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Mendy misses out for Man City as Bernardo Silva returns

Benjamin Mendy (£6.5m) was the surprise absentee for Manchester City on Saturday afternoon as he was not even named in the match-day squad to face Fulham.

Sergio Aguero (£11.4m) kept his place in the starting line-up while Bernardo Silva (£7.5m) came back in with Gabriel Jesus (£10.4m) dropping to the bench.

Nicolas Otamendi (£6.2m) made his first start of the season alongside Aymeric Laporte (£5.5m), who has now featured from the beginning in every match so far.

Ryan Sessegnon (£6.3m) returned to the Fulham side facing the champions today, but he has been deployed at left-back with Luciano Vietto (£5.5m) and Andre Schurrle (£5.9m) flanking Aleksandar Mitrovic (£6.8m).

Ryan Fraser (£5.6m) was named in the Bournemouth starting XI after an injury scare while Jamie Vardy (£8.9m) returns from suspension for the visitors.

Popular Chelsea trio of Marcos Alonso (£6.8m), Eden Hazard (£10.7m) and Pedro (£6.8m) all start for the Blues. Meanwhile, there was a second consecutive start up front for Cardiff City’s FPL midfield option Danny Ward (£4.5m).

Wilfried Zaha (£7.0m) was named in the starting XI for Crystal Palace as they face Huddersfield with James Tomkins (£4.4m) coming back too.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan (£7.2m) was on the Arsenal bench for a second match in a row, with Alexandre Lacazette (£9.4m) starting again.

BOURNEMOUTH XI: Begovic, Cook, Ake, Smith, Lerma, Gosling, Rico, Brooks, Fraser, Wilson, King

LEICESTER CITY XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Morgan, Maguire, Chilwell, Mendy, Ndidi, Ghezzal, Maddison, Gray, Vardy

CHELSEA XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso, Jorginho, Kante, Kovacic, Pedro, Giroud, Hazard.

CARDIFF CITY XI: Etheridge, Manga, Bamba, Morrison, Bennett, Camarasa, Ralls, Arter, Hoilett, Ward, Reid.

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN XI: Lossl, Hadergjonaj, Schindler, Zanka, Kongolo, Lowe, Billing, Mooy, Kachunga, Van La Parra, Mounie

CRYSTAL PALACE XI: Hennessey, Wan-Bissaka, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt, Kouyate, Milivojevic, McArthur, Townsend, Ayew, Zaha

MAN CITY XI: Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Laporte, Delph, Fernandinho, Silva, Bernardo, Sane, Aguero, Sterling

FULHAM XI: Bettinelli, Christie, Odoi, Mawson, Sessegnon, Johansen, McDonald, Seri, Vietto, Mitrovic, Schürrle

NEWCASTLE UNITED XI: Dubravka, Yedlin, Fernandez, Lascelles, Dummett, Murphy, Diame, Hayden, Ritchie, Perez, Joselu

ARSENAL XI: Cech, Bellerin, Sokratis, Mustafi, Monreal, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Aubameyang, Ramsey, Ozil, Lacazette

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3,016 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Respect to everyone who doesn't do the not-so humble brag after every GW 😆

    1. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      *looks up*

      1. SPorting
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Now I just look silly

      2. Zilla
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Wait, where did the post go? 😀

    2. Ghost Ship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      69 ok post baps and bench?

    3. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      I'm great.

  2. MattysFantasyFooty
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Those with salah hazard and Fraser who are you dumping salah for or are you keeping?

    1. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      My mind is tongue tied reading that.

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Why would you dump Salah if you had Hazard and Fraser? Or am I misunderstanding?

