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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. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    3 hours, 19 mins ago

    Thoughts Spurs confirmed MGW was their player earlier this season?

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      2 hours, 40 mins ago

      NFO safe with this win and GD comfortable…it’s a two team shoot out now:

      Spurs vs Hammers…

  2. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 hours, 19 mins ago

    I picked Roefs on FH

    Also picked Gibbs-White

    Need a pen save now from Wood lol

    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      2 hours, 41 mins ago

      Exactly same here! Dont know why i put roefs. Pickford on bench

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        2 hours, 40 mins ago

        I have Pickford on the bench too!

  3. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 hours, 14 mins ago

    Football is about to go from 433s to 442s again

  4. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    3 hours, 14 mins ago

    Oof, Scout Picks went for Mukiele and didn't even have Gibby in the squad

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      3 hours, 12 mins ago

      Yeah I said why on earth they picked him over KDH a few hours ago

  5. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    3 hours, 14 mins ago

    Considering many thought the season was pretty much done a couple months ago, it’s actually gonna be a very interesting run-in, at the top, bottom and middle (for Europe)…

  6. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 hours, 9 mins ago

    Taking a -20 hit to get triple Sunderland defence and be on -4! 😮
    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/299201/event/34/
    Current rank #7k OR

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      2 hours, 31 mins ago

      -5 😉

    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      2 hours, 15 mins ago

      Christ and I thought I had it bad.

      Like the ambition of it but it’s always the way that you just absolutely shaft yourself with moves like that

  7. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    3 hours, 7 mins ago

    Sunderland fan who started Alderete, is on a -4 and no Forest #dreamland. This can get a lot worse and probably will.

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      2 hours, 30 mins ago

      Assume MGW 8000% EO?

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        2 hours, 27 mins ago

        Around 30%

    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      2 hours, 29 mins ago

      I’m the only one in my ML who has MGW lol

  8. #1 Salah Hater
    • 1 Year
    3 hours, 5 mins ago

    A friendly reminder that for the price of 1x Mo Salah, you could've bought 1x MGW + 1x Igor Jesus

    Anyways, always the chance Liverpool get 3 penalties tomorrow to even things out.

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      2 hours, 27 mins ago

      Got all 3, Salah (C) though for old times’ sake

    2. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      2 hours, 27 mins ago

      Salah will brace

      1. #1 Salah Hater
        • 1 Year
        2 hours, 26 mins ago

        So just the 2 penalties then?

        1. Utopsis
          • 6 Years
          2 hours, 19 mins ago

          Hopefully!

      2. Utopsis
        • 6 Years
        2 hours, 24 mins ago

        Hopefully!

    3. Sir Michael Taker
      • 11 Years
      2 hours, 26 mins ago

      Useful if they introduce a chip where you can take premiums on with 2 players

    4. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 hours, 25 mins ago

      Szoboszlai is on pens!

      1. #1 Salah Hater
        • 1 Year
        2 hours, 24 mins ago

        That would be a breach of Salah's contract if he's on the pitch

      2. Utopsis
        • 6 Years
        2 hours, 22 mins ago

        Even if Slot has mandates this, Salah will take them off him

        1. #1 Salah Hater
          • 1 Year
          2 hours, 19 mins ago

          Could be mandated by the FA, PL & FIFA and he'd still snatch the ball out of Szob's hands

  9. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    3 hours, 5 mins ago

    Too much to ask for a Neco goal in second half?

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      2 hours, 27 mins ago

      Would be the dream

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      2 hours, 27 mins ago

      He’ll do well to keep a clean sheet

    3. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 hours, 25 mins ago

      It’s would be dream scenario but I’d take the cs and defcons!

  10. Sir Michael Taker
    • 11 Years
    3 hours, 4 mins ago

    Forest could yet get Champions League in this form. Its not that unlikely they beat Villa over two legs and then they are in the final. Doing it the Spurs 24/25 way

  11. fusen
    • 14 Years
    3 hours, 2 mins ago

    Some real captain hindsights about MGW getting points here, everyone seemingly knew it would be 4-0 before HT away to Sunderland who have one of the best home defences this season

    1. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      2 hours, 24 mins ago

      Most here react to what’s just happened rather than predict events. Obviously they knew it would be 4-0 at half time

    2. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      2 hours, 23 mins ago

      But they scored 4 last week too!

