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Double Gameweek 32 comes to a head on Wednesday evening with three Premier League matches that all kick off at 19:45 BST.

Crystal Palace are the visitors to Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium, while Manchester City and Chelsea host Cardiff City and Brighton and Hove Albion respectively.

The headline team news at the Etihad sees Pep Guardiola make seven changes, with Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva and David Silva among the players to drop to the bench.

Kyle Walker and Ilkay Gündogan are also among the substitutes, while Nicolas Otamendi drops out of the match-day squad.

Guardiola had previously ruled Sergio Aguero out of tonight’s match, so it is no shock to see Gabriel Jesus leading the line for City.

Leroy Sane and Riyad Mahrez will flank the Brazilian, while there is a first Premier League start of the season for Phil Foden.

Fernandinho, John Stones and Danilo are also recalled.

Neil Warnock has made only one change, with Harry Arter being replaced in the starting XI by Joe Ralls.

Maurizio Sarri has matched Guardiola in making seven alterations.

Eden Hazard returns to the Chelsea starting XI following his benching at Cardiff on Sunday, while there is a full Premier League debut for Callum Hudson-Odoi.

Gonzalo Higuain makes way for Olivier Giroud, while Emerson Palmieri replaces the injured Marcos Alonso.

N’Golo Kante, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Andreas Christensen are recalled as Willian, Pedro, Ross Barkley, Mateo Kovacic and Antonio Rudiger drop out.

Chris Hughton has made four changes, the most eye-catching of which sees the fit-again Florin Andone replace Glenn Murray up front.

Solly March, Bruno and Gaetan Bong all start at the expense of Anthony Knockaert, Martin Montoya and Bernardo.

Son Heung-min returns to the Spurs starting XI, replacing Lucas Moura in the Lilywhites’ attack.

Ben Davies is preferred to Davinson Sanchez in Mauricio Pochettino’s only other change.

Roy Hodgson has brought Cheikhou Kouyate, James McArthur and Martin Kelly into his starting XI and benched Scott Dann, Max Meyer and Andros Townsend.

That means Jeffrey Schlupp will move even further upfield on the left of a front three, with Wilfried Zaha switching to the right flank.

Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Luiz, Emerson, Kante, Jorginho, Loftus-Cheek, Hudson-Odoi, Giroud, Hazard.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Ryan, Bruno, Duffy, Dunk, Bong, Bissouma, Stephens, Propper, March, Andone, Jahanbakhsh.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Zinchenko, Stones, Laporte, Danilo, Fernandinho, Foden, De Bruyne, Sane, Mahrez, Jesus.

Cardiff City XI: Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Manga, Bennett, Gunnarsson, Ralls, Camarasa, Murphy, Hoilett, Niasse.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Trippier, Sissoko, Eriksen, Rose, Alli, Son, Kane.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Wan-Bissaka, Tomkins, Kelly, Van Aanholt, Kouyate, Milivojevic, McArthur, Zaha, Batshuayi, Schlupp.

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  1. Yank Revolution
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Sick Hugo save

  2. McSauce
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    FFS Cardiff

  3. Calderano FC
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    You're going for a title and there are empty seats everywhere. Is that not mental?

    1. grumpyman
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Plastic club.

  4. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    77 points on FH DGW 😎

    So crap at this. Thanks (K)ane!

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Not bad

  5. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Niasse you fool!

  6. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Dammit cmon Cardiff 🙁

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      No, still waiting for my Luiz goal

  7. tm245
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Benteke wide.

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Benteke tall

      1. tm245
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Benteke slow

        1. Differentiator
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Benteke rich

    2. TheBrazilianRonaldo
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Bentekaway

  8. The Tinkerman
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Higuain useless. Big mistake not going with Zaha and not upgrading 4th mid to Son or Eriksen. Oh well, hindsight is 20:20.

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah, agree. That and DSilva over Laporte!

    2. Regin
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Fully agree with u. I did the same bug mistake. Higuain the new f Torres.

  9. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Pep allergic to substitutes?

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

      He's playing the B team. Why sub them off?

  10. Geezer
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Any chance Higuain starts next match?

    1. some witty pun
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      50/50 I think, Giroud certainly the player on form

    2. The Tinkerman
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      I guess he will, given the rest here. Although he was useless last game.

