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Aguero set to benefit from Jesus hamstring injury

Sergio Aguero (£12.0m) starts for the second match in a row this season as Manchester City visit Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon.

His 15.6% ownership will be breathing a sigh of relief that the forward has come through another bout of ‘Pep Guardiola Roulette’ but can probably expect more game-time from him this weekend and next.

That is because Gabriel Jesus (£9.5m) has been ruled out with a hamstring injury picked up in training and is not expected to be fully fit again until after the international break.

Accordingly, there is no substitute centre-forward on Manchester City’s bench today, which may mean Aguero completes 90 minutes for the first time this season, having been substituted around the 70-minute mark in each of his two starts so far.

90 minutes is not necessarily guaranteed though, as Riyad Mahrez (£8.5m) could replace Aguero and Raheem Sterling (£12.2m) could shift into the middle.

Either way, Jesus’ absence for Gameweek 4 should see Aguero get another start when Brighton come to the Etihad Stadium next Saturday, provided he comes through the trip to Bournemouth unscathed.

As already mentioned, Sterling also starts in Gameweek 3, as do the other key FPL assets.

Kevin de Bruyne (£9.6m) is, as per usual, deployed in the central midfield trio, while Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m) holds onto his place at left-back.

Meanwhile, there is still no place on the bench for Benjamin Mendy (£6.0m).

Bournemouth have gone with a very defensive formation, laying themselves out in a 4-5-1 system.

Callum Wilson (£7.9m) will plough a lone furrow upfront, with Ryan Fraser (£7.4m) and Josh King (£6.4m) on the flanks of midfield.

Expected to be behind the ball for most of the day is a back-four of Charlie Daniels (£4.5m), Steve Cook (£5.0m), Chris Mepham (£4.5m) and Adam Smith (£4.5m).

Probably joining them in a defensive stance this afternoon will be the central midfield trio of Philip Billing (£5.0m), Jefferson Lerma (£5.0m) and versatile stopper Nathan Aké (£5.0m).

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale; Daniels, S Cook, Mepham, A Smith; Fraser, Billing, Aké, Lerma, J King; C Wilson.

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Zinchenko, Laporte, Otamendi, Walker; De Bruyne, D Silva, Gündogan; Sterling, Aguero, B Silva.

Lessons learned from Gameweek 3

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  1. Dannyb
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Walker is a birty dastard

  2. Supersonic Marv'
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Buttler gone.

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      🙁

      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        got my hopes up
        worst test so far for hope building then shattering

    2. Sandy Ravage
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Nooooo!

  3. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Walker having a mare

  4. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Walk YC

  5. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Walker should have been off. Pathetic from the ref

  6. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Walking on thin ice he is.

  7. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Walker having a stinker in terms of discipline. Unnecesary booking.

  8. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    poor Ake 🙁

  9. dark91
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    WTH is wrong with Walker today!!!!

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

      Ake banged his wife

  10. Business Cat
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ake's taking a battering 🙂

  11. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Can we ban cricket from fantasy FOOTBALL scout?

    1. Dannyb
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I'll sign the petition.

    2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      nice to talk about something else occasionally

  12. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Cancello to come on to replace Walker locked in

  13. Cilly Bonnolly
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Always amazed how many people on here think they know how the game’s going to go after ten minutes.

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

    Cancelo debut from HT? Adds something extra to the attacks.

  15. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Madness from ederson

  16. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Man City should be down to 9

  17. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    LOL

    Hot heads literally

  18. Guy Demel
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    City on the ropes here

  19. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Dafuq

  20. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ederson yellow lmfao

  21. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ederson YC.

  22. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ederson YC

  23. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Citys tactic appears to involve killing Ake

  24. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Everyone going for the pep look at city

  25. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ederson wtf

  26. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ref should be asking Pep if it’s okay to be giving these YCs.

  27. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Are we panicking yet for not captaining Salah, pending expected Sterling blank ?

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      No got Kane

  28. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Very hard not to win league titles when u have talent and the officials want you to

    1. Critical Observer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      As evident las week, lol.

      City the unluckiest of the top teams last season and this season the Dipper-favoring will be even more blatant, with "selective" applying of VAR.

  29. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ederson should be off there. High, unnecesary, and reckless. Didnt get the ball at all, denies a goalscoring opportunity. Red all day.

  30. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I am smelling a City red card today.

    Tactical fouls.