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2 April 2017 1431 comments
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We head to the Liberty Stadium for the first of two Sunday afternoon encounters as Swansea City entertain Middlesbrough in the 1.30pm kick-off.

Having served up returns in eight of his ten league outings since the appointment of Paul Clement, Gylfi Sigurdsson has been handed the armband by just over 62,000 Fantasy Premier League managers.

Tellingly, though, the Icelandic international was the most captained player of the top 100 heading into Gameweek 30, with 20 of those managers placing their faith in him.

All three of Sigurdsson’s double-figure hauls have arrived at home, though in spite of that consistency, he has managed just one 10+ points haul under the new head coach.

Up top for the hosts, Fernando Llorente – who was drafted in by over 84,000 FPL managers for Gameweek 30 – misses out with an ankle problem, allowing Jordan Ayew the chance of a rare start.

With a double Gameweek 34 – against Bournemouth and Sunderland – on their upcoming agenda, many will be running the rule over the likes of Gaston Ramirez and Alvaro Negredo as short-term picks for the run-in.

Yet with just a single goal in their last seven away matches, the Teesside team face a tough task to convince us that they are worthy of investment.

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  1. Arctic monkeys
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 6 days ago

    Come OON Alexix (C)

  2. Clifford☯
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 days ago

    CITY XI | Caballero, Clichy, Stones, Otamendi, Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Sane, Silva (c), Sterling, Navas, Aguero

  3. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 days ago

    Alexis on the wing again 🙁

    1. rivercityransom
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      doesn't matter, he's still the fulcrum of their attack

  4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 6 days ago

    Navas starts for city

    Arsenal win confirmed

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Exactly my thought.

  5. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 days ago

    Man City starting line-up: Willy Caballero, Jesús Navas, Gaël Clichy, Fernandinho, John Stones, Nicolás Otamendi, Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Sergio Agüero, Leroy Sané, Raheem Sterling.
    Substitutes: Claudio Bravo, Fabian Delph, Aleksandar Kolarov, Nolito, Yaya Touré, Vincent Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta

    Arsenal starting line-up: David Ospina, Héctor Bellerín, Nacho Monreal, Francis Coquelin, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Theo Walcott, Granit Xhaka, Alexis Sánchez, Mesut Özil, Danny Welbeck.
    Substitutes: Kieran Gibbs, Olivier Giroud, Emiliano Martinez, Alex Iwobi, Mohamed Elneny, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Gabriel

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Caballero
      Fernandinho Stones Otamendi Clichy
      KDB Silva
      Navas Sterling Sane
      Aguero

      Ospina
      Bellerin Mustafi Koscielny Monreal
      Xhaka Coquelin
      Walcott Ozil Sanchez
      Welbeck

  6. Ziro
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 6 days ago

    No Yaya
    Kun(c) here 😎

    1. Spike ⚽️
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Just having Kun is enough

  7. Dr. Mantis Toboggan
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 days ago

    What is that City team about? Clichy Otamendi Stones the only "defenders".

    1. Grounderz
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      I think it's lined up this way...

      RB: Fernandinho
      CB: Stones and Otamendi
      LB: Clichy

      1. Dr. Mantis Toboggan
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 6 days ago

        Yeah that's how I was reading it, looks so flimsy.

        Really frustrating to see the lack of respect so many managers have for defending. Would love to see Someone in the league, himself Conte and Potch could counter this madness.

        1. Dr. Mantis Toboggan
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 6 days ago

          Simeone obviously

  8. Arctic monkeys
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 6 days ago

    Navas starting, Arsenal cs confirmed

  9. Wilshere Knowledge
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 6 days ago

    Alexis (c), Ozil, Walcott, Sterling. 😎

    1. Arctic monkeys
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Had to check your team to believe you 😀

    2. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Might even get double-digits 😉

    3. Ziro
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Some Gunner fan 😉

  10. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 days ago

    Swansea pen denied

  11. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 6 days ago

    Navas playing...Arsenal clean sheet locked in

  12. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 6 days ago

    Need some Aguero magic today

  13. Mr. Blonde
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 6 days ago

    Kuuuuun (C)

  14. Scratch
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 6 days ago

    So glad Boro will be relegated, awful team

  15. DR0GBA
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 days ago

    Who else has Kun (c)? 😛

    1. Mr. Blonde
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      O/

    2. MTPockets
        9 years, 6 days ago

        o/

    3. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Mawson close

      1. FPLtfs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 6 days ago

        Not that close, really :p

    4. Alan_T
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Weird City lineup that.

      No holding midfielder, no right back

    5. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Mawson Shot Off Target

    6. drughi
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Cmon Kun, a hatty would be very welcomed

    7. Pariße
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Where's Chamberlain?

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 6 days ago

        On the Gunners bench

    8. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Naughton 3 baps confirmed

    9. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Mawson knocking at the door

      1. Alan_T
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 6 days ago

        Trap door? Relegation?

    10. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Sanchez vs Navas

      *phones up Just For Laughs*

      1. ★Kuntheman★
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 6 days ago

        I'm terrified

    11. PvA
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Costa ➡ Ibra
      King ➡ Tadic/Arnie

      For -4?

      Pickford (Valdes)
      Alonso, Walker, Valencia (Yoshida, Kone)
      Sanchez, Alli, Sigurdsson, King (Capoue)
      Costa, Lukaku, Negredo

      1. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 6 days ago

        Why Arnautovic?

        King to Zaha will be popular this week as another option.

    12. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Just Kun (c) to go.

      Awful GW so far, Mané is my top scorer at the moment.

      1. The Head-Ake
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 6 days ago

        Valencia is mine - 40 till now with no one left

    13. IL Fantasista
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Grant, Jaku
      Walker, Valencia, Brunt, Holgate, Friend
      Sanchez, Eriksen, Sterling, Siggy, Mane
      Lukaka, Llorente, Gabbi

      Do you approve the following -8?

      Mane -> Zaha
      Sterling -> King
      Llorente -> Zlatan

      1. The Head-Ake
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 6 days ago

        Exclude the King move and do a -4

        1. IL Fantasista
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 6 days ago

          Exactly. My initial thought. But Vardy instead of Zlatan.

    14. SirStevieG
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Siggy you are killing me.

    15. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Don't look at your cs points or you'll lose them 😉

    16. ★Kuntheman★
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Wtf is Guardiola smoking...

    17. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 6 days ago

      Montero needs to come on