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The clash between Manchester City and Southampton this evening brings to a close the fourth Double Gameweek in a row in Fantasy Premier League.

Kick-off at the Etihad is at 18:00 GMT.

Part one of City’s Gameweek 27 double-header was underwhelming to say the least, with the Manchester derby going the way of United and not one of Pep Guardiola’s squad managing anything more than appearance points.

Southampton’s weekend fixture went a little better for those Fantasy managers backing the Saints, with Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side banking their first clean sheet since Gameweek 17.

It wasn’t all good news, however, with Danny Ings succumbing to a muscle injury that curtailed his Double Gameweek 27 involvement.

With both clubs in action three times in the space of a week, changes always looked likely this evening – and there are 11 in all across the two teams.

Guardiola has made five of them, with Joao Cancelo, John Stones, Raheem Sterling, Rodri and Gabriel Jesus all making way.

The City boss brings Kyle Walker, Aymeric Laporte, Fernandinho, Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden back into his starting XI.

Sergio Aguero is again only among the substitutes.

Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl has gone one better than his opposite number, changing over half of his team.

Ings is among the six alterations but the other five are unenforced, with Fraser Forster, Kyle Walker-Peters, Ibrahima Diallo, Takumi Minamino and Nathan Tella dropping to the bench.

Forster’s omission means that Alex McCarthy returns to the side after a two-game absence.

Jack Stephens, Mohammed Salisu, Moussa Djenepo, Nathan Redmond and Che Adams are also recalled for this tricky-looking clash.

Four of ten most-captained players are involved tonight, although one of them, Sterling, is only among the substitutes.

Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne and Ruben Dias are the other three in question.


Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Laporte, Dias, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Mahrez, De Bruyne, Foden, Silva.

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Stephens, Salisu, Bertrand, Djenepo, Armstrong, Ward-Prowse, Redmond, Adams.

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  1. JabbaWookiee
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Ok not so fussed about Stones and Cancelo being benched now!

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

      This!!

    2. McSauce
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Silly comment, different game with them playing

      1. JabbaWookiee
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        More about Ederson and Dias owners not getting cleanies but cheers for stating the obvious!

  2. Chelsea Dagger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    cmon KDB ... 2 more please (TC)

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      no

  3. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Ings another goal, DGW hero

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

    OK so JWP has his goal - now get Cancelo on for 60+mins cs 😉

  5. Kodap
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    this week is just not going my way at all, gone from 16k to 39k OR so far..

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

    WARD-PROWSEEE!!!!!
    WHY COULDN'T YOU DO THIS 10 WEEKS AGO???

  7. Salan
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Crazy, one of my ML JWP(TC)

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

    What a waste of space Ederson turned out to be. Another clever and sensible move gone wrong

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      It wasn't clever. Expensive goalies are never worth for PPG and especially a City one.

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

        Two clean cheets in those 4 games and it would have been a sucess. With their record the last couple of months, of course it was clever to secure a safe route into their defence. Smh

        1. Camzy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          I'd argue it still isn't worth it. There are more affordable keeper options that can keep up in terms of scoring.

          It's not good team structure and blocks a City attacking slot.

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

            Normally I’d agree 100% but with that schedule I still think it was the right choice to pick the one that would definitely play 4 in a row. The plan was always to get rid for a playing gk in 29 anyways 🙂

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

    Annoyed as an Ings and Minamino owner.

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

    Man City double defence was officially laid to rest on this day.

  11. Steinburg FC
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    No var check on that penalty?

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

      Of course there was a check

      1. Steinburg FC
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        watching without volume and missed it

    2. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yes - just no overrule.

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

      Yup ; clear penalty.

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

        He asked about VAR

  12. Duke Silver ☑
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Rival has Vestergard. Expect him to pop up with a goal too.

  13. JONALDINHO
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Dias now on 24 pts from his last 8 games.

    1. FPL DONKEY
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      And 10 of those game from a single game... 14 from the other 7

    2. Catastrophe
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Interesting sample of '8' games. The 6 games immediately prior to that are 6, 8, 7, 7, 11, 7 😉

  14. Salan
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Nice that Man City CS gone.

    From a Cancelo owner.

  15. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Only upside to this is I keep Vestergaard in my Sky team, fearing the worst

  16. Cruyff Turn
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    JWP transfer paying off... juhuuuuuu

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

    Either KDB should also have had a pen or Verstergaard not

    Both had an arm across an opponent

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

    Bring Sterling on bald fraud !

    1. HonestBlatter
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Cancelo is needed first

  19. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Laporte isn’t a good CB anymore. He’s finished

  20. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    14 min TAA cameo blocking the Vestergaard autosub for the FFS team

  21. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Is a ML 100 point gap insurmountable at this stage?

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

      No

  22. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Vestergaard assist, nice

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

      Decent returns on the dgw

  23. not_astarte
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    my rivals had JWP captain now I know am done for sure.

    1. JONALDINHO
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Mustn’t be much of a rival then

    2. Salan
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Mine is TC JWP

  24. acidicleo
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Happy JWP owner here...
    More than the goal thanks for punishing Pep who benched my city double defence...

    One more please JWP...

  25. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Aaaand there goes all point of watching the game

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

      You only have Ederson?

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Gundo and Dias

  26. BigKeith
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    If i were to drop cancelo to get in KDB, would you replace him with Shaw or a Chelsea defender?

  27. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Guess that goal is good news for KDB (c).
    Lost -1 CS point, but don't own any City defenders and guaranteed another City goal.

  28. Ha.
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Hands up if your rival has JWP?

    o/

  29. Duke Silver ☑
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Gundo been lively at all?

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

    ML rival KDB (c) + JWP ...... oh boy ... my Gundo (c) +Dias and Cancelo ...

    Fair play to him.