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Brighton v West Ham team news: Welbeck + Paqueta recalled, Wilson benched

7 December 2025 377 comments
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The first of two Premier League matches to be contested on Sunday takes place at the Amex Stadium.

West Ham United are the visitors to Brighton and Hove Albion, with the match set to kick off at 14:00 GMT.

READ MORE: FPL notes: Senesi update + Delap injury good for £4.2m Guiu?
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TEAM NEWS

Nuno Espirito Santo makes four changes to the West Ham side that drew with Manchester United.

Max Kilman, Guido Rodriguez, Crysencio Summerville and Lucas Paqueta, who returns from suspension, are brought in.

Soungoutou Magassa, Freddie Potts, Tomas Soucek and Callum Wilson drop to the bench.

Brighton have reinstated Danny Welbeck to their starting XI.

The injured Stefanos Tzimas makes away.

Fabian Hurzeler’s one other change sees Georginio Rutter come in for Brajan Gruda, who is named among the substitutes.

There is still no Yasin Ayari or Kaoru Mitoma, however.

LINE-UPS

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Verbruggen, Wieffer, van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu, Baleba, Gomez, Minteh, Rutter, De Cuyper, Welbeck

Subs: Steele, Gruda, Hinshelwood, Kostoulas, Boscagli, Veltman, Coppola, Knight, Oriola

West Ham United XI: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Kilman, Mavropanos, Todibo, Diouf, Rodriguez, Fernandes, Paqueta, Summerville, Bowen

Subs: Hermansen, Walker-Peters, Wilson, Fullkrug, Magassa, Soucek, Potts, Irving, Mayers

LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!

New to Fantasy Football Scout is the Live Gameweek page, which you can see on the side menu.

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. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Commentators think the goal should have been ruled out for a dangerous high kick

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  2. Athletic Nasherbo
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Transfers went well.

    Cucurella, Bowen > Livramento, Woltemade.

    12 points down. Oh, and Rutter on bench! Class.

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    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      *hugs*

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    2. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Nah mate, the transfers didn't go well.

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  3. Thunder Warrior
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Pedro, Mbuemo and Gordon to Ekitike, Bruno F and Bruno G?

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    1. Feanor
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Yeah

      I did Pedro, Mbeumo, Porro and Vicario to Ekiteke, Saka, Esteve and Sanchez

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      1. Feanor
        • 16 Years
        1 month, 25 days ago

        Already owned BrunoG

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    2. Jet5605
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Eki isn't nailed.

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  4. JBG
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    1-0 victory with Andersen G would be nice in next match

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    1. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Ban

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  5. paulojdsc
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Muñoz out?

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    1. JabbaWookiee
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Would seem so. Quite grateful for that. Senesi off the bench could save my gw

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      1. paulojdsc
        • 6 Years
        1 month, 25 days ago

        My first sub is Chalobah 🙂

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        1. JabbaWookiee
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          1 month, 25 days ago

          Byoodiful

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  6. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Not sure Welbeck is the 3rd striker solution either. Might as well give him the Pool game still but meh

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    1. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Yeah I might just end up getting Guiu and move to a 442 formation

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    2. JabbaWookiee
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      3-5-2. This is the way.

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      1. Bobby Digital
        • 8 Years
        1 month, 25 days ago

        Or this

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    3. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Aye, may have to rejig that too.

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  7. Feanor
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    West Ham should have won it

    Header from a corner went a foot wide

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  8. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Play Alderete(NEW) or Guehi(MCI) next week?

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    1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Alderete

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    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • 9 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Guehi

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    3. JabbaWookiee
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Guehi

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  9. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Will Ekitike get regular minutes now? Worth getting him in?

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    1. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 10 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Regular minutes or regular starts?

      Regular minutes - of course
      Regular starts - rotation risk but can see him replacing Gakpo soon

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  10. FPL Sanky
    • 2 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Not sure what's the point of press conferences and predicted lineup....last week surprise Keane exclusion and this week Munoz

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  11. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    I HATE this game. Where is Munoz? Can the bad luck in this trash game ever end?

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    1. tuturututu
      • 5 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Fortunately have VdV coming in for him. Also sold him for Guehi last night.

