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We hate to tear you away from a gripping transfer deadline day but there’s the small matter of ‘El Fodderico/El Benchico’ this evening: Sunderland v Burnley.

The difference this week, of course, is that there’ll be more Fantasy managers than usual starting the likes of Martin Dubravka and Nordi Mukiele, given the more favourable-on-paper fixture.

Kick-off on Wearside is at 20:00 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris makes two changes to the side that started the 3-1 Premier League defeat at West Ham United.

Eliezer Mayenda and Romaine Mundle drop to the bench, with Habib Diarra and Chemsdine Talbi coming into the side for their first starts since the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

Burnley make only one change from their 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur.

It comes up top, with Gameweek 23 goalscorer Lyle Foster taking the place of Armando Broja.

James Ward-Prowse, who joined the Clarets on loan from West Ham late last month, is on the bench.

LINE-UPS

Sunderland XI: Roefs, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Reinildo, Diarra, Sadiki, Hume, Le Fée, Talbi, Brobbey.

Subs: Moore, Cirkin, Geertruida, Rigg, Mayenda, O’Nien, Mundle, Isidor, Jones.

Burnley XI: Dúbravka, Tuanzebe, Esteve, Humphreys, Walker, Ugochukwu, Florentino, Pires, Edwards, Anthony, Foster.

Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Bruun Larsen, Tchaouna, Flemming, Ward-Prowse, Broja, Mejbri, Laurent.


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:

Sunderland Burnley

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  1. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    Dubravka

    the gift that keeps on giving

    This is why rotating gks never works

    Kelleher 10 pointer smilling at me from the bench

    1. FFS ManU
      • 3 Years
      3 months, 28 days ago

      Same here.

    2. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 28 days ago

      Yeah it's sickening.

    3. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 28 days ago

      You are not alone

  2. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    Not very rational from Hume...

  3. fantasist
    • 16 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    Unnecessary yellow for Dubravka, overreacting to nothing

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      3 months, 28 days ago

      100%

  4. F4L
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    holddddd

  5. More Cowbell
    • 16 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    I guess I’ve been sleeping on Mukiele. Is his 13% ownership likely be active managers or do we think he’s owned by a lot of dead teams?

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 28 days ago

      30% owned by active managers

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 28 days ago

      25%-ish EO I believe around top 10K, so prob many active managers

  6. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    Alderete worse at defons than I thought

  7. fantasist
    • 16 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    What a goal by Talbi

    1. JohnnyB10
      • 1 Year
      3 months, 28 days ago

      Amazing goal

  8. F4L
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    talbi g
    reinildo a

  9. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    Burnley are the worst team in the league and I started their GK over Kelleher.

    What the hell was I thinking?

    1. JohnnyB10
      • 1 Year
      3 months, 28 days ago

      That’s why I’ll captain Bowen next week. Utd Spurs is an early kick off.

  10. F4L
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    get involved ballard

  11. fantasist
    • 16 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    Almost another Mukiele assist before the goal

  12. Effe
    • 15 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    I’d love another attacking return from Mukiele here…

  13. Rwilliams90
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    Could really do with a Burnley goal. Porto bottling the Portuguese league.

  14. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    Mukiele almost got another assist right before that goal. Brobby fluffed it.

  15. Effe
    • 15 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    Mukiele no longer getting any bonus points now

  16. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    Mukiele A Reinildo A Ballard defcon

    Watch how Alderete gets a 1 pointer from all of this.

  17. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    Dubravka looking for a minus score here.

    1. Effe
      • 15 Years
      3 months, 28 days ago

      Esteve should at least get def con points

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 28 days ago

        2nd on my bench

    2. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 28 days ago

      I stopped watching the game. 50/50 call and 10-11 pts lost.

  18. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    Be a travesty if Mukiele comes away from this with less than 9 points

    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      3 months, 28 days ago

      Really would

  19. Amartey Partey
    • 6 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    Munoz for GW26?

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 28 days ago

      Potentially

    2. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      3 months, 28 days ago

      Bought him last week

    3. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 28 days ago

      CP haven't been defencively solid lately. I have some doubts.

  20. Joyce1998
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    Damn, played Guehi ahead of Renildo

  21. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    I will love to see Burnley relegated, and them and their manager with his oversized head and children’s clothes, never seen in the Prem again

    1. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      3 months, 28 days ago

      Why

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        3 months, 28 days ago

        Seriously? You think they add any to the Prem?

        1. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          3 months, 28 days ago

          *anything

        2. fantasist
          • 16 Years
          3 months, 28 days ago

          They're just a yo-yo team. Get promoted, get relegated, get promoted..

        3. Qaiss
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 28 days ago

          They add a lot more than 115 Man City do

          And yes over the years Burnley did have an identity with Dyche. They just can’t keep up with the money in the league now

  22. wowo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    Reinedo + roef. Gei in!

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 28 days ago

      Don’t do that

    2. Joyce1998
      • 10 Years
      3 months, 28 days ago

      Still time for Burnley to score...

  23. fantasist
    • 16 Years
    3 months, 28 days ago

    No bonus for Mukiele atm

    1. fantasist
      • 16 Years
      3 months, 28 days ago

      Maybe 1

  24. JohnnyB10
    • 1 Year
    3 months, 28 days ago

    Well that was a nice punt for Brobbey that didn’t paid off.

  25. DBry
      3 months, 28 days ago

      Wirtz or Ekitike?

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 months, 28 days ago

        Ekitike as there are plenty of other top midfielders to pick that could match Wirtz

        1. fantasist
          • 16 Years
          3 months, 28 days ago

          Yep this

        2. DBry
            3 months, 28 days ago

            Which midfielders would you have ahead of him?

        3. Ray85
          • 8 Years
          3 months, 28 days ago

          I have Wirtz and Thiago.

      2. Qaiss
        • 10 Years
        3 months, 28 days ago

        Cmon Esteve kick the ball into row Z two more times, I deserve 2 more points !!!

      3. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 months, 28 days ago

        Sunderland could beat Liverpool at home in 2gws. Stadium of light is a fortress.

        1. Qaiss
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 28 days ago

          Haven’t lost at home all season yet

        2. Qaiss
          • 10 Years
          3 months, 28 days ago

          And they probably will

      4. ViperStripes
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        3 months, 28 days ago

        cmon Muk me lad, hold onto that CS

      5. DBry
          3 months, 28 days ago

          Bruno G to Wirtz

          Or

          BG to Garner
          Guiu to Joao Pedro?

        • The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          3 months, 28 days ago

          Alderete subbed. COME ON BURNLEY

          1. Gudjohnsen
            • 9 Years
            3 months, 28 days ago

            exactly

          2. FPL Blow-In
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            3 months, 28 days ago

            Scccoooooorrrrreee Burnley