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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. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Alderete clean banked. Honest work.

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      1 more point than robot

    2. Radulfo28773
      • 4 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      A Burnley goal would be nice now

  2. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    BBC “Chelsea and Strasbourg agree 12th deal between clubs this season”

    What a joke

  3. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Come on Burnley. 1 goal.

    1. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      No

    2. Supersonic_
      • 4 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      Yes

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

    Dubravka, one more save so we get at least 1pt

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      Save then assist would be cool

  5. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Burnley are utter trash

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

      That’s an insult to trash

  6. Supersonic_
    • 4 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Dub
    Hincapie Gab Andersen
    Rice Palmer Bruno Wirtz Enzo
    Thiago Haaland

    Verb Kroup Thiaw Richards

    GTG?

    1. Ray85
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      Calafiori is fit now so doubt Hincapie will start at weekend.

  7. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Save point 😎

  8. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    that's a save from the idiot

  9. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Get rid of Saka or Thiago?

    would get Palmer or Joao Pedro

    1. Ray85
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      Wait for DGW outcome and news on Saka injury.

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

      Thiago will be back in form, I would hold

    3. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      Skip Palmer, take it from an ex owner

    4. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      Thiago a long term hold imo

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

    Start Andersen or Thiaw?

    1. Ray85
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      Andersen

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

    How is Mukiele on only 2 def cons?!

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

      Too busy attacking

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

      RB not quite as good as CB

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        2 months, 11 days ago

        It's fine for assists

        Had a half decent chance to score as well.

  12. Effe
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Mukiele getting 1 bonus point currently

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

      Deserves two, and he should have scored at least one today, eurgh!

      1. Effe
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 11 days ago

        If he scored as well I think I’d get £10 for MOTM in my work league

  13. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Blimey my first ever Sunderland clean sheet believe it or not 😆

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

    0.06 xG for Burnley lmao

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

      Not one shot all game haha!

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

        *not one shot on target

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      Solid Sunderland

  15. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Yes Dubravka gets a point. Who needs Kelleher.

  16. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Dubravka haul

  17. tucaoneo
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Should have played Alderete over Chalobah/Guehi smh

  18. Ray85
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Good job Reinildo.

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      This why a legend for 3.8

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 9 Years
        2 months, 11 days ago

        What a legend * x

  19. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    We'll take the le Fee defcons. What could have been. Burnley are awful.

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      3rd game they haven't scored away

      3 at home too

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

    big dan ballard at least matched mukiele

  21. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    A nice 17 pointer from double Sunderland

    Up to 73 points and a decent green arrow

    Despite no Bruno and 2 points from Van Hecke on for Saka

    2 FTs and plenty of options this week

    1. tucaoneo
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      Well played!

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        2 months, 11 days ago

        The Gw was back loaded

        Holding Semenyo helped

        Need to sell Saka or Rogers next

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

      15 from Mukiele and Le Fee. 71 pts.

      Was stressing after selling Ekitike, Enzo and Konate on my WC

  22. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Reinildo 11 pointer hitting like crack

    Turned a red arrow into green

  23. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Needed at least 15 points from Muk. Season over..

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      See ya in Aug.

  24. The Tinkerman
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Mukiele and Roefs sending me into the top 5k, never would have predicted having double Sunderland defence at the start of the season

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      Wow you out bragged me well done tinkerman

      1. Bolivian Seaman
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 11 days ago

        Last week I got 25(-4) and fell from 1.7k to 6k. But moved back to 1.7k with 87

        1. Bolivian Seaman
          • 15 Years
          2 months, 11 days ago

          still 98 points behind first place though

  25. Ask Yourself
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Early wildcard doing me wonders again, up to the top 50k for the first time this season

  26. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Someone at Opta who owns Mukiele is going to find something to remove 1 bonus point from Ballard, dont worry.

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

      I watched Mukiele do 4 defcon worthy actions in the space of 5 mins, yet he’s only on 2. Plain weird

      1. Bolivian Seaman
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 11 days ago

        I thought I saw more defcons too

  27. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 11 days ago

    Bruno can feck off. I'm just going to cap Bowen this week.

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

    Inching ever closer to the nose bleed heights of 50k

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      Available for tips on how to get there

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

      50k should be bare minimum for everyone here !

      1. Qaiss
        • 10 Years
        2 months, 11 days ago

        And with the amount of complaining you do I thought you were in the millions

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

          500k is closer to 50k than 600k

  29. MJF
      2 months, 11 days ago

      Great night for the legacy assets in my defence!

    • Miguel Sanchez
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 11 days ago

      23 points on bench boost, we take that and not have to worry about price changes or bench depth anymore

      1. Qaiss
        • 10 Years
        2 months, 11 days ago

        Good use of it. Who did you bench?

        1. Miguel Sanchez
          • 9 Years
          2 months, 11 days ago

          Dubravka 1 Guehi 3 Alderete 6 Ekitike 13

          1. Qaiss
            • 10 Years
            2 months, 11 days ago

            Then that’s not an honest bench boost, lol