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Brighton v West Ham team news: Welbeck + Paqueta recalled, Wilson benched

7 December 2025 377 comments
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The first of two Premier League matches to be contested on Sunday takes place at the Amex Stadium.

West Ham United are the visitors to Brighton and Hove Albion, with the match set to kick off at 14:00 GMT.

READ MORE: FPL notes: Senesi update + Delap injury good for £4.2m Guiu?
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TEAM NEWS

Nuno Espirito Santo makes four changes to the West Ham side that drew with Manchester United.

Max Kilman, Guido Rodriguez, Crysencio Summerville and Lucas Paqueta, who returns from suspension, are brought in.

Soungoutou Magassa, Freddie Potts, Tomas Soucek and Callum Wilson drop to the bench.

Brighton have reinstated Danny Welbeck to their starting XI.

The injured Stefanos Tzimas makes away.

Fabian Hurzeler’s one other change sees Georginio Rutter come in for Brajan Gruda, who is named among the substitutes.

There is still no Yasin Ayari or Kaoru Mitoma, however.

LINE-UPS

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

Subs: Steele, Gruda, Hinshelwood, Kostoulas, Boscagli, Veltman, Coppola, Knight, Oriola

West Ham United XI: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Kilman, Mavropanos, Todibo, Diouf, Rodriguez, Fernandes, Paqueta, Summerville, Bowen

Subs: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Wilson, Fullkrug, Magassa, Soucek, Potts, Irving, Mayers

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:

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  1. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Minteh shot high and wide

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    1. Feanor
      • 17 Years
      10 months, 6 days ago

      Now coming off with CS locked

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      1. Qaiss
        • 10 Years
        10 months, 6 days ago

        Kicked out my team

        Will not free hit just so I can get him and Semenyo OUT

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  2. Jordan.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    west ham just cant score

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    1. THE Wild Rover
      • 16 Years
      10 months, 6 days ago

      Timing

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      1. Jordan.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        10 months, 6 days ago

        fk me my first and last ever jinx call ,seen it so many times and it worked,cant believe i did such a moronic thing and it worked,apologies folks

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    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      10 months, 6 days ago

      Timing

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    3. Fifa las vegas
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 6 days ago

      They can

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    4. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      10 months, 6 days ago

      They can!

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  3. Four Letter Wirtz
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Van Heckenbauer impressive again, defense + offense

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    1. Four Letter Wirtz
      • 10 Years
      10 months, 6 days ago

      How can I delete my own comment?

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  4. Bada Bing
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Minteh fail again.

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  5. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Bowen G

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  6. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Bowen goal

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    1. Feanor
      • 17 Years
      10 months, 6 days ago

      Fantastic goal

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  7. Bolivian Seaman
    • 15 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Bowen goal, minteh cs

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  8. dhamphiir
    • 11 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Bowen G

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  9. Jet5605
    • 12 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Brighton chances of a cleanie at Anfield?

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    1. Amartey Partey
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 6 days ago

      Unlikely. Should be lots of goals

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      1. Jet5605
        • 12 Years
        10 months, 6 days ago

        A Minteh haul to haunt sellers

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  10. Fifa las vegas
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Minteh owners with a big win locking in the CS point

    Let’s go now Welbeck and get an equaliser

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  11. harrysponge
    • 12 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Senesi + Semenyo to De Cuyper + Foden (-4) worked out well

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  12. Make FPL Casual Again
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Yesss Verbusted, Van Goal conceded

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    1. Feanor
      • 17 Years
      10 months, 6 days ago

      Bart should be in detention after letting that one in

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      1. Make FPL Casual Again
        • 8 Years
        10 months, 6 days ago

        Lol

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  13. EWH2020
    • 12 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Van Hecke is an awful player

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  14. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Simply lovely 🙂

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  15. Ninja Škrtel
    • 12 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    GET INNNNNNNN

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  16. CoracAld2831
    • 5 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Minteh useless.

    Time to get rid probably.

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    1. Feanor
      • 17 Years
      10 months, 6 days ago

      I’ll keep as my 5th mid, got him at 6.0

      Sanchez (Dub)
      Timber, Munoz, Tarkowski (Esteve, Senesi)
      Saka (c), Foden, Bruno G, Rogers (Minteh)
      Haaland, Ekiteke, Thiago

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  17. RICICLE
    • 4 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Ah well, clean sheet point for Minteh lol

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  18. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Brighton mess up busting WHam

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  19. Mr. O'Connell
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    People own Brighton players? Madness.

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  20. Amartey Partey
    • 7 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Lucky Minteh owners getting 3 points instead of 2 with that sub before the goal.

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    1. Feanor
      • 17 Years
      10 months, 6 days ago

      I’ll take it and run

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  21. Studs Up
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    I'll take that De Cuyper cs and run for the hills lol.

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    1. harrysponge
      • 12 Years
      10 months, 6 days ago

      SAME

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  22. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    I did Sanchez to Verbruggen and VDV to Thiaw before this gw.

    Delete team?

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    1. Sir Matt Bugsby
      • 7 Years
      10 months, 6 days ago

      Not the worst moves. Just log off and watch a TV series.

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    2. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      10 months, 6 days ago

      Y

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  23. The Night Trunker.
    • 3 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Bubbles killing the Seaguls.

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  24. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 10 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    My differentials this GW:
    Bowen (9 points)
    Senesi (8 points)
    Bruno G (10 points)
    Andersen (TBC)

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    1. Feanor
      • 17 Years
      10 months, 6 days ago

      Mine are Tark 9, Bruno G 10 and Senesi off the bench with 8

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  25. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Brighton clean wipe out. Bowen is absolute quality. Such a shame he plays for West Ham. Why doesn't he leave for a better club?

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    1. Khalico
      • 11 Years
      10 months, 6 days ago

      Was thinking the same thing - him and Paqueta

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    2. nanxun
      • 5 Years
      10 months, 6 days ago

      Reportedly the new Mrs. Bowen is from Essex and thus likes living in east London.

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  26. Ninja Škrtel
    • 12 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Where's Munoz? Getting Senesi with 8!!!!

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  27. it lies in the proles
    • 9 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Could anyone speculate if Saka and Merino will play against wolves? Or who would be def nailed?

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  28. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    10 months, 6 days ago

    You can't remove Minteh right before he plays Liverpool

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  29. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    Costu miss

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  30. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    10 months, 6 days ago

    78 mins no SOT for Brighton season record!

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