    3. El Matador
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Keeping for his hat trick v Soton

    4. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Southampton at home

    5. Ghost Ship
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      One more week then sterling.

    6. L'Aeroplanino
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      maybe sterling after next week?

    7. MattysFantasyFooty
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Looks like I’m keeping for another week

      1. MattysFantasyFooty
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers all

  3. Football Heaven
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Would've had 92 points if I captained hazard but bottled it last minute. Oh well 72 with 2 to play is fine by me

    1. Football Heaven
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      *brags hoping no one will notice*

      1. Annie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        link your amazing team...

        1. Football Heaven
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/entry/145054/history I’ve calculated AWB and bonus btw

          1. Annie
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Have you included the hit?

            1. Annie
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 7 months ago

              Rhetorical, you haven't. You also wouldn't have 20 more points for captaining Hazard.

    2. MTPockets
        5 years, 7 months ago

        *plays tiny violin*

      • jtreble
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Link?

        1. Football Heaven
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/entry/145054/history I’ve calculated AWB and bonus as well

      • jia you
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        If your uncle didn't have those wonderful balls, I'd kind of fancy sticking one in him!

    3. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Best keeper for 5.0m or under?

      Have DDG and despite the decent upcoming fixtures, he has not been great.

      1. We Will Klopp you
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Patricio or Hennessey for now

        1. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          What about Foster? Dubravka?

          1. Limbo
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Dubravka needs a couple more weeks. NFC will finally come out of their wretched run of fixtures.

          2. We Will Klopp you
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Foster doesn't make enough saves and Watford have been solid but are still conceding 1 goal a game, poor option imo and too early for any Newcastle defensive options atm, could easily concede in each of the next 3, plus wouldn't be keen on paying the extra 0.5m for him.

      2. MattysFantasyFooty
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        At this moment in time probably henessey imo

        1. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          The temptation is there but I already have AWB/Tomkins/Zaha.

          Tomkins will get moved on, but not this week. Thanks though!

        2. Limbo
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Yeah. He's in a good defensive unit with nice fixtures.

      3. Tempestic
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Vorm xD

    4. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      You have to love people who brag about high scores and don’t link their team 🙂 I get not linking to keep your participation here a dirty little secret from ML rivals but if you’re going to brag about points then front up with a team link!

      1. MattysFantasyFooty
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        I wish Ffs made it mandatory

    5. Sergio AGUEROOOOO
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Best Mkh replacement?

      Fraser or Maddison ?

      Fraser would be the knee jerk but does he play high up the pitch and get shots away often or today lucky?

      1. Podge
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        richarlison says hi

        1. Sergio AGUEROOOOO
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          He's my Walcott replacement haha

    6. The Alli Way
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Best way to get Hazard in?

      I have 3 Chelsea already.... so either WC or -4....

      Ederson (Stekelen)
      Alonso Robertson Mendy WBA (Peltier)
      Salah Mane Moura Pedro (Kante)
      Aguero King (Kamara)

      1. La Roja
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        PEdro Mane ➡ Fraser Hazard

      2. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        See how midweek goes.

    7. Football Heaven
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      hands up who captained Aguero over hazard?

      1. El Matador
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        What about people who captained Alonso ahead of both?

      2. Tempestic
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        meeeeeeeeeeeeee

      3. The Pesci challenge
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah and I would do it again as well. Hazard isn’t going to get a hat trick every week, I’m just enjoying the points and giving myself a pat on the back for doing mane to hazard this week.

      4. jia you
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Kaku over Hazard...a glimmer of hope I guess

      5. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Mee and it feels horrible.It was a 50-50 move before then gw .Aguero injury was unfortunate but missing out on captaining a hazard hattrick(rare occurence) hurts

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

      Fraser still flagged, Ings not. Love it!

    9. squ1rrel
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Disaster of a week, knee-jerked a -4. How does it look now?

      Ederson
      Alonso - Mendy - Robbo - PvA
      Hazard - Mane - Ozil - Fraser
      Aguero - Ings

      Hamer - Steve Cook - Guendouzi - Kamara

      2.4 ITB

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        ings doesn't play next gw

        1. squ1rrel
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          why? is he not playing monday either?

          1. fedolefan
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            He can't play Liverpool. He can play on Monday.

