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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. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    2 days, 1 hour ago

    0-1 all round

  2. JBG
    • 7 Years
    2 days, 1 hour ago

    Seems like, yet again, a GW I go against Haaland will be a fail. So fun this season has been

    1. fantasist
      • 15 Years
      2 days, 1 hour ago

      Who did you captain?

      1. JBG
        • 7 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        Schade

        1. Ze_Austin
          • 7 Years
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          Has he been subbed off?

          1. JBG
            • 7 Years
            2 days, 1 hour ago

            Hence seems like

      2. JBG
        • 7 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        I've tried the other obvious picks other times and nothing than either. So wanted to try something extra differental

    2. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      2 days, 1 hour ago

      Schade (c) what the hell were we thinking haha

      1. JBG
        • 7 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        If I had Semenyo I'd go for him immediately.

      2. All Hail K
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        Better than Haaland. Well played.

  3. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    2 days, 1 hour ago

    Feck Richards clean wiped.

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 days, 1 hour ago

      Palace don't really beat Chelsea

    2. Ignasi M
      • 8 Years
      2 days, 1 hour ago

      Trash without Guehi

  4. putana
    • 7 Years
    2 days, 1 hour ago

    newcastle are quite bad without Bruno

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 days, 1 hour ago

      They've not won in aomethylike 4 years without him in the league

      Only 10 games

      6 losses and 4 draws I think

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        Or the other way around

        0 wins
        6 draws
        4 losses

        With the G man

    2. Raoul Nogues
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        And Villa without Kamara

    3. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      2 days, 1 hour ago

      Caicedo's early YC is a concern

    4. HadiSLIM
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 days, 1 hour ago

      ffs the minute i bring Palmer in, he flirts with United, picks a fight with the management and gets dropped?

      1. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        ...or got a knock

        1. Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          Knock is fake news. He wants to go move back closer to mommy and Rosenior is not happy about it.

          1. Ignasi M
            • 8 Years
            2 days, 1 hour ago

            Palmer's partner is Mancunian and she wants to start a family, meaning she wants to move back home for support and day care.

      2. Ignasi M
        • 8 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        There's been no reason to bring in Palmer all season? Maybe right at the beginning of the season.

        1. HadiSLIM
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          that's totally besides the point. I do have my niche reason of a head to head.

          1. Ignasi M
            • 8 Years
            2 days, 1 hour ago

            niche reasons ftw

    5. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      2 days, 1 hour ago

      Thiago get your goals

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

        This

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

          +1

    6. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 days, 1 hour ago

      Thiago punishing wall season and the week I get both him and Schade in they struggle

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

        Looks like we've found our culprit!

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

      Pirates should score

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

        *Outarra

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

        Johnny Depp would be disappointed.

    8. WVA
      • 9 Years
      2 days, 1 hour ago

      A couple of things are guaranteed,

      Thiago will blank
      Chelsea will concede

      1. Raoul Nogues
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          Badiashile will help

      2. putana
        • 7 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        Rogers already on 8 defcon

        1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
          • 5 Years
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          lovely

        2. Gizzachance
          • 11 Years
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          Nice

        3. Utopsis
          • 6 Years
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          10 now, crazy

      3. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        Emi earning his corn

      4. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        Another Estevao breakaway, but missed

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          3-6-1 formation would help

      5. Bigbars
        • 15 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        Ive just noticed O'Reilly lost some DC's overnight.. clutching at straws i know.. This so far is possibly my worst GW ever in 13/14 years.. 18pts so far, can dorgu, rice, bruno F, thiago and schade save my GW..

        1. Utopsis
          • 6 Years
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          Szobo jam off the bench saving my GW - shambolic

      6. F4L
        • 11 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        are there two different Forests? the one with Sangare and the one without

        1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
          • 9 Years
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          Just like Sunderland, with and without Xhaka

      7. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        Sometimes Watkins looks like he has never played the game.

        1. Ignasi M
          • 8 Years
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          it's why I never buy him. Always disappoints. Like Eze. NEVER buy Eze.

          1. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            2 days, 1 hour ago

            Eze is a great player.

            Watkins is also an England international with 179 goals in 500 games, around half of those for Villa.

      8. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
        • 9 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        Ekitike and Gordon my two worst transfers this season

        1. Gizzachance
          • 11 Years
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          Gordon still the worst for me, least had some returns from ekitike !

        2. Goro Majima
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          Seconded - both an utter waste of time. Thankfully got shot of them now.

