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With no lunchtime match, Gameweek 13 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) gets underway with a trio of 3pm GMT kick-offs:

TEAM NEWS

After making 10 changes for the midweek defeat to Bayer Leverkusen, Pep Guardiola mostly turns back to the players he sent out at Newcastle United last Saturday.

There’s one alteration, however: Tijjani Reijnders comes in for Rayan Cherki.

Nico O’Reilly, Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland and Phil Foden are back in the team after their UEFA Champions League breathers.

Leeds United boss Daniel Farke has swung the axe, Brian Park-style. 

He’s made five changes from Gameweek 12, although two of them are enforced thanks to injuries sustained by Sean Longstaff and Anton Stach.

Gabriel Gudmundsson, Brenden Aaronson and Noah Okafor drop to the bench as Daniel James, Ao Tanaka, James Justin, Wilfried Gnonto and Ilia Gruev get promotions to the starting XI.

At the Stadium of Light, the big news is the return to fitness of Antoine Semenyo.

Adam Smith and Amine Adli also get recalls as Lewis Cook, Junior Kroupi and David Brooks make way.

As for the hosts, another semi-popular Fantasy option, Omar Alderete, is handed a first start since Gameweek 8.

Chemsdine Talbi gets his chance, too, as Lutsharel Geertruida and Trai Hume drop to the bench.

Finally, in west London, there are two changes apiece.

Aaron Hickey and Mathias Jensen replace Kristoffer Ajer and Yehor Yarmoliuk for Brentford.

Burnley boss Scott Parker prefers Lyle Foster and Hannibal Mejbri to Lesley Ugochukwu and Jaidon Anthony.

LINE-UPS

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, Collins, Van den Berg, Hickey, Henderson, Jensen, Ouattara, Damsgaard, Schade, Thiago.

Subs: Valdimarsson, Henry, Pinnock, Nelson, Onyeka, Yarmoliuk, Ajer, Lewis-Potter, Janelt.

Burnley XI: Dubravka, Walker, Esteve, Tuanzebe, Hartman, Cullen, Florentino, Tchaouna, Flemming, Mejbri, Foster.

Subs: Weiss, Larsen, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Anthony, Ekdal, Pires, Broja, Laurent.


Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Gonzalez, Silva, Reijnders, Foden, Haaland, Doku.

Subs: Trafford, Stones, Ake, Marmoush, Cherki, Ait Nouri, Savinho, Khusanov, Lewis.

Leeds United XI: Perri, Bogle, Rodon, Struijk, Justin, Tanaka, Ampadu, Gruev, Gnonto, Nmecha, James.

Subs: Meslier, Gudmundsson, Calvert-Lewin, Piroe, Aaronson, Bijol, Okafor, Harrison, Byram.


Sunderland XI: Roefe, Mukiele, Ballard, Mandava, Alderete, Xhaka, Sadiki, Le Fee, Talbi, Isidor, Traore.

Subs: Patterson, Neil, Geertruida, Brobbey, Rigg, Mayenda, Mundle, Adingra, Hume.

Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Smith, Diakite, Senesi, Truffert, Adams, Scott, Semenyo, Tavernier, Adli, Evanilson.

Subs: Dennis, Cook, Soler, Brooks, Kluivert, Jimenez, Kroupi, Unal, Milosavljevic.

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  1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    28 days, 20 hours ago

    Best keep up to 5.2 folks??? Petrovic has got to go!!

    1. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      28 days, 20 hours ago

      Verbruggen

      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        28 days, 20 hours ago

        Cheers matey ahead of Sanchez??

        1. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          28 days, 20 hours ago

          For me, yes.

          1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            28 days, 20 hours ago

            Thankyou for your advice!!! Ramsdale maybe an option now too

  2. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    28 days, 20 hours ago

    thiago apparently went ff injured at the end. that would make FH this week very good

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      28 days, 20 hours ago

      Hope it's nothing much. Planned to bench next week anyway.

    2. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      28 days, 20 hours ago

      Why?

      There are no extra points for that or did I miss something?

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        28 days, 20 hours ago

        Against those who transferred him

        If it's serious

      2. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        28 days, 20 hours ago

        Tranfer saved. There was no way I wouldn't have owned him this gw.

  3. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    28 days, 20 hours ago

    Foden haul feels amazing.

    Almost played Haaland TC, luckily I missed the deadline by a few seconds.

  4. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    28 days, 20 hours ago

    1FT for GW14 in midweek. Which player do you prefer based on their GW14 and 15 fixtures combined?

    James > Muñoz @ Burnley + @ Fulham

    Kudus > Barnes (h) to Spurs + (h) to Burnley
    Rice (h) to Brentford + @ Villa
    Minteh (h) to Villa + (h) to West Ham

    Pedro/Bowen > Thiago @Arsenal + @ Spurs
    Welbeck (h) to Villa + (h) to West Ham
    Mateta @ Burnley + @ Fulham

    1. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      28 days, 20 hours ago

      Raya

      Timber Virgil James VDV Gudmundsson

      Mbeumo Semenyo Kudus Ndiaye Szoboszlai

      Bowen Pedro Haaland

  5. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    28 days, 20 hours ago

    O'Reilly & Kayode both stuck on 9 DefCon FFS 😆

  6. Haa-lala-land
    • 5 Years
    28 days, 20 hours ago

    Going against Haaland captain finally paid off,
    with Dango (c)

    FPL note for the future to self : The immediate games following a penalty miss, H's form dips

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      28 days, 20 hours ago

      Salute!

    2. wiseguy
      • 4 Years
      28 days, 20 hours ago

      Woof, wish I had your cojones

  7. pundit of punts
    • 12 Years
    28 days, 20 hours ago

    Thiago injured?

