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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. Wirtzle Gummidge
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Only had Otamendi in that game. Even though he only got me a point, I'm rather chuffed.

    1. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      he really is kak.

      1. TheDragon
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Everyone is kak

        1. Christina.
          • 16 Years
          6 years, 9 months ago

          Better paying 4.5m for kak

  2. el polako
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Pukki to Jimenez to be flava of the IB.

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

      No doubt

  3. Dr Van Nostrand
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Christ that United lineup is atrocious. Gonna be in a relegation battle if this keeps up

    1. E25
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      I was just saying this. Maybe the worst 11 I can remember for utd in the prem

    2. Pacer.
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Probably the worst best 11 in a competitive game I remember and I remember the 1980s

      1. Dr Van Nostrand
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Lol I couldn't watch them under Jose cause his style is dreadful but now they are too hilariously pitiful to watch

      2. Here's Tom with the We…
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Worse than the 80’s. At least that team had 2 great players in Robson and Hughes.

        1. RC16
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 9 months ago

          ... and Blackmore!!

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

    chelsea is the only team you can trust...

    1. FOO FIGHTER
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Not defensively

      1. doy
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        This.

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

      Not Liverpool?

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

      Thinking about adding CHO to Tammy & Mount

      1. andres
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        me too

  5. FOO FIGHTER
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    City defence is pants and expensive.

    1. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      lol

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

      Harsh on pants.

  6. tafrère
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Mount and Abraham are the new Fraser and Wilson.

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      In that case they're trolls?

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

        Fraser and Wilson weren't trolls last season lol.

    2. Drexl Spivey
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Not Lamps and Drogba then?

  7. buggyball
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    whatabout
    salah,pukki and son to
    mane,aguero and traore

    1. E25
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Traore is knee jerk

  8. Cojones of Destiny
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    who’d you prioritize getting:
    a. mount
    b. madds

  9. el polako
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    No idea what the template suppoused to be ?

    1. TheDragon
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      There isn’t one - which is good

    2. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      https://www.livefpl.net/figs

      knock yourself out

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

    think I might captain Mount next week (dont have tammy)

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

    Average 39?

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

      overall 33, top10k 36

  12. FPL Daniel
    • 17 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Alonso almost on BP

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 17 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Keep or downgrade to tomori?

      1. Pukki Blinders
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        6.0+ on a chelsea defender is mad

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

      Auba almost scored.

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

    How's this IB WC looking at this point? Will decide if I want to keep Sterling if I hear that KDB is fit or not...

    Pope McGovern
    TAA Soyuncu Dunk Lundstram Rico
    Mane Sterling Mount Yarmolenko Maddison
    Auba Abraham Ayew

    if ditching Sterling for Kev I'd bring in Vardy.

    Currently ditching Button, Digne, Ota, Salah, Cantwell, Pukki, Greenwood.

    1. FOO FIGHTER
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      No Salah?

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

        Mane over Salah

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

    I genuinely expected to plummet about 500K spots this GW... Oh boy, did not see any of today coming AT ALL!

    29 with James to play. If 18 was the average score yesterday, what could it be today without any of the usual suspects involved in the goals? Just get me nearer 40, and hopefully safe in all my HU leagues.

  15. FOO FIGHTER
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Pep going to be raging and not sure I want to be part of his roulette GW9.

    1. doy
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Fraudiola.

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

      Otamendi out

    3. E25
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      He's running out of players to rotate if Bernado is out and KDB issue continues

    4. Party time
      6 years, 9 months ago

      No city no problem mate

    5. Amey
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Have Raz KDB Otamendi.
      Will keep all of them.
      Pep has to play his best 11
      Otamendi might be the one to watch out with causing so much trouble defensively to City.

    6. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Scored 8 the last time they lost
      Last season when they lost vs. Newcastle, Kun also went on to score 2 hat tricks in the next 3 games
      Wouldn't be kneejerking out City players

  16. FDMS All Starz
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Which one?

    A. Salah + Pukki

    B. Aubameyang + Vardy

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

      b

  17. Nomar
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Ultimate jam.

    Kind of season he's having.
    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/2103292/event/8

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

      Wesley 14 points would have been ultimate

      1. Nomar
        • 16 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Ah, forgot he has to have minimum 3 defenders.

