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There are three Premier League matches kicking off at 14:00 GMT on Sunday.

TEAM NEWS

The absence of Cole Palmer from the Chelsea matchday squad is one of the most significant pieces of team news.

Andrey Santos consequently comes into the starting line-up.

Liam Rosenior makes two other changes to the team that beat Brentford in Gameweek 22: Benoit Badiashile and Estevao for Tosin Adarabioyo and Alejandro Garnacho.

Jaydee Canvot, Daniel Munoz and Ismaila Sarr all return for Crystal Palace.

Will Hughes, Justin Devenny and Yeremy Pino make way.

Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe has had his hand forced with his only change from midweek due to the injury sustained by Bruno Guimaraes. Lewis Miley comes in.

Dan Burn, meanwhile, returns to the matchday squad as a substitute.

Aston Villa have made five changes to the line-up that beat Fenerbahce on Thursday.

Emiliano Martinez, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Ian Maatsen and Amadou Onana all return, ousting Marco Bizot, Victor Lindelof, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne and Lamare Bogarde from the starting XI.

At the Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford and Nottingham Forest are unchanged from Gameweek 22.

LINE-UPS

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Kayode, Ajer, Collins, Henry, Janelt, Yarmoliuk, Damsgaard, Jensen, Schade, Thiago

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, van den Berg, Pinnock, Henderson, Nelson, Ouattara, Lewis-Potter, Donovan

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams, Sangare, Anderson, Dominguez, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Jesus

Subs: Gunn, Morato, Awoniyi, Ndoye, Hutchinson, Yates, McAtee, Bakwa, Savona


Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Richards, Lacroix, Canvot, Munoz, Wharton, Lerma, Mitchell, Sarr, Johnson, Mateta

Subs: Benitez, Pino, Uche, Hughes, Sosa, Imray, Riad, Rodney, Devenny

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James, Chalobah, Badiashile, Cucurella, Santos, Caicedo, Estevao, Enzo, Neto, J Pedro

Subs: Sharman-Lowe, Acheampong, Fofana, Gusto, Hato, Garnacho, Gittens, Delap, Guiu


Newcastle United XI: Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Hall, Miley, Tonali, Joelinton, Barnes, Gordon, Wissa

Subs: Ramsdale, Osula, Elanga, Woltemade, Willock, Burn, A Murphy, Ramsey, Shahar

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Pau, Maatsen, Onana, Tielemans, Sancho, Rogers, Buendia, Watkins

Subs: Bizot, Lindelof, Digne, Mings, Bogarde, Hemmings, Bailey, Elliott, Guessand


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:

2pm team news: Munoz + Sarr start, no Palmer or Bruno G

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  1. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    1 day, 23 hours ago

    Villa GOAL

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      A corker from Buendia!

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      Brilliant goal from Buendia

      Rogers assist

      Probing the spaces

  2. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    1 day, 23 hours ago

    Buendia goal

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      Newcastle busted early on

  3. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    1 day, 23 hours ago

    Started Collins instead of Timber.

    What was AI thinking

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      Yet the Scout picks seemed quite bullish on a Brentford clean sheet this week....best hope for DC points

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      V good

    3. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      baffled at why people choose Collins - Brentford always concede and it's not like collins hauls attacking returns every game.

      1. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        How many clean sheets in their previous 6 GWs?

  4. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 day, 23 hours ago

    rogers assist 🙂

    buendia g

    1. MIGHTY JOE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      Noooo

  5. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    1 day, 23 hours ago

    Toon busted, Rogers assist

  6. SpaceCadet
    • 12 Years
    1 day, 23 hours ago

    Buendia wow

  7. Il Capitano
    • 5 Years
    1 day, 23 hours ago

    Buendia G Rogers A

  8. Bolivian Seaman
    • 15 Years
    1 day, 23 hours ago

    Every keeper this week is playing poorly

    1. Jigger & Pony
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      Pickford masterclass tomorrow

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      Pickford masterclass and 12 pointer incoming tomorrow night.

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        Nah. I bought him on Friday so it’s 2 pointers only from now on for him!