            1. squ1rrel
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 7 months ago

              oh because of parent club

    10. Prison Mike
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Anyone else not getting AWB’s points off the bench... Feels bad

      1. Holmes
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Moi, unless Bennett disappears

      2. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Hopefully most have Robbo in front of him.

      3. SpaceCadet
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Need a Bennett no show

      4. MTPockets
          5 years, 7 months ago

          I've made my peace with only getting his points when they're negative.

        • Ohh1454
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Ya Bennett better get a clean sheet

        • MattysFantasyFooty
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Mkhis cameo stop me from getting TAA second sub off the bench for Mendy really annoying he’s getting punted this gw

        • HNI
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Mendy 0 and bisska coming on. Mendy would have probably ended with 9pts too after customary 2 assists 😉

        • AzzaroMax99
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          3rd on the bench 🙁

          1. AzzaroMax99
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Unless Doherty gets sick or something 😀

        • Limbo
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          As many who have Mendy I'd guess. Nice 9pt boost. At least I got a Pereira assist.

        • Zalk
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Played him over Mkhi becuase Huddersfield hadn't scored at home yet. Still haven't...

        • Tommo1888
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          I’m getting Wan’s points , but I’ve got Fraser second place on bench . Pray docherty doesn’t play tomorrow !!!

          1. AzzaroMax99
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            This! Doherty pauses, AWB in 😀

          2. Schafsalat
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            I got Fraser second on bench as well...with Mkhi coming on for Mendy and almost 0 chance of any other player not playing (only Tosun and Patricio left)...sad story.

      5. jia you
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Playing PvA and feeling obliged to bench AWB is proving rather annoying!
        Barring future issues Paddy will be leaving my team!!

      6. HNI
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        People like me who went Kun captain over Hazard how are you coping with the missed opportunity? Do you feel it was right decision knowing Kun had more shots on target in first 4gw and fulham had worse defence than cardiff? 20pts is ridiculous though! Please share inputs :O

        1. Tempestic
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          I'm okay with it. It was a tough call and I reckon Aguero would have gotten close to that score if it weren't for the early sub.

        2. Pumpkinhead
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          I'm just happy I brought him in

          1. Tempestic
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            this

        3. Desperately Seeking Dusan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          I wouldn’t beat yourself up. How often does Haz get hat tricks vs complete trolling? Not often vs Kun when Kin gets regular starts. You played the odds but in the same way you can have a weighted coin that will come up heads most of the time, there will still be occasionans when it comes up tails. Play the odds sensibly over the season and you’ll win!

          1. jia you
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Agree to a degree mate but I watch a hell of a lot of football and after watching Hazard at the WC I just thought hell this man has entered a new level!

        4. My heart goes Salalalalah
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Have a beer man. Kun captain was never a mistake

        5. Baines on Toast...
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          These things happen. No point over analysing.

        6. Canary_Kid
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Capped Kun over haz, but I mean your not, not gonna cap Kun at home to Fulham are you? Just got unlucky.

        7. AzzaroMax99
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          No one in my ML captained Haz so I'm ok with that. 🙂

        8. Rash
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Be happy you own him would be my input on it.

        9. Cok3y5murf
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          I was slightly considering Hazard since Warnock said he won't park the bus, and evidently didn't against Arsenal either.

          But I didn't expect Fulham to park it either and they didn't, and they've looked very shaky from the start, so I was always leaning more towards Aguero with his ownership as well. So can't complain. Captaincy is annoying

          1. HNI
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Do you have link where Warnock said he wont park bus vs Chelsea. I asked before and couldnt find it.

              1. HNI
                • 11 Years
                5 years, 7 months ago

                Thanks a lot. Had work so dint get time to google it. Hopefully more time next saturday morning

        10. HNI
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Thank you for your inputs guys. Especially as most of you had similar faith. I should look at glass full that I got hazard for -4 this gw and he rewarded. Plus best start of fpl season for me. Always have slow start of half million and end up around 10k. Hope to break 1k this time 🙂

      7. Desperately Seeking Dusan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        The most damning indictment I can give Man U is that I can’t even be bothered to watch them. I mean, I hated that Ferguson team of Ince, Keane, Cantona etc but I’d always watch them, to hope they were beaten of course but I knew the game would be exciting. I am totally ambivalent towards them now.

