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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. JBG
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Oh fck right off Brighton!!!

  2. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Fulham equalise!

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Brighton CS gone with a few seconds left 🙁

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Muniz

  3. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Fulham equaliser

  4. HuttonDressedasLahm
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Noooooooo

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Still it was him or Diouf, so I’ll take it

  5. mookie
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Potter stealing a living off the back of the Brighton scouts.

    Sanchez
    White, Dunk, Burn, Cucurella
    Gross, Mac Allister, Bissouma
    March, Maupay, Trossard

    https://www.transfermarkt.com/graham-potter/eingesetzteSpieler/trainer/23954/plus/0?saison_id=&verein_id=1237&liga=&wettbewerb_id=GB1

    1. Pariße
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Remember how Gross was capo di banda in that team.

  6. windowview
    1 year, 2 months ago

    As a Porro, vdv and Kudus owner I think that makes up for the disappointment of yesterday

  7. Mr. O'Connell
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Verbrugen get in the bin

  8. Thanos
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Cuyper CS busted

  9. F4L
    1 year, 2 months ago

    golazoooooooooooo

    MUNIZ MUNIZ MUNIZ

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Far post header

      From a corner

  10. NoName
    1 year, 2 months ago

    (C)Haaland Reijnders Ait-Nouri, let's do this.

    1. TOBY1
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Snap

  11. JBG
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Genuinely fck right off! Fck this game already...

  12. TheBiffas
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Noooooo

  13. The Philosopher
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Lol

  14. Sgt. Schultz
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Muniz G

  15. Surgical Attack
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 2 months ago

    sunderland top of table lmao

    1. Zalk
      1 year, 2 months ago

      haha excellent, I want to know the person who had that prediction.

  16. PartyTime
    1 year, 2 months ago

    de Cuyper owners ha ha ha ha ha

    1. THE Wild Rover
      1 year, 2 months ago

      FO

    2. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      1 year, 2 months ago

      3 bonus 😆

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        1 year, 2 months ago

        He hasn’t but thought it would be funny if you had overlooked something like that haha

  17. have you seen cyan
    1 year, 2 months ago

    What a joke. With that CS wipe my only return is Salah.

  18. THE Wild Rover
    1 year, 2 months ago

    OMFG. Double Brighton defence on my bench boost 🙁

    1. g40steve
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Ouch

  19. dunts1
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Wow we are so back

  20. HuttonDressedasLahm
    1 year, 2 months ago

    6 minutes of extra time
    Fulham goal 97 mins

    That’s FPL folks

  21. Ninja Škrtel
    1 year, 2 months ago

    FFS De Cuyper CS gone

  22. The Philosopher
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Muniz back on the radar..

  23. FPLC Tanner
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Reinildo I love you. Bizot as well too. Bench boost rocking!

  24. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    1 year, 2 months ago

    *puts armband on Palmer*

    1. Ze_Austin
      1 year, 2 months ago

      Oh yeeeesssss actually

  25. _Freddo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Brighton you schmucks

  26. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Fantastic start to the season thanks to Salah, Gakpo, triple Spurs defense and my dark horse pick Trippier.
    Now Reijnders time!

  27. Thanos
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Really don’t get it how Muniz doesn’t start

  28. el polako
    1 year, 2 months ago

    There’s always a fat blood without t shirt and with a bad tattoo

    1. el polako
      1 year, 2 months ago

      *bloke

  29. windowview
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Think I'm going to lose Frimpong - don't trust Pool to keep clean sheets. Who should I bring in?

  30. Mr. O'Connell
    1 year, 2 months ago

    Never.
    Buy.
    Brighton.
    Players.
    Period.

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 2 months ago

      And Pedro?