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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. Rust Cohle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Selfish Jesus

  2. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    How the hell dont you pass to raheem there you nob

    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Maybe because he knows Raheem can't finish.

      1. Zilla
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Should know he can't too

      2. drughi
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        year 2015 want their comment back

        1. Royal5
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Well, the jerkstore called

          1. Yank Revolution
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            And they want Drughi back? 😉

    2. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Want to score
      Captained himself in FPL

  3. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Jesus should have passed to Sterling

  4. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Well done to aguero tc cappers !!

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      You're not allowed say well done!

      1. My Name Is Prince
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Haha this!

    2. HVT
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      And Sterling TC?

    3. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Oh stop it !!

      Oh ok keep going

    4. My Name Is Prince
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      *Conratulations

  5. drughi
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Jesus you mug, get lost

  6. Ray Kinsella
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Badly let down by the Scout this week, Sané was a bad tip and it’s cost me dearly. All my mini leagu have Aguero as captain and even as triple captain.

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Did they pick your team?

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Pick your own team 🙂

    3. shearer9
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Can't expect to be spoon fed.

    4. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Shouldn't give out your FPL password then, you could have picked your own team.

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

      The game week isn’t over yet.

    6. Granville
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Sane will start against Everton.

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

    Quick question if I may:

    I have Aguero as VC and Sane as C. If Sane doesn’t play against Arsenal, but plays against Everton, will he be captain for the whole GW25?

    1. Dacra
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Yes.

    2. MTPockets
        5 years, 3 months ago

        yes

      • Ray Kinsella
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Yes

      • the Penman
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Yes, unfortunately.

      • Garlana
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Yes

      • TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        yes

    3. shearer9
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Been top of my ML for a couple months but my main rivals have C'd and TC'd Aguero respectively, while I don't have him. This feels season defining, unless I can somehow find a better opportunity to TC later in the season...

      1. AndyCook
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Should have blocked them - play smart or mini leagues is your goal

          1. shearer9
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            By block them you mean get Aguero in myself? Neither of them had him before this week, yet they both had Sterling which is why I got him in and captained.

        • Ghost Gooner
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Salah v Fulham

          1. shearer9
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Yeah or HUD I'm thinking.

      2. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Arsenal are bad, but Everton are worse.......

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

        Aguero EO?

        1. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          70%

        2. TorresMagic™
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          • 14 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          70 odd

      4. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        KDB cramp

        1. how now brown cow
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          He's not been that bad

      5. BARIO MALOTELLI
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Tc Sane managers unite. Pray

        1. Jolly Good
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Cry

        2. Ask Yourself
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Hat trick vs Everton incoming ffs

          1. BARIO MALOTELLI
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Pray for that game lad i will

      6. Syd.
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        KDB down with a bit of Cramp and then subbed off

      7. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Mahrez on

      8. Cookie Kid
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Looks like Sane isn’t making an appearance today

        1. g40steve
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          He may get a bad cold before Everton game 😉

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

        KDB off cramp
        Mahrez on

      10. Sandy Ravage
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        KDB OFF
        Mahrez ON

      11. BIG TONES
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Surprised no Sane minutes.

      12. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Mahrez on
        KDB off

      13. Bury94
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I'm sure I'm not the only one in this situation, but only having Sane and captaining him is heartbreaking

        1. DAZZ
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Sameeeee mate your not the only one

        2. Not again Shirley
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Nope you’re not the only one. We have been royally shafted.

        3. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          probably a ten min cameo Weds

        4. el polako
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Try wasting your TC on him

      14. Rik Waller
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Putting TC on a player that gets 0 mins in the first game would go down as a fail right?

        1. MTPockets
            5 years, 3 months ago

            yeah

          • TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Depends on the 2nd one.

          • Zladan
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            possibly

          • Sim Simma
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            He could score a hat-trick against Everton

            1. Not again Shirley
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              He won’t though will be.

          • Cilly Bonnolly
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Depends what happens in the second game.

          • teknicolourfox
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Not if he gets 15 to 20 points next game?

        2. Shultan
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Ffs mahrez coming on

        3. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Sane massive fail.A sgw now

          1. RAFA THE GAFFA
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Yeah. And I dropped Haz for him!

            1. Werkself
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Don't think you're alone there.

            2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Yeah wasted 2 transfers to get him instead of son and capped

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

          I think Pep saw that people put Sane captain and he just screw with us at this point...

        5. lifes a pitch
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          What percentage of players capped Aguero??

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

            35% Hardly surprising as Kun and dgw always glitter especially after haz Salah Kane has sgws

        6. UKG
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Disaster Gameweek from my city assets thanks to the bald fraud. All those weeks Sané has been starting....

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

          I guess the hokey cokey was worth the money and FTs it would have lost me... god dammit

          Can only hope for a Salah(c) haul and nothing from Aguero in the second match

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

            Don't think you have seen Everton defend this season. Fact that kun subbed shows he will start vs eve

        8. Weasel Boy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Sane please dont play Wednesday

        9. RAFA THE GAFFA
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Pray for Sane our the squad mid week

          1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Similar state.Not happening tho

            1. RAFA THE GAFFA
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Knock in training

        10. mitro
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          honestly would take one sane goal vs everton now

          1. Ask Yourself
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            No need 2 at least or 1 and 2 assists. Today has been unacceptable

            1. Werkself
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Unacceptable? You should talk to someone in customer service.