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Aguero starts for much-changed City as Guardiola benches De Bruyne

Pep Guardiola has rung the changes for the final match of Double Gameweek 30+, which kicks off at the Etihad at 20:00 BST.

Burnley are the visitors to Eastlands, where Manchester City defeated Arsenal five days ago.

There are only three surviving members of Guardiola’s starting XI from that 3-0 win over the Gunners, with Ederson (£6.0m), David Silva (£7.3m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.5m) keeping their places.

That means that Kevin De Bruyne (£10.6m) and Raheem Sterling (£11.7m) are both rotated out of the side, with the two premium Fantasy Premier League midfielders only among the substitutes.

Sergio Aguero (£11.8m) gets his chance up front, meanwhile, with Gabriel Jesus (£9.6m) making way.

Aymeric Laporte (£6.3m), Kyle Walker (£5.6m), Benjamin Mendy (£5.5m), Ilkay Gundogan (£5.2m) and Eric Garcia (£4.5m) are the other City starters from midweek who drop out of the City line-up, with all bar the concussed Garcia on the bench.

Guardiola has changed his entire back four, with Joao Cancelo (£5.1m), Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.2m), Fernandinho (£5.1m) and Nicolas Otamendi (£4.9m) tasked with keeping Burnley at bay.

Phil Foden (£5.1m), Bernardo Silva (£7.7m) and Rodri (£5.5m) are also recalled further forward.

Sean Dyche’s side are missing the sidelined Chris Wood and Ashley Barnes (both £6.1m), so Matej Vydra (£5.3m) and Jay Rodriguez (£5.7m) are paired together in attack for the visitors.

Josh Brownhill (£4.8m) makes his first Premier League start, while Matthew Lowton (£4.2m) returns from an enforced lay-off at right-back.

Not only are Burnley hit by injury, they are also without four players whose contracts are due to expire at the end of the month: Joe Hart (£4.2m), Jeff Hendrick (£5.4m), Aaron Lennon (£4.6m) and Phil Bardsley (£4.3m) are not even among the substitutes as doubts linger over their futures.

Four academy products make it onto Dyche’s under-strength bench as a result, with two goalkeepers among the seven substitutes that the Burnley boss has named.

De Bruyne is the most-captained player of Double Gameweek 30+ both overall and within the top 10k.

Over half of the managers inside the top 10,000 handed the armband to the Belgian.

Aguero was captained by 26.74% of those elite managers, meanwhile.


Manchester City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Otamendi, Fernandinho, Zinchenko, Rodrigo, D Silva, Foden, Bernardo, Mahrez, Aguero.

Burnley XI: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Brownhill, Westwood, Cork, McNeil, Rodriguez, Vydra.

Double Gameweek 30+ FPL Lessons Learned

2,167 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Bring Kev on for it

  2. FPL_Devil
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Probably about to be missed

  3. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Mahrez essential

  4. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Aguero not taking pen.

  5. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Wow

  6. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    And he’s fit to play?! FML

  7. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    MAHREZZZZZZ SIUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!

    1. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      I bottled captaining him big time

  8. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Mahrez g kun a

  9. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Mahrez pls pls score

  10. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Kun's last contribution. Works for me, but Jesus coming on is no good for me...

  11. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Mahrez G
    Aguero A

  12. shaunyjames
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Mahrez G
    Kun A

  13. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    This is such a joke

  14. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Mahrez I love you 😀

  15. McSauce
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Jesus Mahrez would have been ideal pick

  16. FPL_Devil
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Aguero will get assist tho if scored

  17. L'Aeroplanino
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    who's taking? DSilva?

  18. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Oh, get in, RM...

  19. Hect.OR 98th
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    I actually covered my ears for that. My Mahrez GS rival Pope.

  20. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Ffs what a joke. Jammy Mahrez man

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

    Wow Aguero owner, no Mahrez

  22. Andy_Social
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Kun assist when he's off the field!!!

  23. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Going with Mahrez over Aguero is my best decision in life

  24. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Damn. Mahrez. DGW Hero. Wish I owned him.

  25. aborg
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Aguero still gets the assist if Mahrez scores

  26. Tuchap - Lurker
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Aguero to mahrez. Decent. Aguero off tho.

  27. Eastman
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Any advice on my WC squad would be appreciated:

    DDG Martin
    Doherty Saiss TAA Lascelles Taylor
    Son KDB Salah Bruno Saka
    Rash Jimmy Nketiah

  28. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    You beauty! Mahrez captain glory!

  29. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    Aguero assist?

    1. moz_1983
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Must be.

  30. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 months ago

    KDB undisputed pen taker so!

    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 months ago

      Or even Kun is just injured

      Never mind