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Our final Premier League match of the day is Newcastle United v Aston Villa at St James’ Park.

Kick-off is at 17:30 BST.

TEAM NEWS

Matthias Jaissle’s only change for Newcastle sees Joelinton come in for the benched Jacob Murphy.

For the visitors, Unai Emery makes four alterations to the team that thrashed Fenerbahce in midweek.

Pau Torres, Ross Barkley, John McGinn and Ibrahim Mbaye drop to the bench.

Tyrone Mings, Joao Gomes, Emiliano Buendia and Alysson come into the side.

LINE-UPS

Newcastle United XI: Hornicek, Miley, Thiaw, Botman, Hall, Nico, Joelinton, Willock, Wissa, Barnes, Fernandez-Pardo

Subs: Pope, Schar, Bamba, Osula, Steur, Toure, Murphy, Burn, Dedic

Aston Villa XI: Suzuki, Cash, Lindelof, Mings, Wan-Bissaka, Kamara, J Gomes, Alysson, Manzambi, Buendia, Jackson

Subs: Bizot, Harwood-Bellis, Barkley, McGinn, Pau, Mbaye, Bogarde, Goretzka, Madjo

LIVE GAMEWEEK 7 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.

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  1. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Bottomed: King (cov) > Tavernier (mun), yes or hold?

    1. Diles Mavis
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      I would keep King

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        1 day, 6 hours ago

        Yeah King was awesome

    2. AF90
      1 day, 5 hours ago

      Im sick of King, had 3 blanks gone sell for Manzambi

  2. Brosstan
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Finally some bench jam going my way lol.. Benched KLP but luckily Gvard 0 pointer no show saved me. First time this has happened to me in literal years

    1. Unliklinho
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Hope you mean Cherki, cos Gvard played 29 mins for his 0pts...

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        1 day, 6 hours ago

        Under my proposed rule change he does get subbed off if played less than 45 minutes 😉

    2. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Nice one, I get Leif Davis, best hope is he hit Defcon as noticed couple at the end that haven’t been added yet

    3. SM001
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Lol!

    4. #1 Arne Engels Fan
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      hoping this is sarcasm otherwise it's hilarious

    5. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Congrats, VAR can turns things, from impossible to possible!

    6. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      He’s right though, the bench with the current of the game is absolutely pointless unless you get lucky.

      Rules either need to be altered to cover against cameos or just get rid of it, and only have a bench when you play the chip

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        1 day, 6 hours ago

        *current rules

      2. Jstap94
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 day, 6 hours ago

        Why is the bench pointless? It literally gives you points if your players don't play. And you say that its just luck, but if we're honest FPL has an enormous luck component in it anyway. Subs and cameos part and parcel of that luck, if you select Gvardiol you need to be aware there is a decent chance he will be rotated because of City's squad depth (and the odd cameo may even be worth it if he scores heavily when he does start, as has been the case thus far).

        The bench allows elements like rotating players across different weeks, protects against your players getting injured etc.

        1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
          1 day, 6 hours ago

          Yes but to me - 10 minutes off the bench is not ‘playing’, to me they should auto sub off if you have a player on the bench who has played significantly more minutes

      3. Tomerick
        1 day, 5 hours ago

        You wouldn’t want the odd goal some players get from their 10 minute cameos then?

        1. Well yes but how often does that happen, it’s 1 point cameos 90% of the time, which deems it virtually useless or any gain from it to be even more weighted towards luck

    7. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 5 hours ago

      A few nice catches here Bross!

  3. Haa-lala-land
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Who's everyone got subbing in for Cherki?

    1. Azool
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Haaland

    2. Count of Monte Hristo
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Schade (0)

      Then I see O’Shea 2nd sub and think at least I get those points only to realise the Gvardiol (0) is not the same as the Cherki (0).

      😆

    3. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Davis

    4. Sailboats
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Harvey Barnes

    5. Babit1967
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Odegaard

    6. banskt
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Liam Delap.

  4. Supersonic_
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Barnes and Hall to do something for me please

  5. Diles Mavis
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Who would you target right now as your 7th attacker? I'm currently on Kostoulos but this is still a problem position for me. I'm not convinced by Garcia, Wissa etc. I might go Jackson. Or maybe go 3-5-2 with Manzambi?

    A. Kayode & Kostoulos > Van Ewok & Jackson
    B. Slater & Kostoulos > Manzambi & Non Playing Forward

    1. Stimps
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Tavanier has great fixtures after next weekend

    2. Jstap94
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      I assume you mean 8th attacker. I think Stach, Tavernier, Manzambi, DCL, Barry all good shouts. Gomez maybe if you want someone cheap to fill out the squad.

      1. Diles Mavis
        1 day, 3 hours ago

        No. 7th attacker. The 8th one is on the bench (currently Slater). Best option for 7th playing attacker looks like Manzambi atm.

  6. PartyTime
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Haaland TC fail imo. Disallowed goal carries a lotta weight.

    1. Brosstan
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      He got one goal for a header straight at the keeper that Walton fumbled in. Could have been a lot worse

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        1 day, 6 hours ago

        Sounds like a Walton own goal to me!

    2. #1 Arne Engels Fan
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      it was a ridiculous call from VAR + he should've had 3 more too

  7. Gudjohnsen
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    TC failure or sucess?

    1. RICICLE
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      obviously it's a success

    2. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      If you consider that many (most?) played it in GW for 27 points then it's an obvious success for ths week.

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Anything not a blank is a win for SGW TC

    4. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Success but wanted hat trick

      1. NoOneCares
        1 day, 6 hours ago

        YOU DID NOT TC. STOP LYING.

