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There are three Premier League matches kicking off at 14:00 GMT on Sunday.

TEAM NEWS

There are two alterations for Liverpool from the team that beat Brighton and Hove Albion in the FA Cup.

Ryan Gravenberch and Hugo Ekitike come into the side as Curtis Jones and Federico Chiesa drop to the bench.

Vitor Pereira’s Nottingham Forest are unsurprisingly unchanged from their 3-0 win over Fenerbahce in midweek.

At Selhurst Park, there are four changes to the Crystal Palace XI from Thursday: Jaydee Canvot, Tyrick Mitchell, Will Hughes and Yeremy Pino in for the injured Maxence Lacroix and benched Borna Sosa, Daichi Kamada and Brennan Johnson.

As for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Tolu Arokodare comes in for Angel Gomes.

There is just one change from Sunderland’s last Premier League XI.

Jocelin replaces the injured Reinildo Mandava, with Trai Hume consequently moving to left-back.

Granit Xhaka is named on the bench on his return from injury.

There is only one alteration for the visitors compared to Gameweek 26, too.

Samuel Chukwueze is injured, with Kevin taking his place on the left flank.

*Florian Wirtz has been injured in the warm-up for Liverpool. Curtis Jones comes in.

LINE-UPS

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Canvot, Richards, Riad, Munoz, Wharton, Hughes, Mitchell, Sarr, Pino, Strand Larsen

Subs: Benitez, Clyne, Sosa, Kamada, Uche, Devenny, Cardines, Johnson, Guessand

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa, Mosquera, S Bueno, Krejci, Tchatchoua, Bellegarde, Andre, Mane, H Bueno, Arokodare, Armstrong

Subs: Johnstone, R Gomes, Wolfe, Lima, Doherty, Toti, A Gomes, J Gomes, Edozie


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

Subs: Gunn, Morato, Ndoye, Dominguez, Lucca, Yates, Cunha, McAtee, Bakwa

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Szoboszlai, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Jones, Gakpo, Ekitike

Subs: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Gomez, Chiesa, Robertson, Nyoni, Ramsay, Morrison, Ngumoha


Sunderland XI: Roefs, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Hume, Sadiki, Diarra, Le Fee, Jocelin, Angulo, Brobbey

Subs: Ellborg, Geertruida, Talbi, Rigg, Mayenda, O’Nien, Mundle, Isidor, Xhaka

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Sessegnon, Iwobi, Berge, Wilson, Smith Rowe, Kevin, Jimenez

Subs: Lecomte, Reed, Muniz, Cairney, Bobb, Cuenca, Castagne, King, Diop


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
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Salah C to save my gw please

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      good luck!

      hoping salah returns to his traditional goal + assist today

  2. JBG
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Only need CS and 3 goals from Roefs

    1. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      4 months, 24 days ago

      😀

    2. Esraj
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      3 penalty saves is a bit more palatable, I guess.

    3. Sandy Ravage
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      i'll take 2 pen saves and 2 assists

  3. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Spurs vs Arsenal score predictions? Im thinking 2-2

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      1-2

      Or 2-3

      Not sure

      Normally goals

  4. shirtless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Enzo>Wirtz off

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Yep, he’s out today in warm up

    2. Goro Majima
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      So nearly did the transfer last night as it looked like Enzo might drop, so glad I decided that was unwise.

  5. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Bought Wirtz in this week...I'm so good at this!

  6. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    SCENES

  7. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Of course it had to be Wirtz going off in warm up and not Ekitike. Never ever lucky in this game.

    1. Peteex
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Still every time I visit this site I found U crying in the comments.

      Maybe try to stop that and the luck will find U too

      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        4 months, 24 days ago

        He goes about in pity for himself

      2. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        4 months, 24 days ago

        How is crying in the comment after playing well and getting punished by bad luck every single gw going to effect my luck?

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 months, 24 days ago

          It's just your aura shining through

          Your persona, one may say?

          1. Brosstan
            • 11 Years
            4 months, 24 days ago

            I don't believe in manifesting, karma etc. Maybe that's the secret of the people who are in the 0.1% luck season after season but I doubt it.

