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Three Premier League matches kick off simultaneously at 14:00 BST today, as the Europa League continues to play havoc with the domestic calendar.

Manchester City entertain Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Etihad, while Arsenal host Bournemouth and Chelsea make the trip to Southampton.

City are of course without the injured Kevin De Bruyne (£10.0m) for this clash but most of their other popular attacking assets start against Nuno Espirito Santo’s side, with Raheem Sterling (£12.1m), Sergio Aguero (£12.2m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.7m) making Guardiola’s starting XI.

Bernardo Silva (£7.9m) is benched, however, along with Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m).

Benjamin Mendy (£5.9m) is not in the squad after suffering a hamstring injury, so Joao Cancelo (£5.3m) looks set to deputise at left-back.

Mahrez was the most-bought player of Gameweek 8, having been acquired by just over 440,000 Fantasy Premier League managers.

Sterling and Aguero were the most-captained players of this weekend, with each City asset handed the armband by over 1.1 million FPL bosses.

Diogo Jota (£6.1m) misses out for the visitors with a toe injury.

Raul Jimenez (£7.1m) is joined up front by Patrick Cutrone (£5.7m) as Santo reverts to a 3-5-2, following his dalliance with a 3-4-3 in recent weeks.

Matt Doherty (£6.0m) is among the substitutes so Adama Traore (£5.0m) plays at right wing-back.

Mason Mount (£6.7m) and Tammy Abraham (£7.6m) both make Frank Lampard’s starting XI at St. Mary’s with Fikayo Tomori (£4.7m) earning his fifth straight league start at centre-back.

N’Golo Kante (£5.0m) is fit to line up in central midfield, while Callum Hudson-Odoi (£5.9m) gets his first league start of the campaign.

The Saints bring in Yan Valery (£4.8m) and Shane Long (£4.7m) for Cedric Soares (£4.9m) and Sofiane Boufal (£5.5m).

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.0m) keeps up his ever-present record in the Premier League this season, while there is another start for youngster Bukayo Saka (£4.5m).

Dani Ceballos (£5.5m) replaces Lucas Torreira (£4.8m) in Unai Emery’s only change from the 1-1 draw with Manchester United last Monday.

Ryan Fraser (£7.1m) has recovered from the illness that forced him to sit out Gameweek 7 but is only among the substitutes at the Emirates.

Eddie Howe has named an unchanged starting XI from the 2-2 draw with West Ham United, meaning another run-out down the left flank for Joshua King (£6.3m).

Dominic Solanke (£5.4m) again supports Callum Wilson (£7.9m) in attack.

The only three FPL assets who are yet to blank this season – Wilson, Aubameyang and Aguero – are all in action this afternoon.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Chambers, Papastathopoulos, Luiz, Kolasinac, Ceballos, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Pepe, Aubameyang, Saka.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale, Stacey, Cook, Ake, Rico, H. Wilson, Lerma, Billing, King, C. Wilson, Solanke.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Fernandinho, Cancelo, Rodrigo, Gundogan, D Silva, Sterling, Mahrez, Aguero.

Wolves XI: Rui Patrício, Boly, Coady, Saïss, Traoré, Dendoncker, Rúben Neves, João Moutinho, Rúben Vinagre, Jiménez, Cutrone.

Southampton XI: Gunn, Valery, Bednarek, Yoshida, Bertrand, Romeu Vidal, Højbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Redmond, Ings, Long.

Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Tomori, Alonso, Jorginho, Kante, Mount, Willian, Hudson-Odoi, Abraham.

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  1. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks Tammy.

  2. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Tammy looks a bit sore and is being subbed off for Bats.

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

    Ota to Dunk on WC doesn't look so bad

  4. Marvin.
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Guys I'm happy but it is only October. Calm down.

  5. Party time
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Cool kids did Digne > Otamendi lol

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
      6 years, 9 months ago

      The coolest kids still somehow have both

      1. Party time
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Hahaha...

    2. DMP
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      True.

  6. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Otabrokey

    1. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      No.

