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Aguero and De Bruyne start but Mahrez benched for final Gameweek 26 fixture

19 February 2020 1358 comments
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The final match of Gameweek 26 is one that should have been contested ten days ago.

Manchester City v West Ham United was the only Premier League fixture to fall victim to Storm Ciara, with the postponed clash at the Etihad swiftly being rearranged for tonight.

This evening’s game brings to an end the longest Gameweek of the season (possibly ever?) and it could be one that has a significant bearing on many Fantasy managers’ overall rank.

Sergio Aguero (£12.1m) is owned by just 30.11% of the top 10,000, with over half of those having handed the armband to the Argentinean striker.

Whatever Kevin De Bruyne (£10.8m) does tonight will be less significant for his owners, with the Belgian’s effective ownership at 98.91%.

Both of those players start this evening.

Riyad Mahrez (£8.6m), the only other player from Pep Guardiola’s side who can boast an ownership of higher than 1% in the top 10k, is only among the substitutes.

Guardiola has made five changes in total from the side that lost 2-0 at Spurs earlier this month, with Aymeric Laporte (£6.3m), Benjamin Mendy (£5.5m), Gabriel Jesus (£9.5m), Bernardo Silva (£7.8m) and David Silva (£7.4m) all returning.

Fernandinho (£5.2m), Ilkay Gundogan (£5.2m) and Mahrez drop to the bench, while Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.2m) is suspended and Raheem Sterling (£11.7m) injured.

Leroy Sane (£9.3m) is not involved in City’s matchday squad despite a return to training.

Interest in West Ham’s FPL assets is more muted, with Robert Snodgrass (£5.2m) the only one of the Hammers’ squad who has an effective ownership of more than 1% among managers in the top 10,000.

Snodgrass keeps his place, with David Moyes making only one change to the West Ham starting XI that drew 3-3 with Brighton and Hove Albion over a fortnight ago: Arthur Masuaku (£4.2m) ousting Sebastien Haller (£6.9m) in what is clearly a signal of Moyes’ intentions this evening.

Felipe Anderson (£6.6m) returns from injury and is among the substitutes, along with new signing Jarrod Bowen (£6.5m).

The reverse fixture of this evening’s game ended 5-0 to City in Gameweek 1, with Sterling bagging a 20-point haul and Mahrez registering a hat-trick of assists.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Laporte, Mendy, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Silva, Bernardo, Jesus, Aguero.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Masuaku, Rice, Noble, Soucek, Snodgrass, Antonio.

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  1. Pranked
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    AGEURROOOOOO (C) let's go!

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    1. jtreble
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      +1. 🙂

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    2. Limbo
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      +3 (goals, please)

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      1. Babit1967
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        Yes hatrick pls

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  2. Bobby Digital
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    De Bruyneee!!!

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  3. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    This is going to be a massacre. Isn't it.

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    1. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      What set up to frustrate, I don’t see it being easy for city

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    2. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      Lucas can save it only

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    3. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      Wham*

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  4. FPL Pillars
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    Kevin has my faith tonight

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  5. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    Do your thing Fabianski

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    1. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      7 saves 7 goals?

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  6. beric
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    EO for kun and kdb?

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      In the article

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      1. beric
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        Whoops, embarrassing! Thanks

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    2. jtreble
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      LiveFPL.

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  7. AC Me Rollin’
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    Henderson
    TAA, van Dijk, Stephens
    Cantwell, Fleck, Salah, De Bruyne
    Ings, Vardy, Calvert-Lewin

    Pope, Noble, Aurier, Kelly

    3.4 ITB

    a) Calvert-Lewin > Jiminez
    b) Noble > Martial
    c) Noble > Fernandes

    or any other better option?

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  8. XabiAlonso
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    Let's go aguero, save my season

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      Aren't u a Liverpool fan?

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      1. XabiAlonso
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        Yes this game has no bearing on my team

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        1. Limbo
          • 15 Years
          6 years, 16 days ago

          Yeah. No point in playing to win if you carry allegiances outside of the game itself. I have Mo and TAA - no quibbles.

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  9. Optimus.
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/21657620 😯

    😎

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    1. jtreble
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      Nonsense.

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      1. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        How? He was spot on

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        1. Gnu
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          6 years, 16 days ago

          😆

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        2. jtreble
          • 9 Years
          6 years, 16 days ago

          Google, “ Monkey + Dartboard “. 🙂

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      2. Optimus.
        • 15 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        Mahrez cost City last match.

        Pep knows!

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        1. jtreble
          • 9 Years
          6 years, 16 days ago

          Ha ha. Good one. :).

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    2. farmerfat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      Nice

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    3. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      😆 😆

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    4. Homer21
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      Did you have an Aguero hatrick in your prediction by any chance? 😉

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  10. The FPL Units
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    Mahrez cameo for a hatty!

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    1. Skalla
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      Yes pls my only City player tonight(or maybe not)

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    2. g40steve
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      We can only hope, might need his trickery?

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      1. Skalla
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        Yeah might is the problem, they could be 5-0 up by half-time!

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        1. g40steve
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 16 days ago

          WHU parking the big bus?

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  11. JRD
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    jesus gonna steal aguero's goal(s)

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    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      It's gonna be nil nil.

