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25 October 2026 141 comments
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On a very windy afternoon, last-placed Sunderland are welcoming Leeds United to the Stadium of Light, closing out Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Gameweek 8.

It kicks off at 16:30 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

When speaking to the media on Friday, Daniel Farke raised doubts over the fitness of Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Anton Stach and Noah Okafor.

Well, the highly-owned FPL forward starts, while the other two are on the bench, replaced by Harry Wilson and Brenden Aaronson. Leeds also bring in Jaka Bijol for Nico Elvedi.

Meanwhile, Sunderland make their own three changes from Gameweek 7. Brian Brobbey is back, having missed the latest two league encounters. Luke O’Nien and Nilson Angulo come in, with Omar Alderete, Tymur Tutierov and the banned Kevin Danso making way.

LINE-UPS

Sunderland XI: Roefs; Hume, Mukiele, O’Nien, Reinildo; Xhaka, Sadiki; Le Fée; Rigg, Brobbey, Angulo

Subs: Ellborg, Methalie, Alderete, Diarra, Ahoka, Talbi, Fofana, Riquelme, Tutierov

Leeds United XI: Trafford; Justin, Bijol, Muharemovic; Bogle, Ampadu, Tanaka, Gudmundsson; Wilson, Aaronson; Calvert-Lewin

Subs: Zetterer, Cresswell, Bard, Longstaff, Gruev, Stach, Okafor, Bahoya, Nmecha


LIVE GAMEWEEK 8 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.


FPL Marc Broadcaster, writer and overthinker. Hoping that ‘differential potential’ will catch on.

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  1. Dynamic Duos
    1 hour, 11 mins ago

    Gwk9 is a poor gwk for fh

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      59 mins ago

      I'd quite like mine back to use.

      1. Dynamic Duos
        56 mins ago

        No chips left?

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          15 mins ago

          Yeah

          TC and BB

          Used WC the other week

  2. g40steve
    1 hour ago

    Wilson looks lost in this team

    1. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      38 mins ago

      Wilson was in Castaway not Lost mate!

  3. panda07
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    1 hour ago

    Bijol robbing all the DEFCON on Muha makes me a sad panda.

  4. Dynamic Duos
    57 mins ago

    Snoozefest zzzzzzzZZZ

  5. g40steve
    57 mins ago

    Reni YC

    1. Allo allo

  6. 1-1 written all over this

    1. Not again Shirley
      13 mins ago

      More like nil nil

    2. Warby84
      9 mins ago

      0-1 Leeds smash and grab

  7. Digital-Real
    51 mins ago

    How is Muha only on 2 DEFCON when I've counted 4.

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      just now

      I bet Bijol is on more. The centre of a back three is the one to reap the major defcon rewards.

  8. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    49 mins ago

    Carrick fired? Commentator said something about him...

    1. JBG
      27 mins ago

      He is gone, just not confirmed yet

      1. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        27 mins ago

        That we all knew before the game today.

        1. JBG
          25 mins ago

          No but he's actually done this time. They're probably making a statement or something stupid. Like they care

        2. Are you one of these disgraceful ManU players?

  9. Dynamic Duos
    46 mins ago

    Can wait to eventually do DCL(dogger) to Isak

  10. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    38 mins ago

    6 points in total from 8 players in my starting lineup...

    Verbruggen
    De Cuyper
    Calafiori
    GroB
    Mbeumo
    Palmer
    Rogers
    Pedro

    1. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      19 mins ago

      The advantage of going template, everyone in the same boat

  11. Gandalf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    38 mins ago

    A. Keep Pedro and DCL > Isak next GW (ruling out possibility of Gabriel next GW)

    B. Keep Pedro and DCL > Jackson

    C. Keep DCL and Pedro > Jackson

    1. Bobby Digital
      1 min ago

      C

  12. Bobby Digital
    34 mins ago

    This a decent enough WC?

