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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 



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

    Truffert first name in my team next season

    1. bso
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 hour ago

      Same here. He’s been a great buy.

  2. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 1 min ago

    Only game with no goals is the one team who needed to win, lol couldn’t write it

    1. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      33 mins ago

      Should’ve played Darlow, and not bought Bowen for a hit

  3. Ady87
    • 12 Years
    1 hour ago

    My cup final opponent (3rd in league) and my rival (2nd in league) both have triple captain Haaland VC Bruno and I think I lose both despite having Semenyo and Tavernier. I need a miracle (or 10 points).

  4. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    1 hour ago

    Selling Watkins in GW37 -.-

  5. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 hour ago

    Watkins brace

  6. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    59 mins ago

    All Ex England players smashing it

  7. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    59 mins ago

    Shade goal Thiago A

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      48 mins ago

      *KLP

    2. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      48 mins ago

      Wrong

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        47 mins ago

        KLP assist

        1. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          44 mins ago

          You knew it wasn’t Thiago.

          1. Scapegoat Salah
            • 9 Years
            41 mins ago

            Auto correct as I was typing, I must have typed out Schade H Thiago A before so it autofilled.

            Corrected it immediately if you read

            1. The Bandit
              • 15 Years
              35 mins ago

              BS

  8. Ron_Swanson
    • 15 Years
    59 mins ago

    Gabriel blocking my Dorgu super sub!

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      1 min ago

      Ouch

  9. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    59 mins ago

    Right, that'll be my Virgil CS busted. Can't wait for Mavro's and Darlow's to go in a pointless 1-1.

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      38 mins ago

      Yep, there's Darlow's gone.

  10. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 7 Years
    59 mins ago

    Tears in Pep's eyes for Bernardo... great player.

  11. JBG
    • 8 Years
    57 mins ago

    Chelsea 10th XD!

  12. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    57 mins ago

    Do something, Bowen!

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      just now

      There we go!

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

    It looks like the Spurs game is 4 or 5 minutes behind the West Ham game .
    So they know if they are safe or not going into the final minutes

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      38 mins ago

      They're pretty safe as it is. Everton haven't done much.

  14. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    55 mins ago

    Castro G!

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      just now

      Bowen A

  15. JBG
    • 8 Years
    55 mins ago

    Bowen A!

  16. Sailboats
    • 10 Years
    55 mins ago

    Bowen assist

  17. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    54 mins ago

    After 3 terrible weeks everything’s clicking 🙂

  18. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    54 mins ago

    Salah 90 poss

  19. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    54 mins ago

    Watkins on my bench. I need Lacroix, and at least one of Ait-Nouri or my captain, Marmoush, to stay off the pitch, to get his points 😐

    1. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      6 mins ago

      His assist and 2 goals points were on my bench last week as well

    2. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      just now

      No, I need all 3 to stay off the pitch, gajhhhhhh

  20. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    53 mins ago

    Just need a KDH return now for a full house

  21. All Hail K
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    53 mins ago

    Swapped Watkins for Richarlison because of all the "celebration' issues regarding Villa. I take responsibility for my team selection but I must say that this site has provided some detrimental advice this year.

  22. Gabriel to VVD -4 so stupid

  23. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    52 mins ago

    Come on Everton finish them off get a couple of goals

    1. mixology
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      51 mins ago

      At least score one for some excitement

    2. Effe
      • 15 Years
      51 mins ago

      …with KDH involved please!

      1. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        5 mins ago

        Please

      2. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        4 mins ago

        THIS

    3. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      51 mins ago

      Plenty of time for Spurs to go all "Spursy"

      1. The Reptile
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        just now

        Sadly I don't think they'll be Spursy today

    4. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      51 mins ago

      The fact all I need is a KDH return is almost biblical with this in mind

  24. JBG
    • 8 Years
    51 mins ago

    Shame I forgot deadline, was going to so Thiago to Flemming

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      just now

      Tbf Thiago probably scores, Pool looking ropey

  25. JBG
    • 8 Years
    50 mins ago

    No more goals for MU, Zirkzee coming on

  26. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    49 mins ago

    Had Haaland cap, heard bout benching, put it on Bowen, then on Bruno
    Got salah in for hit cap him !

  27. Moon Dog
      49 mins ago

      Bruno the only player who's returned for me so far. I think I might be bad at this game.

    • Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      48 mins ago

      What why take Salah off now??! Madness

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        2 mins ago

        Guy was a 90 minute man before Slot ruined him

      2. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        just now

        He's been a wasteman today despite the assist. Would have had 2 goals if for not for his egotism

    • thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      48 mins ago

      Somehow broke 50 even without Bruno as captain. Decent end to the season I think!

    • L'Aeroplanino
      • 9 Years
      48 mins ago

      Come on Everton

      1. Effe
        • 15 Years
        just now

        THIS!