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Sane joins Sterling and Aguero in the City attack at Turf Moor

The penultimate match of Gameweek 36 takes place at Turf Moor as Manchester City aim to extend their 11-match winning run and return to the top of the Premier League table.

Kick-off in Lancashire is at 14:05 BST.

There are no huge shocks in Pep Guardiola’s starting XI, with Fernandinho not recovering from the knee problem he picked up in midweek.

Bernardo Silva has thus dropped back into central midfield alongside David Silva and anchor Ilkay Gundogan, so Leroy Sane is handed a start on the left flank.

Raheem Sterling moves over to the right wing, with Sergio Aguero leading the line once more.

City’s back four is unchanged.

Sean Dyche has named the same starting XI for the fourth game in succession, with Phil Bardsley still not having recovered from a gashed leg.

The Burnley manager has resisted the urge to pack his midfield and defence for the visit of the reigning champions, pairing Chris Wood and Ashley Barnes in attack for the 17th league match in a row.

Outside of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, Aguero and Sterling were the two most-popular Triple Captain choices of Gameweek 36: 14,542 managers backed the Argetinean striker, with 8,997 deploying the chip on Sterling.

Bernardo was the second-most-bought FPL player of Gameweek 36, having been transferred in by 146,541 Fantasy bosses.

Aguero and Aymeric Laporte were also bought by over 100,000 FPL managers this week.

Burnley XI: Heaton, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Hendrick, Cork, Westwood, McNeil, Wood, Barnes.

Subs: Hart, Gudmundsson, Gibson, Ward, Vydra, Long, Driscoll-Glennon.

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

Subs: Muric, Danilo, Stones, Mahrez, Otamendi, Jesus, Foden.

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  1. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Burnley FK. This is their chance.

    1. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Nah

  2. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Alberto Moreno is even better than Charlie Taylor

  3. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Keep Vardy now?

    Really really want Haz next week but it feels crazy to air that move now.

    1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Maybe keeping him. Unless Rashford get braces today.

    2. Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yeah keeping ofc. Form over fixtures

  4. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Sterling off
    Otamendi on

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Ohh good

  5. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Sterling CS banked

    1. Perthite
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Time for a Burnley goal

  6. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Otamendi for Sterling.

  7. drughi
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    sterling off

  8. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    I'll take 11-12 pts from Aguero and Sterling, was a tough match.

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      10 tops

      1. tm245
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Now I'm disappointed.

  9. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Charlie Taylor again. Worst player ever

  10. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Now Man City are time wasting

  11. Alnair
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but 1 point out of 6 is the lowest Liverpool have ever gotten over two fixtures in the league vs City, right?

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Should have been 0 if Mahrez wasn't a bottler

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

    Sterling (c) here ...yikes. New it was risky, was looking for a massive differential, nothing more to lose this season

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      What a weird choice.

      1. Eddie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Sterling against Burnley isn't such an odd choice if big differential needed. Only three games left.

  13. Stoic
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Sterling or Lunch for (c) next GW against Leicester.
    Any better options ?

    1. Stoic
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      *Kun lol

    2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Lunch

      1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        *Kun

    3. Sif
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Aguero or Breakfast?

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

      Depends on the restaurant

    5. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      supper (c)

    6. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Better to eat

    7. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Save Sterling and skip lunch.

  14. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Burnley 0 - 1 Man City FT

    1. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Bugger.

    2. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Undeserved.

    3. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Now Vardy party is the only thing on the way

  15. Regin
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    imagine gw 38 was liverpool vs manC.
    FA should be big clashes on last matchday.
    manu vs chelsea
    arsenal vs spurs

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      IF they planned that it would have been United vs City in a damp squib on a match.

    2. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      This!! Never seems to line up like that though, not sure if on purpose for policing or summat

  16. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    balls......
    i dont think ill ever see pool win the league again 🙁

    1. Rash
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Good

  17. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Now for a Rashford brace to top off a lovely week of fpl

  18. Alnair
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Liverpool are cursed.

    1. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Was it you?

      1. Alnair
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        I'm cursed myself.

  19. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Looks like Aguero, Walker and Laporte will get 3 baps each.

    1. Teomi
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Aguero winning goal only worth 1bps?

    2. Stupendous
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Aguero 3
      Laporte Walker 2

      Need to add winning goal baps for Aguero

      1. fedolefan
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Aguero has 2 dispossessions

    3. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Ohhhh yes

  20. CarsonYeung
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Any chance of Aguero getting the 3 bonus?

    1. Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yes

    2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yes

  21. Plymouth
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Where can one see the final bonus points (after deductions) before its updated on FPL?

    1. Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      FPL discovery

  22. drughi
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    up to Leicester now

    1. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I want to believe 🙁

    2. Duffy Dunk
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Watched a Rodgers' interview and it seems he'll try to block MCI..

    3. Alnair
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      No chance. If we wanted the league we should've beat United.

      Even worse we then had the chance to beat Everton and bottled it again.

      Everyone knew how good City were, draws were NEVER going to be good enough. Poor management from Klopp not to go for 3 points or 0 in those games, cost the team the title.

    4. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Agree

  23. SPorting
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    99 all out

    Arse.

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      100 for me if Aguero scrapes 3 bonus.

      1. ThisTimeNxtYrRodney
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Same for me, so long as kun and laporte get 4 baps between them. Very happy as this week was expected to be a holding rank week for me, with all the TC chips played and banking my transfer.
        Looking forward to seeing how man utd play today and then may take a gamble on rashford and lindelhof/shaw for last 2 fixtures.

    2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      still pretty good

  24. Duffy Dunk
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Pogba & Rashford to audition for the last 2 gwks..

  25. Silecro
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    I am fairly confident liverpool would rather play man city in gw 38 than wolves away

    1. Duffy Dunk
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      It's at Anfield

      1. Silecro
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Oh ok, still doesnt change much

    2. Bartowski
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      What about Wolves at home?

    3. Tempestic
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Well obv coz then the league would be in our hands

  26. King Sheep
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Who is most likely to spoil City or Liverpool's Title hopes?

    A) Vardy
    B) Rondon
    C) Jimenez
    D) Murray

    1. Rash
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Certainly not D

    2. King Sheep
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      You never know ...

  27. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Will Kun get the 3 BAPs?

  28. SPorting
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Right then, let’s see which MUN assets are worth bringing in.

  29. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    @Rainer BAPs check?

    1. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Im here for this

  30. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hit the big 100 🙂

    Hazard left

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      99 here 🙁

    2. Duffy Dunk
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Good luck!

    3. Tev
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Class well done

    4. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A last minute switch of captain from Robbo to VVD away. I know I know

      Still second time on the trot I’ve trounced my DGW score the next week.