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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. JJO
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Htf is Wilson is above Diouf in bps?

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

      Like I said on the previous page, the bps or heavely weighted towards forwards...same with Haaland.

    2. JJO
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      And also Haaland on 3baps ?

  2. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    F*** off Anderson! Why are you stopping at 11 defcons?! Haha

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

      He has great self control 😛

  3. 824545201
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Gudmundsson and Diouf stuck on the bench while my starters are soiling themeselves on the pitch.

    All the while every single one of my ML rivals gets rewarded in the 97th minute with that horrific Bruno Fernandes captaincy.

    I can't deal with this game anymore.

    1. Cash'nBurn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      I concur.

      At least Diouf is coming off my bench for Dorgu.

      Gudmunsson’s points will just have to stay there.

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

    Guess Rodri is not the answer...

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

      Never was.

  5. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/27301395

    See you all next season

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

      o7

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

      Envy you that you’ll start enjoying your weekends and football now

  6. jayzico
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Well. I keep saying how crap Forest defence is. Get rid now. Of all of them.

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

      Need to stick with Munoz and Gabriel and sleep 😛 ... oh and Gudmundsson

      1. jayzico
        • 15 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        Yup. Munoz be the man this year. And Gabriel.

  7. Old Man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Two hours and twenty minutes ago I wrote this:
    "I will be very pissed off id West Ham score, but I know they will. Bowen will do something eventually, and that would mean no clean sheets in three matches for my Forest players. I expect West Ham to tighten up after their abject showing against the Pensioners, so probably one goal from Forest, two at the most.
    but hopefully 6-0!"

    I should have kept quiet - silly old sod.

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

      So it’s you!! :angry:

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

    No point holding onto Forest defenders now. Zero CS is just not worth for Milen and Murillo at 5.5

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

    Played Diouf but did Evanilson to Wood as a part of my -4 move

  10. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Haaland will surely lose those 3 bonus points...amirite?

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

      Nooo.. why??

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

      Most probably

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

      Yup

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

      Hopefully not he is my captain

      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        He's mine too...so i am not!

  11. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    i have Wood, what to do? Ars next...

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

      I am benching him

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

      Bash it out

    3. Nomar
      • 16 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Selling on WC

    4. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Bench - bur and SUN after that.

  12. Mighty Duck
    • 1 Year
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Marinakis destroyed the club in an instant with his own hands.

  13. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    I actually can't believe Anderson. Why does he completely give up after half time?

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

      Fitness

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        It ain't that, he's one of the fittest on the pitch.

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

          What else could it be?

          1. Hazz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            10 months, 21 days ago

            Tactics

    2. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      8 after HT and I'm pretty sure 11 at 75-ish, unbelievable

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

    Wood will score against Arsenal guaranteed

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

      Well ... yes 😛

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

      Yes against the team with the best defence lol might as well triple captain him against Spuds

    3. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Ofc - I'm benching him.

  15. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Not the best start to my WC, but at least I took out Sels and Milenkovic.

  16. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Double defence Nottingham worked out well so far. And Diouf on the bench. Crazy.

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

      Similar.

  17. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Need Gakpo, Watkins, and Mateta to save my season

    1. SINGH
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      No gakpo, hope he gets red carded

  18. Moderately content penguin
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Last Forest clean sheet was back in very early April over 12 matches ago.

    But that was against United so we can discount that as a statistical anomaly. Really do need to spend another 100 million or so to try and keep up. Not too late.

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

    Forest play Burnley and Sunderland in 5 & 6.

    Hmm... need to think about this more when I'm calmer 😆

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Two teams capable of scoring against poor defences...

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

    Benching Gundmundsson 9 pointer doesn’t feel so bad after the GOAT that is Diouf

  21. #1 Arne Engels Fan
    • 1 Year
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Brilliant result for football. City deciding to sit back and pass it around aimlessly rather than go for the 2nd was baffling. Well deserved loss.

    Pep will be gone by Christmas.

    1. SINGH
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Ole at the wheel

      1. #1 Arne Engels Fan
        • 1 Year
        10 months, 21 days ago

        Iraola would be my bet.

    2. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Pep’s head the moment he scratched the surface to reveal his skull.

      1. Count of Monte Hristo
        • 13 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        *lost his

        1. #1 Arne Engels Fan
          • 1 Year
          10 months, 21 days ago

          The guy is a psychopath. Best player in the league up top and he's spent £500m building the worst possibly suited set of attackers around him.

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

      Yes they were pathetic ‐ furious as Haaland capper ‐ he was useless

  22. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Nott’m Forest, WHAT?!

  23. SINGH
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    PGMOL say Fulhams first goal should have been allowed. VAR robbed them from a win yesterday

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

      In that scenario they should reinstate the correct 2-1 result really

      1. SINGH
        • 7 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        Agreed

    2. el polako
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Water is wet.

  24. el polako
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    I know nothing about football.

  25. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    I dont own Haaland but who else should get 3 in this game? It was a garbage game all around and no player truly deserve bonus points. Haaland is a striker and he scored, thats how the BPS works. Annoying at times but its not like any other player in this game was hard done by the system awarding Haaland 3bps.

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

      Should be the match winner from a simplest standpoint

      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        Thats extremely hard to automate when its someone coming on and plays only 30 minutes. You'd get strikers coming on in the last 10 minutes and scoring and doing nothing else getting 3bps which is also silly.

  26. tangtastic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    you could sense the knives were out for potter. delighted for him. what a result, great in game managment.

  27. AllyMac55
    10 months, 21 days ago

    had Sels and Murillo 🙁 now on 61pts with 2 to play

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

      thanks for the update

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

      Massive red incoming.

      Average score is 85

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

        So my 24 isn't very good?? 😀

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

        No way

    3. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Humble brag

  28. Warbling Wendy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 17 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Pep isn't a genius when he doesn't have the best players in the league

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

      i honestly thought before the season started, and even more so now, that city willa gain struggle. finish top 4 sure, but i fancy liverpool, arsenal ahead of them for the title

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

      That's applies to everyone. Still need to be a good tactician to get the most out of the good players. Look at Scolari and AVB at Chelsea, both flopped with top players

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

      Never a genius. We use that word too losely. I would say Ranieri was a genius

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

    Do you expect Bradley to be a regular starter moving forward?

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Difficult to say if it's fitness related or Slot trying to fit in all of Wirtz/Mac/Grav/Szobo

  30. Babit1967
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    38,36,29 (Salah & Munoz left & WC playerd)

    I’ve never seen anything like this before, usually always above 50 a week.

    1. Mighty Duck
      • 1 Year
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Nobody dies a virgin