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A busy Sunday of Premier League football gets underway with four matches at 2pm BST:

TEAM NEWS

Unai Emery makes four changes to the side that started the 2-0 Europa League win over Feyenoord.

Emiliano Martinez, Lucas Digne, Lamare Bogarde and Donyell Malen all return, ousting Marco Bizot, Ian Maatsen, Emiliano Buendia and Evann Guessand from the starting XI.

The only change from Burnley manager Scott Parker sees Axel Tuanzebe start. Hjalmar Ekdal makes way.

There are two changes to the Everton XI from Monday night: Tyler Dibling and Thierno Barry in for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Beto.

Crystal Palace are unchanged from Gameweek 6.

At St James’ Park, Eddie Howe has gone with the same Newcastle United side that beat Union SG in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Nottingham Forest’s four alterations from Europe see Jair Cunha, Nicolo Savona, Ryan Yates and Chris Wood start. Murillo, Ibrahim Sangare, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Igor Jesus drop to the bench.

As for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Jackson Tchatchoua comes in for Matt Doherty.

Vitor Pereira had said that Jorgen Strand Larsen was not fully fit but the Norwegian striker starts.

Fabian Hurzeler makes three changes from the Brighton and Hove Albion team that beat Chelsea last time out. Mats Wieffer, Brajan Gruda and Danny Welbeck replace Joel Veltman and Kaoru Mitoma, who are both injured, and the benched Georginio Rutter.

LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Pau, Digne, Bogarde, Kamara, Malen, McGinn, Rogers, Watkins

Subs: Bizot, Maatsen, Lindelof, Barkley, Buendia, Elliott, Guessand, Onana, Jimoh

Burnley XI: Dubravka, Walker, Laurent, Tuanzebe, Esteve, Hartman, Tchaouna, Cullen, Florentino, Anthony, Foster

Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Bruun Larsen, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Humphreys, Flemming, Broja, Mejbri


Everton XI: Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Gueye, Garner, Dibling, Ndiaye, Grealish, Barry

Subs: Travers, King, Patterson, McNeil, Beto, Coleman, Alcaraz, Aznou, Iroegbunam

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell, Sarr, Pino, Mateta

Subs: Benitez, Lerma, Nketiah, Uche, Hughes, Canvot, Sosa, Devenny, Cardines


Newcastle United XI: Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Burn, Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton, Elanga, Gordon, Woltemade

Subs: Ramsdale, Schar, Lascelles, Barnes, Krafth, Osula, Murphy, Willock, Miley

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Cunha, Milenkovic, Morato, Savona, Yates, Anderson, Williams, Gibbs-White, Ndoye, Wood

Subs: John, Murillo, Sangare, Hudson-Odoi, Dominguez, Jesus, Hutchinson, McAtee, Bakwa


Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Johnstone, Tchatchoua, S Bueno, Krejci, H Bueno, Andre, J Gomes, Munetsi, Arias, Hwang, Strand Larsen

Subs: Sa, Mosquera, Agbadou, Wolfe, Hoever, R Gomes, Bellegarde, Lopez, Arokodare

Brighton and Hove Albion XI Verbruggen, Wieffer, van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu, Baleba, Ayari, Gruda, Gomez, Minteh, Welbeck

Subs: Steele, Tzimas, Rutter, Watson, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, De Cuyper, Coppola


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Here you can follow the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DC) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out, as seen below:



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  1. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 2 days ago

    Mateta misses open goal from Sarr assist

  2. chocolove
    • 15 Years
    2 months, 2 days ago

    Wtf mateta

  3. BrockLanders
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 2 days ago

    Rogers assy

  4. Yes Ndidi
    • 6 Years
    2 months, 2 days ago

    It's a good job there's an IB coming up. Should prevent Ange joining Pulis & Cloughie in the 44 day category at least

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

    Sarr and Mateta contrive two big misses

  6. Snoop Udogie Dogg
    • 5 Years
    2 months, 2 days ago

    Wood off

    1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
      • 5 Years
      2 months, 2 days ago

