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Newcastle United v Brentford rounds off the day’s Premier League football.

Kick-off is at 17:30 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Bruno Guimaraes is back from injury tonight to make his first Newcastle appearance in over two weeks.

He’s one of five changes from the Magpies’ midweek defeat to Manchester City.

Nick Pope is back to replace Aaron Ramsdale between the posts, while it’s all change in attack as Jacob Murphy, Harvey Barnes and Yoane Wissa come in.

Wissa is facing his former employers for the first time since his move to Tyneside last summer.

Jacob Ramsey, Nick Woltemade and Dan Burn drop to the bench, while Anthony Gordon misses out through injury.

Despite his excellent midweek goal, Anthony Elanga has to settle for a place among the substitutes.

Brentford’s one change is enforced as Kevin Schade is suspended.

Keane Lewis-Potter comes into the side.

The lack of other alterations means that Nathan Collins has to stay on the bench. His Gameweek 24 benching was influenced by a knock in training but after Sepp van den Berg and Kristoffer Ajer helped the Bees to a clean sheet at Aston Villa, those two retain their places at centre-half.

LINE-UPS

Newcastle United XI: Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Hall, Bruno Guimaraes, Tonali, Willock, Murphy, Wissa, Barnes.

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

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, Ajer, van den Berg, Henry, Henderson, Yanelt, Jensen, Lewis-Potter, Thiago, Ouattara.

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Pinnock, Nelson, Yarmoliuk, Collins, Damsgaard, Donovan, Furo.

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. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    19 days, 8 hours ago

    2fts and .1 itb. Who to get as third Arsenal and who else?

    Verbruggen
    Gabriel, Timber, Keane, Cash
    Salah, Bruno, Rogers, KDH
    Watkins, DCL

    John, Saka, Thiago, Alderete

    A) Saka and DCL to Semenyo and Havertz
    B) Saka and Keane to Semenyo and Saliba
    C) Saka and DCL to Trossard and Ektikie
    D) Something else

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Mbuemo and Saliba is another option

  2. WD27
    • 7 Years
    19 days, 8 hours ago

    2 Rodon points have appeared after 24 hours of the game for DEFCON..!?

    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Yep it was confirmed yesterday he got 10, game only updated today though

    2. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      19 days, 7 hours ago

      I hate this bs game. So last gw I don't get my mukiele points but now rodon casuals get undeserved points for no reason. Pure bs

      1. WD27
        • 7 Years
        18 days, 20 hours ago

        If he got 10 defcon then they're deserved but I agree with your point

  3. Miguel Sanchez
    • 9 Years
    19 days, 8 hours ago

    Thoughts on going all in on Arsenal at the back in the DGW?

    Raya, Saliba, Gabriel (TC)

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Tempting purely because I have to sell Saka and uncertain on the other attacking picks

      1. Miguel Sanchez
        • 9 Years
        19 days, 8 hours ago

        Yeah, I would be selling Rice for Semenyo to achieve the above with Saliba

        1. FPL Blow-In
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          19 days, 8 hours ago

          Nah, I wouldn’t sell Rice if I owned

    2. mrelpea
      • 9 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Thumbs up from me. Feels like Arsenal are back to their defensive best. Highish, but much higher reward!

      1. mrelpea
        • 9 Years
        19 days, 8 hours ago

        Fwiw, I have triple Arsenal defence

        1. Miguel Sanchez
          • 9 Years
          19 days, 8 hours ago

          Cool, you gonna TC as well or just C?

          1. mrelpea
            • 9 Years
            19 days, 8 hours ago

            I’m going to stick to just captaining Gabriel, at a push Saliba for a differential

    3. pundit of punts
      • 13 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Doing the same with the same 3

      1. Miguel Sanchez
        • 9 Years
        19 days, 8 hours ago

        A clean sheet will be worth 20 points alone before any defcon, bonus or attacking returns.

    4. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      You gotta know when to hold'em, know when to fold'em
      know when to walk away, know when to run.

      It's a gamble - good luck sir!

  4. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    19 days, 8 hours ago

    Palmer has to be the most thick, uncharismatic player ever. Surely had a personality bypass operation? 😆

    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      He's just highly unintelligent

      1. The Knights Template
        • 12 Years
        19 days, 8 hours ago

        Bertrand Russell was a terrible footballer!

        1. Yes Ndidi
          • 6 Years
          19 days, 8 hours ago

          I'm sure even he would have put away a penalty against Wolves though.

        2. Miguel Sanchez
          • 9 Years
          19 days, 8 hours ago

          Didn’t he start on the leftwing when Chelsea won the Champions League in 2012?

        3. Utopsis
          • 6 Years
          19 days, 6 hours ago

          Haha

    2. MJF
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      19 days, 7 hours ago

      Poor lad.

