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There are three more Premier League matches following on from Everton 0-2 Chelsea, which all kick off at 3pm BST.

TEAM NEWS

The big team news is that Manchester City boss Enzo Maresca makes six changes from midweek.

Abdukodir Khusanov, Josko Gvardiol, Elliot Anderson, Enzo Fernandez, Rayan Cherki and Antoine Semenyo drop to the bench.

Matheus Nunes, Nico O’Reilly, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Mateo Kovacic, Phil Foden and Iliman Ndiaye come into the side.

For Ipswich Town, Gary O’Neil brings in Jacob Greaves and Exequiel Palacios for Sasa Lukic and Jaden Philogene.

Lukic is not in the matchday squad.

At the Gtech Community Stadium, Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexander Isak return to the Liverpool starting XI.

The suspended Ryan Gravenberch and Lewis Koumas make way from Gameweek 6.

Cody Gakpo is named among the substitutes.

Brentford’s three alterations see Sepp van den Berg, Mathias Jensen and Dango Ouattara replace Jannik Schuster, El Hadji Malick Diouf and Kevin Schade, who has been struggling with a shoulder injury.

Schuster is injured; however, Schade is on the bench.

Finally, at Craven Cottage, Timothy Castagne and Antonee Robinson are recalled to the Fulham starting XI. They replace Kenny Tete and Ryan Sessegnon.

For the visitors, Sergej Jakirovic is without the injured Nobel Mendy, while Ryan Giles and Joe Gelhardt drop to the bench.

Lucas Herrington, Brooke Norton-Cuffy and Mohamed Belloumi come into the side.

LINE-UPS

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, van den Berg, Ajer, Lewis-Potter, Yarmoliuk, Janelt, Ouattara, Jensen, Anthony, Thiago

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Schade, Wilson, Carvalho, Sangare, Collins, Damsgaard, Diouf

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

Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Gakpo, Tsimikas, Frimpong, Nyoni, Koumas, Ngumoha


Fulham XI: Leno, Castagne, Affengruber, Bassey, Robinson, Berge, Charles, Bobb, King, Iwobi, Garcia

Subs: Lecomte, Tete, Andersen, Palacios, Muniz, Cairney, Kevin, Angel, Sessegnon

Hull City XI: Tzolakis, Ajayi, Egan, Herrington, Coyle, Crooks, Slater, Norton-Cuffy, Belloumi, Thomas, McBurnie

Subs: Phillips, Giles, Morita, Gelhardt, Hjerto-Dahl, McNair, Stroud, Iroegbunam, Vaz


Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Guehi, O’Reilly, Bouaddi, Kovacic, Ndiaye, Foden, Doku, Haaland

Subs: Rulli, Anderson, Cherki, Enzo, Ait-Nouri, Gvardiol, Allan, Semenyo, Khusanov

Ipswich Town XI: Walton, Ouattara, Diop, O’Shea, Greaves, Davis, Florentino, Palacios, Enciso, Maeda, Emersonn

Subs: Scherpen, Furlong, Kipre, Matusiwa, Fatawu, Flemming, Philogene, Akpom, Clarke


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  1. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Potter scores for Brentford

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      KLP?

      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 day, 8 hours ago

        KLP

    2. Sandy Ravage
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      Of course I did KLP to Gros this week

  2. Sgt. Schultz
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    Thiago A

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      1 day, 8 hours ago

      Awesome

  3. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 day, 8 hours ago

    The Ouattaras are having a smashing afternoon

  4. TheBiffas
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Are we back?

    1. RICICLE
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      we are!

  5. g40steve
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Site died?

    1. Deulofail
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      You were in the sin bin

  6. Brosstan
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Servers must have been massively downgraded.. this site uses to hardly go down with 10x the activity

    1. iFash@FPL
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      Cost optimization, it must be… 😉

  7. Brosstan
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Donnarumma flaps a corner and Emerson misses an open goal lol

  8. g40steve
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    King so unlucky & Fulham should be 3 up

    1. Brosstan
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      Unlucky or bad? Seeing people say hes unlucky every single game week

      1. FPL Emu
        1 day, 7 hours ago

        He was unlucky not to get anything against United as well. Several attempts, one really good save by Lammens.

    2. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      Been frustrating to own…

  9. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Schade & Sangare on for Brentford at ht

  10. Brosstan
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    O Reilly wasting Foden A

  11. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Early days lads. But who to replace Gvardiol with?

    Calafiori xxx DeCuyper Justin Ajer

    Don't want another Arsenal defender

    1. GoonerSteve
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      If Newcastle weren't so poor Lewis Hall would be my choice. I am in the same boat with Gvardiol.

