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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. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Milenkovic behind Murphy on the bench... darn

    1. FantasyTony
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Behind Sarr for me

  2. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Own Goal?

    AWB??

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Nah

      Off the post

      My eye sight is failing me

  3. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    OG, Milenkovic A I reckon (if it stands)

  4. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Goal

    Brentford 2-1

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Wissa payback

  5. JBG
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Meanwhile Stoke scores, Wissa G

  6. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Sold Elanga for Palmer (C) -4

    Serves me right.

  7. Drizzle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 2 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Can't believe my ML rival has Milenkovic and Konsa. RIP my season.

  8. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Alta Wissa

  9. JBG
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    This offside check is taking a while

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      It's ridiculous

      A bit of semi automated and they can't work their lines

      It's too congested

  10. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    They still checking that forest goal?

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      5 mins plus

  11. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    F VAR ringing out

  12. el polako
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    In Spain, Germany and Poland we would have had a decision by now:
    Why it’s taking them so long?

    1. STEP rOVERS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Poland lol

      1. el polako
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        What is so funny about that?
        League might be shite but refs and how they use technology is better than in PL.

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Eurovision

      It's going to a public vote next after the jury

  13. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Wissa getting 20 pl goals without being on pens is so underrated imo

    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Really impressive

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Brentford will do well to keep their front line together

    3. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      In the Toney days, his mins per goal numbers were elite. Has translated it to 90 mins.

  14. JBG
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    The check is still going hahah

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Goal given

  15. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    6 minute VAR check ongoing

  16. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Goal stands

  17. Egg noodle
    • 16 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Milenkovic on my bench. can't stand his CS, nevermind the goal!

  18. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Wissa just killing me in ML, gg

    1. Atimis
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      And Milenkovic on bench as well lol

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        Elite 🙂

  19. FantasyTony
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    This VAR check decides my season.

    1. GREEN JUMPERS
      • 5 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Goal

  20. fusen
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    I played Isak and my bench order is

    Munoz, Sarr, Milenkovic

    What are the chances I'll get my 3rd bench player as my autosub? 😐

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Don’t even bother holding out hope for it!

  21. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Goal given

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Beautiful

  22. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Can’t they just leave Milenkovic with the goal and move on please

  23. JBG
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Atm Milenković G, Elanga A

  24. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Not seen the goal but surely if it takes this long to work it out, they can't have gained that much advantage so just give the goal

  25. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Milenkovicc 3rd on bench

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Hopefully WH score

      1. JBG
        • 7 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        Doubt it though... they've been kinda sh*te

  26. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Milenkovic laughing at me from the bench, all those 1’s & 2’s you fraud

  27. FantasyTony
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Went Sels Saliba over Raya Milo while my rival has the opposite + elanga.

    Can you believe it?!

  28. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Come on Bowennnn

  29. JoeSoap
    • 12 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Watkins in instead of Wissa going well & captain him instead of Mbeumo

  30. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    What an absolute joke that was. Classic example of VAR desperately looking for a reason to disallow a perfectly legitimate goal. Disgrace.