Dugout Discussion
1 January 2026 608 comments
Skonto Rigga Skonto Rigga
Share:

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:

Sunderland City

price change predictions
608 Comments Login to Post a Comment
  1. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 28 days ago

    Is Foden struggling in the small spaces at Sunderland?

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Has looked like a prime Wirtz all game

  2. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 months, 28 days ago

    Want a Sunderland win now

    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Me too, would be great!

  3. Babit1967
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 28 days ago

    Pep back to being annoying.

  4. Four Letter Wirtz
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 28 days ago

    Oof, I'm getting an Alderete 8-pointer off the last bench spot, but only if Reijnders stays seated. Tough 30 min coming up.

    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Same here but with VDB, really hope he doesn’t come on, knowing my luck he will though

  5. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 28 days ago

    Was O'Reilly injured?

  6. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 28 days ago

    Didn’t buy Cherki for DC but he's racking them up.

  7. how now brown cow
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 28 days ago

    Anyone got some trying paint I can watch?

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Yeah. Been painting all day. Far better than watching any of today’s games.

    2. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Get the darts on....

  8. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 28 days ago

    Gvardi close

    1. All Hail K
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Almost a 9 point goal.

  9. EL tridente
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 28 days ago

    Rodon and Semenyo to Gabriel and Garner?

  10. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 28 days ago

    O'Reilly ffs

  11. Absolutely Muñozed
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Feck off O'Reilly

    • FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Gvardiol missed sitter

    • Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Congrats anyone that just set and forgot Roefs GW1!

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        4 months, 28 days ago

        Well I kept playing Dubravka over him expecting Burnley to do better give they smashed championship previous season!

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          4 months, 28 days ago

          *given

    • Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      really fed up with my team...would you consider
      thiago szobo etikite out
      watkins rogers bowen in

      for -8 needs to be done tonight

      1. RICICLE
        • 3 Years
        4 months, 28 days ago

        VDB and Ekitike are definitely gone for me tonight, for Gabriel and Bowen.

        I like your moves, just a bit edgey on Watkins

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 11 Years
          4 months, 28 days ago

          cheers

    • Zilla
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      I think this going to be my first GW ever without goals, wow!

      1. Zilla
        • 8 Years
        4 months, 28 days ago

        ._.

      2. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        4 months, 28 days ago

        My only goalscorer is my captain!

      3. Hughes Your Daddy
        • 13 Years
        4 months, 28 days ago

        Only goal scorer is Palmer for me (Despite having Haaland/Foden/Cherki playing as we speak)

    • Garfield1001
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Was o’Reilly injured?

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        4 months, 28 days ago

        Dunno, don’t care I’m taking the cleanie and running!

        1. Yes Ndidi
          • 6 Years
          4 months, 28 days ago

          About that

          1. Scapegoat Salah
            • 9 Years
            4 months, 28 days ago

            Got mixed up with Sun Haha, he has clean sheet points on there

            1. Scapegoat Salah
              • 9 Years
              4 months, 28 days ago

              They don’t have a silly mythical bizarre 60 minute requirement

          2. TOLV TUMS
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            4 months, 28 days ago

    • Drizzle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 2 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      VVD to Gabriel worth a hit?

    • FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      I sold Vicario to Lammens this week lol

    • PartyTime
      • 4 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Pep just sent me out of the cup by subbing O’ Reilly off the pitch. Heck!

    • Mother Farke
      • 2 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Xhaka's game intelligence is peak.

    • Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Every time I watch Sunderland, I think I gotta get me some of that defense
      Im a Fooolll

    • NABIL - FPL otai
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Benched Roefs and Mukiele.

      Played Dub and O'Reilly. Lol

      1. Freshy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        4 months, 28 days ago

        O'Reilly didnt get 60?

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          4 months, 28 days ago

          It’s touch and go, be close though

        2. BeaversWithAttitude
          • 7 Years
          4 months, 28 days ago

          Nope.

    • Pompel
      • 12 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Just came in to see O'Reilly subbed at 58. GW going from absolutely shite to worse, with Roefs and VVD laughing at me from bench

    • PartyTime
      • 4 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Wirtz (C) outscoring Hauland.

      You love to see it?

      Oh yes I doooo

      1. All Hail K
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        4 months, 28 days ago

        Green arrow incoming.

    • FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Wow Humphries humbled

      1. TheBiffas
        • 5 Years
        4 months, 28 days ago

        GVV was brilliant

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          4 months, 28 days ago

          GVV is Van Gerwen or not?

          1. TOLV TUMS
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            4 months, 28 days ago

            Van Veen

          2. FPL Blow-In
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            4 months, 28 days ago

            Not

      2. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 months, 28 days ago

        5-1 too.

    • Sam (Team Sam)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Bruno G or Gordon as my Rice replacement?

      1. Pompel
        • 12 Years
        4 months, 28 days ago

        Wait on update on Rice tomorrow

    • Gobigorgohome
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Nunes defcon get innnnnn

    • Bigbars
      • 15 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Off Topic... Luke Humphrie just got dumped out of the darts...
      4-1.. Switched back to the sunderland game to see i missed nowt in the 10mins i watched the darts lol

      1. TOLV TUMS
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 months, 28 days ago

        GVV was on fire, fun watch!!

        1. FFS ManU
          • 3 Years
          4 months, 28 days ago

          Yes, I'm glad that I stuck with the darts rather than switching back to the football.

      2. PartyTime
        • 4 Years
        4 months, 28 days ago

        Off topic

        Elena Rybakina smashing those balls real hard in Brisbane. Nothing beats her backhand stroke at the moment

    • Studs Up
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Ownership bias is comical. Funny how ppl can throw their toys out of the cot for losing out when a player gets subbed off with potential injury.

    • _Greg
      • 16 Years
      4 months, 28 days ago

      Need Alderete goal for the 1-0 17 point dream.