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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. adibo
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Lund and rico on the bench ... trent and pool concede wdf

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

      Both Trent and Pool conceded? Damn, what were the odds?!

    2. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      should have bench boosted ?

    3. Woy_is_back
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Why the fck would you bench Lundy Burnley at home

  2. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Auba punishing the sellers 🙂

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

      Surely no one that takes FPL seriously sold him ahead of these fixtures?

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

        FPL is about getting points 😉

      2. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        i think you would be surprised 😉

  3. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Sterling C fail

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

      Of course

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

      Got Sterling for a hit and put the armband on him. Of course he will blank now.

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

    Trent yo Mane close.

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

      bugger that would have been perfect

  5. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    TAA to who for a hit?

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

      Willems

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

      Rico

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

      Robbo

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

      TAA to Rico
      Cantwell to Maddison

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

    trent to targett or tierney?

  7. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Southampton defending like there's 5 minutes to go... not sustainable for another 65 minutes.

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

    Saints throwing everything in front of the ball.

  9. Modest Bob
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    My 1 man team is probably beating most of you hahaha

  10. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Kun fail

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

      Defo

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

    Firmino goal ruled out

    offside

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

    Stuart Armstrong comes into the lineup and immediately has an. Impact.
    Hojbjerg shouldnt play ahead of him at the moment in the midfield. Has been poor for months now.

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

      Don't think Armstrong is a 90 min player though. Always does well in short bursts (e.g. 30 mins etc).

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

    Firmino G
    Mane A

    Disallowed

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

    Liverpool goal in net but offside

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

    He’s on

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

    Aguero Maddison Trent Dendoncker --> Vardy McGinn Lascelles Salah (-8) + 2.4m ITB isn't worth it... right? or is it

  17. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Sold McGinn to CHO for a hit last gw.

    Probably my worst transfer this season. what was i thinking

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

    Mane to Firmino, should be a Goal.

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

    Mane assist should be confirmed!

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

      Nah

  20. Modest Bob
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Last weeks TC on JWP justified

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

    Think thats onside

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

    VAR is cack

  23. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    WTF how is that not a goal for Pool!???

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

      I haven't seen it but as a VIlla fan I'm pretty sure it's offside.

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

    Lol these stupid lines again. Just flip a coin.

  25. ZeBestee
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    No Goal.

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

    aw man

  27. Poseidon.
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    That’s off

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

    VAR robbing Liverpool

  29. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    That should be goal. Var sucks

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

      Either it was offside or it wasnt

  30. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    This game is hard.

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

      Me too.

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

      Says the one