    2. Podge
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Lol

  7. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    United fans celebrating a Liverpool title win 😆

    1. Marvin.
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      There are 30 games to go.

  8. aborg
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    As a Liverpool fan I’m so happy but as an FPL manager I’m pissed off !!

    1. DaniCT
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      I feel ya, bro!

    2. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      This

    3. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Real life more important than fpl

      1. aborg
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        It depends how much money you have in play 😉

    4. villa_til_i_die
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Club before FPL every time for me!

    5. FC Hakkebøf
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Liverpool winning > FPL

  9. Gobigorgohome
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Where is Auba goal wtf

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      89th.

  10. FPL Forward Thinker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    It’s a tight premier league

    From Watford to Man City there’s only 13 points between all 19 teams

  11. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Jesus couldn't get on the end of that cross

    1. BobbyV
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Seriously?

  12. One for All
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Lmao Man City! where you at FORZA? told you

  13. Hy liverpool
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    I love you wolveeeeeeees

  14. Miniboss
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Wolves do what Wolves do best: shake the big teams

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Attack in packs

  15. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Auba hobbling

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Goal coming

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

      is he

  16. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Wow this season is hilarious.

  17. Tsparkes10
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    KDB as only city on wc even more tempting.

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

      if he's back fit, i may well get him over raheem

  18. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    I'd like to use my WC, but have no idea how to fix my team... so I'll just roll one and hope this wad a one off.

    1. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      I've been saying that every week since gw3 and I'm now gonna be in my 6th red arrow in a row.

      Gotta laugh

  19. No Salah
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Jiménez took Ota to school!

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Love it!

      Not hard though. He is woeful!

  20. Party time
    6 years, 9 months ago

    A casual will win fpl this season

    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Christina?

      1. Party time
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Lmao

    2. IRBOX ⚽
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      More than likely

    3. The Overthinker
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Yes.

      And we will finish somewhere around 70-80k

    4. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      The template is ablaze 😎

  21. Tsparkes10
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    I'd honestly start foden over gundogan

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      If Foden is so good then why doesn't Pep play him?

      Lot of crap coming from Pep re Foden

  22. SkeletONv01
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    FFS.

  23. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Nein Nein Nein.

    Emergency.

  24. Party time
    6 years, 9 months ago

    no city no problem. Good for pep roulette 😉

  25. Miniboss
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Pep to go mental, no-one gets to leave home until he’s beaten up everyone at the team sauna.

  26. SB007
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Pukki captain choice now reprieved. Could have been worse. Well done Mane captain owners.

    Interesting GW.

  27. Tsparkes10
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Jimenez has looked class today. Could've got 2 assists and a goal, nice fixtures. Very very tempting on WC

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Can't do it until they're out of Europe

    2. JIMMY TUGGINS
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      So many good forward options.

  28. Gentle_Turks
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    I'm THIS close to quitting the game for this season.

    1. Miniboss
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      I doubt that

      1. Gentle_Turks
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        No seriously,..I've just about had enough.

        1. Miniboss
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 9 months ago

          Reconsider at the IB 🙂

    2. IRBOX ⚽
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Agree

    3. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Lol it’s over already, just have fun with it and take hits, zero point playing seriously

    4. elchilangles
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      same

  29. trikster102
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    When KDB doesn't play, Man City lose.

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

      Explain last season then.

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Wizards

      2. trikster102
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        I'm talking about this season. Only played last 33 minutes against Norwich, lost, not playing today, about to lose.

      3. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Kompany 🙂

      4. bench boost for every gamew…
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        He clearly forgot that laporte and sane played most of that season. People must soon realize that connection. Kdb is important but so is those two.

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      He didn't play most of last season

      1. trikster102
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        this season

    3. Cok3y5murf
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Utter tripe

  30. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Poch not the only one who wants out!