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With no lunchtime kick-off today, Gameweek 4 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) gets underway with five 3pm BST fixtures:

Pedro Palmer Rogers

TEAM NEWS

Joao Pedro, Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer start as expected for Chelsea but there are two changes from the Gameweek 3 loss to Arsenal.

Maxence Lacroix and Josh Acheampong drop to the bench as Malo Gusto and Levi Colwill take their places.

Hull City’s only alteration sees Matt Crooks replace Lucas Gourna-Douath.

There are three Liverpool tweaks from midweek as Kostas Tsimikas, Ryan Gravenberch and Victor Munoz replace the benched Milos Kerkez, Alexis Mac Allister and Rio Ngumoha.

Cody Gakpo is fit enough to be among the Liverpool substitutes, while Bradley Barcola gets his first Premier League start.

Fulham bring in David Affengruber and Sander Berge for Joachim Andersen and Cesar Palacios.

Nottingham Forest’s two changes are enforced as Nikola Milenkovic and Jair Cunha are unexpectedly absent.

Summer signings Daniel Munoz and Ousmane Diomande both start, which presumably means Ola Aina will drop into the back three.

There’s one Aston Villa change from the midweek UEFA Champions League win over Club Brugge as Ross Barkley comes in for Joao Gomes, who is suspended domestically.

Matty Cash misses out again but Johan Manzambi is among the subs on his return from injury.

Bournemouth are unchanged from Gameweek 3 for their meeting with Brentford, who bring in Jannik Schuster, Aaron Hickey, Yehor Yarmoliuk and Jaidon Anthony for Michael Kayode, Dango Ouattara, Mikel Damsgaard and injured Nathan Collins.

Finally, at Crystal Palace, there are three seemingly enforced changes for the hosts from Gameweek 3 due to the absences of Dean Henderson, Jaydee Canvot and Eddie Nketiah.

Walter Benitez, Honest Ahanor and Jorgen Strand Larsen step up.

Ipswich Town’s sole alteration sees Jack Clarke oust Daizen Maeda.

LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Suzuki, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Torres, Maatsen, Barkley, Kamara, McGinn, Buendia, Hemmings, Jackson.

Subs: Bizot, Mings, Ruggeri, Garnacho, Abraham, Mbaye, Bogarde, Manzambi, Alysson.

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Aina, Diomande, Murillo, Munoz, McAtee, Schlager, Williams, Ndoye, Gibbs-White, Delap.

Subs: John, Sangare, Hudson-Odoi, Domínguez, Wood, Igor Jesus, Kalimuendo, Yates, Netz.


Bournemouth XI: Petrović, Smith, Hill, Silva, Truffert, Adams, Scott, Rayan, Kluivert, Tavernier, Evanilson.

Subs: Di Gregorio, Cook, Soler, Brooks, Christie, Gannon-Doak, Diakite, Toth, Rodriguez.

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Hickey, Ajer, Schuster, Lewis-Potter, Sangare, Yarmoliuk, Anthony, Janelt, Schade, Thiago.

Subs: Valdimarsson, Henry, Ouattara, Wilson, Carvalho, Damsgaard, Diouf, Kayode, Nunes.


Chelsea XI: Martinez, Fofana, Colwill, Hato, Neto, James, Lavia, Gusto, Palmer, Rogers, Joao Pedro.

Subs: Penders, Acheampong, Chavarria, Lacroix, Barco, Quenda, Estevao, Gittens, Welbeck.

Hull City XI: Tzolakis, Coyle, Ajayi, Egan, Mendy, Giles, Belloumi, Slater, Crooks, Stroud, McBurnie.

Subs: Phillips, Targett, Norton-Cuffy, Herrington, Gourna-Douath, Iroegbunam, Thomas, Vaz, Cho.


Crystal Palace XI: Benítez, Khalaili, Richards, Disasi, Ahanor, Mitchell, Wharton, Timber, Pino, Kamada, Strand Larsen.

Subs: Matthews, Tomiyasu, Mingueza, Doucoure, Lerma, Chilwell, Hughes, Gozo, McNeil.

Ipswich Town XI: Scherpen, O’Shea, Diop, Greaves, Davis, Palacios, Lukic, Fatawu, Enciso, Clarke, Emersonn.

Subs: Walton, Kipre, Ouattara, Florentino, Nunez, Philogene, Maeda, Akpom, Flemming.


Liverpool XI: Alisson, Araujo, Jacquet, Van Dijk, Tsimikas, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Munoz, Wirtz, Barcola, Isak.

Subs: Mamardashvili, Endo, Kerkez, Mac Allister, Gakpo, Frimpong, Nyoni, Koumas, Ngumoha.

