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Saturday’s events continue with a slate consisting of five afternoon kick-offs. In Fantasy terms, the stakes could hardly be higher.

Both Manchester sides are in action, ensuring plenty of interest for the next two hours.

The Etihad Stadium is undoubtedly the focus. Manchester City are lining up Burnley as their latest prey, having fired no less than 29 goals this season with 17 arriving in their previous three home matches.

Unsurprisingly, their assets head into today’s clash backed by an army of new owners, although, innevitably, Pep Guardiola has intervened.

Both Raheem Sterling (390,000) and Gabriel Jesus (283,000) were two of the top three transfer targets prior to last night’s deadline and both are benched by the City boss.

The Brazilian is the most-captained of the pair, claiming 586,000 (11.3%) armbands, while Sterling is skippered by 111,000 (2.1%) – the first time he has appeared in the top ten options this season.

They make way as Bernardo Silva and Sergio Aguero come in.

The Argentine starts having been unused from the bench in City’s last two fixtures and is in sight of the clubs all-time scoring record. Aguero needs two goals to beat the milestone today and is backed by 225,000 with the captaincy.

However, United’s Romelu Lukaku is again the most popular captain pick.

The seven-goal striker has the support of 1.5 million managers (29.1%) ahead of his visit to Huddersfield Town having blanked at Anfield last time out.

Elsewhere this afternoon, Stoke host Bournemouth at the bet365 stadium, while Crystal Palace will look to build on their victory over Chelsea when they travel to Newcastle United.

Meanwhile, Tammy Abraham will seek to build on his reputation as a cut-price forward solution when he faces Leicester City at the Liberty Stadium. The Chelsea loanee has been acquired by 293,000+ managers for Gameweek 9 – second only to Sterling.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Stanislas ESSENTIAL!

    1. Yozzer
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Top top player

    2. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Tirrific player

      1. More Tragic
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        hope you didn't sell Laca for Morata?

  2. Neevesy
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Go on Stan!

  3. VFORVANDETA
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Lol at Stoke.

  4. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Afobe won pen

  5. shearer9
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Do I just take it on the chin and keep Jesus and Sterling and hope they start in future?

    1. Dokdok666
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Perhaps make a judegement call after the game has been played?

    2. The Big Fella
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      They will start next game! That is what rotation is

    3. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      I think I will. Hoping this is just their turn for a rest.

    4. Rik Waller
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Sterling worth the rotation. But not Jesus for me. Too expensive and Kun is the main man

    5. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Seriously? Jeez, just keep them, they’ll play next game.

    6. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Yes, although use your judgement about whether other nailed players are better value. Before today, I'd have said that Morata is a good example. Perhaps he still is? That's up to us to decide as managers 🙂

      1. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Sound advice

  6. Differential C (Mark)
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    How come that was a lingard foul???!!

  7. GAMBIT
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Stanislas an option?

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      He is now!!

  8. Bouncebackability
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    That's the WC differential gone then.

  9. sillyhilly69
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Jesus
    Sterling
    Mkhi

    Praise the lord I have Choupo-Moting, Naughton and Schindler on the bench :/

  10. JustPark
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Stanislas punt worked out!

    1. GreenArrows
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Congrats on the punt!

      1. JustPark
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Just practising for next weekend. :p

  11. the snazzy viking
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    I will lol if Ward gets me a CS off the bench and City don't score

    1. Ravager
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Possible. Burnley usually set up compactly.

    2. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Played Sterling. Ward first sub.

      You know the script...

  12. Yozzer
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Kaku poor so far.

  13. Ligdon
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Daniels not on pens ?

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Stanislas is ahead of him. Imagine King or Defoe are also above in the pecking order.

      1. Ligdon
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Ah right, thought he took one last year you see

  14. Earn your Spurs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Where can I see the captaincy stats please?

  15. Sleep Talk
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Stanislas is officially back. 5.9m

    1. Sleep Talk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Lots of great budget mids now!

      1. Dokdok666
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Indeed, pity there is no 4.5m attacker

      2. HamezMace
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Lots of great attacking options full stop

  16. Shultan
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    My rival has bakayako & surman!

    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Says more about you than him.

    2. The Enlightener
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Lol. That's the kind of stuff that makes you wonder why you even bother with FPL. :mrgreen:

  17. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Wood subbed

  18. GAMBIT
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Lukaku is a donkey

  19. seewhyaxe
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    An okazaki brace will do it for me this gw

  20. VFORVANDETA
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Barnes for Wood.

  21. JayBomb
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Had a feeling Sterling might not start but once again bad advice on this site has screwed me

    1. Sleep Talk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Don't blame the site. It's your team..

    2. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      FFS = Fantasy Football Sabotage

    3. Hooky
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      😆 grow a pair dude

    4. tm370
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Well make your own decisions then

      1. G-Whizz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        This

    5. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      External locus of control. Look it up.

    6. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      And so the blame game begins

    7. Neevesy
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Take some responsibility!

    8. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      So you don't pick your team yourself then ?
      You don't have to come on this site anyway.

      1. JayBomb
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        I actually like this site and take full responsibility for my team, but when they go on and on about Sterling being the one to have this week then I ignored my own instincts that he might not play and instead got him in. They were even saying they were going to captain him. Bad advice that’s all i’m saying and yes it’s my own fault I took it. It will be the last time. In fairness Mark was very sceptical about the other guys captaining him. Everyone’s aloud an opinion are they not?

        1. George Sillett
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 6 months ago

          Yes true but don't blame others for influencing decisions which are entirely yours.

          1. JayBomb
            • 14 Years
            8 years, 6 months ago

            Fair enough but this site made out that Sterling was almost essential this week. Lesson learned.

    9. Ravager
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Shame on us.

    10. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Sheep will always be devoured by wolves

    11. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      you can sue for bad advice...did you keep the evidence?

  22. billysupertramp
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Lukaku blanked.

    1. *Reformed-Character*
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      It's 20 minutes in go away

  23. tm245
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Might be shifting my cash from expensive defenders to midpriced midfielders with this run of fixtures; Gross, Watford guys, Stanislas could match the premium big 6 defenders while they play each other and have heavy European commitments.

    1. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Damn that jnee must be hitting the ceiling.

      1. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        *knee

    2. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      but Alonso is a midfielder + CS points

  24. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    DeadWood

  25. sully29
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Jones done.

    1. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      How ?

  26. how now brown cow
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Jones going off I think

  27. GAMBIT
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Jones dead

  28. More Tragic
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Jones dead

  29. Ha.
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Rival has Surman and Doucoure. Bloody casual.

    * Please help me, they must know more than me

  30. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Jones dead

    1. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Yay 😎