  9. Sandy Ravage
    • 9 Years
    1 day, 23 hours ago

    4-3 written all over this...

  10. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    1 day, 23 hours ago

    Benched Rogers for Le Fee.

    Served me well

  11. fantasist
    • 15 Years
    1 day, 23 hours ago

    Every other player doing well but ofc the player I chose to captain over Haaland is Ekitike

    1. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      we all did that

  12. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 day, 23 hours ago

    can palace stop missing big chances please

  13. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    1 day, 23 hours ago

    Tonali tonked

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      Plays on

  14. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 day, 23 hours ago

    Rogers essential, yet people are selling him.

    1. Philosopher's Stones
      • 5 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      Who are these people that you speak of?

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        27K transfers out this week

        1. Philosopher's Stones
          • 5 Years
          1 day, 23 hours ago

          Mad world out there, ain't it mate...

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      Essentially I want Wilson and BrunoF in

      Who goes here?

      Saka Semenyo Rice Rogers Enzo

      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        Saka for sure.

      2. Sailboats
        • 10 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        Saka

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          1 day, 23 hours ago

          Yeah

          That's what I was thinking

          Forget dgw26 possibilities

          See how he looks today

          Should be a day for him to shine

    3. fantasist
      • 15 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      Although he did little to nothing last 5 GWs to justify being kept

      1. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        Stats and eye test, and then Thursday too

    4. Raoul Nogues
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        I would not be convinced by this Buendia (99%) goal

    5. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      Rogers do something..

      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        Dial up sorry mates.. Need some more though.. Benched O'Reilly

    6. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      we've got Ozil, Mesut Ozil, we just don't think you understand dananana

      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        is he better than Zidane

      2. Headers
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        That’s Hammers Payet tune originally don’t ruin it

    7. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      Joe Linton is such a dirty git

      1. Jimmers
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        Always leaves a foot in

        1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
          • 5 Years
          1 day, 23 hours ago

          always somehow gets away with it too

    8. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      Missed Sarr

      Sarr miss

    9. Nightcrawler
      • 6 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      brentford and newc def owners punished and rightly so you'd think

    10. Snoop Udogie Dogg
      • 5 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      I've benched Watkins so hopefully everything goes through Rogers today

      1. Philosopher's Stones
        • 5 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        Snoop Udogie Dogg for mod!

        1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
          • 5 Years
          1 day, 23 hours ago

          fellow Rogers owner?

      2. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        If Villa score again, 2 of Rogers, Watkins or Buendia will be involved for sure

    11. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      VdB is a priority transfer out, right? He's lost his place and Brentford can't keep a CS. Who goes first:

      1. Ekitika
      2. Xhaka (had all season, but time to sell)
      3. VdB
      4. VdV

    12. fantasist
      • 15 Years
      1 day, 23 hours ago

      Bruno G owners, who will sub on for you?
      DCL for me

      1. OH... KEVIN DE BRUYNE
          1 day, 23 hours ago

          solid 2 pointer from raul jimenez *sigh*

        • AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          1 day, 23 hours ago

          I sold him for Enzo

          Looked obviously out to me

        • Stoic
          • 9 Years
          1 day, 23 hours ago

          EBH

      2. F4L
        • 11 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        that was never a foul by rogers ffs

      3. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        Estevao solo G

        1. Ze_Austin
          • 7 Years
          1 day, 23 hours ago

          No assist

          Given away by Palace back pass

      4. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        GOAL

        Chelsea

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          1 day, 23 hours ago

          Estavao

          Great run

          1. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            1 day, 23 hours ago

            5 touches from the half way line into the box

            Steely strike too

            V composed

      5. JBG
        • 7 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        The actually good talented winger scores for Chelsea

        1. JBG
          • 7 Years
          1 day, 23 hours ago

          And talented*

      6. Bolivian Seaman
        • 15 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        keeper should've saved that too

      7. F4L
        • 11 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        enzo should get an assist for forcing the error there 😉

      8. BeaversWithAttitude
        • 7 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        Estêvão! Great goal.

      9. Snoop Udogie Dogg
        • 5 Years
        1 day, 23 hours ago

        No assist, Palace player gave it to him