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2pm team news: Munoz + Sarr start, no Palmer or Bruno G

25 January 2026 658 comments
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There are three Premier League matches kicking off at 14:00 GMT on Sunday.

TEAM NEWS

The absence of Cole Palmer from the Chelsea matchday squad is one of the most significant pieces of team news.

Andrey Santos consequently comes into the starting line-up.

Liam Rosenior makes two other changes to the team that beat Brentford in Gameweek 22: Benoit Badiashile and Estevao for Tosin Adarabioyo and Alejandro Garnacho.

Jaydee Canvot, Daniel Munoz and Ismaila Sarr all return for Crystal Palace.

Will Hughes, Justin Devenny and Yeremy Pino make way.

Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe has had his hand forced with his only change from midweek due to the injury sustained by Bruno Guimaraes. Lewis Miley comes in.

Dan Burn, meanwhile, returns to the matchday squad as a substitute.

Aston Villa have made five changes to the line-up that beat Fenerbahce on Thursday.

Emiliano Martinez, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen and Amadou Onana all return, ousting Marco Bizot, Victor Lindelof, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne and Lamare Bogarde from the starting XI.

At the Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford and Nottingham Forest are unchanged from Gameweek 22.

LINE-UPS

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

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, van den Berg, Pinnock, Henderson, Nelson, Ouattara, Lewis-Potter, Donovan

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Sangare, Anderson, Dominguez, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Jesus

Subs: Gunn, Morato, Awoniyi, Ndoye, Hutchinson, Yates, McAtee, Bakwa, Savona

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Canvot, Munoz, Wharton, Lerma, Mitchell, Sarr, Johnson, Mateta

Subs: Benitez, Pino, Uche, Hughes, Sosa, Imray, Riad, Rodney, Devenny

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James, Chalobah, Badiashile, Cucurella, Santos, Caicedo, Estevao, Enzo, Neto, J Pedro

Subs: Sharman-Lowe, Acheampong, Fofana, Gusto, Hato, Garnacho, Gittens, Delap, Guiu

Newcastle United XI: Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Hall, Miley, Tonali, Joelinton, Barnes, Gordon, Wissa

Subs: Ramsdale, Osula, Elanga, Woltemade, Willock, Burn, A Murphy, Ramsey, Shahar

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Pau, Maatsen, Onana, Tielemans, Sancho, Rogers, Buendia, Watkins

Subs: Bizot, Lindelof, Digne, Mings, Bogarde, Hemmings, Bailey, Elliott, Guessand

LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!

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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:

2pm team news: Munoz + Sarr start, no Palmer or Bruno G
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  1. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Villa GOAL

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    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      A corker from Buendia!

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    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Brilliant goal from Buendia

      Rogers assist

      Probing the spaces

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  2. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Buendia goal

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    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Newcastle busted early on

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  3. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Started Collins instead of Timber.

    What was AI thinking

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    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Yet the Scout picks seemed quite bullish on a Brentford clean sheet this week....best hope for DC points

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    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      V good

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    3. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      baffled at why people choose Collins - Brentford always concede and it's not like collins hauls attacking returns every game.

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      1. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        How many clean sheets in their previous 6 GWs?

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  4. F4L
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    rogers assist 🙂

    buendia g

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    1. MIGHTY JOE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Noooo

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  5. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Toon busted, Rogers assist

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  6. SpaceCadet
    • 12 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Buendia wow

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  7. Il Capitano
    • 5 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Buendia G Rogers A

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  8. Bolivian Seaman
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Every keeper this week is playing poorly

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    1. Jigger & Pony
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Pickford masterclass tomorrow

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    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Pickford masterclass and 12 pointer incoming tomorrow night.

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

        Nah. I bought him on Friday so it’s 2 pointers only from now on for him!

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  9. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    4-3 written all over this...

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  10. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Benched Rogers for Le Fee.

    Served me well

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  11. fantasist
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Every other player doing well but ofc the player I chose to captain over Haaland is Ekitike

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    1. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      we all did that

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  12. F4L
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    can palace stop missing big chances please

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  13. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Tonali tonked

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    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Plays on

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  14. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Rogers essential, yet people are selling him.

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    1. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Who are these people that you speak of?

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      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        27K transfers out this week

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        1. The Philosopher
          • 5 Years
          2 months, 16 days ago

          Mad world out there, ain't it mate...

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    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Essentially I want Wilson and BrunoF in

      Who goes here?

      Saka Semenyo Rice Rogers Enzo

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      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        Saka for sure.

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      2. Sailboats
        • 10 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        Saka

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        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          2 months, 16 days ago

          Yeah

          That's what I was thinking

          Forget dgw26 possibilities

          See how he looks today

          Should be a day for him to shine

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    3. fantasist
      • 15 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Although he did little to nothing last 5 GWs to justify being kept

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      1. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        Stats and eye test, and then Thursday too

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    4. Raoul Nogues
        2 months, 16 days ago

        I would not be convinced by this Buendia (99%) goal

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    5. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Rogers do something..

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      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        Dial up sorry mates.. Need some more though.. Benched O'Reilly

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    6. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      we've got Ozil, Mesut Ozil, we just don't think you understand dananana

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      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        is he better than Zidane

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      2. Headers
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        That’s Hammers Payet tune originally don’t ruin it

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    7. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Joe Linton is such a dirty git

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      1. Jimmers
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        Always leaves a foot in

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        1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
          • 5 Years
          2 months, 16 days ago

          always somehow gets away with it too

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    8. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Missed Sarr

      Sarr miss

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    9. Nightcrawler
      • 6 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      brentford and newc def owners punished and rightly so you'd think

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    10. Snoop Udogie Dogg
      • 5 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      I've benched Watkins so hopefully everything goes through Rogers today

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      1. The Philosopher
        • 5 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        Snoop Udogie Dogg for mod!

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        1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
          • 5 Years
          2 months, 16 days ago

          fellow Rogers owner?

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      2. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        If Villa score again, 2 of Rogers, Watkins or Buendia will be involved for sure

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    11. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      VdB is a priority transfer out, right? He's lost his place and Brentford can't keep a CS. Who goes first:

      1. Ekitika
      2. Xhaka (had all season, but time to sell)
      3. VdB
      4. VdV

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    12. fantasist
      • 15 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Bruno G owners, who will sub on for you?
      DCL for me

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      1. OH... KEVIN DE BRUYNE
          2 months, 16 days ago

          solid 2 pointer from raul jimenez *sigh*

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        • AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          2 months, 16 days ago

          I sold him for Enzo

          Looked obviously out to me

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        • Stoic
          • 9 Years
          2 months, 16 days ago

          EBH

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      2. F4L
        • 11 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        that was never a foul by rogers ffs

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      3. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        Estevao solo G

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        1. Ze_Austin
          • 7 Years
          2 months, 16 days ago

          No assist

          Given away by Palace back pass

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      4. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        GOAL

        Chelsea

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        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          2 months, 16 days ago

          Estavao

          Great run

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          1. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            2 months, 16 days ago

            5 touches from the half way line into the box

            Steely strike too

            V composed

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      5. JBG
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        The actually good talented winger scores for Chelsea

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        1. JBG
          • 7 Years
          2 months, 16 days ago

          And talented*

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      6. Bolivian Seaman
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        keeper should've saved that too

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      7. F4L
        • 11 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        enzo should get an assist for forcing the error there 😉

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      8. BeaversWithAttitude
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        Estêvão! Great goal.

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      9. Snoop Udogie Dogg
        • 5 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        No assist, Palace player gave it to him

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