Fulham XI: Leno, Castagne, Affengruber, Bassey, Robinson, Berge, Charles, King, Bobb, Gonzalo, Iwobi.

Subs: Lecomte, Tete, Andersen, Larsson, Manuel Angel, Smith Rowe, Palacios, Kevin, Muniz.


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  1. My heart goes Salalalalah
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Yay

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Yay

    2. Deulofail
      1 month, 18 days ago

      I concur

  2. FOREST FOREVER 2
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Nayyyyy

    1. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Lots of horses posting today

  3. Bobby Digital
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Updated!

  4. TheBiffas
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Hato now on the right hand side of the back 3 according to Fotmob?

    Chelsea defence looks very difficult to nail down

    1. TheBiffas
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Lacroix benched too

    2. fantasyfog
      1 month, 18 days ago

      No one has any chelsea defenders surely?

  5. Jordan.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 18 days ago

    updated

  6. FOREST FOREVER 2
    1 month, 18 days ago

    GL everyone.

    1. fantasyfog
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Yeah GL everyone, as long as I do better of course

    2. noissimbus
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Probably will need the Guarantee Letter when this GW is finished.

  7. fantasyfog
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Has Gapko ever played number 10? If Barcola smashes it can see Gapko replacing Wirtz

    1. Bobby Digital
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Not gunna happen

      1. fantasyfog
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Because Wirtz too good to be dropped lol

    2. x.jim.x
      1 month, 18 days ago

      He can barely play his own position

      1. fantasyfog
        1 month, 18 days ago

        He was in every WC team if he was fit

        1. x.jim.x
          1 month, 18 days ago

          People are picking Kinsky mate, that’s hardly a measure of quality

          1. fantasyfog
            1 month, 18 days ago

            That's price points, Gapko has looked good so far

            1. Rupert The Horse
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              1 month, 18 days ago

              Yeah, he's started really well.

    3. GCHILD2K16
      1 month, 18 days ago

      When eirtz is dropped or pushed back to the left, szoboslai will play in the 10.
      Iraola is being stubborn trying to persist by playing a poor wirtz. Liverpool will really start to purr once szobo plays in the 10.

      1. fantasyfog
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Much much better player agreed

      2. x.jim.x
        1 month, 18 days ago

        There’ll be pressure from the club to play a £110m+ signing, can’t see him being dropped

        1. fantasyfog
          1 month, 18 days ago

          The definition of insanity, keep playing Wirtz and expect a different outcome

          1. x.jim.x
            1 month, 18 days ago

            They’re winning games with him starting

        2. GCHILD2K16
          1 month, 18 days ago

          Correct hence why he has persisted and with him but managers these days know their job is on the line if liverpool keep getting inconsistent results due to his poor play aka wirtz as dead weight, fans start turning against iraola and some players too. For self preservation at some point iraola will pick winning games to save his job over wirtz. He should have done it already.

          1. x.jim.x
            1 month, 18 days ago

            They’ve won their last two and will probably win today - if his other option is play MacAllister, it’s a bit rock / hard place

          2. circusmonkey
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            1 month, 18 days ago

            We've only had 3 games, people so impatient these days: dropping, sacking, wildcarding.

  8. Harrow Andromedes
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Wait can I still change my captain now?

    1. fantasyfog
      1 month, 18 days ago

      For next week yeah, if its main game

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 18 days ago

      for game week 5.

    3. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 18 days ago

      It still shows last week's team selection shortly after updating. I don't know why. It won't affect this week though, I've tried 😉

  9. Puuli
    1 month, 18 days ago

    MGV or KDH`?

    1. fantasyfog
      1 month, 18 days ago

      MGV?

      1. Dynamic Duos
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Morgan Gibbs-Vhite

        1. fantasyfog
          1 month, 18 days ago

          Yeah hes decent, in my team soon for a good run of fixtures, waiting to see how well Delap holds the ball up for him

    2. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Morgan Gibbs Violet

      1. fantasyfog
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Nice

    3. Esraj
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Voltemade

  10. thepoet85
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Good luck all.

    1. PartyTime
      1 month, 18 days ago

      GL

    2. Esraj
      1 month, 18 days ago

      TC

  11. Deulofail
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Bus team prep. Bench one:

    A) Konsa (bha)
    B) O'Reilly (SUN)
    C) Szobo (bou)
    D) Schade (CHE)
    E) Thiago (CHE)

    1. Dynamic Duos
      1 month, 18 days ago

      A

    2. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      1 month, 18 days ago

      A

    3. x.jim.x
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Slim Schadey

    4. TheBiffas
      1 month, 18 days ago

      A

  12. Make FPL Casual Again
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Good luck all who came down with Blue fever...gonna be hilarious when its 00 at half time

    1. Fifa las vegas
      1 month, 18 days ago

      🙁

    2. fantasyfog
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Hull 1-0 smash and grab, I've captained Isak as insurance

      1. PartyTime
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Palmer hamstring injury before halftime?

        1. fantasyfog
          1 month, 18 days ago

          Scenes

        2. Make FPL Casual Again
          1 month, 18 days ago

          It's the content creators what me do it..

