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Four more Gameweek 24 matches take place this evening, with Manchester City v Brentford, Norwich City v Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton all kicking off at 19:45 GMT and Aston Villa v Leeds United getting underway a quarter of an hour later.

It’s not often that the headline Fantasy Premier League (FPL) team news comes from Palace but that’s the case tonight, as the most-bought player of Gameweek 24, Odsonne Edouard, finds himself among the substitutes at Carrow Road.

Vicente Guaita, Wilfried Zaha, Joachim Andersen and Will Hughes are brought back into the side as Patrick Vieira makes four changes from the weekend win over Hartlepool United.

Angus Gunn, Max Aarons and Teemu Pukki are back in the Norwich City XI in Dean Smith’s three alterations from Saturday, with Josh Sargent missing out through illness.

The omission of Kyle Walker is the only real surprise in Pep Guardiola’s line-up.

The City boss makes five changes to the side that beat Fulham in the FA Cup on Saturday, with Ruben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Raheem Sterling replacing Walker, Nathan Ake, Fernandinho, Ilkay Gundogan and Jack Grealish.

Ivan Toney misses out with a calf injury for Brentford and he is one of three changes to the side that were beaten by Everton on Saturday. Ethan Pinnock, Frank Onyeka and Saman Ghoddos come in, as Mads Bech Sorensen and Vitaly Janelt also make way.

It’s straightforward team news from Villa Park, where both sides are unchanged from their last matches in Gameweek 23. That means a start for Raphinha, who had been flagged going into this contest.

In keeping with that theme, Antonio Conte sticks with the same Spurs side that beat Brighton in the FA Cup on Saturday – so that means new signings Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski have to be content with places on the bench.

Opponents Southampton make 10 changes to the side that beat Coventry at the weekend, with only the indefatigable James Ward-Prowse keeping his place.

There’s good news regarding Armando Broja, who recovers from a knee problem to feature, but there’s no Tino Livramento, who lasted 90 minutes on his comeback from injury on Saturday.

GAMEWEEK 24 TEAM NEWS

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Hughes, Schlupp, Gallagher, Olise, Zaha, Mateta,

Subs: Butland, Milivojevic, Tomkins, Ayew, Eze, Clyne, McArthur, Benteke, Edouard.

Norwich City XI: Gunn, Aarons, Gibson, Hanley, Williams, Placheta, McLean, Lees-Melou, Rashica, Pukki, Idah.

Subs: McGovern, Byram, Zimmermann, Gilmour, Dowell, Normann, Tzolis, Rowe, Giannoulis.


Manchester City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Stones, Dias, Laporte, De Bruyne, Rodri, Silva, Mahrez, Foden, Sterling.

Subs: Steffen, Walker, Ake, Gundogan, Grealish, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Delap, McAtee.

Brentford XI: Raya, Roerslav, Ajer, Jansson, Pinnock, Henry, Jensen, Norgaard, Onyeka, Ghoddos, Canos.

Subs: Fernandez, Lossl, Dasilva, Wissa, Mbeumo, Baptiste, Sorensen, Stevens


Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Royal, Sanchez, Romero, Davies, Reguilon, Winks, Hojbjerg, Son, Moura, Kane.

Subs: Gollini, Doherty, Sessegnon, Rodon, White, Bentancur, Kulusevski, Bergwijn, Scarlett.

Southampton XI: Forster, Walker-Peters, Bednarek, Salisu, Perraud, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Elyounoussi, Broja, Adams.

Subs: Valery, Stephens, Diallo, Smallbone, Djenepo, Walcott, Long, A Armstrong, Caballero.


Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Digne, Konsa, Mings, Luiz, McGinn, Ramsey, Buendia, Watkins, Coutinho.

Subs: Sanson, Chambers, Young, Ings, Olsen, Hause, Chukwuemeka, Iroegbunam, Chrisene.

Leeds United XI: Meslier, Ayling, Dallas, Llorente, Struijk, Koch, Klich, Rodrigo, Raphinha, Harrison, James.

Subs: Forshaw, Roberts, Klaesson, Bate, Gelhardt, Hjelde, McKinstry, Shackleton, Kenneh.


  1. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Wilf!

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

    Zahaahahahhahaha 😆

  3. Nanoelektronicar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Why Zaha whyyyyyyyyyyy

  4. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Whose assist did Zaha ruin??

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Mitchell.

      He set it up tbf.

  5. Tcheco
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Zaha setting the trap right in time for the DGW

  6. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    ... Zaha

    Terrible miss.

    Waited an age and pea roller wide

    Slipped?

  7. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Southgate will not be subbing on Zaha for any shootouts in Qatar after that.

    1. La Roja
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Let the fishing begin…

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Back from Afcon!!

    3. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Think Ivory Coast would have a word or two to say about that

    4. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      His brother is a footballer now?

  8. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    City seriously only 1-0 v Brentford?

    I hope the bees punish them

  9. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Zaha's ML rival started Edouard and has Ramsey on his bench

  10. Sandy Ravage
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Who's on pens for City after Mahrez?

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Probably Sterling.

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Ederson

    3. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Sterling

    4. HonestBlatter
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Cancelo

    5. La Roja
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Goater

    6. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Who knowns?
      Gundo, Sterling, Rodri, Foden ....could be any of them

  11. Fish up a tree
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Where’s the City goal fest!

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      I have KDB(C) Bilva and Cancelo thats where, clean sheet garanteed though

  12. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Kane back to being usless

  13. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Mbeumo on. Man City CS locked.

  14. Old Bull
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Someone on here referred to the City game as a Turkey shoot this week. The obvious goal fests rarely live up to expectation

    1. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Well Brentford have been leaky and city were at home so I would’ve thought maybe a 3-0 but never works out as planned

      1. Old Bull
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 10 months ago

        Ask yourself how the bookies make their money

  15. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Reguillon having a stinker

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      He has been utterly horrific since i brought him a few months ago

  16. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Cancelo shot on Target

  17. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Mahrez off Grealish on

    1. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      At least I have a return for him. Now need Kdb me captain to give me a return

  18. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Cmon Brentford score one to end my misery

    1. jonnybhoy
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Im with you on that

  19. Pacer.
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Royal is just not good enough

  20. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Kane still worth getting for DGW26?

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Unless he gets a unlikely return against City then he effectively only has 1 fixture to get FPL points

  21. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    City back to winning everything 1-2/0 and saving energy

  22. Tcheco
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Kane missed a sitter & Reg ruined a clear assist for him. Could’ve been a haul

  23. jonnybhoy
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Eduoard warming up yet?

  24. syke63
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Think Cancelo has had four or five shots already. Imminent.

  25. JONALDINHO
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Did Man City even create a clear chance this game yet?

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Cancelo had a few when i was watching

  26. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Norwich on the back foot

  27. DALEDOBACK
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Anyone else having problems logging into fpl?

  28. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Son G
    Moura A

  29. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    2-1 Spurs

  30. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Moura A
    Son G