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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. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Palmer crunched

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Injured?

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        1 day, 6 hours ago

        Back up Bernie went though him

  2. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 14 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Khalaili nearly with an assist there as well, what a ball

  3. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Fair play Khalaili punters. 0.3% ownership. I had zero faith in Palace.

    1. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 14 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Only got him on my FH, has looked great - just don’t fancy us getting a clean sheet as well though.

    2. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 14 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      As I was saying lol

  4. FOREST FOREVER 2
    • 1 Year
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Well played Khallili owners.

  5. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 13 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    If I post a comment the page gets stuck after refresh. Anyone else?

  6. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    abit ridiculous fulham didnt get a pen when forest got one only a few weeks back for something similar

  7. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Alot of Content creators with TC Palmer?

    1. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 13 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Would be funny if it finished 1-0

      1. Jacquet of all trades, mast…
        • 7 Years
        1 day, 6 hours ago

        Funiier 1-2

        1. Jacquet of all trades, mast…
          • 7 Years
          1 day, 6 hours ago

          Ha

  8. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Had exact cash to do Hume > Khalaili and bottled it

    1. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Palace have Europa League soon, so probably a good long term decision.

      An extra FT is always good.

  9. PartyTime
    • 5 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    This ref at the bridge is an absolute amateur. Bad positioning & wrong decisions. Sorta ref that will engage in match fixing.

    1. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      That doesn't follow. Good job this is the anonymous Internet.

  10. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Palmer absent so far. Honestly, why do I listen to content creators?

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      100%

    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 14 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Not in a rush to get him after my FH anyway. Rogers is the value.

      Could do with any return from palmer this week with the captaincy though!

      1. Ignasi M
        • 9 Years
        1 day, 6 hours ago

        Thunk I might go Palmer > Saka

  11. PartyTime
    • 5 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Tzolakis big save. Denies Palmer assist

  12. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Davis A

    1. Zilla
      • 8 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Got him since GW1 but always benched, not quite sure when is the time to play him lol

  13. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Palace defence is getting comical now

    1. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 14 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Yep we had a different back 3 every game, just hope Sage settles on a first choice 3. Loves to tinker

      1. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        1 day, 6 hours ago

        Emersonn's free header got me laughing

    2. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      I worry for them this season

    3. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Chelsea isn't 😉

      1. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        1 day, 6 hours ago

        Already was 😀

    4. polis
      • 15 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Ahanor? At least he's honest.

  14. PartyTime
    • 5 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Giles A. Belloumi G

    1. fantasyfog
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Not in it for Chelsea defense though, never keeping a cleanie that lot

  15. Shark Team
    • 9 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Hull G - Belloumi

  16. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    palmer to bruno?

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 14 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      😆

  17. Jacquet of all trades, mast…
    • 7 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Hull G

  18. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    1-1 . Chelsea are trash

  19. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    😆 chelsea's defence

  20. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Hull equalizer

  21. Supersonic_
    • 5 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Lil

  22. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Hull are very, very good.

    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Chelsea defence is just very very bad

  23. Fifa las vegas
    • 14 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    What a balls up of a goal 😆

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 14 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Great finish though

  24. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    My oh my...

    The might Hull roar!

  25. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Beloumi G

  26. Royal5
    • 15 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Chelseas defense is horse shite

    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      My word. So so bad

    2. fantasyfog
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Offensive to horse shite

  27. fantasist
    • 16 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Wow Hull goal.. Blew Me

    1. Make FPL Casual Again
      • 8 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      User name checks out

  28. DeSelby
    • 4 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Haha Martinez. Bite one.

    1. MrZ
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Penders will play sooner than we expected

  29. Supersonic_
    • 5 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Come on Palmer son

  30. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Oh my word I just saw the Hull goal

    Hato howler