    3. Make FPL Casual Again
      1 month, 18 days ago

      *I've a particularly bad dose

    4. Make FPL Casual Again
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Yesss feed me those reverse jinxs

      1. fantasyfog
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Everyone capping palmer is the jinx lol

        1. Make FPL Casual Again
          1 month, 18 days ago

          Hulls cumulated xgc to catch up today all at once

    5. JBG
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Everyone in my ML C'd palmer (2 TC), hope it ends 0-0. (Have Palmer, JP, Emi).

  13. Fifa las vegas
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Strange GW. One of my MLs nearly all either FH or reshuffled to close to a FH with transfer. And another ML the complete opposite.

    Could be a dangerous week or a nothing week

    1. Raoul Nogues
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Season changer

  14. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 18 days ago

    GW4 EO (top 10k):
    Palmer 139%
    João Pedro 117%
    Calafiori 88%
    Haaland 66%
    Rogers 58%
    Isak 58%
    Szoboszlai 49%
    B.Fernandes 48%
    De Cuyper 42%
    Konsa 42%
    Raya 37%
    Calvert-Lewin 34%
    Verbruggen 34%
    Mbeumo 29%
    Ødegaard 28%
    Groß 25%
    White 24%
    Kinsky 17%

    1. Don Be Zeelly
      1 month, 18 days ago

      That's a lot of Bruno dissatisfaction.

      1. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Differential next gw

        1. Don Be Zeelly
          1 month, 18 days ago

          Hope so. No doubt free hits have skewed things.

  15. Calafiornication
    1 month, 18 days ago

    GL Lads

  16. F4L
    1 month, 18 days ago

    lol lacroix dropped, sure he'll come on for a 1 pointer and forest defence decimated, murillo chances of cs in the bin

    not a great start to the gw 😆

    at least can sell lacroix without thinking twice now

    1. GCHILD2K16
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Hato was the only chel def worth havjng

  17. Raoul Nogues
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Looks like Iraola is lost

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 18 days ago

      I'm not a fan of the appointment, but hopefully it works out.

  18. Supersonic_
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Szob haul and isak blank ideal

    1. GCHILD2K16
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Rejecg that all day. Red card for this supersonic guy.

      Szobo to get all the assist for isak hattrick;'p

    2. fantasyfog
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Szob brace, Iask hattie please

  19. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Watch the highlights of Derby vs Birmingham. You will never see a worse miss in your life than Luis Vázquez for Birmingham today.

    1. fantasyfog
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Yeah was bad, tbf to him it jumped up as he was striking it

      1. x.jim.x
        1 month, 18 days ago

        A traffic cone scores that, come off it

        1. fantasyfog
          1 month, 18 days ago

          You didn't see it bobble up, its ok, it's happened to better players, of course you would have preempted that and adjusted your strike accordingly lol

          1. x.jim.x
            1 month, 18 days ago

            I would expect anybody to bundle that in at worst, yes

            1. fantasyfog
              1 month, 18 days ago

              Your first touch is probably so bad it would have gone in off your forehead

              1. x.jim.x
                1 month, 18 days ago

                At least I would have scored

                1. fantasyfog
                  1 month, 18 days ago

                  Better player, sign him up!

    2. TheBiffas
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Amazing

  20. Dynamic Duos
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Gakpo on prediction?

    27 mins

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Not risked stays on bench as Liverpool cruise to victory without him.

      1. Dynamic Duos
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Who comes on when Isak or Barcola come off injured?

    2. noissimbus
      1 month, 18 days ago

      60min as game stays scoreless.

  21. Count of Monte Hristo
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Palmer(c) Rogers Pedro, time to go nuclear.

    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Wirtz, Szsoboszlai, Isak, also time to go nuclear.

      1. fantasyfog
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Sorry couldn't get past Wirtz

  22. #1 Arne Engels Fan
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Hoping the Liverpool game doesn't turn into a humiliation scoreline

    Need Fulham to remain stupid enough to stick with Arbeloa for GW5

    1. F4L
      1 month, 18 days ago

      oi 😉

      interested to see if a berge/charles midfield can stop the counters, and the new CB

    2. GCHILD2K16
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Was there not rumours of player dissatisfaction with some removing fulham stuff from their instagrams?
      Hardly any good manager out there to replace him with

      1. fantasyfog
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Marco Silva

  23. SpaceCadet
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Does this team need a wc? Think it does.

    Kinsky
    White maguire hume
    Bruno Wirtz cherki Foden
    Haaland Pedro dcl

    Verbruggen slater Davis van ewijk

    1. x.jim.x
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Doesn’t even need a FT

      1. polis
        1 month, 18 days ago

        (Hume, Maguire. Maybe at least one.)

