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

22 June 2020 2167 comments
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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 (ÂŖ6.0m), David Silva (ÂŖ7.3m) and Riyad Mahrez (ÂŖ8.5m) keeping their places.

That means that Kevin De Bruyne (ÂŖ10.6m) and Raheem Sterling (ÂŖ11.7m) are both rotated out of the side, with the two premium Fantasy Premier League midfielders only among the substitutes.

Sergio Aguero (ÂŖ11.8m) gets his chance up front, meanwhile, with Gabriel Jesus (ÂŖ9.6m) making way.

Aymeric Laporte (ÂŖ6.3m), Kyle Walker (ÂŖ5.6m), Benjamin Mendy (ÂŖ5.5m), Ilkay Gundogan (ÂŖ5.2m) and Eric Garcia (ÂŖ4.5m) 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 (ÂŖ5.1m), Oleksandr Zinchenko (ÂŖ5.2m), Fernandinho (ÂŖ5.1m) and Nicolas Otamendi (ÂŖ4.9m) tasked with keeping Burnley at bay.

Phil Foden (ÂŖ5.1m), Bernardo Silva (ÂŖ7.7m) and Rodri (ÂŖ5.5m) are also recalled further forward.

Sean Dyche’s side are missing the sidelined Chris Wood and Ashley Barnes (both ÂŖ6.1m), so Matej Vydra (ÂŖ5.3m) and Jay Rodriguez (ÂŖ5.7m) are paired together in attack for the visitors.

Josh Brownhill (ÂŖ4.8m) makes his first Premier League start, while Matthew Lowton (ÂŖ4.2m) 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 (ÂŖ4.2m), Jeff Hendrick (ÂŖ5.4m), Aaron Lennon (ÂŖ4.6m) and Phil Bardsley (ÂŖ4.3m) 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

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  1. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    I bet Dyche doesn’t find this as amusing as some of his players seem to

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    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      No worms in the Etihad grass?

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  2. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Sane warming up.

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  3. KGFC
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Pep pls take off Foden... Need Mahrez's 3 bonus points!

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    1. barcaa7
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Mahrez will keep the clean sheet point?

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  4. Big_Bear
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Will Sterling make it on?

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    1. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      No.

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      1. Big_Bear
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Boooooo

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  5. how now brown cow
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Sane warming up.

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  6. Stef rocks
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Was on Pope on my WC but seriously reconsidering now! Who would you go for?

    A)Foster
    B) Dubravka
    C) keep Pope
    D) somebody else -who?

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    1. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      A
      a team fighting for PL survival

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    2. OptimusBlack
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      B

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  7. Silecro
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    DGW Bench Boost success after all, otherwise I would hardly even consider putting Mahrez along with KDB

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  8. Niho992
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Another fantastic City game without Sterling.They have to sell him, and won every game they can

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    1. barton fc
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Did you not see the arsenal game?

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  9. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Could foden get a decent number of minutes now until the end of the season ?

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    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Yes but after GW33+

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  10. GuillermoDickero
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Before the deadline I had a choice between Norwood and foden for my final spot.... Obviously went with the one who was "safer" in terms of minutes.

    Fair play to all those that punted on foden this week. Enjoy the points!!

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    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Norwood did score to be fair!

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      1. GuillermoDickero
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Yeah I had to laugh when his goal wasn't allowed - you think, I've waited 3 months for this and FPL still knows how to take you through some great times and some bad haha - it brought it all back

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      2. Hulk Smash
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Too soon

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  11. thomashl
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Is it outrageous to go with Mahrez instead of Mane/Salah on WC?

    The rest is fairly template

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    1. FPL_DON
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      yes

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    2. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Don't really know yet how Liverpool are going to be for rest of season.

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    3. Pompel
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Think he's an option, if you can take the inevitable rotation and cameos. But I still feel KDB is worth the extra.

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  12. FPL_DON
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Sterling surely coming on to nick a goal

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  13. thegame983
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Foden still to get Baps for winning goal

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  14. SuperMane Returns
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Need a Foden YC to save the 3 Mahrez BAPS

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    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      YC when he takes his shirt off after scoring his hat-trick?

