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3pm kick-off team news: Three new Premier League managers take charge

Six Premier League matches take place this afternoon, with three of them featuring new head coaches.

Norwich City, Aston Villa and Newcastle United are all on home soil as Dean Smith, Steven Gerrard and Eddie Howe take charge of their respective clubs for the first time, although Howe will be managing ‘remotely’ after testing positive for Covid-19.

The Canaries face Southampton, Villa entertain Brighton and Hove Albion, and the Magpies welcome Brentford to St James’ Park.

The other three fixtures kicking off at the traditional time are Burnley v Crystal Palace, Watford v Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United.

There’s no sign of the much-expected 4-4-2 on Tyneside as Howe seemingly goes with a wing-back system for the clash with Brentford. His three alterations see Fabian Schar replace Emil Krafth at the back, Joe Willock come in for Isaac Hayden in midfield and Joelinton replace Miguel Almiron out wide.

In fact, it’s Thomas Frank who appears to have gone to a back four – something that will likely see Bryan Mbeumo move into a wider role. Mads Roerslev and Saman Ghoddos replace Zanka and Mathias Jensen in the Bees manager’s starting XI.

Smith recalls Todd Cantwell and Billy Gilmour to his starting XI, with the fit-again Grant Hanley returning, too. Andrew Omobamidele and Pierre Lees-Melou drop to the bench, while Kieran Dowell misses out.

Ralph Hasenhuttl’s sole alteration is seemingly enforced, with Ibrahima Diallo in for the absent Stuart Armstrong. Armando Broja is a substitute.

Three is the magic number with the new Premier League managers, as Gerrard goes for a hat-trick of alterations: Ezri Konsa, Jacob Ramsey and Danny Ings return, with Axel Tuanzebe, Anwar El Ghazi and Leon Bailey making way.

Opposite number Graham Potter goes one better, with Jason Steele, Adam Webster, Pascal Gross and Jakub Moder coming into the Brighton side. Joel Veltman, Solly March and Enock Mwepu all drop out, while Robert Sanchez is suspended.

At Vicarage Road, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hands starts to Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Nemanja Matic at the expense of Mason Greenwood, Eric Bailly and Fred. Greenwood misses out after testing positive for Covid-19.

Claudio Ranieri also makes a triple change, with Adam Masina, Imran Louza and Tom Cleverley in for Danny Rose, Ozan Tufan and the banned Juraj Kucka.

It’s one alteration apiece at Molineux as Daniel Podence replaces Francisco Trincao, and Craig Dawson is in for the injured Angelo Ogbonna. Raul Jimenez starts for Wolves after his late-ish return from international duty.

Sean Dyche names an unchanged team but Patrick Vieira has made two alterations: Luka Milivojevic comes in for the injured James McArthur, while Jordan Ayew is preferred to the benched Odsonne Edouard in attack.

GAMEWEEK 12 LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martínez, Cash, Targett, Konsa, Mings, McGinn, Buendía, Watkins, Nakamba, Ings, Ramsey.

Subs: Steer, Hause, Young, El Ghazi, Davis, Sanson, Chukwuemeka, Bailey, Tuanzebe

Brighton XI: Steele, Lamptey, Cucurella, Duffy, Webster, Dunk, Bissouma, Moder, Trossard, Gross, Lallana.

Subs: Scherpen, Maupay, Richards, Mac Allister, Sarmiento, March, Burn, Locadia, Veltman.


Burnley XI: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Gudmundsson, Westwood, Brownhill, McNeil, Cornet, Wood.

Subs: Hennessey, Cork, Lennon, Rodriguez, Collins, Pieters, Bardsley, Vydra, Long.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Milivojevic, Gallagher, Kouyate, Zaha, Ayew, Benteke.

Subs: Butland, Tomkins, Olise, Eze, Hughes, Schlupp, Clyne, Edouard, Kelly.


Newcastle XI: Darlow, Murphy, Schar, Lascelles, Clark, Ritchie, Joelinton, Willock, Shelvey, Saint-Maximin, Wilson.

Subs: Dubravka, Lewis, Hayden, Krafth, Manquillo, Fraser, Almirón, Gayle, Longstaff.

Brentford XI: Fernandez, Roerslev, Jansson, Pinnock; Canos, Ghoddos, Norgaard, Janelt, Henry; Mbeumo, Toney

Subs: Cox, Thompson, Goode, Forss, Onyeka, Baptiste, Bidstrup, Maghoma, Haygarth


Norwich XI: Krul, Aarons, Hanley, Gibson, Williams, Normann, McLean, Cantwell, Gilmour, Rashica, Pukki.

