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There are four Premier League matches kicking off at 14:00 GMT on Sunday.

TEAM NEWS

Unai Emery makes six changes to the side that started the 2-0 Europa League win over Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Matty Cash, Lucas Digne, Boubacar Kamara, John McGinn, Emiliano Buendia and Ollie Watkins all return, ousting Victor Lindelof, Ian Maatsen, Lamare Bogarde, Evann Guessand, Jadon Sancho and Donyell Malen from the starting XI.

There are four changes to the Bournemouth line-up: Adam Smith, Veljko Milosavljevic, Justin Kluivert and Evanilson in for Alex Jimenez, Bafode Diakite, David Brooks and Eli Kroupi.

The only alteration from Brentford manager Keith Andrews sees Aaron Hickey start. Kristoffer Ajer makes way.

Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe has had his hand forced with his only change due to the injury sustained by Anthony Gordon. Jacob Murphy comes in.

Down in south London, Marc Guehi is absent, while Will Hughes and Yeremy Pino drop to the bench. Jaydee Canvot, Adam Wharton and Daichi Kamada replace them.

Ismaila Sarr is fit to start.

Brighton and Hove Albion are unsurprisingly unchanged from the team that beat Leeds United last time out.

Finally, at the City Ground, Sean Dyche has made two changes from the 2-2 draw with Manchester United. Ibrahim Sangare and Nicolas Dominguez come in, with Douglas Luiz and Callum Hudson-Odoi both absent.

Leeds have also made two alterations. Anton Stach replaces the benched Ao Tanaka in central midfield, while Lukas Nmecha starts up top, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin only fit enough for a place on the bench.

LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Pau, Digne, Onana, Kamara, McGinn, Rogers, Buendia, Watkins

Subs: Bizot, Lindelof, Maatsen, Bogarde, Barkley, Tielemans, Guessand, Sancho, Malen

Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Smith, Milosavljevic, Senesi, Truffert, Scott, Adams, Tavernier, Kluivert, Semenyo, Evanilson

Subs: Dennis, Cook, Brooks, Christie, Doak, Diakite, Jimenez, Adli, Kroupi

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, van den Berg, Collins, Hickey, Yarmoliuk, Henderson, Damsgaard, Ouattara, Schade, Thiago

Subs: Valdimarsson, Henry, Pinnock, Jensen, Nelson, Carvalho, Onyeka, Lewis-Potter, Janelt

Newcastle United XI: Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Burn, Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton, Murphy, Barnes, Woltemade

Subs: Ramsdale, Hall, Schar, Lascelles, Krafth, Elanga, Willock, Ramsey, Miley

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Canvot, Munoz, Wharton, Lerma, Mitchell, Sarr, Kamada, Mateta

Subs: Matthews, Benitez, Pino, Uche, Clyne, Hughes, Esse, Sosa, Devenny

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

Subs: Steele, Tzimas, Boscagli, De Cuyper, Veltman, Coppola, Knight, Oriola, Kostoulas

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Savona, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Sangare, Anderson, Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Dominguez, Jesus

Subs: John, Morato, Awoniyi, Kalimuendo, Hutchinson, Yates, Cunha, McAtee, Abbott

Leeds United XI: Perri, Bogle, Rodon, Bijol, Gudmundsson, Ampadu, Longstaff, Stach, Aaronson, Okafor, Nmecha

Subs: Darlow, Justin, Struijk, Gruev, Tanaka, Harrison, James, Piroe, Calvert-Lewin

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. WATERMELONS
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    After two consecutive 400k green arrows, this week back to norm.

    26 point with Haaland (c) to go.

    Horror show! Sem pen moss summed it up.

    Thiago / Woltemade swing a big one. Cant wait to make that transfer and say goodbye to big Wolt.

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    1. RICICLE
      • 4 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Same. I reckon I’m definitely binning Woltemade, just offers nothing

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  2. ZeBestee
    • 12 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    Thiago and Mbeumo only returners in my team, could have been around 15 points for the gw.

