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14 December 2021 1949 comments
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Following the postponement of Brentford v Manchester United, Gameweek 17 now gets underway with Norwich City v Aston Villa at 19.45 GMT, followed by Manchester City v Leeds United 15 minutes later.

Gianni and Seb will be following the action in the embedded video below and over on our YouTube channel.

At Carrow Road, Dean Smith makes four changes from Gameweek 16, with Ben Gibson, Brandon Williams, Jacob Sorensen and Todd Cantwell coming in for Grant Hanley, Dimitris Giannoulis, Lukas Rupp and Josh Sargent.

Steven Gerrard, meanwhile, makes just the one change, with Emiliano Buendia replacing the injured Marvelous Nakamba, who may miss the rest of the 2021/22 season after suffering a knee injury against Liverpool at the weekend.

As a result, Ollie Watkins leads the line once again, with Danny Ings having to settle for a place on the bench.

Notably, Jed Steer, Morgan Sanson, Anwar El Ghazi and Keinan Davis are all absent from the matchday squad, with Gerrard revealing in his pre-match press conference that two first-team players had tested positive for Covid-19.

Meanwhile, Pep Guardiola makes four changes, as John Stones comes in at full-back for the suspended Joao Cancelo, while further forward, Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez and Phil Foden are in for Ilkay Gundogan, Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus, all of whom drop to the bench.

Kyle Walker surprisingly misses out, with reports suggesting he is short of full fitness.

For Leeds, they name an unchanged XI, as Liam Cooper, Kalvin Phillips and Patrick Bamford remain out.

GAMEWEEK 17 LINE-UPS

Norwich City XI: Krul, Aarons, Kabak, Gibson, Williams, Sorensen, Gilmour, McLean, Placheta, Cantwell, Pukki

Subs: Gunn, Byram, Tomkinson, Mumba, Giannoulis, Rowe, Idah, Dowell, Dickson-Peters

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Targett, Luiz, McGinn, Ramsey, Buendia, Young, Watkins

Subs: Marschall, Tuanzebe, Hause, Iroegbunam, Chukwuemeka, Philogene-Bidace, Trezeguet, Archer, Ings


Manchester City XI: Ederson, Stones, Dias, Laporte, Zinchenko, Rodri, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Mahrez, Foden, Grealish

Subs: Steffen, Ake, Sterling, Gundogan, Jesus, Fernandinho, Egan-Riley, Palmer, Wilson-Esbrand

Leeds United XI: Meslier, Shackleton, Ayling, Llorente, Firpo, Forshaw, Dallas, Raphinha, Roberts, Harrison, James

Subs: Klaesson, Gelhardt, Cresswell, Drameh, Summerville, Greenwood, Klich, McCarron, Jenkins

  1. Fergymac
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Which GW do we lose salah to AFCON?

    1. JONALDINHO
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      22+23. If Egypt reach the final likely 24 too. Off chance he misses 21 but I’d expect him to play

  2. WVA
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    FFS Bilva 1 point from this is a joke, I just don't get it, it's relentless, give me a break!!!!

    1. HonestBlatter
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Bilva>Foden in big big failure

    2. FPL_Crisis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      It’s just not worth playing pep roulette with one hand, you need to double down. During dec Jan especially.

      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        He missed an open goal FFS

        1. FPL_Crisis
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          I refuse to watch the replay

  3. BIG TONES
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Ok Bernardo > KDB rage transfer is on

  4. Toonmad
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Bilva was dropping in centre mid loads in that first half so not a massive shock really

    1. BIG TONES
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      KDB is occupying his attacking spaces now

  5. Mr. O'Connell
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Thought I was being clever vice captaining him as well. Can see how this ends.

    1. AC Yew
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Oh dear just realised I've VC'd him too!

  6. DropkickMurphys
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    I feel like Leeds will make some kind of come back.

  7. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Have Bernardo owners bought Ramsey yet?

  8. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Yeah… bugger off Pep, you bald fraud

  9. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Mahrez goal think gundo assist

  10. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Mahrez G
    Gundo A

  11. JJO
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Getting Gundogan instead of Silva 3 gws ago and Gundo to Bilva for -4
    And now faking Gungogan assist

    1. HonestBlatter
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Story of Pep roulette doing the thing

  12. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Mahrez goal gundo assist

  13. Cok3y5murf
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Only the casuals have Bernardo anyway... and they all call him Bilva

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Here he is

  14. fricky_
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Mahrez G, Gundo Assist

  15. JJO
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Fak off Gundo

  16. JONALDINHO
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Mahrez assist. No goal

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Confimed?

  17. Lord of Ings
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Own goal

  18. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Might be an own goal

  19. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    The more for Mahrez the better, get away from those bps Foden

  20. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Ah yes, Gundo, who I sold for Sterling, comes on and gets points

    1. Dannyb
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Hold up a sec

      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        ?

  21. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Gundoooooo I need more.

  22. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Mahrez so, so, so good when he starts.

  23. FCSB
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Bilva off at HT omg what a fail

  24. fricky_
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Own goal I believe

  25. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Gundoooo!!!

  26. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    embarrassingly easy Mahrez stroke

  27. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Own goal?

  28. DropkickMurphys
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Huge deflection off of Leeds defender, wasn’t going in.

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Looked like it was on target to me.

      The other post.

      No worries.

      Gundogan assist

      1. DropkickMurphys
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah on target but Meslier was covering there surely.
        Good thing for you for the assist. I only had Silva so…

  29. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Bernardo owners holding firm next week after this early rest? Or rage transfer

    1. Ephurion
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Holding firm

    2. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Holding. KDB and Foden are less fit and are still on, so they're more likely to be rested against Newcastle. Bernardo surely starts against the worst defence in the league.

  30. brianutd-why always we? 20
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Mahrez too easy