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The final day of the 2025/26 Premier League season is here, with all 10 fixtures getting underway simultaneously at 16:00 BST.

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TEAM NEWS

The major news from the Manchester City camp is that there is no Erling Haaland in the matchday squad.

James Trafford, Rico Lewis, John Stones, Ruben Dias, Nathan Ake, Nico Gonzalez, Tijjani Reijnders, Phil Foden and Savinho are the players coming into the City side today.

Rayan Cherki, Jeremy Doku, Mateo Kovacic and Matheus Nunes are all on the bench, while Gianluigi Donnarumma, Abdukodir Khusanov, Marc Guehi, Nico O’Reilly and Rodri join Haaland on the sidelines.

It’s a similar story at Aston Villa, who make eight changes to the side that beat Freiburg 3-0 on Thursday. Only Victor Lindelof, Emiliano Buendia and Ollie Watkins keep their spots in the starting XI.

And as feared/expected, Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta has also wreaked havoc with his team selection.

There are only two survivors from Gameweek 37: Cristhian Mosquera and Riccardo Calafiori.

Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Magalhaes, Viktor Gyokeres and Eberechi Eze are among a strong-looking bench. David Raya isn’t even in the squad.

Oliver Glasner has also widely rotated, making five changes.

Of what is widely perceived to be Glasner’s strongest XI, Dean Henderson, Daniel Munoz and Ismaila Sarr are the only starters.

Even Maxence Lacroix and Jaydee Canvot can’t escape the tinkering.

Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson both start in what will be their final appearances for Liverpool, while Alisson returns from injury.

Joe Gomez, Milos Kerkez and Giorgi Mamardashvili make way.

Keith Andrews brings Kevin Schade and Jordan Henderson back into the side, with Mikkel Damsgaard dropping down to the bench and Yehor Yarmoliuk missing out altogether.

In the battle to beat the drop, Tottenham Hotspur have made one change from Gameweek 37.

Djed Spence replaces Randal Kolo Muani, who is on the bench.

Thierno Barry starts up front for Everton in place of Beto.

Nuno Espirito Santo has made three changes for West Ham United.

Jean-Clair Todibo, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Callum Wilson are benched. Kyle Walker-Peters, Pablo and Taty Castellanos earn recalls.

It’s three alterations for Leeds United, too: Pascal Struijk, Jayden Bogle and Lukas Nmecha in for Sebastiaan Bornauw, Dan James and Anton Stach.

Vitor Pereira has made two changes to his Nottingham Forest side: Jair Cunha and Ibrahim Sangare start, as Luca Netz and Nicolas Dominguez are demoted to substitute duty.

As for the visitors, Andoni Iraola has unsurprisingly named an unchanged XI from Tuesday’s 1-1 draw with Man City.

At the Stadium of Light, Luke O’Nien comes in for Omar Alderete, who drops to the bench.

Calum McFarlane makes three alterations for Chelsea, with Malo Gusto, Levi Colwill and Joao Pedro in for the benched Josh Acheampong, Andrey Santos and Liam Delap.

It’s three changes apiece at the Amex.

Fabian Hurzeler promotes James Milner, Mats Wieffer and Diego Gomez to his line-up.

Carlos Baleba, Joel Veltman and, somewhat surprisingly, Yankuba Minteh drop to the bench.

As for Manchester United, Patrick Dorgu, Mason Mount and Noussair Mazraoui all start.

Matheus Cunha and Diogo Dalot are demoted to substitute duty, while Casemiro waves farewell to the Red Devils last weekend.

There’s not a huge amount of tinkering in the dead rubber at Craven Cottage.

Kevin replaces Sasa Lukic in Fulham’s only alteration, while Dan Burn and Jacob Murphy come in for Kieran Trippier and Harvey Barnes for visitors Newcastle United.

Finally, at Turf Moor, it’s just one enforced change apiece.

Bashir Humphreys comes in for the absent Maxime Esteve for Burnley, whileWolverhampton Wanderers bring in Angel Gomes for the unavailable Joao Gomes.

LINE-UPS

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Verbruggen, Wieffer, van Hecke, Dunk, Kadıoğlu, Milner, Groß, Gomez, Hinshelwood, De Cuyper, Welbeck.

Subs: Steele, Boscagli, Veltman, March, Baleba, O’Riley, Rutter, Minteh, Kostoulas.

Manchester United XI: Lammens, Mazraoui, Maguire, Martínez, Shaw, Mount, Mainoo, Diallo, Fernandes, Dorgu, Mbeumo.

Subs: Bayındır, Malacia, Yoro, Heaven, Ugarte, Fletcher, Cunha, Zirkzee, Lacey.


Burnley XI: Weiss, Walker, Tuanzebe, Humphreys, Pires, Luis, Ugochukwu, Tchaouna, Mejbri, Anthony, Flemming.

Subs: Dúbravka, Roberts, Ekdal, Ward-Prowse, Laurent, Bruun Larsen, Edwards, Amdouni, Barnes.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sá, Mosquera, Bueno, Krejčí, Wolfe, Gomes, André, Gomes, Mane, Hee-chan, Armstrong.