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  3. lilmessipran
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    Gutted I didn't go with Thiago..90 mins man on pens at that price will never not be a bad option..oh well

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    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Same here, delaying a week post IN was a wrong decision in hindsight

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    2. lilmessipran
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Never be*

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

    canvot and richards nicking all of lacroix's defcons grrr 😛

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

    Score check

    43 points with Haaland (c) to play

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    1. NoOneCares
      • 1 Year
      10 months, 10 days ago

      No one asked or cares.

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    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Bloody 27 pts losing my cool with all 50/50 decisions went away from my luck

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    3. ZeBestee
      • 12 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Nice. 33 here. Cant complain as could have been worse.

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

      48 Haaland Cap

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    5. OneTeamInBristol
      • 2 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      44 with cap Haaland. ML rivals mostly captained Mateta (who I don't have). Could be a quality weekend.

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    6. lilmessipran
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      55 with Haaland left

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    7. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      42 points with Haaland(c) to play, only returns were Thiago, Saka & Munoz. Anderson 9 points my 1st sub but oh well

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    8. CoracAld2831
      • 5 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      34 with Haaland © and Reijnders to play.

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  6. No Kane No Gain
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    Bowen to Thiago or Welbeck?! Was on welbs until the Brentford match

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

      Thiago

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    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Most will tell you to go for Thiago ... I am seriously thinking about Welbeck. But Thiago numbers look good, sometimes need to go for the obvious.

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    3. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Would keep Bowen for Bournemouth (a), unlucky not to return more over last 4 GW’s

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      1. No Kane No Gain
        • 7 Years
        10 months, 10 days ago

        I thought this but Bowen fixtures next 5/6 are not great at all so would be looking to get rid plus the other 2 stock is rising high

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

    anderson took the pen because mgw was off the pitch? or mgw miss midweek has cost him pens, but that feels harsh

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    1. lilmessipran
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Wait, Anderson is on pens now?

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      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 10 days ago

        Bloody brilliant, but was MGW on the pitch?

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

          Nope

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  8. WATERMELONS
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    Meanwhile, how many (and which) of these fixtures do we think Reece James starts?

    22 Nov - BUR vs CHE
    25 Nov - CHE vs Barça
    30 Nov - CHE vs ARS
    03 Dec - LEE vs CHE
    06 Dec - BOU vs CHE

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

      leeds maybe from that lot. enough rest time between barca and arsenal

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      1. WATERMELONS
        • 9 Years
        10 months, 10 days ago

        Im thinking he is rested for Burnley and Leeds tbh

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  9. ZeBestee
    • 12 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    Best Palace defender? Games come thick and fast for them and they are struggling a bit lately. IB will help a lot of them though, so they will be fresh for the run in as most players arent full Internationals i reckon.

    1) Munoz
    2) Guehi
    3) Go cheap with Richards

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

      Guehi

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    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Go cheap and ensure good cheap cover as well

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

      lacroix was 1 header away at the end from being the leading scorer of the lot. still consider him imo

      if you dont want to, then probably munoz for me. but theres really not much between them.

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      1. ZeBestee
        • 12 Years
        10 months, 10 days ago

        Yeah Lacroix has played all games so far for them and will have a restful IB. Could be the one, him or just go Richards and spend the rest elsewhere.

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  10. JoeJitzu +42
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    Five flippin points for bench boost, with a Guehi no show…. every year is the same.
    Bench had 41pts GW9

    Can’t catch a break
    Dubravka 2, Senesi 0, Semenyo 0, Rodon 1

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  11. Atimis
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    I would be better off not playing that WC two
    weeks ago lol…

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    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Happened to me few weeks back, needed few weeks to recover 😆

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  12. mixology
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    Thiago second on bench. Senesi coming on for Guehi. Too much faith in defcon defenders I guess

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  13. tbos83
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    The one consolation is that I didn't bench boost (would've been an added 6pts)

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  14. FOREST FOREVER 2
    • 1 Year
    10 months, 10 days ago

    Smooth : Forest 3 pts.
    Rough: Everything else.

