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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. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Klopp showung Pep he's up for it too

  2. Over Midwicket
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    No TAA assist hahaha

  3. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Ota came on for one minute?!?! %*&%

  4. Weilong7
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Salah for mane now a no brainier?

  5. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Liverpool, Liverpool, LIVERPOOL!!!

  6. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    I thought it was a trent assist?

  7. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Not that fussed about Mane outscoring Kun(c) I’ll take what I get

  8. gaurava1216
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    How s that not a TAA assist?

  9. Sailboats
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Who assisted Mane??

    1. gaurava1216
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      100 per cent TAA but not given yet

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

      Trent

  10. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    This is not my finest gameweek

    Pleas halp

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

    Liverpool double def flatters to deceive again!!

  12. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Trent assist given

  13. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    TAA assist NOT given on FPL website

    1. Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Just given =)

  14. Party time
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Super day Super Mané

    • seewhyaxe
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      F off Salah....!

    • beric
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Well at least villa lost

    • TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Don't worry. given now.

    • manu4life99
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      No TAA assist?

    • Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Why no Trent A

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      It’s a clear Trent assist.

      Settle!

    • Milk, 1 Šuker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Sadio you beauty. Been my captain all week. Shifted to KDB briefly but he was a big differential captain for me!! Woo hoo!!

    • Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Where are the people who LOL when we say that this is the best league in the world?

    • nerd_is_the_werd
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      SADIO MANNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE

    • Werkself
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Wow, just wow.

    • diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      TAA assist NOW given on FPL website. Just slow to update

    • Chucky
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      F off Salah and VVD... useless fuds

      1. beric
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Ouch

      2. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Do you own Sterling?

    • Danstoke82
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Pep brings on Otamendi for 2 minutes and therefore costs me Rico as first sub. Cheers Pep.

      1. twoplustwo
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        wtf

    • twoplustwo
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Decent, 44 pre baps with triple Chelsea up next

    • dark91
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      A couple of minutes late but yeeeeeeees Mane (C) goal 😀

    • FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Trent 3 bonus, Mane 2?
      Hope so!!!