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It’s the final day of the Premier League season, with all 10 Premier League fixtures kicking off at the same time (4pm BST):

starts Isak

It’s difficult to know where to begin with the team news given the numerous talking points across the country.

But let’s do so at St James’ Park, where Alexander Isak starts for the Magpies after recovering from injury.

His recall at the expense of Callum Wilson is Eddie Howe’s only alteration, but the Newcastle United boss does at least have the fit-again Kieran Trippier among the substitutes.

Everton bring in Charly Alcaraz, Jack Harrison, Ashley Young and Michael Keane, with Abdoulaye Doucoure and Dwight McNeil dropping to the bench and injured duo Jarrad Branthwaite and Seamus Coleman missing out as expected.

It’s teamsheet carnage at St Mary’s, with five changes apiece.

William Saliba is absent, while Myles Lewis-Skelly, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard are demoted to substitute duty.

In come Kieran Tierney, Mikel Merino, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Raheem Sterling and Ethan Nwaneri. 

Riccardo Calafiori is unexpectedly absent.

Ross Stewart, Yukinari Sugawara, Charlie Taylor, Lesley Ugochukwu and Jay Robinson are the new faces in the hosts’ starting XI.

Jack Stephens, Tyler Dibling and Taylor Harwood-Bellis are all injured, while James Bree and Joe Aribo are benched.

There are unexpected absences at the Amex, too, as Danny Welbeck and Pervis Estupinan miss out.

Jack Hinshelwood and Igor Julio take their places.

Ange Postecoglou makes just three changes from the starting XI that beat Manchester United in the Europa League final.

Mathys Tel, Archie Gray and Kevin Danso come into the team, with Sergio Romero, Yves Bissouma and Richarlison dropping out. The first two are injured.

The pre-deadline rumours were true about a Kevin De Bruyne benching, with Jeremy Doku coming in to replace him.

Nico Gonzalez for the suspended Mateo Kovacic is Pep Guardiola’s only other alteration.

Fulham boss Marco Silva meanwhile brings in Jorge CuencaTom CairneyAndreas Pereira and Harry Wilson for Calvin BasseySander BergeEmile Smith Rowe and Alex Iwobi.

Liverpool and Crystal Palace both pretty much go full strength at Anfield.

For the hosts, Virgil van DijkAndrew RobertsonCurtis Jones and Luis Diaz get the nod over Jarrell QuansahKostas TsimikasHarvey Elliott and Federico Chiesa

Trent Alexander-Arnold also starts on the bench.

As for Crystal Palace, four changes see Tyrick MitchellDaichi KamadaEberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta come in for Joel WardBen ChilwellRomain Esse and Eddie Nketiah.

At the City Ground, Forest are unchanged for their crunch match against Chelsea.

The Blues bring in Jadon Sancho for Tyrique George in their only alteration.

Brentford also name the same starting XI but Wolves make six changes, going back to pretty much full strength after some midweek experimentation.

Jose Sa, Matt Doherty, Nelson Semedo, Joao Gomes, Matheus Cunha and Marshall Munetsi all come in as Jorgen Strand Larsen (who had been a doubt for this game), Rodrigo Gomes, Pablo Sarabia and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde drop to the bench.

Dan Bentley and Nasser Djiga miss out altogether.

Another unchanged side are Aston Villa, whose opponents Manchester United side bring in Altay BayindirAyden Heaven and Victor Lindelof for Andre OnanaLeny Yoro and Luke Shaw.

Youri Tielemans is only fit enough for a place on the bench for the Villans.

Andoni Iraola makes three changes to his Bournemouth line-up. 

Marcos SenesiAdam Smith and David Brooks come in, with Dean Huijsen and Julian Araujo benched and Lewis Cook suspended.

As for Leicester City, three alterations see Victor KristiansenOliver Skipp and Patson Daka replace the absent Wilfred NdidiBilal El Khannouss and Jamie Vardy.

Kieran McKenna names two changes for Ipswich Town’s final match before the drop: Conor Chaplin and Nathan Broadhead come in for Jack Clarke and Julio Enciso, who is missing from the matchday squad.

Graham Potter makes five tweaks from Gameweek 37, with Lukasz FabianskiKonstantinos MavropanosOllie ScarlesEdson Alvarez and Niclas Fullkrug replacing Alphonse AreolaAaron CresswellVladimir CoufalGuido Rodriguez and Mohammed Kudus.

