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There are two Premier League matches kicking off at 14:00 BST.

Brighton and Hove Albion take on Manchester City at the Amex Stadium, while Nottingham Forest and West Ham United meet at the City Ground.

TEAM NEWS

Pep Guardiola makes four changes from the team that lost to Tottenham Hotspur last weekend.

Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Rodri and Bernardo Silva come in for Rico Lewis, Ruben Dias, Nico Gonzalez and Rayan Cherki, who is missing from the matchday squad.

Phil Foden is also absent.

James Trafford keeps his place in goal, while Rayan Ait-Nouri is fit enough to start after coming off injured in Gameweek 2.

Brighton make three alterations to their starting XI.

The hosts bring in Joel Veltman, Jack Hinshelwood and Diego Gomez.

Mats Wieffer, who is not in the squad, Yasin Ayari and Matt O’Riley make way. 

Georginio Rutter returns from injury to make the bench.

It’s much more straightforward team news from Nottingham Forest, who are unchanged.

As for opponents West Ham, Graham Potter has made three changes to the side that lost 5-1 to Chelsea.

Out go Jean-Clair Todibo, Nayef Aguerd and Aaron Wan-Bissaka and in come Kyle Walker-Peters, Konstantinos Mavropanos and Mateus Fernandes, who makes his debut.

LINE-UPS

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Verbruggen, Veltman, van Hecke, Dunk, De Cuyper, Hinshelwood, Baleba, Minteh, Gomez, Mitoma, Welbeck

Subs: Steele, Gruda, Rutter, Milner, Boscagli, Kadioglu, Ayari, O’Riley, Coppola

Manchester City XI: Trafford, Nunes, Khusanov, Stones, Ait-Nouri, Rodri, Bernardo, Reijnders, Bobb, Marmoush, Haaland

Subs: Ederson, Dias, Ake, Doku, Nico, Gundogan, Akanji, O’Reilly, Lewis


Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Sangare, Anderson, Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wood

Subs: Gunn, Morato, Luiz, Kalimuendo, Jesus, Hutchinson, Yates, McAtee, Boly

West Ham United XI: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Kilman, Diouf, Ward-Prowse, Soucek, Bowen, Fernandes, Paqueta, Fullkrug

Subs: Areola, Summerville, Wilson, Rodriguez, Todibo, Wan-Bissaka, Scarles, Potts, Irving

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  1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    I joke about Brighton looking for a 3rd and they actually are haha

  2. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Played Milenkovic 1pt and Diouf 3rd on the bench with 10pts, time to retire 😛

    1. riot
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      good decision bad outcome don't sweat it

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      It's a game of luck. You made the right choices.

    3. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Same

  3. The Reptile
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Bot needs to be re‐programmed ‐ Gruda showing him howcits done

  4. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Love that West Ham turnaround, just glad Fullkrug blanked!

  5. Bushwhacker
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Forest 0 - 3 West Ham

    But not a game of luck. LOL.

    1. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Forest lol

    2. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      They were always going to turn it around at some point, too good a team to not

  6. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    City tippy tappy just put the ball in the box & feed the big man

    1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Boring. Thats the correct word.

    2. bso
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      They have lost their mojo. Khusanov a really bad buy.

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

    Bowen close to a worldy

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

      Wilson stole it

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

      Maradona-esque dribble

  8. Bigbars
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Wilson you greedy git... how can you think of taking that off bowen !

  9. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    The optimal FPL strategy this season is pick the players who you think will do shite. It’s probably 95% effective, bar some outliers like Pedro and Gakpo.

  10. OverTinker
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Wow Diouf assist love you

  11. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Anderson on 11 again...

  12. Zalk
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Haaland still on 3bps is ridiculous, talk about weighting the bps for forwards...
    He's missed chances, poked a ball in the goal and otherwise been invisible.

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Will likely change

    2. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      With Haaland captain i will have to take that luck.

    3. RICICLE
      • 4 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Absolute joke it is

  13. TKC07
    • 6 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Diouf and KDH on bench..

    Give it a rest for Watkins and Konsa..

    1. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Same. Correct decision

      1. cravencottage
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        Not really- I played both ( but not with a lot of conviction)

  14. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Fulk me, that was bad. C'mon Wirtz, give me something to smile about.

  15. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    So this is why Nuno wanted to get sacked before being found out

  16. -GK22-
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    RAAAAGE,

    Benched Bowen and had Sels, Murillo and Wood (c)

    1. All Hail K
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Yes! More!

  17. _Greg
    • 16 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Anderson just loves getting 11 DEFCON.

    1. Supersonic_
      • 4 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      🙁

  18. nanxun
    • 4 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    NFO's Anderson on 11 defcons for the third GW in a row.

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Maybe they will change the threshold

  19. Pedersen
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Season over

    1. RICICLE
      • 4 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Lol

  20. TOLV TUMS
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    City lolz

  21. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Reijnders been absolutely disappointing

  22. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    For any City/Brighton watchers, how was Reijnders today?

  23. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Based on my WC choices, Watkins will smash it later

  24. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Joust bought Wood and probably will sell immediately 😆

  25. dshv
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Milenkovic will be Timber after 90 mins... t

  26. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Baps for City game?

  27. putana
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Diouf clean sheet and assist is on lower baps than wilson who played 25 min and scored 1 goal

  28. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Need Wirtz to repay the faith

  29. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Time for Salah to prove once again he is the best captain choice 🙁

  30. KanuLenoMeeMoCash
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Did Pep ignore Hurzeler at the end?

    1. nanxun
      • 4 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Yes. Just walked straight onto the pitch without handshake