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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. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Leipzig pen

  2. slove
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Best Son replacement ?

    1. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      noble

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

    All out for 77 (-8)

    69.

    Nice.

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

      Excellent

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      k

    3. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      nice

  4. Teahupo'o
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Mahrez owners, you keeping for Leicester?

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Of course

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

      Yea

    3. km79
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      NO !!!!!!!!KDB and that is all for rest of season

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

        Are you sure?

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

      I took KDB out for him on WC so I feel like I'm owed something. That's how FPL works right?

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

      Yes

  5. FPLCEO
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Leipzig a great each way bet for champions league

    1. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      if you're a bookmaker they are

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

        25-1 is great odds when City are 7-2

  6. Don Kloppeone
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Jammy Mahrez owners are knocking me down an extra 4.5k OR with their autosub points!

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

      Yeah that’ll be my Stephens one point auto sub

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        The jammiest of 1 pointers 😉

  7. Champions League Varane
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    -8 but 52 points

    Should’ve just kept Auba 🙁

  8. Tsssst
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    (K)un ffs

    Tempted to anger transfer him out for Jimenez or Vardy before the weekend already now.

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

    Definitely out of LMS after auto subs 🙁

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

    The main man gets his goal, finally.

    Werner!!!

    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Lol

  11. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero goal incoming.....

  12. FPL Pillars
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Out for 74 despite cap fail

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

    Aguero goal incoming here

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

    Kun goal any minute now.

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

    Piss off Kun you waste of space. How is it even possible to get lousy 2 points against West Ham at home

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

      Calm down there's still time

    2. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Only casuals have him tbf

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

    Blank please

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

    Kun goal en route

  18. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Jammy bench pts

  19. AD2110
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    City didn’t look great today

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

    Chasing my ML rival, he has KDB (c) I have Kun (c) Jesus and KDB, of course he wins!

  21. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Mahrez nonshow cost me 2k places

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

    Another one of England's great libraries.

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

    That Kun goal is coming

  24. Doctor Evil
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    83 with Salah as Captain. I’ll take that

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

      How diplomatic of you

    2. squits
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Exactly same score and same captain mate! Happy with that

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

    Aguero misses sitter

    1. JIMMY TUGGINS
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      lol what

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

    Even Sterling can get a hattie vs. West Ham.

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

      Feels like ages ago.

  27. Davido989
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Does anybody disagree that KDB is the best midfielder in the world?

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

      Me

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

      Apart from Henderson, no.

    3. Blunder fc
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Paul pogba definitely thinks paul pogba is the best midfielder in the world

    4. Bunk Moreland
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Very harsh on Andreas Pereira.

    5. Rover
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      No one sensible

  28. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero 90 🙂

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

      Congrats mate

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      If he blanks it would have been better if he had come off after 60 mins.

      1. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Had already sold before tonight lol

  29. Will Kane
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    So to summarise:
    Captain fail
    Wildcard fail
    Season fail

    Absolutely textbook

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Is that you, Andy?

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

    Clearly getting rid of KDB will be a season ending move now.

    If your rank does not move when he hauls, you are proper screwed if you do not own him.

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

      My rank wemt down after tonight game. And I own him. 😀