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Four more Premier League matches follow hot on the heels of an absorbing Manchester derby.

Brighton and Hove Albion v Liverpool is the headline act, with three bottom-half scraps on the undercard:

Both sides at the Amex are missing notable names today, with Leandro Trossard out of first-team contention for disciplinary reasons and Darwin Nunez joining Liverpool’s ever-growing injury list.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in for Darwin is the Reds’ only alteration from the draw with Wolves in the FA Cup third round. Cody Gakpo makes his first Premier League appearance since his move to Merseyside earlier this month.

As for Brighton, Alexis Mac Allister is handed his first start since winning the World Cup with Argentina. Budget attacking assets Kaoru Mitoma and Evan Ferguson again get the nod, while Pascal Gross is moved to right-back as Joel Veltman is benched.

Nottingham Forest make one change to the side that beat Wolves on penalties to reach the EFL Cup semi-finals, with Scott McKenna coming in for the injured Willy Boly. Taiwo Awoniyi is still sidelined.

Leicester make two changes to the XI beaten by Newcastle in the EFL Cup on Tuesday, as Jamie Vardy and Nampalys Mendy replace the benched Patson Daka and the injured Ayoze Perez.

At Molineux, Hugo Bueno is back in the starting XI after a midweek breather. Nathan Collins, Daniel Podence, Ruben Neves and Matheus Cunha also return after being benched in that weakened EFL Cup line-up.

West Ham make three changes to the side that beat Brentford in the FA Cup last weekend with Aaron Cresswell, Vladimir Coufal and Pablo Fornals replacing Craig Dawson, Ben Johnson and Emerson Palmieri.

Alex Iwobi makes a miraculous recovery to start for Everton, who again ditch the wingers to go 3-5-2/5-3-2 with Demarai Gray alongside Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

A 2-0 cup win over Manchester City hasn’t stopped Southampton boss Nathan Jones from making alterations up top, as Che Adams, Samuel Edozie and Mohamed Elyounoussi come in for Sekou Mara, Adam Armstrong and Moussa Djenepo.

GAMEWEEK 20 LINE-UPS

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Sanchez, Gross, Dunk, Colwill, Estupinan, Caicedo, Mac Allister, March, Lallana, Mitoma, Ferguson

Subs: Steele, Lamptey, Webster, Welbeck, Sarmiento, Undav, Gilmour, Van Hecke, Veltman

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Konate, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago, Salah, Gakpo, Oxlade-Chamberlain

Subs: Kelleher, Gomez, Milner, Keita, Jones, Elliott, Tsimikas, Carvalho, Doak


Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Godfrey, Coady, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, Iwobi, Onana, Gueye, Gray, Calvert-Lewin.

Subs: Holgate, McNeil, Gordon, Mina, Begovic, Doucoure, Maupay, Davies, Simms.

Southampton XI: Bazunu, Caleta-Car, Lyanco, Salisu, Lavia, Walker-Peters, Ward-Prowse, Elyounoussi, Diallo, Edozie, Adams.

Subs: Alcaraz, Orsic, Maitland-Niles, Aribo, Adam Armstrong, Caballero, Perraud, Mara, Djenepo.


Nottingham Forest XI: Henderson, Aurier, Worrall, McKenna, Lodi, Mangala, Yates, Freuler, Furtado Scarpa, Johnson, Gibbs-White.

Subs: Hennessey, Cook, Williams, Colback, O’Brien, Toffolo. Surridge, Mighten, Dennis.

Leicester City XI: Ward, Castagne, Amartey, Faes, Thomas, Mendy, Ndidi Tielemans, Albrighton, Barnes, Vardy.

Subs: Iversen, Soyuncu, Iheanacho, Daka, Vestergaard, Praet, Brunt, Braybrooke, McAteer.


Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa, Collins, Bueno, Kilman, Semedo, Moutinho, Neves, Nunes, Hwang, Podence, Cunha.

Subs: Sarkic, Ait-Nouri, Lemina, Jimenez, Jonny, Toti, Traore, Hodge, Campbell.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Cresswell, Ogbonna, Aguerd, Coufal, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Paqueta, Bowen, Antonio.

Subs: Randolph, Johnson, Zouma, Scamacca, Lanzini, Downes, Kehrer, Emerson.


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  1. SpaceCoyote97
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Akanji or Cancelo more nailed atm?

    1. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      A

    2. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Kanji

  2. Debauchy
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Couple seasons back I predicted Martinelli and Foden would be the big deals soon. Still believe in both , Foden just in a mini slump at the mo.

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      My faith in Martinelli was high. He was a 4.5m FWD (maybe even cheaper when I bought) & he rewarded my early faith with an instant injury less than a gameweek later. Glad he's pulled though though!