      9. Ignasi M
        • 8 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        Rogers on 9 DEFCONs already.

      10. Qaiss
        • 10 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        Watkins stinks

        1. Gizzachance
          • 11 Years
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          Yeah, owned 3 gws now !

      11. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        Thiago owners going all in early with the "Thiago fail" posts etc.. Theres 50+ minutes to go. You will get your goals..

      12. Gizzachance
        • 11 Years
        2 days, 1 hour ago

        I’m on w/c

        Sanchez
        Gab timber

        Which other three?

        A chalobah;double Chel?
        B Dorgu
        C cash
        D anderesen
        E senesi
        F other?

        Cheers

        1. OH... KEVIN DE BRUYNE
            2 days, 1 hour ago

            a d mukiele

            1. Gizzachance
              • 11 Years
              2 days, 1 hour ago

              Cheers, Muk was one I forgot!

          • Sandy Ravage
            • 9 Years
            2 days, 1 hour ago

            A, B, E or F (Muki)

            1. Gizzachance
              • 11 Years
              2 days, 1 hour ago

              Cheers

        2. JBG
          • 7 Years
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          No wonder Villa want Abraham, Watkins is so bad now

        3. Brosstan
          • 11 Years
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          Rogers on 10 DC in one half lol. Is he playing some new role?

          Hes never had more than 9 in an entire game before this one.

          1. putana
            • 7 Years
            2 days, 1 hour ago

            he's been playing more centrally this game

          2. Ignasi M
            • 8 Years
            2 days, 1 hour ago

            yeah. mad. If it stays like this, he could get 3 bonus points omg

          3. NABIL - FPL otai
            • 13 Years
            2 days, 1 hour ago

            The GW I bench him...

          4. F4L
            • 11 Years
            2 days, 1 hour ago

            just getting lucky, loose balls keep finding him. same for buendia

        4. putana
          • 7 Years
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          Rogers 10 defcon at halftime. Will he do it...

        5. Sun Jihai
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          2 days, 1 hour ago

          Back to back Sanchez CS would be huge

          1. OH... KEVIN DE BRUYNE
              2 days, 1 hour ago

              yeah

            • Camzy
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              2 days, 1 hour ago

              Could really do with it. But I'm definitely not counting my chickens yet. It's Sanchez...

            • RamaJama
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              2 days, 1 hour ago

              And Chalobah

          2. NABIL - FPL otai
            • 13 Years
            2 days, 1 hour ago

            1-0 to the visitor for all 3 games.

            I suspect a conspiracy.

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

              Haaland cappers match fixed the Brentford game.

              1. NABIL - FPL otai
                • 13 Years
                2 days, 1 hour ago

                Shame on them

            2. Magic Zico
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              2 days, 1 hour ago

              2-1 for all those games at full time

              1. All Hail K
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 16 Years
                2 days, 1 hour ago

                Wouldn't bet against that.

            3. JBG
              • 7 Years
              2 days, 1 hour ago

              More like home teams attacking players stinking up the place

          3. RamaJama
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            2 days, 1 hour ago

            Think I need to prioritise moving on one of my triple Fulham:

            A) Upgrade King to max 6.5 def
            B) upgrade Raul to max. 8.3 fwd
            C) Downgrade Raul to Mane to afford a more expensive replacement for King next gw

            1 FT, 2.1 in the bank

            Pope
            Gabriel, Timber, Chalobah
            Rogers, Wilson, Rice, Bruno F
            Haaland, Raul, Ekitike

            Subs: Dub, Senesi, Rodon, King

          4. FPL Sanky
            • 2 Years
            2 days, 1 hour ago

            Mateta is lucky to be even playing for CPL.... even Beto and Barry feel like an upgrade on Mateta

            1. Raoul Nogues
                2 days, 1 hour ago

                We dont know yet where Barry stands but Mateta is has far better standards for now

              • F4L
                • 11 Years
                2 days, 1 hour ago

                his head is elsewhere, wants a move

            2. AC/DC AFC
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              2 days, 1 hour ago

              Brentford with it all to do

              All the away teams leading 1 nil at the break

              A Thiago blank would be lovely

              1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
                • 5 Years
                2 days, 1 hour ago

                justice for the hat trick sellers

            3. Sandy Ravage
              • 9 Years
              2 days, 1 hour ago

              For GW24, play:
              A - Watkins (BRE)
              B - H.Wilson (mum)

              1. Snoop Udogie Dogg
                • 5 Years
                2 days, 1 hour ago

                A