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Three more Premier League matches to come now, including the strangely untelevised (in the UK) Brighton and Hove Albion v Arsenal.

Everton and Newcastle United also host newly promoted opposition in the form of Ipswich Town and Hull City

Above kick-off times in BST

TEAM NEWS

Jurrien Timber and Bruno Guimaraes are handed their first Premier League starts of the season as Mikel Arteta makes two changes from Arsenal’s 2-0 win over Sunderland.

Ben White misses out with an injury, while Myles Lewis-Skelly moves to the bench.

There’s again no Cristhian Mosquera in the squad but Piero Hincapie does make the bench, having missed the EFL Cup tie against Ipswich Town in midweek.

Pascal Struijk and Chema Andrés make their first league starts of 2026/27, too, with Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler also making a couple of alterations from Gameweek 4.

Lewis Dunk is absent with a stiff neck (!), while £4.5m midfielder Malick Yalcouye has to make do with substitute duty. Does this mean Pascal Gross will be in the ’10’?

At St James’ Park, injury-riddled Newcastle promote Sean Steur and Joe Willock to the starting XI in place of the sidelined Amar Dedic and Nico Gonzalez.

With Tino Livramento also unexpectedly missing, it looks like Lewis Miley will be operating at right-back.

One of Hull’s two changes is enforced as Lucas Herrington replaces the concussed Nobel Mendy.

In the other alteration, Sorba Thomas makes his full Premier League debut in place of Elliot Stroud.

It’s a straight swap on the left wing for Everton as Jack Grealish comes in for Tyrique George.

And despite winning at Crystal Palace last Saturday, Ipswich boss makes a couple of tweaks for today’s clash on Merseyside.

There’s a notable change between the posts as Kjell Scherpen is benched. Alas, budget goalkeeper fans, his replacement, Christian Walton, is £4.4m in Fantasy Premier League (FPL) and not £4.0m.

The other change comes in defence. Abdoul Ouattara replaces Jacob Greaves, so Dara O’Shea will presumably move from right-back to centre-half.

LINE-UPS

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Verbruggen, Kadioglu, Vuskovic, Struijk, Boscagli, Ayari, Gross, Andres, Gomez, De Cuyper, Kostoulas.

Subs: Steele, Hadjam, Rutter, David, Osman, Costinha, Svoboda, O’Reilly, Yalcouye.

Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori, Rice, Guimaraes, Odegaard, Saka, Havertz, Tzolis.

Subs: Arrizabalaga, Hincapie, Eze, Gyokeres, Madueke, Merino, Zubimendi, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman.


Everton XI: Pickford, Maitland-Niles, Branthwaite, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, Garner, Armstrong, Johnson, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish, Barry.

Subs: Travers, King, Keane, O’Brien, George, Hackney, Alcaraz, Dibling, Graham.

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

Subs: Scherpen, Furlong, Greaves, Florentino, Nunez, Akpom, Flemming, Philogene, Maeda.


Newcastle United XI: Hornicek, L Miley, Thiaw, Botman, Hall, Steur, Willock, Murphy, Wissa, Barnes, Fernandez-Pardo.

Subs: Pope, Schar, Bamba, Toure, Thompson, Pivas, Salia, Mason Miley, Mills.

Hull City XI: Tzolakis, Coyle, Ajayi, Egan, Herrington, Giles, Belloumi, Crooks, Slater, Thomas, McBurnie.

Subs: Phillips, Gelhardt, Hjerto-Dahl, McNair, Stroud, Gourna, Iroegbunam, Vaz, Cho.


LIVE GAMEWEEK 5 PAGE + MATCH CENTRE

Spurs v Aston Villa team news: Porro + Manzambi start Timber and

You can follow all the day’s action via the Live Gameweek page, which you can find in the all-new FPL Toolkit section.

Here you can track the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DefCon) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out.

And there’s also the all-new Match Centre to explore. Here, you’ll find stats, heatmaps, rolling xG graphs and more on every Premier League fixture.

A lot is free for all, with Chief Scout Members getting full access.

Enjoy!


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  1. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    21 hours, 21 mins ago

    Manzambi or Schade?

    1. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      21 hours, 19 mins ago

      Schade

    2. JBG
      • 8 Years
      21 hours, 17 mins ago

      Manzambi

  2. Esraj
    • 10 Years
    21 hours, 17 mins ago

    Why would a back up keeper at Ipswich be priced at 4.5m?

