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The penultimate match of Gameweek 22 sees Aston Villa take on Everton at Villa Park.

Unai Emery’s men have won eight league matches in a row on home turf, and could climb up to second in the table with a point today.  

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

Emery makes four changes from the goalless draw with Crystal Palace in Gameweek 21.

Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen, Lamare Bogarde and Emiliano Buendia come into the starting XI.

Victor Lindelof and Lucas Digne drop to the bench, while Boubacar Kamara is injured and Jadon Sancho misses out due to illness.

Emiliano Martinez starts in goal despite missing last week’s FA Cup win over Tottenham Hotspur with a calf issue.

Michael Keane serves game two of a three-match ban for Everton, with Nathan Patterson his replacement.

Further forward, Merlin Rohl comes in for the injured Tim Iroegbunam.

Elsewhere, Jack Grealish is back in the starting line-up after serving his one-match suspension in the FA Cup.

LINE-UPS

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Pau, Maatsen, Bogarde, Tielemans, McGinn, Rogers, Buendia, Watkins

Subs: Bizot, Wright, Lindelof, Digne, Garcia, Mings, Hemmings, Guessand, Jimoh-Aloba

Everton XI: Pickford, Patterson, Tarkowski, O’Brien, Mykolenko, Garner, Rohl, McNeil, Armstrong, Grealish, Barry

Subs: Travers, King, Beto, Dibling, Coleman, Aznou, Welch, Campbell

LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!

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

Here you can follow the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DefCon) 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. Miguel Sanchez
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 19 mins ago

    8 GWs now where i've scored under 50 points

    1. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      1 hour, 16 mins ago

      Consecutively?

      1. Miguel Sanchez
        • 9 Years
        29 mins ago

        No, total this season, but still feels very high when we tend to have 60 point GW as an arbitrary good target each week

    2. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      1 hour, 16 mins ago

      Went from 3.6m to 95k from GW11 to 19. Now fallen to 550k in a few weeks. This season has been a crazy roller coaster ride.

  2. JBG
    • 7 Years
    1 hour, 18 mins ago

    Dubravka 5 pts
    Tark 6pts
    Dorgu 15pts

    All on my bench, fun season this

    1. Bluetiger1
      • 3 Years
      1 hour, 15 mins ago

      ouch

      good bench though

    2. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      1 hour, 15 mins ago

      Dorgu Dubravka and Rodon for me

    3. Captain Mal
      • 1 Year
      1 hour, 13 mins ago

      Tarkowski just got Defcons as well, it keeps getting worse.
      Dubravka, Rodon, Tarkowski and Anderson here. Would have been a very respectable bench boost.

    4. Bigbars
      • 15 Years
      1 hour, 13 mins ago

      would have been a great bench boost.. ive got 23 on my bench, pickford, dorgu, o'reilly and gravenburch, with o'reilly coming in for guehi

  3. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    1 hour, 17 mins ago

    Rogers on negative BAPs

  4. mixology
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 hour, 17 mins ago

    I never trust Rogers to deliver. Just one of those players.

    Pickford also mocking me with a 9-10 pointer

  5. Captain Mal
    • 1 Year
    1 hour, 17 mins ago

    Last season 5 players scored 20+ goals and 4 more 15+ goals.
    Can't see how we get anywhere close to that this season.

    1. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      1 hour, 13 mins ago

      Been a crazy low scoring season

  6. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    1 hour, 17 mins ago

    Double Chelsea defence or double Chelsea attack?

    Sanchez Chalobah Palmer
    Or Sanchez Enzo Palmer.

    Only got 1FT so it's either Chalobah or Enzo in.

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      28 mins ago

      Wouldn’t double on either. One of each

    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • 9 Years
      27 mins ago

      Chelsea were very fortunate to keep a clean sheet yesterday but I'd hope they improve as they get to grips with Rosenior's ideas so I would err towards double defence but think one attack/defence may be enough

    3. Bluetiger1
      • 3 Years
      14 mins ago

      Possible attack

  7. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 hour, 15 mins ago

    Someone pulled an awful prank on me. Used my WC in gw20 and put in Rogers and Gordon

  8. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    1 hour, 14 mins ago

    Benched Tarko for Konsa 🙂

    1. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      25 mins ago

      Konsa is a horrible FPL pick. Never gets DC, no goal threat.

      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        22 mins ago

        Started season with him, all I got was a red card!

        1. Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          21 mins ago

          Same..

  9. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 hour, 14 mins ago

    15, 19, 16, 16 and 20 and counting jeez garner. mr defcon

  10. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    1 hour, 13 mins ago

    Buendia is just not good enough

    But still more visible than Watkins. Is he still on the pitch?

