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Two more Premier League matches to come now as Gameweek 19, and the first half of the Premier League season, draws to a close.

It’s Brentford v Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland v Manchester City.

Kick-off in both fixtures is at 20:00 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Pep Guardiola has kept changes to a minimum over the last month or so but he’s made two tonight.

The most surprising one comes in defence as Nathan Ake comes into the side in place of Josko Gvardiol.

Further forward, Savinho replaces Tijjani Reijnders, who drops to the bench alongside Gvardiol.

Jeremy Doku is also among the substitutes after recovering from injury.

Just the one alteration for Sunderland as Eliezer Mayenda is brought in to replace the benched Chris Rigg.

And there’s also just one solitary change for Brentford, who prepare to host Tottenham Hotspur.

Jordan Henderson is back in the starting line-up to replace Mathias Jensen.

Igor Thiago starts a midweek game for the first time this season.

Thomas Frank is back at his former club and makes three changes, one enforced due to the injury sustained by Lucas Bergvall at the weekend.

Joao Palhinha benefits from the Swede’s absence.

Cristian Romero returns from suspension to replace Kevin Danso, while Wilson Odobert gets the nod over Randal Kolo Muani.

Brennan Johnson is nowhere to be seen as he prepares to put pen to paper on a move to Crystal Palace.

LINE-UPS

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, Ajer, Collins, Henry, Yarmoliuk, Janelt, Lewis-Potter, Henderson, Schade, Igor Thiago.

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Van den Berg, Pinnock, Jensen, Nelson, Damsgaard, Konak, Donovan.

Tottenham XI: Vicario, Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence, Palhinha, Gray, Bentancur, Kudus, Richarlison, Odobert.

Subs: Kinsky, Austin, Dragusin, Danso, Tel, Davies, Kolo Muani, Scarlett, Olusesi.


Sunderland XI: Roefs, Hume, Mukiele, Alderete, Cirkin, Xhaka, Geertruida, Mayenda, Adingra, Le Fee, Brobbey.

Subs: Patterson, Neil, Rigg, Isidor, Mundle, Hjelde, H.Jones, O’Nien, Tutierov.

Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Ake, O’Reilly, Silva, Gonzalez, Savinho, Cherki, Foden, Haaland.

Subs: Trafford, Reijnders, Doku, Rodri, Gvardiol, Khusanov, Mukasa, Lewis, R. Heskey.


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. Qaiss
    • 10 Years
    5 mins ago

    THANK YOU Sunderland 🙂

    1. MIGHTY JOE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 min ago

      Aaah. Praise be!!

  2. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    5 mins ago

    Pathetic

  3. All Hail K
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    4 mins ago

    Ekitike cappers can breath now.

    1. PartyTime
      • 4 Years
      just now

      Wirtz(c) outscored Haaland. Tiny win

  4. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    4 mins ago

    31 all out. Ouch

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      2 mins ago

      Nobody like a bragger

  5. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    4 mins ago

    I think I'm keeping Semenyo for the Man City triple up. He is kicking Doku out of the 11 in no time.

    1. All Hail K
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 min ago

      I'm keeping him for a Man City quadruple up.

  6. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    4 mins ago

    OReilly over Nunes, the outcome is just unbelievable

  7. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    3 mins ago

    Mukiele coming in for VDB, nice!!

    The only silver lining of this whole pathetic miserable GW

  8. F4L
    • 11 Years
    3 mins ago

    sweet sweet collins 9 pointer. thank you fella

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      just now

      My only points

  9. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    3 mins ago

    Got to stop benching Alderete. Haway the Lads.

  10. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 mins ago

    Blankety blank

    Cunha
    Ekitike
    Haaland

    .
    Note to self: always start Nordi Mukiele

  11. Stranger Mings
    • 5 Years
    3 mins ago

    Time to ditch thiago?

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      2 mins ago

      You’re weeks late

      1. Stranger Mings
        • 5 Years
        just now

        Fuming - patience out the window

  12. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    2 mins ago

    Roefs ELF and Mukiele on my bench.

    ELF is coming on for Rice.

    Only got myself to blame.

  13. Glasner Ball
    • 13 Years
    2 mins ago

    What a waste of a FH damn

  14. Ady87
    • 12 Years
    2 mins ago

    I am the worst player to ever grace this game. Ever.

    1. Atimis
      • 9 Years
      1 min ago

      I say hi o/

  15. JabbaWookiee
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 mins ago

    Absolute joke of a gameweek! Things can only get better in 2026

  16. Some people spent hours deciding who to captain between Haaland and Ekitike. Glad it worked out for both parties

    1. All Hail K
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      just now

      Wirtz cappers the winner.

  17. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    1 min ago

    An outlier of a week, there's no way all the strikers will blank again

  18. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 min ago

    Good week all round, statement win for Arsenal, City drop points and I get a green arrow thanks to Bowen and Gabriel.

  19. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 min ago

    10 blanks in 15 GWs for Foden. 11 in 15 if you count a 4 pointer as a blank

  20. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 min ago

    I have only gotten blanks now from Foden, Cunha and Ekitike. Meanwhile Lord Stach bringing bread to the table with 4 and 5 pointers.

  21. pundit of punts
    • 12 Years
    1 min ago

    Finally some luck

    Gudmundsson 8 pointer incoming for Van den Berg

  22. Tinydancer
    • 12 Years
    just now

    O'Reilly & Rice > Gabriel and Pacqueta (Or anyone up to 6.6) an easy one?

  23. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    just now

    O Reilly and Chalobah 1 pointers. Mukiele 11 pointer on the bench, of course he hauls when no one in their right mind would play him. Awful game.

  24. Lanley Staurel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    just now

    So any chance of a press conference tomorrow or hint from Arteta about fitness and injuries?

  25. Vinyl78LP
    • 15 Years
    just now

    Cant wait for Match of the Day tonight, total goalfest...

  26. #1 Salah Hater
    • 1 Year
    just now

    I'd be very worried as an O'Reilly owner about his chances of getting back into the team if Pep keeps Dias x Ake CB

    The difference in quality between him vs Gvardiol is astronomical.

  27. Alderete 8 points on for Van Den Berg, 54 points all out