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There are only three 3pm GMT kick-offs this afternoon – but one, above all, is a very significant one from a Fantasy Premier League (FPL) perspective.

Manchester City’s hosting of 20th-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers is the headline act from this trio of matches:

TEAM NEWS

There’s only one place to start with the team news today.

As per the pre-deadline rumours, Erling Haaland and Phil Foden are only among the substitutes for Manchester City this afternoon.

They are among five players to make way from the team sent out to face Bodo/Glimt.

Omar Marmoush starts up front, Antoine Semenyo returns to the side after being ineligible in midweek, and Marc Guehi gets a debut in defence.

Matheus Nunes has recovered from the flu, while Bernardo Silva is back in the side after being suspended in Norway.

Rayan Ait-Nouri, Max Alleyne and Rico Lewis drop to the bench.

Wolves make one alteration, bringing in Jhon Arias for Tolu Arokodare.

At Turf Moor, Burnley are unchanged for their meeting with Tottenham Hotspur.

The Lilywhites welcome back Micky van de Ven, Yves Bissouma and Conor Gallagher after they were unavailable for the midweek win over Borussia Dortmund.

Destiny Udogie and Archie Gray move down to the bench, while Lucas Bergvall is injured.

Dominic Solanke keeps his place, however.

There are two changes for Fulham today: Kevin and the returning Alex Iwobi take the places of Ryan Sessegnon and Sasa Lukic. Lukic is injured.

Brighton’s three alterations see Oliver Boscagli, Carlos Baleba and Yasin Ayari replace Joel Veltman, Jack Hinshelwood and Brajan Gruda.

LINE-UPS

Burnley XI: Dúbravka, Tuanzebe, Esteve, Humphreys, Walker, Ugochukwu, Luis, Pires, Edwards, Anthony, Broja.

Subs: Weiss, Ekdal, Sonne, Mejbri, Laurent, Bruun Larsen, Foster, Tchaouna, Barnes.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Vicario, Porro, Romero, Danso, van de Ven, Spence, Gallagher, Bissouma, Odobert, Simons, Solanke.

Subs: Kinsky, Drăgușin, Udogie, Byfield, Gray, Williams-Barnet, Tel, Kolo Muani, Scarlett.


Fulham XI: Leno, Castagne, Andersen, Cuenca, Robinson, Berge, Iwobi, Wilson, Smith Rowe, Kevin, Jiménez.

Subs: Lecomte, Bassey, Reed, Cairney, Kusi-Asare, Chukwueze, King, Sessegnon, Diop.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Verbruggen, Dunk, Van Hecke, Boscagli, Kadioglu, Baleba, Ayari, Gross, Mitoma, Gomez, Welbeck.

Subs: Steele, Rutter, Minteh, Hinshelwood, Kostoulas, Milner, De Cuyper, Veltman, Coppola.


Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Guéhi, O’Reilly, Rodri, Bernardo, Reijnders, Semenyo, Cherki, Marmoush.

Subs: Trafford, Ake, Haaland, Doku, Ait-Nouri, Foden, Mukasa, Alleyne, Lewis.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Sa, Tchatchoua, Mosquera, S Bueno, Krejci, H Bueno, Gomes, Andre, Mane, Arias, Hwang.

Subs: Johnstone, Doherty, Wolfe, Agbadou, Lima, Gomes, Larsen, Arokodare, Lopez.


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:

Foden Haaland benched

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  1. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    19 hours, 13 mins ago

    Those two are Tottenham's strikers

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      19 hours, 12 mins ago

      13 goals between then now i think 😯 (in all comps)

  2. Tcheco
    • 8 Years
    19 hours, 13 mins ago

    Haaland stinking up my team

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      19 hours, 12 mins ago

      Prefer Ekitike. More consistent benching

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      19 hours, 10 mins ago

      Indeed

  3. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    19 hours, 12 mins ago

    -5 from 2 any good?

    1. Tcheco
      • 8 Years
      19 hours, 11 mins ago

      How?!

