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Everton v Leeds team news: Ndiaye starts, Branthwaite a sub

26 January 2026 297 comments
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Dominic Calvert-Lewin returns to Merseyside to face his former employers as Everton host Leeds United this evening.

Kick-off in the final match of Gameweek 23 is at 20:00 GMT.

TEAM NEWS

There are two changes for both sides this evening.

David Moyes welcomes back Idrissa Gana Gueye and Iliman Ndiaye from the Africa Cup of Nations. Both go straight into the Everton starting XI.

One change is enforced as Jack Grealish misses out, while Merlin Rohl is the unlucky party dropping to the bench.

Also among the substitutes are Jarrad Branthwaite, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Carlos Alcaraz, who all returned to training last week after lay-offs of varying lengths.

Michael Keane is absent again as he serves the final match of his three-game ban. He’ll be available again in Gameweek 24.

Daniel Farke has had his hand forced with one of his two alterations, too.

Gabriel Gudmundsson is out, so in comes centre-half Sebastiaan Bornauw. That presumably means the versatile James Justin switches over to left wing-back.

The other change sees Anton Stach return from injury and take the place of Noah Okafor, who has to make do with substitute duty.

£3.9m Fantasy goalkeeper Karl Darlow keeps his place between the posts, as expected.

LINE-UPS

Everton XI: Pickford, Patterson, Tarkowski, O’Brien, Mykolenko, Garner, Gueye, Armstrong, McNeil, Ndiaye, Barry.

Subs: Travers, Beto, Dibling, Dewsbury-Hall, Coleman, Alcaraz, Branthwaite, Rohl, Aznou.

Leeds United XI: Darlow, Bogle, Struijk, Rodon, Bornauw, Justin, Ampadu, Gruev, Stach, Aaronson, Calvert-Lewin.

Subs: Perri, Longstaff, Piroe, Nmecha, Okafor, Tanaka, Byram, Gnonto, Buonanotte.

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:

Everton v Leeds team news: Ndiaye starts, Branthwaite a sub
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  1. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    16 hours, 50 mins ago

    Should have started Stach over Haaland 😛 9 DCs already

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    1. Bourbon, Pot Still or Islay…
      • 11 Years
      15 hours, 35 mins ago

      Totally

      9 out of 10 people would have went Stach>Haaland

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    2. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      15 hours, 35 mins ago

      I’m sorry but Stach just got a YC

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  2. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    16 hours, 49 mins ago

    Stach and Dorgu on my bench played Timber And DCL. Absolute effing troll gw of the decade.

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    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      15 hours, 56 mins ago

      Same 😛

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    2. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      15 hours, 54 mins ago

      Weird that nearly every post by anyone with Kane In their name is bs. Are they mostly the same person?

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      1. Kaneyonero
        • 9 Years
        15 hours, 50 mins ago

        Cry more

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        1. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          15 hours, 46 mins ago

          About what? I don’t lose lose sleep over such nonsense

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  3. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    16 hours, 48 mins ago

    You love to see it

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  4. F4L
    • 11 Years
    16 hours, 46 mins ago

    farke should be running for manager of the year with this tactical shape he's come up. leeds could've genuinely been pushing top 4 if they had started the season on this form

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    1. The Night Trunker.
      • 2 Years
      15 hours, 44 mins ago

      The thing I love is the passion and understanding from the players that they are living a "Lah Lah" Land existence playing pro football; hence I want to see a kit soaked of sweat, blood, and limbs falling off come 90.
      Give me your freaking all you muppets.

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  5. F4L
    • 11 Years
    16 hours, 43 mins ago

    struijk is finding some proper form now. was looking at him a while back. needs to start finishing the chances he gets though

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  6. GENERATION X
    • 12 Years
    16 hours, 42 mins ago

    Garner should have defcons by now he had 10 in the bank from last week

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  7. Jigger & Pony
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    16 hours, 38 mins ago

    Who’s the best set and forget GK (not Pickford)?

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    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      15 hours, 40 mins ago

      Dubravka or Sanchez. Don't think any GK will hit high 100s this season anyways

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    2. Bourbon, Pot Still or Islay…
      • 11 Years
      15 hours, 36 mins ago

      Raya

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      1. Jigger & Pony
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        15 hours, 35 mins ago

        Too expensive for what he returns

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        1. Baps Hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          15 hours, 33 mins ago

          That's not the main issue, the problem is that there are at least 3 better Arsenal picks.

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          1. Jigger & Pony
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            15 hours, 17 mins ago

            That’s true too

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  8. Baps Hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    16 hours, 38 mins ago

    Anyone else loaded with cash? I have 6.4 mitb and no real idea what do with it. Guiu, Esteve and Anderson are my cheapies. Perhap upgrade one of them to get more benching headaches? Or just wait if something happens and either Palmer / Saka or Salah becomes an option.

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    1. Bourbon, Pot Still or Islay…
      • 11 Years
      15 hours, 37 mins ago

      I always splash the cash
      So probably keep it!!

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  9. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    16 hours, 37 mins ago

    Branth & KDH on

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    1. Bourbon, Pot Still or Islay…
      • 11 Years
      15 hours, 37 mins ago

      Ah
      This might make not have Keane on my WC and might make me go KDH over Anderson …..

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  10. Jigger & Pony
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    16 hours, 37 mins ago

    Branthwaite coming on

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  11. F4L
    • 11 Years
    16 hours, 36 mins ago

    its interesting watching ndiaye here on the left. more involved in the build up for sure but seems to be spending more time away from the box. did think it was just a grealish thing when he played left dropping deep wanting to see the ball but maybe its what moyes wants from his left mid. of course probably way too soon to tell 🙂

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  12. GENERATION X
    • 12 Years
    16 hours, 36 mins ago

    Bye Keane

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  13. ignado
    • 11 Years
    16 hours, 35 mins ago

    Play DCL or Anderson for GW24?
    Thanks.