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      21 hours, 12 mins ago

      fpl towers might have not been sure who was the first choice gk

    2. Dubem_FC
      • 10 Years
      21 hours, 11 mins ago

      I think when the game launched, he wasn't expected to be backup. Then they signed Scherpen.

  3. F4L
    • 11 Years
    21 hours, 15 mins ago

    time for the return of Lewis Haul

    1. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      21 hours, 12 mins ago

      Jammy Garner's time for 19 defcon + corner assist + penalty

      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        21 hours, 1 min ago

        only 19 defcons? 😉

        1. Moon Dog
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 1 Year
          20 hours, 59 mins ago

          He's still working his way up to full fitness

    2. GoonerSteve
      • 16 Years
      20 hours, 54 mins ago

      Yep

    3. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      20 hours, 46 mins ago

      Timing

  4. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    21 hours, 13 mins ago

    Here’s a crazy idea: maybe Conor Gallagher should start?

  5. Esraj
    • 10 Years
    21 hours, 4 mins ago

    German third division football streaming live on YouTube.

  6. el polako
    • 9 Years
    21 hours ago

    Need Hull to do the Hull thing and wipe out Newcastle’s cleanie please

  7. F4L
    • 11 Years
    20 hours, 59 mins ago

    willock g

  8. Jigger & Pony
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    20 hours, 59 mins ago

    Barnes A

  9. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    20 hours, 58 mins ago

    Yes Harvey!!

  10. Fifa las vegas
    • 14 Years
    20 hours, 58 mins ago

    Willock isn’t Wissa? That’s not right

    1. el polako
      • 9 Years
      20 hours, 57 mins ago

      You wissa it was him.

      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 14 Years
        20 hours, 54 mins ago

        I do

  11. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 8 Years
    20 hours, 57 mins ago

    Yes, Harvey! Get in, lad!

  12. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    20 hours, 55 mins ago

    Arsenal playing around their 6 yard box is worrying

  13. F4L
    • 11 Years
    20 hours, 55 mins ago

    hallllllllll

  14. JBG
    • 8 Years
    20 hours, 55 mins ago

    Oh fck off Hall

  15. Jigger & Pony
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    20 hours, 55 mins ago

    Barnes again?

  16. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    20 hours, 55 mins ago

    Hall you little legend

  17. F4L
    • 11 Years
    20 hours, 55 mins ago

    barnes assist x2

  18. The Tinkerman
    • 11 Years
    20 hours, 54 mins ago

    Barnes two assists in 4 mins

  19. Triple Free Bench Hit Boost
    • 4 Years
    20 hours, 54 mins ago

    Does anyone in the entire game even own Willock!?

  20. F4L
    • 11 Years
    20 hours, 53 mins ago

    erm, gone from cant pick just 5 mids, to cant pick just 5 mids from the 5.5-6.5 bracket. its crazy

  21. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    20 hours, 52 mins ago

    Hull humbled while Hall hauls

    1. Halftime
      • 15 Years
      20 hours, 50 mins ago

      Hall of fame

  22. Dont give a fuchs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    20 hours, 52 mins ago

    Barry OMG

  23. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    20 hours, 52 mins ago

    Wissa involved in the… celebrations?

    1. Dont give a fuchs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      20 hours, 50 mins ago

      Nope, not even involved there

  24. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    20 hours, 51 mins ago

    Barry goal

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      20 hours, 51 mins ago

      Brilliant points at last for my VC.

      Stomach?

      No worries

  25. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    20 hours, 51 mins ago

    Tarkowski assist

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 14 Years
      20 hours, 50 mins ago

      Even worse!

  26. Shark Team
    • 9 Years
    20 hours, 51 mins ago

    Barry G
    Tark A

  27. JBG
    • 8 Years
    20 hours, 51 mins ago

    Get in Barry!

  28. Fifa las vegas
    • 14 Years
    20 hours, 51 mins ago

    I just had to get Wissa over Barry didn’t I.

    Feck this 😆

  29. F4L
    • 11 Years
    20 hours, 50 mins ago

    tark on fire this season damn

  30. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    20 hours, 50 mins ago

    Amazing Tarkowski volley from distance

    1. Feanor
      • 17 Years
      20 hours, 49 mins ago

      On target unlike Maguire’ own goal assist