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We’re big-six-less in the three 3pm BST kick-offs today.

Two of the newly promoted sides square off at Turf Moor, while the other two clashes feature clubs that failed to win in Gameweek 1:

TEAM NEWS

Brentford boss Keith Andrews has tinkered the most out of the six managers on duty this afternoon.

He makes four changes in all, handing a first start to Jordan Henderson and a debut to Dango Ouattara.

It’s a much stronger Bees XI all round, indeed, with Mikkel Damsgaard back from paternity leave and Kevin Schade fit enough to start after injury restricted him to bench duty on the opening weekend.

Rico Henry, Fabio Carvalho, Antoni Milambo and Mathias Jensen all drop to the bench, with Keane Lewis-Potter moving back to left-back.

Despite training with the team this week and Andrews hinting he could be involved, the wantaway Yoane Wissa is again absent.

As for opponents Aston Villa, goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez returns after his ban. Marco Bizot makes way.

Unai Emery’s enforced change sees Pau Torres come in for the suspended Ezri Konsa.

Donyell Malen is, once again, only a substitute.

It’s much more straightforward team news from the Vitality Stadium, where Bournemouth are unchanged.

Wolverhampton Wanderers’ only alteration sees summer signing Jhon Arias come in for Andre.

New recruits Ben Gannon-Doak, Amine Adli and Jackson Tchatchoua are all among the substitutes.

The Cherries also have the fit-again Justin Kluivert and Ryan Christie back on the bench.



Finally, at Burnley, Scott Parker hands first starts of 2025/26 to two of his summer captures, Jacob Bruun Larsen and Lesley Oguchukwu.

Oliver Sonne and Josh Laurent make way.

Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris makes just one tweak, bringing in Omar Alderete for Jensen Seelt, who drops out despite being passed fit on Thursday.

LINE-UPS

Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Smith, Diakite, Senesi, Truffert, Adams, Semenyo, Scott, Tavernier, Brooks, Evanilson.

Subs: Dennis, Araujo, Christie, Gannon-Doak, Adli, Kluivert, Soler, Kroupi, Hill.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Jose Sa, Doherty, Agbadou, Toti Gomes, Hoever, Bellegarde, Joao Gomes, Moller Wolfe, Munetsi, Strand Larsen, Arias.

Subs: Johnstone, Hugo Bueno, Santiago Bueno, Andre, Hwang, Mosquera, Rodrigo Gomes, Fer Lopez, Tchatchoua.


Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, van den Berg, Collins, Lewis-Potter, Yarmoliuk, Henderson, Ouattara, Damsgaard, Schade, Thiago.

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Henry Jensen, Carvalho, Onyeka, Milambo, Ajer, Peart-Harris.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Mings, Torres, Digne, Onana, Kamara, Rogers, Tielemans, McGinn, Watkins.

Subs: Bizot, Proctor, Buendia, Malen, Maatsen, Bogarde, Guessand, Rowe, Burrowes.


Burnley XI: Dubravka, Walker, Esteve, Ekdal, Hartman, Bruun Larsen, Cullen, Ugochukwu, Hannibal, Anthony, Foster.

Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Edwards, Tchaouna, Flemming, Ramsey, Sonne, Pires, Laurent.

Sunderland XI: Roefs, Hume, Ballard, Alderete, Reinildo, Xhaka, Sadiki, Diarra, Talbi, Adringra, Mayenda.

Subs: Patterson, Neil, Guiu, Roberts, Rigg, Isidor, Seelt, Masuaku, Le Fee.


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  1. Halftime
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Benched Johnson and Porro, didn't realise Spurs would be so strong.

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Also benched Porro over Ait

  2. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Another 5.5 mid enters the mix!

    1. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Who

  3. Gubby-Allen
    • 4 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Ballard mat he subbed off. I almost got him in.

    1. Gubby-Allen
      • 4 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      may be

  4. Das Boot
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Cheers Ninja

  5. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Semenyo huge miss

  6. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Crap gameweek this. People owning Arsenal players could be the winners.

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Arsenal 0-2 Leeds

      1. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        Fingers crossed

  7. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    semenyo hits crossbar

  8. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Semenyo hits bar from 4 yards 🙁

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      That's the Semenyo we know from last season.

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      oof the xG for that chance was 0.75 i think....

