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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. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 14 days ago

    and sane off....now need a sterling goal and a burnley goal

    1. sjhuk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 14 days ago

      This 🙂

  2. Party time
      5 years, 14 days ago

      Sané off. Yikes!

    • Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 14 days ago

      Put your red ribbons away ! The trophy is staying sky blue

      1. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        😆

    • Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 14 days ago

      Bugger all you jinxers ffs

      1. fr3d
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        I have a feeling Jafooli was involved? Lively even?

        1. Jafooli
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Very

          1. fr3d
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 14 days ago

            😆

    • Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 14 days ago

      Well this was the game.

      1. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        sorry Rupert - tough at the top.

        1. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          So proud of the boys. Just glad I got to see them at Anfield for the first time.

          1. Old Man
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 14 days ago

            Hopefully our boys might help next week, but I fear for our defence v Man City attack

            1. Rupert The Horse
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 14 days ago

              Oh so you want us to win. That’s nice. 🙂

      2. Kno
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        Still time for a goal and some shithousery from barnes and the gang

        1. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          I know but, well you know

    • tm245
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 14 days ago

      Instant, decisive, immediately shared with the audience - everything replay technology should be. This has to be the aim for every use of VAR.

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        Nailed it.

    • fedolefan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 14 days ago

      Come on Chris Wood. Grab an equalizer.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        No

    • Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 14 days ago

      no assist....day getting better and better

      1. MTPockets
          5 years, 14 days ago

          tbc

      2. Perthite
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        I think Laporte will definitely get a clean sheet now.

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Oh yes

        2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          He is joint for the 3 bonus with aguero at the moment.

          1. Perthite
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 14 days ago

            Definitely a sure thing.

            1. Rupert The Horse
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 14 days ago

              Agreed.

        3. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Heheh

      3. JayBomb
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        Bernardo assist no?

      4. DV8R
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        No assist awarded

      5. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        Can’t see City throwing away the title now....

        1. Alnair
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          They were always going to win all their remaining games.

          If we wanted the title we had to stay top and we didn't. We let a 7 point lead go, we don't deserve it regardless of how many points the table says we have because we weren't better than Man City.

          1. Gnu
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 14 days ago

            Buggu'd

          2. *sigh*
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 14 days ago

            That’s the spirit

      6. Chandler Bing
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        I am surprised Pool fans are worried with about the title with the Aguero goal considering that next year is theirs.

        1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          😀

      7. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        This is going swimmingly as a Aguero and Laporte owner with no sterling

        1. Alnair
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Why rub your luck in?

        2. Botman and Robben
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Same

      8. makaveli123
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        United XI vs Chelsea: De Gea, Young, Shaw, Bailly, Lindelof, Matic, Herrera, Pogba, Mata, Rashford, Lukaku.

        1. makaveli123
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Chelsea XI vs Man United: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso, Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic, Willian, Higuain, Hazard

        2. Jafooli
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Different defenders every week 😆

          1. makaveli123
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 14 days ago

            The best way to make sure that you concede a goal!

        3. Bubz
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Nice to see Mata given a run out

        4. teneighty
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Martial on for Mata after 70 minutes. Scores a brace and gets 3 baps. To much to ask for?

      9. niloh1
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        How is that not a b Silva assist

        1. Bubz
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Aguero had two shots at it

      10. SEXY SALAH
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        Aguero 3 BAPs atm with winning goal points to be added

        (Yes trying to jinx it)

      11. Niho992
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        90 points without hits and red arrows

        1. TheDragon
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Snap except I’m on 93!

        2. Twisted Saltergater
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          97 here ... need Aguero 3 BAPs for the tonne.

          1. Danno - Emre Canada
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 14 days ago

            Exactly the same

      12. TheDragon
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        Will city ever concede another goal again?

        1. SEXY SALAH
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Yeah Vardy next week in a home loss

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 14 days ago

            That’s if Leicester can even get the ball

            1. SEXY SALAH
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 14 days ago

              Counter over the top!

          2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 14 days ago

            This

      13. Perthite
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        Look... I will give up my Sterling clean sheet point for a Burnley goal.

        1. sjhuk
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Me too!

        2. El-Kloppico
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          I'll give up my Laporte one too

          1. Perthite
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 14 days ago

            That would just be the bonus

      14. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        Season over. Every single striker in the game got points except for auba

        1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Kane’s claiming a few

        2. El-Kloppico
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          And Laca

      15. SEXY SALAH
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        HAZARD Old Trafford BLOODBATH time

      16. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        City will 100% win this game.

        1. fr3d
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Let the jinx attempts begin

          1. Perthite
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 14 days ago

            Too late

        2. Jafooli
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          😆

          You see, not difficult 😉

      17. Alnair
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        City more than deserve the title, oil money or not.

        Get the sky blue champagne bottles out because the title race is over.

        1. Sif
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Well, no oil money = no title. So you can't really separate the two.

          1. Alnair
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 14 days ago

            I'm saying whether that team was built with oil money or not, it doesn't change that it's the best team in the league.

        2. Rash
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          I heard theres a massive sale of 2nd hand champagne bottles on Merseyside.

      18. Jordan.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        ffs deulofeu yesterday,bernardo today ,cant get an assist ,shite rules...

      19. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        The average prediction for the top 1k is 84 on fantasy football fix - gameweek live.

        1. TheDragon
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          No chance - too low. I’m mid top 1k. I’m on 93 and getting a red

          1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 14 days ago

            The average is top 1k is 89 now it has changed again.
            If you are that highly ranked you need to be getting even higher.
            For the rest of the mere mortals a score of 93 will get a green arrow.

      20. Zladan
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        Live GW score up to 128! Nice.

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          K

      21. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        I wish I had time to link all the Bemba Da Fail 😀

        1. La Roja
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Boy that could take a while 😀

        2. Gnu
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Need a seperate thread.

        3. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Can you give the highlights? 😀

      22. how now brown cow
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        Vydra on wood off

        1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 14 days ago

          Viagra on wood off

      23. Richd
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 14 days ago

        Man City keep the ball so well the LiveScore “tracker” looks like someone has necked a red bull and gone crazy on the etch a sketch