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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
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Manzambi or Schade?

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

      Schade

    2. JBG
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Manzambi

  2. Esraj
    1 month, 16 days ago

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

    1. F4L
      1 month, 16 days ago

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

    2. Dubem_FC
      1 month, 16 days ago

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

  3. F4L
    1 month, 16 days ago

    time for the return of Lewis Haul

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

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

      1. F4L
        1 month, 16 days ago

        only 19 defcons? 😉

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

          He's still working his way up to full fitness

    2. GoonerSteve
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Yep

    3. g40steve
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Timing

  4. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    1 month, 16 days ago

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

  5. Esraj
    1 month, 16 days ago

    German third division football streaming live on YouTube.

  6. el polako
    1 month, 16 days ago

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

  7. F4L
    1 month, 16 days ago

    willock g

  8. Jigger & Pony
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Barnes A

  9. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Yes Harvey!!

  10. Fifa las vegas
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Willock isn’t Wissa? That’s not right

    1. el polako
      1 month, 16 days ago

      You wissa it was him.

      1. Fifa las vegas
        1 month, 16 days ago

        I do

  11. BeaversWithAttitude
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Yes, Harvey! Get in, lad!

  12. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Arsenal playing around their 6 yard box is worrying

  13. F4L
    1 month, 16 days ago

    hallllllllll

  14. JBG
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Oh fck off Hall

  15. Jigger & Pony
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Barnes again?

  16. Feanor
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Hall you little legend

  17. F4L
    1 month, 16 days ago

    barnes assist x2

  18. The Tinkerman
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Barnes two assists in 4 mins

  19. Triple Free Bench Hit Boost
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Does anyone in the entire game even own Willock!?

  20. F4L
    1 month, 16 days 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
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Hull humbled while Hall hauls

    1. Halftime
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Hall of fame

  22. Dont give a fuchs
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Barry OMG

  23. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Wissa involved in the… celebrations?

    1. Dont give a fuchs
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Nope, not even involved there

  24. Feanor
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Barry goal

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Brilliant points at last for my VC.

      Stomach?

      No worries

  25. Feanor
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Tarkowski assist

    1. Fifa las vegas
      1 month, 16 days ago

      Even worse!

  26. Shark Team
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Barry G
    Tark A

  27. JBG
    1 month, 16 days ago

    Get in Barry!

  28. Fifa las vegas
    1 month, 16 days ago

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

    Feck this 😆

  29. F4L
    1 month, 16 days ago

    tark on fire this season damn

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

    Amazing Tarkowski volley from distance

    1. Feanor
      1 month, 16 days ago

      On target unlike Maguire’ own goal assist