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Three Premier League matches kick off at 14:05 GMT this afternoon, with Liverpool and Aston Villa among the teams in action.

TEAM NEWS

Unai Emery makes just one change to the team that beat Leeds United last week; however, it is a significant one as Donyell Malen ousts Ollie Watkins from the starting XI.

There are three changes to the Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up: Yerson Mosquera, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and Jhon Arias in for Ladislav Krejci, Marshall Munetsi and Tolu Arokodare.

At the City Ground, Morgan Gibbs-White is fit to start, having been sidelined during Thursday’s Europa League victory against Malmo due to a back injury.

However, Murillo is not available, with Morato taking his place at the back.

As for Brighton and Hove Albion, Olivier Boscagli and Carlos Baleba drop to the bench. Lewis Dunk and Maxim De Cuyper replace them.

Down in London, Arne Slot has made two changes to the side beaten 3-0 by Nottingham Forest.

Florian Wirtz comes in for Mohamed Salah, while Joe Gomez replaces Curtis Jones at right-back.

Up top, Hugo Ekitike is only fit enough for a place on the bench, with Alexander Isak leading the line.

West Ham United have made three alterations. Konstantinos Mavropanos replaces the benched Max Kilman in defence. Additionally, Soungoutou Mangassa and Lucas Paqueta start in place of Igor Julio and Crysensio Summerville.

LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Pau, Digne, Kamara, Tielemans, McGinn, Buendia, Rogers, Malen

Subs: Bizot, Lindelof, Maatsen, Bogarde, Barkley, Onana, Guessand, Watkins, Sancho

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Johnstone, Tchatchoua, Agbadou, Mosquera, Toti, Wolfe, J Gomes, Andre, Bellegarde, Arias, Strand Larsen

Subs: Sa, H Bueno, S Bueno, Munetsi, Hwang, Arokodare, Chirewa, Hoever, Mane


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

Subs: John, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo, Hutchinson, Yates, Cunha, McAtee, Boly, Abbott

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

Subs: Steele, Gruda, Tzimas, Hinshelwood, Baleba, Kostoulas, Boscagli, Veltman, Coppola


West Ham United XI: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Todibo, Diouf, Magassa, Potts, Fernandes, Bowen, Paqueta, Wilson

Subs: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Kilman, Igor, Fullkrug, Guilherme, Rodriguez, Soucek, Irving

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Gomez, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Wirtz, Gakpo, Isak

Subs: Mamardashvili, Endo, Salah, Chiesa, Jones, Ekitike, Robertson, Nyoni, Nguhoma

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:


UCL Fantasy Matchday 5: Best Attacking Return Player Percentages 2
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  1. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    28 days, 9 hours ago

    Minteh time!

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      Looks class every game but doesn’t always translate to FPL points.

  2. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    28 days, 9 hours ago

    Right… showtime for Cash, Rogers, Szobo then.

    Any Salah points off the bench will be better than VdV auto sub!

  3. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    28 days, 9 hours ago

    8 from 4 so far Jeeez.

    Is Mbeumo injured?

    Sarr’s got to go as well.

  4. F4L
    • 11 Years
    28 days, 9 hours ago

    VVD 17 pointer incoming 😎

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      28 days, 9 hours ago

      I sincerely hope not… wasn’t confident so benched him for Munoz 😆 fail!

    2. yousunkmybattleship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      28 days, 9 hours ago

      *1

  5. Edalock
    • 8 Years
    28 days, 9 hours ago

    Normal team: Rice, Raya +4
    FH team: Cash, Rogers, Martinez, Salah

    VVD in both.
    45pts vs 41

    Need a big Villa performance else, to avoid a wasted chip

  6. Philosopher's Stones
    • 5 Years
    28 days, 9 hours ago

    Palace deserved the loss for conceding a goal to Zirkzee

  7. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    28 days, 9 hours ago

    Bruno back-2-back 11 defcons 🙁

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      28 days, 9 hours ago

      is that like the fourth time he's done that now? pretty annoying to miss out on 8 points like that, nearly equal to 2 more goals!

