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Blank Gameweek 34 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) gets underway at 8pm BST.

Sunderland take on Nottingham Forest, who are unbeaten in their last five Premier League games, at the Stadium of Light.

TEAM NEWS

Dan Ballard returns to the Sunderland starting XI in place of Luke O’Nien, who is demoted to substitute duty.

Ballard partners Omar Alderete at the back.

The Paraguayan centre-half was substituted early in the second half last week because of illness.

The other alteration from Gameweek 33 is Trai Hume in for the benched Reinildo at left-back.

Forest start both Igor Jesus and Chris Wood, a tactic they successfully used in the second half of last week’s 4-1 win over Burnley.

Jesus replaces Dilane Bakwa, who moves to the bench.

The injured Murillo is replaced by Jair Cunha in the only other change.

LINE-UPS

Sunderland XI: Roefs, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Hume, Xhaka, Diarra, Sadiki, Rigg, Le Fee, Brobbey

Subs: Ellborg, Cirkin, Reinildo, Geertruida, O’Nien, Talbi, Mayenda, Isidor, H Jones

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Cunha, Williams, Anderson, Sangare, Hutchinson, Jesus, Gibbs-White, Wood

Subs: Ortega, Morato, Awoniyi, Ndoye, Dominguez, Yates, McAtee, Netz, Bakwa


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  1. Utopsis
    • 6 Years
    1 hour, 5 mins ago

    What on God's green earth is going on?

  2. WVA
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 5 mins ago

    Sunderland on the beach with Wolves

  3. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    1 hour, 5 mins ago

    I was so close to swapping out MGW on my FH for Eze. Fine margins!

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      7 mins ago

      The boasting creativity is tireless

  4. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 hour, 4 mins ago

    MGW is gonna have to come in for Palmer permanently

    1. Effe
      • 15 Years
      1 hour, 4 mins ago

      Same here

  5. Jet5605
    • 11 Years
    1 hour, 4 mins ago

    3 SUN players on my FH bench. Luckily Mavro is first sub blocking two of them

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      5 mins ago

      Mavro blocking Brobbey and Mukiele for me

      1. Jet5605
        • 11 Years
        1 min ago

        Same. Raya better show up to stop Roefs coming in

        1. Baps Hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          just now

          I started last page with top post saying that.

  6. Effe
    • 15 Years
    1 hour, 4 mins ago

    Any assist on the fourth goal?

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      1 hour, 4 mins ago

      Nope

    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      1 hour, 4 mins ago

      No, I don’t think so

    3. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      1 hour, 3 mins ago

      Probably Aina

    4. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 hour, 3 mins ago

      Aina

  7. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    1 hour, 4 mins ago

    Season over. No GibbsWhite

    1. Peteex
      • 13 Years
      just now

      Your season has ended like 100 times already. Do us a favor and end it for real already

  8. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    1 hour, 4 mins ago

    Spent the whole week convincing myself it was a good idea to not get MGW on FH, already a complete shambles and could end up a cricket score.

    Just so worn by this nonsense every week:lol:

  9. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    1 hour, 3 mins ago

    Any chance Anderson? Gibbs W was too predictable so avoided him unfortunately

    1. Riverside Red
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      just now

      Don't worry Anderson will get us a couple of points

  10. Ady87
    • 12 Years
    1 hour, 3 mins ago

    I had Igor in my FH team that admittedly I only started today. In the end decided double Forrest not a great idea and when 3/5/2.

    I have Roefs and I didn’t even know who he was till about 2pm today when half the FH teams had him in.

    Anyway, more points pls.

  11. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    1 hour, 3 mins ago

    Pathetic from Sunderland.

  12. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    1 hour, 2 mins ago

    MGW galore….we want more

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      1 hour, 2 mins ago

      Please make it stop

  13. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    1 hour, 2 mins ago

    -1 from 3 so far...

  14. Ribus
    • 12 Years
    1 hour, 2 mins ago

    What the hell is going on there..

