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Our final Premier League match of the day sees Nottingham Forest face bottom-of-the-table Coventry City at the City Ground.

Kick-off is at 17:30 BST.

Frank Lampard’s side are without a single Premier League point or goal to their name after four Gameweeks.

The Tricky Trees, meanwhile, have bounced back from a narrow opening-day defeat to embark on a three-match unbeaten run.

TEAM NEWS

Forest boss Oliver Glasner makes just one change from their 2-1 win over Aston Villa last Saturday.

Jair Cunha returns from injury to take the place of Ola Aina, who drops to the bench.

The most-bought player of Gameweek 5, Morgan Gibbs-White, starts, as expected. So too do Murillo, Daniel Munoz, Neco Williams and Liam Delap, all of whom were snapped up by over 100,000 Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers ahead of Friday’s deadline.

As for the visitors, Lampard makes three changes to the side he sent out in Gameweek 4.

All three alterations are enforced as Aurele Amenda and Milan van Ewijk are out injured and Taiwo Awoniyi is suspended.

Caleb Yirenkyi, Brandon Thomas-Asante and Stephen Mfuni come into the Sky Blues’ starting line-up.

LINE-UPS

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

Subs: Aina, Dominguez, Hudson-Odoi, Victor, Jesus, Netz, Sangare, Wood, Yates.

Coventry XI: Rushworth, Yirenkyi, Thomas, Pinnock, Mfuni, Dasilva, Grimes, Onyeka, Rudoni, Mason-Clark, Thomas-Asante.

Subs: Bentley, Cherif, Gboho, Hamer, Latibeaudiere, Sakamoto, Simms, Tchaouna, Torp.


LIVE GAMEWEEK 5 PAGE + MATCH CENTRE

Forest Coventry

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. gergin
    1 month, 15 days ago

    It was robbery for Barry`s owners.

    1. fusen
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Did VAR get a decision wrong?

      1. x.jim.x
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Yeah, Rice should have copped a 3 match ban

      2. gergin
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Wrong? It was pure form of idiotism.

    2. Randy_Marsh
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Yeah var is crap

      1. Benedict_Alexander_Arnold
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Are you Lorde?

    3. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 15 days ago

      It was robbery for United

  2. Slurpy
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Why oh why did I not just free hit

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

      This, regretting playing too passive

  3. Ady87
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Wasn’t expecting my only returns to be from double Brighton defence against Arsenal.

  4. F4L
    1 month, 15 days ago

    no conceding today forest

  5. lilmessipran
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Does Wissa take the next penalty? He has been such a trap, the fixtures make him an ok hold as well which is kinda annoying.

    1. Hairy Potter
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Osula is probably first choice if on the pitch. Maybe MFP gets a chance. No one else apart from Schar is any good at them.

      1. lilmessipran
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Yea, agreed

  6. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Groß coming on for Wissa 😎

    1. lilmessipran
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Gross and De Cuyper coming on for Wissa and Sangare..love me some bench jam!

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

        I hate to burst your bubble but whilst both Wissa and Sangare scored zero, they played....

    2. bialk
      1 month, 15 days ago

      For Sangare here 🙂

    3. SM001
      1 month, 15 days ago

      How's that?

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

        Read between the lines

  7. lilmessipran
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Need a 1-0 Coventry win with a MGW red card to save my season.. somewhat

  8. ididnt
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Well done me. Wildcarded to a team with Groß and Schade 1 and 2 on my bench.

    Onto next season I guess.

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      1 month, 15 days ago

      You didn't

  9. F4L
    1 month, 15 days ago

    hopefully someone at opta owns gabriel

    1. lilmessipran
      1 month, 15 days ago

      2 points will be massive for me this week

    2. Brosstan
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Surely they can find 1 DC somewhere...

  10. Reddonkeyham 42
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Forgot to change team or even captain, 46 points so far!

    1. Don Be Zeelly
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Congratulations.

  11. JohnnyCroat
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Somehow a baby green on 24 points. But subs means I've Enzo Le Fée and Hume against Citeh tomorrow.
    Need Bruno, Håland, Szobs, to all pop off...

  12. Bobby Digital
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Might have to buy Gross just to stop him from scoring

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 15 days ago

      I tried that this week and benched him. Maybe should have started him to make that happen.

