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Three Premier League matches get underway at 3pm BST today, with Premier League survival and European qualification places at stake:

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TEAM NEWS

It’s one change apiece at St James’ Park, where Joelinton returns from a two-match suspension to take the place of Jacob Ramsey.

Anthony Gordon makes the bench after recovering from a hip issue. Lewis Hall has to be content with a place among the substitutes for a second match running, too.

As for the Seagulls, Danny Welbeck is predictably back in the starting XI after his midweek breather in Double Gameweek 33.

Georginio Rutter makes way.

The team news couldn’t be simpler at Brentford, where both the hosts and West Ham United are unchanged.

At Molineux, Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Rob Edwards brings in Dan Bentley, Yerson Mosquera and Tolu Arokodare.

Matt Doherty and Rodrigo Gomes drop to the bench, while goalkeeper Jose Sa misses out through injury.

Regis Le Bris responds to the pummelling at the hands of Nottingham Forest by replacing Habib Diarra and Chris Rigg with Reinildo and Chemsdine Talbi.

LINE-UPS

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, van den Berg, Collins, Lewis-Potter, Yarmoliuk, Jensen, Ouattara, Damsgaard, Schade, Thiago.

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Pinnock, Dasilva, Nelson, Ajer, Janelt, Donovan, Furo.

West Ham United XI: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Disasi, Diouf, Bowen, Soucek, Mateus Fernandes, Summerville, Pablo, Castellanos.

Subs: Areola, Wilson, Adama, Lamadrid, Todibo, Magassa, Wan-Bissaka, Scarles, Kante.


Newcastle United XI: Pope, Miley, Thiaw, Botman, Burn, Guimaraes, Joelinton, Tonali, Murphy, Osula, Willock.

Subs: Ramsdale, Trippier, Hall, Wissa, Gordon, Barnes, Elanga, Woltemade, Ramsey.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Verbruggen, Wieffer, van Hecke, Boscagli, Kadioglu, Gross, Baleba, Minteh, Hinshelwood, Mitoma, Welbeck.

Subs: Steele, Julio, Dunk, Rutter, Kostoulas, Ayari, De Cuyper, O’Riley, Veltman.


Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Bentley, Lima, Mosquera, S Bueno, Toti, H Bueno, Andre, J Gomes, Mane, Armstrong, Arokodare.

Subs: Gracey, Tchatchoua, Doherty, Wolfe, A Gomes, Bellegarde, R Gomes, Edozie, Hwang.

Sunderland XI: Roefs, Mukiele, Ballard, Alderete, Reinildo, Xhaka, Sadiki, Le Fee, Hume, Talbi, Brobbey.

Subs: Ellborg, Geertruida, O’Nien, Cirkin, Rigg, Diarra, Mayenda, Isidor, Ta Bi.


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. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 15 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Welbeck 59 min blank

    1. The Philosopher
      • 6 Years
      3 months, 11 days ago

      Ban

  2. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Ramsdale, Trippier, Hall, Wissa, Gordon, Barnes, Elanga, Woltemade, Ramsey.

    That's a crazy Newcastle bench today!

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 11 days ago

      Their starting eleven suux

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

      Particularly crazy for a team in the 14th

    3. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      3 months, 11 days ago

      Only 3 of them are any good

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

    Just Kelleher, Thiago and Bruno G in these games for me

  4. SpaceCadet
    • 12 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Let’s go Danny!!

  5. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Verbruggen + Van Hecke benched

    Glorious to see the CS gone after 10 minutes

  6. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Bart howler

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 11 days ago

      Osula G
      Murphy A

  7. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    TOON

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

    All Murphy there

  9. fusen
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Relying on the Van Heck defcons now :X

  10. SpaceCadet
    • 12 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Kayode g

    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      3 months, 11 days ago

      Mavropanos OG

  11. x.jim.x
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Mukiele G

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      3 months, 11 days ago

      Nice, brought him in last week when conceded 5 !

    2. Sandy Ravage
      • 10 Years
      3 months, 11 days ago

      benched

    3. Raoul Nogues
      3 months, 11 days ago

      Xhaka A

    4. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 11 days ago

      Would’ve been a whole page of celebrations here before folks hit the 2nd WC

  12. Raoul Nogues
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Taty post

  13. FPL Sanky
    • 2 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Mukiele vs Alderete decision has been a season defining decision...gutted I went the wrong way

  14. x.jim.x
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Mavropanos scoring in the right end now

    Diouf assist

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

      Yuck

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

        Disallowed

    2. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      3 months, 11 days ago

      Ruled out, offside

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 11 days ago

      offside

    4. Raoul Nogues
      3 months, 11 days ago

      Var says no

    5. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 11 days ago

      He’s dangerous in both penalty areas

  15. Raoul Nogues
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Offside

  16. THE Wild Rover
    • 15 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Ballard Red incoming

    1. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 months, 11 days ago

      Called it!

  17. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Mavropanos owners, harsh

  18. THE Wild Rover
    • 15 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Burn goal

    1. Raoul Nogues
      3 months, 11 days ago

      Bruno G A

  19. Raoul Nogues
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Bureau G

  20. x.jim.x
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Dan Burn G

    Toon-nil

    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      3 months, 11 days ago

      Bruno G assist

  21. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Burn G

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

    Woohoo points

  23. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    He's from Blyth
    You're never gonna beat Dan Burn!!

  24. Jimmers
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Damsgaard - awful miss - open goal

  25. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Leeds and Brighton defence owners mudded

    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      3 months, 11 days ago

      Check!

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

    Ballard red card

  27. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Sunderland down to ten, hope they can hang on to cs !

  28. Raoul Nogues
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Hinshelwood post

  29. mixology
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Newcastle have been so bad, they deserve to be in relegation battle.

    Of course, Bruno G has been a tremendous absence

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

      Been very good today

      1. mixology
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 months, 11 days ago

        They finally decided to show up

    2. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 months, 11 days ago

      Woltemade & Wissa have been poor buys
      All the time they had Osula who likes like one to watch in FPL next season

  30. THE Wild Rover
    • 15 Years
    3 months, 11 days ago

    Ipswich promoted. I can only remember Delap from last time, only two seasons ago 😳

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

      O’Shea too being Irish

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

        And Davis the left back who was supposed to deliver the world and stunk my team up

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 months, 11 days ago

      probably cause the TV camera was focused on Ed Sheeran for the full 90 minutes every time they played