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De Bruyne starts but Sterling and Aguero benched as Guardiola rings the changes

There are three Premier League matches kicking off at 17:30 GMT this evening.

David Moyes takes charge of West Ham United for the first time since his reappointment as head coach, with Bournemouth the visitors to the London Stadium.

Manchester City entertain Everton, while bottom-of-the-table Norwich City play host to Crystal Palace.

The headline team news comes from the Etihad, where Pep Guardiola has made five changes from Sunday’s 2-0 win over Sheffield United.

Kyle Walker, Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva all drop to the bench, while Oleksandr Zinchenko misses out altogether.

Ilkay Gundogan, Gabriel Jesus, Benjamin Mendy, Joao Cancelo and Phil Foden are the players recalled to Guardiola’s starting XI.

David Silva is among the substitutes after returning from injury.

Kevin De Bruyne – the second-most-captained player of Gameweek 21 – keeps his place amid the rotation.

Ederson misses out with illness, so Claudio Bravo keeps his place.

Carlo Ancelotti followed suit, initially making five alterations to his Everton side.

Fabian Delph, Lucas Digne, Yerry Mina, Bernard and Seamus Coleman came into the side, with Leighton Baines, Michael Keane, Theo Walcott, Tom Davies and Moise Kean making way.

However, Bernard was injured in the warm-up – so Davies keeps his place.

Moyes has made four changes to the West Ham team from Gameweek 20.

Aaron Cresswell, Robert Snodgrass, Mark Noble and Angelo Ogbonna are in for Arthur Masuaku, Carlos Sanchez, Manuel Lanzini and Issa Diop.

There is no Michail Antonio in the Hammers’ squad.

Daniel Farke has recalled three first-team regulars after handing them breathers last weekend.

Sam Byram, Todd Cantwell and Kenny McLean come in for Jamal Lewis, Marco Stiepermann and Onel Hernandez.

Crystal Palace are unchanged from the team that drew with Southampton on Saturday.


Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale, Francis, Cook, Mepham, Rico, L Cook, Lerma, Gosling, H Wilson, C Wilson, Solanke.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Fredericks, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Noble, Snodgrass, Anderson, Fornals, Haller.

Manchester City XI: Bravo, Cancelo, Fernandinho, E Garcia, Mendy, Rodrigo, Gundogan, Mahrez, Foden, De Bruyne, Jesus.

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Holgate, Mina, Sidibe, Delph, Sigurdsson, Digne, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin, Davies.

Norwich City XI: Krul, Byram, Zimmermann, Hanley, Aarons, McLean, Tettey, Vrancic, Buendía, Pukki, Cantwell.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Kelly, Tomkins, Sakho, Riedewald, McCarthy, Milivojevic, McArthur, Meyer, Zaha, Ayew.

2,047 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Dacra
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Thinking about dgw.. Kane to Haller?!

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      TC Noble

    2. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I’ll be doing this exact move too

  2. Spockazulu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Hey all, why was Jonny Evans subbed off today? Looking to bring him in and just wanting to make sure it wasn't an injury.

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Certainly wasn’t injured, all good

  3. Champions united
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Ramsdale to ???

    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      yes

    2. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Literally anyone

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

      Ryan

      1. Champions united
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Mhmmm i did Ryan to ramsdale on my wc now regretting

    4. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Someone with hands.

    5. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Not Gazzaniga

    6. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Even Button. At least you don't get a negative.

  4. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Damn Rico in for Vardy instead of Greenwood

  5. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Traore to Noble

  6. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    get Rico to absolute zero!

  7. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Is it just me or is KDB playing deeper? 3 at the back with Gundo and KDB holding the midfield.

    1. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      He'll push up soon I hope

      1. RyanMK
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Hope so too. Have him as my captain now that Vardy did not play.

    2. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Yes. Wont get anything in this game

    3. Don Van Vliet
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Seems to be hovering and hoovering around the middle third of the pitch more than anything else.

  8. FFSbet.com
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Rico/Kiko > 4.1 def (if there is one) or get fodder 3.9M ?

  9. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    New manager bounce dosen't apply to Arsenal so

    1. Sid1891
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I have a feeling they will beat Utd actually

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Oh they have a chance, meeting a Utd side in a bit of form themselves won't help mind

  10. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Norwich are playing well

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Cantwell go on son get a brace

  11. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Traore —> Ya Handbag —> Noble looks to be the professionals move this GW.

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      See above

    2. tucaoneo
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Too late. I got Foden before VAR kicked in.

    3. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Ya handbag hahahaha

  12. Railwayman
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    So KDB is 21.69% VC in the top 10K. Interesting. Mane second with 13.77%.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Yes their EO is huge 2 blanks will make my new decade a splendid one

      1. Railwayman
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        I guess mine too, more KDB then Mane. My vc Rashford with only 3% looks like a real differential right now.

    2. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      How’d you know that?

  13. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Kun will come in and score 2nd half?

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Come in yes. Score we dont know.

  14. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Richarlison got into their half yet?

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      He’s playing? Listening to Audi commentary and he’s not been mentioned once

  15. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Mina should score soon. Check his stats. *
    #Tempted

  16. SADIO SANÉ
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Get Stacey and Rico on WC for this plum fixture and then West Ham sign the best manager in the world right before the GW, you just can't plan for these things

    1. CMJC
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Yep! Guaranteed cs before Moyes

  17. circusmonkey
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Does Bornmenouth's naffness make their fixtures irrelevant?

    1. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Yes.

    2. Railwayman
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Yes.

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

      Yes

    4. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Yes. Worst team in the league at the moment. Eddie Howe too proud to play long ball football so they give the ball away in their own half too much.

    5. jaguar shark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Well, apparently it does!

    6. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      OK thanks everyone, Rico to Gomez it probably is then.

  18. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    this is going to be another atrocious gw 🙁

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Already is

    2. jaguar shark
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Goals for Maddison and Grealish definitely frustrates my Traoré pick...

      1. Stupendous
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Sold Grealish this week and Cantwell last

        Traore blank. How it goes sometimes

  19. jaguar shark
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Ramsdale... :facepalm:

  20. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Cantwell close again

  21. FDMS All Starz
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Nice to see Kdb playing very deep today, a Salah (c) could be huge this week

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      It’s not nice at all

    2. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      He's my VC for Vardy so really hope so!

  22. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Currently on 11 points. How big a green arrow is that then?

  23. Blunder fc
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Negatives points coming off the bench is always a joy

  24. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Feel a Mendy haul incoming

  25. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    How did I have Ramsdale and Rico on my GW20 WC SMH

  26. tm245
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Mahrez wide

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

    Eddie Howe deserve to be fired just cause he plays Solanke every week. Terrible manager.

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      He’s English &’young. His job is never in question.

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

        You re right probably

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      No Plan B.

    3. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Not a fan of Solanke either but put some respect on the man's name mate, He literally took Bournemouth from Division 4 to the PL!

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

        So what? It s time to change.

  28. MiLK2018
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    KDB is playing deep so far

  29. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Grealish, Maddy & Cantwell non-owners have been so lucky today.

    1. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Do you just own every player or soneththing?

  30. Qaiss
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Norwich are so fun to watch.. would be great if they could stay up