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  15. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    No Sterling today then 🙁

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  16. Hig1990
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Thoughts on this WC? 0 ITB

    Martinez/Button
    VVD, Doherty, Aurier, Lascelles, Robinson
    Bruno, KDB, Son, Mane, Hayden
    Rashford, DCL, Jimmy

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    1. KUNingas
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Ditch VVD

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      1. Hig1990
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Who do you suggest? Pool cover not essential?

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  17. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Another city without a pope save at full time and he'll become the first keeper to get negative points withoutgetting sent off in Fpl history

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    1. Rover
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Didn't Foster get negative points against City in the 8-0 game?

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      1. Nightcrawler
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Sorry i mean relevant fpl history then

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        1. JabariParkersEyelid
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          That was this season...

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  18. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Burnley rollicking after this and back to basics for midweek.

    Popessential.

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  19. Here is Cash, give McGinn
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Chances of starting on wednesday?
    A) Salah
    B) Mane

    Which combo?
    1) Maguire and Holgate
    2) Saiss and Aurier

    Other defs TAA, Doherty and Lascelles

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  20. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Holgate or Aurier alongside Trent Doherty, and likely rotating with Lascelles? Why?

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    1. how now brown cow
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Aurier will get attacking returns and be more fun.

      He'll probably do something stupid too though.

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    2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      I've gone with Aurier alongside them
      Its having 3 extra mids that can get bonus clean sheet pts too

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      1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        I've tinkered with Ritchie too

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    3. KUNingas
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Holgate + Lascellas rotation
      AVL (H)
      BOU (A)
      WHU (H)
      SOU (H)
      WAT (A)
      AVL (H)
      BHA (A)
      BOU (H)

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  21. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Foden is the higher scorer of DGW

    Well done to owners 🙂

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    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      4 of his 20 owners in the top 10k benched him (hopefully on BB)

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    2. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      I congratulate those who analysed the facts and then captained Foden, not the jammy ones. 😀

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  22. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    ML rival has 140 points pre bonus this week. Seriously scary. Luckily he was behind by a lot so I'm still ahead but damn that's insane.

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    1. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Crazy that my 102pts feels like a poor week!

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      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Looks like he gets two more Mahrez points and ends with 142. That has to be in the like top 50 for the GW.

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    2. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      mine will be about 125. Erased a 30 point lead I had coming into this GW. Absolutely gutted

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    3. Shuko
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      I got 139 after bonus, but that doesn't sound so amazing when ML rivals got 117 and 119 as well.

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      1. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Literally the worst humble brag I have ever read.

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        1. SweepaKeepa
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          I can’t believe this game has knocked me off the first page of the overall leader board.

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  23. The Polymath
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Admit it. You only had Mahrez because you couldn't afford KDB or Sterling.
    😀

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    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      I picked Mahrez + TAA over Sterling + Egan.

      Turned out to be a good decision after all. Wasn't looking very good after the first game.

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    2. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Nope, cos Sterling has been rubbish

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    3. Rover
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Or chose to get rid of Kun

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    4. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Seeing better value per million isn't the same as settling for the cheaper player. Sterling owners still got unlucky though.

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    5. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Sterling is crap. Would never own him

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    6. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      It was Sterling and Jimenez vs Mahrez and Aguero for me. Thankfully landed on the better pair.

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  24. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    You might have thought Pope would manage more than one save all match.

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  25. barton fc
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Was gonna wc this week, but tempted to fh to give me more scouting time.

    Lots of teams looked rusty not sure how much we can judge on form as well.

    When will most other be free hitting? Seeing as there won't be a another dgw, is there a reason to hold?

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  26. Mike82
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Can you make your free transfer and then free hit after it? Just to get a player in for the game week after next without using that particular free transfer in that game week

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    1. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Free Hit or WC will cancel the transfer.

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  27. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Is Harry Kane a good option for a FH team this week or are Jimenez, DCL and Vardy all better options?

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    1. Tinkermania
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      All better than Kane

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  28. Hect.OR 98th
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Foden passed Mahrez in bps

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  29. dshv
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Still pope to best choice for my WC ?

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    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      ミ●īšâ˜‰ãƒŸ

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  30. Monkey Hanger
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Men against toddlers.

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