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Three more matches follow on from the midday kick-off at Goodison Park.

Nottingham Forest, who have to win to keep alive their slim chances of UEFA Champions League qualification, make just one change from the side that drew with Leicester City last week.

Centre-back Morato drops down to the bench, with the fit-again Murillo recalled.

Callum Hudson-Odoi is also back from injury as a substitute.

Opponents West Ham United are unchanged.

In west London, Thomas Frank has also named an unchanged side from last weekend’s win at Ipswich Town.

Fulham boss Marco Silva has made three changes to his line-up, however.

Antonee Robinson, Sasa Lukic and Adama Traore come into the side as Ryan Sessegnon, Andreas Pereira and Harry Wilson make way.

At the King Power Stadium, Ruud van Nistelrooy has made one alteration from the side that earned a late draw at Nottingham Forest, as Boubakary Soumare gets the nod over Oliver Skipp in the engine room.

Jamie Vardy also starts, making his 500th and final appearance for the club.  

As for Ipswich, Leif Davis, Jens Cajuste, Jack Clarke and George Hirst replace Cameron Burgess, Jack Taylor, Conor Chaplin and Liam Delap.

LINE-UPS

West Ham United XI: Areola, Todibo, Kilman, Cresswell, Coufal, Ward-Prowse, Rodriguez, Wan-Bissaka, Soucek, Bowen, Kudus

Subs: Fabianski, Soler, Paqueta, Fullkrug, Mavropanos, Guilherme, Alvarez, Emerson, Ferguson

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Sangare, Anderson, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Dominguez, Wood

Subs: Miguel, Morato, Hudson-Odoi, Toffolo, Jota, Yates, Sosa, Danilo, Abbott


Brentford XI: Flekken, Kayode, Collins, van den Berg, Lewis-Potter, Norgaard, Yarmoliuk, Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade, Wissa

Subs: Valdimarsson, Henry, Pinnock, Jensen, Thiago, Mee, Ajer, Konak, Nunes

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Lukic, Berge, Traore, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Jimenez

Subs: Benda, Cuenca, Cairney, Pereira, King, Wilson, Willian, Sessegnon, Vinicius


Leicester City XI: Stolarczyk, Justin, Coady, Faes, Thomas, Ndidi, Soumare, McAteer, Ayew, El Khannouss, Vardy

Subs: Iversen, Pereira, Okoli, Kristiansen, Skipp, Buonanotte, Monga, Evans, Daka

Ipswich Town XI: Palmer, Tuanzebe, O’Shea, Greaves, Davis, Morsy, Cajuste, Hutchinson, Enciso, J Clarke, Hirst

Subs: Walton, Godfrey, Woolfenden, Luongo, Taylor, Johnson, Chaplin, Broadhead, Delap

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

    Brentford on the beach after that Palace win yesterday

    1. DeSelby
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Wrong.

  2. Qaiss
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Isak is not in the squad…

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Isak to Watkins paying off even more

    2. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      If anyone has Konsa autosub then I hope you…

      1. JBG
        • 8 Years
        1 year, 3 months ago

        Just saw someone will get Rogers because of this...

        1. Qaiss
          • 10 Years
          1 year, 3 months ago

          That’s not too bad, Konsa is filth though

        2. Gizzachance
          • 11 Years
          1 year, 3 months ago

          3 pts

      2. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 3 months ago

        Most of the content creators were advising people to bench him!
        Few advised sell if on villa triple up to get Watkins!

