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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. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Double Pool defense they said

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

    MCGINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

  3. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Liverpool alseep at the back, going to VAR - it is close.

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

    I hate Aubameyang as an FPL asset.

    Love him as a guy and a baller, but hate him for FPL. Have Kun over him ofc.

  5. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Cleanies going poof poof and poof...

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

    Fernandez G

    West Ham 0 - 2 Newcastle

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

    Just on.

  8. Ginkapo FPL
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Blow the whistle in the three Oclocks ref

  9. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Double liverpool def surely gotta go now

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Now? Not two months ago?

      1. Wolfman180
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Yeah I'm a bit late on that one,
        couldn't decide who to get rid of Robbo or TAA so kept both

        1. Wolfman180
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Clearly spoke too soon!

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

    redmond almost

  11. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Any Given Saturday

  12. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Will Liverpool ever keep a clean sheet again

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

    Rico laughing at me while I played the likes of Panzini

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

    Liverpool are absolute pish defensively wtf

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

    Auba, what a hero. Cmon.

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

      He’s terrible of late

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

    People sold Auba with them fixtures?

  17. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Why the hell do I keep starting a West ham defender ahead of Rico

  18. Pacer.
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Get in ERMERICK

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

    laca and auba looking a big threat

  20. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Offside

    1. Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Nope

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

    Villa goal stands

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

    VAR loves trying to take away Villa goals.

  23. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Goal given

  24. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    All the making of a disastrous gw

  25. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Did Christina do Auba -> Stirling -4 in the end?

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

    Spammers are banter

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

    This is hilarious!

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

    Will Trent ever actually deliver on all his xStat promise ffs

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

    Mark in line for the worst WC ever!

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

    Roberto wagon derailed