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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. Regin
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    This has been an excellent sunday for me. Abraham, mount, kun and zinchenko owner. Was regretting captaining pukki, zinch benched, but anyways city conceded

    Non owner of sterling, mahrez, auba, wilson

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

    Auba ok, looks frustrated with team mates

    Earlier Laca and ozil back in the team the better

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

      Kieran Tierney will be a strong addition when he finally gets in And will help Auba

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

    Even if KDB is not 100% he still starts next GW

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

    Hope this game week to be my worst in my life ...

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

      I got 23 points a few seasons back

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

      Hope?
      Every week is

  5. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Liverpool booked the parade bus yet?

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

    Mane C until the end of the season. Can’t stand captain fails anymore, Sterling today grrr

  7. @persecuted_by_mods
    6 years, 9 months ago

    So this is what it took for me to have a good week, everyone dragged down to my level

  8. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Mout YC

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

      Up the cynicism.

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

    Late goals to come?

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

      Yes - Chelsea

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

    Martinelli on corners

  11. fusen
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    David Silva has the most points of any Man City player with 3....

    THREE and he's been subbed off the pitch

    😀

  12. Rik Waller
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Top 10k cap stats:

    AGÜERO 23.50% 2
    STERLING 22.48% 3
    SALAH 13.96% 2
    AUBAMEYANG 13.04% 2
    PUKKI 6.77% 1
    KANE 4.45% 2

    Can't remember a gw when all top caps failed like they ave this gw. (with 5 mins left ;))

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

      Useless feckers

    2. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Sterling 2

    3. fusen
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Sterling is on 2 points

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

      Ha ha ha brilliant. Should have captained Danny Ings

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

    Bats goal

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

    Batshyuai bandwagon

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

    Batman robbing BAPs

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

    Batman begins

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

    Bats

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

    Batshuayi G
    Pulisic A

  19. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    cant believe Auba is blanking

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

      Yep, game is a joke

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

    Bats G
    Pulisic A

    1-4

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

    yuck

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

    Worst Gw known.

    Record breaking.

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

      Best gameweek ever 😎

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

    Mount pulling on the pain

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

      Piling

    2. Zladan
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      He isn’t on the pitch.

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

    Arsenal and Wolves keeping clean sheets!

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

    Seriously, why do we play this game? Season is officially over, 30 gw’s left or not, so.....just take hits and play for fun?

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

      Yes right
      Been playing for fun since the start

    2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 17 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Just try an improve week on week.
      See where you finish.
      That is what I am doing and I am 3m OR.

  26. rozzo
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    City deserve everything they get going into the season with only three centre backs

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

      Does Otamendi even count?

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

        Ha ha good one. Needed laugh after auba hits post

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

    Jesus down in the box

    No pen

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

    Kick someone, Willy!

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

    This city result makes me much more unsure of my WC plans, lol.

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Already triggered, so much for planning nothing works so far. Let’s just enjoy ...

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

      Tell me about it

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

      same here!

  30. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Chelsea suddenly become infectious

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

      Hard to not cheer Frank on.

      Tidy young team.