    5. Capocannonieri
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 5 hours ago

      I once got a 1-Pnt TC from Sadio Mane from a double game week.

      He got hurt in the 8th minute and 75% of FPL had Salah on a TC that week.

      Mega Red Arrow.

  8. g40steve
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Suzuki is some keeper

    1. Jafooli
      1 day, 5 hours ago

      Good engine on him…

  9. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Manzambi Goal...Wooohoo!

  10. Cojones of Destiny
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    glad i sold Hall

    1. Bobby Digital
      1 day, 5 hours ago

      Ditto

    2. Gizzachance
      1 day, 5 hours ago

      Benched him, will be gone soon!

  11. PogChamp
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Avoided Manzambi as I wanted to roll.

  12. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Who Da Man?

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Manzambi Da Man!

  13. Il Capitano
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    Nice one Manzambi punters, looks a great pick

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      Took that punt on wildcard, as the differential pick

    2. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 6 hours ago

      I'm scouting him today
      I'd even fancy him at home to the dodgy Man City defence next week

      1. Il Capitano
        1 day, 5 hours ago

        Yep, stuck with Gonzalo as my 7th attacker (had to ship Isak last GW), might pivot to 3-5-2 with Manzambi in the near future

    3. Capocannonieri
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 5 hours ago

      Got him on WC

      Usually this punt goes bad for me. Like getting Schade before his shoulder, Wilson last year before he became a mutt. Rayan last year before he started blanking. Dorgu before injury and blanks.

      I also got Elanga this year, so finally a punt works

    4. Pompel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 5 hours ago

      Badly needed that to succeed after Cherki punt with Schade 0 points from bench

  14. fusen
    1 day, 6 hours ago

    I brought in and played Jackson this week.

    I wonder if Manzambi has just stolen all of the villa points this week...

    Although Newcastle are pretty awful at defending currently so maybe there will be more goals

  15. BazingtoN
    1 day, 5 hours ago

    i took a -4 for Schade > Manzambi seems to be working out lovely getting ahead of the curve

    1. Capocannonieri
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 5 hours ago

      Schade has Hull next week

      Manzabi my not survive the 2nd half with knee ligaments

      These Newcastle players look intent to hurt someone

  16. SomeoneKnows
    1 day, 5 hours ago

    With 2FT & 1.5 itb, should I transfer Slater > Manzambi before his price rise to rotate with DCL?

    Kinsky
    Calafiori, Konsa, De Cuyper
    Palmer, Rogers, Saka, Gross
    Haaland, Joao Pedro, DCL

    (Dubravka, Hall, Slater, Egan

  17. Viper
    1 day, 5 hours ago

    I'm in the market for a Szobozlai replacement.

    Just go straight to Manzambi now despite City next week?

    1. x.jim.x
      1 day, 5 hours ago

      City have shipped 6 (should have been 7) goals in less than a week, they are not a tough fixture for attackers

  18. x.jim.x
    1 day, 5 hours ago

    https://x.com/fulhamfc/status/2110694744112210147?s=46

    Told you this was a bad look

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 5 hours ago

      Anyone taking FPL advice from the bottom of the league club probably deserved it lol

      1. x.jim.x
        1 day, 5 hours ago

        The advice was from this very site

  19. PartyTime
    1 day, 5 hours ago

    This league is too easy for the former Freiburg star

  20. PartyTime
    1 day, 5 hours ago

    Hall for nothing

  21. iFash@FPL
    1 day, 5 hours ago

    Who’s on PKs for Aston Villa??

    1. Sandy Ravage
      1 day, 5 hours ago

      Probably McGinn, Buendia, Jackson

  22. Sandy Ravage
    1 day, 5 hours ago

    MGW (ips) to:
    A - Rogers (TOT)
    B - Manzambi (MCI)

    1. Els365
      1 day, 5 hours ago

      Keep, i can see him returning and earning some bonus points

  23. Els365
    1 day, 5 hours ago

    Had Thiago not missed a sitter, would have been differential enough to go against my mini league rivals for monthly prize but 2 more gameweeeks is a lot. Hoping for a palace goal and de cuyper blank to soften the blow. A konsa goal plus cleansheet would be also nice

  24. PartyTime
    1 day, 5 hours ago

    Had Manzambi in Fantasy Bundesliga. Probably time to own him again.

    1. Els365
      1 day, 5 hours ago

      He will be 6 mill come Monday

      1. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        1 day, 5 hours ago

        by tomorrow

  25. Els365
    1 day, 5 hours ago

    Was set on kdh to mgw vs ipswich but have decided to go slater to manzambi and bench kdh vs arsenal. Will give me a better playing sub in case of injuries

  26. Nomar
    1 day, 5 hours ago

    Kevin Schade in the 5 games before I bought him: 39 points
    In the 2 games since I’ve had him: 1 point

    It’s stunning how I can do this to a in form player with sadly stunning regularity.

  27. PartyTime
    1 day, 5 hours ago

    Kane x2 assists

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 day, 5 hours ago

      That guy is some player. It would be a great shame if he never won a major title ( Worlds/Euros/Champions League)

      1. x.jim.x
        1 day, 5 hours ago

        Might end up retiring as the best player to never win a decent league

  28. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 day, 5 hours ago

    This Alysson guy sucks.

    Get this loser off the pitch

    NUFC better get rid of Jassie while Fat Sam or Dyche need a job.

    Scott Parker is a good dude

  29. g40steve
    1 day, 5 hours ago

    Wissa YC

  30. Evasivo
    1 day, 5 hours ago

    Ridiculous booking for Wissa