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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. Legohair
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    Would you sell Bellerin tonight before price drops?i could make 0.1 profit...

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    1. LǝgleSs e|even
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      For who?

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      1. Legohair
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        Maybe lindelöf/taylor,so i can upgrade kilman next gw

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    2. Paqueta Rice
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      Spurs defender

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      1. Legohair
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        Spurs dont have dgw...

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        1. Paqueta Rice
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          They do have great fixtures

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      2. Legohair
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        Already starting to get players for dgw

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  2. Limbo
    • 15 Years
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    Some kit that

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  3. KEN YA DIG IT
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    This has all the makings of a KDB 20 pointer

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

    Thankyou scout members for helping me not to transfer in Stones

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  5. fr3d
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    Can't see Man City getting past Kieran Gibbs tonight

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  6. Gobigorgohome
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    WTF happened to Mendy hair

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  7. JONALDINHO
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone know how to watch the game on Amazon prime? When I go into the app it doesn’t show the games

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    1. _Ninja_
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Should be under featured and say "live tonight"

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      1. JONALDINHO
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        5 years, 3 months ago

        Is it only in the uk. I’m in Ireland and nothing shows

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    2. LarryDuff
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Says not compatible with my device 🙁

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    3. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
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      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Scroll along the top to sport

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  8. sully29
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    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Maybe people slept on how difficult Chelsea's fixtures were/are?

    For the last few weeks they've been in and around fourth from bottom on the season ticker in terms of defensive difficulty over a five GW period. Starting with the next GW, they're at the very bottom.

    Obviously their defenders have attacking potential and they had good defensive stats too. Even still, those fixtures hardly scream "double up".

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    1. Paqueta Rice
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      Tend to agree

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    2. fr3d
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Have Chilwell and never considered a second asset

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    3. diesel001
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      I've avoided all Chelsea since GW10 for that reason. So far paid off. But Spurs (Kane and Son) still doing too well to help with progress. Need them to revert to mean and go on a blank streak.

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  9. Zilla
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    When did West Brom turn Catalan?

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  10. Digital-Real
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    5 years, 3 months ago

    Podence 3
    Neto 2
    Chillwell 1

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    1. LǝgleSs e|even
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Chillwell confirmed?

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      1. Digital-Real
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        5 years, 3 months ago

        Can't see it change much

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  11. Chalobah's Witness
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    • 7 Years
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    Don't even care anymore. No fun at all playing your 'own game' instead of copying other teams.

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

      Yep, play your own game ya get punished for it

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    2. Pinturicchio10
        5 years, 3 months ago

        😆

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    3. Gobigorgohome
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      When is the time we can start shout KDB fail 😉

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      1. Flair
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        Now

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    4. Hazz
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      Atletico are going to bum us.

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      1. Right In The Stanchion
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Mount would probably enjoy that

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    5. TomSaints
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Oh for FFS, I stopped watching at 95 mins...

      Only 2 point difference I suppose, but a poor omen for the week

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      1. Gudjohnsen
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        This

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    6. Weeb Kakashi
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Should have capped Bruno

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      1. MagicMessi
        • 13 Years
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        Waiting for this post:D

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      2. Gobigorgohome
        • 14 Years
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        thiss

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    7. Paqueta Rice
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Cancelo is a very skilful player. Pep obviously rates him highly.

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      1. Tshelby
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        5 years, 3 months ago

        Should've kept him and not switch to Dias

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    8. Tshelby
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      KdB owners but he's not your captain what do you hope? Blank?

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      1. LǝgleSs e|even
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        5 years, 3 months ago

        A haul. Any points are good for long run regardless

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      2. Hotdogs for Tea
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        no, why ?

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        1. Tshelby
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          EO? Don't know if it's +100 it means a red arrow

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          1. Hotdogs for Tea
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            it’s about 75% top 10k, but you should want him to haul and your captain to match or better him anyway

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            1. Tshelby
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              Yeah I think you always want your captain to do better

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      3. abhirup780
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        Rank tier and overall EO is less than 100.
        But elite 1000 EO way over 100. So lot of strong players captained KDB.
        So it doesn't really matter for KDB non-cap owners.
        Haul may be good for overall rank short term. But may not be helpful in the long run actually.

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    9. Jindaljain
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      Goal incoming

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    10. LǝgleSs e|even
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      Dias nailed as starter for city def lineups for next 5 games?

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      1. Salah’s Sonnet
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        Let me guess, replacing a chelski defender? Me too haha

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        1. LǝgleSs e|even
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          Ermm. Che fixtures look good. Trying to escape Bellerin price drop

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      2. Gobigorgohome
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        yes he is as nailed as it cam be

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        1. LǝgleSs e|even
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          Cheers

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    11. Nightcrawler
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      Dias - bps

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    12. Gudjohnsen
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      Point predicton for KDB tonight?

      I say 3 points

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      1. diesel001
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        5 years, 3 months ago

        9pts

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      2. DA Minnion (Former great)
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        5 years, 3 months ago

        11

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      3. Mambino
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        5 years, 3 months ago

        14

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      4. Jindaljain
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        5 years, 3 months ago

        22

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    13. Magic Zico
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Remind me, have CHE been conceded quite a bit towards the end of the game?

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    14. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Will be targeting players who have 2 fixtures for BB gw19
      Fh18

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      1. diesel001
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        Way too early to be thinking about the DGW.

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        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
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          Surely not 😉

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      2. Bobby Digital
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        I think I'm targetting teams that play GW18...

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    15. Paqueta Rice
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Watch and see WBM turn into world beaters tonight

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    16. Scapegoat Salah
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      When will KdB be rested in the league do you think?

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      1. Gudjohnsen
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        At the weekend maybe?

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        1. Scapegoat Salah
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          Yeah maybe, I feel like if he’s rested it will be in a home game (though probably don’t make much difference atm)

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    17. Random Name
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      5 years, 3 months ago

      Why are people surprised that Werner didn't live up to the hype? I said this would happen at the start of the season.

      Find a list of bundesliga top scorers over the last 5 seasons and you'll see a host of names you've never heard of with close to 20 goals. Even Haller managed 15

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      1. diesel001
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        Yeah. People say PL is crap, but the strength is much better than the other leagues.

        Ligue Un is a monopoly (PSG)
        Bundesliga is a duopoly (Bayern and Dortmund)
        La Liga is Triopoly (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid)

        Other leagues (Italy, Netherlands, Portugal etc.) are weak too. Unless you are getting a player from one of the Top 7 non PL teams (6 above and Juventus) then the player probably won't be up to standard for a big club.

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      2. Budweiser
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        5 years, 3 months ago

        Sancho wouldn't set the world alight either

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    18. Paqueta Rice
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      Grant should score

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    19. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Chelsea should play with 3 at the back having in mind staff available

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    20. Magic Zico
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      WBA almost

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    21. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      CS for City almost ruined

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