      *sub, not red

  7. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 2 days ago

    Malen G
    Rogers A

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

    Keane crocked

  9. FPL Sanky
    • 2 Years
    2 months, 2 days ago

    Mateta is the most overrated player I have ever seen..... not sure why people are desperate to have him in the team

    1. Absolutely Muñozed
        2 months, 2 days ago

        I replaced him with Gyokeres and the result is the same

    2. F4L
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 2 days ago

      mateta's underperformance continues

    3. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 months, 2 days ago

      Bobb starts

    4. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 months, 2 days ago

      Shoulda been Watkins… but chuffed Malen has finally gotten his chance and taken it (twice!)!

    5. F4L
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 2 days ago

      rogers assist

      1. keefy59
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 2 days ago

        Two assists in 2 games
        One to watch

      2. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        2 months, 2 days ago

        Two in two after most got rid!

        1. keefy59
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          2 months, 2 days ago

          Surprisingly only dropped by £0.1m over the season

    6. F4L
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 2 days ago

      hendo big save from alcaraz

    7. All Hail K
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      2 months, 2 days ago

      Anyone see why Anthony came off?

      1. Crystal Alice
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 months, 2 days ago

        Knock

        1. All Hail K
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          2 months, 2 days ago

          Thanks

      2. keefy59
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 2 days ago

        No international involvement
        So should be back after international break

        1. All Hail K
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          2 months, 2 days ago

          Cheers

    8. Babit1967
      • 9 Years
      2 months, 2 days ago

      Munoz on 17 points, lovely.

      1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
        • 5 Years
        2 months, 2 days ago

        wow, I have the wrong Palace defender

      2. Absolutely Muñozed
          2 months, 2 days ago

          finally rewarding me

        • Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          2 months, 2 days ago

          Not anymore, thanks to LaCroix

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

        Wood has an ice pack on his leg, on the bench

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          2 months, 2 days ago

          Get rid if you haven’t already

      4. fantasist
        • 15 Years
        2 months, 2 days ago

        Who actually has Malen? Very well done if so

      5. Defcons are for Kinnear
        • 12 Years
        2 months, 2 days ago

        What happened to set piece specialist Trippier?

      6. F4L
        • 10 Years
        2 months, 2 days ago

        silva being benched before foden in central area, very good sign for foden. hope he can repay the faith in the match

      7. Do I Not Like Orange
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 months, 2 days ago

        Go to hell Emery

        1. chocolove
          • 15 Years
          2 months, 2 days ago

          Wow

      8. How Green Was My Arrow
        • 1 Year
        2 months, 2 days ago

        Sold Malen in Gw 2.
        Should have been more patient.

      9. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        2 months, 2 days ago

        Gordon CS locked

        1. Feanor
          • 16 Years
          2 months, 2 days ago

          Him and Elanga off

        2. Absolutely Muñozed
            2 months, 2 days ago

            Gakpo to Gordon went well

        3. chocolove
          • 15 Years
          2 months, 2 days ago

          Malenwagoooon

        4. RamaJama
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          2 months, 2 days ago

          Imagine a couple of weeks ago Ndiaye was the mid to get, right now it’s Sarr

          1. Feanor
            • 16 Years
            2 months, 2 days ago

            It was Grealish going by the price rises. Up to 6.9 already

          2. Defcons are for Kinnear
            • 12 Years
            2 months, 2 days ago

            Then Xavi

        5. Ze_Austin
          • 7 Years
          2 months, 2 days ago

          Gordon and Elanga rested

        6. Defcons are for Kinnear
          • 12 Years
          2 months, 2 days ago

          Gordon and Elanga off
          Barnes and Murphy on

        7. snow pea in repose
          • 5 Years
          2 months, 2 days ago

          I thought it was odd that Malen was so high on the list of this week's anytime goal scoring odds, now not so much

        8. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          2 months, 2 days ago

          Mateta subbed

        9. fantasist
          • 15 Years
          2 months, 2 days ago

          Mateta off