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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. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundy you beauty.

  2. WVA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Feel sick with that last minute benching of Lundstram

  3. HNI
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundstram is far better value than even Last season Bissaka. Proper CAM finish, 4mn buy at that!

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

      4.2 for me but still insanity.

      Him for 4.2 and 4.0 for Rico for me been my 2 best performers last 3 weeks - season keepers at this point

    2. Peter Ouch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      It is but tbh he should have been a midfielder and nobody probably would have been taking about him

  4. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pep's subs should be Mendy, Jesus, Mahrez, or Foden

    Ota owners hopefully SAFE

  5. Peter Ouch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Am I dreaming?
    Have played rico and Lundstram, left tomori and soynucu.
    Finally a good one

  6. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Is Rico going to be the highlight of my week again?

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

    Advantage professionals over casuals with the Lund G.

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

    OMG Auba

  9. TAT
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Rico on the bench. Can't get these decisions right…

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

    Auba G
    Laca A

    Arsenal 1-0 Wolves

  11. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Trezeguet goal

  12. Arteta
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    LundsTCram when Blades have DGW locked in.

  13. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    OMG Trezuguet

  14. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Of course Auba scores now lol

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

    OMG Trezeguet

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I think I saw someone on the Villa forum predict a Trezequet goal. Wow.

  16. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lets gooooogo, cmon you heroes!! Ederson you saint!!!!!!! Get innn

    1. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      On a VERY late stream haha

  17. Epic Fail
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Our son Trezeguet.

  18. TAT
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Of course I sold Auba for a hit…

  19. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    United back in the title race!

  20. Gerd Mueller’s thighs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    After three blanks......finally

  21. Amey
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Time to go ultra cheap in defense
    Rico Lundstram Soyuncu Lascells and yes Taa

  22. The Sociologist
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pope really hasn't been setting the world alight so far this season. Anyone shipping soon?

    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yes

  23. Stef rocks
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lundiiiiiiiii

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

    Trezeguet G
    McGinn A

    Villa 1-0 Liverpool

  25. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Did that guy TC Lundstram in the end? Dribbles or summat

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

      He was talking about triple cpt JWP last week smh.

      1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Lol

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

    People who own TAA are so stupid. He's a terrible pick, I sold a while ago and I'm laughing. He has amazing stats but just gets 1 or 2 points every game. Ha.

  27. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Auba!!

  28. Arteta
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Aubaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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

    OMG Fernandes

  30. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Inevitable TAA haul is inevitable