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    2. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      As a non-Aguero owner I’m actually really hoping he goes nuts tonight - anyone captaining him seems to be chasing too hard to be too worried about anyway and it might persuade people to keep him another game

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      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        Logic 101.

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      2. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        As a non owner hope he gets sent off after one minute 🙂

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      3. IRBOX âš½
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        😆 keep telling yourself that

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      4. Forza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        47% effective ownership in the top 10k... absolutely nothing to worry about 😉

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      5. XabiAlonso
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        As an aguero captainer I hope he scores 0 points so I can share the load of your pain when he doesn't score to help a brother out

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  12. fusen
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    As someone who doesn't own Aguero but is surrounded by people in my mini-league who own him, this game is going to be so painful to watch ;(

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    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      Watch the champions League 🙂

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      1. Ze_Austin
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        ...also a painful watch

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        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 16 days ago

          🙂

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  13. 1justlookin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    I'm sure I'll be on my own with this one but I'm actually thinking of bringing in -
    Pukki and Mane for Son And Auba for a -4.

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    1. Limbo
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      Mane is great to own. I'm looking for a way back. Pukki is a punt. Relegation battle doesnt often work out great striker hauls tho. I'd be more tempted with Ings/DCL.

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      1. 1justlookin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        There's very little else in that bracket, already have ings and Jimi. DCL's fixtures dont look great.

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  14. Tonyawesome69
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    1ft 2.8itb
    Pope
    Stephens TAA Lundstram
    Grealish* KDB Salah traore Mane
    Vardy Ings(C)

    Ryan* Lascelles Rico connolly*

    a. Grealish and Connolly > 6.0 mid and Jimi -4 (second hit of the season)
    b. Save ft and do these moves in GW28 but won't have 2 fts for potential DGW 29

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  15. I Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    Predictions for Spurs v Leipzig?

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    1. HamezMace
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      Pain

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    2. Alan The Llama
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      2-2

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    3. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      1-3

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  16. Saro0808
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    As Mahrez been benched,will he feature against lei city? lets go kun !!!!
    should i drop him? already did my transfer as i had son.

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    1. I Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      He will play against Leicester.

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      1. Saro0808
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        hopefully he dose,dont wanna go for hits,already lagging behind,but who knows whats in peps mind.i always fear that.sterling and sane both are back in training.

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  17. n-doggg
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    What would you do here with 1 FT and 4.0 itb?

    McCarthy
    TAA, VVd, soyunco, Rico, Kiko
    Salah, Kdb, Grealish, Traore
    Vardy, Inge, dlc

    Thinking DCL to Jiminez this week?

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    1. HamezMace
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      Jiminez is a good option.
      But also consider your GW28 team, not sure who your 5th mid is, but could be a little thin in midfield next week.

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  18. FOO FIGHTER
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    What a pretty sight watching Noble chew gum with his mouth open, showing his gum too and his face inches away from the camera. Lovely.

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  19. Captain Beefheart
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    Come on you Kun

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    1. bigdip
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      racist mate....

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      1. Captain Beefheart
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        What???

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  20. bigdip
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    Help pls:

    Ryan (Button)
    Lundy, Gomez, TAA (Kelly, Targett)
    Mane (c), Grealish, Fleck, Martial (SON)
    Ings, Aguero (c), DCL
    (0 FT, 1.5mn ITB)

    A) Bench DCL and take -4hit for Son to 11.4mn or less midfield
    B) No hit and start DCL

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  21. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    Game on.

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    1. FOO FIGHTER
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      Hide 😮

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    2. CRAZY TRAIN
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      It’s a good sure

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  22. HamezMace
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    Very Emptihad tonight

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    1. DLL18
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      Absolutely shocking turnout.

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      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        Nothing shocking about the expected pathetic City turnout

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      2. HamezMace
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        I’m sure the finance department will put it down as a sell out 🙂

        Too soon?

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  23. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    Has Aguero touched the ball yet

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  24. DAZZ
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    Non Kun owner, hiding for 90 mins.

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    1. Saro0808
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      he is playing v deep,more of a 10,s role. with jesus as the main striker.
      just watching for the fun as we have few matches 4+ goals.lol

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  25. Ginkapo FPL
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    Every other week I resign myself to the chance of Mahrez being benched. This week with Sterling out I had such high hopes.

    Its the hope that hurts.

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    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      Aguero (c)

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      1. DAZZ
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 16 days ago

        I didnt see the benching coming, when i WC’d 2 gameweeks ago i had Mahrez for ages with this fixture in mind, so glad i never went with him. Awfully unlucky though pal.

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        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 14 Years
          6 years, 16 days ago

          I've had him long enough to enjoy the upsides as well

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    2. FOO FIGHTER
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      I had him 2 GW's this season. Blanked and then benched. Not again.

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    3. grumpyman
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      I owned him for 5 weeks earlier in the season and got 1 point.

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    4. FOO FIGHTER
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      So who plays vs LEI...

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  26. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    Jesus you BE

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  27. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    Jesus great chance

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  28. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    Gabrielol Jesus

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  29. George Sillett
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    Jesus doing his best to ensure that Aguero doesn't get benched.

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  30. The Train Driver
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 16 days ago

    What is Jesus doing?

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    1. HamezMace
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 16 days ago

      Praying for our sins probably

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