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      28 days, 20 hours ago

      Hopefully something very minor only and 100% fit to play in January...

    2. keefy59
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      28 days, 20 hours ago

      A short term injury would solve a conflict issue
      Playing Arsenal away in gameweek 14

  8. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    28 days, 20 hours ago

    Lol, I expected Haaland TC to keep up with the other attackers and made 1 Gk and 1 defender transfer this week dumping out Petrovic and Senesi since I expected 1 pointers from them. The only other move was Mateta + King -> Foden to Guiu but felt that would risk wasting a transfer with midweek benchings etc.

    Green arrow somehow with 19 points and only 2 played incl. TC.

  9. The 12th Man
    • 12 Years
    28 days, 20 hours ago

    0.1m wiggle room for Ndiaye > Foden next week.
    Too knee jerky?

  10. Kingy109
    • 4 Years
    28 days, 20 hours ago

    Downgrading Schade to Dango on FH in the last 5 minutes before deadline so I could get Gakpo feels a bit jammy, but I'll take it!

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      28 days, 20 hours ago

      Congrats! I probably have too much TV. I would have done that transfer only if I had wanted Watkins over Gakpo. Watkins looked ok on eye test, but then I checked his stats.

  11. leo_messi
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    28 days, 20 hours ago

    Who for Senesi just for 1 gameweek? 5.9 in the bank, thanks

    1. Darryl2049
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      28 days, 16 hours ago

      Has to be Munoz

  12. Richm
    • 4 Years
    28 days, 20 hours ago

    Very happy I did free hit 5 minutes before deadline instead of tc haaland! Wish I got dango not Shade though

  13. Moon Dog
      28 days, 20 hours ago

      Probably a blessing that Senesi is unplayable, Bournemouth defence cannot be trusted atm.

    • tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      28 days, 20 hours ago

      Thiaw G

      1. tiger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        28 days, 20 hours ago

        Quicker than Foden's...

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          28 days, 20 hours ago

          Decent header

      2. Moon Dog
          28 days, 20 hours ago

          Didn't even realise the match had started 😆

          1. tiger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            28 days, 20 hours ago

            Nor had Everton 😀

            1. Moon Dog
                28 days, 19 hours ago

                😆

        • Defcons are for Kinnear
          • 12 Years
          28 days, 20 hours ago

          Everton v Newcastle?

        • AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          28 days, 20 hours ago

          That didn't take long

          0-1 Newcastle

          1. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            28 days, 19 hours ago

            That was quicker than the new article.

        • F4L
          • 11 Years
          28 days, 20 hours ago

          oh well there goes everton cs chances 😥

          1. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            28 days, 19 hours ago

            ManU couldn't beat 10 Everton players

            And now one of the poorest away teams scores in a few seconds against 11.

            It is just not predictable

        • F4L
          • 11 Years
          28 days, 20 hours ago

          thats basically the same goal vdv scored twice at that end

        • Tanglebrain
          • 16 Years
          28 days, 19 hours ago

          Live fpl predictions at x10 for some reason

          1. g40steve
            • 7 Years
            28 days, 19 hours ago

            Screwed

        • g40steve
          • 7 Years
          28 days, 19 hours ago

          Fastest goal this season

        • Tanglebrain
          • 16 Years
          28 days, 19 hours ago

          Everyone either rising or falling as it stands!

          1. Moon Dog
              28 days, 19 hours ago

              I actually had a grey arrow once. Proudest moment of my life. I received a letter from the Queen.

          2. keefy59
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            28 days, 19 hours ago

            Have I missed something
            Why is Pope not starting ?
            Dropped ? or injured/ rotated

            1. Hazz
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              28 days, 19 hours ago

              Injury.

              https://x.com/DomScurr/status/1994820743713231072

              "Eddie Howe: "Nick Pope felt something in his groin in training, and it was painful enough for him not to travel.

              "He'll go for a scan in the next few days. Physically, the two games we've had have been big, with travel and late nights, so I've tried to keep the team fresh."

              Sounds like a doubt for midweek with that quote but for what it's worth, from an ITK account.

              https://x.com/thelittlemans/status/1994821399698182475

              "I'm not sure Ramsdale would have started had Pope been fit. I wanted Ramsdale to get his chance,but I heard from a player, Ramsdale has not been impressing in training to even push Pope for a start. Maybe that's why EH mentioned he gets the benefit of seeing the players train.?"

              -- Doesn't seem like Pope's starting spot is in danger, but fitness is important...

              1. Bluetiger1
                • 3 Years
                28 days, 19 hours ago

                thanks Haz - rather annoying especially seeing Newcastle now 3 up &
                no Newcastle players now in my team

            2. AC/DC AFC
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              28 days, 19 hours ago

              There were rumours, posted here pre-deadline that he was not involved

          3. JBG
            • 7 Years
            28 days, 19 hours ago

            Burn on my bench

          4. pundit of punts
            • 12 Years
            28 days, 19 hours ago

            Woltemadeeeeeeeee

            Yessssss

            Get innnnnnnnn

            1. Bluetiger1
              • 3 Years
              28 days, 19 hours ago

              it appears Pope rest or dropped for Ramsdale is working

          5. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            28 days, 19 hours ago

            At this point even Woltemade to Thiago is less of a difference.

            Another tricky game week.

          6. Bluetiger1
            • 3 Years
            28 days, 19 hours ago

            I feel Best two signing of the year are
            Xhakia (Sunderland) & Henderson (Brentford).

            You cannot beat experience ....

          7. tiger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            28 days, 18 hours ago

            Thiaw again!

          8. EWH2020
            • 12 Years
            28 days, 18 hours ago

            Muani starts.