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Sane benched but Aguero and Sterling start in City’s first DGW fixture

The first of two Manchester City matches in Double Gameweek 25 kicks off at 16:30 GMT this afternoon, with Arsenal the visitors to the Etihad.

Leroy Sane (£9.8m) has been benched for only the second time in 13 Gameweeks, though Raheem Sterling (£11.3m), Sergio Aguero (£11.4m), David Silva (£8.5m), Bernardo Silva (£7.6m) and Kevin De Bruyne (£9.7m) all start.

Danilo (£5.1m), John Stones (£5.2m), Riyad Mahrez (£8.3m) and Gabriel Jesus (£10.0m) are among the substitutes for the hosts.

Sane was the second-most-popular triple captaincy choice of this Gameweek, with 26,429 Fantasy managers using this chip on the German winger.

Aguero and Sterling were the first and third-most-popular choices for the triple captaincy this weekend.

City still have Everton to face at Goodison Park on Wednesday, of course.

Pep Guardiola’s formation is still to be determined, with City’s line-up missing an orthodox left-back and seemingly set to use Bernardo in a wide role.

Alexandre Lacazette (£9.3m) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.2m) are once again paired up front for Arsenal today, with Unai Emery reverting to a wing-back system for the trip to Eastlands.

Mesut Ozil (£8.0m) is joined by Denis Suarez (£6.5m) on the away bench, with Laurent Koscielny (£5.4m) returning from injury in defence.

Granit Xhaka (£5.3m) misses out with a slight groin problem.

Manchester City XI (4-3-3, tbc): Ederson, Walker, Laporte, Otamendi, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Silva, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Sterling, Aguero.

Arsenal XI (3-4-3): Leno, Koscielny, Mustafi, Monreal, Kolasinac, Guendouzi, Torreira, Lichtsteiner, Iwobi, Lacazette, Aubameyang.

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  1. AndyCook
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I find it odd TC gets talked about so much, we have double captain every week - even in a good double gameweek you might get 25 points or so extra, subtract that from the worst possible picks and it’s worth maybe a little over 20 points at best! Hardly season defining

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Bore off

        1. AndyCook
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Unbelievable that you get upvotes for this.

        2. Sim Simma
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          So you didn't TC Aguero then 🙂

          1. AndyCook
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Only got a draft league this year, saves me a lot of anguish

          2. BIG TONES
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Lol, this is sad. Just relax!

            1. AndyCook
                5 years, 4 months ago

                I’m making a point that the ‘mistake’ of not owning a player in the first place or not captaining a player are of the same magnitude as the ‘mistake’ of not triple captaining. I’m trying to educate, I don’t even have a regular side this year.

            2. Cilly Bonnolly
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Not sure why you're getting negative reactions. You're completely right.

            3. Garlana
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              If it isn't, why is my rank being buttf**ked?

              1. AndyCook
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  Becuase you don’t own him or didn’t captain him? The difference between captain and triple captain is small, between triple captain and not owning is massive.

              2. Bilbao Baggins
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                We play this game for the ups and downs. There is no bigger up that a hugggee captain score and a huge weekly score? I envy those Aguero cappers and triple captainers they will be on cloud9.

              3. Rash
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Is when I see all these aguero TC and I don't even own

            4. Maddi Son
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Need Aguero to be subbed and I think he'll start against Everton

              1. Guy Demel
                • 11 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                On this form he surely starts, gets the job done and comes off

            5. Revival
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Potential 100 point GW if Salah and Firmino get attacking returns

              1. gaurava1216
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Already on crossed 100 🙂 ( assuming Kun 3 bonus)
                Rank from 30k to 16k

                1. Bilbao Baggins
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  Wow incredible good effort. Not sure i would of captained Aguero if I owned him. I figured he would only play one game probably the (harder) one named Arsenal.

