-Prowse, Lavia, Elyounoussi; Alcaraz, Sulemana.

Subs: Bazunu, Caleta-Car, Aribo, Adam Armstrong, Stuart Armstrong, Livramento, Ballard, Doyle, Amo-Ameyaw.

Liverpool XI: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Gomez, Tsimikas; Milner, Fabinho, Jones; Salah, Firmino, Jota.

Subs: Adrian, Konate, Henderson, Gakpo, Elliott, Diaz, Carvalho, Arthur, Williams.

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1,605 Comments Post a Comment
  1. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Think DDG just killed me in my ML

  2. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Mitro sets record for worst pen taker in PL history - missing 4 in one season

  3. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Tripper OG.... FFS!!

    1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      Wtf

    2. DycheDycheBaby
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      I cannot honestly believe it. I hope it doesn't cost me

  4. Feanor
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Benched DDG

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      For who?!

  5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    OMG sulemanya

  6. faux_C
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    DDG in GW29 probably my best decision of the season.

  7. Thanos
    • 2 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Southampton score again

  8. TheBiffas
    • 3 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    De gea and Watkins baby!

  9. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Trippier 1st on bench. Hope Etsu comes on

  10. TheTinman
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Trippier hand ball, should be a penalty not a goal 😆

    ...please?

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      Advantage played

  11. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    OMG trippier

    Og

    1. DycheDycheBaby
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      Hahahaha. Fk this season , seriously. Just ridiculous.

    2. Sap
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      Points for everyone)

  12. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Did I hear 4 PK misses for Mitro on the season?

  13. DARE TO BISCAN
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    GW38 is jokes 😀

  14. thegaffer82
    • 12 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    That DDG pen save is the highlight of what has otherwise been a dismal GW.
    It’s all down hill again from here with my 8 players out there

  15. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Feck this

  16. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Another goal v Newcastle! YES!!

  17. mad_beer ✅
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    And there it is! Every year I get a GW 38 OG. I even benched Trippier but he still manages to get in my 11 and score an OG.

  18. faux_C
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Did Haaland and Martial to Firmino and Watkins today 😎

  19. ggfussball
    • 1 Year
    11 months, 13 days ago

    GW 38 madness

  20. TheTinman
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Looks like Bobby F needs to score another one if Pool want 3pts...

  21. JBG
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Lol Trippier... what a end of the season he has had as a FPL pick.

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      Going to be tougher for Newcastle next season.

      Teams have worked them out, which is why they are conceding. Plus they will have CL football, which will put pressure on them. Of course they will sign players, but making a lot of changes to a playing XI is often unsettling.

  22. DandyDon
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    How jammy for DDG owners. Has he ever saved a penalty before!?

    1. TheBiffas
      • 3 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      Maybe you could say he was due...

    2. x.jim.x
      • 9 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      Saved 2/5 last season

    3. Tinkermania
      • 4 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      He was due!

  23. RICICLE
    • 1 Year
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Lmao! My god I am so glad it all ends today, needs to burn and get in the bin

  24. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    What's worse is Newcastle will definitely concede no more goals and that wood have been a CS.....

    1. TheTinman
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      I did say we would find a way to concede!

  25. tokara
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Thanks DDG

    My first penalty saved points in 7 fpl years

    1. Monklane
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 13 days ago

      I've been playing for fifteen years. I can't remember my keeper ever making a save.

  26. Red Star Toro
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Robbie I’m tired

  27. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Trippier when I bench him 9 points
    Trippier when I play him OG
    FML

  28. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Trippier stinking up my team!

  29. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    Garnacho crossbar.

  30. FantasyTony
    • 6 Years
    11 months, 13 days ago

    this is bants