        1. x.jim.x
          1 month, 18 days ago

          Play Davis over Hume, Maguire’s got Fulham

          1. polis
            1 month, 18 days ago

            Not sure I fancy Maguire against even Fulham.

            1. x.jim.x
              1 month, 18 days ago

              Hardly worth a wildcard though is it

              1. polis
                1 month, 18 days ago

                Well, no. I only mentioned one transfer. Ha.

      2. SpaceCadet
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Really? Hume, cherki, Foden all minutes risks. Wirtz, maguire could go. Dire bench.

        1. x.jim.x
          1 month, 18 days ago

          Just don’t think it’s bad enough to justify a wildcard. Foden and Cherki could easily start, Wirtz has been close to scoring a couple of times, bench is almost pointless in the 5 sub era, etc

          1. SpaceCadet
            1 month, 18 days ago

            Thanks bud

    2. polis
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Could be the team that flies this week. Hang tight.

      1. SpaceCadet
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Not sure man, so tempted.

        1. polis
          1 month, 18 days ago

          Got to wait to see what GW4 brings first surely. You won't miss that many price rises.

          What is Wirtz actually bangs this week?

          And loads have spoken about getting Bruno back.

          1. SpaceCadet
            1 month, 18 days ago

            Cheers. Plan to keep Bruno on wc anyway

    3. RICICLE
      1 month, 18 days ago

      wc

    4. GCHILD2K16
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Replace maguire and wirtz for surre.
      Also hume if he blanks this wkend. White too given timber near a return and cali or konsa better options.
      Not a fan of foden either.

      You can phase the transfers using Fts so no need to WC

    5. fantasyfog
      1 month, 18 days ago

      People need to stop mentioning Wirtz, it makes me gag a little

      1. fantasyfog
        1 month, 18 days ago

        He'll make me eat my words one day, but it's been a minute

        1. GCHILD2K16
          1 month, 18 days ago

          Not today and won't reach bayer leverkeusen regularity to make ppl wrong.
          A broken clock is right twice a day;-)

  24. el polako
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Awaiting a flurry of “season over”, “captain fail”, “TC fail” 5 minutes into Chelsea game.

    1. 17th Time Lucky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 18 days ago

      I didn't TC Palmer. Is my season over?

      1. polis
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Yep. Delete the team.

    2. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 18 days ago

      I was just planning to write "TC Palmer fail" 😉

    3. GCHILD2K16
      1 month, 18 days ago

      2-1 to hull, no palmer GA as yet...the fail comments are valid 35mins in still:-p

  25. Nightf0x
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Kinsky (verb)
    Cala konsa ewjik (shaw hume)
    Foden schade bruno palmer (slater)
    Haland dcl pedro

    Just Initial thoughts, which? (Still have FH & WC)

    A) foden to ode
    B) schade to barnes
    C) schade verb -4 to KDH dub
    D) hume to egan/giles
    E) shaw hume -4 to egan/giles 4.5def./myko/aina/dedic

    1. 17th Time Lucky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Is Shaw fit? First thought would be play him against Fulham and roll. Otherwise, probably Shaw or Hume or for 1FT

  26. Bobby Digital
    1 month, 18 days ago

    The Hull bus is parked

    1. Sun God Nika
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Clean sheet locked

    2. fantasyfog
      1 month, 18 days ago

      1-0 smash and grab

    3. polis
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Beep beep.

  27. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Thiago sitter.

  28. Ignasi M
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Hmmm Hull set up tighter than my sister's quente. Feels like a close game.

    1. RICICLE
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Say what now?

      1. GCHILD2K16
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Lol...Don't even approach it;-)

    2. Make FPL Casual Again
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Whats a quente?

      1. GCHILD2K16
        1 month, 18 days ago

        Don't ask..lol

  29. Coupes
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 18 days ago

    A lot of wildcards with Isak and Sbozo. If they don’t get points today then it’s a massive L with pools upcoming fixtures

    1. GCHILD2K16
      1 month, 18 days ago

      When they haul big, you can cry..lol

      No need for the bad vibes..lol

    2. Make FPL Casual Again
      1 month, 18 days ago

      Bozo is an AI slop pick

  30. Ignasi M
    1 month, 18 days ago

    Hull for top 4?