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Five more Premier League games get underway at 3pm BST, with all three newly promoted clubs in action – so many Gameweek 8 Bench Boost outcomes ride on the next few hours.


TEAM NEWS

Starting with ‘El Boostico’ (rubbish), there’s one enforced change for Leeds United as Jack Harrison replaces the injured Noah Okafor.

Daniel James and Lucas Perri have recovered from injury but are only among the substitutes.

Scott Parker, meanwhile, makes three changes to his Burnley side, one of which is injury-related as Lyle Foster is absent with a dead leg.

Zian Flemming, Lesley Ugochukwu and Jacob Bruun Larsen come in, while Loum Tchaouna and Josh Laurent drop to the bench.

Jaiden Anthony is fit to start.

In another match that features a number of budget picks being ‘boosted’, Sunderland host Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The 7%-owned Omar Alderete has recovered from injury and is joined in the starting XI by Chris Rigg and Dan Ballard, with Arthur Masuaku and Simon Adingra making way.

Wolves bring in Rodrigo Gomes and the fit-again Matt Doherty for the injured Hwang Hee-chan and the benched Jackson Tchatchoua.

There’s a surprise benching for Josko Gvardiol at the Etihad, which naturally comes a day after Pep Guardiola praised the Croatian’s powers of recovery.

Oscar Bobb is also demoted to substitute duty and Rodri misses out, with Nico Gonzalez, Nathan Ake and Jeremy Doku handed recalls.

Omar Marmoush is on the bench after recovering from injury.

There are also three changes for Everton, who can’t call upon ineligible loanee Jack Grealish.

David Moyes brings in Carlos Alcaraz, Beto and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall as Tyler Dibling and Thierno Barry make way.

The absence of Evanlison, and a start for £4.5m forward Eli Kroupi, is the headline news from the Vitality. Evanilson misses out with a calf injury.

Alex Jimenez and Justin Kluivert also come in, with David Brooks injured and James Hill benched.

Crystal Palace are unchanged.

So too are Newcastle United for their trip to Brighton and Hove Albion, who bring in Georginio Rutter for the unavailable Brajan Gruda.

Kaoru Mitoma misses out again.

LINE-UPS

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

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

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

Subs: Ramsdale, Schar, Barnes, Krafth, Osula, Murphy, Willock, Ramsey, Miley.


Burnley XI: Dubravka, Walker, Ugochukwu, Tuanzebe, Esteve, Hartman, Bruun Larsen, Cullen, Florentino, Anthony, Flemming

Subs: Weiss, Edwards, Tchaouna, Ekdal, Pires, Broja, Mejbri, Laurent, Barnes.

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

Subs: Perri, James, Piroe, Nmecha, Bijol, Tanaka, Bornauw, Justin, Gruev.


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

Subs: Benitez, Clyne, Devenny, Canvot, Lerma, Sosa, Hughes, Esse, Nketiah,

Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Jimenez, Truffert, Senesi, Diakite, Scott, Adams, Tavernier, Kluivert, Semenyo, Kroupi.

Subs: Dennis, Araujo, Smith, Cook, Adli, Hill, Milosavljevic, Christie, Gannon-Doak.


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

Subs: Trafford, Stones, Gvardiol, Lewis, Kovačić, Cherki, Silva, Bobb, Marmoush.

Everton XI: Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Garner, Gueye, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Alcaraz, Beto.

Subs: Travers, King, Coleman, Aznou, Dibling, Rohl, Iroegbunam, McNeil, Barry.


Sunderland XI: Roefs, Hume, Ballard, Alderete, Mukiele, Xhaka, Sadiki, Traore, Rigg, Le Fee, Isidor.

Subs: Patterson, Neil, Geertruida, Talbi, Brobbey, Mayenda, O’Nien, Adingra, Masuaku.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Johnstone, Doherty, S Bueno, Krejci, H Bueno, Munetsi, Trindade, J Gomes, Arias, Larsen, R Gomes.

Subs: Sa, Wolfe, Agbadou, Arokodare, Mosquera, T Gomes, Hoever, Lopez, Tchatchoua.


LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!

New to Fantasy Football Scout 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. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    5 months, 4 days ago

    Welbz double lovely

    1. SINGH
      • 7 Years
      5 months, 4 days ago

      Brother rely on your own feeling. Listen to your heart.

    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      5 months, 4 days ago

      Shame mate I would have given the correct answer!

  2. FOREST FOREVER 2
    • 1 Year
    5 months, 4 days ago

    Glasner has lost the plot.

  3. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    5 months, 4 days ago

    Is there a BPS boost for achieving defcon? Because there should be surely

    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      5 months, 4 days ago

      DEFCON is already overpowered, can’t be handing out additional bonus for what is a fairly easy achievement each week.

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 months, 4 days ago

        Not bonus directly - BPS

      2. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 months, 4 days ago

        It must do though, because the very act of interceptions clearances etc carry a BPS scoring system, so getting more of them means defcon and BPS no?

