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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. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Anticlimactic gw

    1. RICICLE
      • 4 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Always is first GW back after stupid internationals, same every time

      1. Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 15 Years
        11 months, 7 days ago

        Hardly 'stupid' if it is World Cup qualifiers!!

  2. Brosstan
    • 12 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Haaland wasted all his goals against Israel.. looks nowhere near scoring

    1. Zilla
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Mossad involved?

      1. iFash@FPL
        • 2 Years
        11 months, 7 days ago

        😉

  3. _Greg
    • 16 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Mukiele and Alderete are my favourite players in my team.

  4. have you seen cyan
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Typical disaster gw after an IB. IBs really ruin the PL. This will be a 20-30 point gameweek, if that.

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Was going to post something similar, GWs after IBs are so bad.

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      I'm up to 24 points as it stands

  5. JBG
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Groupie x2

  6. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Kroupi double

  7. F4L
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    kroupi g

  8. F4L
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    not sure if thats semenyo assist

    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Should be under the new rules

    2. Thanos
      • 5 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Shouldn’t it be with the new rules?

    3. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Should be?

    4. F4L
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      yeah you're both right, given

    5. MADCHESTER UTD
      • 11 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      It shouldn’t be but has gone down as one

  9. Brosstan
    • 12 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    How can we really be sure if Hume is a good pick?

  10. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Started munoz over senesi

  11. RICICLE
    • 4 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Nice! That palace cleanie well dead and buried

    1. Nomar
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      It was after the first goal, to be fair.

    2. RUUD!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Yeah it was after the first goal

      1. RICICLE
        • 4 Years
        11 months, 7 days ago

        Oh I know, which is why it’s WELL dead and buried hehe

  12. Waynoo
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    FFS my double palace defence absolutely muddled

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Arsenal away next

  13. Thanos
    • 5 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Semen Groupie at Palace

    1. Yes Ndidi
      • 7 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Andy in residence?

  14. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Kroupi bonanza

  15. _Ninja_
    • 16 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Glad i started Sensi over Guehi...was a tough choice.

    1. _Ninja_
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Glad i benched Pope for Dub

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        11 months, 7 days ago

        Same 😉

        1. _Ninja_
          • 16 Years
          11 months, 7 days ago

          Cheers for Suggesting Sensi over Guehi btw

          1. g40steve
            • 8 Years
            11 months, 7 days ago

            No worries

    2. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      I played munoz over senesi

      1. _Ninja_
        • 16 Years
        11 months, 7 days ago

        Hard to bench someone like Munoz tbf

      2. Yes Ndidi
        • 7 Years
        11 months, 7 days ago

        I played them both. Munoz on 5 defcons as we speak, so fingers crossed for the consolation prize

  16. JBG
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Again no assist

  17. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Come on the Hatters!

  18. JBG
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Brighton G

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Welbeck G, Rutter A

  19. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Brighton bust the Newcastle net

  20. Nomar
    • 16 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    So,Bournemouth are currently top of the Premier League…

  21. THE Wild Rover
    • 16 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Welbz

  22. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Ndiaye looking all world

  23. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Atrocious week for now

  24. Nomar
    • 16 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Knew this would happen as soon as I got Pope.

  25. RICICLE
    • 4 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Get in Brighton!!!

  26. Yes Ndidi
    • 7 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Choo Choo Krou

  27. F4L
    • 11 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    evanilson barely had a sniff this season, kroupi banging them in. wonder why evanilson struggling to get chances

  28. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Ndiaye looking phenomenal, he is going nowhere from my side.

  29. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Semy A given

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      Points for everyone

      1. Silecro
        • 8 Years
        11 months, 7 days ago

        Not for Ben Crellin

  30. JBG
    • 8 Years
    11 months, 7 days ago

    Doku ruining a Reindeers A

    1. THE Wild Rover
      • 16 Years
      11 months, 7 days ago

      I own both 🙁