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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
    • 14 Years
    1 hour, 57 mins ago

    Welbeck 59 min blank

    1. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      1 hour, 20 mins ago

      Ban

  2. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 hour, 48 mins ago

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

    That's a crazy Newcastle bench today!

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      1 hour, 12 mins ago

      Their starting eleven suux

    2. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 hour, 10 mins ago

      Particularly crazy for a team in the 14th

    3. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      1 hour, 2 mins ago

      Only 3 of them are any good

  3. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 hour, 48 mins ago

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

  4. SpaceCadet
    • 12 Years
    1 hour, 45 mins ago

    Let’s go Danny!!

  5. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    1 hour, 39 mins ago

    Verbruggen + Van Hecke benched

    Glorious to see the CS gone after 10 minutes

  6. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 hour, 39 mins ago

    Bart howler

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 hour, 38 mins ago

      Osula G
      Murphy A

  7. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    1 hour, 38 mins ago

    TOON

  8. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 hour, 38 mins ago

    All Murphy there

  9. fusen
    • 14 Years
    1 hour, 38 mins ago

    Relying on the Van Heck defcons now :X

  10. SpaceCadet
    • 12 Years
    1 hour, 35 mins ago

    Kayode g

    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      1 hour, 33 mins ago

      Mavropanos OG

  11. x.jim.x
    • 11 Years
    1 hour, 33 mins ago

    Mukiele G

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      58 mins ago

      Nice, brought him in last week when conceded 5 !

    2. Sandy Ravage
      • 10 Years
      58 mins ago

      benched

    3. Raoul Nogues
        57 mins ago

        Xhaka A

      • mixology
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        55 mins ago

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

    4. Raoul Nogues
        1 hour, 31 mins ago

        Taty post

      • FPL Sanky
        • 2 Years
        1 hour, 30 mins ago

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

      • x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        1 hour, 29 mins ago

        Mavropanos scoring in the right end now

        Diouf assist

        1. FPL Blow-In
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          54 mins ago

          Yuck

          1. FPL Blow-In
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            just now

            Disallowed

        2. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          54 mins ago

          Ruled out, offside

        3. Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          54 mins ago

          offside

        4. Raoul Nogues
            53 mins ago

            Var says no

          • keefy59
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            53 mins ago

            He’s dangerous in both penalty areas

        5. Raoul Nogues
            1 hour, 28 mins ago

            Offside

          • The Bandit
            • 15 Years
            1 hour, 28 mins ago

            Ballard Red incoming

            1. mixology
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              1 hour, 23 mins ago

              Called it!

          • Wolfman180
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            1 hour, 27 mins ago

            Mavropanos owners, harsh

          • The Bandit
            • 15 Years
            1 hour, 27 mins ago

            Burn goal

            1. Raoul Nogues
                1 hour, 26 mins ago

                Bruno G A

            2. Raoul Nogues
                1 hour, 27 mins ago

                Bureau G

              • x.jim.x
                • 11 Years
                1 hour, 27 mins ago

                Dan Burn G

                Toon-nil

                1. x.jim.x
                  • 11 Years
                  1 hour, 26 mins ago

                  Bruno G assist

              • g40steve
                • 8 Years
                1 hour, 27 mins ago

                Burn G

              • FPL Blow-In
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                1 hour, 26 mins ago

                Woohoo points

              • Sandy Ravage
                • 10 Years
                1 hour, 26 mins ago

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

              • Jimmers
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 15 Years
                1 hour, 26 mins ago

                Damsgaard - awful miss - open goal

              • Revival
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                1 hour, 25 mins ago

                Leeds and Brighton defence owners mudded

                1. Utopsis
                  • 6 Years
                  1 hour, 20 mins ago

                  Check!

              • FPL Blow-In
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                1 hour, 25 mins ago

                Ballard red card

              • Gizzachance
                • 11 Years
                1 hour, 24 mins ago

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

              • Raoul Nogues
                  1 hour, 24 mins ago

                  Hinshelwood post

                • mixology
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  1 hour, 23 mins 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
                    1 hour, 22 mins ago

                    Been very good today

                    1. mixology
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 13 Years
                      1 hour, 21 mins ago

                      They finally decided to show up

                  2. keefy59
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 7 Years
                    1 hour, 20 mins ago

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

                • The Bandit
                  • 15 Years
                  1 hour, 22 mins 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
                    46 mins ago

                    O’Shea too being Irish

                    1. FPL Blow-In
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 13 Years
                      1 min ago

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

                  2. Revival
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 13 Years
                    40 mins ago

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