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Five more Premier League matches to come now, following on from the Manchester derby:

James Palmer

TEAM NEWS

Having missed out in Gameweeks 20 and 21, and then made an appearance off the bench in the FA Cup, Hugo Ekitike is back in the Liverpool starting XI today.

Arne Slot’s side shows two changes from the goalless draw at the Emirates, with Ekitike and Curtis Jones in for the injured Conor Bradley and the benched Alexis Mac Allister.

As for Burnley, Scott Parker prefers Axel Tuanzebe and Jaidon Anthony to Josh Laurent and Hannibal Mejbri.

And after sitting on the sidelines for both of Chelsea’s cup matches over the last week, Reece James and Cole Palmer are passed fit to start.

Liam Delap is only fit enough for bench duty after illness, while Wesley Fofana is also among the substitutes as his minute management continues.

Brentford boss Keith Andrews almost goes with the same XI that beat Sunderland, instead preferring Mikkel Damsgaard to Keane Lewis-Potter.

On Wearside, Regis Le Bris reacts to that aforementioned 3-0 pummelling by handing starts to Reinildo, Romaine Mundle and Noah Sadiki. Simon Adingra, Lutsharel Geertruida and Chris Rigg are the fall guys.

Crystal Palace are without the City-bound Marc Guehi, of course, while Jaydee Canvot drops to the bench. Chris Richards and Jefferson Lerma are the new additions compared to Gameweek 21.

Leeds United are without the absent Jaka Bijol and Anton Stach this afternoon, so in come Jayden Bogle and Noah Okafor. There’s a change between the posts, too, with Karl Darlow recalled for the under-fire Lucas Perri.

Fulham’s Marco Silva brings in Sasa Lukic and Ryan Sessegnon for Tom Cairney and Issa Diop.

Finally, in north London, there’s a debut for Conor Gallagher.

Ben Davies, Wilson Odobert and Archie Gray are the other new additions from the last Premier League game. Djed Spence and Lucas Bergvall are subs, while Joao Palhinha and Rodrigo Bentancur are both out.

West Ham are again without Lucas Paqueta but they hand a full debut to Pablo Felipe, one of their January signings.

LINE-UPS

Chelsea XI: Sánchez, James, Chalobah, Adarabioyo, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernández, Neto, Palmer, Garnacho, Pedro.

Subs: Jörgensen, Badiashile, Hato, Fofana, Acheampong, Santos, Delap, George, Guiu.

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, Ajer, Collins, Henry, Janelt, Jensen, Yarmoliuk, Damsgaard, Schade, Igor Thiago.

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Van Den Berg, Pinnock, Nelson, Ouattara, Lewis-Potter, Donovan, Furo,


Fulham XI: Leno, Castagne, Andersen, Cuenca, Robinson, Lukić, Berge, Wilson, Smith Rowe, Sessegnon, Jiménez.

Subs: Lecomte, Diop, Amissah, Reed, Cairney, King, Traoré, Kusi Asare, Kevin.

Leeds United XI: Darlow, Bogle, Justin, Rodon, Struijk, Gudmundsson, Gruev, Ampadu, Aaronson, Calvert-Lewin, Okafor.

Subs: Perri, Bornauw, Byram, Longstaff, Tanaka, Buonanotte, Piroe, Nmecha, Gnonto.


Liverpool XI: Alisson, Frimpong, Konaté, van Dijk, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Jones, Szoboszlai, Wirtz, Gakpo, Ekitike.

Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Robertson, Ramsay, Endo, Mac Allister, Nyoni, Chiesa, Ngumoha.

Burnley XI: Dúbravka, Walker, Tuanzebe, Esteve, Humphreys, Pires, Edwards, Ugochukwu, Luis, Anthony, Broja.

Subs: Weiss, Hartman, Ekdal, Mejbri, Laurent, Bruun Larsen, Foster, Tchaouna, Barnes.


Sunderland XI: Roefs, Hume, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Reinildo, Xhaka, Sadiki, Le Fée, Mundle, Brobbey.

Subs: Patterson, Cirkin, Geertruida, Neil, Rigg, O’Nien, Mayenda, Isidor, Adingra.

