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Raheem Sterling (£11.5m), the in-form Phil Foden (£6.3m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.1m) start in a front three for Manchester City in their first game without the injured Kevin De Bruyne (£11.9m).

Popular budget midfielder Ilkay Gundogan (£5.6m) is part of a midfield three, with Rodri (£5.4m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.4m).

John Stones (£5.1m) and Ruben Dias (£5.9m) hope to continue their impress partnership at centre-back, with Joao Cancelo (£5.8m) and Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m) at full-back.

Ederson (£6.0m) continues in goal.

Callum Robinson (£5.4m) is back up front for Sam Allardyce’s West Brom side.

Big Sam will be hoping Matheus Pereira (£5.6m) can continue his good form, alongside Karlan Grant (£5.8m), Robert Snodgrass (£5.7m), Jake Livermore (£4.7m) and Romaine Sawyers (£4.8m) in midfield.

Semi Ajayi (£4.8m) lines-up at centre-back with Dara O’Shea (£4.3m), with Kieran Gibbs (£4.3m) at left-back and Darnell Furlong (£4.5m) at right-back. Sam Johnstone (£4.5m) is in goal.

In the absence of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang £11.3m), Alexandre Lacazette (£8.3m) starts up-front for Arsenal.

Bukayo Saka (£5.3m), Emile Smith Rowe (£4.5m) and Nicolas Pepe (£7.6m) are supporting Lacazette.

Granit Xhaka (£5.2m) and summer signing Thomas Partey (£4.9m) start in centre midfield.

With Kieran Tierney (£5.4m) missing through injury, Cedric Soares (£4.6m) starts at left-back, opposite Hector Bellerin (£5.1m).

Rob Holding (£4.5m) and David Luiz (£5.4m) line-up at centre back, with Bernd Leno (£5.0m) in goal.

Danny Ings (£8.3m) and Che Adams (£6.0m) are the Saints’ chosen front two, with Theo Walcott (£5.8m) and Stuart Armstrong (£5.5m) out wide.

Set piece specialist James Ward-Prowse (£6.1m) is in central midfield with Ibrahima Diallo (£4.5m).

With both first choice full-backs missing, Yann Valery (4.7m) starts at right-back, with Jake Vokins (£3.9m) at left-back. Jan Bednarek (£4.9m) and Jake Stephens (£4.6m) continue at centre-back. Alex McCarthy (£4.7m) is in goal.

Man City XI: Ederson; Cancelo, Stones, Dias, Zinchenko; Gundogan, Rodri, Mahrez; Bernardo, Foden, Sterling

West Brom XI: Johnstone; Furlong, Ajayi, O’Shea, Gibbs; Snodgrass, Sawyers, Livermore, Grant, Pereira; Robinson

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Valery, Stephens, Bednarek, Vokins; Diallo, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Walcott; Ings, Adams

Arsenal XI: Leno; Bellerin, David Luiz Holding, Cedric Soares; Xhaka, Partey; Saka, Smith Rowe, Pepe; Lacazette

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  1. Firminooooo
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Cancelo, Gundogan and Dias. Why can’t Dias get some goals?

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

      Reserved for Stones these days.

    2. Jebiga
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      And you have that ugly avatar 🙂

    3. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      40 points almost from those 3, don’t be selfish 😉

    4. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Next GW. Patience is a virtue.

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

      Scored last game vs. WBA to be fair

  2. Jebiga
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    So one sub is for Jesus, what will be other two ?

    1. Champions League Varane
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Sterling full rest in the cup and pretty much against Brighton too he better not be off soon

  3. Iceball
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Why did I get Son in the end, not Gundo!?

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

      I'm not sure given Gundogan had WBA & Son had LIV.

    2. Jebiga
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Because son will score a hatty

    3. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Because Son is a 4 goal hauler

  4. Calculated Risks
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Loving city atm, got stones in last week and gundo and Cancelo this week.
    Doing Wood to Kane next week with the cash left over (was a punt for the doubles)

  5. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Man City showing that defense wins you Championships. Like Klopp's Liverpool (with VVD) and Conte's Chelsea before them.

    1. Meinhoff
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      They just scored 4 goals in the first half

      1. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        How many have they scored in the 10 PL games before this? That solid defence is the bedrock of their success.