  8. z13
    • 1 Year
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Who's the man who has O'Reilly first bench

    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      ... o/ need Ekitike to match him which is never going to happen. He has 2.2 ppg when I play him

    2. JBG
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Shaft!

      1. Sandy Ravage
        • 10 Years
        4 months, 24 days ago

        You damn right

  9. F4L
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    wirtz 😥 so frustrating

  10. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    What's with the Fulham, chameleon kit?

    Hope it's a bit more distinctive at pitch level..

  11. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Mukiele back on long throws

    His hand has pulled through

  12. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Liverpool look dreadful, any momentum from the Brighton win is lost

  13. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Mukiele down

  14. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Nearly did some transfers last night that included getting in Wirtz out of fear I’d be priced out - phew

  15. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    I think Slot needs to go.

    Liverpool are lost.

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      wirtz a huge loss, been their best player for months

    2. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      We want you to stay
      We want you to staaaay

  16. fusen
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Mukiele not making 60 mins

  17. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Mukiele about to be subbed off, injured.

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Nooooooo!

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 months, 24 days ago

        Not that yet

        Looks okay in fact

    2. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 9 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Getting worse every gameweek.

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 months, 24 days ago

        False alarm

        For now

    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      He's back on

      Might be fine

      Sub was getting ready but he's put his training top back in

      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 months, 24 days ago

        Good man...fight on to 60 minutes Mukiele, do it for the FPL'ers!

    4. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Not happy to see anyone get injured. Purely from an FPL perspective he has been torturing me since I downgraded to Alderete in gw19!

  18. Traction Engine Foot
    • 8 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Wirtz and Mukiele, I am cursed this season

    1. MVDP
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Ouch

  19. Tic Tacs
    • 6 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Mukiele getting injured the week I play bench boost really epitomises my luck this season.

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      I had it with Romero and his warm up injury earlier on

      Happens often enough

      Can still score well

    2. JBG
      • 8 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Skill issue, you should foresee a random injury at any time. That's why no.1 is no.1

  20. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Mukiele down and about to go off

    Possibly a serious injury

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      He's hobbling but also upset

  21. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    The people who go on about skill being a factor in this game are absolutely deluded

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      I skilfully pick duds every gameweek so I disagree

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 months, 24 days ago

        Consistency is key.

        That's what differentiatea ...

    2. fusen
      • 14 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      You've seemingly been playing for at least 11 seasons, how is this news?

      Everyone knows there is a huge chunk of luck involved in this game. It's about trying to make a season full of sensible picks so that the good and bad luck evens itself out, except you can't guarantee you won't just have an overly unlucky season and you do badly even with a lot of sensible decisions.

      I've got three sub 5k finishes and I literally didn't change my playing style when I also was finishing 100-200k

      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        4 months, 24 days ago

        It's not news yet a ton of people act under the impression that their decision making is the main factor determining their success. Luck is 90% of this game

        1. Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          4 months, 24 days ago

          Actually no, it's 99% as long as you don't pick objectively crap players that aren't nailed to play.

          1. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            4 months, 24 days ago

            It's probably as much good judgement.

            As luck

    3. Tic Tacs
      • 6 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Unfortunately any skill can be negated by the bad luck element- but the only skill that matters in FPL is going so template that you stay roughly with the pack.

  22. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Can’t give Szobo free kicks in this range

  23. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Mukiele off

    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Of course he couldn't get injured before the game instead.

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 months, 24 days ago

        Pretty inconsiderate of him to get injured to be fair

  24. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 9 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Hope Fulham score a brace. League opponent has Ballard.

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      I’m jus keeping an eye on Muniz mins to see if they start to gradually increase

  25. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Nord off

  26. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Nice Sunny day across England for a change.

  27. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    No way Mukiele subbed off omg

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      Yeah

      He was unlucky tbf

      Looked like something went

      Off the ball

  28. fedolefan
    • 12 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Feck, Wirtz injury just when my team needed him most.

  29. Rwilliams90
    • 14 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    Getting Van Hecke off the bench for Wirtz. Thanks Florian!

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      That's lucky!

      He's second on my bench

      Behind Timber

  30. GREEN JUMPERS
    • 5 Years
    4 months, 24 days ago

    What happened to Wirtz?

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      He was unlucky!

      Warm up injury

    2. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      4 months, 24 days ago

      He used to be joke of a signing suddenly so many have him?