    Raya
    Gabriel Konsa VanHecke
    Mbeumo Rogers Gross Tavernier
    Haaland Isak Jackson

    Bentley Davis Muha

    1. Bobby Digital
      29 mins ago

      Hughes

    2. Dynamic Duos
      27 mins ago

      Looks great

  13. Dynamic Duos
    31 mins ago

    DCL is such a terrible pick

    1. Bobby Digital
      25 mins ago

      Yeah not passing the eye-test even if he's scored a few goals this season

    2. Monklane
      24 mins ago

      Close.

      1. Dynamic Duos
        23 mins ago

        No points for that

    3. Well. He only costs 6.1m...

      It's like with these people who book a cheap.3 star hotel and then expect the full monty with sugar on top.

    4. denial
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      just now

      He wasn't last week

  14. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    31 mins ago

    The Old Trafford regulars backed Carrick off the pitch and gave the players pelters, as it should be.

    Plus the owners.

  15. g40steve
    28 mins ago

    Muki off

  16. Bobby Digital
    22 mins ago

    Tempted to go Barcola over Mbeumo on WC, but maybe wise to keep Mbeumo and hope for a new manager bounce.

  17. waltzingmatildas
    19 mins ago

    Saka and Pedro to Tav and Isak?

    1. Bobby Digital
      3 mins ago

      Yes

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      1 min ago

      Absolutely, I took a hit last week to sell Saka and get in Tav before Bouremouth played Utd and it paid off

    3. Cheers guys. Got two frees so I'll plan to do that!

  18. Gizzachance
    15 mins ago

    Leeds making hard work of trying to keep cs

  19. g40steve
    13 mins ago

    Bogle YC

  20. The Philosopher
    12 mins ago

    Dog stole my phone right before deadline and started Verbruggen over Kinsky as a prank. Would like to reverse the move, FPL towers. Cheers.

  21. JBG
    12 mins ago

    Had to be Bogle -_-

  22. This match is so poor.

    Wrong throw-ins, Sunderland players rolling on the floor like pussays, wasted set-pieces, wasted commentators on Sky,...

    The best part is still the weather. .

  23. grooveymatt65
    9 mins ago

    Hey guys what do you think about this team?

    Really need some surgery on it as i'm missing a few key players, JP news is assuming he's out for a couple of weeks.

    Verbruggen
    Konsa Calafiori* Gvardiol
    Palmer Rogers MGW Mbeumo Odegaard
    Haaland JP*
    Petrovic Egan Thomas* Furo*

    £0.0 itb 4ft

    1. Odegaard,JP, MGW and Furo to Tavernier, Jackson, Isak and a 4.5 mid.
    2. Odegaard and JP to Tavernier and Jackson
    3. Odegaard, JP and Calafiori to Tavernier, Jackson and Hall
    4. Odegaard, JP and Furo to Tavernier, Jackson and Evanilson
    5.Odegaard, MGW and JP to Mazambi, Tavernier and Jackson
    6. Other?

  24. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    8 mins ago

    I wasted my FT on DCL

    Is it too knee jerk to replace him with Nick Jackson.

    This comes from having Gonzalo for 2 weeks. I am struggling with this 3rd forward slot.

    1. The Philosopher
      1 min ago

      I might go Pedro -> Jackson this GW.

  25. JBG
    7 mins ago

    Bogle lost 3pts now because of that YC :@.. Muha gained 2pts. Rival has him.

    1. He’ll probably score again lol, so attacking, makes De Cuyper look like a sweeper

      1. g40steve
        just now

        Cheat code

  26. Man Bogle is just something else

  27. g40steve
    3 mins ago

    Is that a pen

  28. Pen surely

    1. Warby84
      just now

      Never

  29. Warby84
    2 mins ago

    Hold Leeds Muha/Trafford dbl up!!

  30. The Mandalorian
    2 mins ago

    DCL has been playing hide-and-seek with the Sunderland fans