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It’s the final day of the Premier League season, with all 10 Premier League fixtures kicking off at the same time (4pm BST):

starts Isak

It’s difficult to know where to begin with the team news given the numerous talking points across the country.

But let’s do so at St James’ Park, where Alexander Isak starts for the Magpies after recovering from injury.

His recall at the expense of Callum Wilson is Eddie Howe’s only alteration, but the Newcastle United boss does at least have the fit-again Kieran Trippier among the substitutes.

Everton bring in Charly Alcaraz, Jack Harrison, Ashley Young and Michael Keane, with Abdoulaye Doucoure and Dwight McNeil dropping to the bench and injured duo Jarrad Branthwaite and Seamus Coleman missing out as expected.

It’s teamsheet carnage at St Mary’s, with five changes apiece.

William Saliba is absent, while Myles Lewis-Skelly, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard are demoted to substitute duty.

In come Kieran Tierney, Mikel Merino, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Raheem Sterling and Ethan Nwaneri. 

Riccardo Calafiori is unexpectedly absent.

Ross Stewart, Yukinari Sugawara, Charlie Taylor, Lesley Ugochukwu and Jay Robinson are the new faces in the hosts’ starting XI.

Jack Stephens, Tyler Dibling and Taylor Harwood-Bellis are all injured, while James Bree and Joe Aribo are benched.

There are unexpected absences at the Amex, too, as Danny Welbeck and Pervis Estupinan miss out.

Jack Hinshelwood and Igor Julio take their places.

Ange Postecoglou makes just three changes from the starting XI that beat Manchester United in the Europa League final.

Mathys Tel, Archie Gray and Kevin Danso come into the team, with Sergio Romero, Yves Bissouma and Richarlison dropping out. The first two are injured.

The pre-deadline rumours were true about a Kevin De Bruyne benching, with Jeremy Doku coming in to replace him.

Nico Gonzalez for the suspended Mateo Kovacic is Pep Guardiola’s only other alteration.

Fulham boss Marco Silva meanwhile brings in Jorge CuencaTom CairneyAndreas Pereira and Harry Wilson for Calvin BasseySander BergeEmile Smith Rowe and Alex Iwobi.

Liverpool and Crystal Palace both pretty much go full strength at Anfield.

For the hosts, Virgil van DijkAndrew RobertsonCurtis Jones and Luis Diaz get the nod over Jarrell QuansahKostas TsimikasHarvey Elliott and Federico Chiesa

Trent Alexander-Arnold also starts on the bench.

As for Crystal Palace, four changes see Tyrick MitchellDaichi KamadaEberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta come in for Joel WardBen ChilwellRomain Esse and Eddie Nketiah.

At the City Ground, Forest are unchanged for their crunch match against Chelsea.

The Blues bring in Jadon Sancho for Tyrique George in their only alteration.

Brentford also name the same starting XI but Wolves make six changes, going back to pretty much full strength after some midweek experimentation.

Jose Sa, Matt Doherty, Nelson Semedo, Joao Gomes, Matheus Cunha and Marshall Munetsi all come in as Jorgen Strand Larsen (who had been a doubt for this game), Rodrigo Gomes, Pablo Sarabia and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde drop to the bench.

Dan Bentley and Nasser Djiga miss out altogether.

Another unchanged side are Aston Villa, whose opponents Manchester United side bring in Altay BayindirAyden Heaven and Victor Lindelof for Andre OnanaLeny Yoro and Luke Shaw.

Youri Tielemans is only fit enough for a place on the bench for the Villans.

Andoni Iraola makes three changes to his Bournemouth line-up. 

Marcos SenesiAdam Smith and David Brooks come in, with Dean Huijsen and Julian Araujo benched and Lewis Cook suspended.

As for Leicester City, three alterations see Victor KristiansenOliver Skipp and Patson Daka replace the absent Wilfred NdidiBilal El Khannouss and Jamie Vardy.

Kieran McKenna names two changes for Ipswich Town’s final match before the drop: Conor Chaplin and Nathan Broadhead come in for Jack Clarke and Julio Enciso, who is missing from the matchday squad.