      1. The Tinkerman
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Giroud has been playing with the better wingers though, so maybe a harsh comparison.

  11. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Champions of England, yet the ground is like a morgue, full of empty seats. Embarrassing.

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Money can’t by you love

      1. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        I know a girl called Chantelle.

  12. Regin
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Anybody who has Higuain in their team is an absolute idiot. That includes me.

    1. MGD
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      o/

    2. some witty pun
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      I chose Batshuayi over Jimenez mate

  13. Niho992
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Eriksen with 1 goal and 2 assists top player of the GW. Pretty low standards those days

  14. JohnnyMagrinho
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Ederson, Laporte and Walker for 40 points.

    Aguero, Sterling and D. Silva for 16 points.

    To be honest it wasn't even that bad a move on paper to go all City defence on FH.

    If you were dead set on them getting a CS in both games, or thought there was a high % chance of it happening Laporte and Ederson was surely a decent shout.

    Walker would be a tad lucky as he was brought on as a sub after 15 minutes.

    Even Hudson-Odoi was a better pick than David Silva this week. That's quite funny.

    1. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Easy to say with hindsight. I expected loads more goals =[

      1. JohnnyMagrinho
        7 years, 4 months ago

        I'm not saying anything with hindsight.......

        I'm just saying Pep rotates. It's easy to think Aguero and Sterling will play both when history tells us there's a good chance they're both rotated.

        I'm just saying if you think ONE CS is a good chance, then go all in on it.

        That's a perfectly legitimate strategy to employ. Don't see what hindsight has to do with that logic whatsoever. Because it doesn't.

        I wouldn't have ever stretched to three City DEFs due to rotation. Most I would have done was Ederson and Laporte, but I fancied at least one of Cardiff or Fulham to actually try and play football against them and maybe I dunno, attempt getting a corner or free kick. Apparently no-one tries to score against City anymore so that was wishful thinking.

    2. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Yep hilarious

    3. Legendary!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      I blame Pogba/Higuain for missing out on Laporte's points. Didnt want to take him out - BUT if i had the balls i would have gotten in Mili and Laporte or Jimmy/Laporte

  15. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    so frustrating.....nevermind there s always next week !

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      *year

    2. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Can’t wait for this week to be over haha

  16. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Kane blank in a DGW, who'd have thought it!

  17. IRBOX ⚽
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Who are people getting as auto subs for Aguero and Sterling?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      😉

    2. Mysterion
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      CHO & McTommy

    3. Stupendous
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Please tell me you are joking. Not really that funny either way but fair play.

    4. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      David Silva 🙂

      1. IRBOX ⚽
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Nice

  18. Rainer
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Higuain now an option for BGW33?

    Well rested.

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

      Nope.

      1. Geezer
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Would you sell if you had him?

        1. JIMMY TUGGINS
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          I would.

        2. Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          I have him, have 12 players for GW33 so am thinking of selling him for Vardy

        3. EMBOLOFAN
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          no way

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      MOST DEFINITELY NOT

  19. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    City have really dissapointed these 2 games. I know lots of games coming up but being played like a training match

  20. Peter Ouch
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Etihad is empty.

    This is RIDICULOUS.
    Those fans deserve nothing at all

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Emptihad

    2. Vinyl78LP
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Now rivaling that match in the late 90's when only 3k turned up. But every City fan I meet tells me they were there.

  21. Rainer
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Zaha now denied.

    Palace getting closer...

    1. Effe
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      I’d Iove a Palace goal. AWB assist ideally

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Schlupp goal and its a deal.

  22. Totalfootball
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Torres finally having a good week

  23. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Lloris 2 fab saves in 2 mins. Really good stops

  24. Tsparkes10
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    H-Odoi first on my bench scores 4 more than Hig :). Noicee

    1. Mysterion
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Plot twist... Higuain was the enabler

  25. Rainer
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    90th minute drama needed! 😮

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

      It's coming.

  26. Yank Revolution
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Son back in the Bap convo (on for 2)

  27. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Still no Higgy Sterling !!!!!!!!

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      🙁

    2. denial
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      All Chelsea subs made

  28. Duke Silver ☑
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Save point Guaita. It's the little things.

  29. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Even an appearance point for Sterling Pep !

    1. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Snap

  30. Eddie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Give Sterling a minute.

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      not happening

    2. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      pft!