Dugout Discussion

Starts for Sterling, Aguero and Lacazette but Aubameyang misses out

Two Premier League fixtures take place this evening, bringing Double Gameweek 35 to a close.

Wolverhampton Wanderers host Arsenal in the 19:45 BST kick-off at Molineux before the Manchester derby gets underway at a rain-soaked Old Trafford 15 minutes later.

Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero both start for City but Pep Guardiola has made three changes to the side that beat Spurs on Saturday, with Vincent Kompany, Fernandinho and David Silva replacing John Stones, Phil Foden and the injured Kevin de Bruyne.

Bernardo Silva continues on the right flank with Sterling on the opposite wing, meaning no start for Riyad Mahrez or Leroy Sane.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has wielded the axe after the 4-0 loss at Everton, with Matteo Darmian, Luke Shaw, Ashley Young, Andreas Pereira and Jesse Lingard returning in place of Phil Jones, Diogo Dalot, Nemanja Matic, Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial.

All bar the injured Jones of those five players are among the substitutes.

There is no Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the Arsenal matchday squad, with the Gabonese striker and wing-back Sead Kolasinac among seven players to drop out of Unai Emery’s starting XI.

Arsenal say that Aubameyang misses out this evening having had a “small sinus procedure”, while Kolasinac is among the substitutes.

Shkodran Mustafi, Mohamed Elneny, Carl Jenkinson, Matteo Guendouzi and Konstantinos Mavraponos are the other men to make way as Sokratis, Nacho Monreal, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Granit Xhaka, Lucas Torreira, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Alex Iwobi are recalled to Emery’s line-up.

The Arsenal head coach looks to be reverting to a 4-2-3-1, with Iwobi, Mkhitaryan and Mesut Ozil supporting Alexandre Lacazette in attack.

Leander Dendoncker for Morgan Gibbs-White is Nuno Espirito Santo’s only change, meaning that Raul Jimenez, Diogo Jota, Matt Doherty and Jonny all get two starts in Double Gameweek 35.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Darmian, Lindelof, Smalling, Shaw, Young, Fred, Pereira, Pogba, Lingard, Rashford.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Kompany, Laporte, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Silva, Bernardo, Sterling, Aguero.

Wolves XI: Patricio, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Doherty, Dendoncker, Neves, Moutinho, Jonny, Jimenez, Jota

Arsenal XI: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Koscielny, Monreal, Torreira, Xhaka, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Iwobi, Lacazette.

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  1. CHARLIE HULL
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Bit stuck this week, ideally want a 3rd Liverpool player but would be for a -4 and potentially losing another good player. Thoughts on the below? Still got TC left.

    Ryan/Foster
    Robertson Laporte Doherty Duffy Valery
    Sterling Mane Son Eriksen Hooiberg
    Aguero Jimenez Gray

    1. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      We’ve got very similar teams. There are really only 3 options:

      A) Save FT, TC Mane
      B) Aguero -> Firminio, TC Mane (you’d probably want to reverse this transfer in GW37 though as city have Leicester at home)
      C) Eriksen & Agueto -> Salah & Rashford (-4), TC Salah (you will likely have to take another -4 in GW37 though to get Aguero back)

      It really all comes down to how badly you want to TC Salah.

      I’m leaning towards A being the correct choice but I can absolutely understand why people would want to do C

      1. CHARLIE HULL
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Yeah think you've summarised that quite well. What are your thoughts on the Salah in NY/rest rumours?

        Only other option I've considered is a -4 to get TAA/VVD in. Doesn't make as much sense for 1 week but more of a long term move than the above?

  2. emyoueffsee
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Thoughts on my team for gw36?

    Ryan
    TAA Duffy Robertson
    Son Eriksen Mane(TC) Sterling(V)
    Llorente Aguero Jimenez

    Foster Deulofeu Kolasinac Valery

    Subs are tricky, not sure about Llorente over Deulofeu. I know dbl Brighton defence is risky but I'm not overly confident of my other options keeping a CS.

    1. Robson-Canoe
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      I'd have Kola and Deulo ahead of Duffy and Llorente tbh

      1. emyoueffsee
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        I'm actually considering transferring Deulo(can see him being a rotation risk in run in) out for Redmond and playing him instead of Llorente. Good idea?

  3. Amey
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 10 months ago

    Am I the only one with Firmino © here 😮 ??

    1. Robson-Canoe
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      He's my VC behind Mané

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Cool 🙂

    2. Party time
        4 years, 10 months ago

        You, Tom, Dick & Harry

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 10 months ago

          Lol

      • Holmes
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        not many have him, so...

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 10 months ago

          Yeah
          Agreed

      • Cojones of Destiny
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        could be a great differential

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 10 months ago

          Hopefully 🙂

    3. Cojones of Destiny
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      chasing big time which one will score more points lads (already got three pool players, son, raz):
      a. Duffy + KDB -> Laporte + Bilva
      b. Wilson+ KDB -> Kun + Hojj
      c. Liorente + KDB -> Bilva + Rash

      all moves for a hit thx

    4. Couch Potato
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      JWP or Redmond?

      1. Couch Potato
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Or Babel?

      2. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        Redmond

    5. That Fantasy Guy
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Hi all please have a vote...
      A. KDB + trippier -> Mane + TAA -4
      B. KDB + kolasinac -> Mane + TAA -4
      C. Pogba KDB + trippier to Salah ransom mid under 6 (will start deulofeu) + TAA -4
      D. Pogba KDB + tripper to mane Bernardo Silva and TAA -8

      League leader is 12 ahead of me, I need to triple captain a

    6. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Best Murray replacement ! (Until rest of season )
      A mitro
      B zaha

      Thanks

    7. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      What's going on with Joe and co? No b club, no scoutcast ?

    8. lappingitup
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      100 pt mini league leads (£600)
      2000 OR but no Sterlers or Mane

      Have Kun and Salah

      Could -8 for Sterlers and 4.5 forward

      Out Lacazette and Moura

    9. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Odds to score one goal or more (bet365)

      Salah: x1.36
      Aguero: x1.56
      Mane: x1.72
      Sterling: x1.83

      If you don't have Salah, would it be safer (CL for pool) and wiser (the odds) to play the TC on Aguero?

    10. SantiClaus
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Tough one - no liverpool attack currently

      A) Eriksen/Son to Mane and Vardy to Zaha/Rashford (-4)

      B) Vardy to Firmino

    11. Cuchulain
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      Ryan (Fabs)
      Laporte / A-A / Coleman (Bednarek / W-B)
      Milivo / Sterling / Mane / Son (Hojbjerg)
      C-L / Jimenez / Aguero

      0.5 ITB

      I have BB, TC and FH all available. Which is recommended?

    12. Gizzachance
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      thouhgts?
      A vert to laporte (have lloris}
      B dunk to matip (have trent}
      C save ft play taa vert duffy ?
      cheers

      1. FAR EAST
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        A

    13. FAR EAST
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 10 months ago

      One to bench? (A)Foster (B)Gunn
      One to bench? (A)Duffy (B)Jonny (C)WB (D)Bednarek
      One to bench? (A)Rashford (B)Jota (C)Deulofeu
      TC Mane? (A)Yes (B)No

      1. FAR EAST
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 10 months ago

        * Two to bench for the defender.