Dugout Discussion
9 November 2025 835 comments
avfc82 avfc82
Share:

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!

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:

2pm team news: 11

835 Comments Login to Post a Comment
  1. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Edwards to Wolves deal agreed

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

      Brave man

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 months, 11 days ago

        Seemingly given backing in the Jan transfer window

  2. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 13 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Love Lerma's long throws.

  3. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    So goals in all of the games except the game I have a triple up of attacking players 😆 😆 😆

    1. Kaneyonero
      • 9 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      This is the way

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 months, 11 days ago

        How can it possibly keep happening, I swear it’s scripted, I genuinely am starting to believe it

  4. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Newcastle assist - tbc

    1. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Knew I should've brought in tbc

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 months, 11 days ago

        You'd do better with OG

        He's more consistent

    2. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Looked like a touch from Nick

  5. The Philosopher
    • 5 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Pedro scoring every week and Woltemade blanking every week since I did Pedro -> Woltemade. Classic FPL.

    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Wolte Assist

  6. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 13 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Van Hecke nonsense.

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

    Assist not credited for Wolt so far from Opta

    1. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      can't catch a break

    2. Stimps
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Why the f not? Clear as day 🙁

  8. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Clear assist

  9. Wengers Apprentice
    • 3 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    At this rate Forest defenders will be sub 4m next season if they stay up! Still holding onto Sels stubbornly until that first clean sheet!!!

  10. The Final Boss
    • 8 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Why did assist points not given to Woltemade?

    1. tbos83
      • 5 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      It hasn't been credited as an assist, bafflingly

    2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 9 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Currently TBC, suspect it’ll be given

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Hard to say from that angle

    2. Wolfman180
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Got to be surely. He literally flicks it on to Barnes who then scores. Don't see what the issue is

    3. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Certainly looks like it

    4. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      How do we appeal!

  11. Stimps
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Where is my Wolte assist????

  12. Sgt. Schultz
    • 9 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Richards 8 Defcons

    1. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Senesi 6

    2. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Richards is such as bargain at 4.5m just a shame I already have 3 palace players

    1. Maddamotha
      • 9 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Clear assist. But with my luck he wont get it. Unless they’re saying he didnt touch it?

  13. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 12 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Pope is a hazardous GK. Constant threat against himself

  14. Ricky - it doesn\'t ta…
    • 14 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    I think the threshold for defcon for defenders should be 12 and midfielders 10 instead. Seems to easy for defenders to reach it and they don’t have recoveries

    1. Ricky - it doesn\'t ta…
      • 14 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      We have to see the data of average defcons for defenders

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

      They can just boot it clear

      1. Ricky - it doesn\'t ta…
        • 14 Years
        5 months, 11 days ago

        Exactly Tony hibbert would be an defcon magnet

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Oppostion defenders guaranteed to hit the threshold against Brentford's long throws

    4. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      but midfielders are supposed to assist and score goals - that is their primary role. Defcon/Cbit are a bonus.

      1. Ricky - it doesn\'t ta…
        • 14 Years
        5 months, 11 days ago

        I get that but defcon benefits defenders more. Defcon bonus achieved by defenders must be at least double what midfielders for near enough the same scoring system

        1. Ricky - it doesn\'t ta…
          • 14 Years
          5 months, 11 days ago

          Not offset by 4 points by a clean sheet to 1

    5. Studs Up
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Seems easy for certain defenders... plenty struggle to even get above 5 on a regular basis

  15. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Owning all of Mateta(C), Sarr and Munoz. This is ending up 0-1 Brighton guarenteed

    1. Kaneyonero
      • 9 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Guaranteed*

    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      As long as it’s Welbeck.

    3. The-Red-1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Same 3 and captaincy. Frustrating

    4. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      I'm going 1-0 Palace, Zaha of course 🙂

  16. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Bournemouth struggling

    Villa dominating

    Watkins missing

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      I’d be tempted jump off the Semenyo train only for his crazy ownership.

  17. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    So do we expect the assist to be added or is that it now, gone?

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Ah nsb, added

  18. 1zverGGadeM
    • 9 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Onana G

    1. 1zverGGadeM
      • 9 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Rogers 2nd assist

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        5 months, 11 days ago

        Only 1 assist showing

  19. Sgt. Schultz
    • 9 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Onana G

    1. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Rogers A

      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        5 months, 11 days ago

        So close to doing Kudus > Rogers. Might yet do it

        1. Sgt. Schultz
          • 9 Years
          5 months, 11 days ago

          Decent price as well

      2. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        5 months, 11 days ago

        No assist

  20. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Of course Villa score 2

  21. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    All the goals in the wrong matches

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Scripted

  22. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Murillo Yellow

  23. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Come on Thiago, do something

    1. king_of_bongo
      • 15 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      He's my captain. Im such a t*t!

  24. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Yesterday looked like a good GW, but not anymore...

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      Indeed. Plenty of time for it to get a whole lot worse.

  25. Old Man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    All the contrnt creators advising to stay clear of Rogers ..... that's going well.

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      5 months, 11 days ago

      If I just did my own thing I’d have him this week, without waiting it out just to see another week.

      Not sure if it’s he or Sarr that are more important for next Gw though

  26. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Petrovic still on 1 point thanks to 3 saves 😎

  27. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 13 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    Thugish from Welbeck there.

  28. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    5 months, 11 days ago

    At least Senesi is getting defcon and Petrovic 2 save points I guess