  5. Utopsis
    • 6 Years
    19 days, 8 hours ago

    The advice I was given here yesterday was spot on.

    Rodon over Cash, and Thiago over Pedro (-4).

    Thank you FFS fam!

  6. Leo14CFC
    • 1 Year
    19 days, 8 hours ago

    Captained my man Palmer this week after last week disaster finally payed off

    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      They're still managing his minutes so too early to see any form. Looks a decent captain shout home v Leeds. No Arsenal player in great attacking form.

      1. Leo14CFC
        • 1 Year
        19 days, 8 hours ago

        As much as I don’t like Arsenal I’ll have to captain Gabriel for Tuesday

        1. GreennRed
          • 14 Years
          19 days, 8 hours ago

          Best of luck with that. I've Raya, Gabriel, Rice. Prob punt on Cole. OR is terrible but I'm enjoying myself for now!

  7. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    19 days, 8 hours ago

    When do we get an idea about DGW 33 fixtures?

    After next weekend’s FA cup games or do we need to wait for another round to be over?

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • 9 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Think we need another round and draw after the next round of cup fixtures to find out.

      1. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        19 days, 8 hours ago

        Cheers

  8. waltzingmatildas
    • 15 Years
    19 days, 8 hours ago

    GTG?
    Dubravka
    Gabriel (c) Timber Lacroix
    Bruno Mbeumo Rice Enzo
    Haaland Ekitike Thiago
    (Roefs Esteve Kayode Miley)

    1ft, 0.5itb

  9. Over Midwicket
    • 14 Years
    19 days, 8 hours ago

    Thiago to JP surely will pay off? Thiago stats have plummeted and JP is at the centre of everything.

    I feel most people haven't watched Thiago play and just look at his goal tally and pens. He isn't the main man at Brentford and looks terrible every game.

    1. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Check JP fixtures vs Thiago fixtures from GW28 onwards

      1. Over Midwicket
        • 14 Years
        19 days, 8 hours ago

        I honestly think fixtures are blinding people here. The way Chelsea are scoring goals they can out 2-3 past anyone

    2. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      He is undoubtedly the main man at Brentford, who are you suggesting is instead?

      He's in a mid table team and has 17 league goals - sorry mate he can't be that terrible. Scoring goals is the hardest thing to do in the game.

      He is a similar type of striker to Haaland, who by your definition also looks terrible every game. These players feed off service and don't get involved in the build uo much (unlike Pedro for example). But let me tell you, they know where the goal is.

      1. Over Midwicket
        • 14 Years
        19 days, 8 hours ago

        Have you watched Brentford recently?

        Everything goes through Dango. Janet and Lewis-Potter too. Thiago is completely out of touch when they attack. He's such a pen merchant. Offers nothing else.

        Haaland is also terrible. I've benched him recently and gained a lot of ranks on the sheep who blindly play him.

        1. Utopsis
          • 6 Years
          19 days, 8 hours ago

          Yeah I'm not surprised nothing goes through Thiago, or Haaland, or Gyokeres - they are poachers, they finish the build up they don't get involved in it.

          But you've made up your mind it seems, so enjoy your rapid rank rises from benching / not owning them.

          1. GreennRed
            • 14 Years
            19 days, 8 hours ago

            Haaland's overpriced though on his current form.

            1. Utopsis
              • 6 Years
              19 days, 7 hours ago

              Yeah he's nowhere near worth his price atm, totally agree with that. I can see why folks are going heavy in midfield, and I actually think with Semenyo's arrival he won't be expected to finish everything so the days for b2b hattricks / braces are behind us.

        2. MJF
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          19 days, 7 hours ago

          There's a lot to be said in FPL for holding a nailed, 90-minute man on pens. That goes for both Haaland and Thiago. I thought about shifting Haaland this week but its still a gamble given 70% ownership. Maybe the sheep have their reasons?

    3. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Why would you look at his overall play if his FPL form is good?

      1. Over Midwicket
        • 14 Years
        19 days, 8 hours ago

        His FPL form is terrible.. outside of the 12 and 17 ages ago he pretty much only has 2s..

        1. GreennRed
          • 14 Years
          19 days, 8 hours ago

          Most strikers have a lot of 2s. Calvert Lewin was poor most of the season. Had a hot streak, a lull, now scoring again. If Thiago only scores penalties his points are as good as from open play. Doesn't need to play lovely football to get decent points.

  10. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    19 days, 8 hours ago

    I like Danjo over Wilson for my bench GW 27 and on

    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Dewsbury Hall worth keeping an eye on too.

      1. Utopsis
        • 6 Years
        19 days, 7 hours ago

        I'm bringing him in I think to fund Palmer

  11. leo_messi
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    19 days, 8 hours ago

    Tarko to Saliba for free but I have to do it tonight because of the price changes. Yes or no? This move will give me this :

    Sanchez
    Gabriel - Saliba - Cash
    Bruno Fernandes - Mbeumo - Enzo - Rogers - Rice
    Haaland - Joao Pedro

    Sub: Verbruggen - Kroupi - Nunes - Alderete

    Thanks

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Neither Tark or Saliba are changing in price?

