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30 January 2021 1778 comments
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Pep Guardiola has dealt Fantasy Premier League arguably the harshest blow of the season so far with his Gameweek 21 team-sheet.

Raheem Sterling (£11.6m), Riyad Mahrez (£8.1m), Joao Cancelo (£6.0m) and John Stones (£5.2m) are all among the substitutes as Manchester City host Sheffield United on Saturday afternoon.

Ilkay Gündogan (£5.8m), Phil Foden (£6.3m) and Ruben Dias (£5.9m) hold onto their starting berths amid all the changes.

Gabriel Jesus (£9.1m) returns to Manchester City’s line-up for the first time since the first match of Gameweek 19 while Foden and Ferran Torres (£6.9m) staff the flanks either side of him.

Aymeric Laporte (£6.0m) comes in for Stones at centre-back with Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m) and Kyle Walker (£6.1m) on the left and right-hand side of defence respectively.

Sheffield United, as ever, line-up in a 3-5-2 formation with John Fleck (£5.6m), John Lundstram (£4.9m) and Oliver Norwood (£4.5m) in midfield while Rhian Brewster (£4.5m) and Oliver Burke (£4.2m) are up-front.

Also of encouragement for the Blades is a return on the bench for Oli McBurnie (£5.6m).

Manchester City are not the only team to rotate this afternoon as Tyrick Mitchell (£3.9m) drops to the bench for Patrick van Aanholt (£5.4m) to come in.

Jordan Ayew (£5.6m) and Michy Batshuayi (£5.7m) are paired up-front for Crystal Palace with Wilfried Zaha (£7.2m) dropping back to replace Andros Townsend (£5.6m) on the flanks of midfield.

Ruben Neves (£5.2m) and Adama Traoré (£6.0m) are on the bench for Wolves with João Moutinho (£5.2m) and new signing Willian José (£7.0m) come into the side.

Max Kilman (£4.0m) earns another start in the back-three while Romain Saïss (£5.0m) is not in the matchday squad.

West Bromwich Albion are in 5-4-1 for the meeting with Fulham featuring Robert Snodgrass (£5.7m) and Matheus Pereira (£5.6m) staffing the left and right-hand side of midfield.

And Ivan Cavaleiro (£5.3m) is the fall-guy at Fulham, dropping to the bench so Aleksandar Mitrović (£5.5m) can lead their 3-4-2-1 formation.

Gameweek 21 Line-ups

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Van Aanholt, Dann, Kouyaté, Clyne; Zaha, McCarthy, Milivojevic, Eze; Ayew, Batshuayi.

Wolves XI: Patricio; Kilman, Coady, Boly; Semedo, Dendoncker, Moutinho, Hoever; Neto, Willian José, Podence.

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Zinchenko, Laporte, Dias, Walker; B Silva, Fernandinho, Gündogan; Torres, Jesus, Foden.

Sheffield United XI: Ramsdale; Ampadu, Egan, Basham; Bogle, Fleck, Norwood, Lundstram, Baldock; Burke, Brewster.

West Bromwich Albion XI: Johnstone; Gibbs, Bartley, O’Shea, Ajayi, Furlong; M Pereira, Gallagher, Livermore, Snodgrass; C Robinson.

Fulham XI: Areola; Adarabioyo, Andersen, Aina; A Robinson, Anguissa, Lemina, De Cordova-Reid; Lookman, Loftus-Cheek; Mitrović.

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  1. The Ilfordian
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    West Brom and Fulham both looking like decent team. Mitrovic gets a shot on target. Weird season!!

  2. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Any subs yet for Man City?

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

      Zilch

      1. Sif
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Zilchenko?

      2. FantasyTony
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Zilchenko has been on since the start

    2. tambourineman
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Cue mass rotation Wednesday

  3. Kaneyonero
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Guardiola wreaks havoc on my overall ranking

  4. ivantys
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Guaita on form today

  5. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    City have been poor today. Very lethargic.

    1. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Probably doesn’t help playing a second string team

  6. JJO
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    F off Pep

  7. Pep Roulette
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Raz C
    DCL vc

    Lovely

    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      4 point haul, happy days.

  8. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Can one of my players please just do one thing good? One return?

  9. jason_ni
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    How many times has pep complained about the fixture congestion, and player welfare, bla bla, and here he is, not a single sub made 82 mins into a game!

    Not like he doesn't have options from the bench.

    1. Egg noodle
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Almost every player is already well rested

      1. jason_ni
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        They always are.. he was also one of those who kept going on about getting 5 subs to make.

        He just contradicts himself withhis words and his actions!

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          To be fair i thought Klopp was far more vocal on that front.

    2. Dubem_FC
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He also didn't make a sub against Burnley.

    3. F_Ivanovic
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Because it's 1-0 and he's already benched some of his players that have played a lot?

    4. Pukki Blinders
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He’s a bald troll

  10. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Do something for a bit of excitement, Pep.

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Like triple change on the 90th min?

  11. Drogo
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone else saw that grin on Peps face when he got reminded to play my captain, Sterling with just 1 minute left? Just wait and see.

  12. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Wolves goal would be sweet. Although does anyone own a Palace defender not called Mitchell?

    1. ivantys
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Wolves goal is useless, will hurt more with Neto owners down there.

    2. dansmusen
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Mitchell starting for me and yes i would love a Wolves goal 🙂

    3. Coys96
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      yep

    4. FantasyTony
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      King of the week will have triple palace defense and Wilson captained

  13. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Missing De Bruyne today big time.

  14. Superflymonk
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Very suspicous from Pep. Making absoolutely 0 substitutions.

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He's got history for this

  15. Niho992
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Sheffield goal incoming believe me !

    1. ZimZalabim
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      missed their chance

      1. Sterling Malory
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Half chance

  16. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Another disastrous GW. Worst season I've had playing this game.

  17. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Got Cancelo c for a hit, DCL vc. Stones...

    But I did KdB to Pereira!

  18. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I mean, you’re moaning, but I actually sold Jesus to bring in Sterling (c)
    I mean!!!!

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Oof

  19. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Sheff Utd close

  20. g40steve
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Fleck close

  21. MoSalad
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Fleck close!

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Inches from the bald fraud paying the price

  22. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    So Flecking close.

  23. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Fleck close

  24. Firmino
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Get Sterling on! Don't want any jammy Salah VC points.

  25. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Diminutive City players pinging off Sheffield like it's Land of The Giants.

  26. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Flecks sake

  27. _Make
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Fleck off Pep

  28. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Come on SHU!!

  29. @persecuted_by_mods
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Fleckin hell

    • REDMOND IN SANDALS
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      damn that was close