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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. TheBiffas
    • 5 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Thanks for the points Bowen, but Salah is my captain.

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

      Same here

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

      Rank buster

  2. Bushwhacker
    • 6 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    What a cross from Nunez ; perfection

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

    I don't want to know how much that Salah goal has sunk me....

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

      Yeah

  4. how now brown cow
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Anyone else benched double Everton defence?

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

      I benched half of Man City defence

      West Ham 1-3

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

    West Ham G...

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

      Kudus

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

        From the bench

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

      Bowen involved again?

      1. Sun God Nika
        • 5 Years
        7 months, 7 days ago

        Please

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

      Come on tiger

      Who is it?

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

      Let me guess. Bowen

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

      No Bowen involvement unfortunately

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

    Saka is so overrated it's beyond belief

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

      Not even including him next seasom

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

    Ode G

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

    Man city absolutely must hold

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      7 months, 7 days ago

      All I want is for that Gvardiol clean sheet to be gone 🙁

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

    Salah on 3 bonus now

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

    Goal Brighton penalty

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

    kudus scored....tears of joy....

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

    Semi brace

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

      It's like waiting for busses

      High scoring week

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

        It’s not a high scoring week?

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

    Bournemouth goal.

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

      Evanilson involved?

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

        No

        Huijsen

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

          🙁

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

    This game just breaks hearts man

  15. Jet5605
    • 11 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Everton finishing top 8 next season. Moyes hounded out by West Ham fan media channels too

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

    Brighton...O'Riley G

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

      Penalty

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

    O'Riley on pens, interesting

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

    No words about this Villa situation. Absolutely daylight robbery.

  19. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    F**king Odegaard should’ve passed to Saka! 😆

  20. Milk, 1 Šuker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Semenyoooooo againnnnn

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

    Pen for the Brunoooo

  22. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Kluivert finally showing some of his older form

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

    semenyo brace

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

    Of course Ben Crellin brought in Semenyo! What a season for him

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

    I can’t even describe Saka right now

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

      he's so overrated

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

    Kluivert over Semenyo, nice.

  27. it lies in the proles
    • 8 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Seriously fish newcastle

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

    Eriksen penalty goal

  29. Deulofail
    • 9 Years
    7 months, 7 days ago

    Sold Trossard for Saka as part of a hit after buying Trossard last week in a final minute WC-forming panic, in which I could have just got Odegaard

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

    Eriksen takes pen and scores