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25 August 2018 2172 comments
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Sergio Aguero (£11.2m) leads the Manchester City attack for a third Premier League match in a row, much to the delight of his 46 percent ownership.

Only Mohamed Salah (£13.0m) has more backing than the Argentinian ahead of Gameweek 3, and 22 percent of those who voted in our poll are putting the captain armband on him.

Generally speaking there was little to be worried about by Pep Guardiola’s rotation for today’s meeting with Wolves at Molineux.

The popular Benjamin Mendy (£6.3m) keeps his place at left-back after registering four assists in his first two appearances of the season.

In fact there is some excitment for the 11 percent in possession of Bernardo Silva (7.6m) as the Portuguese international will be deployed on the right-wing of a 4-3-3.

Raheem Sterling (£11.0m) earned an expected recall to the side, still backed by just three percent.

The three main options to miss out were Gabriel Jesus (£10.5m), John Stones (£5.5m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.9m) as they were named only on the bench.

Set piece specialist Rúben Neves (£5.1m) remains the most popular of Wolves’ Fantasy options with none of his colleagues coming close to his 22 percent ownership.

With the suspension of Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£4.1m) and last week’s surprising absence for Lee Peltier (£4.0m), Wolves centre-back Ryan Bennett (£4.0m) remains one of just a few active defensive options from the very cheapest price bracket.

WOLVES XI (3-4-3): Patrício; Boly, Coady, Bennett; Jonny, Neves, Moutinho, Doherty; Jota, Jiménez, Costa.

MANCHESTER CITY XI (4-3-3): Ederson; Mendy, Laporte, Kompany, Walker; Fernandinho, Gündogan, D Silva; Sterling, Aguero, B Silva.

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  1. The Chosen One...
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Should have taken Jota off

  2. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    2 minute warning.

    1. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      *Crosses Peltier fingers*

      1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        No chance

  3. Stoic
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    On WC
    A) D. Silva + Arnie
    B) Auba + 4.5

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      b

  4. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Get Sané in Pep ffs

    1. F_Ivanovic
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      please don't Pep.. unless Sane goes on to get points. Trolled me too often by benching him every game

  5. TheTwelfthMan
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Aguero retrospective ban for the dive?

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

      Only if they score from the pen.

    2. Licious Lizard
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Not possible, as it wasn’t given

    3. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      No there was contact

    4. ZeBestee
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      No chance

    5. Dr Van Nostrand
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      It wasn't a dive

  6. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Scenes 🙂

  7. Hooky
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Headless chicken on

  8. HurriKane
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    traore looks like a boxer

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Nah. Biceps too big.

  9. Skalla
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Ok here we go another Traore bandwagon incoming!

  10. Red Star Toro
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Chances of Bernardo playing next game?
    A) less than 50%
    B) more than 50%

    1. Skalla
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      C) Exactly 50%

    2. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Not for me at all.

    3. Ribus
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      A

    4. Isco Disco
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      C) 50%

  11. SirStevieG
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Jesus dead

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      he will rise 😉

      1. Marvin.
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        Swine. Beat me to it.

      2. In Like Flynn.
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        3 days

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

      Wait three days

  12. F_Ivanovic
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    I think I have had the worst luck of anyone across FPL and Draft with benching points.

    Week 1: PVA (11) Stones (8) - draft. Mendy (15), WB (12)
    Week 2: Mhiki (12), Mitrovic (6) - draft - nothing in FPL
    Week 3: Boly

    My draft luck is the worst though so expecting Arnautovic and Maddison to be in the points there.

  13. jason_ni
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Traore is an absolute beast!

  14. _Greg
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Mendy winner would be lovely.

  15. Adro3
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Why are people asking WC questions during game time?? Good luck getting a response.

    1. Evasivo
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Lol

  16. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Team sheets?

  17. Evasivo
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Line ups!

    1. super zlatan
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Patience

      1. Evasivo
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        🙁

  18. Optimus.
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Wolves to the slaughter they said

  19. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    HAMER STARTS

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

      Awwww yiss!

    2. TAT
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Should have started him! 😮

    3. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Cue early Cardiff goal.

  20. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    So was BSilva subbed because playing badly or tactical- if tactical guess good he came off early as should start v Newcastle

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Tactics - needed goals, hence Jesus. Bilva looked quite good

    2. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Tactics

    3. Zladan
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Offered little to nothing.

  21. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Line ups?

  22. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    HAMERRR!

