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2pm team news: Trafford, Ait-Nouri + Rodri start, Rutter + Wan-Bissaka subs

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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. MissouriMarten
    • 10 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Very slightly conflicted Hammers fan here. Double Forest clean sheet wiped out but I stuck with Bowen. Thought we'd get done at least 2-0.

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    1. Hey_Arnold
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      If you having fantasy football players makes you at all conflicted with your team winning their first game then I'd suggest it's head wobble time.

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      1. MissouriMarten
        • 10 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        Ok mate, thanks for the input.

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    2. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Tragic post

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      1. MissouriMarten
        • 10 Years
        7 months, 16 days ago

        Very kind, cheers.

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  2. Hey_Arnold
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    This site is quickly becoming a place to have a read then do the opposite.

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    1. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Yep pretty much

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    2. Studs Up
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Or just do your own thing?

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    3. SINGH
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Why?

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  3. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Anderson on 11 CBIRTS again

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  4. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Forest Pen but VARing rn

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  5. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Wood captain
    Forest defence
    Cheers

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    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Same 😛

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

    Sangare has given away 2 pens in 3 games. Screwing my triple forest defense

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    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      5h1te

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

    Paqueta pen converted

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    1. Supersonic_
      • 4 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Knocks Anderson down to 1 bonus?

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  8. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Need another DC for Andy

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  9. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    F off Sels. Getting rid now

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

      Tbf no chance there

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

    Penalty

    GOAL

    Paquetta

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    1. Supersonic_
      • 4 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Who A?

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

        Diouf I assume

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

        Sommerville

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

      Easily done

      Sat Sels down.

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  11. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Raaaaaaaaaaaaaage

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  12. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Pen boom

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

    De Cuyper looking for a winner here!

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  14. lespaul
    • 16 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Does this mean west ham aren't so bad? Confusing season

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

      All the two week trends being overturned

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    2. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Predictably unpredictable as my mate calls it .
      You know there are going to be upsets/shock results but.
      You don't know where they are going to happen .

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  15. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    SO glad I didn't rage Pedro in GW1 to Wood.

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  16. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    NFO going to finish like 17th this season. Some mad fluke last season.

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

      Nope they will finish top 10

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  17. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    WC time

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  18. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Is FPLStatistics down for everyone?

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    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Closed. Use livefpl.

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

      It shut down

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

    paqueta can't be leaving west ham after that celebration lol

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  20. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Double Forest defence
    Double the mud
    Double the pain
    🙁

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    1. ball c
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      7 months, 16 days ago

      Same boat.. I’ll soon be moving one of them off

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  21. fusen
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    How is Sels going the wrong way there? The player stops before shooting, just stay up and wait...

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  22. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    This game is tough lol

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  23. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    GW 2 WC working out nicely

    Gyokeres last gw. Mbuemo + Haaland (c) this gw.

    Time for FH next

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

      Goat

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  24. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Amorim and Potter saving their jobs for another week

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  25. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Wild card needs to be activated tonight for sure

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

      I’m a day ahead of you

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  26. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Forest were absolutely crap end of last season and it’s carried over to this season

    Beating a terrible Brentford doesn’t mask that

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

    Add Bowen to Wood as my GW transfer and making him captain as another of my inspired decisions.

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

    GW in the bin.
    Double Forest defence

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  29. DaniCT
    • 12 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    I have Sels, rival in mini league had triple Forest defence. That would have been a huge haul.

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  30. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 16 days ago

    Nice, Forest now 2-0 down, you love to see it.

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