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The Premier League action continues with three more matches at 3pm BST:


TEAM NEWS

There’ll be quite a few cheap players being ‘boosted’ at Portman Road as Ipswich Town face Sunderland.

All the £4.0m defenders we thought would start do: Ipswich’s back four and the Mackems’ Luke O’Nien.

But, as feared, £4.5m forward Sindre Walle Egeli drops to the bench.

He is among the two changes that Gary O’Neil has made from the Tractor Boys’ final friendly. Jack Clarke also drops out, with summer signings Abdul Fatawu and Julio Enciso promoted to the XI.

Other new arrivals Emersonn, Issa Diop, Daizen Maeda, Kjell Scherpen and Sasa Lukic all start, too.

Sunderland’s only incoming player, Thomas Meunier, returns from injury to take the place of Chemsdine Talbi in Regis Le Bris’ one alteration from the Black Cats’ final warm-up match last weekend.

Trai Hume will thus be ‘out of position’ on the right wing again.

Omar Alderete and Nordi Mukiele are on substitute duty on their returns to fitness.

At the Hill Dickinson Stadium, David Moyes’ one change from last weekend sees Tyrique George oust Tyler Dibling.

Iliman Ndiaye starts amid rumours of a move away, while James Garner is fit enough for the bench. Garner has missed the whole of pre-season after surgery.

Speaking of potential exits, Ismaila Sarr is absent from the Crystal Palace squad; the winger is supposedly pushing for a move to Galatasaray.

Dean Henderson recovers from an ankle issue to start for the Eagles, whose Gameweek 1 line-up shows three changes from last weekend. In come Eddie Nketiah and, despite a shortage of pre-season minutes, Daniel Munoz and Jean-Philippe Mateta, with Sarr absent and Oscar Mingueza and Jorgen Strand Larsen demoted to substitute roles.

Oliver Glasner’s first Premier League XI as Nottingham Forest boss was always going to be different from the reserve side he sent out last weekend.

In the big calls, Glasner prefers James McAtee and Jair Cunha to summer signings Xaver Schlager and Ousmane Diomande.

As for Leeds, it’s a line-up we expected to see. Indeed, it’s the same one from the 4-0 win over Augsburg.

New recruits James Trafford, Tarik Muharemovic and Harry Wilson all start.

LINE-UPS

Everton XI: Pickford, Rohl, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Hackney, Armstrong, Ndiaye, Dewsbury-Hall, George, Barry.

Subs: Travers, Patterson, Keane, Beto, O’Brien, Dibling, Johnson, Alcaraz, Garner.

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Munoz, Canvot, Richards, Riad, Mitchell, Wharton, Kamada, McNeil, Nketiah, Mateta.

Subs: Benitez, Mingueza, Tomiyasu, Sosa, Hughes, Khalaili, Pino, Guessand, Strand Larsen.


Ipswich Town XI: Scherpen, O’Shea, Diop, Greaves, Davis; Nunez, Lukic, Fatawu, Maeda, Enciso, Emersonn.

Subs: Walton, Furlong, Kipre, Walle Egeli, McAteer, Akpom, Humphreys, Ouattara, Clarke.

Sunderland XI: Roefs, Meunier, Ballard, O’Nien, Mandava, Sadiki, Xhaka, Hume, Le Fee, Angulo, Brobbey.

Subs: Ellborg, Talbi, Rigg, Mundle, Alderete, Isidor, Diarra, Mukiele, Ta Bi.


Nottingham Forest XI: Selz, Williams, Cunha, Milenkovic, Murillo, Aina, Sangare, McAtee, Gibbs-White, Jesus, Ndoye.

Subs: Victor, Diomande, Hudson-Odoi, Dominguez, Wood, Kalimuendo, Schlager, Netz, Abbott.

Leeds United XI: Trafford, Bogle, Bijol, Muharemovic, Rodon, Justin, Ampadu, Stach, Wilson, Aaronson, Calvert-Lewin.