    2. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      5 months, 4 days ago

      Nope

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 months, 4 days ago

        If that’s the case the BPS impact of the contributions must be wiped after hitting the defcon threshold?

        Trying to understand how they’ve engineered it (or potentially overlooked it)

  4. z13
      5 months, 4 days ago

      Crystal Palace Europe toll showing again?

      1. SINGH
        • 7 Years
        5 months, 4 days ago

        Na it's cause Guehi said no to new contract

      2. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 months, 4 days ago

        Done well tbf, we’re 0-2 down!

    • g40steve
      • 8 Years
      5 months, 4 days ago

      Robot sitter

      1. z13
          5 months, 4 days ago

          robot?

      2. z13
          5 months, 4 days ago

          Dubravka clean sheet feels a bit painful

          1. z13
              5 months, 4 days ago

              with Pope 2 conceded

            • Supersonic_
              • 4 Years
              5 months, 4 days ago

              HOLD

              1. z13
                  5 months, 4 days ago

                  I will

              2. keefy59
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 7 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                This week was your chance to play him as well .

            • Count of Monte Hristo
              • 12 Years
              5 months, 4 days ago

              Palace going from looking watertight and attacking at the same time to just getting messy. Playing basketball and hoping it pays off. Glasner is just gambling now.

            • Cluckfuster
              • 14 Years
              5 months, 4 days ago

              For the next five weeks, would you rather...

              A. João Pedro
              B. Mateta
              C. Woltemade

              1. Count of Monte Hristo
                • 12 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                Definitely not Pedro

              2. Sting
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                Mateta

              3. BeaversWithAttitude
                • 7 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                Mateta

            • z13
                5 months, 4 days ago

                Sunderland G?

                1. _Ninja_
                  • 15 Years
                  5 months, 4 days ago

                  Krejci og

                2. Count of Monte Hristo
                  • 12 Years
                  5 months, 4 days ago

                  Krejci own goal. Pretty sure some poor sod on here started him

              • Sgt. Schultz
                • 9 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                OG Krejci

              • snow pea in repose
                • 5 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                Some of these assists being awarded (Wieffer) boggle the mind

              • g40steve
                • 8 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                Palace pen?

              • Mr. O'Connell
                • 13 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                Mateta hattrick
                Guehi assist

                1. PartyTime
                  • 4 Years
                  5 months, 4 days ago

                  Haa yes! Guehi

              • FPL Blow-In
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                lol what a transfer in that was this week! Krepci

                1. FPL Blow-In
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  5 months, 4 days ago

                  I had a feeling he’d score to be fair

              • jacob1989
                • 4 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                Penalty to palace. But var to intervene?

              • g40steve
                • 8 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                Haaland wtaf

              • FPL Sanky
                • 2 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                Ange to wolves would be great

              • chocolove
                • 15 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                Mateta pen!

              • ViperStripes
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 16 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                If Gyokeres does nothing later, then he's gone and Woltemade is coming in (probably), frees up cash given I've got 0.0m itb.

              • Cojones of Destiny
                • 8 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                so who’s gettin the assist ??))

              • Hughes Your Daddy
                • 13 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                Mateta hatrick

              • g40steve
                • 8 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                Mateta 3

                1. g40steve
                  • 8 Years
                  5 months, 4 days ago

                  Geuhi A

                  1. Cojones of Destiny
                    • 8 Years
                    5 months, 4 days ago

                    yay!

              • Hughes Your Daddy
                • 13 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                Mateta points for everyone

                1. RICICLE
                  • 3 Years
                  5 months, 4 days ago

                  Everyone? Haha

                2. jacob1989
                  • 4 Years
                  5 months, 4 days ago

                  Not everyone has him

                  1. Gizzachance
                    • 11 Years
                    5 months, 4 days ago

                    Me neither!

              • Yes Ndidi
                • 6 Years
                5 months, 4 days ago

                Double Burnley defence and Ndiaye on the bench - 20 pts between them with 'DefCon' Andersen to come.

              • z13
                  5 months, 4 days ago

                  Guehi assist I guess

                  1. DropkickMurphys
                    • 5 Years
                    5 months, 4 days ago

                    Does he get one?

                    1. z13
                        5 months, 4 days ago

                        winning the penalty by foul yes

                  2. jacob1989
                    • 4 Years
                    5 months, 4 days ago

                    Well done mateta owners

                  3. tiger
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 14 Years
                    5 months, 4 days ago

                    Hakuna Mateta

                  4. Sgt. Schultz
                    • 9 Years
                    5 months, 4 days ago

                    crazy Game

                  5. Mr. O'Connell
                    • 13 Years
                    5 months, 4 days ago

                    Does Sarr cover Mateta?

                    1. Mr. O'Connell
                      • 13 Years
                      5 months, 4 days ago

                      Tbf is he even playing

                    2. z13
                        5 months, 4 days ago

                        Yes