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There are four more Premier League matches following on from Arsenal 2-1 Leeds United, all kicking off at 3pm BST.

Pedro Palmer start

TEAM NEWS

The big team news is that Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro start for Chelsea this afternoon.

So too does the fit-again Moises Caicedo, while Josh Acheampong gets a recall at centre-half.

Danny Welbeck, Valentin Barco and Wesley Fofana make way.

Reece James is absent.

For Bournemouth, the injured Alex Scott is replaced by David Brooks.

Brighton and Hove Albion are unchanged for their trip to Sunderland, which means Pascal Struijk keeps his place over Lewis Dunk.

Two of Regis Le Bris’ three changes are enforced, with Brian Brobbey and Dan Ballard out. Dayann Methalie also drops to the bench.

Trai Hume and Reinildo come into the defence, while Wilson Isidor deputises up top.

Ipswich Town boss Gary O’Neil brings in Jaden Philogene, Florentino Luis and Daizen Maeda for Jack Clarke, Exequiel Palacios and the banned Abdul Fatawu.

It’s all change at full-back for Fulham as Kenny Tete and Ryan Sessegnon sit in for Timothy Castagne and the absent Antonee Robinson.

There’s one change apiece at Villa Park.

Matty Cash is in for Aaron Wan-Bissaka for the hosts, while Brentford replace the injured Mikkel Damsgaard with El Hadji Malick Diouf.

LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Suzuki, Cash, Lindelof, Mings, Ruggeri, Kamara, Gomes, McGinn, Buendia, Manzambi, Jackson.

Subs: Bizot, Barkley, Torres, Garnacho, Abraham, Mbaye, Bogarde, Wan-Bissaka, Alysson.

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, Schuster, Ajer, Diouf, Yarmoliuk, Janelt, Anthony, Lewis-Potter, Schade, Thiago.

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Jensen, Van den Berg, Ouattara, Wilson, Carvalho, Sangare, Fredrick.


Chelsea XI: Martinez, Acheampong, Lacroix, Colwill, Neto, Caicedo, Henderson, Chavarria, Palmer, Rogers, Joao Pedro.

Subs: Penders, Palestra, Fofana, Hato, Gusto, Lavia, Quenda, Estevao, Welbeck.

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

Subs: Di Gregorio, Sanchez, Diakite, Soler, Toth, Cook, Gannon-Doak, Jebbison, Rodriguez.


Ipswich Town XI: Walton, Ouattara, Diop, O’Shea, Davis, Lukic, Florentino, Maeda, Enciso, Philogene-Bidace, Emersonn.

Subs: Scherpen, Furlong, Matusiwa, Walle, Flemming, Greaves, Palacios, Akpom, Clarke.

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Affengruber, Bassey, Sessegnon, Berge, Charles, Bobb, King, Iwobi, Garcia.

Subs: Lecomte, Andersen, Palacios, Rodrigo Muniz, Kevin, Larsson, Angel, Castagne, Smith Rowe.


Sunderland XI: Roefs, Hume, Mukiele, Danso, Reinildo, Xhaka, Sadiki, Meunier, Le Fee, Angulo, Isidor.

Subs: Ellborg, Methalie, Talbi, Rigg, O’Nien, Alderete, Ta Bi, Fofana, Riquelme Angulo.

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

Subs: Steele, Hadjam, Dunk, Rutter, David, Osman, Costinha, O’Riley, Yalcouye.


LIVE GAMEWEEK 6 PAGE + MATCH CENTRE

You can follow all the day’s action via the Live Gameweek page, which you can find in the 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. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    2 hours, 54 mins ago

    Palmer needs a goal today to justify his price tag.

    1. Make FPL Casual Again
      • 8 Years
      2 hours, 50 mins ago

      He's been disappointing

  2. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    2 hours, 54 mins ago

    Strujik red

    1. Sgt. Schultz
      • 10 Years
      2 hours, 53 mins ago

      Maguiresque

  3. Sgt. Schultz
    • 10 Years
    2 hours, 54 mins ago

    Struijk RC

  4. Saka White Rice
    • 12 Years
    2 hours, 54 mins ago

    Gross...right...so im meant to buy the narrative that this 35y old is simply unbelievable and will keep overperforming his "bang on average" stats

    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      2 hours, 53 mins ago

      You can just buy him you know

  5. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    2 hours, 54 mins ago

    Sunderland have to wipe that Brighton cleanie now

  6. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    2 hours, 53 mins ago

    Anyone else keep forgetting bonus points are live and add them to inflate their score incorrectly?

  7. Make FPL Casual Again
    • 8 Years
    2 hours, 53 mins ago

    I think this may aktually be a good gw

  8. Atimis
    • 10 Years
    2 hours, 53 mins ago

    I'm not following any news anymore, benched JPedro because of the morning rumors, ffs!

  9. Feanor
    • 17 Years
    2 hours, 53 mins ago

    Started Schade over Wissa and Konsa so of course that clown Cash injures him.

