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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. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 hours, 14 mins ago

    Apparently transfers went through which is great, but Bruno C instead of Salah C.

    Maybe should have just picked Semenyo but needed to have some Pool bias for the last match since my rank is anyway 200k~.

  2. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 hours, 14 mins ago

    Sunderland goal

    Brilliant season

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 hours, 14 mins ago

      Hume

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        2 hours, 12 mins ago

        O'Nien assist

  3. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 13 Years
    2 hours, 13 mins ago

    Semen Y 😎

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

      Gold

      1. Count of Monte Hristo
        • 13 Years
        2 hours, 13 mins ago

        😉

    2. Effe
      • 15 Years
      2 hours, 12 mins ago

      🙂

  4. JBG
    • 8 Years
    2 hours, 13 mins ago

    City just 2pts behind Arsenal now, might win the league next GW.

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

    Chelsea are a joke

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      2 hours, 13 mins ago

      They make ME laugh

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 hours, 9 mins ago

      Even though I played Pedro I'm hoping that Mukiele comes through on top again

  6. bso
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 hours, 13 mins ago

    Woohoo Semenyo!

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      2 hours, 12 mins ago

      Nice, glad didn’t do sideways move to Cherki couple weeks ago

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

    Salah wasting Szobo A

    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      2 hours, 12 mins ago

      Ugh

      My two captains this week

      1. Danno - Emre Canada
        • 11 Years
        2 hours, 1 min ago

        Two?!?! Is this a new chip?

  8. The Hunt
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    2 hours, 13 mins ago

    YES!!

    Did anyone else TC Trai Hume?

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 hours, 8 mins ago

      Someone in Malaysia or a non-gambling country no doubt

      Even tho Malaysia has casino's!

      I think

      Not football betting tho - off-site

  9. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    2 hours, 13 mins ago

    Cap went from Haaland to Bruno then Bowen then Salah
    Never changed it so much any gw !

  10. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 hours, 12 mins ago

    Semenyo G, Salah post. Semenyo to Cherki to Marmoush went well... Sums up the season where nothing went my way.

    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      2 hours, 11 mins ago

      Exact same set of transfers. God I hate semenyo. Hope he becomes 12m and a non option next season

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        2 hours, 8 mins ago

        I’d still get him at 12, nobody else barring Haaland anywhere near that price lol

    2. Tic Tacs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 hours, 10 mins ago

      Waste of a season for me, this gameweek is just the epitome of a terrible season.

  11. JBG
    • 8 Years
    2 hours, 12 mins ago

    Sunderland on for Conference League atm, what a season that might be for them.

  12. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 13 Years
    2 hours, 11 mins ago

    Glad I kept Semenyo at least.

  13. Tic Tacs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 hours, 11 mins ago

    Semenyo to Foden for a hit whoop!

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

    Jesus close

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      2 hours, 10 mins ago

      x3. Get him off

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 hours, 7 mins ago

      Bar or nailed?

      To the cross

  15. JBG
    • 8 Years
    2 hours, 9 mins ago

    Shaw injured himself now that he can't/won't play for England this summer.

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

    Palmer to United, not sure I’d take him though!

    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      2 hours, 8 mins ago

      Only as backup for Bruno

    2. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      2 hours, 7 mins ago

      That’s not gonna happen.
      There’s no space for him in the team & I doubt he’ll be happy bring back up to the ever present Bruno

  17. jezstatham
    • 16 Years
    2 hours, 8 mins ago

    Loh no got semenyo so I was chuffed then realised he's 3rd sub and I've got Gabriel and Rice before him.I suppose they both come on for a point each won't they?!

  18. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    2 hours, 8 mins ago

    Wood hit the woodwork

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

    Wood hits the wood

  20. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    2 hours, 7 mins ago

    Hill yellow

    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      2 hours, 7 mins ago

      Took down Gibby just outside the area

  21. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    2 hours, 7 mins ago

    Hill YC

    FK for MGW

  22. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    2 hours, 7 mins ago

    Everton looking highly likely to score next

  23. SpaceCadet
    • 12 Years
    2 hours, 6 mins ago

    FU hill

  24. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 hours, 6 mins ago

    Forest GOAL

  25. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    2 hours, 6 mins ago

    YES MGW!!

  26. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    2 hours, 6 mins ago

    MGW goal

    fk bottom corner

    Take that Tuchel

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

      Hutchinson assist

    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      2 hours, 5 mins ago

      Yep F Tuchel, like to see Hendo do that

  27. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    2 hours, 6 mins ago

    MGW G

    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 hours, 1 min ago

      Yes!

  28. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    2 hours, 6 mins ago

    Goal Lone Ranger

  29. JBG
    • 8 Years
    2 hours, 6 mins ago

    Dorgu G, Mount A

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

      Bruno A

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

      Bruno AAA

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

      Mount! lol

  30. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 hours, 5 mins ago

    Need captain Bruno to score a goal to match ml leader with Semenyo captained