Fantasy hopes rest on Gameweek 4’s most captained option Aguero

Saturday’s late kick-off is set to be a huge one for Fantasy Premier League managers all over the world.

That’s because it features Gameweek 4’s most captained option Sergio Aguero (£11.3m) in action against Newcastle United, a side he has scored nine goals in his last three home matches against.

The Manchester City man sits in 49 percent of squads and has been handed the captain’s armband by 1.7 million managers.

Crucially, he goes into this match after Mohamed Salah (£13.0m), captained by 1.2 million, blanked at Leicester and did not even complete the match.

Also heavily backed by Fantasy enthusiasts is defender Benjamin Mendy (£6.4m), in 34 percent of squads worldwide. He has already racked up four assists this season and even managed to pull in bonus points against Wolves despite registering no offensive or defensive returns.

Bernardo Silva‘s (£7.6m) run of three consecutive starts for Manchester City has come to an end as he dropped to the bench. Meanwhile, Riyad Mahrez (£8.8m) was recalled.

It should also be noted that key set piece target Aymeric Laporte (£5.5m) has defied Pep Guardiola’s rotation policy for a fourth match in a row. His centre-back partner for this match-up is John Stones (£5.5m), Vincent Kompany (£5.4m) named on the bench.

Newcastle have gone with a back five for this match with Paul Dummett (£4.5m) and DeAndre Yedlin (£4.5m) flanking Ciaran Clark (£4.5m), Federico Fernadez (£4.5m) and Jamaal Lascelles (£4.9m). The club captain happens to be the most popular Magpie for Gameweek 4, in six percent of squads.

Second-most fashionable Newcastle option Joselu (£5.0m) drops to the bench with Ayoze Perez (£6.3m) and Salomon Rondon (£5.9m) named up front.

MANCHESTER CITY XI (4-4-2): Ederson: Mendy, Stones, Laporte, Walker; Sterling, D Silva, Fernandinho, Mahrez; Jesus, Aguero.

NEWCASTLE UNITED XI (5-3-2): Dubravka; Dummett, Clark, Fernandez, Lascelles, Yedlin; Kenedy, Diame, Ki; Perez, Rondon.

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