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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. MrZ
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Tammy boy for another goal Tuchel?

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

    Disgusting scenes now.

    Deduct both teams points!

  3. Mika-eel
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Book them all.

  4. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Great just great Rudiger gets himself booked.

    1. BRFC1883
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Did he?!?!

  5. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    It's all going off now!

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

    Battle of the Bridge. Vol II.

  7. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Social distancing anyone??

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

    Scenes at the bridge

  9. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Rudiger must go off. Complete thug

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

      Red card would be nice!

  10. MrZ
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Why oh why TT didn't put more attacker?
    Lei will play open & leave gaps

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

    Tammy involvement!

  12. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Love it!! Don’t see this too often these days

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Football with fans is real! I can't believe I've missed this!

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

    Mike Dean time.

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

      He dreams of this

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

    Somehow turn this fight into a penalty for Leicester

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

    Mike Dean in his element 😀

    1. BeaversWithAttitude
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Books the guy who wasn't even on the pitch?

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

    Boooo no Mike dean sending off 3 players

  17. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Hope City tear the Chavs a new one

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

    One YC from all of that?

    Mike Dean is finished!

    1. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      He doesn't live far from me, I could TP his house if anyone wants it.

      1. BRFC1883
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 11 months ago

        I want it

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

    Amartey yellow. Haha.

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

    Rudiger and Zouma are thugs trying to attack Ndidi and Periera. Both deserved Reds.

  21. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Hope it kicks off again at full time

  22. Van der Faart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Wtf did Mendy get booked for

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

      Timewasting with a GK I think

  23. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Lol.. what happens if your player gets a yc, but no mins.. does that count as a -1 if he's in your 11?

    1. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Yep I think it’s happened before

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

      Yes happened with Ederson few years ago on the final gameweek

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

      I think it doesn't count as 0 mins? Could be wrong.

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

        Never mind, may well be wrong then.

    4. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      It happened with Field for West Brom a few years ago and it doesn't count unless they've played some minutes

  24. BeaversWithAttitude
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Might be time for Kasper to come out and do an Allison...

  25. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Always Chelsea

  26. panda07
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    Amartey owners no where to hide!

  27. BobB
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    F off Rudiger you absolute scum

    1. FFFoxy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Scummiest dog in the prem. maybe world football. He’s always been like that

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

    Surely any Leicester fans would happily trade getting top 4 for an FA cup?

    Better to have won that game than this one

    1. Pabster
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Ideally they would've won ... both?

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

        Obviously haha. But against a top team like Chelsea, that’s a tall order

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

    FT 2-1 Chelsea.

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

      Phew

  30. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 11 months ago

    I've lost the plot. Celebrated nacho goal only to remember i sold him last week.

    Time to give up.

    1. Indpush
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 11 months ago

      Pretty much haha