  9. The Knights Template
    • 12 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Monica Lewinsky is 51!

    1. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      52

    2. Berkshire Hafaway-Line
      • 5 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      She just launched her own yoghurt

    3. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      52 and looking very good for it.

    4. el polako
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Mosad agent.

    5. LarryDuff
      • 10 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Some wagon for the sh.....

  10. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Forgot Ballard was made of biscuits. Biased fan.

    1. They are eating the dogs
      • 3 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Ballard:"No! Not the buttons! Not my gumdrop buttons!"

  11. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Semenya off the bar from 4 foot

    Big miss

  12. They are eating the dogs
    • 3 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Can managers still keep up to 5 transfers just like last season?

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Yep

    2. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Yep. And there's 5 free transfers for AFCON before GW16:

      African Cup of Nations (AFCON) Transfers
      With AFCON taking place from December 21 to January 18 this season, Managers will be given additional transfers to allow them to deal with player absence during this period.

      Following the Gameweek 15 Deadline on Sat 6 Dec 13:30 and ahead of Gameweek 16 on Sat 13 Dec 13:30, Managers will be topped up to the maximum of 5 free transfers, regardless of how many transfers are available to them at that point.

      These Free Transfers do not need to be used in Gameweek 16, they can be carried over between Gameweeks and used at any time.

  13. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Just the 470k transfers in for Ballard this week
    Subbed after 9 mins

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Probably still gets 3 bonus

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Guilty

  14. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Ouattara G

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Instant impact

  15. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Goal

    Brentford

  16. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Wonder how many played Wildcard and bought Ballard and RAN? 😆

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Plenty I guess

  17. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    dango unchained. reliable minutes activated. hype

  18. Moon Dog
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Dango's unchained!

      Brentford bossing Villa.

      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        emery going with a similar line up is really disappointing from a watkins perspective

        1. FPL Scoop
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          7 months, 16 days ago

          Agreed, needs a Malen/Guessand

        2. FPL Scoop
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          7 months, 16 days ago

          Or Buendia I suppose, but Kamara off isn’t ideal

    • Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Football has really gone to the dogs hasn't it

      1. JBG
        • 7 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        If you can run fast and for a long time and is kind of strong, you will be the better team most of the time it seems. Screw all this beautiful football, no 10s creating something out of nothing or midfielders whacking the ball top corner etc.

        You just need physical robots that fit a system.

        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 13 Years
          7 months, 16 days ago

          Overcoached bs. Not an entertainment form anymore

      2. The Knights Template
        • 12 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        They’re eating the dogs apparently.

    • FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Well hello then, Dango!

    • Moon Dog
        7 months, 16 days ago

        Dango was due for a drop tonight. Don't think he will now unfortunately.

      • They are eating the dogs
        • 3 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        Looks like Konsa's red card was blessing in disguise since it forced me to play Porro vs City.

      • Gubby-Allen
        • 4 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        Have Watkins so please Brentford are in front. More likely to attack now.

      • Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        Esteve 11 pointer locked in

        1. Gubby-Allen
          • 4 Years
          7 months, 16 days ago

          Be good. I have him coming in for Konsa. Made a vow not to touch anything in my team between GW1 and GW2.

      • DeSelby
        • 3 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        Watching the ball go past Martinez and into his net fills me with joy every time.

      • JJO
        • 13 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        How the f can professional CB be that slow as Pau Torres, wtf was that?

        1. GreennRed
          • 14 Years
          7 months, 16 days ago

          How can professional footballers not kick a ball with both feet?

        2. FPL Scoop
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          7 months, 16 days ago

          Yeah, got rinsed there didn’t he

        3. JJO
          • 13 Years
          7 months, 16 days ago

          He had like 5m of advantage in 7m of space and could clear the ball

      • FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        I will be well miffed if Villa can’t score on this Brentford side

      • el polako
        • 8 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        3 touches in 15 minutes of football for Watkins….

      • thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        I didn’t get the memo that Villa have become garbage now.
        Wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t have 2x Villa attackers.

        1. GreennRed
          • 14 Years
          7 months, 16 days ago

          It's 20 mins in to their second game.

          1. Utopsis
            • 6 Years
            7 months, 16 days ago

            Lol

      • AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        Burnley GOAL

        1. MIGHTY JOE
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          7 months, 16 days ago

          Esteve A please

        2. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          7 months, 16 days ago

          Foster