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    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Smooth: none, Rough: you can guess 😛

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

    Woltemade ➡ Thiago happening this gw for me

    Brighton and Burnley for Thiago in the next two elevates Thiago’s appeal as well

    Gives me enough to do Semenyo ➡ Foden in 13 and Cash ➡ VVD in 14

    Meant to be 🙂

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    1. ZeBestee
      • 12 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Foden is on form, if he keeps fit will also want to get him in. Issue is Pep will bench him in the least game we expect.

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

        1 odd benching during Christmas is fine

        Title race heating up

        Pep will play his best eleven most often

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        1. ZeBestee
          • 12 Years
          10 months, 10 days ago

          I dont trust Pep, maybe he has changed, but I just dont trust him. They have Reijnders, Cherki, Marmoush etc who can play there. May work if you have good cover for him in case he is benched.

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    2. RICICLE
      • 4 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      I like it, I’ll certainly be doing Wolte>Thiago, and saves money

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  16. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    FFS... I have exact money for -4 and that would mean Wolte, Semenyo+Pope out for Thiago, Mbeumo and Alisson. Only gk transfer could be delayed. Semenyo has hammers next, so not happy to sell him. BB unfortunately intact, and I already have one dead spot in midfield.

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  17. #1 Arne Engels Fan
    • 2 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    Villa assets being massively overlooked because of PTSD or what's the reason?

    Excluding the Arsenal fixture they've got a superb run until AFCON.

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    1. el polako
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Shite, random returns, more reliable options elsewhere.

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    2. Under my Cucurella
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      I've liked the look of Rogers last couple of weeks despite his blanks. Thinking he could make a good Semenyo replacement on my wildcard

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      1. #1 Arne Engels Fan
        • 2 Years
        10 months, 10 days ago

        Yeah I like Rogers + Cash too. But I'd also say selling Semenyo before WHU is a recipe for disaster.

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        1. Under my Cucurella
          • 11 Years
          10 months, 10 days ago

          I haven't done anything yet. Still got Semenyo for now and have 0.5 tied up in him. But it does feel like his purple patch is over. The fixtures are good though so it's not easy to ship him out yet

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    3. Drizzle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      But who do you get? Not an obvious asset. Rogers not a consistent returner.

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    4. CoracAld2831
      • 5 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Watkins is the reason.

      Rogers too somewhat.

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  18. king_of_bongo
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    I left Gakpo on bench and captained Thiago. I always feel Gakpo is a rotation risk, when he's on , he gets among the chances.

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    1. el polako
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Expensive player to keep on the bench.

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    2. 1zverGGadeM
      • 9 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Well played!

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  19. THE Wild Rover
    • 16 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    Rogers lost both assists?

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    1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Yes wasn’t fouled for the 1st goal, it was Buendia so no assist. Thought not getting the assist for the 2nd goal was harsh

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  20. Flynny
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    Decided against the gyorkeres to thiago move.

    And ended up playing burn

    Harsh

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    1. ZeBestee
      • 12 Years
      10 months, 10 days ago

      Wow, thats fpl in a nutshell. I lost Rodon + VdV points 2 gws ago, all because I did 2 transfers to bring in Sarr and Thiaw. Couldnt believe it, but its not the end, there.are a lot of points to play for.

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      1. Flynny
        • 11 Years
        10 months, 10 days ago

        Agree. Annoying though

        Gyokeres should be back for next match and is something of a differential now

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  21. #1 Arne Engels Fan
    • 2 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    On a side note, such a beautiful sight seeing Newcastle get beat.

    A team full of wannabe hard-men & passion merchants who play boring football. The subs & time-wasting before Thiago finally took his pen was ridiculous.

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  22. fedolefan
    • 12 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    Didn't play them but this double Bou def looking ropey.

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  23. CoracAld2831
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 10 days ago

    Had Semenyo, Senesi, Minteh, Woltemade & Mateta

    Result: 1 assist (Wolte) & DC (Senesi)

    Yeech.

    Need some Haaland & Reijnders masterclass tonight.

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

      Reijnders benched ?

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      1. CoracAld2831
        • 5 Years
        10 months, 10 days ago

        Yes.

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        1. CoracAld2831
          • 5 Years
          10 months, 10 days ago

          Having small false hope that he could get something from the bench.

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