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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. The Hunt
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 17 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Anyone else having problems with LiveFPL crashing their system?

    1. oi no professionals
      • 15 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      LiveFPL is dead to me

    2. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Yeah, it’s all over the place. Dying a slow death. It’s a shame.

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

    I swapped in Ballard for Jacquet just before deadline. Jacquet haul locked in.

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

      Yep, you can see it coming from a mile away. Hi-vis Jacquet

    2. Three Pints of Schlager
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Did exactly the same..

      Just wanted a safe 4 pointer.

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

    Brutal day for points. Damn 🙁

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

    Can see lot of content creators pull the WC out after seeing this palace defense and if Haaland scores a few.

    1. Three Pints of Schlager
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Palace looks like a falling knife.

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

    CP will eventually get in trouble the year on year fire sale will get you eventually. Sarr looks like going too.

  6. Saka White Rice
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Its DCL and hes playing for...Leeds. not one single person should be surprised

  7. Brosstan
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Why do we play this trashsh*t joke bi*** game... hate this luck based garbage

  8. ZeBestee
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Any chance Tark gets defcon?

  9. Three Pints of Schlager
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Did someone else step in that Ballard DefCon differential trap promoted here on this site?

    1. All Hail K
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      With both feet.

  10. Qaiss
    • 10 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    I knew DCL would be a trap, DEFCON has made players like him redundant

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

    So basically the one promoted who was meant to look ok is rubbish and the other 2 expected to be rubbish are looking great 😆

    1. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      I mean, 2 of the 3 promoted sides will still go down. They’re always pumped up on opening day

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

        Makes you wonder why they can’t continue that

        1. oi no professionals
          • 15 Years
          1 month, 10 days ago

          Government conspiracy to keep the man down, follow the money brother

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

            Was thinking it might sports science and fitness facilities being weaker at the club etc so burnout sooner

        2. x.jim.x
          • 12 Years
          1 month, 10 days ago

          Players aren’t very good

  12. nonaynever
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    on BB, 8 played, 7 left, 36pts....coulda been worse

    1. ZeBestee
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      BB here, no Haaland is main issue. 57 points.

  13. bennydebull
    • 14 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    So DCL was fouled for stach's direct free kick. Is he gonna get an assist?

    1. Three Pints of Schlager
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Hopefully not

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

      Yes by the laws of the game that’s an fpl assist

    3. Bobby Digital
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Stach was the one who got fauled

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 10 days ago

        *fouled

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

          Who passed to Stach before he was fouled?

          1. Bobby Digital
            • 9 Years
            1 month, 10 days ago

            Who cares?

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

              Research purposes

    4. FPL_trail_runner
      • 6 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      He wasnt , i saw it in real time. Stach was fouled and took it, no assist.

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

    Not sure Sunderland are going to be able juggle Europa League + Premier League this season. Could be battle to stay in the league.

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

      Case of SSS

  15. Tomerick
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Bench boost has given me 17 with Kinsky to go. Probably the most that chip has gotten me in years.

    1. have you seen cyan
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      Yea, good return.

      1. Tomerick
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 10 days ago

        Just a shame about all the Utd stinking out the rest of the team.

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 7 Years
          1 month, 10 days ago

          Yea, need to forget about them. Hopefully Haaland doesn't go big tomorrow. My gut says he doesn't.

          1. Tomerick
            • 12 Years
            1 month, 10 days ago

            Yeah it was always a gamble and I’ll be hiding behind the sofa but my hope and thought is that City will struggle too early on.

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

      Nice. How are you doing overall?

      I've always thought of the BB as 15 players, not 4.

      Some people take huge chunks of money out of their XI and put it on the bench just for one week. In my mind that's just moving points from the XI to the bench. A relocation of points, rather than an increase of it. And then a burden for subsequent weeks.

      1. Tomerick
        • 12 Years
        1 month, 10 days ago

        39 so far with 7 to play but no Haaland and a Bruno captain fail.

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

          Nice that sounds great. Huge W 🙂

          1. Tomerick
            • 12 Years
            1 month, 10 days ago

            Cheers. Got a couple of differentials to go but overall result will probably depend on Haaland. Expecting to be middle of the pack by the end of the week.

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

    Sunderland 0.76 xG

    Ipswich defence unlucky. That Angulo FK was a worldie.

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

    Play two -

    A. Gross (che)
    B. Rodon (BRE)
    C. Slater (cov)
    D. Thomas (HUL)

    1. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      B&D

  18. Warby84
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Spurs team looks poor on paper… Brentford will win this one..

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

      Hopefully a 0-0

    2. Tomerick
      • 12 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      It’s time to Thiagogogo!

  19. Admiral Benson
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    What we reckon is an acceptable BB score for a single gameweek? 10-12 points?

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

      After 2 seasons in a row of less than 6 I’d take 6+ as a success.

      Chip is so random it can literally be anywhere between 0 and 30

    2. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 10 days ago

      On bb,looking at the standard 8 pts !
      Hoping there cs defcon or something there
      On 8 pts, kinsky an gross to go

  20. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    So tot 2 time 16th placed finishes, can bench a 85 mill player !

    Years ago high fees usually meant players played hence the fee, now price is irrelevant

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

    Muremovic is pure beast mode 😎

  22. Nightcrawler
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 10 days ago

    Knew tottenham would get a beat down

    Went thiago. Ugh