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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

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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. JBG
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Man-ager subbing in an extra CB

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

      his CBs were aging tbf

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

      They dragged that up from his Strasbourg days

      Might have gone down better in French?

      Or Alsatian.

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

        Might have to man-age his words better going forward

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

    whartoff

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  3. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Time to get j pedro back with the fixtures? Will sell ekitike

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    1. Jet5605
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      No pens puts me off

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      1. jacob1989
        • 4 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        No place in midfield for chelsea for me. Better options there

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        1. Jet5605
          • 11 Years
          2 months, 16 days ago

          Enzo is an excellent pick while sicknote Cole is nursing his injury

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

    Estevoa gotta be a contender

    Need 7 midfield spots now

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  5. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Palace pen check

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    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      no pen

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

    Pick 2 of these:

    Mbeumo, Rogers, Semenyo, Wirtz, Wilson

    I'm thinking Semenyo, Rogers for now but depends how Mbeumo does.

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    1. Cojones of Destiny
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      wirtz out

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    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Already have Wilson, so between the first 3 is my decision point ... don't know the answer yet

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

      Semenyo
      Mbeumo
      Wilson
      Rogers

      Not Wirtz.

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

        I can get any combination of these to go along with the 3 locked picks which are Fernandes, Rice, Enzo.

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        1. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          2 months, 16 days ago

          Got them plus Wilson, one slot left for me 😛

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    4. Tonyawesome69
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      ask the question after the Arsenal United game...

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      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        Probably not so much different unless MUN flip to become abysmal ...

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        1. Tonyawesome69
          • 7 Years
          2 months, 16 days ago

          another early sub would reduce his appeal imo

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  7. Cojones of Destiny
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    so who’s on pens for chelski ??

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

      Enzo - keep up!

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  8. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Palace stonewall pen denied. Absolutely nothing different to the one Chelsea were given. If anything it's worse.

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

      Nah

      A shout but not stonewall

      There were players behind him from the angle I saw

      Chalabah forearm tho

      So possibly harsh?

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  9. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    GW24 decision, only 1 slot available: Rogers Mbeumo or Semenyo? Will be a long week thinkering 😛

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    1. Jet5605
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Rogers or Boomo. Probably Rogers due to 90 mins

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

      Semenyo
      Mbeumo
      Rogers

      Haven't checked all their fixtures tho

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      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        I am with you at the moment on the order

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  10. FPL Sanky
    • 2 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    How is that not a CPL pen?

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

      Ref has Chelsea defence

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    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Dunno. Arm was out in an unnatural position. If we're to go by the one Chelsea were given, you'd assume the arm needs to be tight into the body in a natural position.

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      1. FPL Sanky
        • 2 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        The shot was deliberately blocked by Chalobah with his arm wide out....if that is not a pen, I don't know what is

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

          The earlier one?

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          1. FPL Sanky
            • 2 Years
            2 months, 16 days ago

            That was also a pen...the ball was clearly going in and Canvot's arm blocked the shot from going in

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

    Newcastle- Villa is such a poor watch atm.. no team really going for it. Despite Newcastle 1 goal down at home

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

    Brennan Johnson. Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Terrible move for him.

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

      i was surprised he didnt wait for bournemouth if their interest was concrete

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    2. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      He will score more goals in the Championship

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  13. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Thiago captain failure stings

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    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      100%

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    2. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      subbed?

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

    Differential captain fail ffs. Was such a great opportunity for us slags with no responsibilities who were glued to this site before deadline to make some gains. Seems like it's not to be.

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

      Bemba Da 1-0 us slags with no responsibilities

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    2. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Yeah, I could have gone Wilson or Rogers. Had to go Thiago

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

        I gave Semenyo a thought. But felt Thiago will be a safer choice lol

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    3. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Sorry, but good 🙂

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

    was that not a foul on rogers?

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

      *rogers wouldve banged that fk in 🙁

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

      Just about to pull the trigger too 😡

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  16. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    1FT... 2.7m

    Who leaves the midfield to bring in Bruno?

    Dubravka
    Timber Chalobah Dalot
    Saka Rogers Wilson Semenyo Enzo
    Haaland Ekitike

    Petrovic DCL Alderete Guehi

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

      Saka

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  17. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Cmon chalobah get 2 more defcons

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

      He will, he’s on my bench.

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  18. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Anti climactic Sunday

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  19. FDMS All Starz
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Which combo is better?

    A) Rice, Ekitike, Hill
    Or
    B) Saka, Krupi, Chalobah

    Team:
    Verbruggen
    Gabriel Timber xxxx
    Bruno Enzo Mbuemo xxxx
    Haaland Thiago xxxx

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    1. FDMS All Starz
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Sorry didn’t finish the team

      Team:
      Verbruggen
      Gabriel Timber xxxx
      Bruno Enzo Mbuemo xxxx
      Haaland Thiago xxxx

      Areola LeFee Andersen VDB

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

      B

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  20. HD7
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 16 days ago

    Initial news were that Palmer will play today and now Enzo scores from a penalty...
    should I make the switch or it aint worth it?

    Same question about Timber and Gabriel, have Timber in my team and wonder if I should switch to Gabriel?

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    1. FDMS All Starz
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      I think Palmer minutes will be managed throughout the rest of season, expect Enzo to be on pens when he’s not around

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

    All the away teams winning without conceding. Home advantage not counting for much

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  22. Raoul Nogues
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Chelsea with nearly 10 defenders now

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    • Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Igor Thiago half chance

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    • F4L
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      come on rogers...

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

        *good fk chance

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

        *straight down pope's throat

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    • Feanor
      • 16 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Thiago horrible miss from 10 yards on the angle

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    • -GK22-
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Garner/Ekitike to Semenyo/mane -4?

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    • Thanos
      • 4 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Thiago has been a useless captain pick

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

        Only scores when you don't C him and Haaland fails as your C

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

      The ref said on the chelsea penalty that the defender accidentally handballed it but it was going in. But why did the defender get a yellow card? How was he supposed to get out of the way and it was accidental

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    • FPL Sanky
      • 2 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Mateta gone...CHE about to lose the CS now

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

        Guaranteed!

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

          Or, not.

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

            Bewildering comment

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      2. JabbaWookiee
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 months, 16 days ago

        There we go

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        1. FPL Sanky
          • 2 Years
          2 months, 16 days ago

          Didn't take long did it

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    • JBG
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 16 days ago

      Rogers shot straight at GKer

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