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    1. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      15 hours, 34 mins ago

      Watch the game first

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  14. Bourbon, Pot Still or Islay…
    • 11 Years
    16 hours, 34 mins ago

    Pulled the trigger on the WC

    Final decision is midfield 2 positions

    I have Mbeumo and Anderson,
    But think 2 united might be 2 knee jerky…

    £13.5m to spend

    Any suggestions would be very welcome ….

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    1. Bourbon, Pot Still or Islay…
      • 11 Years
      16 hours, 32 mins ago

      Rest of post didn’t appear
      I have

      Raya (Dub)
      Cash Gabriel Guehi (dorgu keane)
      Wilson Semenyo Bruno ??? (????)
      Haaland Watkins JPedro

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      1. Count of Monte Hristo
        • 12 Years
        16 hours, 30 mins ago

        You don’t fancy Chalobah and Enzo for Chelsea’s nice fixture run?

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        1. Bourbon, Pot Still or Islay…
          • 11 Years
          16 hours, 27 mins ago

          Maybe
          Worried Enzo will drop back
          Couldn’t afford Chalobah unless I dropped someone pricier …..?

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          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 16 Years
            16 hours, 24 mins ago

            Keane might be benched soon

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            1. Bourbon, Pot Still or Islay…
              • 11 Years
              15 hours, 25 mins ago

              Yeah
              Just realised that
              Might force a change

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  15. JBG
    • 7 Years
    16 hours, 33 mins ago

    So Pep said the other day, "inshallah we have Bobb back soon" and then they sell him just 2-3 days after, haha.

    https://x.com/AttackingFooty/status/2015813548350300180

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    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      15 hours, 40 mins ago

      really hope this transfer goes through

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  16. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    16 hours, 31 mins ago

    Tarko to Dorgu?

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  17. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    16 hours, 28 mins ago

    Stach YC

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    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      16 hours, 27 mins ago

      Just need one more.

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    2. The Night Trunker.
      • 2 Years
      16 hours, 27 mins ago

      Weak, rainbow colored unicorn game now.

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  18. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    16 hours, 28 mins ago

    Obvious Stach mega haul loading when I bench him even though my XI was poor. Thought he would be coming from the bench or managed minutes. Well he was due, but obvious day to get points for xgi is today

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  19. Vasshin
    • 7 Years
    16 hours, 27 mins ago

    31 points from starting 11 and 28 points on the bench. Last couple of weeks have been terrible

    Verbuggen
    Gabriel Timber Chalobah
    Rice Semenyo Foden Gordon Rogers
    Thiago Haaland
    Dubravka Bowen Andersen Esteve

    Transferred Foden to Bruno after City’s game

    4ft and 0 in bank left
    1. Gordon to Enzo
    2. Gordon to Enzo and Verbuggen to Sanchez (double Chelsea defense)
    3. No need to transfer Gordon as he is playing against Liverpool

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    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      16 hours, 27 mins ago

      As a Gordon owner, needs to go and let the rest get his points

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  20. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    16 hours, 26 mins ago

    Gruev YC

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    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      15 hours, 32 mins ago

      Welp, shouldn't have TCd him

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  21. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    16 hours, 24 mins ago

    Everton really miss Grealish here

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    1. JBG
      • 7 Years
      15 hours, 29 mins ago

      Why is Dibling just sitting on the bench?

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      1. The Night Trunker.
        • 2 Years
        15 hours, 28 mins ago

        He enjoys splinter picking.

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  22. F4L
    • 11 Years
    16 hours, 22 mins ago

    damn ndiaye you have to tuck that away

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  23. FPLMACKEM
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    16 hours, 21 mins ago

    Raya
    Virgil, Gabriel, Chalobah
    Enzo, Wilson, Bruno, Saka, Anderson
    Ekitike, Haaland (c)

    Dubravka, Andersen, Rodon, Guiu

    4ft 1.4 itb

    Who is the priority transfer(s) in for this team? And for who?

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  24. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    16 hours, 20 mins ago

    Ffs DCL keep your balance

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  25. The Night Trunker.
    • 2 Years
    16 hours, 18 mins ago

    Darlow fabulous.

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  26. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    16 hours, 16 mins ago

    Is there a site/way to track teams from different mini-leagues, all in one place? Like I just add team ids and can track their scores in a custom league without them having to join the league.

    Really only care about a couple of teams from the work league and local community league and they aren't in one league. Hate navigating to different leagues to track their performance.

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    1. Jordan.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      14 hours, 49 mins ago

      fpl gameweek,brilliant site

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  27. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    16 hours, 15 mins ago

    Garner unlikely to get to the DefCon threshold tonight

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  28. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    16 hours, 14 mins ago

    Here comes Tanaka. Pickford and Tarko -1 loading. Guy always scores whenever I'm watching.

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  29. ViperStripes
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    16 hours, 13 mins ago

    How’s DCL playing?

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    1. The Night Trunker.
      • 2 Years
      15 hours, 18 mins ago

      Sexy.

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      1. The Night Trunker.
        • 2 Years
        15 hours, 18 mins ago

        (According to my girlfriend) !

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  30. The Night Trunker.
    • 2 Years
    16 hours, 12 mins ago

    C'mon Leeds!
    City in decline like the rest of us, but at least we can glean some distraction from our Gladiators.

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