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Aguero returns to the City starting XI as Bergwijn makes Spurs debut

Gameweek 25 comes to a conclusion at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Manchester City the visitors to north London.

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

Pep Guardiola has made a couple of changes to the side that beat Sheffield United in their last Premier League game.

The main one from a Fantasy perspective concerns Sergio Aguero (£12.0m), who replaces Gabriel Jesus (£9.5m) as City’s central striker.

Ilkay Gundogan (£5.2m) also comes into midfield, with centre-back Aymeric Laporte (£6.3m) not part of the matchday squad.

City look to be back in a 4-3-3 following their dalliances with a wing-back system in recent weeks.

Kevin De Bruyne (£10.7m) makes his 17th successive Premier League start in central midfield, while Raheem Sterling (£11.7m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.5m) retain their places either side of Aguero.

Jose Mourinho makes three changes to the side that started the win over Norwich City, one of which sees winger Steven Bergwijn (£7.5m) make his debut following his £26.7m move from PSV Eindhoven.

Davinson Sanchez (£5.3m) and budget FPL defender Japhet Tanganga (£4.0m) also come into the starting XI, with Ryan Sessegnon (£5.4m), Jan Vertonghen (£5.2m) and Erik Lamela (£5.7m) all dropping to the bench.

Only two sides have kept fewer clean sheets than Spurs since Jose Mourinho took charge, although the Lilywhites have conceded fewer big chances than any other team in that time.

No team has scored more goals on the road than Manchester City in 2019/20, with Guardiola’s troops having found the back of the net on 34 occasions in their 12 away fixtures.


Spurs XI: Lloris, Aurier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Tanganga, Winks, Lo Celso, Dele, Bergwijn, Son, Lucas.

Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Fernandinho, Zinchenko, Rodrigo, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Sterling, Aguero.

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  1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    City 0 goals in 180 mins

    1. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Pep Out

  2. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Jose beats Pep again

    1. The Neville Wears Prada
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Losing on purpose so board can give him another billion. And if he doesn’t get what he wants, he’s off to Barca. Truly master class

  3. Cruz88
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Tempted to do his as can just afford it for a -8 if no price changes occur:

    Fernandes, Grealish and Gomez to Bergwijn, Barnes and VVD

    I wanted to bring VVD in anyway for security of starts, the rest too kneejerky?

    1. Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Crazy

    2. Eleven Hag
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      U bought Fernandes already and getting rid of him too

      1. Cruz88
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        He was a punt at best. Might need to settle. Not because he only got 2, but because I saw the game and whilst he was ok, the team around him was poor

    3. YEAH PITCH!
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Too jerky

  4. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Walker and Dier love scene

  5. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    @Rainer no bonus for son.?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      TM says no!

      1. Hy liverpool
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Booooooo

    2. Skalla
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Prob not needed a City goal at the end there...

  6. Sailboats
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Jose masterclass. Legend

    1. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      If the master class strategy is get completely outplayed , in any normal game be 5-0 down at half time and rely on a sending off to attack then yes... absolute masterclass

  7. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Aurier CS. Against Manchester City.

    AURIER FFS.

    1. Skalla
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      He was flawless not even a YC today 🙂

  8. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    I'm getting an Aurier clean sheet from 2nd spot on my bench, against Man City - a game in which he gave away a penalty.

    Top tier shithousery.

    1. YEAH PITCH!
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Lol so true

    2. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      same for me!

    1. Tinkermania
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Nice guess 😉

  9. Stoic
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Surely Pep stays in England if he wants competitive football

    1. The Neville Wears Prada
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      He doesn’t.

  10. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Mane Kelly to Son Robbo/VVD (-4)?

    Got Salah and Trent

    1. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Mane defo out?

      1. grumpyman
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Nope, Klopp said would probably be back for the next game.

        1. Royal5
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Exactly. Very risky to get rid

      2. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Unknown but was thinking of a shift to double Defence anyway

        1. Royal5
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Could work i guess. Not sure about the hit

    2. gauzah
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Think I am going to do this exact move. Spurs fixtures coming up are looking favourable.
      In hindsight now I regret choosing the Salah/Mane double up because of the (C) headache every week.

      Double defence is a superior option I think. Allows you to put more funds elsewhere and still rack up an easy 6pts+ a week from the defenders.

  11. jtreble
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    TOT looks dreadful. Son owner. Not sure what to do.

    1. YEAH PITCH!
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Keep

      1. jtreble
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I’m leaning towards shipping Son as soon as Mane is back.

    2. Tinkermania
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Get rid when Kane comes back to delay the counter attacks!