LINE-UPS

Bournemouth XI: Arrizabalaga, Smith, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez, Adams, Brooks, Tavernier, Kluivert, Semenyo, Evanilson.

Subs: Dennis, Huijsen, Soler, Araujo, Hill, Scott, Winterburn, Jebbison, Silcott-Duberry.

Leicester City XI: Stolarczyk, Justin, Coady, Faes, Kristiansen, Skipp, Soumaré, McAteer, Ayew, Thomas, Daka.

Subs: Iversen, Okoli, Pereira, Aluko, Golding, Buonanotte, Monga, Braybrooke, Evans.


Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Cuenca, Robinson, Lukić, Cairney, Traoré, Pereira, Wilson, Jiménez.

Subs: Benda, Bassey, Berge, King, Sessegnon, Smith Rowe, Vinícius, Iwobi, Willian.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Nunes, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, González, Gündoğan, Silva, Marmoush, Doku, Haaland.

Subs: Ortega, Aké, Lewis, Rodri, De Bruyne, Echeverri, Foden, O’Reilly, Savinho.


Ipswich Town XI: Palmer, Tuanzebe, O’Shea, Greaves, Davis, Morsy, Cajuste, Hutchinson, Chaplin, Broadhead, Hirst.

Subs: Walton, Woolfenden, Burgess, Boniface, Taylor, Szmodics, Luongo, Delap, Clarke.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Todibo, Kilman, Mavropanos, Wan-Bissaka, Álvarez, Souček, Ward-Prowse, Scarles, Bowen, Füllkrug.

Subs: Areola, Cresswell, Coufal, Paquetá, Rodríguez, Irving, Kudus, Guilherme, Ings.


Liverpool XI: Alisson, Bradley, Konaté, van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Jones, Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Díaz.

Subs: Kelleher, Gomez, Tsimikas, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Endo, Elliott, Núñez, Jota.

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Lerma, Muñoz, Hughes, Kamada, Mitchell, Sarr, Eze, Mateta.

Subs: Turner, Ward, Kporha, Esse, Devenny, Nketiah, França.


Manchester United XI: Bayındır, Lindelöf, Maguire, Heaven, Mazraoui, Fernandes, Casemiro, Dorgu, Diallo, Mount, Højlund.

Subs: Heaton, Dalot, Evans, Fredricson, Eriksen, Ugarte, Mainoo, Collyer, Obi-Martin.

Aston Villa XI: Martínez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Maatsen, Kamara, Onana, Rogers, Asensio, McGinn, Watkins.

Subs: Olsen, Mings, Digne, Garcia, Barkley, Tielemans, Bailey, Ramsey, Malen


Newcastle United XI: Pope, Schär, Botman, Burn, Murphy, Guimarães, Tonali, Livramento, Barnes, Gordon, Isak.

Subs: Dúbravka, Trippier, Lascelles, Krafth, Willock, Longstaff, Miley, Wilson, Osula.

Everton XI: Pickford, Young, O’Brien, Keane, Mykolenko, Garner, Gueye, Harrison, Alcaraz, Ndiaye, Beto.

Subs: Virgínia, Begović, Patterson, Welch, Doucouré, McNeil, Calvert-Lewin, Chermiti, Broja.


Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Aina, Milenković, Murillo, Williams, Sangaré, Anderson, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Domínguez, Wood.

Subs: Miguel, Morato, Toffolo, Boly, Yates, Danilo, Hudson-Odoi, Silva, Sosa.

Chelsea XI: Sánchez, James, Adarabioyo, Colwill, Cucurella, Caicedo, Fernández, Madueke, Palmer, Sancho, Neto.

Subs: Jörgensen, Badiashile, Chalobah, Gusto, Acheampong, Dewsbury-Hall, Lavia, George, Guiu.


Southampton XI: Ramsdale, Sugawara, Wood, Taylor, Welington, Downes, Ugochukwu, Fernandes, Robinson, Sulemana, Stewart.

Subs: McCarthy, Manning, Bree, Kayi Sanda, Moore, Aribo, Smallbone, Archer, Onuachu.

Arsenal XI: Raya, Partey, White, Kiwior, Tierney, Merino, Rice, Zinchenko, Nwaneri, Sterling, Martinelli.

Subs: Neto, Ødegaard, Jorginho, Henry-Francis, Lewis-Skelly, Saka, Trossard, Havertz, Kabia.