    1. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      its hamer time

  23. how now brown cow
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Ramsey in for ozil

  24. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    What to do with Jota? On my bench today do.

  25. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Mkhi

  26. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Ramsey, Mkhi and Auba start. No Ozil or lacazette

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Interesting.

    2. Evasivo
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Boom!

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

    Lineup - Leicester starting line-up: Kasper Schmeichel, Daniel Amartey, Ben Chilwell, Wilfred Ndidi, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Ricardo Pereira, Nampalys Mendy, Kelechi Iheanacho, James Maddison, Demarai Gray.
    Substitutes: Rachid Ghezzal, Christian Fuchs, Marc Albrighton, Adrien Silva, Shinji Okazaki, Danny Ward, Jonny Evans

    Lineup - Southampton starting line-up: Alex McCarthy, Cédric Soares, Ryan Bertrand, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Jannik Vestergaard, Wesley Hoedt, Nathan Redmond, Mario Lemina, Danny Ings, Shane Long, Mohamed Elyounoussi.
    Substitutes: Angus Gunn, Jack Stephens, Steven Davis, James Ward-Prowse, Stuart Armstrong, Charlie Austin, Oriol Romeu

    Lineup - Cardiff starting line-up: Neil Etheridge, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Joe Bennett, Joe Ralls, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Víctor Camarasa, Kenneth Zohore, Harry Arter, Josh Murphy.
    Substitutes: Lee Peltier, Bobby Reid, Alex Smithies, Gary Madine, Greg Cunningham, Danny Ward, Callum Paterson

    Lineup - Huddersfield starting line-up: Ben Hamer, Florent Hadergjonaj, Terence Kongolo, Philip Billing, Zanka, Christopher Schindler, Rajiv van La Parra, Jonathan Hogg, Steve Mounie, Aaron Mooy, Adama Diakhaby.
    Substitutes: Jon Gorenc Stankovic, Isaac Mbenza, Chris Löwe, Tommy Smith, Alex Pritchard, Jonas Lössl, Laurent Depoitre

    Lineup - Everton starting line-up: Jordan Pickford, Seamus Coleman, Leighton Baines, Tom Davies, Mason Holgate, Michael Keane, Theo Walcott, Idrissa Gueye, Cenk Tosun, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Richarlison.
    Substitutes: Kurt Zouma, Lucas Digne, Maarten Stekelenburg, Oumar Niasse, Kieran Dowell, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Bernard

    Lineup - Bournemouth starting line-up: Asmir Begovic, Adam Smith, Charlie Daniels, Andrew Surman, Steve Cook, Nathan Aké, David Brooks, Dan Gosling, Joshua King, Callum Wilson, Ryan Fraser.
    Substitutes: Simon Francis, Jefferson Lerma, Jordon Ibe, Lewis Cook, Jermain Defoe, Artur Boruc, Lys Mousset

    Lineup - West Ham starting line-up: Lukasz Fabianski, Ryan Fredericks, Arthur Masuaku, Jack Wilshere, Fabián Balbuena, Issa Diop, Felipe Anderson, Carlos Sánchez, Marko Arnautovic, Robert Snodgrass, Michail Antonio.
    Substitutes: Pablo Zabaleta, Adrián, Pedro Obiang, Chicharito, Declan Rice, Lucas Pérez, Andriy Yarmolenko

    Lineup - Arsenal starting line-up: Petr Cech, Héctor Bellerín, Nacho Monreal, Granit Xhaka, Shkodran Mustafi, Sokratis, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Matteo Guendouzi, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Iwobi.
    Substitutes: Stephan Lichtsteiner, Rob Holding, Bernd Leno, Lucas Torreira, Danny Welbeck, Mohamed Elneny, Alexandre Lacazette

    1. Evasivo
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Thanks GW!

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

        You're welcome!

    2. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Mendy starts

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        Reply fail.

    3. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Self hulk.

    4. Fresh_From_Desh
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      You the man

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

        *Thumbs up* 🙂

    5. Podge
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Ramsey starts, interesting

    6. Point-one short
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Thanks

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

        You're welcome 🙂

    7. In Like Flynn.
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      C'mon Leicester put those saints to the sword.
      They'll forgive you.

  28. Zladan
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hamer starts! Happy days. Aguero and Mendy can go wild at Patricio's goal now.

  29. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Glad to see Ozil dropped

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      ill i think

      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        Wtf he's ill every month

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Reported as ill yesterday.

  30. The Chosen One...
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Peltier is alive

    1. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      But this is worse

    2. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Albeit on the bench