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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. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Man City G

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      Gundogoal

  2. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Goal at Man City

    Flying in

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      Gundogan

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        10 months, 24 days ago

        A cracker

        Overhead kick

  3. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Mbeumo goal and under 100% EO lovely small gains

  4. WVA
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Someone triple captained Mbeumo!

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

    Gundogen G
    Nunes A

  6. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Assist at City?

  7. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Var check on Man City goal

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

      GIven

  8. Biggsy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Gundog scoring like it's 2023 again

  9. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Gundogan tekkers

  10. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    man u dominating apparently

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      They did on Wednesday and we all saw how that ended

    2. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      Need a win or they finish 17th 4 from bottom

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        10 months, 24 days ago

        how times they are changing...

    3. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      Probably relieved to have the Europa league fail out of the way

  11. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Salah sighting?

    1. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      He’s in the stands with Klopp, who’s referring him to his dentist for larger teeth

    2. el polako
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      Last time in the boss’s office whilst signing new contract.
      Missing since.

    3. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      His boots are in Dubai lost property...

    4. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      As expected :/

  12. BIGREDDOG
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Chelsea look incredibly poor

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      And yet they are where they are

      1. BIGREDDOG
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 24 days ago

        For now. Will concede soon.

  13. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Pool at the beach or Salah likely scoring?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      for the money they get paid you would think they would try every second of every game!

    2. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      Seems like yes to the first and right now very hard to imagine for the second

  14. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Merino off the bar

  15. pakornk
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    how is Arsenal playing?

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

      potential handball by Rice not given.

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      end to end stuff apparently

    3. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      Merino been the target, came close from x2 headers

  16. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Lol Sarr last on bench. My troll of the season as an owner. Decided to put Neco and Munoz before him. 😀

  17. The Philosopher
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Crazy Mbeumo is still under 50% owned.

    1. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      46.7 to be precise.

    2. WVA
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      100% owned at my rank

      1. The Philosopher
        • 5 Years
        10 months, 24 days ago

        Was talking about overall ownership, sunshine.

  18. TOLV TUMS
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Diaz!! That was struck with intent. Finally from ‘pool, maybe that wakes things up

    1. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      Diaz's wake points not showing on the app.

  19. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    goal leicester !!!

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      Delighted. Deserved for benching Huijsen

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      Wiped

      0-0

    3. Fabreghastly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      Excellent

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

    Sancho is ####

  21. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Leicester City

    Goal

    Bust Bournemouth

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

      FLOL

    2. GoonerSteve
      • 16 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      Plenty of Bournemouth defenders out there.

      1. GoonerSteve
        • 16 Years
        10 months, 24 days ago

        Wiped.

      2. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        10 months, 24 days ago

        Unbusted

  22. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    the fpl gods having a laugh at us all!!

    1. TOLV TUMS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 24 days ago

      So it would seem! ‘Bags of goals on the final day’ they said… not too late but what a nothing start to things

  23. WVA
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Brought in Kerkez of course

  24. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Double Bournemouth defence for me

    season over

  25. el polako
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Who’s that young winger playing for Arsenal?

  26. JBG
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    MU should've been 3-0 up already

  27. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    diaz great chance

  28. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Man oh man I’m glad this season is over

  29. Powers106
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    Fabianski so much better than Areola

  30. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 24 days ago

    apologies no leicester goal...