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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. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Nightcrawler in tears

  2. ‘Tis the Season
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Lol sterling coming on for a 2min cameo

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

    Wow, Sterling cameo!

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

      Yes! Opponent's Ings stays 3rd on bench 😆

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

        Wow, that is crazy.

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

      Richarlison stays on bench for my rival!
      And late Zaha assist as captain for me.

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

    This game needs Aguero

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

    Grealish 13 down the drain

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

      Don’t deserve them.

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Not really. Would have been 1st on bench coming on for vardy but missed the deadline

        Anyway can still get them for lund

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

          Can’t field only two defenders.

    2. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Ouch. Unlucky

    3. Reiger
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Oh no... brutal!

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

    Sorry to Sterling owners.

    Pep is a troll after all.

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Remember the Ota 2 min cameo

  7. Am sorry to say again it�…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling on Ouch!

  8. MITHRRANDIRR
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Raheem!!! Stop those Grealish and Cantwell points!

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

      he's stopping my Rico points 🙂

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

        +2 is 5k ranks

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

          nice one, i'll take it 😆

  9. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Need a Manè hatrick tomorrow

  10. WVA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    He might score

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

      Or YC

  11. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling on for 1 minute 😆

  12. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling blocks a lot of bench points

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

      What a nice man that Pep is.

  13. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Love you Pep.

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

    Sterling can score, this is good. Sterling caps the real winners

  15. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling cameo ahaha

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

    Sterling 1 min cameo for 1 point, my world

  17. lordkippe
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Wickham coming in for Vardy! finally my patience with Connor paying off

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Heh.

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

      You have him all season? Haha nice one

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

    Sterling on

  19. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Still don't know what hauls off the bench feel like. I really need to find a way to set my FPL team on fire

  20. Superflymonk
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    People still own Raheem? It's 2020! He's so 2108/2019

    1. Mo Salah No Mane
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      He'll be about 110 years old then. Wouldn't expect much either

  21. MITHRRANDIRR
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Why is KdB playing so deep? Didn't watch City for the past few games after Arsenal.

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

    KDB +BPS

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

    Lucky Aguero cappers

    1. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      He's my vc behind Vardy!

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

        You re lucky lucky boy !

        1. threeputt
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          erm.....

  24. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Gettìng Rico -1 on for Vardy (C). Blanks all arcoss the board. Crappy new year.

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      VC?

      1. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Mane

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

    Sterling comical cameo adding insult to injury for those still holding.

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

    Kevin deep Blankkkkk

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

      Lol

  27. FPL Virgin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Good news. Sounds precautionary with Vardy.

    "Jamie Vardy has a tight calf, he is being treated and I didn't want to take any risks."

  28. InSaneMan-e
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    With Ali dropping who do you think is the best replacement?
    A. Maddison
    B. Richarlison
    C. Martial

  29. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Vardy and Aguero...

    Got back KdB by taking out Maddison and Rashford and getting DCL.

    Aguero to start next game?

    1. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Fa cup

    2. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Rico coming off the bench. No captain. God almighty.

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

    Jesus looks in pain. Yellow flag incoming.