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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.

  1. Fudgy
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Kdb denied a monster haul here

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Too right could of had 5 or 6A

  2. Steinburg FC
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Come on Pep, time to rest Aguero for CL 😉

  3. jtreble
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Jesus poor.

    1. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Easter is canceled then.

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

    Of course Aguero is staying on...he is barely running or chasing the ball.
    I think he has been told not to use much energy.

  5. Hulk Smash
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Jesus utter trash

  6. JBG
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Lol @ Gabriel Jesus, should have had a hattrick.

    1. gribude
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      And should bring me top 5k!!!

  7. el polako
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    So basically since everyone have KDB those of us who didnt captain are fecked.

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Not really fecked. Small red arrow.

  8. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Kdb off

    1. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Gundo on to take pens...

  9. Fudgy
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Kdb off , CS point banked

  10. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    KDB fail.

    Non owners so lucky!

  11. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    KDB off
    Gundo on

  12. SuperMane Returns
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    KDB clean sheet and 28 captain pts locked, now for man city to concede and spoil all the man city cleanies.

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Not that many people have Man City defenders to be fair.

    2. boogle
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      yeh all those Ota owners are gonna be mad

      1. SuperMane Returns
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        LOL

  13. KGFC
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Wow... Mahrez still not coming on... amazing!

  14. jtreble
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Mahrez getting ready.

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Mahrez for Aguero I would think then Mahrez-Aguero-Bilva frontline against Leicester.

  15. FOO FIGHTER
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    KDB definitely to start vs LEI.

  16. The Train Driver
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Get Mahrez in Pep

  17. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Gundogan on to steal a late pen off Aguero

    1. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      He missed his last one.

  18. Woy_is_back
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Pep, IF you bring Mahrez on -.-

  19. Agger
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Mahrez 🙁

  20. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Masterclass by De Bruyne tonight. Some talent.

    1. Agger
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Modric >

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Too good to be playing in a half empty stadium.

      Needs to be appreciated.

      1. Agger
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Hes a Liverpool fan

        1. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          6 years, 1 month ago

          Imagine...

      2. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Good point. Why so few.

        1. FPL Blow-In
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 1 month ago

          You can buy top class players but not fans unfortunately

  21. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Lose that cleanie

  22. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Mahrez owners in heaven!

  23. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    People still selling KDB next week if he has no dgw29 ? 😉

  24. Rash
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Give mahrez a run out pep ffs

  25. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Mahrez such a monstrous fail. Plum game, doesnt even come on against tired legs.

  26. teneighty
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Owning KDB turns my green arrow into red...

  27. Fudgy
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Jammy mahrez owners

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Still ten mins left to get pep’d

    2. Patio Kev
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      I ain’t a jammy Mahrez owner.

      I’ve got Traoré’s one pointer waiting as my auto sub, would far rather he came on.

      1. PepTalk
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        I'm in the same boat. It's a very deflated boat

  28. thomashl
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Robbo worth the extra outlay as 2nd Liverpool def (have TAA, money no problem)?

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah, him or VVD really.

  29. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    How could Jesus miss that =[

    KDB robbed

  30. beric
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    I guess 60 isnt a good score this week

    1. ThisTimeNxtYrRodney
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Better than my 48. Ke sera. My turn next week.

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      It's the Top 10k average.

    3. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Small red.