      1. Debauchy
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Yeah , recall arguing with MU guys saying Greenwood was the future. Pity he sold himself short but so be it

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      OK. So who is next?

      1. Debauchy
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Patience fella gems are hard to find

      2. MrZ
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Brighton & Leeds boys

    3. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      What about all the Saka and Foden comparisons?

      1. Debauchy
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        fine magins

    4. JBG
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      I hope Foden gets grumpy and requests a transfer away. To Bayern, RM or Barcelona or something.

  3. Over Midwicket
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 days ago

    Mitoma tearing Trent a new one

    1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Everyone is these days!

      1. Mirror Man
          3 years, 2 days ago

          His missus megged him with a rolled-up pair of socks the other day. Allegedly.

      2. JBG
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Mitoma in a wheelchair would do the same these days. TAA struggling this season.

        1. TheBiffas
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          He's been good recently

    2. Berkshire Hafaway-Line
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Salah's hair looking increasingly unkempt. tsk tsk

    3. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      This looks bad

    4. Glasner Ball
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Hendersen red

      1. Glasner Ball
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        I mean yellow 🙂

        1. Deulofail
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          Practicing your rainbow colours song?

      2. SpaceCoyote97
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Dude, you always do this.

      3. Superflymonk
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Fellow must be colorblind

      4. bench boost for every gamew…
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Darren England tries his best to be worse than Liverpool. Might be yellow but he seems not but gives yellow after he sees Caicedo in pain which was not related to the tackle. Wrong call in the first place then wrong call in the second. Two mistakes in one action.

    5. Amartey Partey
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      How many points do you think Rashford will score against Palace?

      1. SpaceCoyote97
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        I'll go for a cozy 2.

      2. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        1-0 Zaha or something knowing FPL

        1. bench boost for every gamew…
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          No I have zaha and i have one of the seasons everything goes wrong. Coincides with Liverpool struggling.

      3. Chalobah's Witness
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        14

    6. Zilla
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      2 hours of football yet no goals

    7. tbos83
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      MOTD will be gripping today

    8. Chalobah's Witness
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      why is Caicedo acting so much? It was just a plain foul by Hendo.

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

      Still can’t get over how that Bruno goal was allowed. Rashford clearly interfering.

      Referee too weak all game.

      1. Deulofail
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Interference is only penalised if you interfere in a specific way

        1. Fabreghastly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          Like TAA did following a ball out of play to pick it up for a throw in

          1. Deulofail
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 2 days ago

            Not sure what your point is. That someone made a bad decision in the past? Okay

      2. FPL Brains
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Well. Don't let it eat up too much of your day is all I can suggest.

      3. Manky Yanc
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        If that isn't interfering then just get rid of the rule. You can't possibly interfere more than that without touching the ball. And I'm a Utd fan

        1. Deulofail
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          Obviously you can:

          By trying to play the ball (and failing)
          By blocking an opponent when they are attempting to play the ball
          Or by obstructing the opponents view

      4. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Let's get Peter Walton in on this (to agree with the decision).

        1. Deulofail
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          He agreed with it before the decision was made, but also said that the lino was right to raise his flag to make VAR deal with it. Committed to backing up the refs no matter what.

    10. Sandy Ravage
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Mitoma is causing TAA trauma

    11. SpaceCoyote97
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      I'll give Haaland captain one more go against Wolves. If not, then I'm done captaining him.

    12. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      It pains me to remember how Chelsea could simply be playing Colwill over Koulibaly.

      1. MrZ
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Or badiashile

        1. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 2 days ago

          I'll be honest I haven't seen him play yet.

          1. MrZ
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 2 days ago

            The standard is low

      2. Crunchie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Is Gallagher staying or will he get fed up. I know he has been there since 8

    13. bialk
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      TAA makes Motoma seem so good.

    14. Bobby
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Life was a lot easier when mo scored lots of goals and trent and cancelo got assists every other match.

      1. Qaiss
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        That was boring

    15. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Onana G

      1. Superflymonk
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Finally! He was on my watchlist...in GW5

    16. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Everton jump to 14th place

      1. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Lampard's job safe again!

    17. Gudjohnsen
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Goals galore

    18. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Fed up with this team

    19. Glasner Ball
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Brighton pen

    20. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      O na na na na na

    21. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Inevitable, really

      1. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Might be offside, but we're creaking

    22. bialk
      • 16 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Offside

    23. Chalobah's Witness
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      no pen, offside

    24. Olof Mellberg
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      10 minutes before deadline I cancelled my week long plan of playing Bueno and doing Salah & Nketiah > Kane & Bruno F lol

    25. Glasner Ball
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Yeah offside

    26. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Who's on pens for Brighton?

      1. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        Mac Allister

      2. Marvin.
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 days ago

        McOffside

    27. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Lucky, again

    28. JBG
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 days ago

      Alisson very lucky.