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The Fantasy Premier League (FPL) action continues on Sunday with four 2pm GMT kick-offs.

TEAM NEWS

The absence of Jeremy Doku from the Manchester City matchday squad is the headline team news.

The winger misses out due to a leg injury, with Tijjani Reijnders coming into the starting line-up.

Ismaila Sarr for Eddie Nketiah is the only change for Crystal Palace from last weekend’s 2-1 win over Fulham.

Jean-Phillipe Mateta also starts having missed the midweek UEFA Conference League encounter with Shelbourne.

At the City Ground, Sean Dyche makes three changes to the side beaten 3-0 at Goodison Park.

Matz Sels is injured, while Morato and Dan Ndoye have to make do with substitute duty.

John Victor, Murillo and Callum Hudson-Odoi come into the starting XI.

Opponents Tottenham Hotspur are unchanged from Gameweek 15.

In the Tyne-Wear derby, Reinildo, Chemsdine Talbi and Brian Brobbey all return for Sunderland.

Trai Hume, Lutsharel Geertruida and Wilson Isidor make way.

Eddie Howe brings in Lewis Miley and Anthony Elanga for Newcastle United, with Joelinton and Harvey Barnes warming the bench.

At the London Stadium, Soungoutou Magassa and Freddie Potts return to the West Ham United starting XI in place of Max Kilman and Guido Rodriguez.

Opponents Aston Villa give chances to Marco Bizot and Victor Lindelof.

Emiliano Martinez and Pau Torres both miss out due to injury.

LINE-UPS

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Clyne, Kamada, Wharton, Mitchell, Sarr, Pino, Mateta

Subs: Benitez, Lerma, Devenny, Nketiah, Uche, Hughes, Esse, Canvot, Sosa

Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Nico, Bernardo, Reijnders, Foden, Cherki, Haaland

Subs: Trafford, Ake, Marmoush, Ait-Nouri, Savinho, Khusanov, Bobb, Mukasa, Lewis


Nottingham Forest XI: Victor, Savona, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Sangare, Anderson, Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Jesus

Subs: Gunn, Morato, Luiz, Ndoye, Kalimuendo, McAtee, Bakwa, Zinchenko, Abbott

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Spence, Gray, Bentancur, Kudus, Simons, Kolo Muani, Richarlison

Subs: Kinksy, Danso, Palhinha, Tel, Bergvall, Johnson, Odobert, Sarr, Davies


Sunderland XI: Roefs, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Reinildo, Xhaka, Sadiki, Traore, Le Fee, Talbi, Brobbey

Subs: Patterson, Geertruida, Hume, Isidor, Mayenda, Rigg, Adingra, Mundle, Neil

Newcastle United XI: Ramsdale, Livramento, Thiaw, Burn, Hall, Guimaraes, Tonali, Miley, Elanga, Gordon, Woltemade

Subs: Ruddy, Schar, Joelinton, Wissa, Barnes, J Murphy, A Murphy, Willock, Ramsey


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

Subs: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Kilman, Igor, Scarles, Rodriguez, Kante, Soucek, Wilson

Aston Villa XI: Bizot, Cash, Konsa, Lindelof, Maatsen, Kamara, Onana, McGinn, Tielemans, Rogers, Watkins

Subs: Wright, Digne, Garcia, Bogarde, Lawrence, Buendia, Sancho, Guessand, Malen


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. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    City 74% possession but Palace look far more likely to score.

  2. Tripleh123
    • 5 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    Which combination best for next few gameweeks till GW20. Currently on A but considering changing up.

    A. Saka + Rice
    B. Palmer + Rice
    C. Saka + Neto

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 29 days ago

      saka better than palmer for time being imo

      a, estevao maybe takes too many mins from neto

  3. F4L
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    pino for sure seems to be carrying more goal threat nowadays though

  4. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    C'mon Rogers ffs get me points for once

  5. SpaceCadet
    • 12 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    20 mins in and Anderson on 1 defcon. What’s going on?

