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De Bruyne and Sterling start as Mahrez falls foul of Pep Roulette

15 December 2020 1975 comments
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Riyad Mahrez (£8.4m) is the latest Manchester City to suffer from Pep Guardiola’s rotation policy.

The Algerian winger finds himself on the bench for the Gameweek 13 meeting with West Bromwich Albion as Phil Foden (£6.4m) is stationed on the left-hand side of attacking midfield.

Captain favourite Kevin De Bruyne (£11.9m) retains his starting berth in a more advanced number 10 role, Raheem Sterling (£11.4m) completing the trio in support of Gabriel Jesus (£9.3m).

But Mahrez is not the only notable absentee as John Stones (£4.8m) is omitted from the matchday squad entirely despite completing 90 minutes in each of the last three Premier League games.

That development certainly strengthens the case for Ruben Dias (£5.6m) whose start against West Bromwich Albion is his 10th consecutive one in the Premier League.

Guardiola continues to tweak his full-backs, sending João Cancelo (£5.5m) back to right-back for his third start on the bounce, benching Kyle Walker (£6.2m) and bringing Benjamin Mendy (£5.9m) back on the left.

West Bromwich Albion line-up with a 4-2-3-1 shape, dropping Branislav Ivanovic (£4.5m) to the bench and going with a back-four of Kieran Gibbs (£4.3m), Dara O’Shea (£4.3m), Semi Ajayi (£4.8m) and Darnell Furlong (£4.5m).

Manchester City XI (4-2-3-1): Ederson; B Mendy, Aké, Dias, Cancelo; Rodri, Gündogan; Foden, De Bruyne, Sterling; Jesus.

West Bromwich Albion XI (4-2-3-1): Johnstone; Gibbs, O’Shea, Ajayi, Furlong; Livermore, Sawyers; Diangana, Gallagher, M Phillips; Grant.

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  1. Pedram
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    @Fudgy are you happy now?

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    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      It was his email to fpl towers that changed it

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    2. Fudgy
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      yes

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  2. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Argh ffs, dias OG? Brilliant

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  3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Bring on David Silva!

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    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      *Sergio Kun Aguero

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  4. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Walker on for Cancelo, Pep 😉

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    1. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Bank the half time clean sheet

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  5. JONALDINHO
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone from outside the UK know how to watch the prem on Amazon prime? I’m in Ireland and it wont work even with a vpn

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    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      should work the same way, there is an option to click on the premier league and then it brings up the menu of games

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    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Have Premier Sports? All games on there.

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      1. JONALDINHO
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        I’m an idiot it was on my TV all along! After buying 2 vpns for a tenner and spent the past hour firing random objects in rage. All to see my KDB blank. Thanks anyway

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    3. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      It's not available over here mate. I have the same issue. Prime block VPNs as well I believe

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    4. Plant Based FPLer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I don't see 'em here in USA either. I use NBCsports / Peacock.

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    5. DRIZ ✅
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Nbcsn via kodi

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  6. Van der Faart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    This hasn't looked good so far as a KDB captainer. Need a big second half.

    Aguero on please, Jesus is just not up to it.

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  7. how now brown cow
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    I don't like trolling normally, but even when it's my players, own goals are worthy of a lol or two.

    Even that smalling og on the last day that year raised a chuckle despite ruining my season.

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    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Classic, two days after too 🙁

      You have to laugh them off!

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    2. Bram
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I actually beat a key rival by 1pt on that Smalling OG - was superb

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  8. tafrère
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    45mins to go, I can see KDB getting at least one return easily.

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    1. Nanoelektronicar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Aguero comes on, and takes the pens of him, so no.

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      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Hed injure himself

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    2. Dybala10
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Nice try

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  9. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    One city pen can save us KDB cappers like it did last week for Salah cappers

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  10. BenDavies
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Cancelo winner please

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  11. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    The worst thing for KDB cappers is their GW is ruined on day 1!

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    1. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Did you say that for all of Bruno’s hauls which have come in the second half ?

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    2. CRO KLOPP
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      My season was ruined on day 1 so...

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  12. Garlana
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    So Dias finally got his goal?

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  13. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    That sucks...

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  14. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Dias + Cancelo combining for 0

    Perfect

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  15. CRO KLOPP
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    KDB is only placeholder for Soucek

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  16. FPL_Motty
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Brought in dias for 0 points, painful. But at the end of the day Dias is in the team for the long haul and there will be plenty more clean sheets to come.

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  17. Begbie.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    So many sad little kids on here these days. Thankfully it's a school night.

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    1. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Always been like this since it got mainstream about 7 yrs ago. Just get used to it.