    3. Sir Michael Taker
      • 11 Years
      2 hours, 23 mins ago

      Its taken me 33 gameweeks to realise none of this form stuff means anything this season. Theres two good teams, two bad teams and 16 varying shades of quite good to quite bad but you dont know which one your getting. FDR well in truly in the mud

    4. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      2 hours, 17 mins ago

      I dropped him on my FH and got triple SUN defence (benched)
      Proper Jeckyl and Hyde from them

    5. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      2 hours, 13 mins ago

      Not hindsight if you have in your team, mate

  12. Dank Squid
    • 7 Years
    3 hours, 1 min ago

    Data, computers, AI models, predicted points vs mountains, rivers, Forest

  13. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    3 hours ago

    Glad to refs getting tough with imaginary card waving.

  14. bitm2007
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 hours, 58 mins ago

    Missed GW deadline (didn't know there was a game tonight) and ended up with Rogers, Cunha & Bowen (c) on FH instead of Salah. Wilson & Bruno (c), feels like a 20ish point mistake but could come good.

  15. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    2 hours, 55 mins ago

    FH
    Triple Sunderland defence on my bench.
    Squeaky bum weekend

  16. Sun God Nika
    • 5 Years
    2 hours, 53 mins ago

    Picked mgw for two reasons

    1. His haul last week
    2.And because this time last season i took him out and he went and had back to back hauls to haunt me

    Logic means nothing in fpl so don’t stress

    This is a guy who benched Bowen many times when he hauled

  17. evilfish
    • 10 Years
    2 hours, 52 mins ago

    Oh Gosh, I picked Roefs on my FH!

  18. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    2 hours, 52 mins ago

    1.7% owned Jesus on an 14 pointer

  19. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    2 hours, 52 mins ago

    Alderete gets into some good attacking positions, but he’s a bit crap sadly. 🙁

  20. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    2 hours, 50 mins ago

    Ballard G

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      2 hours, 13 mins ago

      Muki could be offside

    2. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      2 hours, 13 mins ago

      Offside?

      1. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        2 hours, 13 mins ago

        Close

    3. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 hours, 13 mins ago

      Yuck. There goes my Williams cs

    4. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      2 hours, 12 mins ago

      Foul on Sels as well

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        2 hours, 11 mins ago

        Getting scrubbed for keeper sweep leg

  21. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    2 hours, 48 mins ago

    Just enough time for that Neco CS to be added to the points total to then instantly evaporate.

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      2 hours, 11 mins ago

      Or maybe not

  22. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    2 hours, 48 mins ago

    Foul on keeper

  23. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    2 hours, 48 mins ago

    Mukiele assist!

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      2 hours, 11 mins ago

      No goal

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        2 hours, 10 mins ago

        Bizarre still says 1-4 on Sky app

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          2 hours, 9 mins ago

          65th minute

    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      2 hours, 11 mins ago

      Think again

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        2 hours, 10 mins ago

        No probs, get to keep Neco CS 😎

    3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      2 hours, 11 mins ago

      \o/

  24. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    2 hours, 48 mins ago

    Igor also on 8 x DCs, MGW on 7..

  25. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    2 hours, 47 mins ago

    Poor Mukiele owners

  26. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    2 hours, 47 mins ago

    Scrubbed

    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      2 hours, 8 mins ago

      Happy days! Mukiele and Ballard goal involvements are unnecessary.

  27. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    2 hours, 46 mins ago

    Neco dream still alive

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 hours, 45 mins ago

      Come on Williams

    2. WVA
      • 9 Years
      2 hours, 45 mins ago

      I just went for Porro over him but great pick!

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        2 hours, 5 mins ago

        Got both, Gabriel and Mukiele other defenderw

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          2 hours, 5 mins ago

          *defenders

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 hours, 42 mins ago

      and he's booked

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        2 hours, 4 mins ago

        As long as he gets that goal and cleanie we can live with a -1

  28. WVA
    • 9 Years
    2 hours, 46 mins ago

    No goal, probably correct given how embarrassing that Mukiele assist would have been

  29. Toby Lerone
    • 10 Years
    2 hours, 42 mins ago

    VAR is so so bad for the game.

  30. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    2 hours, 42 mins ago

    At least I have MGW, despite of triple Spurs lol