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Ange Postecoglou is looking for his first win as Nottingham Forest boss as the Tricky Trees entertain Sunderland this evening.

Kick-off at the City Ground is at 5.30pm BST.

TEAM NEWS

Postecoglou makes five changes from Wednesday’s 2-2 draw with Real Betis.

The headline news is that Chris Wood starts, with Igor Jesus having to settle for a place on the bench despite his two-goal heroics in midweek.

Also among the substitutes is Morgan Gibbs-White as James McAtee makes his first league start for Forest.

Nicolás Domínguez, back from a long, long lay-off, also starts, with Dilane Bakwa and Dan Ndoye recalled out wide.

Douglas Luiz misses out with an injury, while Ibrahima Sangare and Callum Hudson-Odoi are demoted to substitute duty.

There’s no Murillo once again as his recovery from a knock to the thigh drags on.

But Nikola Milenkovic is fine after hobbling off with a spot of cramp in Spain.

There’s just one change for Sunderland, and it’s an enforced one as Reinildo is suspended.

Rather than bring Dan Ballard in and rejig the backline, Regis Le Bris has simply gone like-for-like and hands Arthur Masuaku his first Premier League start since his summer move.

LINE-UPS

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Williams, Milenkovic, Morato, Zinchenko, Domínguez, Anderson, McAtee, Bakwa, Ndoye, Wood.

Subs: John, Sangare, Hudson-Odoi, Gibbs-White, Kalimuendo, I. Jesus, Hutchinson, Yates, Jair Cunha.

Sunderland XI: Roefs, Hume, Mukiele, Alderete, Masuaku, Xhaka, Sadiki, Rigg, Le Fée, Adingra, Isidor

Subs: Patterson, Neil, Ballard, Geertruida, Brobbey, Mayenda, O’Nien, Adingra, Traoré.

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  1. bialk
    • 16 Years
    3 months, 1 day ago

    TC Haaland unite!

    1. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 1 day ago

      \0/

    2. JBG
      • 7 Years
      3 months, 1 day ago

      \0/

    3. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      3 months, 1 day ago

      /|\

    4. pundit of punts
      • 12 Years
      3 months, 1 day ago

      😎

    5. Wirtzel Gummidge
      • 5 Years
      3 months, 1 day ago

      Yay! 😆

    6. Moon Dog
        3 months, 1 day ago

        \

        1. Moon Dog
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Imagine a wolf head with two arms either side. Scammed.

        2. F4L
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          \o

        3. iFash@FPL
          • 1 Year
          3 months, 1 day ago

          Never in doubt!

        4. Dybala10
          • 8 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          YOLO

        5. TekkerDude
          • 1 Year
          3 months, 1 day ago

          YEEEEEEEAH

        6. DaniCT
          • 12 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

      • JBG
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 1 day ago

        0-0 here is perfect, or 1-0 Milenković G

      • g40steve
        • 7 Years
        3 months, 1 day ago

        Have we killed livefpl?

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

          A TC week will do that...

          It's the modern equivalent of people watching televisions outside of Rumbelows windows at 5pm in town centres!

          1. g40steve
            • 7 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Giving your age away 🙂

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

              It was a bit of a historical reference but yeah

              ... Getting there.

      • ☈☾
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 1 day ago

        Guehi and Senesi - two absolute ballers!

        1. g40steve
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          Making me think who to add as Cucu’s gone tonight?

        2. JBG
          • 7 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          Just seen both getting assists and defcons, Senesi with bp as well.

        3. iFash@FPL
          • 1 Year
          3 months, 1 day ago

          Unfortunately I switched Guehi to my bench and played Mateta, after listening to some people here. Of course, I take the chunk of the blame…

          1. iFash@FPL
            • 1 Year
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Don’t mind the Chalobah’s red card. Solves next GW’s benching headache for me.

      • Philosopher's Stones
        • 5 Years
        3 months, 1 day ago

        Haaland TC fail. Wanted a hattie 😉

        1. Wenger_In
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Not jealous personally bcos feels like you could tc him most weeks at this rate and get something decent. 2 goals 1 assist max bonus is pretty much perfect though.

            1. iFash@FPL
              • 1 Year
              3 months, 1 day ago

              It’s obviously a flagrant boast/brag. 🙂

        2. trikster102
          • 12 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          27 points on the bench 🙁

          1. Philosopher's Stones
            • 5 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Should've started them mate

          2. iFash@FPL
            • 1 Year
            3 months, 1 day ago

            BB success then!

        3. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
          • 9 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          Electric Steve has seen better days

          1. FPL Blow-In
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Had his wires crossed today

          2. Kaneyonero
            • 9 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            He has had quite a shocker

            1. FPL Blow-In
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              Seems to have lost his spark

        4. chocolove
          • 15 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          Haaland haul TC
          Salah blank
          Liverpool (finally) lose. Bruh had lots of luck since day 1.
          Happy day!

          1. chocolove
            • 15 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Rank 5 M > 2 M!!!
            Salah is finished btw

        5. Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          Gotta laugh I have 5 defenders and GK.

          4 zeros and one 1-pointer 😀

          1. Brosstan
            • 11 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Konsa to go!

        6. Philosopher's Stones
          • 5 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          Now a Ndoye hattie to cap off the evening. Cheers.

        7. denial
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          Delighted with TC Haaland.
          Annoyed I stuck with Cucurella and didn't switch out to a spurs defender. Can't get it all spot on though.

          1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
            • 9 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Swapped him out for Senesi prior to this GW. Happy I did!

          2. pundit of punts
            • 12 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Getting rid for either Senesi or Gabriel tonight.

        8. el polako
          • 8 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          Did Bruno blamed the ref for his another penalty kick miss?