    2. DA Minnion (Former great)
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Please don't.

    3. Make FPL Casual Again
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Done and dusted already

  13. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 month, 15 days ago

    15 from 5. Need a serious showing from Forest, Gvardiol and Haaland C

  14. F4L
    1 month, 15 days ago

    city could score a few tomorrow to lay down a marker in the title race. hopefully arteta keeps using some reserves in cl matches

  15. DA Minnion (Former great)
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Arsenal were so far off it today.

  16. Emiliano Sala
    1 month, 15 days ago

    8 points from 5 players after WC
    Great

  17. Uncle John from Jamaica
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Hi all

    If I make a couple of transfers now and take a -4 am i right to think I get the -4 back if a play wildcard later this game week?

    Cheers

    1. Bobby Digital
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Yeah you're right

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Yes, just as I did last week

    3. Don Be Zeelly
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Yeah.

    4. Snoopydog
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Yep. Doing similar (albeit without -4).

  18. Make FPL Casual Again
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Hmm double BHA cs vs Ars strangely disappointing 11 points, no saves, defcons, baps etc

  19. F4L
    1 month, 15 days ago

    is gross actually 25, not 35?

    1. Don Be Zeelly
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Going out with a bang. God bless him.

  20. Make FPL Casual Again
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Need a MGW haul to save my season.

  21. TheBiffas
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Van Ewijk, Dedic and Pedro bench.... Any more no-shows and I'm down to 10

    1. Benedict_Alexander_Arnold
      1 month, 15 days ago

      You bought the ticket, enjoy the ride

      1. TheBiffas
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Indeed

  22. have you seen cyan
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Thank god, spurs finally not 17th anymore.

    1. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 15 days ago

      They could be 20th going into the IB
      If Fulham get at least a draw & Coventry an unlikely win

  23. Atimis
    1 month, 15 days ago

    How many of you played Verb over Kinsky?
    Also, lol, Diop on my bench outscoring Palmer and Calafiori!

    1. Reddonkeyham 42
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Surely people aren't actually starting Kinsky

      1. have you seen cyan
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Masochists

      2. TheBiffas
        1 month, 15 days ago

        Well he did have two clean sheets in a row prior to today but sure

    2. Snoopydog
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Bench currently outscoring entire starting X1 and then some.

  24. Amartey Partey
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Sorry all, I jinxed MGW.

  25. Herger
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Lots of humble pie to be eaten by people that were laughing at Man Utd fans for saying they’d be title challengers. Win tomorrow and they could be just 5 points off first

    1. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Man City might make that 8 points
      I prefer one point behind Hull & one ahead of Ipswich after 5 games

    2. Don Be Zeelly
      1 month, 15 days ago

      I still don't understand the Bruno exodus. But like you said... tomorrow.

      1. keefy59
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 month, 15 days ago

        I've taken Bruno out on Wildcard
        Taken a two game punt on MGW against the two worst defences
        Kept the funds for Bruno if I want him back after the two games .

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

          No longer on corners.

    3. Warby84
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Dream on

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

      MU is garbage but dream on.

      Bruno and his dodgy pens is worth about 15 table points per season. About 5 losses or ties avoided.

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

      Might bookmark this one. You are funny.

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

      I see King and Gonzalo shredding that defence apart.

    7. Benedict_Alexander_Arnold
      1 month, 15 days ago

      Only 33 matches left to be played after tomorrow

  26. Brosstan
    1 month, 15 days ago

    MGW (C) and Munoz fail.. season over

  27. waltzingmatildas
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Who to lose for Groß?!
    A) Odegaard
    B) Szoboszlai
    C) Rogers
    D) Bruno
    E) Gomez -4 (Gabriel, Gomez to e.g. Munoz, Groß)

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

      Any / all of them

    2. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 month, 15 days ago

      A at the moment
      Butt wait until after Sundays games

    3. Make FPL Casual Again
      1 month, 15 days ago

      B) easily

  28. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    1 month, 15 days ago

    Coventry actually look decent without awoyini

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

    Delap with 5 def cons

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

    Gone rogue this week
    With the 1% on bench boost
    And the 6% with MGW (C)
    Ok but not great so far and Haaland Cs could hurt tomorrow