Tottenham Hotspur XI: Vicario, Porro, Danso, van de Ven, Udogie, Gray, Bentancur, Sarr, Johnson, Solanke, Tel.

Subs: Kinsky, Spence, Davies, Bissouma, Olusesi, Richarlison, Odobert, Moore, Ajayi.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Verbruggen, Hinshelwood, Webster, van Hecke, Igor, Baleba, Ayari, Wieffer, Gruda, Adingra, Minteh.

Subs: Rushworth, Dunk, Cashin, Veltman, Milner, Mitoma, Gomez, O’Riley, Howell.


Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sá, Doherty, Agbadou, Gomes, Semedo, Gomes, André, Aït-Nouri, Munetsi, Cunha, Guedes.

Subs: King, Bueno, Lima, Sarabia, Bellegarde, Larsen, Hee-chan, Gomes, Mane

Brentford XI: Flekken, Kayode, Collins, van den Berg, Lewis-Potter, Nørgaard, Yarmoliuk, Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade, Wissa.

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Henry, Pinnock, Ajer, Jensen, Konak, Thiago, Nunes.



  1. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    southampton goal...noooooooo

  2. potatoace
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Get saka on now

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

    West Ham

    1-2

    Goals

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

      Bowen

      Captain punt

  4. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Bowen Goal!!!

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

      Back of the net

    2. djman102
      • 16 Years
      7 months, 7 days ago

      Fantasti(c)!

  5. fantasist
    • 15 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Sels and Raya will share the golden glove now

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

      Half each still?

  6. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    bowen goal!!

    1. Effe
      • 15 Years
      7 months, 7 days ago

      Wish I’d captained him instead of Salah!

  7. RICICLE
    • 3 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    So pretty much a nothing day of football lol

  8. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Deary me, two clean sheets gone in a minute

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

      Gw38 says hello

      1. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 months, 7 days ago

        Should have expected it tbf!

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

          Hold the back page!

  9. Gudjohnsen
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Bowen absolutely killing my rank

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 7 days ago

      Insane not owning him

  10. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Boweeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnn(c)

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 7 days ago

      well done 🙂

      1. Silecro
        • 8 Years
        7 months, 7 days ago

        Thanks! That catapulted me into top 5k..for now 😀

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 11 Years
          7 months, 7 days ago

          great stuff

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

      Back of the Ipswich net

  11. JBG
    • 7 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Yeeees! Bruno to Bowen C massively paid off... swtiched it from Salah as well

  12. djman102
    • 16 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    No Arsenal defense, so I'll take that.

  13. nanxun
    • 4 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Raining goals now.

  14. MikeS
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Saints goal will ensure saka comes on

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

      Good

  15. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Beauty Jarrod you cert

  16. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Ffs Bowen. DO SOMETHING SALAH

  17. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Played Raya and Milenkovic/Ran

    Benched Pickford and O’Brien

  18. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Switched from Bowen to Salah C last min....

    1. brianutd-why always we? 20
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 7 days ago

      Follow the crowd syndrome unfortunately

  19. WiredWeasel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Well done Bowen captainers!

    1. Fabreghastly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 months, 7 days ago

      It had to be done

  20. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Game crashed

  21. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Bowen we’ll take, at least - finally!

  22. Gudjohnsen
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Saka coming on or not?

    1. MikeS
      • 11 Years
      7 months, 7 days ago

      He will imo by 70 mins

    2. Haalander
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      7 months, 7 days ago

      Of course he will come on he’ll come on at 80 mins and ruin my Bowen vice

      1. Biggsy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 months, 7 days ago

        Too late mate

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

    Captain Bowen great stuff

  24. WVA
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Crazy not to captain Bowen this week

    1. BIGREDDOG
      • 8 Years
      7 months, 7 days ago

      You seem like a typical cyclist

  25. Big Mike
    • 3 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Ah. I see sticking with double Forest defence has paid off, then.

  26. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Phew glad I went Bowen, nearly went Trossard

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

    Gvardial into Leno's face

    Saved

  28. CoracAld2831
    • 4 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    WBK assists, yay.

    1. fantasist
      • 15 Years
      7 months, 7 days ago

      AWB

  29. Haalander
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Even with a free hit and couldn’t pick a decent team to get a green arrow. What a horrible season so glad it’s over

  30. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Wissa YC?