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Brentford v Leeds team news: Damsgaard benched

14 December 2025 397 comments
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The penultimate match of Gameweek 16 sees Brentford take on Leeds United at the Gtech Community Stadium.

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Keith Andrews makes four changes from last weekend’s line-up against Tottenham Hotspur.

Aaron Hickey, Mathias Jensen, Vitaly Janelt and Keane Lewis-Potter come in.

Kevin Schade misses out through suspension, while Kristoffer Ajer, Yehor Yarmoliuk and Mikel Damsgaard drop to the bench.

Daniel Farke makes just one alteration to his starting XI: Ao Tanaka in for Ilia Gruev.

LINE-UPS

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, Collins, van den Berg, Hickey, Henderson, Janelt, Ouattara, Jensen, Lewis-Potter, Thiago

Subs: Valdimarrson, Henry, Ajer, Pinnock, Onyeka, Yarmoliuk, Peart-Harris, Damsgaard, Donovan

Leeds United XI: Perri, Rodon, Bijol, Struijk, Bogle, Tanaka, Ampadu, Stach, Gudmundsson, Calvert-Lewin, Okafor

Subs: Darlow, Bornauw, Justin, Byram, Aaronson, Gruev, Piroe, Harrison, Gnonto

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. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    60 points but still 3 short of safety score. Need some contributions from van den Berg here.

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    1. Surgical Attack
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 23 days ago

      here is hoping Brentford keep CS, have Kelleher

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  2. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    Ok Thiago, your turn to get a brace like Haaland!

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  3. Totalfootball
    • 9 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    So how do I get a red arrow with Haaland foden oreilly after that game ?

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    1. Surgical Attack
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 23 days ago

      maths

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    2. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 23 days ago

      Did you captain Haaland?

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      1. Totalfootball
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 23 days ago

        Saka

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        1. Bobby Digital
          • 8 Years
          3 months, 23 days ago

          Well there's your answer...

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          1. Totalfootball
            • 9 Years
            3 months, 23 days ago

            What ??
            Saka almost matched him

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            1. Bobby Digital
              • 8 Years
              3 months, 23 days ago

              Livefpl.net and it'll actually show you which players lost/gained your rank

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            2. Unliklinho
              • 12 Years
              3 months, 22 days ago

              Haaland has higher ownership so it pushes the average up

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            3. Studs Up
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              3 months, 22 days ago

              Depends on your rank... Same pts in different tiers can be green in one and red in another.

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    3. Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 23 days ago

      - points from 8 other players in your team
      - high EO on players against your OR

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  4. F4L
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    collins bullet header please

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    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      3 months, 23 days ago

      VDB please!

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    2. Yes Ndidi
      • 6 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      If Kayode keeps doing that, there's a chance

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  5. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    Times I have went against Haaland captaincy this season...

    GW1: Salah 8, Haaland 13 (didn't own)
    GW2: Salah 5, Haaland 2 (didn't own)
    GW3 Bruno 10, Haaland 9 (didn't own)
    GW4: Salah 9, Haaland 13 (didn't own)
    GW5: Salah 5, Haaland 9 (didn't own)
    GW12: Saka 4, Haaland 2
    GW14: Bruno 4, Haaland 14
    GW16: Saka 11, Haaland 13

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      GW1-5, all the same for me (except even worse, captained Wood in 4!). That was after WC4 and still refusing to get him. Finally got him in for TC6 thankfully.

      Didn’t go against him since until Saka this week.

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    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      You'll always have GW12

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  6. Koflok
    • 13 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    Forgetting to swap to Mukiele as my 5th defender lowkey actually my biggest blunder this season.

    The two time actually would start him is BBGW8's 17 points and today's 9 points.

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    1. Manani
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      probably benched him anyway lol

      (at least I did for this week, got Chalobah Timber ORielly playing)

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  7. Yes Ndidi
    • 6 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    Come on then. Thiago & SvdB to round off the GW

    19 points needed to hit the grand. Gonna happen?

    (hint:- no chance)

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    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      3 months, 23 days ago

      We need a VDB goal or assist and cleanie!

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    2. Dont give a fuchs
      • 12 Years
      3 months, 23 days ago

      Only thiago and need 19 to hit 3 digits

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  8. Snoop Udogie Dogg
    • 5 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    come on Thiago

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  9. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    Thiago hattrick with VDB assisting them all please just for once

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  10. Dont give a fuchs
    • 12 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    Mateta to Ekitike
    Szobo to minteh? Yay or nay?

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    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 23 days ago

      For free? Sure.

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  11. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 23 days ago

    Keep it simple stupid no Saka captained Thiago over Haaland kinda got an I trest in this game. OR 250k to 500k on li e

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  12. FOREST FOREVER 2
    • 1 Year
    3 months, 23 days ago

    Robt, Saka, Foden all reaching 10+ mark. Pressure on Thiago and Bruno cappers.

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    1. iFash@FPL
      • 2 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      True!

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  13. Snoop Udogie Dogg
    • 5 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Isn't Ekitike gonna lose his place to Isak soon enough?

