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2pm team news: Luiz, Abraham + Cunha start, Collins benched, no Watkins

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Gameweek 24 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) continues on Sunday, with four matches taking place.

Three of those fixtures get underway at 2pm GMT:

TEAM NEWS

Unai Emery makes seven changes to the side that started the 3-2 Europa League win over Red Bull Salzburg.

Douglas Luiz and Tammy Abraham make their second Aston Villa debuts, while Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen and Morgan Rogers all return.

They oust the benched Victor Lindelof, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne, Amadou Onana, George Hemmings and Harvey Elliott.

Ollie Watkins is not in the matchday squad after picking up an injury in midweek.

There are three changes to the Brentford line-up: Sepp van den Berg, Jordan Henderson and Dango Ouattara in for Nathan Collins, Yehor Yarmoliuk and Mikkel Damsgaard.

The only alteration from Manchester United manager Michael Carrick sees Matheus Cunha start. The injured Patrick Dorgu makes way.

As for Fulham, Samuel Chukwueze comes in for Kevin, who is named among the substitutes.

Finally, at the City Ground, Nottingham Forest make five changes from the team that beat Ferencvaros 4-0.

Zach Abbott, Morato, Ryan Yates, James McAtee and Dan Ndoye drop to the bench. Ola Aina, Murillo, Elliot Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White and Callum Hudson-Odoi replace them.

There are three changes to the Crystal Palace XI from Gameweek 23: Chadi Riad, Will Hughes and Yeremy Pino in for the benched Jaydee Canvot, suspended Adam Wharton and absent Jean-Philippe Mateta.

LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Pau, Maatsen, Bogarde, Luiz, Sancho, Rogers, Buendia, Abraham

Subs: Bizot, Lindelof, Digne, Mings, Barkley, Hemmings, Onana, Bailey, Elliott

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, Ajer, van den Berg, Henry, Janelt, Henderson, Ouattara, Jensen, Schade, Thiago

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Pinnock, Yarmoliuk, Collins, Lewis-Potter, Damsgaard, Donovan, Bentt

Manchester United XI: Lammens, Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw, Casemiro, Mainoo, Amad, Fernandes, Cunha, Mbeumo

Subs: Bayindir, Heaven, Malacia, Mazraoui, Yoro, Ugarte, Lacey, Sesko, Zirkzee

Fulham XI: Leno, Castagne, Andersen, Cuenca, Robinson, Iwobi, Berge, Wilson, Smith Rowe, Chukwueze, Jimenez

Subs: Lecomte, Tete, Bassey, Sessegnon, Reed, Cairney, King, Kevin, Kusi-Asare

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

Subs: Gunn, Morato, Awoniyi, Ndoye, Lucca, Hutchinson, Yates, McAtee, Abbott

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Riad, Munoz, Lerma, Hughes, Mitchell, Johnson, Pino, Sarr

Subs: Matthews, Benitez, Uche, Clyne, Canvot, Rodney, Marsh

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. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    10 man Brentford score...

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    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Ouattara goal

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    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Thiago blank I assume?

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      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        correct assumption

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  2. JBG
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    Lol and then Brentford score

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    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Dango

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  3. All Hail K
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    Schade with an absolutely useless, needless red.

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  4. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    Lmao! Nico, so bad.

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  5. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    Dango G, no assist

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  6. SpaceCadet
    • 12 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    Anderson on 9 defcons already. Legend!

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    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      I remember rage transferring that guy out after 3x11 defcons

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      1. SpaceCadet
        • 12 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        Painful. I’m hunting him down if he doesn’t make it to 12 today.

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

    Goal

    Brentford

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  8. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    Brentford down to ten, then score, cash loses cs !

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  9. Tic Tacs
    • 6 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    When your season is in the toilet it really is, adding Schade to the list of trolls. Absolute free fall

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  10. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    Villa are 5hite

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  11. Jet5605
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    A Palace win could shake things up with that tasty fixture block. Sarr could be a good Szob replacement.

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    1. theshazly
      • 2 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Oh please no
      Not again

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      1. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        Lmao

        The horror

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      2. FplmorelikeFml
        • 2 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        How about Munoz instead?

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  12. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    Looks like Mateta is off to Milan
    https://x.com/i/status/2017945799259292133

    Palace looking to sign Larsen as Mateta's replacement
    https://x.com/i/status/2017943920982810675

    Wolves looking to sign Armstrong as Larsen's replacement
    https://x.com/i/status/2017953307843547347

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    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Adam Armstrong deary me

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      1. Lanley Staurel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        Championship monster. Prem league mouse

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    2. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Wolves preparing for life in the championship

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      1. Biggsy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        My thoughts exactly

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    3. Jet5605
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Palace pens could go stay with Sarr or go to Larsen.

