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We’ve got a bonus Premier League match this evening in the super-late 8pm BST slot.

Brentford v Chelsea rounds off the day’s action.

TEAM NEWS

The Bees have made two changes for this evening’s game, one enforced as Mikkel Damsgaard misses out due to illness.

Dango Ouattara drops to the bench, too, as Keith Andrews channels the spirit of his predecessor by moving to – we think – a 5-3-2 against a big-six club.

Ethan Pinnock and Mathias Jensen come in.

As for Chelsea, Enzo Maresca has made four alterations.

Wesley Fofana and Jorrel Hato are surprise starters at the back, with Malo Gusto and Marc Cucurella dropping to the bench.

Jamie Gittens comes in for the absent Estevao out wide, meanwhile.

And with Cole Palmer only deemed fit enough for the bench, Facundo Buonanotte is given the nod to replace the injured Liam Delap.

Alejandro Garnacho is among the substitutes.

LINE-UPS

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, Collins, Pinnock, van den Berg, Yarmoliuk, Henderson, Jensen, Lewis-Potter, Schade, Thiago

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Henry, Ajer, Janelt, Onyeka, Carvalho, Outtara, Nelson.

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Chalobah, Adarabioyo, Fofana, Hato, Caicedo, Fernandez, Neto, Buonanotte, Gittens, Joao Pedro

Subs: Jorgensen, James, Gusto, Cucurella, Acheampong, Santos, George, Palmer, Garnacho.

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  1. Moon Dog
      6 months, 24 days ago

      We need a long throw section in the set piece tab. It's time.

    • Feanor
      • 16 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      Palmer misses half volley in the penalty area

    • Feanor
      • 16 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      Garnacho kicks it out lol

    • Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      Ice Pole Cold Farmer.

      1. RICICLE
        • 3 Years
        6 months, 24 days ago

        Pole Calmer always makes me chuckle

    • Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      Fpl site is well slow with updating for goals this season, still says 2-1 Chelsea lol

    • putana
      • 7 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      maresca does these weird lineups 2-3 every season and they lose every one of them

    • Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      Just 1 win in the last 8 games for Chelsea against Brentford

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        6 months, 24 days ago

        They are absolutely our bogey team.

    • Moon Dog
        6 months, 24 days ago

        Rotated for Europe and dropped 2pts.

        This is why the FPL stock of Manchester United, Bournemouth, & Everton is surely going to rise over the next few weeks. Long restful weeks, with lots of match preparation.

        1. Gubby-Allen
          • 4 Years
          6 months, 24 days ago

          Probably yes, the good ones will. I am surprised at the lack of Everton players in people's teams. I only have Grealish but will move towards a defender once the Anfield gets has gone.

          1. ITS AMAD WORLD
            • 3 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Grealish can't play in Gameweek 8 anyway

      • Gubby-Allen
        • 4 Years
        6 months, 24 days ago

        Is Dango for Semenya as the FT for the week as no brainer?

        I have 7.4 with the prices as they are now his exactly the cost. No idea why Dango didn't start, thought he went there for more minutes

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

        WC success albeit one week. 62 points with Salah c and Gakpo to go. 8/9 player returns, Mateta my only blank. 3.8m to 1.1m. Sorry for the shameful post but been an awful start

        1. Moon Dog
            6 months, 24 days ago

            It's okay it gives me an excuse too 😆

            Happy with my WC too.

            49pts with Salah (C), Gakpo, Bruno, Mbeumo to go.
            1.6m âž¡ 960k

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

              Nicely done ! Who’s a good boy !

              1. Moon Dog
                  6 months, 24 days ago

                  *wags tail*

            2. Supersonic_
              • 4 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              32 with Haaland, Salah, Wirtz and Bruno.

              Hoping for a green arrow too. Stinker of a start

            3. RICICLE
              • 3 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              I wouldn’t call that an awful start to be fair bud, I’ve gone from 1.1m to 1.5m after today even with my team doing ok, Salah cap, Reijnders and Bruno to go though 🙂

            4. Gubby-Allen
              • 4 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              Who got those points?

