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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


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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
    6 months, 10 days ago

    Penalty for Newcastle

    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

      Woltemade holding the ball. Bruno might take

  2. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 12 Years
    6 months, 10 days ago

    Newcastle pen!!!

  3. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    6 months, 10 days ago

    Of course Cash looses his CS

    Can’t wait to get

  4. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    6 months, 10 days ago

    Newcastle pen

  5. Sgt. Schultz
    • 9 Years
    6 months, 10 days ago

    who's on Pens at Newcastle?

  6. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    6 months, 10 days ago

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

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

      Still on 5

  7. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 months, 10 days ago

    LET DAN BURN TAKE IT

  8. Dannyb
    • 9 Years
    6 months, 10 days ago

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

  9. F4L
    • 11 Years
    6 months, 10 days ago

    bruno wins pen

  10. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    6 months, 10 days ago

    Wolt taking?

  11. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    6 months, 10 days 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
    6 months, 10 days ago

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

    God damn it

    1. MJF
        6 months, 10 days ago

        My thoughts exactly.

      • AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        6 months, 10 days ago

        Need 90 mins and penalties

        Bruno F?

    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

      Andersen YC

    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

      Newcastle penalty

      Bruno G assist?

    4. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

      Anderson YC

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

        Paying back the discounted £35m

        Apparently

    5. Snoop Udogie Dogg
      • 5 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

      Wolte pen

    6. Babit1967
      • 9 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

      Where did Munoz 3 bonus go?

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        6 months, 10 days ago

        In the back of his net

    7. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

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

      1. TheBiffas
        • 5 Years
        6 months, 10 days ago

        He's a wingback 😉

    8. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

      Wolt G

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        6 months, 10 days ago

        Top bins

    9. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

      Woltemade goal

    10. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

      Wolt Goal

    11. F4L
      • 11 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

      wolte g

    12. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

      Wolte!!!!

    13. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

      Top Bins from Wolte

    14. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 months, 10 days 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
        6 months, 10 days ago

        Ballard got 19 in 53 mins yesterday

      2. keefy59
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        6 months, 10 days ago

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

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          6 months, 10 days 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

    15. Nightf0x
      • 10 Years
      6 months, 10 days 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
        • 8 Years
        6 months, 10 days ago

        WC

      2. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        6 months, 10 days ago

        WC

    16. Sailboats
      • 10 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

      Why doesnt Tarkowski play for England?

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        6 months, 10 days ago

        Tuchel doesn't care about defcons

      2. Hughes Your Daddy
        • 13 Years
        6 months, 10 days ago

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

    17. F4L
      • 11 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

      only 14 bps gained for the goal though

    18. Bram
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

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

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        6 months, 10 days ago

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

    19. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 months, 10 days ago

      That was some penalty kick from the big Man

      Ange to spend winter down under?

      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        6 months, 10 days ago

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