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        19 hours, 10 mins ago

        Hits probably

      2. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        18 hours, 30 mins ago

        -8 hit and Alderete and Verbruggen got me 3 points

    2. All Hail K
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      19 hours, 11 mins ago

      Good for a laugh. Thanks.

    3. chocolove
      • 15 Years
      19 hours, 7 mins ago

      Good for me (us)

  4. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    19 hours, 12 mins ago

    Frank stay of execution after epic comeback to draw against …..Burnley

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      19 hours, 10 mins ago

      Don’t even think draw be enough !

  5. jacob1989
    • 3 Years
    19 hours, 12 mins ago

    Yes after weeks of misery something to celebrate! Harry wilson!!

    1. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      19 hours, 10 mins ago

      Season keeper

      1. Utopsis
        • 6 Years
        19 hours, 3 mins ago

        He's got to come in now, he's in the form of his life

  6. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    19 hours, 11 mins ago

    I’m just pretending foden haaland both started, both been crap as they have lately, both on imaginary y/c hence the less pts

  7. Philosopher's Stones
    • 5 Years
    19 hours, 10 mins ago

    Glad I started Dubravka and Wilson!

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      19 hours, 10 mins ago

      Same here 😛

  8. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    19 hours, 10 mins ago

    Need Haaland to stay off

    1. OverTinker
      • 7 Years
      19 hours, 9 mins ago

      He is already on

  9. OverTinker
    • 7 Years
    19 hours, 10 mins ago

    Pep hates FPL

  10. Tcheco
    • 8 Years
    19 hours, 9 mins ago

    3 defcons in the space of 30 seconds for O'Reilly! Makes it 10

    1. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      19 hours, 8 mins ago

      Really!?

      1. Tcheco
        • 8 Years
        19 hours, 6 mins ago

        Was on 7 defcon, made 3 rapid fire blocks and cleared a cross from the corner!

      2. Free Hat
        • 6 Years
        19 hours, 1 min ago

        O'Really

    2. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      19 hours, 7 mins ago

      Bench and VC Semenyo the swing with Haaland on is painful.

      1. Tcheco
        • 8 Years
        19 hours, 4 mins ago

        Unlucky. At least you own Semenyo!

    3. fedolefan
      • 11 Years
      19 hours, 4 mins ago

      He’s on 11 out of nowhere. Great luck.

    4. ZeBestee
      • 11 Years
      19 hours, 4 mins ago

      Beautiful

  11. Zalk
    • 14 Years
    19 hours, 9 mins ago

    Nice to see the city players winning the CL final here.

    1. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      19 hours, 6 mins ago

      That’s exactly what I thought with all the hugs 🙂

  12. Flynny
    • 10 Years
    19 hours, 9 mins ago

    Are there any decent ekiteke replacements who are not thiago?

    Don't want someone so heavily owned.....thanks

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • 9 Years
      19 hours, 5 mins ago

      I'm going for Joao Pedro with the next four Chelsea fixtures

    2. Bunk Moreland
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      19 hours, 4 mins ago

      Joao pedro maybe or Delap with their insane run, you can see how they play this gameweek. I am also always open to a Gabriel Jesus buy myself for the the five gameweeks a year that he isn’t injured. Depends again on the lineup.

      If you want save buys it’s Thiago or DCL I guess.

    3. Ask Yourself
      • 9 Years
      19 hours, 1 min ago

      Thinking of going all the way down to mane

      1. Flynny
        • 10 Years
        18 hours, 58 mins ago

        Pedro and delap feel like they share minutes.

        Leeds in market for a new striker....

        Might go all the way down to a cheapo and do cherki to palmer - 4

        Let's see

        Bowen also an option - but uninspiring

  13. OneTeamInBristol
    • 2 Years
    19 hours, 9 mins ago

    Masterstroke to bench Haaland

    1. Scotty Dog
      • 6 Years
      19 hours, 7 mins ago

      Looks that way.

