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There are two Premier League matches kicking off at 14:00 BST today, with high-flying Bournemouth facing Newcastle United and Sunderland hosting Aston Villa, who are without a win or goal scored this season.

TEAM NEWS

Andoni Iraola makes two changes to the side that beat Brighton and Hove Albion 2-1 last week.

Alex Jimenez and Bafode Diakite start, as James Hill and Veljko Milosavljevic make way.

Eddie Howe makes seven alterations from the midweek Champions League defeat to Barcelona, handing starts to Malick Thiaw, Sven Botman, Lewis Hall, Joe Willock, Lewis Miley, Jacob Murphy and Nick Woltemade.

Kieran Trippier, Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton, Anthony Elanga and Harvey Barnes drop to the bench, while Anthony Gordon is suspended and Fabian Schar is ruled out due to concussion protocols.

At The Stadium of Light, Regis Le Bris brings in Chris Rigg and Enzo Le Fee for the injured Habib Diarra and benched Simon Adingra.

Aston Villa’s two changes see Boubacar Kamara and Evann Guessand replace Lamare Bogarde and Youri Tielemans, who picked up a calf injury last weekend.

Harvey Elliott and Jadon Sancho are both named among the substitutes.

LINE-UPS

Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Jimenez, Diakite, Senesi, Truffert, Scott, Adams, Semenyo, Tavernier, Brooks, Evanilson

Subs: Dennis, Soler, Christie, Doak, Kluivert, Adli, Kroupi Jr, Hill, Milosavljevic

Newcastle United XI: Pope, Livramento, Thiaw, Botman, Burn, Hall, Willock, Miley, Tonali, Murphy, Woltemade

Subs: Ramsdale, Trippier, Lascelles, Joelinton, Barnes, Krafth, Osula, Elanga, Guimaraes


Sunderland XI: Roefs, Hume, Mukiele, Alderete, Reinildo, Xhaka, Rigg, Sadiki, Talbi, Le Fee, Isidor

Subs: Patterson, Neil, Ballard, Geertruida, Brobbey, Mayenda, Adingra, Traore, Masuaku

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne, Kamara, McGinn, Buendia, Rogers, Guessand, Watkins

Subs: Bizot, Pau, Lindelof, Maatsen, Bogarde, Jimoh, Elliott, Sancho, Malen

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  1. Sgt. Schultz
    1 year, 1 month ago

    YES!! CS busted

    1. Sgt. Schultz
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Villa really bad

      1. Sgt. Schultz
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Isidor G Xhaka A

      2. Hughes Your Daddy
        1 year, 1 month ago

        People have Villa assets still? 😮

    2. DeSelby
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Blue drink for everyone!

  2. have you seen cyan
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Lovely Villa cs wipe

  3. Mr. O'Connell
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Xhaka world class

  4. Tonyawesome69
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Sunderland goal haha

  5. nanxun
    1 year, 1 month ago

    AVL still root to the bottom of the table.

  6. chocolove
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Wirtz, Watkins and Rogers
    Find the similarity

    1. SINGH
      1 year, 1 month ago

      All three play for rubbish teams?

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Blankers

  7. SINGH
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Arteta with 3 defensive midfielders at home lol make it make sense

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Make it make sense? Not sure why it’s surprising, they are facing city

      1. SINGH
        1 year, 1 month ago

        At home to a team they beat 5-1 in the same fixture early this year. Doesn't make sense to me

        1. FPL Blow-In
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          1 year, 1 month ago

          What has last years result to do with it?

        2. chocolove
          1 year, 1 month ago

          Good things you're not a coach

    2. chocolove
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Any wrong?
      Same midfielders resulted in 2-0 vs Bilbao

    3. HadiSLIM
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 1 month ago

      As opposed to what exactly..?

  8. Shark Team
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Watkins winner soon

  9. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Hollllllllldor!

  10. Graziano
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Villa never deserved a clean in all honesty. Sunderland was not super creative but created more chances from set pieces and deserve a draw for sure.

  11. z13
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Oh Villa! 1-1

  12. el polako
    1 year, 1 month ago

    At this point want Sunderland to grab a winner.

