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Fraser and Ritchie among the subs as unchanged Newcastle take on Brighton

The second of four Premier League matches to take place on Sunday sees Brighton and Hove Albion make the long trip north to face Newcastle United.

Kick-off at St James’ Park is at 14:00 BST.

From a Fantasy perspective, it’s probably fair to say that, in general, there is less riding on this game than in the other three fixtures today.

There is nevertheless still plenty of interest in the likes of Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.5m), Callum Wilson (£6.5m) and Mathew Ryan (£4.5m), all three of whom have double-digit ownerships in Fantasy Premier League.

That trio of players starts this afternoon, with there being only one change to the starting XIs from Gameweek 1 across the two teams combined.

Steve Bruce has unsurprisingly made no alterations to his line-up following the opening-day win over West Ham United.

That means that Ryan Fraser (£6.0m), Miguel Almiron (£6.0m) and Matt Ritchie (£5.0m) have to be content with a place among the substitutes.

Graham Potter’s only change sees Aaron Connolly (£5.5m) come in for Adam Lallana (£6.4m), with the latter having limped out of the defeat to Chelsea last Monday.

Lallana is fit enough for a place on the bench, however.

Ben White (£4.5m) has also recovered from injury and keeps his place in the back three.

There were no goals in either meeting between the two clubs last season.

Indeed, not one of the last six fixtures between Newcastle and Brighton has seen more than two goals scored.


Newcastle United XI: Darlow, Manquillo, Fernandez, Lascelles, Lewis, Hayden, Shelvey, Hendrick, Saint-Maximin, Carroll, Wilson.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Ryan, White, Dunk, Webster, Lamptey, Bissouma, Alzate, March, Trossard, Maupay, Connolly.

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2,235 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Proooooobably a red

  2. Slurpy
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Look at Burnleys next 3, Robbie Brady 5m say no more shhhh

    1. KGFC
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Yep 🙂

  3. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Hope I find the truth while I'm alive,
    Before I fkn die,
    Before I say goodbye,
    Before they tell me all the sht I did was a fkn lie

  4. grooveymatt65
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Hi guys, would you wildcard this lot or just do some transfers?

    My team is:

    McCarthy Martin

    TAA, Ayling, Justin Mitchell Bernado

    Salah Son Aubameyang (c) Alli Bissouma

    Werner Mitrovic Adams

    (0.0 itb)

    2ft. What would you do?

    1. Aubameyang to Rodriguez and Adams to DCL for free
    2. Alli to Zaha and Aub to Sterling/De Bruyne and Adams to DCL for -4
    3. Wilcard
    4. Save
    5. Other

    thanks!!!

    1. Chilli Heatwave
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      1

    2. Alisson WondHaaland
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Alli and Adams out. Auba can wait

  5. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    That should be RC actually

  6. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    red incoming

  7. Wild Card this!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Chuck Norris himself would envy that roundhouse kick by Bissouma 🙂

  8. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    BissoumRed

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Best 4.5

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      RED

    3. Right In The Stanchion
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Bissouma red incoming. Hope son owners have him

      1. Flair
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        This has me laughing so hard

      2. Bobby Digital
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        On bench

      3. Begbie.
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        I don't 🙂

    4. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Brighton FC, the only team with a clean sheet

    5. Tempestic
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      My gw goes from awful to the worst thing in history.. 😆

      1. Kabayan
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        You're not alone

        1. Tempestic
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          How can there be this many goals and I dont own a single one, must be proper sh**e at this game lmao

          1. ilikewud
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            yup

          2. Kabayan
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Saw your link. Yeah, mine is little bit better.

      2. Tempestic
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Bissouma off the bench for Alli..

        1. Monklane
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          harsh

          1. Tempestic
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Beginning to think I should have done Alli > Rodriguez and not taken a price drop

        2. seewhyaxe
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          wow.

    6. KGFC
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      That's the best 4.5 mid gone... 😆

    7. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Where is a numbskull that told me to get Wilson and ASM over Mitro and M. Pereira?

      1. Wild Card this!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        But did you took advice from him?

        1. Bruce Lee
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Of course not

      2. Bruce Lee
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        He laughed at me after Wilson's one tap-in

    8. Ser Davos
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Bissouma not going to even get me my 2 points. Can't even call that one

    9. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      What is this, the refs are so consistently garbage. Any high foot is a red card now?

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Any high foot? That was a sweet chin music ffs

        • Supertrooper
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Scorpion kick with your studs to the face is apparently a rc, weird right?

      2. sambyy
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        McCarthy, Dier, ASM and Bissouma absolutely on fire for me today.

        1. DAZZ
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Thats a WC job

        2. Chilli Heatwave
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Nice

          1. Ser Davos
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            😆 there's some masochism/sadism at play here

      3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        "best" 4.5m mid

        1. OPTA FPL
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          typical Bemba

          1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
            • 13 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            All 4.5m mids are trash, people claiming one was better than the other were kidding themselves

        2. Bobby Digital
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Benchfoddery

        3. Pukki Blinders
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          a kung fu kick changes nothing

        4. Supertrooper
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          He is, looking quite attacking.

      4. Andy_Social
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        There goes my bench nail.

      5. TheDragon
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Has he been sent off?

        1. Weasel Boy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          yup

      6. davies
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        My team is a joke at this point 😆

        1. Tempestic
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          relatable

        2. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Mine too

      7. Weasel Boy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Wilson hattie incoming now

      8. Begbie.
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Not confident of holding on for this CS tbh

      9. Pedram
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        My 4.5 midfielder gone lmao

        1. Joyce1998
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Got alzate instead

      10. ivantys
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        How is injury time just 3 min

      11. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        4 players in my squad played today and have got a grand total of 1 point

        1. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          3 from 4 😎

      12. DAZZ
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Any GW2 WCers having regrets?

        1. have you seen cyan
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          No, 2 Hattis in my team

        2. Liberate HK - antichinazi
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Son, Ings, Peireira --> Bruno, Martial and whoever

        3. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Regretting I didn't WC my shower of @#*! team after GW1.

        4. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Only smallish ones thankfully:

          - Wilson & Soucek over Mitro & Klich/Podence
          - Dallas over Lamptey/KWP/Taylor

          + Keeping Kane and Son

      13. Bielsa's Bucket
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Season is gonna be a mad one, hold onto your wildcards long has you can lmao

        1. PartyPooper
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Probably for 2 more hours. Is that long enough? 🙂

          1. Bielsa's Bucket
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            haha

      14. NABIL - FPL otai
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Got Alli and my 5th mid is... Gordon. Phew!

      15. George Agdgdgwngo
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Son or Hamez that’s what it comes down to. Can jose be trusted not to park the bus?

        1. ilikewud
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          He hasn't so far. Annoying as a Doherty owner.

          1. Nomar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            I'm getting rid of Doherty and using the cash to upgrade ASM.