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    2. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Hopefully its not because of this breaking news, age and location fit...
      https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c78vmek3x3po

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      1. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        1 month, 25 days ago

        I heard the same

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      2. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        1 month, 25 days ago

        Doesn’t he have a knee injury?

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  12. tuturututu
    • 5 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    A clear hand ball by Rutter that helped him control the ball. Before that a clear offensive foul and dangerous play, almost hit his head with a bycicle kick. PL refereeing and usage of VAR is getting really ridiculous.

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    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      VAR and refs are useless

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  13. mookie
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    You can almost hear the sound of Brighton players being transferred out.

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  14. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Muñoz is nursing a minor knee injury but Glasner is hopeful he will return for the Manchester City game next week.

    https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/first-team/team-news-double-change-for-palace-against-fulham/

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    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Fake news cover up by Glasner it seems

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  15. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Bowen owner. Delighted with that goal and maximum bonus. Also nice to get some bench jam for a change VDV. Six pointer coming on for Muñoz

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  16. yousunkmybattleship
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Munoz out following arrest for assault

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  17. WVA
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Excellent, Minteh must have finally been involved in that goal!

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  18. The Hunt
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Well am I or am I not a lucky wee b@stard? Chalobah slots in for Munoz. 😀

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  19. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    last week after scoring munoz was injured for a bit but carried on till HT then played the 2nd half but that wasnt the knee injury

    these "minor" injuries are often used to hide actual reasons. either way he'll probably be back next gw

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  20. WVA
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Of course, Verbruggen Minteh owner

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    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Had minteh 2 gw weeks after Sarr injury, hasn’t even looked that good lately !

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  21. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Munoz knee reason missing

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    1. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      According to boss but that news item ????

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    2. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Couple in my ml have him
      Getting Chalobah Keane and porro off their benches

      Course they want palace concede now for lacroix guehi etc owners!

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  22. jayzico
    • 15 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Am I seeing thing?

    Munoz not even on bench. Means I get Senesi points?

    Sensational. Please, please take me back to 10K

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    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Some people have all the luck. That's all this game is. Luck

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      1. jayzico
        • 15 Years
        1 month, 25 days ago

        LOL! After 15 years I actually tend to agree with you.

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      2. WVA
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 25 days ago

        Rival getting KDH off the bench

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  23. Eze Come, Eze Go
    • 1 Year
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Evening All. Who to transfer for Minteh for game week 16? Have 0.8M in the bank.

    Verbruggen
    VDV - Timber - Munoz
    Saka - Semenyo - Minteh - Mbeumo - Rogers
    Haaland (c) - Thiago

    Dubravka - Mateta - Senesi - Gudmundsson

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  24. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    CPL ca guaranteed. Can't even bet on it to hedge because all that will happen is they concede and Guehi scores and hauls anyway

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  25. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Happy with my De Cuyper punt!

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  26. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Hate benching Chalobah hauls all the time. Thanks Munoz

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    1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      Same bit of good fortune here too!! First bit of luck all season!!

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      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 month, 25 days ago

        Yeah, I’ve not really had any bench jam either

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  27. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Celtic are useless and so is this game. I think I need to rethink my life honestly.

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  28. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    So I presume manager had no idea about Munoz knee injury for the presser?

    Or is it all faked to avoid AFCON?

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    1. RICICLE
      • 3 Years
      1 month, 25 days ago

      AFCON?

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      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        1 month, 25 days ago

        Ignore me I didn’t realise his country didn’t qualify for it

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        1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          1 month, 25 days ago

          He’s from Colombia isn’t he?

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          1. Scapegoat Salah
            • 9 Years
            1 month, 25 days ago

            Is that not in Africa?

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  29. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 13 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    COYP, lets go! Going to be tough without Munoz/Sarr down our right hand side and with Clyne our 4th choice right back with the other 3 injured, hopefully he can roll back the years for this performance 🙂

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  30. Kane Train
    • 11 Years
    1 month, 25 days ago

    Which one t?

    A) Mbeumo > Bruno
    B) Senesi > Timber
    C) Bring them both in

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