  10. WVA
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 hours, 53 mins ago

    King is a waste of space

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      2 hours, 45 mins ago

      Yes, he’s involved but not end touches

  11. Babit1967
    • 10 Years
    2 hours, 53 mins ago

    Thank goodness I joined the Gross bandwagon this gw

  12. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 hours, 52 mins ago

    Pascal struck OFF

  13. WVA
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 hours, 52 mins ago

    Got slated for recommending De Cuyper at start of season

    1. Ignasi M
      • 9 Years
      2 hours, 51 mins ago

      why? he was brilliant in pre season. He was the first person in my team and has stayed there.

  14. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 15 Years
    2 hours, 51 mins ago

    Zirkzee starts

    1. Sgt. Schultz
      • 10 Years
      2 hours, 50 mins ago

      what?

  15. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 hours, 51 mins ago

    I think I'm going to have to cave and get De Cuyper and Gross lol

    Gross seems to be having the season like Palmer when he was 5m or so a couple years back

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      2 hours, 48 mins ago

      Had gross since start, not de cuyper, wished I had, been smashing it

  16. bso
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 hours, 51 mins ago

    My three BHA boys doing me proud. Hold onto that CS Verbruggen!

  17. F4L
    • 11 Years
    2 hours, 51 mins ago

    mbeumo likely up top

    van de ven benched oof

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      2 hours, 50 mins ago

      spurs might be staying bottom

    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 hours, 50 mins ago

      Not Cunha up top?

      Captain Mbeumo!

      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        2 hours, 49 mins ago

        cant see mbeumo or amad playing LW tbh.

        good luck!

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          2 hours, 47 mins ago

          Doesn't Amad on the right push Mbeumo into the centre...

          Cunha left?

      2. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        2 hours, 45 mins ago

        Big balls, I went Saka 🙁

  18. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 hours, 50 mins ago

    Kostoulas sacrificed on the 60th min to bring on Dunk

    1. Sgt. Schultz
      • 10 Years
      2 hours, 48 mins ago

      Back Four then

    2. FantasyTony
      • 9 Years
      2 hours, 46 mins ago

      59th min

  19. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 hours, 50 mins ago

    Emm off the post for Ipswich

    Bobb over

  20. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    2 hours, 50 mins ago

    I'm thinking: is palmer and his girlfriend trying for a baby? He's just pants. He has flashes in games but fades in the second half of games.

    1. Make FPL Casual Again
      • 8 Years
      2 hours, 47 mins ago

      He's not having the baby is he *squinting frown

  21. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    2 hours, 49 mins ago

    Fair play to de cuyper owners, guys been smashing it

    People still brought him in even though some advising risks with Mitoma return, as some say, play it your own way

  22. RUUD!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 hours, 49 mins ago

    Pleaseeeeee score Palmer

    1. Ignasi M
      • 9 Years
      2 hours, 48 mins ago

      innit. captained him today . I blame his stunning, outrageously beautiful girlfriend.

      1. TheBiffas
        • 5 Years
        2 hours, 47 mins ago

        Weird

        1. Ignasi M
          • 9 Years
          2 hours, 45 mins ago

          I read that they're trying for a baby, so explains why he looks so fatigued.

  23. Royal5
    • 15 Years
    2 hours, 49 mins ago

    Every punt fails. Did Kostolas get injured?

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      2 hours, 48 mins ago

      sacrificed because of the red, really unlucky

    2. MrZ
      • 11 Years
      2 hours, 47 mins ago

      RC sacrifice

    3. Royal5
      • 15 Years
      2 hours, 45 mins ago

      Ah I see 🙁

  24. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 hours, 49 mins ago

    Man Utd team news - Amad returns

    Man Utd team: Lammens, Shaw, Martinez, Maguire, Yoro, Mainoo, Tielemans, Amad, Fernandes, Mbeumo, Cunha.

    Spurs team news

    Spurs team: Kinsky, Senesi, Van Hecke, Udogie, Gray, Gallagher, Bergvall, Tonali, Savio, Kudus, Solanke.

    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 hours, 47 mins ago

      Cunha or Mbeumo up top?

      1. Moon Dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 1 Year
        2 hours, 47 mins ago

        Mbeumo surely with Amad RW

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          2 hours, 46 mins ago

          This!

          Hopefully

    2. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      2 hours, 47 mins ago

      Thanks AC/DC.

      Need Bruno (C) to save my arse.

    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 hours, 46 mins ago

      6 changes for Spurs

    4. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 15 Years
      2 hours, 44 mins ago

      Amad not starting according to the Utd app

  25. Pep Roulette
    • 9 Years
    2 hours, 48 mins ago

    Get those Defcons Morgan

  26. have you seen cyan
    • 7 Years
    2 hours, 47 mins ago

    Can we have a Gross goal plz 😀

  27. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    2 hours, 47 mins ago

    Clearly Rogers over Palmer.

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      2 hours, 45 mins ago

      need some pole calmer pens

  28. CoracAld2831
    • 5 Years
    2 hours, 45 mins ago

    Should have not sold Pedro 3 weeks ago, but what's done is done.

  29. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 hours, 45 mins ago

    Pedro brace!

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      2 hours, 44 mins ago

      More pain to those who removed or benched flol

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 hours, 44 mins ago

      Ahh, wrongly put the armband 😛

  30. Sgt. Schultz
    • 10 Years
    2 hours, 44 mins ago

    JP composed finish
    Chavarria A