  8. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    28 days, 9 hours ago

    Bench one for midweek

    1) Pedro @ Leeds

    2) Kudus @ Newcastle

    3) Bowen @ United

    1. Manani
      • 14 Years
      28 days, 9 hours ago

      2

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      28 days, 9 hours ago

      2

  9. Manani
    • 14 Years
    28 days, 9 hours ago

    front 8:

    Semenyo Saka Sarr Enzo Kudus
    Haaland Mateta Thiago

    1FT, who would you bench/transfer out?

  10. Evasivo
    • 15 Years
    28 days, 9 hours ago

    How’s the FH template fairing up?

    1. Manani
      • 14 Years
      28 days, 9 hours ago

      with the remaining villa trio, can still score big

    2. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      28 days, 9 hours ago

      Pretty darn good I’d say

    3. Evasivo
      • 15 Years
      28 days, 9 hours ago

      I’d contemplated it, but went Tc instead!

      1. g40steve
        • 7 Years
        28 days, 8 hours ago

        Who did you pick?

        1. Evasivo
          • 15 Years
          28 days, 8 hours ago

          No comment :p

          1. g40steve
            • 7 Years
            28 days, 8 hours ago

            I’ll guess 😉

          2. Baps Hunter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            28 days, 8 hours ago

            Haaland 2 pts surely

    4. OneTeamInBristol
      • 2 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      Currently on 54 with 5 to play (inc Salah). If I didn't free hit, I would be on 19 points.

      1. Evasivo
        • 15 Years
        28 days, 8 hours ago

        😮

  11. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    Come on Wolves

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      Come on Wolves

      1. g40steve
        • 7 Years
        28 days, 8 hours ago

        Look different team first 15m

  12. F4L
    • 11 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    brighton all over forest right now

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      Give it to Danny!

  13. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    Why would you drop Salah over Isak though?

    I’ve said for time now that Isak should be out wide with Salah in the middle, he’s wasted out wide in a 4-5-1

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      Not to mention Wirtz 😆 😆 😆

  14. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    Larsen up for this, decent tackle for striker

  15. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    You’d think from reading these pages, that nearly everyone played FH this week. In fact it was only 4% of players. More than twice as many played TC.

  16. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    Wolves GOAL

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      Against the run of play

      Decent finish

      SL

      Wiped

      Offside

  17. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    Wolves thought they had scored...but offside

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      Impediment

  18. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    Larsen G

    1. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      Bugger

  19. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    That’s on

    1. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      Interference 🙁

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        28 days, 8 hours ago

        No way…

  20. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    Triple Villa CS wipeout as expected

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      Hopefully!
      Wolves do same as Leeds and Burnley and take out the cs!

  21. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    Given!

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      Not - what a joke, horrendous decision, these refs are awful

  22. JohnnyCroat
    • 10 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    Player offside interfering with the keeper maybe. Not paying much attention here.

    1. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      This

      Still 0-0

  23. JBG
    • 7 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    Good ebening

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      Boooo ref

  24. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    Tilly SOT

  25. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    Haaland owners, so pretty much all of you. Are you captaining @ Fulham or looking elsewhere in midweek?

    1. el polako
      • 8 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      Bruno vs West Ham, may even TC.

    2. Gudjohnsen
      • 8 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      Maybe Bruno

    3. F4L
      • 11 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      city always wreck fulham, haaland cap

  26. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    Bruno haters, your response?

    1. GREEN JUMPERS
      • 5 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      Still laughing about that 10-man Everton result

  27. F4L
    • 11 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    isak very close

    1. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      Tell him he's a bit shite

  28. OneTeamInBristol
    • 2 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    So close from Isak..

  29. Philosopher's Stones
    • 5 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    I've seen enough. Bring on Salah.

  30. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    28 days, 8 hours ago

    Wolves and West Ham actually looking good - must be a FH week lmao

    1. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      28 days, 8 hours ago

      Wolves new manager defo playing different tune