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3 January 2026 522 comments
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Just the two 3pm GMT Premier League matches to come now, with all of the bottom three in action.

It’s Brighton and Hove Albion v Burnley and Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United.

TEAM NEWS

At the Amex, Brighton are without Yankuba Mintehwho suffered a dead leg in midweek – for the clash with the Clarets.

Danny Welbeck drops to the bench, meanwhile, along with James Milner and Maxim De Cuyper.

In come Brajan Gruda, Kaoru Mitoma, Georginio Rutter and, in his first-ever Premier League start, budget FPL forward Charalampos Kostoulas.

The returning Pascal Gross takes his place among the Seagulls’ substitutes.

Scott Parker has made three changes to the side he sent out to face Newcastle United on Tuesday.

Bashir Humphreys, Jacob Bruun Larsen and Jaidon Anthony are recalled.

Maxime Estève is injured, while Loum Tchaouna and Marcus Edwards are demoted to substitute duty.

Up at Molineux, there’s just one change for the hosts following their creditable point at Old Trafford in midweek.

Santiago Bueno returns from injury at centre-half, so Matt Doherty makes way.

Both of West Ham United’s alterations are enforced due to injuries sustained by Lucas Paquetá and Jean-Clair Todibo.

Crysencio Summerville and Dinos Mavropanos step into the side.

Much like Brighton, the Hammers have their own new signing in the matchday squad. Striker Pablo Felipe makes the bench following his move from Gil Vicente.

LINE-UPS

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Verbruggen, Veltman, van Hecke, Dunk, Kadıoğlu, Ayari, Gomez, Gruda, Rutter, Mitoma, Kostoulas.

Subs: Steele, Boscagli, De Cuyper, Coppola, Groß, Milner, Hinshelwood, Watson, Welbeck.

Burnley XI: Dúbravka, Walker, Humphreys, Ekdal, Laurent, Pires, Florentino, Ugochukwu, Anthony, Broja, Bruun Larsen.

Subs: Weiss, Sonne, Brierley, Pimlott, Edwards, Tchaouna, Banel, Barnes, Agyei.


Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sá, Mosquera, S Bueno, Krejčí, Tchatchoua, Arias, Gomes, Mane, H Bueno, Hee-chan, Arokodare.

Subs: Johnstone, Doherty, Wolfe, Hoever, André, Larsen, Chirewa, Lopez, González.

West Ham United XI: Areola, Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Kilman, Scarles, Magassa, Potts, Fernandes, Bowen, Summerville, Wilson.

Subs: Hermansen, Igor, Golambeckis, Mayers, Rodríguez, Souček, Earthy, Kante, Pablo.


LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!

New to Fantasy Football Scout this season 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. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Sadio Mane!

  2. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Lmaooo. People so concerned about West ham. All these boring Bowen owners regretting their decisions 😆

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      Easy switch to Watkins or down to DCL thankfully

    2. Sir Michael Taker
      • 11 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      They all get 2 anyway. At least Bowen plays 90, Woltemade, Mateta etc be lucky to escape with 1 point

  3. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Bring back Payet

  4. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Mane train leaving the station...

  5. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Mane G

  6. SpaceCadet
    • 12 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Need a Brighton pen so dub can save it.

  7. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Vital 3rd that, they will be complacent at the back now letting West Ham in, lovely stuff

  8. Mighty Duck
    • 1 Year
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Wolves players bandwagon

  9. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    What the flipping hell is going on in the Wolves game!
    Should I be sending an apology to Amorim for losing my s^!t over Man United drawing with them 😉

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      No, I’m still thick and rightly so

    2. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      Yes. Draw was good result against thi top team!

    3. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      They're cashing in all their xG at once.

  10. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Ekitike > Mane done

    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      Genuinely might

  11. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Wolves not being relegated(?)

  12. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Nuno to get sacked twice in 6 months will be an unwanted record?

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      Kind of a fool for taking the WH job, they are a mess

  13. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Assist for Mane goal?

    1. SpaceCadet
      • 12 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      Firmino

      1. el polako
        • 8 Years
        3 days, 9 hours ago

        Congrats on waking up from the coma.

      2. Firminooooo
        • 10 Years
        3 days, 9 hours ago

        Lovely times.

      3. NABIL - FPL otai
        • 13 Years
        3 days, 9 hours ago

        Origi?

  14. panda07
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Wolves are no longer the whipping boys.

  15. Sir Michael Taker
    • 11 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Relegation race done just into January then lol

  16. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Nuno is history surely?

    1. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      They’re bad but what can he do?

      Fans deserve it. Were playing in Europe and wanted Moyes out because the football was ugly

      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        3 days, 9 hours ago

        It sure is ugly now

  17. Sandy Ravage
    • 9 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Well played to that Mane owner on here earlier.

  18. MikeS
    • 11 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Wolves west ham will be a game of two halves, with west ham coming out in the second half and Bowen netting a hatrick for a 3-3 draw. Mark this post!

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      Can actually see this happening

    1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      or "voyeur" more accurately

      1. TheBiffas
        • 5 Years
        3 days, 9 hours ago

        Nice one Malcolm lad

  19. wiseguy
    • 4 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    All them Man Utd fans talking smack about Amorim not realising how good a point against Wolves really is

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      Amorim unlucky?

      1. wiseguy
        • 4 Years
        3 days, 9 hours ago

        Extremely. They've evolved from dire Wolves into a dire wolf just before he played them.

  20. Pep's Money Laundry
    • 10 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/27493775

    I can't believe, even though my gut said there could a an attacking return

  21. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Mane is back to FPL! Time for TC ...

    1. el polako
      • 8 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      Don’t remind me of that DGW…

    2. Assisting the assister
      • 10 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      Triggering for many

  22. Joke Insurance™
    • 2 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Time to take Bowen off. Looks like he needs a rest.

  23. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Very suspicious when the odds for wolves were so low for no reason and then they show up and crush. Some insider information going on.

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      Should have taken a bet

    2. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      I saw Wolves against Liverpool and United and they have improved, a lot.

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 days, 9 hours ago

        Also v ARS

    3. wiseguy
      • 4 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      I'm not an insider but I do know that West Ham are extremely shid

    4. The Hunt
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      I never really looked at any of the football odds this weekend but I'm a great believer that if anything looks absolutely terrible value then it's a good bet. The bookies don't make mistakes so if you see Arsenal at even money to beat Accrington Stanley run a mile.

  24. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Even Fabianski can't save this bunch tbh

  25. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    This Magasa lad is abysmal

    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      *insert any WH player here" is abysmal

    2. Mother Farke
      • 1 Year
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      The HG lads Scarles and Potts just keep giving the ball away.

  26. Glasner Ball
    • 13 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    West Ham spent £40m on Kilman - wow.

  27. henrysquire
    • 7 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Saw Mane last week and put him in my WC as a cheap pint. Hopefully comes off the bench for some jam.

  28. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Mane not playing at AFCON?

  29. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Honestly, I considered Bowen until I checked West ham's team sheet again & immediately felt the pain.

    My goodness! That team looks like a Vanarama league side. Wolves, Burnley, West ham utd got amateurs. The state of the PL in 2025-2026. Whatever happened to Payet, Michu, Vermaelen, Holebas etc.

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      GOLEBAS!! What fond memories

    2. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 days, 9 hours ago

      Kilman and mavropanos are shambolic