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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
    • 9 Years
    6 months, 9 days ago

    YES!! CS busted

    1. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

      Villa really bad

      1. Sgt. Schultz
        • 9 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        Isidor G Xhaka A

      2. Hughes Your Daddy
        • 13 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        People have Villa assets still? 😮

    2. DeSelby
      • 3 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

      Blue drink for everyone!

  2. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    6 months, 9 days ago

    Lovely Villa cs wipe

  3. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    6 months, 9 days ago

    Xhaka world class

  4. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    6 months, 9 days ago

    Sunderland goal haha

  5. nanxun
    • 4 Years
    6 months, 9 days ago

    AVL still root to the bottom of the table.

  6. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    6 months, 9 days ago

    Wirtz, Watkins and Rogers
    Find the similarity

    1. SINGH
      • 7 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

      All three play for rubbish teams?

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

      Blankers

  7. SINGH
    • 7 Years
    6 months, 9 days ago

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

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

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

      1. SINGH
        • 7 Years
        6 months, 9 days 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
          • 13 Years
          6 months, 9 days ago

          What has last years result to do with it?

        2. chocolove
          • 15 Years
          6 months, 9 days ago

          Good things you're not a coach

    2. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

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

    3. HadiSLIM
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

      As opposed to what exactly..?

  8. Shark Team
    • 8 Years
    6 months, 9 days ago

    Watkins winner soon

  9. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    6 months, 9 days ago

    Hollllllllldor!

  10. Graziano
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 months, 9 days 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
      6 months, 9 days ago

      Oh Villa! 1-1

    • el polako
      • 8 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

      At this point want Sunderland to grab a winner.

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 6 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        Yea

      2. Hughes Your Daddy
        • 13 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        Yep, come on Sunderland

    • FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

      Get in the bin

    • nanxun
      • 4 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

      Nobody on AVL seems to have touch.

    • Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

      Konsa Watkins Roger’s owner!
      Plus wirtz

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        Time to call it a day and retire I think 😉

        1. Gizzachance
          • 11 Years
          6 months, 9 days ago

          Yep, hit w/c button !

      2. Hughes Your Daddy
        • 13 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        Patience of a saint. wow

        1. Gizzachance
          • 11 Years
          6 months, 9 days 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
        • 15 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        Wonder why we stuck in 5 M rank?

      4. thegaffer82
        • 14 Years
        6 months, 9 days 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!

    • SUPERMAN
      • 13 Years
      6 months, 9 days 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.

    • The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

      Ref choking

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        Second Yellow all day

    • nanxun
      • 4 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

      Rogers. WTF.

    • F4L
      • 11 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

      casemiro was sent off for less yesterday

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        this

    • Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

      Rogers subbed. Another worldy performance.

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 6 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

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

    • tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

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

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

    • The Mighty Hippo
      • 9 Years
      6 months, 9 days 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_
        • 4 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        I think I might wildcard in GW6.

        So might do Salah to Foden for the Burnley game

    • tucaoneo
      • 7 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

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

      1. Tonyawesome69
        • 7 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        Triple defence

      2. FantasyTony
        • 8 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        Arteta picks the team based off height most of the time

    • Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      6 months, 9 days 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.

    • FantasyTony
      • 8 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

      Thiaw should be off. Definitely a yellow.

    • MIGHTY JOE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

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

    • Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 months, 9 days 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
        • 4 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        Yup. GW06 WC.

      2. Tonyawesome69
        • 7 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        So poor decision making from you then...

        1. Old Man
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          6 months, 9 days ago

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

          1. Twisted Saltergater
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            6 months, 9 days 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.

    • Saka White Rice
      • 11 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

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

      1. CoracAld2831
        • 5 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        Do it.

      2. Mambino
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        Not really a decision that, is it

      3. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        Don't do it - total punt. 😀

      4. iFash@FPL
        • 2 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        Just don't do it by all means!

    • nanxun
      • 4 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

      Unai still slow on the uptake.

      1. Sgt. Schultz
        • 9 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        not a Good Ebening so far

      2. have you seen cyan
        • 6 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        Emery sacked before Xmas at this rate

    • nanxun
      • 4 Years
      6 months, 9 days ago

      AVL look like complete shiiite.

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        Still pissed I didn't get my Sunderland CS

      2. FantasyTony
        • 8 Years
        6 months, 9 days ago

        More like Aston Favela