Subs: Gunn, Rupp, Placheta, Tzolis, Lees-Melou, Sargent, Giannoulis, Idah, Omobamidele.

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Livramento, Bednarek, Salisu, Walker-Peters, Diallo, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Elyounoussi, Armstrong, Adams.

Subs: Forster, Lyanco, Long, Perraud, Broja, Smallbone, Tella, Walcott, Valery.


Watford XI: Foster, Louza, King, Cleverley, Masina, Nkoulou, Cathcart, Sissoko, Femenia, Sarr, Dennis.

Subs: Bachmann, Ngakia, Rose, Ekong, Pedro, Goslin, Fletcher, Tufan, Hernandez.

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Lindelof, Maguire, Ronaldo, Rashford, Fernandes, Shaw, Sancho, Wan-Bissaka, Matic, McTominay.

Subs: Heaton, Bailly, Mata, Martial, Lingard, Fred, Dalot, Telles, Van de Beek


Wolves XI: Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Nelson Semedo, Neves, Joao Moutinho, Ait-Nouri, Podence, Hwang, Jimenez

Subs: Ruddy, Hoever, Marcal, Trincao, Boly, Silva, Dendoncker, Traore, Cundle

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Johnson, Zouma, Dawson, Cresswell, Soucek, Rice, Bowen, Fornals, Benrahma, Antonio

Subs: Areola, Coufal, Yarmolenko, Lanzini, Vlasic, Noble, Diop, Masuaku, Kral

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1,518 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Sailboats
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    So many misplaced passes from Sarr

  2. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Watford!! King

  3. Shultan
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Guita transfer going well

  4. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    As if Toney has just had that blocked

  5. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    King!

  6. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    King G bye bye Ole

  7. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Foster's going to CS here isn't he!

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Deffo

      On my bench started Guaita.

      So typical.

  8. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    50 up for Wood

    1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Very underrated ST

  9. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Man United 😀

    "There's a couple of teams you would genuinely worry about but the other 17, 18 I honestly think we can get points from and that includes Man United."

    Ben Foster is confident in his pre-match interview ahead of Watford facing Manchester United.

    https://twitter.com/footballdaily/status/1462060883316776963

  10. FantasyClub
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Bye Bye Ole

  11. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    De Gea clowning

  12. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    It should be 3...

  13. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Sarr... You are the weakest link

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Goodbye

  14. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    What was Ronaldo thinking joining this lot hahaha

  15. _Gunner
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    King first on bench

    1. Flynny
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      2nd on my bench

    2. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah, I wasn't sure about wasting £1m like that it seems to be paying off. Got his hattrick off the bench a few weeks back! 🙂

    3. Ejaaz11
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Same here. Hoping foden is out

  16. Walter White (WW)
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Utd can’t keep a cleansheet to save their loves

    1. Walter White (WW)
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Oops* lives

      1. Ze_Austin
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Can't keep clean sheets to save their relationships either

  17. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Ole’s fate sealed by a Norwegian ex-Man Utd striker

    It’s almost poetic

    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      *Sorry totally forgot King is English

      He really should get a call up soon

  18. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Okay, I'm VERY close to James (C) vs Man U

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      New manager bounce though

  19. Sailboats
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Remember when everybody had Shaw in their team at the start of the season

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      I actually started out with AWB and Shaw :/

      1. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        I almost also...

  20. EmreCan Hustle
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Brentford football is just speculative....I get what they're trying to do, but its silly.

  21. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    United are a joke club with dusty fans

  22. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Ole said we'll see a reaction from the team... What kind of reaction is this?!

  23. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Get out Ole. Just go

  24. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Hope Foden doesn't play now. Josh King returns waiting.

  25. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Mitro on fire in the Championship

  26. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Haven't Man Utd's issues started since Ronaldo joined?

    Yes, he bailed them out in the CL a few times, but would they have needed bailing out in those games if Fernandes was allowed to play his best without Ronaldo?

    1. Dr. Rog
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      same as Juventus

    2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Far worse ‘team’ since Ronaldo joined

    3. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Agree
      Young with Chemistry
      Now its neither

  27. Walter White (WW)
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Utd players want Ole sacked

  28. El Matador
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Man Utd have not created 1 chance this game.

  29. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    OMG Henry

  30. Zimo
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    I'm convinced Karl Darlow is just a Brentford player in disguise today