  12. hawkeyes
    • 11 Years
    19 days, 8 hours ago

    Help please:

    A) Enzo + Foden to Palmer + KDH
    B) Wilson + Foden + Van Heck to Palmer + KDH + Hill (for -4)

    1. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Neither

    2. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Misread it. A

      1. hawkeyes
        • 11 Years
        18 days, 22 hours ago

        Thank you 🙂

  13. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    19 days, 8 hours ago

    Sat on 41 in the 1.4M range. Any hope for an actual green tomorrow? Have Wirtz + Ekitike and Semenyo + Guehi + Haaland going.

    1. Over Midwicket
      • 14 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Easily

  14. Slitherene
    • 7 Years
    19 days, 8 hours ago

    Keane, Bowen -> Dalot, Ekitike

    For a hit?

    1. Over Midwicket
      • 14 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Good lord no

    2. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      I'm not even sure I'd do it for free.

  15. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    19 days, 8 hours ago

    Good evening all!!

    Would you bench boost this???

    Dubravka(Palace away)
    KDH(Bournemouth home)
    Chalobah(Leeds home)
    Nunes(Fulham home)

    Cheers all!!

    1. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Yeah if you’ve used your WC already. If not, got to be more points on table using it in double after WC.

      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        19 days, 8 hours ago

        Thankyou mate!! Already used WC so for my team it makes sense to play it probably

        1. Admiral Benson
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          19 days, 8 hours ago

          Yeah, good week for it then. GL

          1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            19 days, 7 hours ago

            Thankyou mate!! Much appreciated!!

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      would lean towards yes, kdh looking very lively at the minute

      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        19 days, 8 hours ago

        Thankyou mate!! Yeah he is. I think I will play it

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      I would, why not

      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        19 days, 8 hours ago

        Cheers mate!!!! I’m going to go for it!!

  16. F4L
    • 11 Years
    19 days, 8 hours ago

    oh right enzo missed a 1 on 1 trying a rabona......cheers lad. couldnt tell if he was onside, was a wolves player coming out on the near side, might've kept him on

  17. The Knights Template
    • 12 Years
    19 days, 8 hours ago

    Watkins > Joao Pele? Thankee!

    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Yes.

    2. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Aye

    3. DBry
        19 days, 7 hours ago

        For two games?
        Or does he longer term value?

        1. The Knights Template
          • 12 Years
          19 days, 7 hours ago

          Two games.

      • Utopsis
        • 6 Years
        19 days, 7 hours ago

        Watkins has some delicious fixtures coming up though!

        1. Mother Farke
          • 2 Years
          19 days, 7 hours ago

          Watkins has some delicious xG coming up.

    4. Atimis
      • 9 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      Which option?

      1) Verb to Raya
      2) Potts to Arsenal mid
      3) HWilson to Arsenal mid

      1. GreennRed
        • 14 Years
        19 days, 8 hours ago

        A

      2. Admiral Benson
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        19 days, 8 hours ago

        2
        Assuming you’ve got Gab & Timber

        1. Atimis
          • 9 Years
          19 days, 8 hours ago

          Yes

      3. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        19 days, 8 hours ago

        I have 2FTs so could add Wilson to some mid up to 7.3

    5. Steve McCroskey
      • 12 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      In a bit of a pickle with my team, can't afford Saliba, Timber or Rice - would Wilson and O'Reilly > Zubamendi and Calafiori be worth it?

    6. Atimis
      • 9 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      How nailed is Tross?

      1. Admiral Benson
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        19 days, 8 hours ago

        Did he not go off injured?

        1. Atimis
          • 9 Years
          19 days, 7 hours ago

          Damn

    7. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      19 days, 8 hours ago

      A titteravating query that will be on some lollygaggers’ minds! Dubravka > Sa? Thankee!

      1. Admiral Benson
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        19 days, 8 hours ago

        The algorithms are pushing that move. Make of that what you will….

      2. Captain Mal
        • 1 Year
        19 days, 7 hours ago

        When in doubt, sell Dub?

    8. billnats
      • 14 Years
      19 days, 7 hours ago

      DGW: Already have Raya & Gabriel
      Current: Dorgu & Wilson with 2FT

      Change to:
      A) Reinaldo & Rice
      B) Timber & KDH

      1. DBry
          19 days, 7 hours ago

          B. Looks better

          But your eggs are all in, if Ars do let a scrappy/late goal in

          1. billnats
            • 14 Years
            19 days, 7 hours ago

            Ye that’s my concern with the triple Arsenal defence.