Subs: Perri, James, Longstaff, Nmecha, Okafor, Tanaka, Elvedi, Cresswell, Lienou.


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  1. RICICLE
    • 4 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Goes from bad to worse

  2. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Wilson offside

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      DCL was onside coming in behind 🙁

  3. NoOneCares
    • 1 Year
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Hume owners in the mud as expected.

    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      He's a 4.5m right winger, not going to lose sleep over a clean sheet

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 10 days ago

        This, cracks me up haha

  4. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Good day all

  5. Sgt. Schultz
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Scherpen massive save

  6. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Leicester 2-0 down to Burton Albion in League one...

    1. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Premier League Champions in freefall.

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 10 days ago

        Sad to see

  7. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    DCL looking good 🙂

    1. DeSelby
      • 4 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      DCL yellow card...

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 10 days ago

        Meh we can take a -1 😉

  8. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Emersonn & Enciso both look class. Hope for Ipswich!

    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Enciso's always had quality, great signing for them

      1. Moon Dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 1 Year
        1 month, 10 days ago

        Real fight to him. Not just skillful but also a warriior when it gets physical. Great for the Premier League.

  9. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Baleba can’t come fast enough. Watching Wharton again today and feel like he should have been the priority.

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Need athleticism in the midfield, but even still we’ll be shite

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 10 days ago

        Yeah, so sad

  10. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    DCL YC 😀

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Haha, there’s been some bad ones but this could be the worst FPL GW1 ever for me 😆

      Ah well

  11. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    DCL YC

  12. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Has football become boring or is it just me?

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      It was last year, and now it appears to have worsened

    2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Enjoying it more than ever as an Arsenal fan

      1. GoonerSteve
        • 16 Years
        1 month, 10 days ago

        Same

    3. MADCHESTER UTD
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Not just you. Football is nowhere near what it was. I watched a Utd vs spurs game from about 2010 the other day. Incredible end to end football, relentless pace, absolutely brilliant passionate crowd and the players on show were another level. It’s so sterile now. Crap atmosphere, stop start football and a severe lack of stars.

    4. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Commercialisation and fear of losing has killed the game

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 10 days ago

        Football was incredible in the 90s/00s when I was a little kid

  13. Traction Engine Foot
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Ballard booked

    1. GoonerSteve
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Ffs

  14. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Ballard YC

    Welcome back to FPL everyone!

    1. GoonerSteve
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      I brought him in near deadline for Jacquet. Great

  15. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    George and Enciso can be Gross replaced need be

  16. Sgt. Schultz
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Mateta poor miss

  17. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Palace hit the post for the second time

    Mateta should have scored

  18. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Could be SSS for Sunderland this year

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      (Second Season Syndrome)

  19. Sgt. Schultz
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Beautiful FK Angulo

    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      YaYa Toure like

  20. Thanos
    • 5 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Stupid Diop leads to Sun goal

  21. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Balls

    Ipswich busted

    Angulo direct FK.

  22. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Angulo a 5.0 mid...

  23. Camzy
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    BB1 mudded. No Ipswich or Sunderland cleanies. Just need the Gross/Brighton blank and it will be complete.

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      GW2 BB could be huge now

    2. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Game would genuinely be better without that chip.

      Or better still, you only have a bench when the chip is played, so get to pick an extra 4 players when activated.

      Did put this idea forward but didn’t get much traction.

  24. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Damn, thought there was a small chance of an Ipswich CS on BB
    Good FK!

  25. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Assist for Sunderland goal?

    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Think xhaka won it?

    2. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Xhaka

    3. FantasyTony
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Diop

    4. fusen
      • 14 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Should be Xhaka

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 10 days ago

        Thanks all

    5. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      The X man

  26. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Some free kick

  27. Firminooooo
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    BB with Davies and Diop. Not good.

  28. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    All the players no content creator mentioned scoring

  29. a wat di rass
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    why didn't someone mention these hidden gems from the promoted teams before?!

  30. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    KDH G