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Three Premier League matches get underway at 14:00 BST this afternoon.

TEAM NEWS

Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola makes three changes from Gameweek 4.

Kostas Tsimikas, Ryan Gravenberch and Victor Munoz drop to the bench.

Milos Kerkez, Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo come into the side.

For Bournemouth, Marco Rose brings in Ryan Christie for Justin Kluivert, who is absent from the matchday squad.

At Elland Road, Leeds United are unchanged from Gameweek 4 for their meeting with Crystal Palace.

The Eagles’ two alterations see Tahehiro Tomiyasu and Jaydee Canvot replace Honest Ahanor and Axel Disasi, who is suspended.

Finally, at the Etihad Stadium, it’s one change apiece from last weekend.

Iliman Ndiaye is in for Manchester City in place of the banned Phil Foden.

Jeremy Doku is among the substitutes – along with Nico O’Reilly – upon his return from injury.

Dayann Methalie meanwhile gets his first Premier League start for Sunderland. Reinildo, who is suspended, makes way.

LINE-UPS

Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Smith, Hill, Silva, Truffert, Adams, Scott, Rayan, Christie, Tavernier, Evanilson

Subs: Di Gregorio, Cook, Soler, Brooks, Doak, Diakite, Sanchez, Toth, Jebbison

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Araujo, Jacquet, van Dijk, Kerkez, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Gakpo, Wirtz, Barcola, Isak

Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Tsimikas, Munoz, Frimpong, Gravenberch, Nyoni, Koumas, Ngumoha


Leeds United XI: Trafford, Justin, Elvedi, Muharemovic, Bogle, Ampadu, Tanaka, Gudmundsson, Stach, Okafor, Calvert-Lewin

Subs: Zetterer, Bijol, Bard, Longstaff, Aaronson, James, Gruev, Nmecha, Bahoya

Crystal Palace XI: Benitez, Richards, Tomiyasu, Canvot, Khalaili, Wharton, Timber, Mitchell, Kamada, Pino, Strand Larsen

Subs: Matthews, Chilwell, Doucoure, Mingueza, Lerma, Osorio, Sarr, Nketiah, McNeil


Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Guehi, Gvardiol, Enzo, Anderson, Ndiaye, Cherki, Semenyo, Haaland

Subs: Rulli, Khusanov, Lewis, O’Reilly, Ait-Nouri, Bouaddi, Kovacic, Allan, Doku

Sunderland XI: Roefs, Mukiele, Danso, Ballard, Methalie, Xhaka, Sadiki, Meunier, Le Fee, Angulo, Brobbey

Subs: Ellborg, Alderete, Hume, Ahoka, Rigg, O’Nien, Talbi, Isidor, Fofana


LIVE GAMEWEEK 5 PAGE + MATCH CENTRE

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. Brosstan
    • 12 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    5 captain fails. Conservatively, 5 captain successes would have been 50 more points and a top 100k rank. Instead Im 1.1mill. The margins are razor thin due to random 50/50 decisions either going your way or not.

    1. Geriatric Unathletic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      True this...

    2. Jordan.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      1.1m top 10%,not bad that

    3. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 10 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      Absolutely. 21st in my H2H league. Lost last three matchups by 3 points or less. Would have been top.

    4. F4L
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      yeah

      they should've made haaland 16mil

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

        17...

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

        His price is actually correct, but predicting that likes of Konsa, de Cuyper and Groß emerge wasn't easy imo.

      3. Brosstan
        • 12 Years
        1 day, 8 hours ago

        Haaland is ok priced but everone else is too cheap. Pedro, Calafiori, Gross, Rogers, Gvardiol, all the 5.0 defenders should have been 5.5, the 4.5 GKs should be 5,0 etc etc.

        1. Brosstan
          • 12 Years
          1 day, 8 hours ago

          Bump every player in the game price up by .5 and instantly a lot of the template issues are fixed. Too easy to get too many of the popular picks at the same time.

      4. Haa-lala-land
        • 5 Years
        1 day, 8 hours ago

        They should have raised the minimum cost of all defenders from 4.0 to 4.5.
        Maybe next year theyll do it

  2. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 10 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    WC ok?

    Leno Verbruggen
    Califiori Konsa Gvardiol Hall Thomas
    Bruno Rogers Schade Tavernier Gross
    Haaland Pedro Delap

    1. MetallicaJack93
      • 3 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      Yup like it

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 9 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      Delapp is crap

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 9 Years
        1 day, 8 hours ago

        Other than that it looks nice. Maybe try to get 0.5m from somewhere to get Gonzalo, Barry, DCL or Evanilson.