  6. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Somone ask Dean Smith to bench Grealish

  7. dshv
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    For (-4)

    1.Robbo to cancelo
    2. Raphinha to gundogan

    1. The Road to Turfdom
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Yes but do it six hours ago

  8. George Agdgdgwngo
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Which striker to hold in the hope of double gameweeks

    A. Bamford
    B. Watkins

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      b

    2. Salarrivederci
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Watkins

    3. Alisson WondHaaland
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      A 100% wont according to Ben Crellin. B is a possibility but also very unlikely apparently (this is before GW 26)

  9. Andre W
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    How's Sterling looking?

    1. Jebiga
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Decent, but dribble too much

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Wide

    3. The Final Boss
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Not good as zaha with that cup cake hair style

  10. Says
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Imagine Gundogan was English and Foden was foreign

  11. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    As a Cancelo owner, no other Man City defender, do I benefit from him going on to keep a clean sheet here?

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Yarp

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      just get the points imo

    3. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Would have thought so, you already have the highest scoring defender anyway so may as well have clean sheet points added

      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Just thought man city defensive eo might be above 100%

        1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Mainly Stones and some Dias I’d imagine

    4. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Nope. Man City defence EO is 140%

      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Ah, this is what I feared

    5. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Thinking this. Probably not, but not worth stressing about it.

    6. Pukki Party
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Pretty much evens out

      1. Pukki Party
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Actually no

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

      No
      140% defence EO

  12. langey
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    What I really could do with is a Fernades rest against Sheff (Soucek on and captain switch to Cancelo) - odds of that happening? 🙂

    1. AzzaroMax99
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      It would be awesome but unlikely. Gundo VC here 😀

  13. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    How much of a fail is this? After showing I had big balls and saying I’d captain Cancelo, I went to do it and realised I’d mixed him up with Stones and didn’t even have him.

    1. Iwantmorepointsthanks
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      lol

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      It is a fail on multiple fronts tbh.

    3. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Did you captain Stones though?

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        No. Never even considered him. Cancelo was due a monster as you of all people knew too.

        1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Definitely worth a transfer in I think, maybe double up with Stones

          1. Rupert The Horse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 5 months ago

            I already have my allocation with Dias and Gundo.

    4. F_Ivanovic
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      week late brag that you had stones in for the DGW?

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Nah. Didn’t brag when I got the haul. 134 last week and never mentioned it.

  14. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    City to rest a few players and bring on some youngsters and then probably concede

  15. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Wilson, KWP > Kane, Cancelo (-4)?

  16. Vlekz
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Why are people with dias crying unless you got him in this week? You guys got 10 points more than cancelo last week. It's more or less even

    1. OverTinker
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      this

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Not as bad as me thinking I had Cancelo and telling everyone I’d captain him as he was the standout captain choice of the week. This is the worst thing I’ve posted on here.

      1. Vlekz
        5 years, 5 months ago

        That's the most messed up thing I have seen on this forum till date

    3. FPL_Crisis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Fair. Pretty sickening watching everyone else drool over Cancelo like they were owed

      1. Vlekz
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Not taking a stab at you or anything. But people who held him since gw 9 or so were owed(I am not one of them). He had 1.7 or something xG iirc

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

          I’ve owned Dias for a number of weeks and have been happy. Also haven’t posted anything about it so no offense taken

  17. Buck The Trent
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Finally got to enjoy Saka points after benching him last week

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

      Same

    2. Andre W
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Me too. At the expense of Soucek

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

    Sterling, Bamford to Gundogan, Kane for -4?

    1. Carefree Crew
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      I like it. I'm doing Bamford to Kane myself.

  19. Nightcrawler
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Cancelo ruining the season single handedly

    Feels like everyone has Gundogan here, and cancelo cancels soucek haul

    Back to square 1 for this gw

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

    RIP Daniel - I questioned why he was prioritising Son (LIV) over Gundogan (WBA) 🙁

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Wait til Son has played first...

    2. OverTinker
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      i guess poor guy doesn't own cancello and soucek either

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Buhuuuuu

  21. Whats the Mata?
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    As a Dias, Stones, Gundo owner - would you stick with the double def pair or move one of them to Cancelo? If yes, which one of them?

    Cancelo looks so hard to resist and especially now with no Kdb, he looks to be playing further up the pitch.

  22. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    The city second and third goals was shocking from West Brom

  23. RedJive79
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Swap Stones or Dias for Cancelo??

  24. aborg
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    At this point since I only own Cancelo, a West Brom goal will do me a favour 😉

  25. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Ditching Leeds for Leicester players working a treat

  26. AzzaroMax99
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Robbo to Cancelo locked.

  27. Fudgy
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    I removed Cancelo for a -4 weeks ago and it still hurts

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

    Bruno will blank tomorrow

    1. jdp219
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      He's my captain, so probably.

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

    Proof that kdb is a horribly over rated footballer, usually stands still for 5 minutes when he gets the ball looking for a pass

    1. Big Hands Barry
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Lol

  30. Oggle22
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Chances of Cancelo and Foden making 60 mins? And how's foden playing?

    Cheers

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

      Pep very rarely makes early subs