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Aguero, De Bruyne and Sterling start as Mendy and Cancelo are benched

Six Premier League matches get underway at 15:00 GMT today, with Liverpool and Manchester City among the dozen teams in action.

Sergio Aguero (£12.1m) has been named in Pep Guardiola’s starting XI for the first time in the league since Gameweek 8.

Just shy of 300,000 Fantasy managers sold the Argentina international in the lead-up to Gameweek 11.

Raheem Sterling (£12.1m), Kevin De Bruyne (£10.2m) and David Silva (£7.7m) also start.

Nicolas Otamendi (£5.4m), Riyad Mahrez (£8.5m), Benjamin Mendy (£6.0m) and Joao Cancelo (£5.3m) are the victims of Guardiola’s rotation roulette, however, with all four benched.

The Saints have made three changes from last Friday’s hammering by Leicester, with a switch of goalkeepers among the alterations.

Mohamed Salah (£12.4m) is fit to start and joins Roberto Firmino (£9.5m) and Sadio Mane (£11.9m) in a familiar-looking front three.

The Reds’ back four is unchanged, too.

Fabinho (£5.5m), who is on four yellow cards, is benched, with perhaps one eye on next weekend’s clash with Manchester City.

Jack Grealish (£5.9m) has not recovered a calf injury and misses out, with Anwar El Ghazi (£5.5m) replacing him.

Unai Emery has recalled Mesut Ozil (£7.2m) to his starting XI for the first time in the Premier League since Gameweek 5.

Nicolas Pepe (£9.3m) makes way for the German, while Granit Xhaka (£5.3m) is excluded from the matchday squad as expected.

Nuno Espirito Santo sticks with the side that started Wolves’ 1-1 draw at Newcastle last Sunday.

Todd Cantwell (£4.8m) has been benched for the first time this season, with Onel Hernandez (£5.3m) taking his place.

Graham Potter has named the same 11 players who started against Everton last Saturday, meanwhile.

West Ham are also unchanged from last weekend, while Steve Bruce recalls Isaac Hayden (£4.4m) and Jonjo Shelvey (£5.0m) for the Longstaff brothers.

There is only one change to the starting XIs at Bramall Lane, with Lys Mousset (£4.9m) replacing Callum Robinson (£5.3m) for the hosts.

Chris Wood (£6.2m) misses out again for Burnley.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Chambers, Papastathopoulos, Luiz, Tierney, Guendouzi, Torreira, Ozil, Ceballos, Lacazette, Aubameyang.

Wolves XI: Patricio, Dendoncker, Coady, Saiss, Doherty, Moutinho, Neves, Jonny, Traore, Jimenez, Jota.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton, Guilbert, Engels, Mings, Targett, McGinn, Nakamba, Douglas Luiz, El Ghazi, Trezeguet, Wesley.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Lallana, Salah, Firmino, Mané.

Brighton XI: Ryan, Montoya, Webster, Dunk, Burn, Gross, Pröpper, Stephens, Alzate, Maupay, Connolly.

Norwich XI: Krul, Lewis, Godfrey, Tettey, Aarons, Trybull, Buendia, McLean, Stiepermann, Hernández, Pukki.

Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Fernandinho, Angelino, Gundogan, Silva, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Sterling, Aguero.

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Valery, Bednarek, Stephens, Vestergaard, Hojbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Armstrong, Ings, Redmond.

Sheffield United XI: Henderson, Basham, O’Connell, Egan, Baldock, Fleck, Lundstram, Norwood, Stevens, McGoldrick, Mousset.

Burnley XI: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Pieters, Hendrick, Westwood, Cork, McNeil, Rodriguez, Barnes.

West Ham XI: Roberto, Zabaleta, Balbuena, Diop, Cresswell, Rice, Yarmolenko, Noble, Snodgrass, Felipe Anderson, Haller.

Newcastle XI: Dubravka, Yedlin, Fernandez, Lascelles, Clark, Willems, Almiron, Hayden, Shelvey, Saint-Maximin, Joelinton.

2,302 Comments Post a Comment
  1. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Aguero sellers punished as expected

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Why would someone sell Aguero before Soton?

  2. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    KDB assist?

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Walker

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      WAlker

    3. The Chosen One...
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Walker

    4. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yes

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

        Sorry Walker.

    5. Effe
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Unfortunate not. Walker assist.

    6. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      The one who perambulates

  3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    OMG Trossard

  4. SkeletONv01
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Wait, is this some clown world week? City loosing to Sou, Pool loosing to Villa? What is happening here?

  5. Yank Revolution
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    McCarthy you gotta cover that 5 hole man....horrible goalkeeping

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

    Aguerooooooooooooooo

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

    Aguerooooo

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

    People sold Kun before SOU?

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

    Trent to sneak a bap if Liverpool score?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      If he scores it.

  10. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    AGUEROOOOOO

  11. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    F off Sterling once more 🙂

  12. M♤rvin
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I hate everything.

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

      🙁

      1. M♤rvin
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I'll get over it, don't worry.

  13. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Casuals in heaven....

  14. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Kuuuuun

  15. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Eurgh Walker A

  16. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    does anyone still own Kun ?

  17. CroatianHammer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    :'( I'm on course to lose my FFS HU match to a 'dead' team. And not for the want of my scoring points... I'll do okay too. Need Chelsea and Leicester to run rampant.

  18. WVA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Sold Aguero for Vardy
    Brought in Dilva
    Benched Lundstram
    Double Liverpool defence

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

      Vardy hasn't played yet mate

    2. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      amateur...

    3. Podge
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Awesome

  19. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Heaton and Montoya on bench....wtf is this

  20. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    of course Aguero scores, why wouldn't he, season can f*k right off!

  21. Dannyb
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Montoya assist, something to be thankful for at last

  22. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Aguero + Trossard 😎

  23. HollywoodXI
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Knew Aguero would score. Sterling or KDB goal needed now.

  24. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Connolly goal now cmon lad score!

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

    Finally some consolidation for us Walker owners

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

    Liverpool absolutely woeful.

    Villa deserve a bigger lead!

  27. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Montoya assist. Please stay away Mendy!!!

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

    my only returners so far are heaton, lunds and rico haha

  29. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Guy top in my work ML has treble Sheffield defence this week including Lundstram, McGinn and Kun captain on 50+ points already ffs

  30. Genji3lade
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Kuuuuuuun (c)

    Praise be the FPL Gods