    2. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      19 hours, 5 mins ago

      It has definitely paid off for those who dared. Massive congrats to them - fortune favours the brave

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 13 Years
        19 hours, 3 mins ago

        Fortune favours the people who scroll forums 10 mins before the deadline

        1. Utopsis
          • 6 Years
          16 hours, 24 mins ago

          Scrolling forum is one thing. Making the decision is another

  14. F4L
    • 11 Years
    19 hours, 8 mins ago

    finally a City clean sheet

    1. Jigger & Pony
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      19 hours, 8 mins ago

      Needed a Bilva goal line clearance in ET

  15. mixology
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    19 hours, 8 mins ago

    Salah or Palmer haul may tempt GW24 WCers to go without Haaland. Would be a nice shakeup to the template

    1. Yes Ndidi
      • 6 Years
      18 hours, 48 mins ago

      Would be good for them to fall into the Salah trap for us WC32-ers

  16. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    19 hours, 8 mins ago

    (C) Haaland vs this Spurs?

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      19 hours, 6 mins ago

      Yep, it’ll still have to be, even though I had Bruno pencilled in

    2. Scotty Dog
      • 6 Years
      19 hours, 6 mins ago

      Think im going bruno

  17. threeputt
    • 16 Years
    19 hours, 7 mins ago

    Disaster. Haaland(c), Foden, now Ekiteke

    1. OverTinker
      • 7 Years
      19 hours, 6 mins ago

      Same here and in my case Bruno G might sit out

  18. F4L
    • 11 Years
    19 hours, 7 mins ago

    looks like back to back 5 pointers for dubvraka without a clean sheet or pen save

    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      19 hours, 6 mins ago

      Unbelievable value

    2. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      19 hours, 2 mins ago

      3 bonus points too.

      1. Jigger & Pony
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        18 hours, 59 mins ago

        1

  19. OverTinker
    • 7 Years
    19 hours, 7 mins ago

    Wilson goal only good positive thing for me

    1. tutankamun
      • 16 Years
      19 hours, 6 mins ago

      + 3 baps

      1. OverTinker
        • 7 Years
        19 hours, 5 mins ago

        Wow if true

  20. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    19 hours, 6 mins ago

    Man mixed emotions. Missed the Haaland benching news and capped him but Bowen Semenyo O’Reilly all returned.

  21. Hutchiniho
    • 7 Years
    19 hours, 6 mins ago

    That’s one of my worst fantasy matches ever.

    Foden
    Haaland C
    And swapped Nunes to Guehi for a -4, cost me 10points

    🙁

  22. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    19 hours, 6 mins ago

    Pep deserves a punch in the throat for continuing to play with spit on the end of his mouth.

  23. Rwilliams90
    • 14 Years
    19 hours, 6 mins ago

    RIP Haaland cappers.

    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      19 hours, 5 mins ago

      Ekitike may still score?!? NOPE.

  24. #1 Salah Hater
    • 1 Year
    19 hours, 6 mins ago

    BPS scoring on that City game is genuinely baffling

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      19 hours, 5 mins ago

      donna 1 bonus with only 1 save 😆 i'll take it but yeah abit odd

    2. Sun God Nika
      • 5 Years
      19 hours ago

      Can’t be right makes no sense

  25. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    19 hours, 5 mins ago

    O’Reilly hit defcon omg

  26. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    19 hours, 5 mins ago

    LTFPL Andy was sorry because of starting Andersen over Anderson. I am very sorry for not doing his "mistake".

  27. lilmessipran
    • 13 Years
    19 hours, 5 mins ago

    Jeez Harry Wilson keeps on getting away with it every week...crazy stuff

  28. JBG
    • 7 Years
    19 hours, 5 mins ago

    Where's the guy who did Wilson C instead of Haaland? Congrats

  29. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    19 hours, 4 mins ago

    Wilson is a scourge now, why didn’t I just get him weeks ago

  30. F4L
    • 11 Years
    19 hours, 4 mins ago

    fulham up to 7th