        Feel marginally better now.

    2. IRBOX âš½
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Still won’t get Wesley

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

      at least he gets kelly off the bench.

      that wesley bench has to hurt tho

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

    Well played WOL.

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

    Help:
    WC ON:

    Pope
    Robbo, lundstram, kelly, soyboy, rico
    Sterling, mane, mount, maddison,dend
    Abraham, auba, wilson

    The question is

    KDB conolly/ ayew over Auba dendo

    Also to have salah over mane ?
    And is it worth to get TAA over robbo

  20. doy
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Pukki gunna drop tomorrow.....Jimi suddenly enters the equation, 2 sexy assists today.....Pukki to Jimi lads?

    1. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      nope

    2. Dr Van Nostrand
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Not with Europa it's a graveyard

      1. doy
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        that's the elephant in the room, but they just beat city away after a european trip to turkey!

      2. Artemis Titans
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        They just beat the champions away after playing in Europe. Your point is moot.

        1. Dr Van Nostrand
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          6 years, 9 months ago

          Stats say otherwise. Yes amazing result for them but likely a one off.

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

      Won’t face Otamendi every week

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

      Yes

    5. TheDragon
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      You don’t get to play this gameweek again next week

      It’s FPL not bingo

      1. doy
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Sea of green fixtures tho

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

        Same applies for Bingo lol. You don't the same numbers each week.

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

          you don't get*

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

    no more hits for now! I need some patience

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

      Do more.

  22. ZeBestee
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Bou vs Norwich score prediction?

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

      Pukki to go mental now I've ditched him on WC

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

        Please sell Sterling and Salah too

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

      3-1

  23. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    An Arsenal CS and City failing to score - what an upside down GW! May be worth considering Bellerin or Tierney once in the team.

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

    Bolly or Doherty?

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

      Doh

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

    Mount saved them One million plus guys.

  26. FPL Daniel
    • 17 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Kun is my bus captain for the time being

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

      Tell us in two weeks.

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

      Tammy here

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

    Mane cappers for a nice rank rise. Anyone out there?

    1. dansmusen
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Yes but rest of team sucked

    2. Party time
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Hi dear 🙂

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

      Shamefully not even VC over Pukki.

      Was worried for the Leicester game, loving his points though.

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

        You've sold Mo 😮
        When ??
        I'm doing it right now.

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

    Otamendi to which wolves defender ? Doherty maybe ?

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

      Let's not forget Wolves have been trash bar today.

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

        Their fixtures are good.

        Look at next 5 opponent

        1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
          • 14 Years
          6 years, 9 months ago

          And europa league

    2. Pukki Blinders
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Doherty hasn't been starting

  29. AC Pilkington
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Who would you say is safer from rotation with CHO being back from fitness?

    a) Mount

    b) Abraham

    Don't own any Chelsea boys so definitely want one

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Both safe, CHO doesn't play in their positions

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

      I'd say both are pretty safe.

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

      Mount.

    4. FDMS All Starz
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Abraham isn’t losing that spot any time soon as he is the only good striker they have, Mount the best mid they have so both will be around for a while

      1. AC Pilkington
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        So you don't think Giroud or Bats will threaten him at all?

    5. Amey
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      CHO is a winger
      Mount #10
      Tammy #9
      There will be a time in few gw's we'll discuss about triple up.
      I'd get Tammy in for starters

  30. FOO FIGHTER
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Surely Sterling a bigger fail than Salah being a so called fail?

    1. CRO KLOPP
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Not if Salah is injured

      1. FOO FIGHTER
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Salah's injury isnot serious plus a break to heal the knock.

    2. FDMS All Starz
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      But salahs fixtures aren’t the best

      1. FOO FIGHTER
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Which ones?

      2. My heart goes Salalalalah
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        How so?