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    1. Yes Ndidi
      • 6 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      He shouldn't, because Slot should stick with a winning formula now he's found one if he wants to keep his job

      However, there will be a lot of pressure from above and around to play the shiny new 125m striker now he's finally, after half a season, getting himself sort of match fit. Otherwise it'll have been a complete waste of money..............................

      (Insert punchline)

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      1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
        • 5 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        they really didn't need to sign him, just Guehi would've done them fine

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    2. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      I don’t know but thats what I thought 2 weeks ago when I sold him, bought him back for next week.

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  14. Pompel
    • 12 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Any fellow Thiago cappers feeling a bit nervous?

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    1. iFash@FPL
      • 2 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Here!

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    2. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Blank is inevitable

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      1. Pompel
        • 12 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        ad rc to that

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    3. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Yep

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  15. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Dan Burn was taken to hospital in an ambulance with a rib injury suffered in the Wear-Tyne derby.

    The defender was taken off, complaining to the bench that he couldn’t breathe properly, following a challenge by Sunderland’s Nordi Mukiele.

    https://x.com/i/status/2000243232996016506

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    1. iFash@FPL
      • 2 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Let’s hope he’s alright!

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  16. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Thiago fail looks like.

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Early days, but a goal would do, few up near the top of my leagues have dropped him

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  17. Bob_the_builder
    • 9 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Chances of a Senesi no show against United to get Konate 9 pointer off the bench?

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  18. KeanosMagic
    • 4 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    I'm 100 points behind my league rivals.

    Hard to say if it's all due to not owning Haaland until gw10, but it feels like it!

    Pointless capping against him because no one is anywhere near his level in terms of output.

    It's a 10 player game

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    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Foden 90% EO now. 9 player game.

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      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        He’s nowhere near that. Could by next gw though.

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        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 13 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          75% at my rank (and it's not a good one)

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          1. The Bandit
            • 15 Years
            3 months, 22 days ago

            58% at mine

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            1. Bobby Digital
              • 8 Years
              3 months, 22 days ago

              74% at mine

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  19. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Would you not buy a player who's averaging 15 points a game over the last 4 out of principle? Can't keep it up right?

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    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      F***ing hell he even gets defcons now. I give up.

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      1. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Never too late to get on the Foden-wagon

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        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 13 Years
          3 months, 22 days ago

          Yeah just have to get past my stubbornness. Only advantage of buying him late means no value tied up and I can jump off while others hold.

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  20. JohnnyCroat
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    I see Foden nabbed the 12th defcon in the end...

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    1. Studs Up
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Wait for "the cartel own him" comments

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    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      If though could somehow search behind the couch for 1 for O’Reilly that’d be great

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    3. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      I'll allow it

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  21. Snoop Udogie Dogg
    • 5 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Survived another week without Foden thanks to Rogers, but can't afford not to bring him in now

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    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Szoboszlai and Bruno G covered him somewhat

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  22. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Never owned Thiago before... Is this what it's like?

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Yes, then he gets a jammy goal or penalty

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      1. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        Glad I didn't captain him, this is a bit underwhelming to say the least.

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    2. Manani
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      a lot of players i would never thought of owning if i only judge by eye test and watching the game, Thiago being one of them..

      just got to follow the crowd sometimes lol

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  23. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Hopefully his 8th DD haul for folks on Haaland TC17...

    The most double-figure hauls in #FPL this season:
    Erling Haaland - 7
    Phil Foden - 5
    Bruno Fernandes, Bruno Guimaraes, Jack Grealish - 4

    https://x.com/i/status/2000247517754327416

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    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      would require some going still but imagine he broke Salah's points record only 1 season later

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  24. Manani
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    is Rogers last week's point?

    need a Kudus replacement for 7.5m or under (got Wilson, Anderson as other u7.5m midfielder)

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    1. have you seen cyan
      • 6 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      When Roger is in form, he is one of the best in the league. I think its ok to have Rogers when he is in form, so yes, get him.

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    2. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Think he could be a decent season keeper as 4th mid. I'm looking at him.

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  25. The Philosopher
    • 5 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    It's the FPL conundrum. You feel like player X can't keep up the current run of returns, so you feel like the ship has sailed and you don't get him, and then he goes on and returns again. Feeling that way about Foden. And pretty certain he dries up once I get him in.

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    1. Manani
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      better to fail with the crowd than not have him at all. especially with the next 3 fixture

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    2. Surgical Attack
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      got to go with the momentum

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  26. Khalico
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Who’d you pick 4.5m def?

    Already own Chalobah, Guehi, Mukiele, Andersen, x?

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    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      can you find .1 for keane. otherwise vdb imo. alderete or mukiele could be worth a look

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      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        3 months, 22 days ago

        *oh sorry you have mukiele. maybe wouldnt double then

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    2. Manani
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      truffert, van hecke

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    3. Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Van Hecke, VdB

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  27. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Thiago and Collins fail (need a goal , cs not enough)

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    1. Soopaboonch'o'lad…
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 22 days ago

      Thiago will deliver. Every other forward player of mine has delivered double-digits this week. Unless this jinxes it.

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  28. money face bandwagon
    • 12 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    94 points currently with thiago and bruno. Hoping for 100pts

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  29. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    KARLLL G

    Gnabry A

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  30. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    3 months, 22 days ago

    Brentford relegation form imminent

    Just as I double up on their players

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