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Dias recalled for benched Stones as injured Gundogan and Calvert-Lewin miss out

Double Gameweek 24 comes to a conclusion as Everton and Manchester City meet at Goodison Park.

Kick-off on Merseyside is at 20:15 GMT.

The two most-owned players from these two teams don’t feature tonight although the no-shows from Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.7m) and Ilkay Gundogan (£6.1m) aren’t shocks, with their managers having previously ruled them out in their pre-match press conferences.

Pep Guardiola gave an update on Gundogan ahead of kick-off:

The injured Gundogan is one of three players who started the win over Tottenham Hotspur who doesn’t feature in Pep Guardiola’s starting XI.

The other two are Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m) and John Stones (£5.2m), who both drop to the bench.

Kyle Walker (£6.1m), Ruben Dias (£6.1m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.1m) all return to the visitors’ side.

Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) makes his return to the City matchday squad following a month on the sidelines and is among the substitutes, along with Sergio Aguero (£10.3m).

Guardiola has threatened more changes when City head to Arsenal this weekend, saying:

If you see the schedule that we have… we have a game every three or four days, everybody is going to play. Against Arsenal, we are going to play new ones.

Carlo Ancelotti has gone one better than his opposite number, making four alterations from the defeat to Fulham at the weekend.

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford (£4.8m) returns from a rib injury, with Robin Olsen (£4.5m) making way to accommodate the England international’s comeback.

Yerry Mina (£5.5m), Michael Keane (£5.1m) and Alex Iwobi (£5.9m) are also back in the line-up, with Seamus Coleman (£4.8m), James Rodriguez (£7.7m) and Andre Gomes (£5.3m) all dropping to the bench.


Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Silva, Rodri, Foden, Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling.

Everton XI: Pickford, Mina, Keane, Holgate, Godfrey, Davies, Doucoure, Digne, Sigurdsson, Iwobi, Richarlison.

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  1. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Digne playing in midfield.

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Good.

  2. TeddiPonza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    How is this WC team?

    Martinez Areola
    Dias Rudiger Shaw Lowton Dallas
    Raphinha Gundo Bruno Son Salah
    Watkins Bamford Watkins

    Gw 26 Dallas and Bamford to DCL and Konsa and BB (14 dgw’ers + Raphinha

    1. TeddiPonza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Second watkins is Kane 🙂

    2. Gemma817
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Fulham has a double?

      1. djman102
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        About a 50-50 chance they put Spurs-Fulham in 26 instead of Spurs-Saints.

    3. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Need more Watkins

  3. Towsor44
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Don't think Foden has had a touch yet!

  4. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Sterling out wide and uninvolved, fail

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      No Gundo no party

  5. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Just seen those Burnley clean sheets were wiped out. Lovely!

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Only lowton owners happy with their purchase really

  6. Jindaljain
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Sterling Captain major fail

  7. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Ederson no penalty yet. FAIL.

  8. Tonyawesome69
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Interesting quote from Pep suggesting DGWs in March

    Guardiola on rotation: "...see the schedule we have at the end of February and especially all March, when Premier League included two more games in that period against Wolves and Southampton..."

    https://twitter.com/ColmVHayes/status/1362134519990607873?s=19

    1. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Oh wow

    2. Old Bull
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      So if you are going to have City players, especially in March, make sure you’ve got a strong bench

  9. FC Hakkebøf
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Gtg for next gw?

    Martinez
    TAA Cancelo Dallas
    Salah Sterling Fernandes Foden Raphina
    Bamford (C) Ings

    Mee first sub

  10. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Digne very advanced.

  11. fusen
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    As a Dias owner, I'd take a Digne goal and clean sheet all day long. Would be a massive differential.

    1. fusen
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      (and Digne owner, obviously)

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      2DGW in a row for them??

      1. R.C
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Yes which was predicted

    2. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      So is that 2 in a row for saints as well ?

    3. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Good luck with finding 3 starters

  12. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Fixtures should be revealed tomorrow.

    1. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Release the Kracken!

  13. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Cancelo in doucoures back pocket

  14. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    City typically crap DGW options when everyone is fit now, so much rotation likely

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Genuinely tempted to go Ederson (with a small penalty chance!)

  15. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Not sure I like Sterling’s chances of returns tonight with Jesus on the pitch

    1. Towsor44
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Can't see him bagging a goal, gonna be an assist at best 🙁

    2. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah jesus is awful sometimes

  16. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Cancelo 2nd shot, 12 mins in.

  17. JOELIO8701
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Please save me Sterling. All the influencers told me to captain you and here we are.., against my better judgement. I ask not for much... just the following:

    - Richarlison 2x Goals
    - Cancelo Goal
    - Sterling Hattrick
    - 4x Foden assists

  18. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Haaland goal

  19. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Sterling captain fail

  20. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Erling Goaland.

  21. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Cancelo more advanced than Digne

  22. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Haland is ridiculous

  23. Neevesy
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Sterling and Mahrez out wide, spreading the pitch for midfielders to arrive. Can see a Foden or B.Silva goal.

  24. Zladan
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Cancelo playing CM and dancing through players is incredible. It’s the stuff of dreams. Hopefully he can start producing more frequently.

  25. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Bernardo nearly wins pen.

    1. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Was a pen for me

      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Ederson owner?

      2. The 12th Man
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        10,9.8,9.7,10,9.5

  26. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I can actually get this Gundo + KDB + Cancelo WC team with Kane, Salah and Bruno. Looks ok?

    Martinez Forster
    Cancelo Shaw Rudiger Taylor Struijk
    Salah KDB Bruno Gundo Raphinha
    Kane Watkins Bamford

    Thanks!

    1. ash and swanson inc
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      pretty damn good given the big hitters!

      1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks!

    2. BooYaKasha
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I really like this,
      Forster a problem

      1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Will stay on the bench. There to jump into the 11 in case McCarthy gets dumped.

  27. BrockLanders
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Bilva diving

  28. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Poor dive

  29. Towsor44
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Mina looks like going off if anyone owns him