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A busy Sunday of Premier League football gets underway with four matches at 2pm BST:

TEAM NEWS

Unai Emery makes four changes to the side that started the 2-0 Europa League win over Feyenoord.

Emiliano Martinez, Lucas Digne, Lamare Bogarde and Donyell Malen all return, ousting Marco Bizot, Ian Maatsen, Emiliano Buendia and Evann Guessand from the starting XI.

The only change from Burnley manager Scott Parker sees Axel Tuanzebe start. Hjalmar Ekdal makes way.

There are two changes to the Everton XI from Monday night: Tyler Dibling and Thierno Barry in for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Beto.

Crystal Palace are unchanged from Gameweek 6.

At St James’ Park, Eddie Howe has gone with the same Newcastle United side that beat Union SG in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Nottingham Forest’s four alterations from Europe see Jair Cunha, Nicolo Savona, Ryan Yates and Chris Wood start. Murillo, Ibrahim Sangare, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Igor Jesus drop to the bench.

As for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Jackson Tchatchoua comes in for Matt Doherty.

Vitor Pereira had said that Jorgen Strand Larsen was not fully fit but the Norwegian striker starts.

Fabian Hurzeler makes three changes from the Brighton and Hove Albion team that beat Chelsea last time out. Mats Wieffer, Brajan Gruda and Danny Welbeck replace Joel Veltman and Kaoru Mitoma, who are both injured, and the benched Georginio Rutter.

LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Pau, Digne, Bogarde, Kamara, Malen, McGinn, Rogers, Watkins

Subs: Bizot, Maatsen, Lindelof, Barkley, Buendia, Elliott, Guessand, Onana, Jimoh

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

Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Bruun Larsen, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Humphreys, Flemming, Broja, Mejbri


Everton XI: Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Gueye, Garner, Dibling, Ndiaye, Grealish, Barry

Subs: Travers, King, Patterson, McNeil, Beto, Coleman, Alcaraz, Aznou, Iroegbunam

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

Subs: Benitez, Lerma, Nketiah, Uche, Hughes, Canvot, Sosa, Devenny, Cardines


Newcastle United XI: Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Burn, Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton, Elanga, Gordon, Woltemade

Subs: Ramsdale, Schar, Lascelles, Barnes, Krafth, Osula, Murphy, Willock, Miley

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Cunha, Milenkovic, Morato, Savona, Yates, Anderson, Williams, Gibbs-White, Ndoye, Wood

Subs: John, Murillo, Sangare, Hudson-Odoi, Dominguez, Jesus, Hutchinson, McAtee, Bakwa


Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Johnstone, Tchatchoua, S Bueno, Krejci, H Bueno, Andre, J Gomes, Munetsi, Arias, Hwang, Strand Larsen

Subs: Sa, Mosquera, Agbadou, Wolfe, Hoever, R Gomes, Bellegarde, Lopez, Arokodare

Brighton and Hove Albion XI Verbruggen, Wieffer, van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu, Baleba, Ayari, Gruda, Gomez, Minteh, Welbeck

Subs: Steele, Tzimas, Rutter, Watson, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, De Cuyper, Coppola


LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!

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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. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Penalty for Newcastle

    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      2 months, 1 day ago

      Woltemade holding the ball. Bruno might take

  2. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 12 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Newcastle pen!!!

  3. pundit of punts
    • 12 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Of course Cash looses his CS

    Can’t wait to get

  4. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Newcastle pen

  5. Sgt. Schultz
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    who's on Pens at Newcastle?

  6. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Lacroix was on 5 DC after 45 mins, still on 45 after 81 🙄

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      2 months, 1 day ago

      Still on 5

  7. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    LET DAN BURN TAKE IT

  8. Dannyb
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    How the hell is Munoz not in the bonus with a goal and def cons???

  9. F4L
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    bruno wins pen

  10. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Wolt taking?

  11. Fat Frank
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Mateta been so unlucky past couple of weeks not to score, feel very lucky as a non owner but want him so bad next week

  12. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Penalty to Newcastle and of course Gordon is already off the pitch

    God damn it

    1. White Pony
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 1 day ago

      My thoughts exactly.

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 1 day ago

      Need 90 mins and penalties

      Bruno F?

  13. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Andersen YC

  14. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Newcastle penalty

    Bruno G assist?

  15. Sgt. Schultz
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Anderson YC

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 1 day ago

      Paying back the discounted £35m

      Apparently

  16. Snoop Udogie Dogg
    • 5 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Wolte pen

  17. Babit1967
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Where did Munoz 3 bonus go?

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      2 months, 1 day ago

      In the back of his net

  18. Fat Frank
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Munoz getting a winner here isn’t he, joke of a player to be classed a defender

    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      2 months, 1 day ago

      He's a wingback 😉

  19. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Wolt G

    1. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 1 day ago

      Top bins

  20. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Woltemade goal

  21. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Wolt Goal

  22. F4L
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    wolte g

  23. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Wolte!!!!

  24. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 12 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Top Bins from Wolte

  25. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    With Villa conceding Cullen now up to 2 baps
    Plus 18 ! defcon so far
    Is this a one game record ?

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 1 day ago

      Ballard got 19 in 53 mins yesterday

    2. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 1 day ago

      Update now 19
      Insane !
      Leeds at home & Wolves away up next

      1. Fat Frank
        • 8 Years
        2 months, 1 day ago

        Nice, they missed a trick with defcon not rewarding multiple, e.g he gets 20 as a defender or 24 as a mid/fwd and get 4 extra points

  26. Nightf0x
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Raya
    Neco burn vdv (dorgu konsa)
    Semenyo rejinders gakpo kudus (ndiaye)
    Gyokeres haland pedro

    Which ?

    A) time to WC
    B) rejidners/gakpo to gordon
    C) neco to gabriel/timber/calafiori

    1. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 1 day ago

      WC

    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 1 day ago

      WC

  27. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Why doesnt Tarkowski play for England?

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 1 day ago

      Tuchel doesn't care about defcons

    2. Glasner Ball
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 1 day ago

      Fair call, its also like how does a natural left footer like Mitchell in such great form not get to play for England.

  28. F4L
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    only 14 bps gained for the goal though

  29. Bram
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    Toon 2-0. Big Ange on ya bike son, stop stinking out our club!

    1. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 1 day ago

      This tea lady could do better, binning Nuno going to cost owners big time

  30. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 1 day ago

    That was some penalty kick from the big Man

    Ange to spend winter down under?

    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 1 day ago

      I don’t think they’re going to kill him