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The seventh match of a goal-filled Saturday takes place at the Etihad, as league leaders Manchester City face Watford.

Kick-off is at 17:30 GMT.

Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero are joined in a front three by Riyad Mahrez, who replaces the injured Kevin De Bruyne in the City starting XI.

Bernardo Silva drops back into central midfield to take the place of the sidelined Belgian.

Vincent Kompany deputises for the injured John Stones in defence, while Aymeric Laporte is fit enough for a place on the bench.

Leroy Sane is also among the substitutes.

Javi Gracia has rotated heavily for the trip to Manchester, making seven changes in all.

Kiko Femenia, Miguel Britos, Christian Kabasele, Adam Masina, Tom Cleverley, Isaac Success and Andre Gray all come into the side, as Adrian Mariappa, Craig Cathcart, Jose Holebas, Will Hughes, Roberto Pereyra, Troy Deeney and Gerard Deulofeu make way.

Ben Foster, Daryl Janmaat, Etienne Capoue and Abdoulaye Doucoure are the only Watford players to keep their places.

Pep Guardiola’s side won the reverse fixture 2-1 back in December, when Mahrez registered his highest FPL score of the season (13 points).

Aguero was transferred in by over 125,000 Fantasy managers ahead of this Gameweek, despite City being without a fixture in Gameweek 31.

The Argentinean striker is the second-most-popular captaincy pick of this weekend, having been handed the armband by over 1.45 million FPL bosses.

Manchester City XI (4-3-3): Ederson, Walker, Kompany, Otamendi, Zinchenko, Bernardo Silva, Gündogan, Silva, Mahrez, Agüero, Sterling.

Watford XI (4-4-2): Foster, Janmaat, Britos, Kabasele, Masina, Kiko Femenia, Cleverley, Capoue, Doucoure, Success, Gray.

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

    Hi.....how does this sound??

    Sterling jiminez and Doherty to mane vardy and ake - 4.

    Give me 11 for the blank and free hit 32.....

    Lose 0.5m on jiminez and 0.2 on Doherty

    Current squad is

    Fab stek
    Robbo Pereira Doherty yedlin bednarek
    Salah sterling hazard pog Anderson
    Jiminez rondon kamara

    Thanks

    1. AYLD28
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      I like

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

    Vardy or Wilson for gw31?

    1. Dead Lift
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Both!

    2. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Depends on what you’d do with extra cash but I’d go for Vardy if not sacrificing elsewhere

  3. Dead Lift
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    I got Vardy and Maddison this week for free, already had Sterling but didn't captain him. 61 points with Salah(c) and Robbo left. Really happy after 3 consecutive amazingly poor GWs with under 40 points!

    1. #FPLBhuna
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      wow amaxing well done!!!!

      1. Dead Lift
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Thanx mate.

    2. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Nice well played

      1. Dead Lift
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks!

  4. Uppercut Panda - A legend i…
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    vardy over higuain right?

    1. SADIO SANÉ
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      ask again tomorrow 😀

    2. Dead Lift
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Let's see Higuain tomorrow first but right!

    3. AYLD28
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Both

  5. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone done worse than 5 from 5.

    Dropping from 46k to 84k

    1. Monya Meow Meow
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      10 from 6 here...

    2. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Fab Schär AWB Son Anderson? Own them 5 but I had Sterling Vardy Rondón aswel which made up for it

      1. Bruno Bruno!!
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        9(-4)

        Fab, Brooks, Anderson, Arnie, Chillwell

    3. Midlands Saint73
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      6 from 5 here

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

    If you would lose £0.5 per player when selling and you plan FH-buy them back for GW32, would you sell Pogba and Rashford now?

    1. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Do you want Rashford on FH? I’m keeping Pogba but losing Rashford and not likely to get him back in

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

        Yeah, you are right, not getting Rashford back...

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

          PS. I think I have to sell Pogba in order to afford Vardy.

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

    44 with Salah, Mane, Pogba, Higuain, Robertson and David Luiz left.