    1. have you seen cyan
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Yea

    2. Hughes Your Daddy
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Yep, come on Sunderland

  13. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Get in the bin

  14. nanxun
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Nobody on AVL seems to have touch.

  15. Gizzachance
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Konsa Watkins Roger’s owner!
    Plus wirtz

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Time to call it a day and retire I think 😉

      1. Gizzachance
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Yep, hit w/c button !

    2. Hughes Your Daddy
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Patience of a saint. wow

      1. Gizzachance
        1 year, 1 month ago

        Stuck with them as had likes of palmer sarr Murillo injuries, plus their fixtures, hindsight eh, all gone this week on w/c !

    3. chocolove
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Wonder why we stuck in 5 M rank?

    4. thegaffer82
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Same here but no Konsa thankfully.
      Always got bigger fish to fry (injuries, suspensions etc…) so not been able to get rid.
      But they are all gone on WC that’s for sure!

  16. SUPERMAN
    1 year, 1 month ago

    All this passing around the edge of the box for Villa leading to nothing. Sometimes you just have to ping it into the box.

  17. THE Wild Rover
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Ref choking

    1. g40steve
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Second Yellow all day

  18. nanxun
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Rogers. WTF.

  19. F4L
    1 year, 1 month ago

    casemiro was sent off for less yesterday

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 1 month ago

      this

  20. Mr. O'Connell
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Rogers subbed. Another worldy performance.

    1. have you seen cyan
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Rogers depressed he didn’t get his big move to Spurs

  21. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Villa defending shockingly bad to allow Xhaka all the time in the world to set up Isodor...

    https://x.com/SkySportsPL/status/1969773092483318235

  22. The Mighty Hippo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Phil Foden is tempting me with his concurrent starts. Let's see how he does today, but he may just edge it into my team ahead of Bruno.

    1. Supersonic_
      1 year, 1 month ago

      I think I might wildcard in GW6.

      So might do Salah to Foden for the Burnley game

  23. tucaoneo
    1 year, 1 month ago

    With Saka back, Arsenal's bench is so ridiculously deep... FPL nightmare.

    1. Tonyawesome69
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Triple defence

    2. FantasyTony
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Arteta picks the team based off height most of the time

  24. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Christie actually through on goal and brought down. No second yellow for Thiaw.

    Unbelievable. Times like this, I think the smaller clubs actually don’t get the big decisions.

  25. FantasyTony
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Thiaw should be off. Definitely a yellow.

  26. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Another Villa stinker then. Watkins gone on wildcard - thanks for the nightmares.

  27. Old Man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 year, 1 month ago

    So Diakite is a doubt.
    They say don't play bench boost of you have any bench doubts.
    So I don't.
    Dubravka 4 points.
    Esteve 4 points
    Reijnders TBD
    Diakite currenty on 9.
    Rogers and Watkins useless.
    This game is a cruel mistress.
    I seek the solace of a wildcard.

    1. nanxun
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Yup. GW06 WC.

    2. Tonyawesome69
      1 year, 1 month ago

      So poor decision making from you then...

      1. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 year, 1 month ago

        If guessing whether Diakite was going to play is a given, then yes.

        1. Twisted Saltergater
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          1 year, 1 month ago

          I started Diakite over Konsa, but swapped them to and fro several times. I figured he’d either start or not play at all.

          Other genius moves this week were selling Bruno for Semenyo and captaining Palmer.

  28. Saka White Rice
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Very tough decision for me to do Watkins to Haaland tonight for free. Yes for free.

    1. CoracAld2831
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Do it.

    2. Mambino
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Not really a decision that, is it

    3. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Don't do it - total punt. 😀

    4. iFash@FPL
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Just don't do it by all means!

  29. nanxun
    1 year, 1 month ago

    Unai still slow on the uptake.

    1. Sgt. Schultz
      1 year, 1 month ago

      not a Good Ebening so far

    2. have you seen cyan
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Emery sacked before Xmas at this rate

  30. nanxun
    1 year, 1 month ago

    AVL look like complete shiiite.

    1. Bobby Digital
      1 year, 1 month ago

      Still pissed I didn't get my Sunderland CS

    2. FantasyTony
      1 year, 1 month ago

      More like Aston Favela