      1. mixology
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 day, 7 hours ago

        In interested to see if Newcastle bounce back this GW. Last time they got battered they responded well

        1. GoonerSteve
          1 day, 7 hours ago

          If they do ok this gw I will probably do Gvardiol to Hall

      2. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        1 day, 7 hours ago

        Yeah he was the standout option prior to last GW, but they look rubbish

    2. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      If you want to save funds £4m Bobby Thomas
      He's hit Defcon in 4 out of 6 games & only just missed out in the other two

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        1 day, 7 hours ago

        Mm not a bad choice tbh, but I'm not sure i would ever feel comfortable playing him regardless

    3. ViperStripes
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      There was an attackign defenders article last week, I woudl go with one of those

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        1 day, 7 hours ago

        Cheers!

    4. TheBiffas
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      I'll probably go for Khalaili

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        1 day, 7 hours ago

        He's an option, but Palace are questionable

  12. Deulofail
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Why do they just show refs one angle over and over on the monitor? The VAR has much more information than the ref. Cherry picks the clip that best supports their conclusion. And appeals to the ref to agree with them.

    Just make the conclusion. No need to get the ref involved and waste time.

    If you truly want the ref to make an informed decision, he's gotta see more evidence, of which you have plenty.

    You hear me????

    1. Brosstan
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      100% agree.

    2. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      Yeah

  13. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Frimpong on, Frimpong off ~ Mr Miyagi

    1. GoonerSteve
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      Class comment

    2. space mercenary
      1 day, 7 hours ago

  14. Brosstan
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    I know he scored but Ipswich Ouattara seems awful

  15. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Need more Haaland please

    1. RICICLE
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      100%

    2. Feanor
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      Did you play TC?

      He’s right around 200% EO

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 day, 7 hours ago

        I did, yes

  16. Feanor
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Oh, Gvardiol is on

    1. GoonerSteve
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      Is he?

      1. GoonerSteve
        1 day, 7 hours ago

        He is. Nice. Still time for a goal/assist.

        1. Feanor
          1 day, 7 hours ago

          I benched him for Hall

          1. ViperStripes
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            1 day, 7 hours ago

            I did the opposite, Hall on my bench. Hope Gvardiol does something now.

  17. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Cherki not on yet is a bit odd

  18. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Gonzalo was not a great pick ... replacement? DCL? None else inspriring 🙁

    1. Feanor
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      If you want a thrilling pick, you may need to go off the wall

      1. ViperStripes
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 day, 7 hours ago

        Michael Jackson doesn't play football in the Premier League and he's dead too. That's not gonna work as a pick

    2. RICICLE
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      i'm not sure what people were seeing in Gonzalo, DCL the best replacement i'd say bud

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 day, 7 hours ago

        Gamble on fixtures, not paid off (probably expected) 😛

        1. RICICLE
          1 day, 7 hours ago

          yeah it was purely a fixtures play i guess, hey ho, DCL is the man for the switch

    3. ViperStripes
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      Yep DCL for me after Coventry next week.

    4. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      Leave him on the bench, or downgrade him to fodder and play 2 strikers

  19. ViperStripes
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Got King and Gonzalo on WC a few weeks ago just for this run of Hull, Coventry & Ipswich, so far it's a disaster. Will be getting rid of both after Coventry next week.

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      Yeah, just King here but still

    2. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      The Fulham players hype was a huge trap
      Over estimating Fulham plus under estimating the promoted teams

    3. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      Don’t be fooled by the score, they are all over Hull just bit unlucky

      1. ViperStripes
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 day, 7 hours ago

        Unlucky doesn't score fantasy points

        1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
          1 day, 7 hours ago

          It actually does - because the signs are there he will score big soon, whilst everyone else misses that and sells

    4. Il Capitano
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      Both are point dodging like mad today by the looks of it

    5. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      It was an obvious trap imo

  20. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Benched Leno played Kinsky

    Spurs certain to concede

  21. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Munoz goal for Liverpool

  22. Feanor
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Haaland goal

    Normal captain fail

  23. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Excellent. The TC this week outscored the Coventry one. All I wanted!

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      We feast! 😎

  24. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Haaland Goal

    1. Feanor
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      Ndiaye assist

  25. Pablitto
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Wirtz A

  26. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    King has been amazing

  27. Fifa las vegas
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    TCers win the GW

    1. Feanor
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      Maresca put me off it 🙁

    2. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 7 hours ago

      Phew

  28. RICICLE
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    GET IN CAPITANO!!!!!!!!

  29. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    So close

  30. Fifa las vegas
    1 day, 7 hours ago

    Gvardiol needs his goal now