Subs: Bentley, Bueno, Lima, Gomes, Tchatchoua, Abbey, Sutherland, Arokodare, Edozie.


Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Clyne, Lerma, Riad, Muñoz, Kamada, Hughes, Cardines, Sarr, Devenny, Strand Larsen.

Subs: Benítez, Mitchell, Lacroix, Canvot, Yéremy Pino, Wharton, Johnson, Mateta, Guessand.

Arsenal XI: Arrizabalaga, Mosquera, Nørgaard, Hincapié, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman, Madueke, Martinelli, Jesus.

Subs: Setford, Gabriel, Ødegaard, Eze, Merino, Rice, Saka, Gyökeres, Havertz.


Fulham XI: Leno, Castagne, Diop, Bassey, Robinson, Berge, Iwobi, Bobb, Smith Rowe, Kevin, Muniz.

Subs: Lecomte, Tete, Cuenca, Reed, Cairney, King, Sessegnon, Jiménez, Wilson.

Newcastle United XI: Pope, Hall, Thiaw, Botman, Burn, Tonali, Bruno, Ramsey, Murphy, Woltemade, Osula.

Subs: Ramsdale, Trippier, Wissa, Gordon, Barnes, Elanga, Willock, A. Murphy, Neave.


Liverpool XI: Alisson, Jones, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Salah, Gakpo,  Ngumoha.

Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Kerkez, Wirtz, Isak, Chiesa, Frimpong, Nyoni.

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

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


Manchester City XI: Trafford, Lewis, Stones, Dias, Ake, Nico, Bernardo, Reijnders, Foden, Savinho, Semenyo

Subs: Bettinelli, Marmoush, Kovacic, Cherki, Doku, Ait-Nouri, Gvardiol, Nunes, Alleyne

Aston Villa XI: Bizot, Garcia, Bogarde, Mings, Maatsen, Lindelof, Luiz, Bailey, Barkley, Buendia, Watkins

Subs: Wright, Cash, McGinn, Tielemans, Digne, Pau, Onana, Hemmings, Burrowes


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

Subs: Ortega, Awoniyi, Ndoye, Dominguez, Yates, McAtee, Netz, Abbott, Sillah

Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Hill, Senesi, Smith, Truffert, Adams, Scott, Tavernier, Kroupi, Rayan, Evanilson

Subs: Mandas, Cook, Toth, Diakite, Brooks, Unal, Kluivert, Adli, Gannon-Doak


Sunderland XI: Roefs, Geertruida, Mukiele, O’Nien, Reinildo, Hume, Xhaka, Sadiki, Angulo, Le Fee, Brobbey

Subs: Ellborg, Cirkin, Alderete, Diarra, Rigg, Traore, Mayenda, Isidor, Jocelin

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, Gusto, Fofana, Colwill, Hato, Cucurella, Caicedo, Enzo, Palmer, Neto, J Pedro

Subs: Jorgensen, Acheampong, Chalobah, James, Derry, Essugo, Garnacho, Santos, Delap


Tottenham Hotspur XI: Kinsky, Spence, Danso, van de Ven, Udogie, Palhinha, Bentancur, Porro, Gallagher, Tel, Richarlison

Subs: Vicario, Dragusin, Bissouma, Maddison, Gray, Bergvall, Solanke, Sarr, Kolo Muani

Everton XI: Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Iroegbunam, Garner, Rohl, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Barry

Subs: Travers, McNeil, Beto, George, Dibling, Coleman, Alcaraz, Aznou, Armstrong


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

Subs: Areola, Kilman, Wilson, Lamadrid, Magassa, Wan-Bissaka, Scarles, Potts, Kante

Leeds United XI: Darlow, Bogle, Rodon, Bijol, Struijk, Justin, Ampadu, Tanaka, Aaronson, Nmecha, Calvert-Lewin

Subs: Perri, Bornauw, Cresswell, Chadwick, Buonanotte, James, Gnonto, Byram, Piroe 



576 Comments Login to Post a Comment
  1. CoracAld2831
    • 5 Years
    35 mins ago

    And that is it. Another season in the books.

    All in all, a pretty boring last round. (Even though i got a green arrow)

    The deadline streams were entertaining though.

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      5 mins ago

      With no Salah the game will be even more boring next season

  2. 70 all out. See you nezt season

    1. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 mins ago

      Bruno was my only player that score more than 2 points.

      1. Thats tough. Bruno, Semenyo, MGW, Bowen and Tavernier from the bench for me. 52k OR

      2. Oh Keane got defcons. 47k. My goal was top 50k halfway througj after horrible start

  3. bitm2007
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    34 mins ago

    That couldn't have gone much worse.

    17 point red arrow, 92.5% rank drop. 6.3k to 11.9k.

  4. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    34 mins ago

    47% rank drop in the final gW should be impossible. Ended up just outside 500k. Tbh its an achievement with my luck this seaosn. Had 8 pen misses this season among other things. Marmoush dropped after taking a -4 to get him in lasdt GW sums up this season

    1. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      11 mins ago

      92.5% rank drop here.

