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Three more matches follow on from Newcastle United v Chelsea on a busy day of Premier League football.

Ruben Amorim has made six changes to his starting line-up from the midweek win over Athletic Club.

Altay Bayindir, Luke Shaw, Harry Amass, Kobbie Mainoo, Mason Mount and Amad Diallo come into the side as Andre Onana, Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire, Patrick Dorgu, Casemiro and Alejandro Garnacho make way.

As for the visitors, Graham Potter brings in Vladimir Coufal, Guido Rodriguez and James Ward-Prowse for Emerson Palmieri, Lucas Paqueta and Niclas Fullkrug.

There is just one change across the two teams at the City Ground, with Morato starting for the hosts in place of the injured Murillo.

Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou has rested many of the players who started Thursday’s UEFA Europa League semi-final win away to Bodo/Glimt, with eight changes in total.

Out go Guglielmo Vicario, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Destiny Udogie, Yves Bissouma, Brennan Johnson, Richarlison and Dominic Solanke.

In come Antonin Kinsky, Kevin Danso, Ben Davies, Djed Spence, Archie Gray, Pape Matar Sarr, Wilson Odobert and Mathys Tel.

Son Heung-min is back on the bench after missing the last four league matches with injury. 

Oliver Glasner’s two alterations see the injured Adam Wharton and benched Daichi Kamada replaced by Jefferson Lerma and Will Hughes.

LINE-UPS

Manchester United XI: Bayindir, Mazraoui, Yoro, Shaw, Amad, Mainoo, Ugarte, Amass, Fernandes, Mount, Hojlund

Subs: Heaton, Dorgu, Fredricson, Lindelof, Maguire, Casemiro, Eriksen, Garnacho, Obi

West Ham United XI: Areola, Todibo, Kilman, Cresswell, Coufal, Rodriguez, Ward-Prowse, Soucek, Wan-Bissaka, Kudus, Bowen

Subs: Fabianski, Soler, Paqueta, Fullkrug, Mavropanos, Guilherme, Alvarez, Emerson, Ferguson


Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Morato, Williams, Sangare, Anderson, Dominguez, Gibbs-White, Elanga, Wood

Subs: Miguel, Awoniyi, Toffolo, Jota, Yates, Sosa, Danilo, Boly, Abbott

Leicester City XI: Stolarczyk, Justin, Coady, Faes, Thomas, Ndidi, Skipp, McAteer, Ayew, El Khannouss, Vardy

Subs: Iversen, Coulibaly, Okoli, Kristiansen, Soumare, Evans, Buonanotte, Monga, Daka


Tottenham Hotspur XI: Kinksy, Porro, Danso, Davies, Spence, Bentancur, Sarr, Gray, Kulusevski, Odobert, Tel

Subs: Vicario, Romero, van de Ven, Bissouma, Moore, Johnson, Son, Richarlison, Solanke

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Lerma, Hughes, Mitchell, Sarr, Eze, Mateta

Subs: Turner, Nketiah, Franca, Clyne, Kamada, Esse, Chilwell, Devenny, Kporha

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  1. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    Monga close

    1. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      7 months, 6 days ago

      How does he smell?

  2. Philosopher's Stones
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    CSs from Lacroix and Wan Bissaka. Never in doubt.

  3. F4L
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    surely no way amorim or postecoglou stay in the job if they lose the final right?

    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 6 days ago

      Amorim will stay regardless
      Ange will leave regardless

    2. Sailboats
      • 10 Years
      7 months, 6 days ago

      Ange is definitely gone, he is not EPL level. He's in over his head.

    3. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 6 days ago

      I reckon Amorim would be kept on, only to give him a full season

  4. jonnybhoy
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    3 of my bench now played.

    Aerola Rogers and Livramento.

    Sigh

  5. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    Get in Areola! And Munoz off the bench for Trippier \o/

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 6 days ago

      same with Munoz 😀 didnt look good 2 hours ago tripps being left out...

  6. Glasner Ball
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    Lovely Munoz bps for everyone as well 🙂

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 6 days ago

      Feeling blessed as a non-owner. Got off lightly with 11 points.

  7. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    Bowen nowhere near the bonus seems strange

    1. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 6 days ago

      Barely touched the ball bar a non-winning tap-in

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 months, 6 days ago

        Will happily have the points though.

        1. x.jim.x
          • 11 Years
          7 months, 6 days ago

          Don’t think anyone’s gonna take them off you

          1. Nomar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            7 months, 6 days ago

            You never know with FPL these days, probably give them to Eze tomorrow!

      2. The-Red-1
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 months, 6 days ago

        Fair enough, thanks

  8. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    Forest keeping Chelsea in this UCL race.

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      7 months, 6 days ago

      Leicester tbf

  9. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    Don't remember the last time I got a defensive clean sweep lol although my forwards did the opposite

  10. Waylander
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    I would have been 8 points better off if I’d missed the deadline. Classic.

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 6 days ago

      I’d have been 36 better off 😆

      1. Waylander
        • 9 Years
        7 months, 6 days ago

        Oh dear it’s painful isn’t it

        1. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          7 months, 6 days ago

          Yeah had some decent luck start of season and middle but since GW30 or so it has been horrendously bad

  11. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    Beat this for bad luck:

    Watkins, Saka & Salah
    Out to
    Haaland (C), Palmer and Bruno (-8)

    Benched:
    Pope, Rogers, Burn

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 6 days ago

      And Kiwior also benched but likely to be 1 pointer tbf

  12. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    Burn AWB Munoz the triple assist CS combos

    1. Waylander
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 6 days ago

      I played Livramento over AWB. Seemed sensible at the time…

  13. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    Who would have thought that the BB week with Areola and Cresswell was Man Utd away?

    Also played Sells.

    And got Wissa in rather than Wood.

    Not mentioning Sarr over Eze, that was the transfer this week, pure sideways.

  14. fantasist
    • 15 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    Forest owner having a strop and yelling at Nuno is quite unprofessional tbh

  15. C_G
    • 10 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    56 with Salah to go, some good fortune with Murphy, Livra, Munoz and Areola points

  16. Philosopher's Stones
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    Should've started Areola instead of Raya.

  17. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    I really hope next seasons newcomers fare better and stay up. A Spurs and/or Man Utd relegation would be refreshing.

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 6 days ago

      Absolutely won't happen. Leeds, Burnley, Sheff U all straight back down.

      1. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 months, 6 days ago

        Leeds might be the exception with the red bull money

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 6 days ago

      think leeds will be decent

  18. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    Rival is 56 points behind me, no chips. We have 7/11 players same. He has Eze, Munoz, Areola. I have Murphy, Mitchell, Verbruggen.

    How realistically can he get me?

    He reduced my 70pts lead quite a bit with Eze & Munoz hauls

    1. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      7 months, 6 days ago

      Think you're pretty safe unless something crazy happens.

    2. Jordan.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 months, 6 days ago

      just t/f murphy/mitchell to eze/munoz .job done if your anxious,pretty certain your safe tho...

  19. Underdogs11
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    Went without Salah, Haaland and Wissa this week. So far, so good. 😉

    1. Waylander
      • 9 Years
      7 months, 6 days ago

      Salah hatrick incoming?

      1. Underdogs11
        • 5 Years
        7 months, 6 days ago

        Hiding behind the sofa. Went fot kdb instead of him, so that was probably a mistake.

  20. Jordan.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 months, 6 days ago

    37 from martinez,munoz (for tripps) gvardiol and awb,sh*t forwards tho,makes a change from a full on whinge...