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In the final Premier League match of the day, there’s a small matter of a derby at the Etihad Stadium as Manchester City take on Manchester United.

Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

For the visitors, Ralf Rangnick will have to cope without Cristiano Ronaldo who has picked up a hip injury, along with Raphael Varane and Luke Shaw, both of whom have tested positive for Covid-19, plus Edinson Cavani.

That means Victor Lindelof and Harry Maguire feature at the heart of the defence, with Alex Telles operating at left-back.

Further forward, Scott McTominay comes in for Nemanja Matic, whilst Bruno Fernandes, Anthony Elanga and Jadon Sancho line-up in attack.

As for Man City, Pep Guardiola makes three changes to his starting XI, with Kyle Walker, Jack Grealish and Riyad Mahrez replacing Ruben Dias, Ilkay Gundogan and Raheem Sterling.

Dias, meanwhile, will be missing for at least four weeks after injuring his hamstring at Peterborough on Tuesday.

Nathan Ake and Cole Palmer are City’s only other absentees.


GAMEWEEK 28 LINE-UPS

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodri, De Bruyne, Bernardo, Mahrez, Grealish, Foden

Subs: Carson, Sterling, Gundogan, Jesus, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Delap, Mbete, McAtee

Manchester United XI: de Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Telles, McTominay, Fred, Pogba, Fernandes, Sancho, Elanga

Subs: Henderson, Bailly, Dalot, Jones, Hannibal, Lingard, Mata, Matic, Rashford

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  1. BECKS TO THE FUTURE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    “And so it begins…” - King Theoden, T.A. 3019

    1. BECKS TO THE FUTURE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yes! What a first post!

      Play up, Uruk-hai

      1. BECKS TO THE FUTURE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Uruk-jihai…

  2. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Maguire position wow

  3. dark91
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Did B.Silva to Coutinho for a hit but still happy for Bernardo

  4. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Grealish seemed to be in a offside position but was not checked. Affected the game by letting the pass go by to KDB.

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      There have been dodgy calls for City recently, that isn't one.

    2. lilmessipran
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Utd fan or Liverpool?

      1. BobbyDoesNotLook
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Pool fan who wants Utd win 😉 But VVD "blocked" in toenail offside position in cup final and I cannot see huge difference to this. If Grealish would have stood still hands up it would be different but he did a intentional trick letting ball go through his legs.

        Well nevermind, this is just me trying to get better result for Pool.

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

          How did it in any way influence play? Liverpool fan who sees nothing wrong with that goal. United humiliation is always better than anything.

          1. Dr Van Nostrand
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            • 10 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Who cares about ManU. Has-been club. Your own club matters far more than what others do especially when a title is on the line

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

              And its up to us to win it.

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

      No.

  5. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Arsenal when it didn’t stand with Ozil on the Uighurs in 2019: “As a football club, Arsenal has always adhered to the principle of not involving itself in politics.”

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

      Apples taste different to oranges.

      1. BECKS TO THE FUTURE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Both genocidal fruit tho.

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

          Well we should kneel for Palestine for decades if there’s a bar.

    2. Londongeezaa
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      The double standards and hypocrisy is unreal.

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

        Wut?

    3. Nightcrawler
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Well said

      All depends on who england/west hate

      1. HashAttack
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Hate's a strong word ... depends on who buys our weapons

        1. Nightcrawler
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Yes fair enough

  6. L'Aeroplanino
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Come on Cancelo, true differential this week

    1. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Funny it's come to this. Common Cancelo!

      1. BECKS TO THE FUTURE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Hahah I was thinking this

  7. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Same shitty Utd. Cancelo get on the scoresheet

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Well done.

    2. Butcher
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      United have played way better than City in the first 23 mins

  8. The Philosopher
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Cancelo to match James?

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Dan

  9. Scottyo
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Just been hacked. 10 transfers made. No chips left to save me. Any advice or should I just bin the lot.

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

      Got that bad? I feel yer.

    2. The Philosopher
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Contact official FPL asap

      1. Scottyo
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Just so you know. Official FPL do nothing for you.

    3. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Sorry to hear.

  10. Bushwhacker
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Bruno and Grealish going at it is like being back at school again. Girls only school.

    1. BECKS TO THE FUTURE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Zzzzz

  11. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Cool, calm & collected from Maguire there.

    Always in control!

  12. Brehmeren
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Maguire lucky there

  13. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Would love a McTominay goal, Fred assist

  14. _Ninja_
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sancho goal

    1. tokara
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      U are always ahead

  15. tokara
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    What are the chances of King not playing next game

    Watford Twitter saya hamstring (precautionary)

    🙁

  16. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    OMG sancho

  17. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sanchoooooo

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Pogba A, great goal.

  18. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sancho G

  19. TorresMagic™
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    • 16 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Lovely!

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

    United equaliser

  21. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Well Cancelo dreams shattered

    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      34 pts lost not selling him to james (c).
      Yup 34 pts.

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 16 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        You captained Cancelo?

        1. jacob1989
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Cap salah. Equally useless

  22. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Get iiiiiiiin

  23. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Oh dear Rodri.

  24. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Great goal

  25. jacob1989
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Not selling cancelo for james and c him the worst decision of my fpl career.

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

    So much space for Sancho

  27. mdm
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sanchoo. Game on!

  28. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Cancelo owners absolutely NOWHERE to be seen cuz they're IN THE MUD

  29. Bishopool
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Sanchooooo!

  30. One More Hit
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Cancelo sellers rejoice. And spend the next three pages telling the rest of us that you did it