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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. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    FH14, triple up on Bournemouth, Arsenal and Newcastle?

    Then Manchester United and City players?

  2. JBG
    • 7 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    First time Salah doesn't play when fit?

  3. OneTeamInBristol
    • 2 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Can Salah now not come on?

  4. Gudjohnsen
    • 8 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Minteh invisible?

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      Can't see him

    2. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      Subbed

  5. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    No Salah, blimey got Mukiele massive 0 pt from the bench, fuming!

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      Ditto. Only would have had a Brentford defender there if I could have afforded it tbf. So 2 points lost.

    2. OneTeamInBristol
      • 2 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      Got Josh King coming off the bench. I have got ridiculously lucky this week.

    3. el polako
      • 8 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      “There is no way that Salah is not going to play” - Andy FPL

    4. Ady87
      • 12 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      Tuanzebe 0 for me

  6. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Please don't come on Salah! Pau Torres pts are waiting for me on the bench. A sub away from FH success.

    1. Studs Up
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      3 sub windows used

  7. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Goal

    2 nil BHA

    1. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      Tzimas G

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      Tzimas

  8. JBG
    • 7 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    WH stressing out the Pool defenders

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      Timing

  9. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Liverpool GOAL

    2 nil

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      Gakpo gets it

  10. F4L
    • 11 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    gakpo haul

    gomez a

  11. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Gawk Gawk

  12. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Double G - Gakpo goal, Gomez asist

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      Aw yes, needed that! Should swing the 3 baps too

    2. el polako
      • 8 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      G spot.

      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        27 days, 2 hours ago

        Hmmm, good headline: Slot finally finds G spot

        1. el polako
          • 8 Years
          27 days, 2 hours ago

          With a exclusive comment from Mrs Slot.

          1. tiger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            27 days, 2 hours ago

            😀

        2. Gerry Hattrick
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          27 days, 2 hours ago

          G slot.

    3. All Hail K
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      Paqueta had some cash riding on that double G.

  13. villa_til_i_die
    • 14 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    It’s beggining to look a lot like Tzimas

  14. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Esteve on for Salah, not the worst…

  15. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    I might even FH next week to try struggle on towards those 5 FTs. What do ye think?

    Sanchez
    Munoz, Calafiori, O’Reilly
    Gakpo, Mbeumo, Semenyo, Rice, Rogers
    Haaland, Welbeck

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      This the FH draft regular team?

      I’d worry about rests / reduced minutes for a few of those given the quick turnaround

      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        27 days, 2 hours ago

        No it’s my team as is for next week, that’s why I’m worried!

        Have benched Thiago though (along with VdV and Senesi (!))

  16. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    So why’s that goal not disallowed for Ekitike being offside but Larsen is? Joke

    1. Sly Fly
      • 16 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      Eh? He's nowhere near the keeper???

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        27 days, 2 hours ago

        He was in his peripheral vision!

  17. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Oh get in Gakpo!!!
    Reinildo coming in for Salah as well, dreamland FH week!

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      Lucky you Reinildo 2nd on my bench, grrrr

    2. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      Cheapsters.. I had the extra for Danso and put him first sub

  18. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Damn, Gakpo was the one then.

    Salah going to autosub a VdV 0pter in with Virgil second on the bench… Rogers, Cash and Szobo disappointing.

    Get this FH oot, bring on GW14!

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      CS from Cash isn’t totally disappointing? They’ve been tricky to come across this week.

      1. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        27 days, 2 hours ago

        That’s true! More the mids this week, Dango the sole returns out of 5!

    2. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      tough luck

  19. jonnybhoy
    • 13 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Gakpo making up for salah benching

  20. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Fair play to the guy hammering Andy’s stream saying about Salah being dropped, gonna follow him fo’ sure from now on!

    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      Andy was it total denial?

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        27 days, 2 hours ago

        Yeah exactly but the guy commenting clearly knew

  21. Bleh
    • 9 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    VVD, Gakpo, Mateta all in original team. Salah on FH. Sigh.

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      FH is always set up for a swing that way. Pure 50/50 calls all round. Another day you’d have Foden and Gakpo on it!

      1. Bleh
        • 9 Years
        27 days, 2 hours ago

        Yeah can’t be too disappointed I guess. Double Villa CS + Foden is something.

  22. Ady87
    • 12 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Foden, Cash Thiago only returns on FH. 5 players from regular team returned with 2 to go.

  23. F4L
    • 11 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    jeez anderson might get 2 bonus lol

  24. el polako
    • 8 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Lessons to be learned before 2nd Free Hit.

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      Don't play it?

  25. F4L
    • 11 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    damn that liverpool goal actually cost VVD 2 bonus 😥 oh well

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      27 days, 2 hours ago

      Will finally take the cs

      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        27 days, 2 hours ago

        for sure

  26. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Welbeck and Rogers disappointing.

    Should’ve stuck to my gut and did Welbeck > Thiago instead of Wolte. Ah well.

  27. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Gakpo saving my gw! Also VVD from the bench for Salah.

  28. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Much needed vvd cs, no defcon to top it off

  29. Philosopher's Stones
    • 5 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Salah trying to ruin my FH even without kicking a ball

  30. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
    • 14 Years
    27 days, 2 hours ago

    Jammy 7 points for Dewabury-Hall off the bench. Thank Mo!