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Lerma, Devenny, Hughes, Wharton, Mitchell, Johnson, Yéremy Pino, Mateta.

Subs: Matthews, Benítez, Clyne, Canvot, Sosa, Imray, Riad, Uche, Drakes-Thomas.


Tottenham Hotspur XI: Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Davies, Gallagher, Gray, Odobert, Simons, Tel, Kolo Muani.

Subs: Kinsky, Drăgușin, Danso, Udogie, Spence, Bissouma, Bergvall, Solanke, Scarlett.

West Ham United XI: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Mavropanos, Scarles, Souček, Fernandes, Bowen, Pablo, Summerville, Castellanos.

Subs: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Kilman, Igor, Mayers, Rodríguez, Potts, Kante, Wilson.

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 (DefCon) 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. sminkypinky
    • 14 Years
    2 months, 3 days ago

    This has been one the toughest game weeks this season. One step forward three steps back it seems.

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

      You guys are having one step forwards?!?

  2. Punned It
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Can't I believe I felt bad for capping Haaland over Ekitiké.

    • Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Wilson subbed off

    • Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Lol LiveFPL has me rising from 2.2M to 1.3M on the back of a 51, ok then.

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

      Bench of Dorgu, Rodon and Dubravka has double the points of my XI. Classic FPL.

    • Athletic Nasherbo
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Knew Saka would be benched, guess im the idiot listening to an Arsenal fan on here.

    • jonnybhoy
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      My 3 bench players in Dubravka, Dorgu and Gudmusson have more points than my entire 7 outfielders including captain

    • F4L
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      blimey sanchez on for a 11 pointer

    • Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Mukiele +2 defcon points

      1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
        • 14 Years
        2 months, 3 days ago

        Get in

    • g40steve
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Need a DCL goal please Dom

    • ididnt
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      For a moment I thought a Saka benching would mean I get my Dorgu bench jam after all. But then I realised I put him second after Stach. The season that keeps on giving.

    • Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      How are Liverpool not winning Burnley at home?

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        2 months, 3 days ago

        No Salah

      2. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        2 months, 3 days ago

        Have you been under a rock all season

    • Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      7 mins for our VVD bullet header. Jeez man

    • Old Wulfrunian
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Andersen bonus 1,Mukiele DC 2,Sanchez 6 saves bonus 3.

    • Atimis
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Folks keeping Saka with potential DGW in mind or moving to Rice? Palmer (meh)?

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

        gonna sell for salah

    • Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Dorgu and Gudmundsson on bench is painful!
      How to make team worse so I stop benching hauls?!

      1. ididnt
        • 14 Years
        2 months, 3 days ago

        Same here. Season a right off

    • Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Ampadu A

      1. Sgt. Schultz
        • 9 Years
        2 months, 3 days ago

        Stoppage time winner for Leeds

    • gibson1314
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Burned again by Ekitke!

    • TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      No DCL involvment

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

        🙁

    • Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Could do with another Dubravka save if I'm being greedy.

    • g40steve
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      7 mins ET at Chelsea

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        2 months, 3 days ago

        Thiago time

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          2 months, 3 days ago

          Bet he gets the pen as well lol

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

          Please god no, hold Sanchez!

    • Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Andersen doing well despite conceding

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        2 months, 3 days ago

        Nvm I had happened to check fpl as they conceded so still had cleanie points despite the scoreline being updated 😆

    • NABIL - FPL otai
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      If I WC this week my 3 CHE players would have been Sanchez Chalobah and Palmer. And obviously getting rid of Foden and O'Reilly.

      But the genius in me told me to wait for DGW.

    • Mother Farke
      • 2 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Palmer yc

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        2 months, 3 days ago

        2 balls on pitch

    • g40steve
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Sanchez almost a howler

    • Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Palmer YC

    • kempc23
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Does Ashley Barnes get -1 for that yellow card? Or do you have to be on the pitch?

    • F4L
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      ballard came close to scoring 🙁

    • TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      Palmer defcon possible

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        2 months, 3 days ago

        Needs it now after the stupid yc

    • F4L
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 3 days ago

      how does sanchez have 6 saves with brentford only having 5 shots on target

      1. jacob1989
        • 4 Years
        2 months, 3 days ago

        Saved an own goal?