        9. Kaneyonero
          • 9 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          Wood Hattrick to cap off today would be great

        10. FPL Blow-In
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          67 points with Vicario, Gabriel, Caliaflori, Xavi, Saka and Elliot to go. 😎

          Annoyingly I’ve Anthony and Woltemade second and third sub with Munoz blocking them first sub in the event Elliot doesn’t play.

          1. pundit of punts
            • 12 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Amazing score

        11. chocolove
          • 15 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          Haaland TC FTW
          Got Haaland best haul (16 pts) so far

        12. pundit of punts
          • 12 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          Score check

          61 points with Gyokeres, Raya, Cash and KDH to go

          1. Surgical Attack
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            62 with Andersen, Sels, VdV, Ndiaye

          2. Moon Dog
              3 months, 1 day ago

              70 with Gyokores, Andersen, Raya

            • DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
              • 9 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              68 with Sels, VDV, Diouf, Kudus, Watkins

            • Wirtzel Gummidge
              • 5 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              58 with 48 from Haaland, rest of team useless 😆

            • IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
              • 9 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              65 with Porro, Alderete, Richarlison

            • Tcheco
              • 8 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              66 with 7 to go I think I'm having a good week

            • Weeb Kakashi
              • 9 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              55 with Gyokeres Watkins Kudus VdV Vicario and Andersen to go

            • F4L
              • 11 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              63 with romero raya gyokeres grealish to go

              finally a good gw

            • Deer-in-headlights
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 5 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              77 with Kudos, VDV, Andersen and Sels to go.

          3. el polako
            • 8 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            I think FPL should reward players for winning a penalty kick.
            After all it’s not Mbuemo’s fault that Bruno is a whining wuss.

            1. Gandalf
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              Yeh agree, they do that in other fantasy games and seems logical.

            2. have you seen cyan
              • 6 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              Nah, it seems odd to award points when a goal isn't scored. Maybe they can have some extra bps or something

          4. TafOnTour1
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 1 Year
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Looks like it may be time to move on from Joao Pedro, at least in the interim. Liverpool at home and Nottingham Forest away up next...

            1. JBG
              • 7 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              NFO are not a good team this season.. also Pool are bad at the back. But his ownership is so high that you don't really gain anything from his points.

              1. Manani
                • 14 Years
                3 months, 1 day ago

                on the opposite side, you lose a lot if he do score and the replacement don't though

                1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                  • 11 Years
                  3 months, 1 day ago

                  Not a lot of great options at his price range

            2. The Sociologist
              • 6 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              Yeah I’m thinking maybe a swap to Bowen in a week or two

          5. pundit of punts
            • 12 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Long term -

            A. Senesi + Sarr

            Or

            B. Gabriel + KDH

            P.S. - Have Raya

            1. Bobby Digital
              • 8 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              A

            2. F4L
              • 11 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              a

          6. Hazz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            The Ugly:
            0 - Sanchez (another unnecessary card)
            2 - Munoz (1 DefCon shy of +2)
            2 - Reijnders (lol)
            -1 - Fernandes (pen miss & 1 DC shy of +2)
            2 - Pedro (half-expected)
            4 - Richards (on bench)

            The OK:
            7 - Semenyo (nice)
            2 - Mateta (I was tempted play over Pedro, should have hauled)

            The THANK GOD:
            48 - Haaland

          7. Sun Jihai
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            What were the Ange comments on Murillo again?
            Good chance he'll be back for Burnley, if not will be there for Betis
            Week later still not in squad!
            He did this with VdV at Spurs from memory lol

          8. F4L
            • 11 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Lacroix got 11 defcons in the second half alone, noice

          9. lilmessipran
            • 13 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Gakpo + Munoz to Gordon + Gabriel for a hit?

          10. Drop Dead Tsimikas
            • 14 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Two Burnley players in top-7 mids. Pinch me.

            1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
              • 9 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              Been a strange season

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

              Cullen and Anthony?

          11. Manani
            • 14 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            best mid that is not Saka, Semeyno or Kudus/Xavi?

            1. pundit of punts
              • 12 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              Salah

            2. Ajax Hamsterdam
              • 11 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              Sarr

            3. F4L
              • 11 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              a united one

              1. Bobby Digital
                • 8 Years
                3 months, 1 day ago

                Haha

                1. F4L
                  • 11 Years
                  3 months, 1 day ago

                  😛 trust the process

            4. Drop Dead Tsimikas
              • 14 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              Doku

          12. Ajax Hamsterdam
            • 11 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Get senesi on WC or stick with truffert? Cheers

          13. Underdogs11
            • 5 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            No TC and still 59 with 4 to go.

            1. Ajax Hamsterdam
              • 11 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              And ?

            2. MissouriMarten
              • 10 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              I genuinely wonder what response to this would make you happy?

          14. FOREST FOREVER 2
            • 1 Year
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Guehi has been a great pick for me me. Sadly left him 1st sub today. At least gives me a nice shield ahead of Esteve (2nd sub).

          15. ZeBestee
            • 11 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            I went with Mbeumo on WC. Already regretting. Should I keep faith?

            1. Bobby Digital
              • 8 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              Keeping faith for SUN. After that he's gone

            2. Ajax Hamsterdam
              • 11 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              May as well. Might also be on pens

            3. Moon Dog
                3 months, 1 day ago

                Yeah keep for SUN surely. The mids are difficult right now with players like Enzo, Anthony, Caicedo, Gravenberch, Cullen all in the top 7...

            4. DandyDon
              • 7 Years
              3 months, 1 day ago

              Green arrow by margin of 32 pts currently! Not sure I’ve seen that big a one on rank predictor before. Pretty obvious transfers in this week Haaland and Semenyo for Watkins and Salah.
              Those transfers tell you all about how low down I still am overall. Haha. Think I’ve halfed my rank at least today.