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Iheanacho benched as Man City make mixed start to Brighton clash

Kelechi Iheancho (£6.2m) is on the bench for Leicester as they visit Chelsea on Tuesday evening.

It is the first time he has missed out on a Premier League starting line-up since Gameweek 25, Ayoze Pérez (£6.0m) his replacement tonight.

Jamie Vardy (£10.2m) keeps his place in the side while James Maddison (£7.2m) returns after featuring from the bench against Manchester United.

Chelsea are in 3-4-3 as per usual, with Christian Pulisic (£8.3m) and Mason Mount (£7.3m) either side of Timo Werner (£9.2m).

Elsewhere, there was a mixed start to Manchester City’s trip to Brighton.

Ferran Torres (£7.0m) earned a fourth successive start but it lasted no more than 15 minutes after João Cancelo (£5.8m) earned an early red card.

Torres was being used as a number nine, in the middle of Phil Foden (£6.1m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.1m) after Pep Guardiola had praised his credentials for that role earlier this week.

Foden and Mahrez are making their first appearances since Gameweek 35 and 32 respectively with Raheem Sterling (£11.0m), Sergio Aguero (£10.3m) and Kyle Walker (£6.1m) deemed “not fully fit” according to the club website.

Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) returns from his recent muscle injury on the bench, where he is joined by Aymeric Laporte (£6.0m) and Gabriel Jesus (£9.1m).

Goalscorer Ilkay Gündogan (£5.6m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.4m) are either side of Rodrigo (£5.3m) in midfield while Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m), Ruben Dias (£6.0m) and John Stones (£5.1m) are in the back four which now features Eric Garcia (£4.7m) on for Torres.

Leandro Trossard (£5.5m) was on the Brighton bench tonight with Alexis Mac Allister (£5.3m) and Alireza Jahanbakhsh (£5.4m) selected to support Danny Welbeck (£5.5m) in attack.

However, the Belgian international came on 30 minutes into the encounter following a thigh injury for Welbeck.

Gameweek 37 Line-ups

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: R Sánchez; Burn, Webster, White; Moder, Bissouma, Alzate, Groß; Mac Allister, Jahanbakhsh; Welbeck.

Manchester City XI: Ederson; Zinchenko, Stones, Dias, Cancelo; Gündogan, Rodrigo, B Silva; Foden, Torres, Mahrez.

Chelsea XI: E Mendy; Rüdiger, T Silva, Azpilicueta; Chilwell, Jorginho, Kanté, R James; Pulisic, Werner, Mount.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Söyüncü, Fofana, Castagne; Thomas, Tielemans, Ndidi, Albrighton; Maddison; Pérez, Vardy.

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1,035 Comments Post a Comment
  1. balint84
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    A) Allison+Foden
    B) Phillips+Antonio

  2. rokonto
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    What was all the agro after the Brighton Man City game about?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Pep being Pep.

    2. Gleys11
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Apparently Pep thought Potter celebrated to much when Brighton scored their first goal.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Perma links not working. Scenes

    2. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Only one person is ever to blame

    3. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      why have you linked two random articles?

  3. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Yes Chilly, assist given.

  4. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Ayoze pls wake up

  5. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Wow loads benched Rudiger in top 10k. 21% ownership but only 8.5% EO.

    1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      I’m one of them grrr

  6. FCSB
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Bruno non-owners... are we relieved? I mean it should be a 1 pointer but is a 4 pointer a decent result?

    1. Burger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      4pts is a rubbish return.

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      If they didn't give a dodgy goal they'd have to have given a dodgy penalty so got away lightly really.

    3. Pompel
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Feared worse, also happy with cs gone , having sold AWB. Very disappointed about Greenwood blank, though. Really though he would be a differential

    4. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      I mean, would've preferred 1 pter

    5. RogDog_jimmy
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Yep feel pretty good about it. Greenwood as ‘cover’ wasn’t far off so no big loss. Let’s see what Mo does tomorrow though before being too happy.

    6. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Absolutely delighted - esp as his replacement Mahrez got 1 more pt

  7. MIGHTY JOE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Or2 got Rudiger. Ola just bottled it???!?

  8. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    It wil be problematic against City without Mount Havertz Kante potentially

    1. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Remember the situation in 2012? Still ok

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Mount is still on the pitch lad...

  9. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Rudiger like Maradona 🙂

  10. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Rudiger doing Messi/Dinho things

  11. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Yes Iove it when Toni goes beast mode.

  12. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Rudiger looks essential here

  13. DycheDycheBaby
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Time for some Nachos

  14. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Maddison sighting.

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

      Yep, spotted walking off

  15. Cali
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Why did I put Rudiger last on my bench again?

  16. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Benched Rudiger for Lindelof, feel like crying

    1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Need a no show from one of:

      Trent
      Salah
      ASM
      Son
      Kane
      DCL

      Any chance?

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Nope.

        1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          So annoying

        2. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 11 months ago

          Unless Kane is dropped after his comments!

    2. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      That was a mistake

      1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Maybe, but Fulham is more appealing on paper than Leicester

  17. Muscout
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    I’m sure defenders only haul when on my bench
    Shaw has been wasting a space for ages now

    1. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      I have rudigar first on bench for Shaw, Mendy in goal ..

      1. Big Hands Barry
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        Sensible

  18. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Rudiger = Messi + Viera

  19. Sgt Frank Drebin
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Rudiger, just why. Such a huge points swing. This evening couldn't have unfolded worse (I mean it could, but well.)

  20. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    BBC said Azpi knocked Chilwell's corner on to Rudiger so I was delighted thinking perhaps my Greenwood(C) choice wouldn't end up as bad as I thought, then I check and can't see anywhere else mention that happening, curse you BBC

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      https://streamwo.com/b4fe2f35

  21. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    That’s inside...

  22. FPL Theorist
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Come on Leicester, gotta wipe these cleanies!

  23. Hits from the Bong
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Chelsea penalty

  24. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Surely a pen

  25. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Chelsea pen

  26. 1justlookin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Played Shaw, Digne and Dallas over Rudiger. Felt like the right decision at the time even though i thought Rudiger would have been a good pick.

    Still annoying though. Ha

  27. HonestBlatter
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    I want justice...remove the fake assist now!

  28. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    VAR checking penalty

  29. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Fofail Pen