Graham Potter makes five tweaks from Gameweek 37, with Lukasz FabianskiKonstantinos MavropanosOllie ScarlesEdson Alvarez and Niclas Fullkrug replacing Alphonse AreolaAaron CresswellVladimir CoufalGuido Rodriguez and Mohammed Kudus.

LINE-UPS

Bournemouth XI: Arrizabalaga, Smith, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez, Adams, Brooks, Tavernier, Kluivert, Semenyo, Evanilson.

Subs: Dennis, Huijsen, Soler, Araujo, Hill, Scott, Winterburn, Jebbison, Silcott-Duberry.

Leicester City XI: Stolarczyk, Justin, Coady, Faes, Kristiansen, Skipp, Soumaré, McAteer, Ayew, Thomas, Daka.

Subs: Iversen, Okoli, Pereira, Aluko, Golding, Buonanotte, Monga, Braybrooke, Evans.


Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Cuenca, Robinson, Lukić, Cairney, Traoré, Pereira, Wilson, Jiménez.

Subs: Benda, Bassey, Berge, King, Sessegnon, Smith Rowe, Vinícius, Iwobi, Willian.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Nunes, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, González, Gündoğan, Silva, Marmoush, Doku, Haaland.

Subs: Ortega, Aké, Lewis, Rodri, De Bruyne, Echeverri, Foden, O’Reilly, Savinho.


Ipswich Town XI: Palmer, Tuanzebe, O’Shea, Greaves, Davis, Morsy, Cajuste, Hutchinson, Chaplin, Broadhead, Hirst.

Subs: Walton, Woolfenden, Burgess, Boniface, Taylor, Szmodics, Luongo, Delap, Clarke.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Todibo, Kilman, Mavropanos, Wan-Bissaka, Álvarez, Souček, Ward-Prowse, Scarles, Bowen, Füllkrug.

Subs: Areola, Cresswell, Coufal, Paquetá, Rodríguez, Irving, Kudus, Guilherme, Ings.


Liverpool XI: Alisson, Bradley, Konaté, van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Jones, Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Díaz.

Subs: Kelleher, Gomez, Tsimikas, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Endo, Elliott, Núñez, Jota.

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Lerma, Muñoz, Hughes, Kamada, Mitchell, Sarr, Eze, Mateta.

Subs: Turner, Ward, Kporha, Esse, Devenny, Nketiah, França.


Manchester United XI: Bayındır, Lindelöf, Maguire, Heaven, Mazraoui, Fernandes, Casemiro, Dorgu, Diallo, Mount, Højlund.

Subs: Heaton, Dalot, Evans, Fredricson, Eriksen, Ugarte, Mainoo, Collyer, Obi-Martin.

Aston Villa XI: Martínez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Maatsen, Kamara, Onana, Rogers, Asensio, McGinn, Watkins.

Subs: Olsen, Mings, Digne, Garcia, Barkley, Tielemans, Bailey, Ramsey, Malen


Newcastle United XI: Pope, Schär, Botman, Burn, Murphy, Guimarães, Tonali, Livramento, Barnes, Gordon, Isak.

Subs: Dúbravka, Trippier, Lascelles, Krafth, Willock, Longstaff, Miley, Wilson, Osula.

Everton XI: Pickford, Young, O’Brien, Keane, Mykolenko, Garner, Gueye, Harrison, Alcaraz, Ndiaye, Beto.

Subs: Virgínia, Begović, Patterson, Welch, Doucouré, McNeil, Calvert-Lewin, Chermiti, Broja.


Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Aina, Milenković, Murillo, Williams, Sangaré, Anderson, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Domínguez, Wood.

Subs: Miguel, Morato, Toffolo, Boly, Yates, Danilo, Hudson-Odoi, Silva, Sosa.

Chelsea XI: Sánchez, James, Adarabioyo, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernández, Madueke, Palmer, Sancho, Neto.

Subs: Jörgensen, Badiashile, Chalobah, Gusto, Acheampong, Dewsbury-Hall, Lavia, George, Guiu.


Southampton XI: Ramsdale, Sugawara, Wood, Taylor, Welington, Downes, Ugochukwu, Fernandes, Robinson, Sulemana, Stewart.

Subs: McCarthy, Manning, Bree, Kayi Sanda, Moore, Aribo, Smallbone, Archer, Onuachu.