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    4. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Larsen could be a decent pick at Palace you know

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  13. Admiral Benson
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    Pretty sure I recommend Schade over Kroupi to someone on here on Friday.

    Hope they ignored me.

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    1. Ball Ake
      • 1 Year
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Me too, x 2

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  14. Dr.Acula
    • 2 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    feel compelled to have a yellow jerseyed player in your team to make it look pretty. mines mane. whos yours?

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

      Does Raya count

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    2. All Hail K
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Raya

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    3. Chalobah's Witness
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Bruno because I’ve been f… over by casuals in my ML so far and need my differentials to work out asap. Doesn’t look too good so far though.

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    4. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Mane too. Picked him over Kroupi. As a replacement for Ekitike. To enable Gordon to Bruno. Defines my season.

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  15. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 13 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    No card for Jesus dive there? what the hell ref, having a terrible game.

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  16. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    Half time chat
    I'm interested who everyone captained this week but more so why
    For me Haaland while Bruno was clearly the better form pick
    It was more about the opposition I thought Fulham might be a tougher fixture than Spurs
    Next gameweek no contest I'm on Bruno

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    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Semenyo because of the opposition and his form

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      1. keefy59
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        Bold & different
        I also forgot to mention Man City will be much stronger with Seymeno & Guehi

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

      Bruno - he has the form and the fixture. Ez choice

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    3. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Yeah I've given Haaland one last go, and I could imagine him smashing it on the week most people decide to move on from him

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    4. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Haaland due to Spurs injuries

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      1. keefy59
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        Yes that was also in my thoughts plus having played away in Europe in midweek

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  17. Chalobah's Witness
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    Igor Thiago would have scored the 2:0 here but FA didn’t want it to happen.

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  18. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    Schade was really high for headed attempts, so I had him on FPL challenge 🙂

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  19. The Philosopher
    • 5 Years
    2 months, 10 days ago

    Sarr faithful finally rewarded.

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    1. Raoul Nogues
        2 months, 10 days ago

        You have patience

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    2. Jet5605
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Guess I should be grateful for Andersen's 0 points so far with Guddy's -1 on the bench.

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

      Benched Collins would've spoiled my BB.

      Phew

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      1. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        That really came out of nowhere

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    4. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Bruno G > Wirtz, Mbeumo or Semenyo?

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

        Wait for Semenyo to play first but I kinda like the Wirtz punt

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    5. Sandy Ravage
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Schade off bench for Watkins

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      1. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        *hugs*

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      2. Pompel
        • 12 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        Schadenfreude

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    6. Jet5605
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Bruno on 2 BAPS as things stand but the defs will shoot up at 60 if United are still on for a cleanie. Need another attacking return to bag all 3.

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    7. Tic Tacs
      • 6 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Sunday afternoon rage transfer, thanks Schade

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      1. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        Who's your replacement?

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        1. Sandy Ravage
          • 10 Years
          2 months, 10 days ago

          Enzo

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        2. Tic Tacs
          • 6 Years
          2 months, 10 days ago

          Sarr so what could go wrong…

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    8. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      There’s alot to like about Elliott Anderson, guaranteed 4 pointer every week versus the plethora of 2 pointers out there.

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      1. CoracAld2831
        • 5 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        Poster boy of reliability.

        Would have been my transfer in this week for Tavernier, but i felt i needed to roll to 2FT.

        I would have benched him anyway.

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

      How's Mbeumo playing? Good enough to replace Rogers in our team?

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      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        Much better than Cunha

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

          As expected.

          Not sure how to fit him in

          Bruno Rice Enzo Rogers LeFee
          Ekitike Haaland JP

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        2. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          2 months, 10 days ago

          Haha

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

            You jinxed it 😉

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    10. Ask Yourself
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Time to ditch rice for triple Arsenal defence ?

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

        I don't think so

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      2. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        Nah Rice looking good and so attacking

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      3. keefy59
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        I don't like the all or nothing approach
        The last time this was considered Rice returned a 17 point haul .
        He's due another double digit return soon

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      4. The Philosopher
        • 5 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        Rice gonna be a bit more attacking with Saka out now.

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    11. Bobbyg1
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Tammy goal

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      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        A?

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

          Either Sancho or none

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        2. g40steve
          • 8 Years
          2 months, 10 days ago

          Sancho

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      2. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 10 days ago

        VAR

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    12. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 10 days ago

      Might be ruled out

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