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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. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 hours, 58 mins ago

    Fulham goal

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      2 hours, 58 mins ago

      Diop

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        2 hours, 57 mins ago

        Back of the Newcastle net

  2. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    2 hours, 58 mins ago

    Diop g Kevin a

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 hours, 57 mins ago

      Kevin free kick off the bar

      Header to follow it in

  3. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    2 hours, 58 mins ago

    Diop goal

  4. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 hours, 58 mins ago

    Jesus hit the post and Silva went close earlier

  5. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    2 hours, 58 mins ago

    Salah stealing Szobo's FK and wasting it...

  6. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 hours, 57 mins ago

    There is not any game worth watching today. I guess I'll go mow the lawn. Most of my players are not even playing today.

    1. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 hours, 56 mins ago

      Undoubtedly an anticlimactic GW38

  7. JBG
    • 8 Years
    2 hours, 57 mins ago

    Issa Diop G, Fulham

    All the big assets scoring atm

  8. The Hunt
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    2 hours, 57 mins ago

    Issa Diop. First man in my team next season.

  9. TallestJohn
    • 9 Years
    2 hours, 57 mins ago

    Just noticed Alex Scott injured in the warmup lol. Down to nine.

    1. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      2 hours, 56 mins ago

      Yep, I was hoping to have Scott coming off the bench for me.

    2. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 hours, 53 mins ago

      Down to 10 unless Marmoush gets minutes.

  10. mixology
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 hours, 56 mins ago

    Pages may be flying but…

    What were some decisions/key thought processes that helped you achieve a good rank this season?

    Feel like I’ve been stumbling for a few years now. Obviously this season was very different with defcons and lack of premium options.

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 hours, 56 mins ago

      Loyalty

      Mukiele

    2. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      2 hours, 55 mins ago

      Terrible timing

    3. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      2 hours, 53 mins ago

      Having Semenyo, Thiago and Mukiele from GW1 has made my season

    4. TallestJohn
      • 9 Years
      2 hours, 39 mins ago

      After poor Bench Boosts in previous years, with two sets of chips I made sure not to rip up my whole team and plan for weeks in advance to accommodate it. Kept pace with the WC32, BB33 gang.

      Started with Rice so you could say I recognised the viability of defcon midfielders early, although didn't really go for any others.

      Lesson for next year is probably don't constantly rotate between mid-price strikers and miss all their goals.

  11. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 hours, 56 mins ago

    Salah free kick

    Post

  12. The Night Trunker.
    • 2 Years
    2 hours, 56 mins ago

    Can't decide who I want to go down more.

    Spurs I reckon but I can't stand the Spam.

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      2 hours, 54 mins ago

      Spurs ?

    2. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      2 hours, 54 mins ago

      Either way it goes, best Championship stadium ever.

  13. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    2 hours, 56 mins ago

    Salah so selfish. Great to have him gone after this season.

    1. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      2 hours, 54 mins ago

      Just what us fantasy owners want though. Maybe not so great if ur a Pool fan though admittedly

  14. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    2 hours, 56 mins ago

    This gameweek is wishing to get 1 appearance point and top 10 points

  15. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 hours, 56 mins ago

    VDV ducked

  16. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    2 hours, 56 mins ago

    I knew o should’ve brought in Diop 😉

  17. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    2 hours, 55 mins ago

    Remember years ago GW39 Man United vs Everton lol

  18. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 hours, 54 mins ago

    Semi G

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 hours, 54 mins ago

      Yes!

    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      2 hours, 54 mins ago

      Lovely

    3. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      2 hours, 54 mins ago

      All the haters LOL

      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        2 hours, 53 mins ago

        It had to be him 😀

    4. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 hours, 54 mins ago

      Least I held him

      Wish I captained him

      Did in my 365 team

  19. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 hours, 54 mins ago

    Goal

    Man City

  20. JBG
    • 8 Years
    2 hours, 54 mins ago

    Yyyyuuuuck Semen G

  21. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    2 hours, 54 mins ago

    Semenyo goal

  22. Qaiss
    • 10 Years
    2 hours, 54 mins ago

    SEMENYO CAP

  23. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    2 hours, 54 mins ago

    Semenyo

  24. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    2 hours, 53 mins ago

    Yesss Semenyooo

  25. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    2 hours, 53 mins ago

    Of course its the POS scoring.

  26. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    2 hours, 53 mins ago

    I feel sick...

  27. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    2 hours, 53 mins ago

    Yes get in Sem, shame every man and his dog has him

    1. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      2 hours, 52 mins ago

      Plenty who don’t

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

    Sunderland goal

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      2 hours, 52 mins ago

      Please don’t be Mukiele this time lol

    2. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      2 hours, 51 mins ago

      Hume

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        2 hours, 51 mins ago

        Phew

  29. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    2 hours, 52 mins ago

    Just noticed Harry Wilson not starting, is he still injured?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      2 hours, 52 mins ago

      nope just not picked

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        2 hours, 51 mins ago

        Bizarre best player by a mile this season

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 11 Years
          2 hours, 50 mins ago

          i think he hasnt renewed his contract.

  30. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    2 hours, 52 mins ago

    oh, haaland not even on bench....