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Erling Haaland carries the weight of 700k+ Triple Captainers’ expectations on his shoulders as Gameweek 6 continues with four more matches:

TEAM NEWS

With fears around a back injury eased on Friday, there’s no surprise that Haaland starts for Manchester City this afternoon.

Pep Guardiola does make some alterations from Gameweek 5, two of which are enforced as Abdudokir Khusanov is injured and Rodri is “not fully fit”.

Bernardo Silva also drops to the bench as Matheus Nunes, Savinho and Nico Rodriguez get Premier League starts.

Burnley boss Scott Parker reverts to last weekend’s starting XI after making wholesale changes for the Carabao Cup defeat by Cardiff City.

Man City old boy Kyle Walker makes a return to the Etihad.

Down in south London, Alexander Isak gets his first league start of the season.

He’s one of two changes from the Merseyside derby as Florian Wirtz also returns. Cody Gakpo drops to the bench, while Hugo Ekitike is suspended.

Oliver Glasner’s one change from last Saturday sees Ismaila Sarr return from injury to take the place of Will Hughes.

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has had his hand forced with his two Gameweek-to-Gameweek changes, due to injuries sustained by Cole Palmer and Wesley Fofana.

Andrey Santos and Jorrel Hato come in.

Diego Gomez, who scored four goals in midweek, ousts Brajan Gruda from the Brighton and Hove Albion side.

Finally, at Elland Road, unchanged Leeds United take on a Bournemouth side showing three alterations from the 0-0 draw with Newcastle United.

Ryan Christie, Justin Kluivert and Amine Adli all come in, with David Brooks, Marcus Tavernier and Alex Scott dropping to the bench.

LINE-UPS

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James, Chalobah, Hato, Cucurella, Santos, Caicedo, Estevao, Fernandez, Neto, Pedro.

Subs: Jorgensen, Acheampong, Gusto, Badiashile, Lavia, Gittens, Garnacho, George, Guiu.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Verbruggen, Veltman, Van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu, Baleba, Ayari, Minteh, Gomez, Mitoma, Rutter.

Subs: Steele, De Cuyper, Boscagli, Coppola, Wieffer, Milner, Gruda, Tzimas, Welbeck.


Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Wharton, Kamada, Pino, Mitchell, Sarr, Mateta.

Subs: Matthews, Lerma, Nketiah, Uche, Clyne, Hughes, Canvot, Sosa, Devenny.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Wirtz, Isak, Salah.

Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Chiesa, Jones, Gakpo, Robertson, Frimpong, Ngumoha.


Leeds United XI: Darlow, Bogle, Rodon, Struijk, Gudmundsson, Ampadu, Longstaff, Stach, Aaronson, Okafor, Calvert-Lewin.

Subs: Meslier, Justin, Bijol, Gruev, Tanaka, Harrison, James, Nmecha, Piroe.

Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Jimenez, Diakite, Senesi, Truffert, Christie, Adams, Adli, Kluivert, Semenyo, Evanilson.

Subs: Dennis, Scott, Kroupi Jr, Soler, Gannon-Doak, Hill, Brooks, Tavernier, Milosavljevic.


Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Nico, Reijnders, Savinho, Foden, Doku, Haaland.

Subs: Trafford, Stones, Ake, Kovacic, Bernardo, Bobb, McAidoo, Mukasa, Lewis.

Burnley XI: Dubravka, Walker, Laurent, Ekdal, Esteve, Hartman, Florentino, Cullen, Tchaouna, Anthony, Foster.

Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Humphreys, Flemming, Pires, Broja, Hannibal.


LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!

New to Fantasy Football Scout this week is the Live Gameweek page, which you can see on the side menu.

Here you can follow the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DC) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out, as seen below:



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  1. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    6 months, 24 days ago

    OG

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

    Haaland TC fail it looks like

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      This might be the earliest I’ve seen one of these

  3. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    6 months, 24 days ago

    OG Burnley

  4. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    6 months, 24 days ago

    OG

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      Doku A

  5. FPL Sanky
    • 2 Years
    6 months, 24 days ago

    Typical FPL if Haaland blanks today

    1. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      Esteve won't blank today though.

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

    Fudgates open

  7. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    6 months, 24 days ago

    Esteve - own goal
    Doku - assist

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

    is it foden assist at least?

    1. Moon Dog
        6 months, 24 days ago

        Nope. When it rains... 😆

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

          ah ffs 😆

          1. Pedersen
            • 7 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Sounds like you have entertaining gw xD

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

              🙂 can't appreciate the highs without the lows right?

      • RICICLE
        • 3 Years
        6 months, 24 days ago

        no

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

          cheers, unfortunate

    2. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      That's a Doku assist right? Great start to the week for me if so.

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        6 months, 24 days ago

        Yep

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

        Great call
        None of the content creators even considered him!

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

      What are the odds of bench boosting Esteve and that happening 😆

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

        Bench boosting Esteve away v City…..

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

          What i should have predicted he’d score an own goal 😆

          Obviously knew he would concede

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

      Own Bruno.. second pen miss in 5 gws. Lol. He would have been top scoring player in the game (or very close) if he had scored both.

      At least the pen miss this GW means the robot sheeps herd of CCs keep failing.

    5. WVA
      • 9 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      8 from 9 any good?

      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        6 months, 24 days ago

        9 from 8 is better

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

        10 from 10 with TC 🙂

    6. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      I’ve owned Sarr at completely the wrong times for about 2 seasons now

    7. JJO
      • 13 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      Cant fking believe this shaite
      First Mbeumo and now og instead of Foden

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

        Could be worse, I bench boosted Esteve!

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

      Some sites show Foden goal so I dunno

      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        6 months, 24 days ago

        It's an own goal. No question about it.

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

        Some sites saying so doesn’t really matter.

    9. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      If it’s OG shouldn’t Foden get the assist?

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

        No

      2. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        6 months, 24 days ago

        He didn't shoot. It was Doku who did.

      3. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        6 months, 24 days ago

        Not when he didn’t touch it

    10. Ady87
      • 12 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      Kopites all gone very quiet

    11. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      Doku (c)
      Fpl challenge. Lol

      1. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        6 months, 24 days ago

        I captained Truffert!

    12. PartyTime
      • 4 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      Doku to outscore Haaland here. Will take 6 pts from Erling.

    13. Pino
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      Haaland is going to blank

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

        Thank you Nostradamus

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

        Haaland blank confirmed

    14. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      Hendo save, wow.

    15. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 9 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      Hendo BIG save

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

      dcl sounds like he's playing with a point to prove

    17. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      Munoz close 🙁

    18. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 9 Years
      6 months, 24 days ago

      Munoz point blank denied by Alisson

    19. Sam Jammers
        6 months, 24 days ago

        Allison looking outstanding

        1. Not again Shirley
          • 9 Years
          6 months, 24 days ago

          Shame he conceded!

          1. Sam Jammers
              6 months, 24 days ago

              Indeed

        2. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 11 Years
          6 months, 24 days ago

          Sarr first on bench. Went foden instead of doku. Bruno miss pen. What a gw...

        3. Heiro
          • 16 Years
          6 months, 24 days ago

          Fantasy App saying Doku assist but not given it as Own goal. That mean they are deciding?

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

            What you on about? FPL site says Doku assist, Esteve own goal.

        4. Sam Jammers
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Palace getting closer

          • My heart goes Salalalalah
            • 9 Years
            6 months, 24 days ago

            Alison saves the day again vs Mateta 1 on 1