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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. Esraj
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Champions of England you're having a laugh!

  2. Feanor
    1 month, 15 days ago

    That’s two KHD assists in two weeks now that Johnson has ruined. Get him off the pitch!

  3. Amartey Partey
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Anyone on a FH have Gross?

  4. Cojones of Destiny
    1 month, 15 days ago

    wise gtfo my team u useless donkey

    1. Cojones of Destiny
      1 month, 15 days ago

      •wissa

  5. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Gross predicted progress +254% now. Sangare to him with exact money looks like a forced transfer.

    1. Bobby Digital
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Might just do it early to get it over with, even if I can afford a rise.

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 month, 15 days ago

        TV may become important this season. I have 3 free transfers, but Sangare looks like an obvious sell and Gross is too dangerous not to own.

  6. Bobby Digital
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Arsenal getting spanked. It's like men against boys

  7. DeSelby
    1 month, 15 days ago

    It doesn't seem fair at all that Brighton are allowed to have two extra players.

  8. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 15 days ago

    5 points with Haaland(C) and Szob to play
    Ajer 7 points bench
    Anyone worse?

  9. F4L
    1 month, 15 days ago

    no way de cuyper gets a clean sheet right? oh dear never thought no brighton could be such a killer 😆

    1. Cojones of Destiny
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Ars will score

      1. Three Pints of Schlager
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 month, 15 days ago

        A DeCuyper own goal hopefully

    2. Three Pints of Schlager
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Me neither

  10. TheTinman
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Gross might end the season highest scoring player

  11. bso
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 15 days ago

    BHA not letting ARS breath lol!

  12. Feanor
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Johnson wastes another KDH setup and is finally hooked by Moyes

  13. TheTinman
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Tzolis goal would go so hard

  14. F4L
    1 month, 15 days ago

    murillo starts, there kinda goes the hope of gross points meh

  15. Supersonic_
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Everyone above me in ML getting Gross off the bench...

  16. Feanor
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Ipswich red

    1. Feanor
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Second yellow for diving

      1. Bobby Digital
        1 month, 15 days ago

        For who?

        1. RICICLE
          1 month, 15 days ago

          fatawu

        2. Brosstan
          1 month, 15 days ago

          Fatawu

  17. JBG
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Arsenal can't do anything against a proper pressing team when they can't use their corner "tactics".

  18. DeSelby
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Brennan Johnson is like the opposite of a player you want on the pitch doing good things for your team.

    1. FantasyClub
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Is it just me or does he have a constant look of despair on his face...?

  19. Three Pints of Schlager
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Ipswiched to 10 men

  20. JBG
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Go on Barry grab 2 goals now

  21. el polako
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Do we think Odegaard is going to come on?

  22. Fifa las vegas
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Arsenal all over the place.

  23. F4L
    1 month, 15 days ago

    wow tark is on for a mega haul now, and all these brighton points

    reallyyyy need hall to hold that cs

    1. JBG
      1 month, 15 days ago

      About that last part

      1. F4L
        1 month, 15 days ago

        lol, damn

    2. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Jinx

  24. Count of Monte Hristo
    1 month, 15 days ago

    My Raya/Gab/Cala triple up not so strong today 😆

    I have Groß so that helps.

  25. RICICLE
    1 month, 15 days ago

    of course hull score, of course

  26. Old Man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Hull G

  27. Feanor
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Miley turnover leads to Hull goal

    Fkn useless

    1. RICICLE
      1 month, 15 days ago

      hate that miley

  28. Esraj
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Hall CS and bonus wiped out.

    1. Fifa las vegas
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Could do with an Ipswich one too, followed by a KDH one

    2. RICICLE
      1 month, 15 days ago

      yep, figures

    3. F4L
      1 month, 15 days ago

      maybe he can still get bonus

      if they dont concede again

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Still on 2 bus.

        1. Baps Hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          1 month, 15 days ago

          BPS

  29. Fifa las vegas
    1 month, 15 days ago

    I still think this Gross form isn’t sustainable. *folds arms and scowls*

    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 15 days ago

      HARRUMPH

    2. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 15 days ago

      So do I. But Leicester's and Vardy's form weren't sustainable either.

  30. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Hall 15 pts haul cancelled...

    1. g40steve
      1 month, 15 days ago

      More than all my starters 🙁