            5. F4L
              • 11 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              well done! hopefully salah can go big tomorrow

          • Atimis
            • 9 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Should have WC…now wait?

            Sanchez
            Porro/Munoz/Neco
            Salah/Bruno/Semenyo/Kudus/Reijnders
            Watkins/JPedro

            Dub/Gdumu/Kroupi/Dorgu

            1. Do I Not Like Orange
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              Yeah not much to be gained by wholesale changes next GW, no real standout fixtures that you're missing out on

          • Scapegoat Salah
            • 9 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Any early ideas for next week? Gameweeks coming thick and fast now.

            Petrovic
            Gabriel | Munoz | VDV
            Salah | Palmer | Semenyo | Reijnders
            Gyokeres | Joao Pedro | Mateta

            Dubravka | KDH | Gundmundsson | Esteve

            0.2ITB

            Thanks

          • Assisting the assister
            • 10 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Best 4.5 Defender? Need to ship Diouf before price dip - cheers
            A. Richards
            B. Andersen

            1. Scapegoat Salah
              • 9 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              I’d get VDV if you can stretch the 100k

              1. RICICLE
                • 3 Years
                6 months, 24 days ago

                Would you get him even if you had Porro?

                1. Scapegoat Salah
                  • 9 Years
                  6 months, 24 days ago

                  No

                  1. RICICLE
                    • 3 Years
                    6 months, 24 days ago

                    Cool, I’ll stick with just Porro for now then 😉

            2. Supersonic_
              • 4 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              He dropping tonight?

            3. Assisting the assister
              • 10 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              Yep dropping

            4. Assisting the assister
              • 10 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              Maybe Konsa with those fixtures

          • ZeBestee
            • 11 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            This is the season of; defenders and cheap mids/cdm's/cm's. Those defcons will end up making a difference between the top and the rest. 442/451 or even very much viable going forward.

            1. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
              • 14 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              Indeed

          • Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
            • 14 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Best Watkins replacement...already have Mateta and Wood...surely it's Pedro time?

            1. Gubby-Allen
              • 4 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              I would consider how wood will be with the new manager.

              Not a big Haaland fan, for the price but him and Isidor may be a better pair than Wood and Watkins.

            2. F4L
              • 11 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              kinda feel the same way. theres not enough quality in chelsea's attack for pedro to lose many minutes

              hoping woltemade scores midweek, might go there. think he'd be more fun to own if wissa out for a while

          • Gubby-Allen
            • 4 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Where could you find or sort the top Defcon scorers this season?

            1. Sun Jihai
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              You can on the FPL site, it's right at the end of the player selection sort by on the transfers page

          • Sun Jihai
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Next week is tough for captaincy
            Liverpool in the dreaded early KO slot too

          • F4L
            • 11 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            long term-ish, would you prefer Isak or Palmer?

            1. RICICLE
              • 3 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              Isak

              1. F4L
                • 11 Years
                6 months, 24 days ago

                cheers

          • Flynny
            • 11 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Would you wildcard this? Rank 6m. Squad looks good every week but fails to deliver! Thanks

            Sels
            Murillo porro munoz (gudmundsson dorgo)
            Salah wirtz semenyo reijnders paqueta
            Watkins pedro (guiu)

            1. Gubby-Allen
              • 4 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              I would. It needs a bit of Arsenal and Everton as they are bringing in points, especially defensive.

              The bracketed subs are fine as a third aib should never play.

              1. Flynny
                • 11 Years
                6 months, 24 days ago

                Thanks

          • ball c
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            As a Cucurella owner.. he looked like he was going to score today.. hopefully Maresca learns from his mistake of benching him today

            1. Gubby-Allen
              • 4 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              He is worth keeping. I will and he should be no more at risk of rotation than most CL defenders.

              I had him, Rice and Dango not start and King come off at 59 when 0-0.

              1. ball c
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 5 Years
                6 months, 24 days ago

                Ouch..
                They are all still good picks for you.