    Normally I always go with the safe captains. Last weeks I went once for Rondon and this week I went for Vardy. It's paying off 🙂

  8. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Planning to ship Schär Son Sterling and Jimenez for an 8 point hit to get 11 out next week, which option looks best?

    A. Pereira Mane Hazard Wilson
    B. TAA Fraser Hazard Higuaín

    Cheers

    1. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      I like A but not sure on pereira

    2. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Perhaps Ake over Pereira?

      1. THFC4LIFE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Good shout. Think the -8 will pay off over 31/33?

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

          Yes I do

          1. THFC4LIFE
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 5 months ago

            Cheers mate

  9. FDMS All Starz
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Which combo is better? With 32FH

    A) Vardy & Hayden (free / 8players GW31)

    B) Vardy & Brooks & H.Barnes (-4 / 9players GW3)

    C) Wilson & Fraser & Maddison (-4 / 9players GW3)

    D) Wilson & Maddison (free / 8players GW31)

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      I like C

    2. Dead Lift
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      D

  10. Midlands Saint73
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone doing worse than 6 from 5?

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

      Yes. Look above

    2. MTPockets
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Jurgen Flopp #Bottlejob

    3. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      I'm on 2 from 3 ....

  11. The Mighty Whites
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Tielemans or H Barnes?

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

      Barnes

  12. Iceball
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Currently have 8 players for gw31. Jimenez Sterling AWB for Vardy Mane Ake for a hit?

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Looks good to me

  13. Ibracadebruyne
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Best 4.5 mid for gw 31?

    Cheers!

    1. Fantasy Premington
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Westwood

      1. Ibracadebruyne
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        4.6

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

    Salah to Sterling last week paid off this week. Hopefully the second part of the equation ,Son to Mane this week pays off tomorrow.

    1. fr3d
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      😮

  15. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Someone in FFS towers finally succumbed to temptation & pushed the big red button labelled “DO NOT PUSH”

      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Exactly what I envisioned 🙂

  16. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Non-Sterling owner support group. We will get better!

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Loads in that boat. He's not that highly owned.

      1. TheSteel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        You must not be one of two arch rivals who mollywhopped me today

  17. Twenty million comments
    Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    If you weren't aware, the site has now reached 20,000,000 comments since the first with this comment system 8 years and 5 months ago: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/1

    This great milestone would was passed yesterday with the help of an excellent contribution from PRESSDPM: https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/20000000

    Congratulations PRESSDPM. You're a legend.

    1. how now brown cow
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Shame about the answer:)

    2. MTPockets
      7 years, 5 months ago

      A million of those were asking whether the FH uses up FT

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

        If only they listened to WR http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/16532476

        1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          Clicked on this HT thinking it was about KiwiVillain on his chip strategy.

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

            Hahaha

      2. FOMFF
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Does it?

    3. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      That's crazy

    4. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      #makePRESSDPMfamous

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

      The 19 millionth comment is ace https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19000000

      1. Mika-eel
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Ha 🙂

    6. FPL Virgin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Where's Mark?

      This must have blown him away to see this.

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

        Sitting in the top 1K.
        Just another day regarding comment numbers.

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

          Such a party pooper

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

      Wow. Amazing that Foster has been a regular in RMTs for eight years.

    8. The Tinkerman
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Whilst this is a hot topic, worth mentioning again that on iOS, using safari, I cannot see any comments on FFS anymore, aside from the posts I comment on myself.

      Works fine if I switch to chrome

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        email geoff

      2. FPL DONKEY
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Also, when I load this site on my phone (Chrome on Android) I don't get the mobile optimized version any more, I get the desktop version. It's been like this for a few weeks.

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

          Green button in the bottom left corner should switch it back

    9. Dr Funk
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      So that's 20 million comments that aren't related to the topic thread they were posted on.

