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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. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 hour, 37 mins ago

    Pedro on fire

  2. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 hour, 37 mins ago

    https://x.com/FPL_JianBatra/status/2108853566127702293
    Content creators benching JPedro, oof

    1. FantasyTony
      • 9 Years
      1 hour, 37 mins ago

      ClaudeFPL in the mud

    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      1 hour, 37 mins ago

      Muppets

  3. Pep Roulette
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 36 mins ago

    De Cuyper CS banked! It's time to score Sunderland!

    1. Supersonic_
      • 5 Years
      1 hour, 30 mins ago

      He subbed?

  4. Amartey Partey
    • 7 Years
    1 hour, 36 mins ago

    More points for everyone!

  5. Make FPL Casual Again
    • 8 Years
    1 hour, 36 mins ago

    Yessss captain Joaww...

  6. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    1 hour, 36 mins ago

    Aargh benched J Pedro last minute for Szob... fml

    1. Ignasi M
      • 9 Years
      1 hour, 35 mins ago

      I did it last season when he scored a hat trick.

  7. Cojones of Destiny
    • 8 Years
    1 hour, 36 mins ago

    sooo overwhelmed to start JP over donkey Wissa ))

  8. oi no professionals
    • 15 Years
    1 hour, 36 mins ago

    Hold on, are we actually doing well on a wildcard?

  9. Atimis
    • 10 Years
    1 hour, 36 mins ago

    I would never in my life bench Pedro if I didn’t read all that X stuff this morning like Chelsea goals predicted to drop etc, I’m gonna stop following the news now, more harm than good…

    1. Cojones of Destiny
      • 8 Years
      1 hour, 33 mins ago

      exactly this , followed my gut and started all three ))

  10. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 hour, 36 mins ago

    no pedro or de cuyper lol. pointless gw now regardless 😆

  11. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 35 mins ago

    Palmer. Please score this free kick

  12. jonnybhoy
    • 13 Years
    1 hour, 35 mins ago

    Benching J pedro and bringing in King is a season low

  13. Make FPL Casual Again
    • 8 Years
    1 hour, 35 mins ago

    Everyone in the world was predicting JP to start except the scaredy hivemind fol bubble

  14. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 hour, 35 mins ago

    Henderson brace!

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 hour, 34 mins ago

      What a free kick!

    2. Pep Roulette
      • 9 Years
      1 hour, 34 mins ago

      Assist?

      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        1 hour, 33 mins ago

        Palmer I think

  15. Fifa las vegas
    • 14 Years
    1 hour, 34 mins ago

    I should’ve just kept Pedro through injury a couple of weeks back

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 14 Years
      1 hour, 32 mins ago

      I may need to WC just to get him back and Rogers in, otherwise it’s one or the other.

      Feck this game, I miss the international break 😆

  16. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 hour, 34 mins ago

    Anyone watching FUL? Got King and Gonzalo ... gamble not paid (yet) 🙁

  17. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 hour, 34 mins ago

    palmer assist at least?

    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 hour, 33 mins ago

      Lucky

  18. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 34 mins ago

    is that a palmer assist?

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      1 hour, 33 mins ago

      think so

    2. Cojones of Destiny
      • 8 Years
      1 hour, 33 mins ago

      yep

  19. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    1 hour, 34 mins ago

    Hendo again

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 hour, 33 mins ago

      King > Hendo done!

  20. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 hour, 34 mins ago

    Hendo is out of retirement!!

  21. Kodap
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 33 mins ago

    palmer a?

    1. RICICLE
      • 4 Years
      1 hour, 33 mins ago

      Yep

  22. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    1 hour, 33 mins ago

    Rogers hit 12 defcon

  23. Siva Mohan
    • 14 Years
    1 hour, 33 mins ago

    36 years .. 2 goals & an assist so far

  24. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 33 mins ago

    palmer was fouled, so think its an assist

  25. FantasyTony
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 32 mins ago

    Saka > Hendo for a hit?

  26. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 hour, 32 mins ago

    Brilliant Palmer A

  27. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 hour, 31 mins ago

    chelsea have been ridiculously clinical this season so far

  28. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    1 hour, 31 mins ago

    Pedro off

    Rogers playing ST now?

  29. Ignasi M
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 31 mins ago

    Good, feel better. But need a goal from Palmer otherwise I'm selling him for Rogers.

  30. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    1 hour, 31 mins ago

    The template is templating

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 14 Years
      1 hour, 27 mins ago

      And I’m crying watching it