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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
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 3 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
      • 3 Years
      1 month, 3 days ago

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

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  2. ZeBestee
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 3 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
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 3 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
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 3 days ago

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

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    2. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 3 days ago

      Never be*

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  4. F4L
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 3 days ago

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

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  5. pundit of punts
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 3 days ago

    Score check

    43 points with Haaland (c) to play

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    1. NoOneCares
        1 month, 3 days ago

        No one asked or cares.

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      • Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

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

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      • ZeBestee
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

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

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      • g40steve
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

        48 Haaland Cap

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      • OneTeamInBristol
        • 2 Years
        1 month, 3 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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      • lilmessipran
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

        55 with Haaland left

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      • SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 3 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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      • CoracAld2831
        • 4 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

        34 with Haaland © and Reijnders to play.

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    2. No Kane No Gain
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 3 days ago

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

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      1. Count of Monte Hristo
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

        Thiago

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      2. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 3 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
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 3 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
          1 month, 3 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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    3. F4L
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 3 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
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

        Wait, Anderson is on pens now?

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        1. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 3 days ago

          Bloody brilliant, but was MGW on the pitch?

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          1. FPL Scoop
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            1 month, 3 days ago

            Nope

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    4. WATERMELONS
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 3 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
        • 10 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

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

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        1. WATERMELONS
          • 8 Years
          1 month, 3 days ago

          Im thinking he is rested for Burnley and Leeds tbh

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    5. ZeBestee
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 3 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
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

        Guehi

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      2. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

        Go cheap and ensure good cheap cover as well

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      3. F4L
        • 10 Years
        1 month, 3 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
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 3 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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    6. JoeJitzu +42
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 3 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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    7. Atimis
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 3 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
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

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

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    8. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 3 days ago

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

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    9. tbos83
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 3 days ago

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

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    10. How Green Was My Arrow
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 3 days ago

      Smooth : Forest 3 pts.
      Rough: Everything else.

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      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

        Smooth: none, Rough: you can guess 😛

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    11. pundit of punts
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 3 days ago

      Woltemade âž¡ 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 âž¡ Foden in 13 and Cash âž¡ VVD in 14

      Meant to be 🙂

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      1. ZeBestee
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 3 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
          • 12 Years
          1 month, 3 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
            • 11 Years
            1 month, 3 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
        • 3 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

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

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    12. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 3 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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    13. #1 Salah Hater
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 3 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
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

        Shite, random returns, more reliable options elsewhere.

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      2. Under my Cucurella
        • 10 Years
        1 month, 3 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 Salah Hater
          • 1 Year
          1 month, 3 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
            • 10 Years
            1 month, 3 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
        • 2 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

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

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      4. CoracAld2831
        • 4 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

        Watkins is the reason.

        Rogers too somewhat.

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    14. king_of_bongo
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 3 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
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

        Expensive player to keep on the bench.

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      2. 1zverGGadeM
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

        Well played!

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    15. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 3 days ago

      Rogers lost both assists?

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      1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 3 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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    16. Flynny
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 3 days ago

      Decided against the gyorkeres to thiago move.

      And ended up playing burn

      Harsh

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      1. ZeBestee
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 3 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
          • 10 Years
          1 month, 3 days ago

          Agree. Annoying though

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

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    17. #1 Salah Hater
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 3 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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    18. fedolefan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 3 days ago

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

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    19. CoracAld2831
      • 4 Years
      1 month, 3 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
        • 7 Years
        1 month, 3 days ago

        Reijnders benched ?

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        1. CoracAld2831
          • 4 Years
          1 month, 3 days ago

          Yes.

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          1. CoracAld2831
            • 4 Years
            1 month, 3 days ago

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

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