Arsenal XI: Raya, Partey, White, Kiwior, Tierney, Merino, Rice, Zinchenko, Nwaneri, Sterling, Martinelli.

Subs: Neto, Ødegaard, Jorginho, Henry-Francis, Lewis-Skelly, Saka, Trossard, Havertz, Kabia.


Tottenham Hotspur XI: Vicario, Porro, Danso, van de Ven, Udogie, Gray, Bentancur, Sarr, Johnson, Solanke, Tel.

Subs: Kinsky, Spence, Davies, Bissouma, Olusesi, Richarlison, Odobert, Moore, Ajayi.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Verbruggen, Hinshelwood, Webster, van Hecke, Igor, Baleba, Ayari, Wieffer, Gruda, Adingra, Minteh.

Subs: Rushworth, Dunk, Cashin, Veltman, Milner, Mitoma, Gomez, O’Riley, Howell.


Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sá, Doherty, Agbadou, Gomes, Semedo, Gomes, André, Aït-Nouri, Munetsi, Cunha, Guedes.

Subs: King, Bueno, Lima, Sarabia, Bellegarde, Larsen, Hee-chan, Gomes, Mane

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

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Henry, Pinnock, Ajer, Jensen, Konak, Thiago, Nunes.



  1. nanxun
    • 4 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    eve alcaraz g

  2. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Extended summer break for Gravenberch...

    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      Slot should have subbed him after the YC. He lost his cool

  3. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Really need that City CS wiped

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      Or either a Saka or Cunha goal, just one return, all I ask!

  4. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    There goes Livra cs.

  5. Haa-lala-land
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Saka limping

    1. el polako
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      Water is wet.

    2. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      …since 2021

    3. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      Roses are red

      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        10 months, 23 days ago

        Sometimes

    4. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      Bad?

    5. Effe
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      The Pope is Catholic

    6. MikeS
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      Brace incoming, leg brace that is

    7. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      Surprised he didn't do that warming up

  6. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Please don't concede Man City...I beg, don't do what you did last week, please!

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      Please god do

  7. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    So if Forest lose today, then want Chelsea to win the Conference League on Wednesday? Or it doesn't matter?

    1. djman102
      • 16 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      It doesn't matter. They'll still be 7th, so in Conf League

  8. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    its all going wrong...gutted with a capital g ...

    1. Drizzle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 2 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      With you fella. Disgusting stuff going on.

  9. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Oh boy… please no jinx

    https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/27214376

  10. Punned It
    • 1 Year
    10 months, 23 days ago

    “Last gameweek is always a goal fest"

  11. Free Hat
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Wow New. Didnt expect that scoreline thats for sure

  12. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Currently without any bonus points

    53 on the pitch

    20 on the bench

  13. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Just noticed Huijsen's not playing. Should have saved the BB

  14. el polako
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Game of skill this….

  15. nanxun
    • 4 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    nunez is sooooo bad.

  16. how now brown cow
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Captaining mo my worst decision of the season

  17. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Current player of the week with 0.1% ownership says it all!

    1. Punned It
      • 1 Year
      10 months, 23 days ago

      I was actually considering hin as A superdifferential, but alas, I have no guts and therefore no glory.

  18. djman102
    • 16 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    pen to City Gundogen fouled

    1. fantasist
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      Haaland taking?

  19. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Wolves bust Brentford up

  20. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Wolves equalise...Munetsi

    1. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      Had him for too long and got rid last week. He's my personal troll

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

    Arsenal G

    1. fantasist
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      Who?

  22. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Haaland will smash the penalty

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      Wide

      1. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        10 months, 23 days ago

        Hopefully

  23. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Jota close

    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      Off post

  24. djman102
    • 16 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Haaland to take

  25. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Saka!

    1. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      Var...offside

  26. Milk, 1 Šuker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Semenyoooooooooo

  27. FantasyTony
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Just one more Salah for the season Salah. Please.

  28. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Marmoush will tuck home the rebound

    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      Boo

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

    Saka offside G

    1. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      lol 😀

  30. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 23 days ago

    Seeing how poorly Forest have done in the last quarter of the season, shows how remarkable Leicester's title win was in 2015/16 by being able to keep it going the whole season. So many teams just can't sustain it over 38 games.

    1. fantasist
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 23 days ago

      Yep they were incredible that season