      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        just now

        Must be very very high rank then

  5. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    34 mins ago

    Anyone know the GW avg in the top 100k?

  6. 89 points any good?

    1. *excludes 20 point hit

  7. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    32 mins ago

    That Bowen nonsense kept me out top 10k.

    1. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      just now

      me too.

  8. Biggsy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    31 mins ago

    Always nice to hit your highest rank of the season in GW38 - just inside 46k will do nicely (pending any recalculation)

    1. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 mins ago

      Same here 15k that'll do

  9. CoracAld2831
    • 5 Years
    28 mins ago

    61 points and a green arrow. I'll take that.

    Not much help with my rank, but i am reasonably pleased.

  10. bso
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    28 mins ago

    From where I have come, happy to end on 162K...see you guys at WC fantasy.
    Have a great summer!

  11. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    28 mins ago

    Final rank looking like 2,642

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      14 mins ago

      Not capping Bruno costing me

    2. Sailboats
      • 10 Years
      11 mins ago

      Big gratz

    3. Salarrivederci
      • 10 Years
      8 mins ago

      Nice one!

    4. DALEDOBACK
      • 6 Years
      4 mins ago

      Well done, I was top 5k and scored 62 not sure where this puts me though

  12. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    28 mins ago

    Should finish around 8k. See you guys next season

    1. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      1 min ago

      crazy good

  13. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    27 mins ago

    Coming up next
    World Cup fantasy football
    48 teams with 26 man squads
    That's 1248 players to research !

    1. Monklane
      • 16 Years
      7 mins ago

      I'll pass.

  14. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    27 mins ago

    Coys, never in doubt 🙂

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      26 mins ago

      No it wasn’t once Villa gave you 3 points.

      1. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        24 mins ago

        Hah

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          9 mins ago

          Pretty much ended being the points that saved you.

          1. Royal5
            • 14 Years
            2 mins ago

            You’re picking one game out of 38? Lol

  15. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    27 mins ago

    Chelsea miss out on Europe altogether...oh dear!

    1. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      10 mins ago

      Might be a team to monitor next season
      New manager no European football .

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        just now

        yeah Utd finished well with no European distractions

    2. Monklane
      • 16 Years
      8 mins ago

      Probably a blessing.

  16. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    27 mins ago

    Worst bench boost of all time. Darlow, (Raya) Gabriel, Van Hecke, Rogers

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      5 mins ago

      Oh lord. I saved mine for final last GW last season - learned my lesson

  17. shirtless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    25 mins ago

    Richardson captain disaster! Literally any other pick would have been fine. Brought him in for Pedro instead of Bowen or Taty. At least Pedro didn't burn me.

  18. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    24 mins ago

    Tark defcon scrapes me inside 10k. Lovely.

  19. Van der Faart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    22 mins ago

    20k to 40k on the last day, took a -8 and got captain all wrong but I really dont care, Spurs have survived

  20. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    21 mins ago

    This is going to make everyone feel sick but
    Overall winner held first place since gw29
    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/3027768/history
    In his first season of playing !

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      16 mins ago

      AI?

      1. keefy59
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        13 mins ago

        No he's been on YouTube with I think FPL Focal
        Currently studying to be a doctor .
        He's Danish & speaks very good English

        1. Royal5
          • 14 Years
          9 mins ago

          Nice. Everyone can have one good season though, more impressed by people doing it 10 years in a row

          1. Salarrivederci
            • 10 Years
            6 mins ago

            Covid-season to ruin that for me!

            This was the ninth season for me, and I've been try-harding! Maybe next year!

            2017/18: 9K
            2018/19: 20K
            2019/20: 12K
            2020/21: 39K
            2021/22: 416K
            2022/23: 13K
            2023/24: 3K
            2024/25: 7K
            2025/26: 19K

            1. Royal5
              • 14 Years
              just now

              Impressive. I used to be happy inside top 10k, now it’s top 100k - game has 4 times as many players as when I started

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

        Nope he is just good and lucky etc. Young kid who is studying to be a doctor, but if he wasn't doing that, he would have considered becoming sports analyst as 2nd choice. Started to help his sister in fpl, but decided to take the challenge. He has played other fantasy sports games before. All credit to him. He had no problems or difficulties with new rules, because this was his first season.

    2. Monklane
      • 16 Years
      12 mins ago

      Amazing.

  21. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    19 mins ago

    A 15 point green arrow is nice, happy to end around 112K a challenging season

    1. Sgt. Schultz
      • 9 Years
      just now

      Top 100k in the AI Content Creator era is Very Good imo. so close there!

  22. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 mins ago

    Jao Pedro doing me proud on the final day.

  23. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 mins ago

    Both AndyLTFPL (623) and BigManBakar (888) finish top 10k. The content creators to copy next season!

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 mins ago

      *Top 1k even

    2. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      just now

      Rather stick hot pokers in my eyes than copy anyone