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 29 days ago

      Not a bad run rate, means he should end up with 5 minimum by end of match

  6. Miguel Sanchez
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    Do defensive headers count towards DEFCON? Surely they count as clearances

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 29 days ago

      Somebody told me it depends how far it is headed out but not sure

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 29 days ago

      yeah

    3. FantasyTony
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 29 days ago

      We’re at the counting defcon stage already?

      1. Miguel Sanchez
        • 9 Years
        2 months, 29 days ago

        Fraid so

  7. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    Sarr shot goes out for a throw

  8. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    Picking Rogers was a mistake I guess.

  9. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    Cashless society!

  10. F4L
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    bowen g

  11. FantasyTony
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    Bowen G

  12. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    Bowen G

  13. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    Is this game turning on its head or I'm useless...but not for long, the future is coming on.

  14. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    Deaaary me

  15. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    Have loved owning Bowen lately, patience has paid off

    1. Mother Farke
      • 2 Years
      2 months, 29 days ago

      Yup. This isn't even one of Bowen's fix I got him for haha

  16. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    City don’t have a clue how to breach this Palace defence.

    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      2 months, 29 days ago

      Heh

  17. FantasyTony
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    Robot EO this week?

  18. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    What time is Bruno G scoring

  19. Zalk
    • 14 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    haha Brobbey, what a genius

  20. F4L
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    another vicario error...

    1. have you seen cyan
      • 6 Years
      2 months, 29 days ago

      Vicario is so useless.

      I may be harsh on Vicario here, but I honestly was massively disappointed with his performance in the supercup penalty shoot out with PSG. The guy was nowhere close to saving one penalty. He was even playing in his home town with the most support he will ever get. If he was ever going to pull off some heroics, it would have been then and there.

      He is a low level keeper and have no faith in him. I also think he might have wonky eyes and can't see properly.

  21. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 12 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    If Elanga wasn't fast he wouldn't be a footballer

    1. Zalk
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 29 days ago

      Adama in disguise

    2. ITS AMAD WORLD
      • 3 Years
      2 months, 29 days ago

      Adama Traore was the original

    3. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 29 days ago

      Kyle Walker potentially as well

  22. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    Took out donny for raya
    Vvd for white
    Thiaw for cash
    Mateta for Raul

    On fh

    Ones I took out bar Vvd can’t do much worse!

  23. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 13 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    Those passes from Wharton, glad Tuchel is there to see them.

    1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 29 days ago

      Wharton is class.

    2. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      2 months, 29 days ago

      He sees a pass better than anyone.

      1. Hughes Your Daddy
        • 13 Years
        2 months, 29 days ago

        Yep, we just need a striker in form to score them 😀

    3. Miguel Sanchez
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 29 days ago

      Gonna be interesting how he decides to use him and Elliot Anderson.

      Wharton for games were expected to dominate possession and Anderson for crunch games against technically stronger opposition in the latter stages

  24. Underdogs11
    • 5 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    Bowen did nothing for me when I owned him. And now that I've sold him he can't stop scoring...

    1. sunzip14
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 29 days ago

      Same. Also Watkins. Sold both for Woltemade and Welbeck last GW, and now the ones I bought forget to score!

      1. Underdogs11
        • 5 Years
        2 months, 29 days ago

        We shouldn't have underestimated Nuno. 😉 I went to 352 and could get some more expensive players in. So Bruno better score tomorrow.

  25. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    There it is…

  26. F4L
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    haaland g
    nunes a

    1. Not again Shirley
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 29 days ago

      Yay. Nunes brought in this week.

  27. Qaiss
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    He can score in any game. Messi in FPL

  28. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    Floodgates open

  29. Mother Farke
    • 2 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    Burn off, Schar on

  30. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 29 days ago

    At least Foden wasn’t involved