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De Bruyne and Foden benched as Guardiola makes six changes for Saints clash

5 July 2020 1579 comments
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Manchester City face Southampton in the penultimate fixture of Gameweek 33+ and the last Premier League match to take place on a busy Sunday afternoon.

Kick-off at St Mary’s is at 19:00 BST.

Rotation was always a possibility after City’s hectic week in league and cup and Pep Guardiola has made six changes to his starting XI from the side that beat Liverpool on Thursday.

The most high-profile changes see Kevin De Bruyne (£10.8m) and Phil Foden (£5.3m) drop to the bench after their double-digit hauls in Gameweek 32+.

Benjamin Mendy (£5.5m) and Kyle Walker (£5.6m) also make way in the full-back positions, while Rodri (£5.4m) and Ilkay Gundogan (£5.2m) are rested in central midfield.

There is better news for owners of Riyad Mahrez (£8.6m), who starts after his benching against the newly crowned league champions.

Raheem Sterling (£11.7m) and Gabriel Jesus (£9.6m) also keep their places in attack, while Aymeric Laporte (£6.3m) and budget FPL defender Eric Garcia (£4.5m) start again at centre-half.

Joao Cancelo (£5.1m), Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.2m), Bernardo Silva (£7.7m), David Silva (£7.3m) and Fernandinho (£5.1m) are the other players handed a recall.

Ralph Hasenhuttl has made three changes from Southampton’s 3-1 victory over Watford, meanwhile.

Che Adams (£5.3m), Jack Stephens (£4.4m) and Stuart Armstrong (£5.2m) are handed starts, replacing Shane Long (£4.6m), the injured Jannik Vestergaard (£4.5m) and Will Smallbone (£4.5m).

Adams joins Danny Ings (£7.3m) in attack, with the in-form striker looking to continue his push for the Golden Boot on the south coast this evening.

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Stephens, Bednarek, Bertrand, Armstrong, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Redmond, Ings, Adams.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Garcia, Laporte, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Silva, Bernardo, Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling.

FPL Lessons Learned from Gameweek 33+

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  1. Feanor
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Zinchenko is crap. He shouldn’t be near a team like City.

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  2. Rainer
    6 years, 3 months ago

    He was due 😀

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    1. FPL Daniel
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Good one 🙂

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  3. VictimPanda
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Ederson finally put in his place, pass all you want how about being a goalkeeper.

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    1. JIMMY TUGGINS
      6 years, 3 months ago

      lol, what?

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    2. Party time
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Lmaooo

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  4. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    6 years, 3 months ago

    City looking really decent without kdb

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    1. Nightcrawler
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Won the title without him

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  5. Ginkapo FPL
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Hahahahahaha

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  6. Rains of Castamere
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Guarantees KDB minutes

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    1. bench boost for every gamew…
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Yep annoyingly

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  7. Nightcrawler
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Who else assumed it was ings taking that shot fron half line?

    Chasing the golden boot

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  8. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Not good for keeping Kdb on bench

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  9. BeaversWithAttitude
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Woo wee, baby! It is on like Donkey Kong!

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  10. Party time
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Danny Ings smash one in

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  11. FPL Daniel
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Please full rest for KDB

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    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      6 years, 3 months ago

      No chance

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  12. FFSbet.com
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Pool any good today?

    i see only 6 shots

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    1. Rains of Castamere
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Flat. Slow. In second gear.

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    2. Feanor
      6 years, 3 months ago

      They laboured like a pregnant whale.

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    3. _Ninja_
      6 years, 3 months ago

      No

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    4. Rainer
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Pre-season mode.

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    5. JBG
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Boring and terrible.

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    6. Duke Silver ☑
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Rubbish tbh. Still hungover.

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    7. FFSbet.com
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Cheers all,dont know if i should sell Salah+VVD

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  13. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Kdb will definitely be coming on

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    1. FPL Daniel
      6 years, 3 months ago

      🙁 sad

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  14. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Remember when we thought Che Adams could be a good pick

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    1. Pep bites Kun
      6 years, 3 months ago

      🙂 Yep, finally came through

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  15. FPL Daniel
    6 years, 3 months ago

    DCL full reat too

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    1. FPL Daniel
      6 years, 3 months ago

      *rest

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      1. Champions League Varane
        6 years, 3 months ago

        No thanks

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  16. Ha.
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Where’s my Mahrez quadrauple hatrick?

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  17. Zilla
    6 years, 3 months ago

    KDB and Foden needed

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    1. FPL Daniel
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Only Foden

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  18. manu4life99
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Hi All, I have 2FT to use and defending a narrow ML lead

    A) Maguire,Nketiah > Mendy,Greenwood
    B) Pulisic,Rash > Sterling,Greenwood
    C) other idea (if so, please advise)

    Thanks

    Pat
    Doc TAA Maguire
    Salah Bruno KDB Puli Foden
    Rash Jimi
    (Martin,Aurier,Nketiah,Holgate)

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  19. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    6 years, 3 months ago

    This might setup a backlash/bounceback scenario for city home to Newcastle midweek??

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    1. FPL Daniel
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Amen brother

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    2. fusen
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Just like Liverpool against Villa

      (I captained Salah)

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  20. Kodap
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Would these be relatively sensible moves for next GW?

    Salah > Martial
    Rashford > Kane

    Already own DDG & Bruno

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    1. Yank Revolution
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Yes

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  21. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    6 years, 3 months ago

    City without KDB ...

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    1. g40steve
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Exactly nothing special

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  22. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Ederson had been a good few yards outside his box for a couple of minutes before the goal
    Well spotted by Che Adams

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  23. Brosstan
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Ederson dumb af, deserves to get goals like that against him far more often than it happens.

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    1. JBG
      6 years, 3 months ago

      This.

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    2. JIMMY TUGGINS
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Don't really think it's his fault, it's their system, he's instructed to play like that.

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      1. Brosstan
        6 years, 3 months ago

        Fraudiola exposed again then if thats the case

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  24. DeathoftheParty
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Che Adams to absolutely cut loose now...

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    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Captain material vs that Everton defence and Pickford

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      1. DeathoftheParty
        6 years, 3 months ago

        Hoping it's the Bale affect... 25 game losing streak at LB then the best player on Earth at LW... Mental.

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  25. Pep Roulette
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Wish Zinchenko looked like KDB football wise aa well

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  26. HuttonDressedasLahm
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Bilva dive

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  27. Niho992
    6 years, 3 months ago

    This game needs KdB !

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  28. EWH2020
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Who is on pens for city?

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    1. Pep Roulette
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Mahrez if KDB not playing

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    2. Amey
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Mahrez

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  29. Nightcrawler
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Majrez is on a different level to every player on the pitch

    Best city player after KDB and aguero

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    1. FPL Daniel
      6 years, 3 months ago

      And still he is heavily rotated

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  30. aborg
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Bloody wrong striker scored for Southampton! Who is Che Adams? Lol

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