            Reinaldo/KDH don’t really come into it as they’ll be on bench.

        • Admiral Benson
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          19 days, 7 hours ago

          B

      2. DBry
          19 days, 7 hours ago

          Rice, Semenyo, Enzo, Bruno, Wirtz
          Watkins, Guiu, Haaland

          Not sure I’m happy with this.

          Would like some money to get a third striker.

          Anderson in ? But for who?

          1. Miguel Sanchez
            • 9 Years
            19 days, 7 hours ago

            Rice

            1. FC Hakkebøf
              • 9 Years
              19 days, 7 hours ago

              Before a dgw? Terrible advice.

        • Nightf0x
          • 10 Years
          19 days, 7 hours ago

          Sanchez (dub)
          Gabriel timber richards (keane mukiele)
          Enzo bruno rice rogers king
          Haland watkins (tiago)

          King to whom ?

          A) KDH, gw27 watkins to ekitike
          B) rayan, gw27 watkins keane -4 to ekitike hill
          C) roll ft, start mukiele/keane, gw27 watkins keane king -4 to ekitike dango hill

          1. DBry
              19 days, 7 hours ago

              Watkins has a great run coming up. Not tempted to keep him?

          2. DBry
              19 days, 7 hours ago

              Best 5 midfielders combo atm?

              Bruno.

              Who from, Mbeumo, Wirtz, Rice, Enzo, Anderson, Palmer, Rogers

              1. FC Hakkebøf
                • 9 Years
                19 days, 7 hours ago

                Palmer, Mbeumo, Wirtz, Rogers, Rice and Anderson in that order.

                Rice for the dgw though.

              2. DBry
                  19 days, 7 hours ago

                  Semenyo

                • Ze_Austin
                  • 7 Years
                  19 days, 7 hours ago

                  I've got BrunoF Mbeumo Semenyo Rogers Rice

                  But I'm already considering BrunoG for Rice (GW28) and putting Wirtz in there... Somewhere...

                  1. DBry
                      19 days, 7 hours ago

                      Ive got
                      Rice, Semenyo, Enzo, Wirtz and Bruno

                      Had BG for ages, but transferred him out for Wirtz this week. Missed out on 11 there!

                      1. Ze_Austin
                        • 7 Years
                        19 days, 7 hours ago

                        Yeah, only his injury made me sell. Dude's FPL gold, imo

                        Are you going back to him soon too?

                • FC Hakkebøf
                  • 9 Years
                  19 days, 7 hours ago

                  Which move do you prefer?

                  A) VVD to Saliba (triple Arsenal defence)
                  B) Gakpo to Rice
                  C) Rogers to Rice

                  1. DBry
                      19 days, 7 hours ago

                      B

                    • Pilgrim62
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 9 Years
                      19 days, 7 hours ago

                      A

                    • Ze_Austin
                      • 7 Years
                      19 days, 7 hours ago

                      B

                    • waltzingmatildas
                      • 15 Years
                      19 days, 7 hours ago

                      B

                    • Wet Bandits
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 10 Years
                      19 days, 7 hours ago

                      B.

                      I think you'll want Rogers & Rice

                  2. Yes Ndidi
                    • 6 Years
                    19 days, 7 hours ago

                    Now that my sneaky Trossard pick has both peaked early and crocked himself, I'm thinking now that Pickford > Raya (alongside Rice & Gab TC) might be my best way to navigate the DGW. All the talk of double, triple & quadruple defence is a tad disconcerting, even though the chances of them conceding in at least one and possibly both shouldn't be overlooked. For all the talk of Moyes being defensively minded, they don't half concede a lot of pointless goals

                    Makes GW31 easier as well, although Dub could easily score SFA

                    1. Ze_Austin
                      • 7 Years
                      19 days, 7 hours ago

                      I like double Arsenal defence because I'll keep them for a while anyway

                      So they aren't purely DGW buys

                  3. waltzingmatildas
                    • 15 Years
                    19 days, 7 hours ago

                    I've got exact money for Miley to KDH. He'd probably start over Thiago this week. Would you do it?

                    1. Ze_Austin
                      • 7 Years
                      19 days, 7 hours ago

                      Neither is close to a price change, so you can wait for some pressers/news

                      But yeah, I would

                      1. waltzingmatildas
                        • 15 Years
                        19 days, 7 hours ago

                        Cheers, I never fully trust the predictions!

                  4. Steve McCroskey
                    • 12 Years
                    19 days, 7 hours ago

                    Is Zubimendi a realistic pick? Can't afford Rice, nor a third defender

                    1. Miguel Sanchez
                      • 9 Years
                      19 days, 7 hours ago

                      If you can't afford anything else it is fine as a third Arsenal

                  5. Wet Bandits
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    19 days, 7 hours ago

                    Saka & Sanchez - Raya & Rogers?