  18. 420king
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Looks like my captain will fail to outscore my VC for the 7th time in a row....
    Buying A. Smith turned out well too... FML

    1. Flaming Flamingo
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Hmm, maybe captain a blanker next week then?

      1. 420king
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Good idea 😆

        1. Flaming Flamingo
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          Smith transfer was just plain unlucky. Hopefully Hazard makes up for it next week after I bring him in 😉

          1. 420king
            • 12 Years
            7 years, 5 months ago

            Hopefully!

  19. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Which decidedly average midfielder for GW31/33?

    Siggy, Rich, Felipe, Maddison, Barnes, Tielemans, Pedro, Willian...

    None are overly exciting - Felipe has the plum fixture but he may not even start now after being given the curly finger on 45 mins

    1. MTPockets
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Not Anderson. One of the Leicester guys probably

    2. Flaming Flamingo
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Neither Barnes or Sigurdsson are average midfielders imo. So, one of them I guess 😛

  20. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    TAA (C) score predictions ?

    1. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      4 or 12 imo. Double Liverpool defence here

    2. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      12 x 2

    3. Flaming Flamingo
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      4

  21. Danstoke82
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Current team;

    Alisson
    Robertson Laschelles* Chilwell
    Salah Anderson Brooks Puncheon
    Vardy Jimenez* Aguero*

    Subs; Speroni Pogba Bednarek Doherty

    4.4ITB

    These moves yay or nay?

    Doherty + Jimenez > Clyne + Wilson?

    Will give me 10 players for 31 and 33 (laschelles probably injures). Plan to FH in 32.

  22. Jaok
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Ok plan? Should I focus on other players?

    Fabianski steele
    Azpi Robbo Doherty Lascelles Pereira
    Salah Son pogba barnes sterling
    Rashford Jimenez kamara

    Sterling + Son + Rashford - > Hazard + Mane + Wilson

    Leaves me with 10 players.

  23. Lucky Z
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Will Son drop tonight? Have exact funds for Son Kun => Hazard Higuain.

  24. Rinseboy
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    so for next week I have
    Salah Mane Rondon and King.
    Who are the next 3 essential attackers to get for a -4?

    Vardy Hazard and Fraser?

    1. AYLD28
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      I’d say so

      1. Rinseboy
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        or Lanzini over Fraser?

        1. AYLD28
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          West Ham are terrible mate, wouldn’t even bother

  25. Old Wulfrunian
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Score check?20 with Kun(c).

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      40 with HAZ (c)

    2. Pras (FPL)
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      64 - Sterling (c) and Vardy doing the business...

    3. Iceball
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      28 from 5.

    4. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      63!

    5. MTPockets
      7 years, 5 months ago

      18

    6. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      66 from 6

    7. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      53 from 8 Salah(c)

    8. MGD
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      12 from 6. Salah C...

    9. Annie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      71

      1. how now brown cow
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Blimey

    10. Old Wulfrunian
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      thanks all.Some great scores.

    11. Mo Mané No Problems
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      66 from 6
      Sterling(C) and Vardy party

  26. Hy liverpool
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Pick two from
    A. Lanzini HUDD che
    B. Siggy CHE ARS
    C. Barnes LEI bou

    1. Pras (FPL)
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      A, C

      1. Hy liverpool
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers

    2. AYLD28
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Not the West Ham player

  27. Fantasy Premington
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Sterling gonna rise?

    1. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Dont risk it, get him in NOW

      1. AYLD28
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Lol

  28. Moderately content penguin
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone else planning on keeping the Great Rondo after 33?

    Pretty much all my smart moves have gone pear shaped recently but the dumb swap out of Rash for Rondo in 27 has been dead jammy.

  29. Lumberjack
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Son on -69, Hazard on +69...safe to leave the transfer till tomorrow??

    1. Pras (FPL)
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      You have to. Haz could get injured tomorrow.

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

        Agree, got enough to cover a change anyway...thanks

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

      Seen stranger things happen.

  30. Drogo
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Question. If I make a transfer before activating the FH-card will it be cancelled?

    1. Dead Lift
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Yes

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

      Yup