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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. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    That Bowen goal made me shout. Filthy flick and volley

    1. just a man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 7 days ago

      Lovely stuff

  2. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Bowen goal is huge for my mini league wow. You legend.

    1. Effe
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 7 days ago

      Same here 🙂

  3. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Damn, benched Bowen this week, and he rattles the Milenkovic haul

  4. WVA
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    That is sickening,

    Rival Bowen
    Me Sels

    Season over

  5. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Would really do with Munoz or Gvardiol missing out

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 7 days ago

      I wonder how mnay fantasy managers are hoping for exactly that - Konas and/or Milenkovic potentially coming on for many. Will punish those who played Konsa/Milo originally .......

      1. Limbo
        • 15 Years
        10 months, 7 days ago

        Isaak out will do it for many

        1. Atimis
          • 9 Years
          10 months, 7 days ago

          People rather not put def first on bench

          1. Old Man
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            10 months, 7 days ago

            True, but many people play 3-4-3, in which case the first defender comes in automatically

            1. Limbo
              • 15 Years
              10 months, 7 days ago

              Yep

  6. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    That Bowen goal vs my Neco probably lost me my ML.

    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      10 months, 7 days ago

      Exactly the same with mine

    1. Egg noodle
      • 16 Years
      10 months, 7 days ago

      it's only 8 points.

  7. fantasist
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Mbuemo miss annoying for captainers. Now we get less than Watkins captain when it could have been a haul.

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 7 days ago

      CCs knew

    2. Dubem_FC
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 7 days ago

      Did he miss and score from the rebound? Not watching.

      1. fantasist
        • 15 Years
        10 months, 7 days ago

        He scored one and missed a penalty

  8. Edalock
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Playing Gusto and benching Isak in gw38 last season due to suspected injury cost me 12 points and a top 30k rank last season.

    Isak injured this week and getting Konsa's 15pts off my bench might push me above top 30k this gw37

    The beautiful game

  9. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Bowen booked. -3 points

    1. Milk, 1 Šuker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 7 days ago

      Wrong. Todibo got booked

      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        10 months, 7 days ago

        Easy mistake to make with how similar they look

    2. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 7 days ago

      Todibo

    3. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      10 months, 7 days ago

      Clown

  10. Qaiss
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Saka fat haul needed

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

      Will probably be more of a fat ankle after limping off

  11. ArthurBrutal
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    11 minutes added on Bowne time

    1. ArthurBrutal
      • 5 Years
      10 months, 7 days ago

      Bowen time.

  12. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Bowen has been good for the last 6 gws

    Right after I got rid

  13. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Bowen over performing every match is getting annoying. Ah well should have got him.

  14. Burger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    GW rank currently 1.6k, dream world!

  15. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Ipswich looking like scoring anytime soon?

  16. Babit1967
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Never been so happy to see my milenkovic cs go Bowen (C) lol

  17. Releasebreaks
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    BOWEN wiping clean sheet of my rivals and giving me those sweet points with that rocket

    What a legend …..

  18. Ruinenlust
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Forest are getting every free kick. This has to be one of the most biased refereeing performances of all time

  19. Milk, 1 Šuker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    C’mon Bowen hold on to those two baps

    1. Milk, 1 Šuker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 7 days ago

      Make that one lol

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 7 days ago

      He's desperate for a booking

  20. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Captain on the final week will be interesting.

    Saka
    Bowen
    Mbeumo

    All great options

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 7 days ago

      Indeed - and let's not forget Salah.

  21. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Milenko raging

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

      Should've gotten a RC (not watching anymore).

  22. iFash@FPL
    • 2 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    How long does Wilson last?

    1. fantasist
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 7 days ago

      That's a question for his missus

  23. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Murilo YC

  24. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Morta YC
    Alvarez YC

  25. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    106 minutes now

  26. Sgt. Schultz
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    2nd Leicester G
    no Party involvement

    1. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 7 days ago

      Ndidi A
      McAteer G

  27. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Neco on 2 baps?

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 7 days ago

      Yes - seems like it.

  28. Limbo
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    The reffing of games this w/e is ludicrous

  29. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 7 days ago

    Well done Nuno & Glasner