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      1 hour, 1 min ago

      One team needs to win, other team on the beach

  15. Ady87
    • 12 Years
    1 hour, 2 mins ago

    Omg rival is fielding 9 with double Sunderland defence. Dream land. Shame one of the 9 is MGW.

  16. Im New Here
    • 5 Years
    1 hour, 2 mins ago

    MGW owners unite

    1. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      3 mins ago

      o/ Like most players on FH

      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        just now

        Except for this clown over here

  17. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    1 hour, 1 min ago

    Used a trans to get in mukiele
    First time owning a Sunderland def, already conceded 4 before half time!

    Should have saved transfer and had ten men !

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      2 mins ago

      They conceded 4 last week!

      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        just now

        True, thought at home be bit better !

  18. WVA
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 1 min ago

    Might need MGW for rest of season, could end up in top 5 points scorers this season!

  19. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 1 min ago

    Goodness me, swapping out Gibbs-White shortly before the deadline and ending up backing Roefs instead is a calamitous example of too much Free Hit tinkering…

    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      9 mins ago

      ouch

    2. I picked Roefs for the saves…

    3. Winging it
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      just now

      Transferring out one player is not "calamitous" massive overreaction, taking out Gibbs-White- a hat trick, Justin- 19 points and Truffert- 13 points on a FH is.

  20. ViperStripes
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    1 hour ago

    FFS Free hit benched NWilliams and played Mukiele

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      19 mins ago

      It was a logical decision

      1. Winging it
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        just now

        Why just because the statistics said it would be a close game? Football can be unpredictable.

  21. Dank Squid
    • 7 Years
    1 hour ago

    MGW is the new Bruno/Salah/Palmer/Haaland/anyone. I missed the train

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      8 mins ago

      I never even knew the train was coming to begin with

      1. Dank Squid
        • 7 Years
        4 mins ago

        Trying to catch the next bus. Alex Scott?

  22. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    1 hour ago

    Me: Dalot, Xavi, Eze, KDH
    Him: Mavropanos, Gakpo, Bowen, +15 points

    Have I any hope? 😆

      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
        just now

        Comforting

  23. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    58 mins ago

    Went back and forth between BrunoF/Salah captain, never considered going for the Gibbler

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      57 mins ago

      Gibblidinho…

  24. bitm2007
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    58 mins ago

    Oh no There a game on, and I've missed the FH deadline. Captaincy ended up on Bowen by mistake, not Gibbs White.

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      just now

      Count yourself lucky you have him

  25. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    58 mins ago

    Honestly I was going for MGW this GW even if he hadn’t scored a hatrick last weekend…honestly

    Will take jam, what ever form it’s served up in….yum

  26. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    57 mins ago

    Felt like a lot of people were being different for the sake of being different on FH

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      23 mins ago

      I was, never again, next year I’ll plod along with the flock

    2. Sir Michael Taker
      • 11 Years
      21 mins ago

      Isnt that the idea of a free hit though? Its a one week roll of the dice on riskier guys you may never own ordinarily. I thought it was anyway but what I've seen is a lot of tommy template ai picks who are high floor low ceiling types like Rice

  27. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    57 mins ago

    Eight goals from last nine shots on target

    #qualitypremierleaguekeepers

    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      just now

      Keeper is irrelevant if the shots are quality

  28. Sir Michael Taker
    • 11 Years
    55 mins ago

    There were some rumours I saw this week that I found hard to believe but hey thats football these days that Le Bris might lose his job in the summer. They are certainly playing like something untoward is going on

    1. Dank Squid
      • 7 Years
      1 min ago

      Le Bris, debris

  29. Buy back Bruno or Gabriel first?

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      54 mins ago

      El Gibbazza…he’s also leading NFO DefCons lol…

      1. Was going to buy him 3rd but away to Chelsea maybe you’re right.

    2. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      51 mins ago

      Tricky thought I was being clever keeping both but ended up with red arrow on BB. \Who is starting instead of them?

  30. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    54 mins ago

    Any chance bruno is ill or injured? Mgw my vc, more by accident on a quick free hit