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

      Sheeple win again

    4. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      You're joking

    5. Merlin the Wraith
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Put your boots on Evanilson son. On you come.

      1. Qaiss
        • 10 Years
        1 year, 3 months ago

        Sarr for me

        Probably benched

  3. JBG
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Mbuemo assist denied

    1. Effe
      • 16 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      🙁

  4. fantasist
    • 16 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Arsenal
    Raya, White, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly; Partey, Rice, Odegaard; Saka, Trossard, Martinelli

    Subs: Neto, Tierney, Zinchenko, Jorginho, Havertz, Sterling, Calafiori, Henry-Francis, Nwaneri

    Newcastle
    Pope, Livramento, Schar, Botman, Burn; Tonali, Guimaraes; Murphy, Gordon, Barnes; Wilson

    1. fantasist
      • 16 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Subs: Dubravka, Lascelles, Longstaff, Neave, Willock, Krafth, Osula, Miley, Ruddy

  5. Royal5
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Load your money on Tete RC

  6. Underdogs11
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Isak not in squad, so Konsa comes off my bench. Oh, halleluja! Finally something good this season. 🙂

    1. Royal5
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Stay humble

      1. Underdogs11
        • 5 Years
        1 year, 3 months ago

        Sorry, but this season has been tough. 😉 And in one of my apps Isak was starting, so was very confused for a minute...

        1. Royal5
          • 15 Years
          1 year, 3 months ago

          Brutal season. I’m getting Murphy, that’s always a lottery

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Here they come

  7. L'Aeroplanino
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    what was that Vardy

  8. JBG
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Mbuemo G

    1. Effe
      • 16 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Lovely!

    2. JBG
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Wissa A

  9. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Mbeumo

    1. Effe
      • 16 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Wissa assist ideally….

  10. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Boom goal wissa assist

    1. Effe
      • 16 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      🙂

  11. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Looks like Mbeumo might outscore Watkins!

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Already has with him s goal, an appearance pts

  12. Royal5
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Wissaboo

  13. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Did Isak to watkins(c)
    But took captaincy off Mbuemo!

  14. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Ruben Dias off the bench... City better get their act together for Tuesday

  15. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Mbeumo(c), Wissa going great. Now just Schade to top it off

  16. Strike me a Gakpose
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Of course my ML rival copies content creators and has Mbeumo and Wissa

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Well what did you expect? You had had the opportunity to do exactly the same.

      1. Strike me a Gakpose
        • 13 Years
        1 year, 3 months ago

        Shut up old man

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 7 Years
          1 year, 3 months ago

          Lol, cry some more

          1. Strike me a Gakpose
            • 13 Years
            1 year, 3 months ago

            Not crying with Vardy over Wissa hahaha

        2. Fifa las vegas
          • 14 Years
          1 year, 3 months ago

          😆

        3. Old Man
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          1 year, 3 months ago

          No. Deal with it.

          1. Strike me a Gakpose
            • 13 Years
            1 year, 3 months ago

            Bro’s pressed haha

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Content creators? Jesus even I have them both at this point!

    3. GREEN JUMPERS
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Your team, your call. Always

      1. Strike me a Gakpose
        • 13 Years
        1 year, 3 months ago

        Had Vardy instead haha

  17. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Brentford pen ?

    1. Royal5
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Yep

  18. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Murillo's 'Lazarus-like' recovery. Lmao.

  19. JBG
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Mbuemo pen

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Misses

  20. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Mbuemo miss

  21. Royal5
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Ffs Buemo

    1. Royal5
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Awful pen

  22. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Mbeumo u ****

    1. Royal5
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      A 7 year old could strike that with more force

  23. Effe
    • 16 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Mbeumo pen miss 🙁

  24. The Philosopher
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Can do with a Haaland no-show. Boomooo VC.

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

      Why. He's lost all his points with the pen miss

    2. The Philosopher
      • 6 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Might have to take that back.

  25. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Swapped captaincy from Mbeumo (after last two weeks) to Watkins... and brought the Villa man in for Marmoush, rather than Isak.

    No fixing the armband sitch, but here's hoping for at least a Marmoush blank and a Murphy (off the bench) haul, then!

    Kinda makes you wish you'd taken a -4 for some potential Vardy fun...

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 3 months ago

      Well, that miss has momentarily softened the captaincy blow a little too ... 😆

  26. JBG
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Bad pen imo

  27. Waynoo
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Terrible pen

  28. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Vardyyyyy

  29. The Philosopher
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Could've been a haul. What a clown.

  30. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    1 year, 3 months ago

    Noooooooo Mbuemo whyy ended my ML hopes