        1. MTPockets
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Fair - I hadn't even considered watching that game.

        2. sweglet
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          mane and mkhi -> haz and fraser

          or

          salah and kamara -> haz and wilson

          both for a -4 need haz

          1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            First

        3. Bruno Bruno!!
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          88 points after bonus with Patricio left, could be better

          1. Pigsinblankets
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Humble brag, good score!

          2. HNI
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Should give small green regardless

          3. HNI
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            What made you give captaincy to hazard. Was it punt like those Mendy C before or calculations?

        4. Chi not God
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          I saw all the buzz about captaining aguero , but I went hazard instead, and I own both. Super happy with that move ..
          just take all you can from this site and make your own decisions.

          1. SUPER 11
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Very true.

        5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          scouting lukaku

          if aguero is injured then he will be coming in at home to wolves

          1. Zilla
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            What? Who said that Kun is injured?

            1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
              • 13 Years
              5 years, 7 months ago

              he went off limping, guess it's not serious but never know with kun

          2. Desperately Seeking Dusan
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Lol, as much as I think Lukaku is a troll, I was thinking the same because at some point Kun is going to be a real rotation risk. But I can’t bring myself to watch Man U so I’ll probably just go Vardy.

          3. Superflymonk
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Aguero was taken off cuz of injury?

        6. Pigsinblankets
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Exact cash to do Salah, Bilva and Hudson Odoi to Hazard, D Silva and Maddison (-4).

          Have Mane and also allows me to have at least one starting bench player (likely WB or Robertson depending on the game)

          Thoughts?

          1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            good moves

          2. Tempestic
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Rich over Maddison?

          3. Klein
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            I own maddison but why now? He scored a pen which probably vardy would have taken had he not been subbed?

          4. lilmessipran
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            getting rid of salah before soton?

        7. Canary_Kid
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          66 before baps, how does that compare with everyone?

          1. squ1rrel
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            I have 38 before baps here 🙁 🙁 🙁

          2. Goat
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            54. With 2 to play

        8. Ohh1454
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          How did vardy look today ?

        9. Rash
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Looking forward to selling Bilva this week.

          1. jtreble
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Clever. :).

        10. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          63 all out. Decent with no Hazard or Fraser!

          1. EMERGING STAR
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Who got you points? I am on 55 even with Fraser and King

        11. pundit of punts
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          If I'd have WCed, I'd have done TAA + Mkhi ➡ Alonso + Ghezzal for -4. LOL

          Thank God I twisted on that idea.

          1. pundit of punts
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            *I wouldn't have WCed

            1. Limbo
              • 13 Years
              5 years, 7 months ago

              Oh. haha 🙂 Carry on.

          2. Limbo
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            That's not how a WC works.

        12. Rocky FPL
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Dilva / Moura / Pogba?

        13. crazyyapper
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          wc team. any other suggestions?

          hennessey
          alonso mendy robertson
          mane hazard richarlison fraser
          auba kun wilson

          bench: hamer, awb, billings, bennet

        14. davies
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Is it stupid to have this as a front 8?

          Salah Hazard Maddison Richarlison Fraser
          Aguero Mitrovic Ings

          1. MattysFantasyFooty
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Bench headache every week not a fan

          2. Hazz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Yeah you'd be a total idiot to have that as a front 8... /s

          3. Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Not at all

        15. tvz32
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          53 after baps with no hazard or fraser. Respectable?

          1. EMERGING STAR
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Of course

        16. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Watch out for my knee.

          But: salah, gylfi, Walcott to mane hazard, Fraser for minus eight OR wait and do it for minus four next week?

        17. Ojpsan1
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Mane and pedro to Maddison and Hazard for - 4?

          Have exact atm, guessing hazard will rise after this. Also have Salah for pool cover

          1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            13m for cover is too much, I prefer mane but that's just me