    1. Bluetiger1
      • 3 Years
      1 hour, 7 mins ago

      It would appear Tammy Abraham going to Aston Villa
      as Villa have now loaned Malen to Roma for rest of season

  11. mixology
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 hour, 13 mins ago

    Pickford 11 pointer loading

    1. Bluetiger1
      • 3 Years
      1 hour, 9 mins ago

      Yeah I transferred in Roef for Dúbravka & played him 2pts
      whilst benching Pickford

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      1 hour, 6 mins ago

      Jamology

  12. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 hour, 11 mins ago

    So frustrating when you go against Haaland and your captain blanks.

    1. Bluetiger1
      • 3 Years
      24 mins ago

      who did you go with?

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        4 mins ago

        Ekitike

      2. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 mins ago

        Watkins

    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • 9 Years
      24 mins ago

      Especially given the early Haaland blank, well done for going for it but so hard to make any gains this season

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 mins ago

        Honestly, I have either been severely punished or blanks when he blanks

    3. F4L
      • 11 Years
      23 mins ago

      yeah happened a few times recently for me. should just cap gabriel now tbh lol

    4. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      18 mins ago

      Was on Wirtz and then chickened coz United …sigh

    5. fedolefan
      • 11 Years
      16 mins ago

      Wirtz, but I also still had both Rogers and Watkins to play today, so my team sucks anyway.

    6. Babit1967
      • 9 Years
      12 mins ago

      Saka - was garbage seeing him start on the bench.

  13. Bluetiger1
    • 3 Years
    1 hour, 11 mins ago

    Wolves not as easy now as a few GW ago.

    Manchester City (A) GW23 not 100% guarantee a
    City win

    GW22 Newcastle United (H) Draw
    GW21 Everton (A) Draw
    GW20 West Ham United (H) Win
    GW19 Manchester United (A) Draw

  14. WVA
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 10 mins ago

    Entire attack blank again, what a season!

    Foden Rice BrunoG Rogers Wilson
    Haaland Thiago

    1. Bluetiger1
      • 3 Years
      6 mins ago

      Exactly the same & had scoring Pickford (7 points on the bench) & Chalobah (9 points)
      on the bench

      1. Bluetiger1
        • 3 Years
        5 mins ago

        deciding if keeping Foden or selling for BFernandes

      2. WVA
        • 9 Years
        just now

        Chalobah first on my bench too, Gab Tim VVD

  15. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    1 hour, 10 mins ago

    Villa are rubbish on this viewing

  16. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 10 mins ago

    Rogers and Watkins out useless the pair of them

  17. jonnybhoy
    • 13 Years
    1 hour, 9 mins ago

    When are villa going to score here

  18. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 hour, 9 mins ago

    Hate you Villa

  19. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 hour, 9 mins ago

    Is Barry only £5.7m now an option
    He's now scored 3 in his last 4 games .
    Plus Everton first team players now coming back from AFCON & injuries

  20. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    1 hour, 9 mins ago

    Cunha, Foden, Keane to Bruno F, Enzo, Chalobah for -4?

  21. Old Wulfrunian
    • 9 Years
    1 hour, 8 mins ago

    Still believe in Rogers.

  22. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    1 hour, 8 mins ago

    Bought Rogers in. He blanks.

    It’s an FPL tale as old as the hills….

    1. Bluetiger1
      • 3 Years
      1 hour, 4 mins ago

      What a great weekend for Arsenal draw & looks like on paper this week will increase overall Premier League gap at the top by an additional
      point -up the Gunners

  23. henrysquire
    • 7 Years
    1 hour, 6 mins ago

    Was feeling so good after captaining Watkins after yesterday's results. Can't catch a break.

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      1 hour, 2 mins ago

      Bad luck

  24. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    1 hour, 3 mins ago

    Keane 0 defcons. Wtf?

    1. Mighty Duck
      • 1 Year
      2 mins ago

      He retired in like 2000

  25. Mom, Butters just gave me a…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    1 hour, 3 mins ago

    Rogers lucky.

    Easy YC that was

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      just now

      Unlucky not to score twice in the first half

  26. I have no Wirtz
      1 hour, 2 mins ago

      I had the audacity to captain Watkins. And again no reward. Please any BrunoF or Palmer captaincy step forward. Congratulations.

    • g40steve
      • 7 Years
      1 hour, 2 mins ago

      Konsa holding on to ball like games just started

    • DL
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 hour, 2 mins ago

      Best League in the World (TM) delivers again.

      Turgid stuff.

    • Sailboats
      • 10 Years
      1 hour, 2 mins ago

      Hold !!

    • Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      1 hour, 1 min ago

      Finally some jam going my way.. Benched Tark but hes coming on for Szobo 0 point no show.

      1. DL
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        just now

        Got some bad news for you mate...