        1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
          • 10 Years
          1 day, 8 hours ago

          GW 8 BB in mind. Plays Ipswich A. Forest are normally good away from home

      2. Nomar
        • 16 Years
        1 day, 8 hours ago

        That rhymes

  3. MetallicaJack93
    • 3 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    RMWCT BB in hand

    Raya Kinsky
    Cala Gvar Munoz Hall Castagne
    Saka Rogers Barnes Gross King
    Haaland Pedro Delap

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

      G2G

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 9 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      Drop Kinsky and upgrade Delap

  4. PogChamp
    • 15 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    I thought Hume was a cert at the start of the season. What a waste of a transfer.

    1. Brosstan
      • 12 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      Funny 50/50 at the start of the season. Hume vs De Cuyper. Just luck again. Hume cements his space OOP and Sunderland have a good start and hes an excellent pick instead hes pure garbage. Meanwhile De Cyuper is in the team of the season.

      1. PogChamp
        • 15 Years
        1 day, 8 hours ago

        De Cuyper and a couple of others but yes, typical.

    2. TallestJohn
      • 9 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      I picked him but it was always short term because I wanted BB out the way. Once Mukiele, Alderete and Meunier were fit his minutes were always going to be impacted and then they added Danso too.

  5. More Tragic
    • 11 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Need a Gakpo & Cherki to get something for a full house in my midfield.

    (Barnes/Schade/Gross)

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

    Annoying that I can't watch both LIV and MCI from big screen at the same time. Szobo, Gvardiol, C Haaland owner. Schedule could be better...

  7. Haa-lala-land
    • 5 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Bournemouth 1 - 0 Liverpool
    Man City 2 - 0 Sunderland
    Leeds 3 - 1 Palace

  8. DeSelby
    • 4 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    I really need Haaland (C) to make it to 60 minutes. Those 4 appearance points will raise my score this week 20%.

  9. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    all sunderland so far

  10. Three Pints of Schlager
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Menthalie challenge

  11. Esraj
    • 10 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Cherki got slapped.

    1. DeSelby
      • 4 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      That's a shame.

  12. Three Pints of Schlager
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Enzo ffs

  13. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    enzo g
    ndiaye a

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      I'll take the assist

      I started him with Pedro out

    2. Three Pints of Schlager
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      Not sure if FPL assists are given for direct free kicks as for penalties.

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        1 day, 8 hours ago

        I can confirm they are

        Points on the board

      2. Brosstan
        • 12 Years
        1 day, 8 hours ago

        100% they are

  14. Esraj
    • 10 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Enzo goal

  15. Esraj
    • 10 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Let the floodgates open.

    1. fusen
      • 14 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      Their goal was completely against the run of play

  16. TheTinman
    • 11 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Enzo is probably the best city mid pick honestly. I said it a couple of weeks ago he is in the box all the time

  17. Effe
    • 16 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Ndiaye assist

  18. Three Pints of Schlager
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Gvardiol cleanie gone

  19. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    brobbey g

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      *le fee a

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        1 day, 8 hours ago

        Brilliant pass

    2. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 14 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      lol the week i finally take him out he scores!

      1. Nomar
        • 16 Years
        1 day, 8 hours ago

        Always the way.

        1. Hughes Your Daddy
          • 14 Years
          1 day, 8 hours ago

          Yep, should be used to it by now 🙂

  20. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Brobbery busting up Man City on their own patch

    Deservedly so

  21. Esraj
    • 10 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Daylight Brobbery

  22. Supersonic_
    • 5 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Gvardiol busted already. Cherki and Robot blank now. Season from hell

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

      Just this gw

  23. SpaceCadet
    • 12 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Now gvardiol cs busted. Possibly the worst wc ever!

  24. Ted Bovis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Hello Mr Brobbey!

  25. Ady87
    • 13 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Benched Gvardiol’s 11 points last week against United on WC

    Started him today

    I know I didn’t get him for CS exclusively but still funny.

  26. panda07
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Daylight Brobbery!

  27. DeSelby
    • 4 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Le Fee roasted Anderson and Cherki just stood there watching. Good job, guys.

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

    Szobo misses his FK when Enzo scores and one moment after that Gvardiol loses his CS... This week keeps on giving.

    1. Supersonic_
      • 5 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      Standard

  29. Golden Oldies
    • 16 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Sold Le Fee and he starts delivering.. might be tempted to get back for the upturn in fixtures

  30. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    dont think haaland's touched the ball yet

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      Man City not touched the ball in the Sunderland box

      Sunderland 4 times in theirs

      1. Supersonic_
        • 5 Years
        1 day, 8 hours ago

        Classic. Might just stick with Robot on WC

    2. Supersonic_
      • 5 Years
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      That's okay. We just need 3. 3 touches and 3 subsequent goals