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Three more Premier League matches follow on from the goalless draw at Villa Park.

Sunderland and Burnley contest their first top-flight games since promotion from the Championship, while two of the sides who just missed out on Europe last season meet at the Amex.

Guiu Dubravka

Budget Fantasy picks take centre stage today.

Burnley have four £4.0m defenders – Kyle Walker being the odd one out – and a £4.0m goalkeeper in their starting XI this afternoon, with Martin Dubravka getting the nod between the posts.

Lyle Foster, a £5.0m forward, leads the line.

The Clarets make their Premier League return against Tottenham Hotspur, who make three changes from the Super Cup clash with Paris Saint-Germain.

Lucas Bergvall, Brennan Johnson and Archie Gray come in for Joao Palhinha, Kevin Danso and Rodrigo Bentancur.

In the north-east, the big hope from the £4.5m forward pool, Marc Guiu, is on the bench.

The Black Cats have two £4.0m defenders in their team, Jensen Seelt and Reinaldo Mandava.

Mandava is one of seven new signings in their starting XI, alongside Granit Xhaka, Habib Diarra, Noah Sadiki, Chemsdine Talbi, Simon Adingra and Robin Roefs.

Mads Hermansen is straight into the West Ham United team, with Alphonse Areola having to settle for a place on the bench.

El Hadji Malick Diouf gets his Premier League debut but £4.5m midfielder Freddie Potts drops to the bench, despite having started West Ham’s final three friendlies.

Finally, at the Amex, Fabian Hurzeler makes just one change from his final pre-season line-up: Carlos Baleba is in for Diego Gomez.

Danny Welbeck is only among the substitutes.

Fulham boss Marco Silva matches Hurzeler in making one change from last weekend.

It’s an enforced alteration, too, with Ryan Sessegnon missing out. Jorge Cuenca comes in.

LINE-UPS

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Verbuggen, Dunk, van Hecke, Wieffer, De Cuyper, O’Riley, Ayari, Baleba, Minteh, Mitoma, Rutter.

Subs: Steele, Gruda, Welbeck, Milner, Boscagli, Kadioglu, Gomez, Veltman, Coppola.

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Bassey, Anderson, Cuenca, Lukic, Berge, Wilson, Iwobi, Jimenez, King.

Subs: Lecomte, Reed, Muniz, Cairney, Adama, Pereira, Castagne, Diop, Emile Smith Rowe.


Sunderland XI: Roefs, Hume, Seelt, Ballard, Reinaldo, Sadiki, Xhaka, Diarra, Talbi, Mayenda, Adingra

Subs: Patterson, Neil, Guiu, Roberts, Rigg, Alderete, Isidor, Le Fee, Jones

West Ham United XI: Hermansen, Todibo, Kilman, Aguerd, Wan-Bissaka, Rodriguez, Ward-Prowse, Diouf, Bowen, Paqueta, Fullkrug

Subs: Areola, Walker-Peters, Alvarez, Wilson, Mavropanos, Soucek, Scarles, Potts, Irving


Tottenham Hotspur XI: Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Spence, Gray, Bergvall, Kudus, Sarr, Johnson, Richarlison 

Subs: Kinsky, Danso, Joao Palhinha, Tel, Vuskovic, Solanke, Odobert, Bentancur, Davies.

Burnley XI: Dubravka, Sonne, Walker, Ekdal, Esteve, Hartman, Mejbri, Cullen, Laurent, Anthony, Foster. 

Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Bruun Larsen, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Tchaouna, Flemming, Ramsey, Lucas Pires.

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  1. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    8 months, 22 hours ago

    Reijnders starts

    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Never in doubt

    2. Make FPL Casual Again
      • 7 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Brace for the Raindeer..

    3. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Phew. Was worried. And on bb

  2. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    8 months, 22 hours ago

    Cantwell scores for Blackburn. I remember when he was the next big thing

  3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    8 months, 22 hours ago

    Best league in the world is ba….zzzZzzz zzz

  4. Sgt. Schultz
    • 9 Years
    8 months, 22 hours ago

    Brighton pen

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Be Cuypers please!