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    2. Jersey Boy
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Bed wetters everywhere

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    3. FPLHaggis
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Sadly this forum is only good at International breaks these days.

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  18. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Suddenly the Dias owners got silent.

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    1. Begbie.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      WTF does this even mean?

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      1. Capocannonieri
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        They were talking smack evidently, or at least they were talking smack to Royal5

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      2. ilikewud
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        this

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      3. LarryDuff
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Calm down sunshine

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      4. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Desperate owners claiming it was not an OG when it clearly was.

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    2. dshv
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I am from them

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  19. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    And people are already planning to have 3 City in GW18 and 20.

    Jeez

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  20. Sotamendi84
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    did cancelo get booked?

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    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Y

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    2. Amey
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Yes
      For protesting

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  21. Underdogs11
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Took a hit to switch Kane to Kdb. Horrible mistake?

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  22. BenDavies
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Cancelo doesnt have a booking apparently? Not recorded anywhere.

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    1. Begbie.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Amazon showed him clearly getting booked so if FPL don't add that they're having a laugh 😆

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    2. robredo10
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      He got booked after the HT whistle for dissent towards the ref - was shown on TV.

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    3. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah, can’t see it either

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    4. KGFC
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Added on FPL now. Honestly, didn't see when it was given.

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      1. how now brown cow
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        After they cut to half time ad break.

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      2. JIMMY TUGGINS
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        It was after the whistle had been blown for HT, they showed a replay of it.

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    5. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Will show once 2nd half kicks off

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    6. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      He does. Ref booked him for mouthing just after halftime whistle. In FPL.

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  23. have you seen cyan
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Relax guys it’s not much of a win, no serious players would own City defenders

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    1. Pedram
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      You underestimate casuals

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    2. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      How serious are you?

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    3. Bram
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Top 10k EO

      Ederson 3.09% 3.07%
      Walker 9.23% 9.12%
      Dias 8.71% 8.66%
      Cancelo 7.45% 7.28%
      Stones 3.45% 3.43%
      Mendy 1.24% 1.18%
      Laporte 0.28% 0.19%
      Aké 0.21% 0.05%

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      1. Bram
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Ownership - EO

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  24. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Could be some poor soul out there on -1 from 3

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  25. aborg
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    I have a feeling that none of the heavy hitters are going to haul this week.

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    1. Baps Hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Besides Son and Kane who will both get 3 attacking returns.

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    2. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Sterling assist thus far.

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  26. dshv
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    At the back

    Chilwell james dias

    Totally disaster!!!!!

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    1. OverTinker
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      same

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    2. Capocannonieri
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Chili got an Assist

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    3. how now brown cow
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Um. Chilwell got 5 points?

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    4. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Chilwell will have gotten 5, that's not bad.

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    5. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Chilwell got an assist and bonus

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  27. Capocannonieri
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Watching this game....Erling Haaland is looking PRICELESS

    If you are City, Man Utd, or Barca they must have this player.

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    1. Plant Based FPLer
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      For a deep pocketed team, 200 million pounds.

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  28. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Not only do you lose the cs, the sucker punch of the OG with it... at least I didn’t bring in Stones which I nearly done.

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  29. Babelcopter
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Not even ask big haul for Kevin. Just one goal!!! Hate this gw already..

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  30. Pinturicchio10
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Really looking forward to dropping Sterling from my squad this week. My plan is to go City-less. Did it last season as well, around this time, and flew up the rankings with fundage spread a bit more so gonna try it again. Son has been a nuisance so he's coming in, and I think I will take a chance on TAA is hope he returns to form.

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      1. DAZZ
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Might join u on kdb > son x

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        1. Pinturicchio10
            5 years, 4 months ago

            I'd be less concerned with De Bruyne myself but still, I see it as a reasonable shift. Money banked. Excellent player coming. I like Son vs Leicester too, can see him roasting that defence.

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        2. Lanley Staurel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Accident I know but love the word....fundage

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          1. Pinturicchio10
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Wasn't an accident. It is a satisfying word though 🙂

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              1. Lanley Staurel
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 15 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Ha!!

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          2. Van der Faart
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            I'm going KDB to Bruno I think. Gives me a midfield of Grealish Bruno Son Bowen and funds to upgrade Bamford or Adams to Vardy

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            1. Pinturicchio10
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Woah, I'd be all over that. Strong moves those. Have Vardy myself and was thinking of using him as a money melon for Kane but he's starting to fire now. Great option I think. Easy switch if he gets injured or I'll or whatever. Do you have a Salah plan for the upcoming dgw?

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                1. Pinturicchio10
                    5 years, 4 months ago

                    *ill

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