    3. RAMZES666
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      yea massively overperforming but that's what quality players do. At the moment who else offers more value in the same price bracket... Martial? Bruno? Mahrez? Maddison?

  12. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    If you re on WC would you consider Bergwijn over Son?

    Curently have Son...

  13. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    59 pts from 3 Liverpool and Dean Henderson. Rest got no more than 3.

  14. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    People were laughing that Berjwin was a no name signing. One bit of magic is all it takes.

    1. YEAH PITCH!
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yep. Let's see if he is consistent.

  15. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Is there a word for a player who is constantly called underrated, but everyone knows he's highly rated? Everybody knows Son is class, yet so many call him underrated. It's weird yo

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yes it’s called inconsistent

    2. The Neville Wears Prada
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      If Kane wasn’t there, different story

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

      Good player. Not even close to Mane or Salah.

    4. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      the word is Henderson

  16. JBG
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Mourinho masterpiece. Let City and Pep bottle it.

  17. tucaoneo
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Having only KDB going into this game, can't complain.

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Only Son and KdB here 🙂

      1. tucaoneo
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Well done!

  18. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Just knew as I saw Sterling in the starting lineup that City would get nothing

  19. Boomerang V
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero and Auba were bad picks in my WC but still happy with 72 points 🙂

    Now I need to decide which one to get rid first

  20. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Down to 77 in the OR. Can´t catch a break

    1. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Poor bugger 😀

      1. Woy_is_back
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        😉

    2. Skalla
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Very unlucky! just the price you pay for being too good... Could have been going up 400k places like me this GW 🙂

      1. Woy_is_back
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        wow, that´s amazing

    3. kamdaraji
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      shut up

  21. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Son coughing alot in his interview.. Hope its just a cold.

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      😮

    2. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Hilarious I get it because it’s racist! Good joke!

      1. _Ninja_
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        ? He could have a chest infection.

    3. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      😛

    4. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      He has just had to lie and say that being up to 5th in the league is ‘amazing’. Anyone would be sick having to do that

    5. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I noticed that, I hope he hasn't been back to Asia.

      1. sunzip14
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        As if the virus hasn’t been found in the UK

    6. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      He's not Chinese?

      1. _Ninja_
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        ? South Koreans can get chest infections as well

    7. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Coronavirus

    8. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Tomori and Minamino also looked pale

  22. afsr
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Mccarthy
    TAA, Williams, Lundstram
    Salah, Fernandes, KDB, Trossard,
    Ings, Haller, Vardy

    Button, Fleck, Holgate, Dunk
    1FT, 6.2 ITB

    A: Haller -> Jimenez/Firmino
    B: Haller, Lundstram -> Bertrand, Jimenez/Firmino (-4)
    C: Trossard, Haller -> Henderson, Jimenez (-4)
    D: Trossard, Haller -> Redmond, Jimenez (-4)

    1. Shineonme
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Lund must go now. I got rid last week for O'Connell. I did tell everyone Lund wouldn't start

  23. bitm2007
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Did anybody get a goal from their Forwards this GW ? Only Murray and Samatta scored

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Deeney assist

      1. bitm2007
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Many would have had 3 or those from Firmino

    2. Tinkermania
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Me neither but super Snoddy saved my week.

    3. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      No just 5 clean sheets

    4. Jordan.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      ive not had one at all last 2 weeks from anywhere my only goals were kuns brace vs palace 3 wks ago ,#seasondownthedrain

  24. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    I´m starting Aurier next game 😀

    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Same.

      Last 3: 6,6,6

  25. Wag the Drog
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Time to sell Lord Lundstram right?

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      A few weeks ago yes

    2. ritzyd
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yep

    3. Monkey Hanger
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      He has done a Lord Lucan.

    4. Shineonme
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Should have last week. I did.

  26. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Robbo or VVD as double Liverpool defenders alongside Trent?

    (Funded by Mane to Son, and losing Kelly - finally)

    Salah owner too, don’t worry

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      West Ham in 27

  27. Powers106
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    KDB troll 22 points last 5gw

    1. jtreble
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      KDB could have easily had a goal and two assists today.

  28. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    So the best front going forward is ?

    Ings Jiménez Firmino?

    1. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Prefer double Pool defence and Salah over Firmino

    2. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Ings Jimenez Vardy for me

    3. Skalla
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Deeney has been good too!

    4. Shineonme
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I prefer Aub. Jinimez. Ings. Then in gw28 Vardy. Jinimez. Ing's.

  29. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Blanks from main Leics Chelsea City Wolves Arsenal United attackers this week.

    1. kamdaraji
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      back to a defenders game?