      1. chocolove
        • 15 Years
        8 months, 22 hours ago

        Dream on

        1. tangtastic
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          8 months, 22 hours ago

          salah assist? new rules?

    2. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Rutter wins the pen

      1. Sgt. Schultz
        • 9 Years
        8 months, 22 hours ago

        O'Riley G

      2. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        8 months, 22 hours ago

        O'Riley scores it

  5. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    8 months, 22 hours ago

    O'Riley G
    Rutter A, I think

  6. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    8 months, 22 hours ago

    O'Reilly pen goal, Rutter Assist

    1. Mother Farke
      • 2 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      I told you O'Riley would be on pens!

      1. Tonyawesome69
        • 7 Years
        8 months, 22 hours ago

        Welbeck on the bench...

  7. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 months, 22 hours ago

    BHA

    Penalty

    Goal

    Against the run of play

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Riley

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 months, 22 hours ago

        O'
        Riley

  8. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    8 months, 22 hours ago

    O'Riley takes it

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Bandwagon!

      1. tangtastic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        8 months, 22 hours ago

        wirtz OUT
        o'riley IN

  9. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    8 months, 22 hours ago

    Reilly G
    Gutter A

  10. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    8 months, 22 hours ago

    De Cuyper penalties dream shattered

    1. FPL Brains
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Haha. Excellent.

    2. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Just hope he keeps his CS now

      1. TheBiffas
        • 5 Years
        8 months, 22 hours ago

        An early sub would be fine by me

        1. tangtastic
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          8 months, 22 hours ago

          59th min

    3. tangtastic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      De Cuyper pens in the mud

  11. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    8 months, 22 hours ago

    5.5 player on pens.

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      If he doesn't leave

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Reijnders exodus on the card

  12. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 months, 22 hours ago

    Milner warming up

  13. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    8 months, 22 hours ago

    Yes rutter assist! Atleast something on bb

  14. The Philosopher
    • 5 Years
    8 months, 22 hours ago

    Baba O'Riley

    1. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Wolves 2-1 City loading.....

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 months, 22 hours ago

        1-3

    2. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Marmoush and Nunes benched

      Bobb starts

  15. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    8 months, 22 hours ago

    Toothless from Hannibal squandering great assist from Antony

  16. Moon Dog
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Burnley should have scored. Spurs cut wide open.

    • Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Took kudus out for Roger’s

      Diouf out for anderson as didn’t like w ham fixtures after today !

    • Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      City XI | Trafford, Lewis, Stones, Dias, Ait-Nouri, Nico, Bernardo (C), Bobb, Reijnders, Doku, Haaland

      SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Ake, Marmoush, Cherki, Gundogan, Akanji, Nunes, O'Reilly, Khusanov

      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        8 months, 22 hours ago

        Cheers

    • Mother Farke
      • 2 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Spurs' CS is 100% going.

    • Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Rich 2G
      Kudus 2A

      1. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        8 months, 22 hours ago

        PMS head pats

    • tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Rich G

    • AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      2 nil Spurs

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 months, 22 hours ago

        What a volley

        Richi

        Scissor kick

    • Thanos
      • 4 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Rich G
      Kudus A

    • TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Just realised Gomes, Andre and Arias are all from Fluminese

    • Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Richa awesome

    • HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Downgraded Milenkovic to Williams so I could afford OReilly to Rutter
      Instant regret

    • tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Sunderland Goal!

      1. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        8 months, 22 hours ago

        Oh boy

      2. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        8 months, 22 hours ago

        Mayenda G

    • g40steve
      • 8 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Richy 3

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        8 months, 22 hours ago

        2

        This site lags like F

    • Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      8 months, 22 hours ago

      Sunderland G

      1. Sgt. Schultz
        • 9 Years
        8 months, 22 hours ago

        Mayenda G