                Yeah cucurella is a long term keep. Maresca shouldn’t be benching him again in the league

            2. Brosstan
              • 11 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              He's a great pick just random fpl bs as always... luck based trash game

              1. ITS AMAD WORLD
                • 3 Years
                6 months, 24 days ago

                UCL rotation is well known tbh. That's why you go with nailed players.

          • AD105
            • 9 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Suggestions? 2 FT and 0.8 ITB

            Plan is currently FH6 and WC13

            These price changes are making me think I need to make changes tonight.:.

            Sanchez
            Porro Munoz Andersen Neco
            Salah Bruno Rutter
            Watkins Wood Mateta

            Dubravka Reijnders Esteve Sarr*

            1. Gubby-Allen
              • 4 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              Definitely at least one Arsenal player, maybe two. Same for Everton but after next week.

              1. Gubby-Allen
                • 4 Years
                6 months, 24 days ago

                Semenya too.

                1. AD105
                  • 9 Years
                  6 months, 24 days ago

                  0.1 short of Sarr > Semenyo, feel like I should downgrade one of Rutter/Neco/Porro?

              2. AD105
                • 9 Years
                6 months, 24 days ago

                Planning to bring in ARS for GW7, an 0.1 short of doing Sarr > Semenyo so who would you downgrade and to who?

                1. Gubby-Allen
                  • 4 Years
                  6 months, 24 days ago

                  Josh King is brilliant this year. Cheapest midfielder in the game, starts every match and more as a striker. Has been very unlucky too with goals including the Chelsea one.

                  As your 8th attacker, 1st sub, you could occasionally take a chance on, I am not sure what is better.

                2. Gubby-Allen
                  • 4 Years
                  6 months, 24 days ago

                  See how tomorrow goes but Man City at home could have plenty of points scored if like last season.

          • Sheffield Wednesday
            • 5 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Play one:

            a) Anderson (bur)
            b) Reijnders (ars)

            1. ball c
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 5 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              A

          • Malkmus
            • 14 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Wood to mateta before price rise?

            1. Strike me a Gakpose
              • 12 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              Why would you want Mateta?

              1. Malkmus
                • 14 Years
                6 months, 24 days ago

                West Ham up next

                1. Mr. O'Connell
                  • 13 Years
                  6 months, 24 days ago

                  Nuno is known for keeping it tight

                  1. Sheffield Wednesday
                    • 5 Years
                    6 months, 24 days ago

                    😉

          • Strike me a Gakpose
            • 12 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            A, B or C to Semenyo?
            A) Wirtz
            B) Gakpo
            C) Bruno

            1. Assisting the assister
              • 10 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              A

            2. Gubby-Allen
              • 4 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              If doing right now then A

          • Sting
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Cucu sub blocks Porro on my bench.

            My own fault for benching him

          • The Tinkerman
            • 10 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Bench Reijnders here?

            Sanchez
            Porro, Munoz, Murillo, Andersen
            Salah (C), Bruno, Rogers, Semenyo
            Watkins, Pedro

            Dubr; Reijnders, Rodon, Guiu

            1. Magic Zico
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              Or Rogers

          • FantasyTony
            • 8 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Any word on Murillo?

          • Sharkytect
            • 11 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Am I missing something, or does the new format mean I can't use a players history to remind me of the scores in each game? It's not showing up i think that's a pretty critical omission

            1. Brosstan
              • 11 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              Not sure what you mean?going to full history shows a players score in each game or the season

              1. Brosstan
                • 11 Years
                6 months, 24 days ago

                Ofc

                1. Brosstan
                  • 11 Years
                  6 months, 24 days ago

                  of the season**

              2. Sharkytect
                • 11 Years
                6 months, 24 days ago

                But it doesn't show the score of the match, right?

            2. Mr. O'Connell
              • 13 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              The new format is great. It doesn't even feel like FPL anymore. Just can't get used to it. Makes the 5 million rank much easier to swallow.

          • Moon Dog
              6 months, 24 days ago

              Tosin defcons just got removed. MAAARRRKKK!!

            • Weak Become Heros
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              6 months, 24 days ago

              Bleeding so much value but hope to hold on for WC6.

              So much value in defence this year back 4 looks almost certain, will explore back 5. Might have to if value forces me!