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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. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Hudson Odoi has no end product

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

    Keep switching between the two games to see which one is less painful to watch.

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      same

      Both are awful

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

      Forest picking up

    3. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Both bad

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

    McAtee to Wood in the box

    Fluffs the half shot

  4. Quality Quality Qualit
    • 17 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Forest West Ham is very lively now.

  5. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    It's bad when Anderson is your best player

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

    Liverpool: Alisson; Szoboszlai, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Wirtz, Salah, Gakpo; Ekitike.

    Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Robertson, Bradley, Elliott, Jones, Ngumoha, Chiesa, Endo

    Arsenal: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Rice, Merino, Madueke, Gyokeres, Martinelli

    Subs: Arrizabalaga, Mosquera, Odegaard, Eze, Trossard, Nwaneri, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman, Harriman-Annous

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Gakpo to punish me for benching him for Semenyo

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

      Cheers

    3. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Eze won’t be too happy on the bench

    4. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Shame for Arsenal that Frimpong's injured. Would have loved to see Martinelli, Eze and maybe Madueke up against him

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

        Well Szobo isn't a right back so you'll still get joy down that left

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

    Brighton 4 changes

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

    Bobb the blob

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

    CHO effort but game enough

    Edge of the left side box

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

      *tame

  10. Mr. O'Connell
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    2 more defcons needed for Anderson to hit 11

  11. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    I'm showing my age here but
    Bobb should be given the number 10 Bobb shirt .
    Bob was UK slang for shillings pre-decimal
    Equivalent to 50p in todays currency .

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

    Bobb looks likely

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

      He's in my 365 fantasy team

    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      Had some great passes, just what city needs

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

    Fulk off

    Wilson on

    1. iFash@FPL
      • 2 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      I see what you did there…

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

        Not sure how to spell the rest of his name tbh

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

      Read that first sentence wrong 😆

      1. keefy59
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 21 days ago

        Nearly choked on my beer

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

      Lol I misread that

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

    Feels like I'm wasting my day watching this sh--show

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

    Must be boring owning Wood.

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      If he doesn't score with his first shot it's over haha

    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      He’ll score

    3. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      I like to start the season as badly as possible to make green arrows easier later. Wood is the perfect pick.

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

        Love the gallows hunour!

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

      It was fun in GW1. It's best to avoid watching Forest games, and just enjoy his points when they come 😆

  16. Mario Balofail
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    James Milner....ah those days

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

      Hasn't he played in every decade since the 1890's?

  17. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    City are so boring

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

    Diouf to be subbed for the clean sheet lock

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

      Please

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

    Brighton pen...

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

      De Cuyper to take yh

  20. JBG
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Only 1 goal between these 2 matches was not on my bingo card today.

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 21 days ago

      And as I say that .. pen

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

    Get this please and wipe those CS

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

      This

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

    Wood showing his age

  23. JBG
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    What an idiot Nunes

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

    Brilliant Sels save...

    From Wilson deflected shot

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

    Sels is class

  26. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 21 days ago

    Sels save point

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

    Milner to take the Brighton pen

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

      Damn thought it may have been De Cuyper

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

      He converts

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

    Who crossed to Dunk for the penalty?

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

    Milner G

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

      What year is this?

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

    Mr. Reliable