                  He is the greatest fantasy player of all time

              2. Snevitz
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                I'm on 104 at the moment which is nice

              3. Samwise
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                same here... 100 atm, without bonus

              4. Salah’s Sonnet
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                and out they come

                1. Snevitz
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  It was set up for me

                2. DandyDon
                  • 5 Years
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  Jesus I was having a great week on 56 before this game. One captain benching and Aguero hat trick later and my ranks gone from 800 to 2,500! Lowest since game week 5

            6. LǝgleSs e|even
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              effed...went with Sane instead of Aguero..

              1. DandyDon
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Same

            7. DA Minnion (Former great)
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Aguero killing my season.

              1. Salah’s Sonnet
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                how?

              2. Top Lad Dakes.
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Yup

              3. Webbinho
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Ditto. From 11k to 23k. 0pts from this game with sane capt.

            8. gaurava1216
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              We forgive Fantasy Gold now... 🙂

              1. One More Hit
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                How’s that Hazard situation working out now?

            9. TAT
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              from 79k to 131k now. Any chance of a decent OR went out the window this GW.

            10. Samwise
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              i wonder what the highest points will be this week... 153?

              1. Salah’s Sonnet
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                no

              2. SHOOTER MCGINN
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                178

            11. DaveZubie
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              If Sane doesn't play this game week is have Salah TC tomorrow night

              1. BIG TONES
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Sane could still play against Everton though?

              2. Garlana
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                He will play one of these games, no chance him not

              3. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                10 minute cameo in both games

            12. tm245
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              KDB is really good.

            13. Fred54
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Aguero captainer. 😀

              Main rival, Aguero TC'er. This game aye.

            14. Dirty Harry
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              who ever TC Aguero is feeeeeasting

            15. Rainer
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Get Sane on!!!!

              Can't be risking dirty jammy VTC's.

              1. Zladan
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Still another game to go this week for City.

            16. CloudSky
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Might make it over 30 if Sane gets subbed on.

            17. tm245
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Suarez and Ramsey on

            18. Sandy Ravage
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Ramsey & Suarez ON
              Iwobi & Kolasinac OFF

            19. NejiHyuuga01
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              GW25 dilemma: A)Hazard>Sane , B)Auba>Aguero
              Chose A)
              My spirit is broken

            20. Royal5
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Ramsey and Suarez twins?

            21. Dacra
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Should still be happy with Sterling (c), right?

              1. Crouching Tiger
                • 11 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                More than Sane(c)

            22. Oliver Reed
              • 13 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              85 with 5 players still to play for me so far..

              1. Les Bleus
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Nice. Do you post your bad scores too? 😉

              2. Salah’s Sonnet
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                and?

            23. TheTinman
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Just want Sane on for the 2pts

              1. mrodgers91
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                1 point surely. Or 4 or 6

                1. Rash
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  Captain points

            24. Top Lad Dakes.
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Auba do somethin good

              1. diesel001
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Auba is a goal hanger. But you can't be scoring goals as a goal hanger if the game is being played in your own defensive third.

            25. QueefParkRangers
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Top quality whinge and whine comments today.. keep them coming.

            26. Kszaq
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              well i know at last one happy man who tripled captain - Aguero. It will be around 150p points for one player... jeeeeeezzzzz - what a shot...

            27. FantaCity
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Kun C (or better still TC) looking like a season defining punt

            28. Salarrivederci
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Atleast I got Sterling (C) and not Sané, but damn it is such a bad feeling not to own Agüero.

              1. Salah’s Sonnet
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                it's not really

            29. Jon Snow
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              I wonder what Denis Suarez's puts on his skin, 25 but looks 18

              1. Hooky
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Oil of Unay

              2. Now I'm Panicking
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                6 months at Arsenal will sort that out

            30. Revival
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Sane > Son next week then and keep Aguero one more week. He loves scoring at home!!

            31. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              For those who brought in Aguero for a one week cameo will you be sticking to the plan??
              Or is it faq Aubameyang??

              1. Zladan
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                This hat trick may have changed things.

                Auba not really looked inspiring lately either.

            32. FFSbet.com
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Uff what a game,destroyed my OR with only Sane(C).