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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. Salarrivederci
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Surely Pukki or Gilmour can return something today if that is how defenders are rolling in PL.

  2. Slurpy
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Cash looking really good

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

      He’s a quality player.

  3. Shark Team
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    In this way I can see City scoring 6

  4. Free Hat
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    After a few miserable gws...
    That silva miss and foden goal felt good.

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

      Finally some luck

  5. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Grealish G

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

    Goallll

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

    Grealish G
    Mahrez A

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

    Grealish goal mahrez assist

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

    Watkins doing anything?

    1. Grand Thibauto
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Lol no chance

  10. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Grealish G

    Mahrez A

  11. Tcheco
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    This is going to be fun

    1. Riverside Red
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Not when your 3 city player are not in the team

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

        Which 3? Tough luck mate

        1. Riverside Red
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Walker, Jesus, Cancelllo

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

    10 is on!

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

    This is going to be a massacre…. Which Bernardo silva blanks in

    1. Grand Thibauto
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      You bet

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

      This

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

    Bilva fail

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

      Here we go

  15. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Grealish G
    Mahrez A

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

    This will be a slaughter

  17. Cheeky Onion
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Players that can punish me in my ML:
    Ramsdale, Jota, Gallahger, Antonio

    My differentials:
    Bachmann, Gray, Mount, Bowen

    What do you think? Has me a little nervous

    1. TheTinman
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Well I would choose the punishers all day sorry mate

      1. Cheeky Onion
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        It's the keeper that really hurts me. Don't feel good about Jota either

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

    Poor Leeds

  19. Ze_Austin
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Game over

  20. Shark Team
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    I can see Bilva being subbed off on HT

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

      Bielsa too

  21. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Meslier has become a total trash of a GK. Both could have been saved.

  22. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    This will finish 2-0

    1. Gross Blank Point
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      2-1 with a last minute Leeds penalty

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

    Just so you can all relax, Bernardo will never score again

    1. SINGH
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Spot on

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

        That open goal miss shows exactly what happens to a player when I bring them in, it ain't no joke it's real

  24. Salarrivederci
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Gonna need an Arsenal player for the captaincy next week

    1. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Arsenal will manage to lose this game

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

        Maybe.

        But even track runner can score against that Leeds defense

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

    Leeds won’t change the way they play

  26. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Lol, no Bernado involvement. #mess

  27. SINGH
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Bsilva won't do anything today because of his position in the team. He isn't in a front three but is playing out wide on the wing. That chance earlier is all he will have today

    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      He is not in the front 3 either. Front 3 is Grealish, Foden and Mahrez. He is in the midfield 3

      1. Paqueta Rice
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Apologies, I read your post originally as he “is” in a front 3 and not “isn’t”

    2. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      He's drifted wide a lot in recent games, that's where he got his second goal v Watford from

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

      Don’t forget because of his high EO as well

  28. Grand Thibauto
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Will definitely feel sad seeing Bilva getting 1 pter in a 6-0 thrashing

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

    I can’t get over that Bilva miss and then Foden goal ffs

    1. Drexl Spivey
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Time's a great healer.

    2. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I know, eighth kick in the teeth that one

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

      I eliminated the stress
      Got both

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

      Just look at my team and you'll see which players will miss open goals

    5. DaniCT
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Fcsb? Ro?

  30. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Knew keeping the faith with Foden through all these weeks would pay off, was delighted so many sold him